I don't own Kamen Rider Drive or Senki Zesshou Symphogear. I'm just doing this for the heck of it and to have some fun. Enjoy.
Engine 9: Spur of Emotions Part 2!
After their encounter with Scooper and Kusaka, the culprits of this case, fighting against Chase along with his new weaponry arsenal, and meeting with Tsubasa afterwards-they were able to leave the building without any commotion thankfully. Now, they were alone in an isolated park where no one would disturb them due to the bluenette's status as an idol.
"So, Ice Queen…did the old man send ya?" Madoka began.
"W-Would you please refrain from calling me that!? I am a person after all." Tsubasa frowned with a small tint of red on her cheeks.
"Sure, whatever." he shrugged. "Though to be honest, I really don't know what your name was again."
"Eh!?" the girl exclaimed.
"Madoka!" both Kiriko and Mr. Belt simultaneously yelled.
"What? I never actually bothered to learn her name. And to be fair, have any of you ever actually heard me call her by her name…?" he stated with a frown.
"Now that you mention it, I suppose you never did call me by name. And the same goes for me…" Tsubasa admitted before nodding. "But that will change right now! My name is Tsubasa Kazanari!"
"The hell…?" Madoka blinked, feeling slightly uncomfortable with this odd re-introduction he was apparently going through. Well, whatever. "You already know my name." he replied earning a smack on the head from Kiriko. "The fuck was that for!?"
"You're being rude to a girl! That's not very nice, you know!?" she chided.
"That's right! Now apologize like a gentleman!" Mr. Belt demanded.
"Gentleman my ass!" he shot back.
"In any case…" Tsubasa spoke, catching their attention. "…I would appreciate it if you would call me by my name. I mean, we will be working together quite often…so it's best we be on friendly terms.
"Fine, whatever." he replied, feeling confused still about the attitude she was presenting. To be honest, he would actually prefer the person he fought a week ago really.
"I look forward to working with you." Tsubasa gave a small smile.
Kiriko and Mr. Belt were standing from the sidelines as they looked between the two.
"Does this seem kind of strange to you?" she whispered to Mr. Belt, who controlled Type Speed to be on her shoulder.
"On the contrary, it's quite lovely." Mr. Belt smiled.
"Hmm?" blinked Madoka, looking at the two. "Did you two say something?"
"Nothing." replied Kiriko before looking at Tsubasa. "Anyway, did Genjuro-san send you?"
"No, I was actually nearby to meet one of the photographers that work for us." Tsubasa began.
(Flashback)
Tsubasa sat on her chair while reading a magazine then felt a wave of energy had befallen upon them.
"Slowdown!" she exclaimed, noticing Shinji and their colleagues were moving at a slow pace. "If that's the case, then a Roidmude is nearby!"
Tsubasa quickly got out of her chair before realizing that she was still moving at normal speeds.
"Huh?" she blinked, confused. "I can still move? Wait, could it be…" Pulling out the Relic from underneath her shirt, the stone was shining in a dim light that seems to be protecting her. "I see. I should inform the Commander and Sakurai-san later."
She then ran to the source and transformed.
(Present)
"And the rest you already know." she finished.
"Interesting." began Mr. Belt. "It appears the Density Shift has no effect on the Relics or the users."
"At least we know you and Hibiki-chan will be able to move freely without a Shift Car." Kiriko said.
"By the way, how've you and Midget Number 1 been doing?" Madoka asked only to earn a slap from Kiriko. "What the hell was that for this time!?"
"Do you seriously have to call her that!?" she yelled as the multi color eyed officer rubbed his right cheek that has a hand print on it.
"What are we going to do with you, Madoka?" Mr. Belt sighed.
"Shut up!"
"Tachibana and I are doing quite well." Tsubasa told them. "I've been helping her out in combat. Though she does lack the ability to fight properly and needs to learn more about Gungir."
"Give her time. She's still a beginner..." Mr. Belt said.
Tsubasa nodded.
"Before we part ways, could I talk to you over there for a moment?" Madoka asked, pointing to a spot not too far from where they stood.
"Huh?" blinked Tsubasa.
"It's important."
"Sure, okay…" she nodded before they walked to the other spot.
"I wonder what he needs to talk to her about?" wondered Kiriko.
"Yeah." replied Mr. Belt.
(Shrine)
"You let him live!? What's the meaning of this?" Brain angrily demanded, after hearing the report from Chase. It seems like he had the perfect opportunity to destroy the Kamen Rider dead on his feet.
"My duties are my own concern…" Chaser replied, walking away from him.
"They're all obstinate, capricious, useless fools!" Brain yelled, belittling his fellow Roidmude getting sick and tired of their inferior minds. It was a disgrace to their kind everywhere.
"Don't get so bent out of shape, Brain." Heart spoke with his casual smile. "Remember, you and Chase were badly injured by the Kamen Rider, were you not? You claimed that he was a monster. If he really is that strong, then obviously Chase is even more desperate to destroy him. After all, destroying the Kamen Rider is what he's meant for."
(With Chase)
Chase aimlessly wondered through streets at night trying to figure out why he couldn't shoot that woman. There was defiantly something wrong with him, and he can't figure it out. Again, that Kamen Rider and now that woman are starting to get to him.
"What is wrong with me!?" he yelled.
(Drive Pit)
After his private conversation with Tsubasa, the two exchanged cell phone numbers with the ladder stating that it would good for them to keep in contact from time to time. Plus, if any of them needed help, they can just simply call each other right away for assistance. So with that, the idol claimed they'll see each other soon before parting ways.
Kiriko and Mr. Belt were curious as to what he had spoken to the idol about, but he told them it was none of their business. Of course, they knew he wouldn't tell them anything no matter how hard they tried to budge, and decided to take his word for it. Although it was a little bit out of character for him to do something such as talking to someone in private, since he usually says whatever's on his mind without second thought or caring if there are others around.
"We've got work to do." Kiriko said, though her tone sounded a little upset.
"The hell is your problem?" Madoka frowned.
"Nothing." she replied before leaving the Pit.
"She is really starting to piss me off." he mumbled.
"Madoka, the two of you are usually good friends. She has been acting rather strange lately, do you know why that is?" Mr. Belt asked.
"Of course I don't…" he replied.
"If it was something work related, I doubt she wouldn't have brought those flowers." Mr. Belt said, turning his mover to look at the flowers.
The multi color eyed officer then turns look at the flowers before remembering something…
(Flashback)
Madoka walked outside of the Special Investigation Unit building as he was about to head over to the hospital to visit Ethan, since it was time for his physical therapy sessions again.
"You're about to go visit your friend Ethan, right?" Kiriko spoke, holding the flowers in her hands. "I'd like to come along and meet him. I want to give him these flowers as a present for him making such great progress with his physical therapy."
"Not now. It's not a good time." he said, walking away.
Unbeknownst to him, Kiriko looked somewhat hurt while gripping the flowers.
(Present)
"Damn it." he palmed his face after realizing the problem. "Least I know what those flowers were for…again."
"Madoka-chan~!" Rinna cheerfully greeted, entering the room. "I heard you caught yourself in a nasty situation, weren't you?"
"So what?" he scoffed, looking away from her. "I'm still stronger than him! Besides, I already figured out how to counter his weapons along with that new ability of his as well…"
"Really?" asked Mr. Belt, surprised.
"You seriously think I'd let the same moves my enemy does work on me twice…?" he frowned.
"I guess not." Mr. Belt replied. "Anyway, we may have to rush the developments of our new gun to counter Chaser's weapons.
"A gun?" pondered Madoka, not liking the sound of this new weapon he was getting. He's not afraid to use a gun or anything, it's just that he doesn't want to be seen carrying another ugly ass weapon that Rinnna concocted. "If it's as ugly as hell, I'm destroying it!"
(Special Investigation Unit)
"What the hell is this?" Madoka thought, scowling even further than usual.
When he opened the door he was greeted by the sight of Takasugi taking pictures of Jun, who carried a microphone while talking about their work. Apparently, he was doing this "exclusive" interview to get more recognition from other officers and possibly civilians, because of their budget cut due to said people thinking less of their department. It would have been a good idea if this was a normal interview, not some comical freak show or whatever the hell this was…
"I was hoping to get a scoop of the Kamen Rider." Takasugi said.
"You want some common soup?" Jun asked, misinterpreting what he said.
"That didn't sound like anything he asked." Kyu commented.
"I agree. Is the old man acting dumb or just plain senile…?" Madoka thought.
"I can tell you all about the Kamen Rider!" Gen said, starting to gloat about seeing Drive. "I've actually seen him twice!"
"I'm surrounded by morons and they're supposed to be the adults." Madoka sighed, resisting the urge to face palm himself or either beat the living hell out of someone in here. He couldn't decide which.
As the two were talking about ankle action or whatever, and Jun interjecting by talking more about soup, Madoka sighed then walked beside Takasugi.
"Cut the act. I know the real reason why you're looking for the Kamen Rider."
"O-Oh…" he got out.
Soon, Kiriko came bursting inside the room.
"Shadow lost sight of Kusaka!" she informed.
"No doubt he was spotted." Madoka said, referring to the Shift Car.
(East City Times Office)
Madoka, Kiriko, and Takasugi were in the office as they searched around Kusaka's desk for any clues as to where he was going, or what he was planning to do next.
"This guy sure is full of himself." Madoka commented, looking at the awards.
"This was our biggest scoop." Takasugi said, showing him the paper from a week ago that coincidently had their Font-R case.
"The Font-R case…?" Kiriko questioned, slightly surprised to see that.
"After that…Kusaka was obsessed about breaking another big story. It's like he became a different person."
"And you've been looking for the Kamen Rider since then…" Madoka began. "You weren't doing it for the fame or to get another big scoop. It was to save Kusaka from the Roidmude, to save your partner. That's why you contacted someone from the Special Crimes Unit, so you could get in touch with the Kamen Rider. Isn't that right?"
"Yes." nodded Takasugi.
"Earlier, back at that building, I noticed when you tried defending him saying he attack the place where your old mentor works at. Like I said, you knew from the very start."
"I saw them. Near the sight of the second building collapse." he admits.
"Then why go through all the trouble for Kusaka-san?" Kiriko asked.
"It was my fault…" he began. "I'm the reason he felt so desperate. It was a year when they shot down our story."
He told them how Kusaka tried to convince their head director to redo their investigation stating he didn't fake his photographs, or the evidence they found. However, at the time, Takasaugi had already given up thus leaving his best friend to fight alone.
"I abandoned him! I trampled our friendship!" he told them, feeling bad about what he did that year. "That's why…I have to face him this time!"
"It's too dangerous to get near him!" Kiriko said trying to convince him to stay away.
"In order to get the truth, you have to get hurt! A man I respected once told me that. And I want to live by those words."
Madoka stared at him for a moment before letting out a sigh. At a time like this…Why did he have to feel nostalgia right now?
"Might as well go save your friend, then." Madoka said making the reporter smile. His phone rang. "What is it?"
(Road)
Madoka was driving the van as they were heading towards the International Sports Stadium, where Kusaka is planning his next attack. He had gotten a call from Kyu stating that the buildings are tied to politicians, the big shots that covered Takasugi and Kusaka's story from last year. As it turns out, the collapsed buildings were owned property of politicos connected with Kaishima City Construction. Each of them had been destroyed from newest to oldest. And this stadium is next on the list.
"It shouldn't be too long now." Madoka said before stopping the van.
"What's wrong?" Kiriko asked.
"He's back for another round." he gestured to Chase who patiently waited on his bike. "Take the wheel and get out of here. And make sure Takasugi gets to Kusaka."
"Yeah." nodded Kiriko.
They switched places and Kiriko drove off passing by Chase.
"Wanna get started?" Madoka asked.
"Yes." Chase replied as he transformed.
"BREAK UP!"
"Transform into Kamen Rider."
Tridoron came as Madoka went over and took Mr. Belt out strapping him around his waist.
"Let's start the fifth round." stated Madoka.
"Henshin!"
"DRIVE-TYPE SPEED!"
Now donned in his armor with the sword in hand, Drive and Chaser went at each other as the former swung his sword only for the Roidmude to counter with Break Gunner. Drive swung again at Chaser, who evaded the attacks and tried to hit the Kamen Rider with his weapon. Blocking with Handle-Ken, Drive found an opening and slashes him across the chest making him stagger back. They momentarily glared at each other before going at it again.
Drive slashed Chaser across the chest again, kicked him, and then sent various punches before said Roidmude managed to knock him back then punched with Break Gunner. Stumbling back ever so slightly, Drive quickly regained himself and swung Handle-Ken only for Chaser to duck underneath the blade. They briefly postponed their fight to slowly side step, raising up their weapons, and then started to sprint. Chaser fired Break Gunner only for Drive to deflect the attacks with his blade.
When they were about to collide, they immediately stopped knowing they would come to a standoff and neither wanted that.
Chaser brought out the Cobra Viral Core, inserting it into Break Gunner's slot.
"TUNE-CHASER COBRA!"
"Let's see how you fair this time, Kamen Rider!" challenged Chaser, whipping the snake-like cord in that same rapid motion of speed, making it impossible for Drive to see with the naked eye.
"Here we go again…!" thought Drive, relaxing his muscles and took a deep breath. "I just need to remember what that Uptight Swordswoman told me."
(Flashback)
"You need my advice?" Tsubasa blinked.
"I never said that." Madoka frowned, looking away from her. "I only asked if you know how to follow an opponent, who can move their weapon at a rapid pace, or if there was a way to counter something like that despite not being fast enough yourself to see through it."
Tsubasa curled her lips up into a smile that was barely noticeable before inwardly giggling; finding how cute the multi color eyed boy in front of her was acting. It was rather adorable really.
"What?" Madoka raised a brown, his voice sounding annoyed.
"Nothing." she replied, brushing those thoughts away. "In any case, I do know how to see through and counter those kinds of attacks. However it takes a lot of time and practice to be able to perform such a feat."
"Well, obviously. But I just need to know the basics of doing that while in battle, something a beginner like me would be able to get." he said.
"Very well." she began. "All you need to do is listen to the rhythm of the attack, and observe the movement pattern. Once you're able to do that, you'll eventually find an opening for an attack."
"Observe and listen, huh?"
"Correct." Tsubasa nodded.
(Present)
"I just need to observe what he's doing and listen." Drive carefully watched Chase and listened to the rhythm he created with his whip. Shortly thereafter, he instantly saw through everything and made his move. "There we go." Sprinting towards the whip, Drive was able to dodge and deflect each attack.
"What!?" gaped Chase, seeing that his attacks were unable to hit him. He was about to insert the Bat Viral Core to perform a Double Tune, but was too late as Drive appeared before him.
Slashing him across the chest with Handle-Ken, Drive smirked knowing he got his payback and then punched Chase across from him.
"Time for Wild!" announced Mr. Belt.
"No need to tell me." Drive said before transforming.
"DRIVE-TYPE WILD!"
"Damn you!" cursed Chaser. He took out the Cobra Viral Core and replaced it with the Bat and Spider Viral Cores.
"TUNE-CHASER BAT!"
"TUNE-CHASER SPIDER!"
With both his melee and long ranged weapon combined, Chase raced towards Drive who readied Handle-Ken as they clashed.
(Stadium)
"Takasugi…" Kusaka said turning to face his old 'friend' along with the officer he encountered. "What do you want?"
"I was wrong last year!" Takasu said, getting on his knees and bowed. "I'm sorry! So please, confess to setting up your cover stories, pay your debt to society! And remember your old ideals!"
"You have nothing to apologize for…Takasugi."
"Eh?"
"Let's hear it for the hoaxes." he started. "The truth doesn't sell the papers. Headlines just need to be exciting."
"You're wrong! Snap out of it, Kusaka!" Takasugi cried, attempting to get closer to him until the Shift came into effect.
"I won't let you interfere." Scooper said, walking towards them.
"I will protect him no matter what!" Kiriko declared, pointing her gun at him.
(Road)
Drive and Chase were at a stalemate as their blades were pressed against one another, trying to push each other back. Soon they stepped back knowing they'll get nowhere with that.
"Let's try this again." Drive said, inserting Rumble Dumb into the brace.
"TIRE KOUKAN!"
"RUBLE DUMB!"
The wheel attached to his right shoulder and the drill attached itself onto his left forearm. Unlike last time, Drive has complete control over both wheel and drill this time.
Soon, the two crashed Rumble Smasher and Double Tune weapon together before an explosion occurred sending them flying back on their feet.
"Damn…To think he caught up soon after I beat him down last time." Drive mused, enjoying himself.
Both fighters were about to go at it, until Tridoron arrived shooting Chaser back and then stopped beside Drive.
"It's finally finished!" Mr. Belt smiled.
"It better not be ugly…"
Rinna got out of the car and held up another stupid invention in her hand. It was a gun, that much was obvious, but for some reason it had a red car door on it.
"Here I am! And here you go, hot off the presses!" Rinna announced throwing the gun at Drive who caught and observed it before…
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?" Drive angrily yelled, lifting it in the air so he could destroy the damn thing with Rumble Smasher.
"Madoka, wait, please…!" Mr. Belt cried in a desperate plea. "I beg of you, do not destroy this weapon! We worked really hard on it, and-"
"Bullshit! I can see your hard work put into how goddamn ugly it looks! Seriously, why is there a fuckin' door on it!?" he angrily yelled.
"W-Well," Rinna nervously began, scared for her life at this point. "…it can only fire a few rounds before it needs to reload by opening the door and closing it to do so."
"Wow, not only that it's ugly, it's useless too!" Drive was about to destroy it before the woman spoke up again…
"Wait! The door can also project a shield!"
"Enough!" Chase yelled, annoyed that his battle was interrupted like this. He fires multiple blasts from Break Gunner's barrel.
"You better be right." Drive places the door-like gun in front of him as he twists the key, causing it to project a red energy shield, protecting him from the incoming blasts. "At least its defense is good."
"Continue the fight!" demanded Chase, firing more energy blasts only to be countered by Drive firing yellow projectile blasts from the gun.
Kiriko fires her gun at Scooper only for him to catch the bullets in his hand before knocking her onto the ground.
"Officer!" cried Takasugi.
"Calm yourselves! You guys are gonna be on the front page tomorrow. The two unfortunate victims caught in the wreckage of a terrible accident…!" Takasugi laughed.
"Actually," Scooper began. "…that's going to be three victims."
"Who else is here?" Kusaka chuckled trying to look for anyone else.
"I'm talking about you, Kusaka." Scooper stated before taking the chip off his person. He then pushes Kusaka down.
"Kusaka!" cried Takasugi.
"Halt!" a familiar voice shouted.
"Huh?" questioned Scooper before he was suddenly slashed across the chest forcing him to back away from them.
Kiriko looks at their savior as it turned out to be Tsubasa donned in Ame no Habakiri.
"Tsubasa-san!" she said, surprised to see her again.
"I'm glad to have made it on time." Tsubasa sighed in relief taking note of their condition. "Are you alright, Shinjima-san?"
"Yeah." she nodded. "But...how did you know where to find us? Or that we were in trouble?"
Tsubasa gave a small grin. "You can thank Madoka for my being here, actually."
"Madoka?" she blinked.
"He called for my assistance."
(Flashback)
Tsubasa had walked out of the bathroom as she heard her phone ring. Reaching inside her pocket, she took it out before seeing that it was a text from Madoka.
"Madoka…?" she blinked.
'Hey, Uptight Swordswoman…Mind going to the International Sports Stadium to take care of a little vermin that needs to be dealt with? I might be a little busy, so I'll leave it up to you.' it read.
(Present)
"Madoka…did that…?" Kiriko blinked. "So he probably must have texted her when we were either leaving building, or approaching the van."
"He told me where to go and everything. Most likely, as we can see right now, he figured that he wouldn't be here in time to take care of your culprit and help you." Tsubasa stated. "Although, I wished he didn't refer to me as 'Uptight Swordswoman'…"
"That's because he's facing Machine Chaser right now." she informed.
"I see."
"Hey!" yelled Scooper, recovering from the attack. "Who the heck are you!? Are you working with that Kamen Rider?"
"I am…in a way." answered the bluenette, getting into a stance with her sword. "Now, prepare yourself!"
"Don't make me laugh!" Scooper twisted the adjuster as five hologram photos appeared. He pointed each of them as rocks suddenly materialized and took aim for Tsubasa.
Tsubasa slashed through the rocks and sprinted towards him. Firing energy blasts from his camera lens, Scooper tried to shoot her down, however it proves to be fruitless as the girl was too fast to hit. Deciding to go on the offense, Scooper met halfway with the bluenette as he threw a fist, to which she evaded and lashed out a kick. As her foot mad contact with his chest, Scooper stepped back a little, then materialized photos before doing the same with metal pipes that were launched at her.
She easily slices through the metal pipes with her sword.
"Damn you!" growled Scooper.
Drive deflected the oncoming strikes that were coming at him while shooting Chase, who relentlessly came at him with full force not wanting to let up even the slightest. However, knowing how the Kamen Rider is ruthless himself whenever he faces him, it was going to be difficult. Especially now, seeing that he obtained a long ranged weapon not too long ago and was about to shoot him again. He prepared for the worst, but nothing happened.
"I really hate this weapon." Drive tosses it to the side.
"Are you really trying to hurt our feelings?" Mr. Belt cried.
"I'm just stating the obvious fact." he replied.
Drive raised up both Handle-Ken and Rumble Smasher as they slowly walked over to one another before breaking into a sprint. Of course, Drive gained the upper hand when they collided and brought them into a nearby parking garage, where they would continue their fight.
Chase fired several energy arrows while Drive slashed through them with his sword. Using the billowing smoke to his advantage, Chase dashed towards Drive with his blade and thrusts it forward hopping that he made contact. Realizing that his attack didn't make contact by not feeling anything on the other side of his weapon, he widened his eyes as he felt a hand placed on his shoulder. Turing his head, he looks at Drive who squeezed his grip on him.
"Not bad. Using the smoke to obscure my vision…I must admit that was a nice try." he spoke making the self proclaimed reaper to feel something burning in his chest. "But honestly, what the hell do you take me for…? Only an idiot would fall for that kind of trick."
"Damn you!" yelled Chase, breaking free from Drive's grip then foists Fang Spidey at him.
Using Handle-Ken to block his enemy's weapon, Drive kneed him on the stomach before punching him across the face. Stepping back, Chase had no time to react or collect himself as Drive foists Rumble Smasher onto his chest. As the drill was piercing his chest, Chase screamed in pain as sparks were flying everywhere before dropping onto the ground. Drive then slashes him multiple times with Handle-Ken's blade and then tossed it to the side, resorting to his fists as a way to end this battle properly.
"Get up!" Drive demanded, forcing him on his feet before sending out multiple jabs.
Brutally smacking him over and over, he knees him on the chest before slamming him against the wall. Grabbing his forearms, Drive lifts him in the air and slams him down against the ground repeating the process until he throws him outside the building. Watching Chase skid across the other side from him, he grabs both weapons and slowly walks over to him.
Chase struggled to stand as he can barely move an inch. Yet again, he has lost to the Kamen Rider and will surely be destroyed this time. A shadow looms over him as he looks up to see the glowing eyes of Drive leering at him. Watching him raise his sword high, Chase prepared for the worst as it came descending towards him.
Seeing that his sword was now pierced to the ground besides his face, Chase looks up at Drive who stares down at him.
"What's wrong…?" he asked, feeling confused. "Why aren't you going to finish me off?"
"I have a job to do and shouldn't be wasting time." he told him before walking away.
"Wait…!" Chase called out. "Come back and finish the fight! Come back…!"
Drive ignored him and got inside Tridoron before leaving the area.
Chase slammed his fist against the ground as cracks formed. Shortly after, he yelled from the top of his lungs.
"DAMN!"
"Hold still!" Scooper demanded, firing more energy blasts at the girl.
Tsubasa dodged each blast while proceeding towards the Roidmude. Scooper, growling in frustration, lunges out a punch only to be block by the back edge of her sword, then sends out a kick as the blue haired girl quickly jumps over him and quickly thrusts her sword into his shoulder then pulls it out. With a cry of pain, Scooper places a hand over his injured shoulder as the bluenette lands behind him. Spinning herself around, Tsubasa slashes his back repeatedly before leaping in midair, and then plants both her feet onto said back as she sends him flying a couple of feet back.
"Ya might want to get out of the way." warned Drive as his voice reached through her ears followed by Tridoron's engine coming to a stop.
Complying with the warning she jumps high into the air when lasers were fired at Scooper. Landing on the ground, Tsubasa looks at Drive, in Type Speed, with Handle-Ken in hand. He throws it at Scooper's chest, after seeing he was getting up, causing sparks to fly off him as he shouted in pain.
The Roidmude drops on both knees then looks at the sword embedded in his chest. Looking up to see who had thrown it, he was surprised to see that it was the Kamen Rider! A wave of fear had overcome him, remembering their first encounter. To think a mere human being would possess such brute strength while not even transformed. And when he did transform, it was just a one sided beat down!
"Thanks for dropping by." Drive looks at the blue haired girl.
"Happy to help." she replied. "I take it you can handle things from here?"
"Yeah." he answered. "Anyway, it's best for you to get out of here. Don't want to risk exposing yourself any further, right?"
"Right." she nodded. "Well then, I'll see you later." And with that, Tsubasa jumps onto a nearby rooftop and leaves the area.
"She was really nice." Mr. Belt smiled.
"Yeah, well…let's just take care of this already." Drive said, walking over to his target.
"Kamen Rider." awed Takasugi as the armored warrior walked past him.
"Take care of them." Drive instructed to both Kiriko earning a nod.
"No!" Scooper fearfully panicked, standing back on his feet. Watching the Rider getting closer, he took several steps back. "Stay back, stay back…!"
Drive leered at him with a hard gaze that seems to be piercing through him. As he got closer to the Roidmude, he immediately pulls Handle-Ken out of his chest causing him to shout in pain. Then he hits him with a hard jab, sending him further into the stadium.
"Damn it!" cursed Scooper, slamming his fist against the ground. "This can't end like this! It just can't!"
"Shut up!" A fist connected with his cheek that sent him crashing against the stadium seats. Getting up from the seats, Scooper looks at Drive who cracked his neck while slowly walking towards him.
"Die! Kamen Rider!" yelled Scooper, firing energy blasts.
Drive simply walks through the blasts not being affected in the slightest. Even while getting hit, he felt no pain whatsoever seeing how his opponent is a lot weaker than him. As he was being veiled in smoke, he pulls out the gun which he will call Door-Ju because of its ugly look, he opens and closes the door.
"CHARGE!"
He aims at Scooper taking fire as the yellow projectile bullets hit him. When they made impact he takes two steps back before rolling on the ground. Drive twists the key, pulls Type Speed out of the brace, inserts it into Door-Ju's slot, and then starts to finish things off.
"HISSATSU: SPEED-FULL THROTTLE!"
He fires several shots before leaping into the air to kick a red holographic wheel that slams into Scooper.
Drive lands back on the ground and walks away as Scooper explodes behind him along with the core.
After finishing off his so-called opponent, the police arrived a few hours after Kiriko made the call to let them know the culprit has been apprehended.
Madoka leaned against the rail as he watched Takasugi and Kusaka rekindle their friendship, promising to discover the truth about his alter ego together. Of course, that would be after Kusaka gets out of jail, which is something that will take a while. Considering his crime, he may be in for quite a few years or so. Regardless, their relationship as friends worked out for the better in the end.
Speaking of which….
"Did you still want to bring those flowers?" Madoka asked making his partner look at him, as he kept his attention to the two friends.
"That depends. Are you saying you want me to come along this time?" Kiriko smirked, knowing this is her partner's way of apologizing.
"Take it however you want. Besides, he's been curious to meet you anyway." Madoka said as he walked away from the crime scene knowing there was nothing left for them to do. "Let's get something to eat. I'm starving."
"Right." smiled Kiriko, following her partner.
(Abandon Stage Room)
The figures from before were gathered together in a stage room as the lights had come on. They were revealed to be none other than Roidmudes in their Advanced Forms, save for one.
"Guess that's it for 033." the first Roidmude spoke.
The first Roidmude is rather lithe with glowing multi colored tubes on his chest. His left forearm was protected by a silver gauntlet that has a crossbow on it, which can only fire four shots per arrow, and has a multi colored glowing wires connecting to his shoulder. On the right forearm he has also has a silver gauntlet, with jagged edges, multi colored wires connecting to the right shoulder, and has black metallic claws with glowing tips. His head was mainly black with a silver mouthpiece and has white eyes. This is the Neon.
"He was nothing but a little bitch in the end! Good riddance…!" the second Roidmude scoffed.
This Roidmude is gray metallic in color and has bronze muscle-like tissue. He was really muscular with a bronze chest that mimicked muscles, large shoulder pads designed as fists with silver studs, matching boots, and wore silver rings on his hands acting as knuckle-like weapons. His head was shaped as skeleton with sharp teeth, bronze spikes acting as hair, and red eyes. This is Knuckle.
"Come now, Knuckle. No need to disrespect the dead. True, he was weak, but that's no excuse to waste energy on the worthless." the third Roidmude told him.
This one is dark blue with black marks on his body. He has two large silver boomerangs attached to his back with black handles, along with two additional ones on his hips, and sported a mantle on the left shoulder. Both his hands and feet were mainly black as the forearms had silver V symbols on them. Lastly, his head is silver with a blue U shaped visor. This is Boomerang.
"I think we should get back to more important things, don't you think?" the fourth one frowned.
As earlier stated this Roidmude does not have an Advanced Form like the others. He was still a Bat Type labeled 005. What him uniquely different from the rest of his kind is the large cannon-like gun attached to his left arm. However, regardless of the weapon on his arm, there was something more to him than just that alone. And it does enable him to keep up with Roidmudes that have already evolved into their more powerful bodies.
"Indeed. The strength of that Kamen Rider intrigues me." the final Roimude mused.
The last Roidmude seemed to be unique in appearance compared to his comrades. His body was mainly colored black with gold markings, silver winged shoulder pads that has gold edges, two capes hanging from his back shaped as wings with silver edges, silver gauntlets with gold edges, and matching boots. His head was also unique as he has silver visor-like eyes and golden wings attached to the sides acting as a crown of sorts. This is Wing.
"Gentlemen…I say it's about time we pay Heart a little visit. I'm sure he'll be ecstatic to see us again." Wing said as the lights turned off.
(With Chase)
Chase stood alone as he began to recall recent events as of late. After getting defeated by the Kamen Rider recently, he felt something burning in his chest and managed to express some kind of emotion. He believed it to be anger due to how…furious he felt about losing and feeling some form of humiliation. Furthermore, he also felt…confusion. His mind was starting to flood with questions as to why he couldn't shoot that woman. Moreover, he was starting to question his own self for things he hasn't thought about before.
"Did you finally learn something?"
"Anger, huh? That's good."
"So tell me, what did you learn?"
"Looks like we're making progress."
The Kamen Rider's words kept echoing into his head, they wouldn't stop playing no matter how much he tried to block them out. However, he was starting to realize that he is genuinely curious about what he had meant. What was he supposed to learn? Or what did he learn? And what type of progress was he making into Kamen Rider's eyes…? These are things that will keep him wondering. And will not leave his heart to rest.
"Kamen Rider." he quietly murmured. "What is he? No, more importantly, what am I…?"
(Emergency Room)
Inside the emergency room within the Second Division base, Kanade was still in a comatose state until one of her fingers began to twitch. And then her eyes opened.
AN: Alright guys, as you've all seen, Kanade will be joining in on the action as she has awakened from her coma. I know you're all probably wondering how she's going to help without her power as a Symphogear user. But don't worry, she will return to the fight soon enough. You'll just have to wait and see. So with that, I will see you all later.
