Academy Kamen Rider: Term 2.
Chapter 10: The Blacklist.
"Glad everything's back to normal after that Orphenoch crap..." Puppy sighed, moving stuff back into his room at the Den-O dorm after spending a long month living at the lighthouse. Following the Orphenoch/NEXT incident, Professor Ryker decreed that Erik and his friends were to seperate for a month to take a break as the academy rebuilt. Nobody told them why they were being kept away from one another, but the students understood that the professors always had a reason for everything. Puppy & Dogmott pulled out two drawers to repack Puppy's casual clothes away.
As Puppy pulled out the second drawer, he noticed something drop out from under it. Placing the drawer to his side with curiosity, he picked up the item: it was a white armband, with an ominous, typeset letter 'B' in black on it. Retorting in horror, Puppy hastilly shoved the armband in a smaller drawer.
"Master, is something wrong?" Dogmott asked in concern.
Knowing he was about to lie to his partner, Puppy shook his head: "Nothing, partner. Let's just focus on getting the drawers filled out."
Puppy's heart skipped a beat... he had hoped never to see that ever again.
-xxx-
"Raz!" Eddie yelled in delight as he and Rito began moving boxes into Raz's office.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa... this office is a mess as it is! I don't need you two coming in here with more crap... took me five hours to sort out my old casefiles yesterday! Ever since last month, everything's gone to Hell in here!" Raz frantically complained.
Rito rolled his eyes: "Nice to see you too, dude."
Realising he'd just snapped at his two friends, Raz took a deep breath: "Sorry, guys, neither of you deserved that. I've been dealing with a lot of stress lately. Haven't had time to properly clean up."
"It's okay, man, we know what you mean. I've been off my head for the past month trying to cancel out the boredom of being on my own. It sucked. So I'm glad to be back." Eddie replied.
"Yeah but you weren't exactly alone though..." Rito chuckled.
Eddie punched him in the shoulder: "You talk too much."
Raz was intrigued: "Ooh, cat's out of the bag. Spill, Ed or I might just have to bust out Detective's Interview Breaking 101!"
"Fine. Koto Misaki came by to thank me for the help with her uncle and her peace of mind getting closer to the funeral. We dated for about two weeks! I don't see what the big deal is, Rito..." Eddie sighed.
"You dated Misaki? Chose a good time for it when everyone couldn't gossip." Raz commented.
Eddie placed one of the boxes beside his feet and groaned: "Yeah, well, keep it to yourself or Phil's gonna have a field day!"
Rito couldn't help but chuckle as Eddie yelped in pain after accidentally dropping another box on his foot.
-xxx-
Over. Under. Side-to-side. Rinse and repeat. That was what Dax's training in the Mirror World had consisted of and besides a few minor run-ins with Lucifer, Dax had used the loneliness of the Mirror World to enhance his fighting ability over the past month.
It also meant that he and Phil got to hang out, knowing they couldn't be punished for breaking the conditions of the month-long curfew the Academy had placed on them. It also meant that Dax could ease Phil's worry about being away from Amanda for a while.
"Don't worry yourself about it, Phil... I've known Amanda for years. She just doesn't skip town on someone because they spent so much time away." Dax reassured his best friend, who continued to uncomfortably hack away at a tree.
"The one good thing I can say about Shiro is he was there for her everyday. What use am I if I can't do the same?" Phil complained, the hacking from his Arach Saber becoming harder and harder. Eventually, the tree crashed to the ground.
Dax sighed: "You know... I said I've known Amanda for years. I've known Erik almost half as long. He & Amanda used to date. Now, promise me that what I tell you next does not leave your mouth."
Phil nodded: "Sure."
"There were some complications with their relationship. Erik felt the same way you do now and I had to explain to him the exact same. Well, one thing led to another... and Amanda ended up pregnant with Erik's baby daughter. She suffered a miscarriage. That's why Erik & Amanda don't like to talk much about the past." Dax explained. Phil was quite shocked.
"Man... I totally see Amanda and Erik in a different light now. That must've been horrible." Phil commented.
"It was traumatic for them." Dax nodded. "But they got through it. Which is why I'm about to ask you something... what happened in your past?"
Phil sighed, and stabbed the Arach Saber in the ground. He then took a seat on the tree he had just chopped down. He rubbed his forehead and took a deep breath.
"Okay... I used to raise hell. From the word 'go', there was no shyness about it, I was on fire. Where I lived, there was a party, you could bet your ass I'd be at it, getting drunk every night, waking up with the world's most brutal hangover the next morning. My three best friends at the time, Dante Kaien, Jake Bryant and Alex Blade, they adored me and my funnyman routine, but they were also getting their panties in a bunch because I was drinking myself to death. But didn't matter how many appointments to the doctor I made, I just refused to change. And by the time I did change and go into rehab, those three had just had enough of me and still hold a grudge to this day, not that I blame 'em. I'm sure Puppy's told you this already, but I wanted you to hear it from me. I wasn't a good person in the past, Dax... a drunk and disorderly charge? That's not a very good memory. Neither is almost dying on a hospital bed. I've buried everything from my past life and I don't want it to affect my future." Phil recalled.
Dax extended his hand: "Bro, we've all done things we're not proud of. I won't tell if you don't."
Phil took his friend's handshake and the two smiled.
"I guess I've got a couple of apologies to make when we get out of here." Phil said.
"Don't do it until you're ready... and at least wait until after Rider History 101 because our assignment ain't gonna write itself!" Dax chuckled as the two headed towards the nearest mirror.
-xxx-
"What happened here?" Puppy wondered as Kamen Rider Wingblade was loaded onto a stretcher by the medical team, flanked by members of the Disciplinary Squad. Wingblade's armor was smouldering and broken.
Christina pointed to the black rose on the floor where Wingblade was, stained in blood. Puppy went wide-eyed and slowly approached the rose. He took a long look at it and sighed.
"Quite an old calling card for an attack. I'd stay on your guard if I were you, Christina... if these guys think Erik is the biggest threat, they won't hesitate destroying that which is close to him before they take him out." Puppy warned her. Christina nodded and continued walking. Puppy then turned back to the rose in front of him and picked it up, allowing blood to drip out of it.
"This is worrying..." Puppy thought to himself. He then let the rose drop from his hand, the blood rebounding onto his hand in the shape of a 'B'. Uneasy with the scene, Puppy turned to leave with Dogmott by his side and pulled out his PDA.
-xxx-
"Hey, did you hear? Apparently, an old, secret fraternity from the first years of the Academy has apparently come back!"
"That's a myth... it's all just speculation. I wouldn't worry about it."
"These guys are viscous, I hear. We need to keep on our guard."
"As I said, it's probably just a myth. Don't go looking into it too much... probably just another kaijin outbreak."
Erik walked through the Den-O dorm's cafeteria, looking to get himself some water while he prepared for that day's lessons. He went and sat down at a table, which was hastily joined by Toby.
"Hey, man. Yesterday was last day of the curfew... how you feeling?" Toby asked, patting Erik on the shoulder.
"Like a lonely wreck. You know how hard it is doing all these assignments knowing I'm not seeing my friends for over a month because of the Orphenoch outbreak? Pretty damn hard. Just hope Christina's doing okay." Erik replied, flicking through his assignment textbook.
"I just saw Christina on my way here. She and Jax are having a ball socialising. Seems they've worked out their differences." Toby commented.
Erik smirked: "Good to hear. Now maybe I can stop worrying."
"Everything's about to get back to normal... but I did hear from Raz on my way here that when the NEXT building was sweeped from the inside out, the Arch and Rose Orphenochs' bodies were unaccounted for. So that means they're still on the island. What's say we finish what we started?" Toby offered.
Erik nodded: "Let's go find them."
-xxx-
"Amy?" Nobuya wondered to himself as he searched for the girl who was near enough the only friend he had made at the academy. Not by his choice, but nonetheless a friend. He searched the Ryuki dorm and eventually went up to Amy's dorm room. He was about to knock as usual, but then realised the door was a couple of inches open... and the hinge was slightly cracked. Sensing trouble, Nobuya slowly pushed the door open and was shocked to see that Amy's room was trashed. Her window had been pulled from the wall and her things were dumped all over the floor... along with a male student, who was bleeding badly. Nobuya turned him over to reveal Zero Kaze of the Den-O dorm.
"What are you doing here?" Nobuya yelled, trying to get the barely-conscious Zero to answer him.
"...My sister Rei... she was here to... see Amy Crystalline. Th-they're... best friends..." Zero muttered.
"Where are they? What happened?" Nobuya continued to get angry.
"The Orphenochs... two of them... they... totalled the room and took them." Zero replied. Nobuya's paranoid eye then wandered towards the sand on the ground behind Zero.
"Did you injure one of them?" Nobuya wondered.
Zero weakly shook his head: "No... Amy pierced one of them with her hooks and then the girls were knocked out and I was left here to die."
Nobuya groaned and opened his Rider PDA, dialling Professor Takeshi Tanaka's number: "Tanaka, it's Nobuya. My friend Amy's been kidnapped by the remaining Orphenochs, according to my bleeding friend here. He's going to require medical attention, so get yourself over to the Ryuki dorm. As for me? I'm heading after the grey beasts. It's time for payback."
-xxx-
"Right... you ready?" Toby encouraged. Erik nodded.
"Let's go kick some Orphenoch ass!" Erik responded. They attempted to start their motorcycles, but a blast exploded behind their back wheels and sent them flying off the vehicles. They were soon approached by three students: an Ichigo dormer, a Kabuto dormer and an IXA dormer. Toby & Erik readied themselves for a fight.
"My name is Sekai Shirokaze... and you're not going anywhere. We're here to prove our dominance... and you're the perfect example to show it." The IXA dormer said.
"Kiba Orochi..." The Ichigo dormer simply said.
"Chisame Tokugawa, Kabuto dorm." The Kabuto dormer followed.
"Now... Blacklist, for our leader, TRANSFORM!" Sekai ordered, wrapping a belt around her waist.
"Blacklist?" Erik wondered to himself out loud. Toby readied the Garren Buckle.
Kiba was soon flanked by a silver Kivat-type creature... ArcKivat, who appeared heavily-damaged.
"ArcKivat? But when Davis Nash was killed, you died too!" Toby remembered.
"You... really... PISS ME OFF!" Chazz 'Dark Phoenix' Leiter's body then changed into something akin to Kiva's Flight Style, only his carried over the color scheme of Dark Kiva. Chazz & Davis Nash then engaged in a massive dogfight above Albert City. Subconsciously, Chazz called for Fake Doran. Castle Doran's fake brethren heeded the call and made its mark by firing Stasis Missiles at Davis. Both Chazz and Fake Doran then flew towards Nash, covered in a fiery-violet aura. The two dragons roared and began to fuse together. This, however, would be short-lived as the fusion shattered to reveal a giant Dark Kiva in violet flames.
Wake Up, 3!
Chazz proceeded to kick Davis directly in his Arc's eye. Chazz let out a battle cry as he propelled Nash towards the Arc Moon where a crater with Kiva's insignia appeared.
"True, Dark Kiva destroyed Davis Nash... but Nash was weak. He was not worthy of my power! Doron doron!" ArcKivat chirped in response. Chisame parted her jacket to reveal a ZECT Rider Belt before being joined by a Hummingbird Zecter.
"Henshin!"
HENSHIN! Change: Rose!
Chisame transformed into Kamen Rider Rose.
"Henshin!"
Sekai swiped a Rider Pass over her dinosaur-footprint-adorned SetTouch.
Vel Mode!
Sekai transformed into Kamen Rider Vel.
"Henshin!"
ArcKivat connected to the ArcKivat Belt and transformed Kiba into Kamen Rider Arc. Toby inserted the Change Ace into the Garren Buckle while Erik had YuKivat bite his hand. They promptly transformed and were stuck in battle with the trio of Riders before them. Toby squared off with Sekai & Kiba, while Erik tangled with Chisame.
-xxx-
"Move, Kaito!" Nobuya growled angrily as he shoved Harbinger out of the way. Joseph wasn't having any of it as he got on his Rider Runner and followed after Nobuya.
"Why the sudden hurry?" Harbinger wondered.
Nobuya kept his eyes focused on the path in front of him: "I don't have time for this, Kaito... move!"
"Not even to get your cards back?" Harbinger replied, causing Nobuya to stop in his tracks. Harbinger stopped his RiderRunner and waved the MakaiBooker in Nobuya's face. Nobuya looked at the Booker, tempted to take it back there and then.
"When did I ever say I'd keep the cards forever, Dori? All I asked as payment for them back is for you to try and mend your ways. Seems like that's too much to ask for where you're concerned. Spoiled child, huh? That's rich, coming from you. Nobuya... I know what being in Ichigo dorm and being around Frantz did to you. It turned you into a monster; a killing machine. But the thing with us humans is that our hearts are always present. Seeing you give up this fight makes me think there's a little hope for you... my gut is telling me that this is you I'm talking about and I shouldn't hold my breath, but I want to try at least once to let you find that hope. And when you find it, come find me. I'll hand you your cards back."
"Keep the Booker." Nobuya told the thief.
"Huh?" Joey responded in confusion.
"I don't have time for your lectures about playing fair. Amy Crystalline is in danger... and I'm going to make the Orphenochs pay for taking her." Nobuya concluded, continuing to walk in the direction he was going. Harbinger sat on his motorcycle befuddled that Nobuya refused his property.
"What are you up to, Dori?" Joey thought to himself as he watched Nobuya walk away.
-xxx-
Augen quickly stepped backwards to avoid each sword attack, before grabbing one of Puppy's hands and pulling it towards him into a powerful punch. Puppy landed on his face. Augen's hands quickly grabbed Puppy's head pulling it down towards his legs, while one of his knees came up at the same time and delivered a powerful knee to the face of Puppy, Augen quickly followed up with a thrust kick to Puppy's stomach, sending him flying. Puppy quickly recovered, his Slash Buster's blade charging up before it unleashed a powerful sonic soundwave slash which sent Augen flying. Augen quickly got back up only to see Puppy preparing another sonic slash, causing Augen to quickly raise his arms and brace himself for the ensuing impact. This time he managed to prevent himself from being sent flying. Augen reached down and placed the Orichalcos Fuestle in KageDoran's mouth.
Wake Up!
A powerful leap sent Augen up and flying at Puppy, his right leg entended outward in the flying side kick stance, executing the Skull Dragon Break. The attack sent Puppy flying, causing him to explode out of his Rider armor as Augen landed on the ground.
"And the winner of this contest... Augen of the IXA dorm!"
Dogmott unstrapped himself from Puppy's waist and returned to his canine mode, checking on his partner. Augen quickly reverted to human form himself and rushed over to help. He slowly kneeled down as Puppy's eyes opened and a smile formed.
"You alright?" Augen asked.
"Not quite strong enough to beat you this time, chief." Puppy joked.
Letting a rare smile appear, Augen patted Puppy lightly on the chest: "You'll get there someday, pal."
"Someday should be today, Augen... you know it and I know it." Puppy told himself as he read the yearbook, complete with photos of that particular loss at the Towerhacker Stadium. In contrast with his own personal scrapbook, which was full of his victories, the yearbook only seemed to concentrate on Puppy's hardfought losses to Augen. While he wasn't thrilled at losing, Puppy would never begrudge his good friend.
But the losses were hard to swallow.
Puppy continued dividing his time between reading the yearbook and completing his assignments, which he handled pretty well. But he was troubled by other things as well.
Christina pointed to the black rose on the floor where Wingblade was, stained in blood. Puppy went wide-eyed and slowly approached the rose. He took a long look at it and sighed.
"Quite an old calling card for an attack."
He was snapped out of his memories by a sudden call on his PDA. It was from Raz.
Some punks calling themselves 'the Blacklist' just jumped Erik & Toby at the academy gates. I'm headed there now to provide backup. We could use the help. Eddie's gone to scout out this location we thought the remaining Orphenochs could be hiding.
Raz.
Puppy stared confused at the message before switching off his PDA and heading over to his drawer. He reached inside, grabbed what was inside and then rushed out the door, Dogmott following soonafter.
-xxx-
"Nobuya! Don't come here!" Amy yelled out as Nobuya approached the Rose & Arch Orphenochs as Kamen Rider Makai, Zanvat Sword and ZECT Kunai in hands.
"So the twerp heads to his death?" Draig smiled, patting Taurin on the chest.
"Time for us to give him what he wants." Taurin replied before joining his Orphenoch brethren in an assault on Nobuya. Nobuya quickly gripped the Zanvat Sword and blocked a slash from Draig's claws with it, throwing him back and smashing its blade into the creature with a powerful swing, forcing the Orphenoch backwards. He then did several spinning swings into the Orphenoch's chest chest, forcing him further back. He drew sand.
Nobuya ducked under as swipe of Taurin's claws but was thrown back by Draig. The ZECT Kunai was produced in defense and slashed Taurin across the chest, then caught a lunge from Draig's Orphenoch sword, forcing him to kick Taurin back again as he tried to attack from the side. He then forced Draig off and slashed him across the chest repeatedly with both weapons to force the Orphenoch back.
Suddenly, both Draig & Taurin backed up and launched a double fireball at Nobuya, which sent him flying backwards out of Rider form, dropping his two weapons. The Orphenochs tried to advance, but were cut off by gunfire. It was from a smoking Diendriver, wielded by Harbinger, who hopped off of his RiderRunner and stepped in front of Nobuya.
"You're doing good, Dori... I'll fight for you." Joey said, shooting at the Orphenochs once more. This well-placed shot also freed Amy Crystalline and Rei Kaze from their binds, allowing Amy to rush Rei off to safety, much to the chagrin of the Orphenochs.
"Why do you fight for me?" Nobuya wondered, knowing Harbinger wasn't exactly his friend.
"Because we're comrades. Whether we've had fights in the past or not, we've also looked out for each other the longest since I enrolled, even more so than Puppy. I was too blind to see that you had changed, but then I watched you rescue refuse your cards to come after your broad and then I thought to myself... maybe he's worthy of being a friend. You've definitely earned your cards back. Plus, I don't really need them anymore considering your Booker helped me build my own Booker. So, if you're fit enough to fight..." Harbinger began, holding out the MakaiBooker. "...then transform and help me destroy these lunatics."
Nobuya looked at the Orphenochs with contempt and then nodded at Harbinger, taking the MakaiBooker back: "Let's Ride."
They loaded up their Drivers with their respective Kamen Ride cards: "Henshin!"
Kamen Ride: Diend!
Kamen Ride: Makai!
Diend & Makai stood in place of Harbinger & Nobuya, ready to fight. A card popped out of Diend's own RideBooker, complete with Diend logo, right into Joey's palm. It was a blank card, flashing with an image of two blurred Riders overlapping.
"Let's go, Joey!" Nobuya encouraged. Harbinger nodded and the two ran at the Rose Orphenoch with their Bookers in Sword mode. Both slashed at the Orphenoch and then double roundhouse kicked him over. Nobuya took out a card from the MakaiBooker.
Form Ride: Kiva DoGaBaKi!
Nobuya crystallised with the power of all three of Kiva's forms, right into Kiva DoGaBaKi Form, wielding the Garuru Saber and the Basshaa Magnum for a sword and gun-charged assault. Joey did the same and the two Riders managed to overpower the Orphenoch.
"Look at the power of my Final Kamen Ride cards!" Harbinger taunted, taking out a blue card with an image of Kiva Emperor Form on it. He placed it in the Diendriver and fired.
Final Kamen Ride: Kiva!
This summoned Kiva Emperor Form, complete with Zanvat Sword. The Rose Orphenoch now had to deal with two Kivas, but he was dealing with them fairly well, especially since his partner, the Arch Orphenoch burst through the scene and bowled Nobuya over again.
"I could really use your help right now, Joey! Got any ideas?" Nobuya asked.
Harbinger nodded: "The new card of course. Prepare to be more powerful than either of these two goons!"
He placed the new card in the Diendriver and fired.
Unite Form Ride: Kiva DoGaBaKi Emperor!
The beam from the Diendriver shot out and latched onto the Kiva drone. Joey guided it in Nobuya's direction and watched it change Nobuya into Kiva DoGaBaKi Emperor Form.
"This power... is amazing!" Nobuya thought to himself as reached for one last card from the MakaiBooker.
Final Attack Ride: Kiva!
Nobuya got into position and hit the Arch Orphenoch full-on with the devastating DoGaBaKi Emperor Breaker kick, causing him to burn in blue flames and dissolve into sand. The Rose Orphenoch was frozen in fear. But that would be the last thing he saw, as Joey loaded the Diendriver up one last time.
Final Attack Ride: Diend!
The Rose Orphenoch was obliterated by Harbinger's Dimension Shoot, reduced to nothing more than sand and blue flames. Afterwards, Harbinger & Nobuya found themselves face-to-face again.
"C'mon, Dori... don't throw away all your hard work." Harbinger encouraged.
Nobuya shook his head: "I don't intend on it."
Nobuya then uncharacteristically extended his hand to Harbinger, who gladly shook it. His cards now back with who they belong, Nobuya turned and left the scene of the fight. Harbinger then turned to go back to his RiderRunner, where he saw Puppy standing there. Harbinger was confused.
"Joey... I need your help."
After they had left, Eddie arrived on the SkullBoilder, looking around until he spotted the sand blazing with blue flames.
Eddie sighed: "Damn, I missed the party."
-xxx-
Kiba went at Toby with all his might, but Toby was more than ready for him, using the Jack Garren Rouser to parry the blow and deliver a devastating one of his own. Toby kept up the pace, slashing circles around Kiba and keeping him off-guard. Kiba angrily used his Key Fuestle.
Wake Up!
ArcKivat ripped its own faceplate off while Kiba transformed into Legend Arc, but Toby's wings prevented him from being blown back by the force of the transformation. Furthermore, it allowed him to take out his Rouse Cards.
"Have a piece of this, you wannabe!" Toby encouraged, swiping the cards through his Rouser.
Burning Shot!
Toby's wings sprouted further as he descended upon Kiba with the Garren Rouser, its blazing bullets colliding hard with Kiba's chest. But unfortunately, Kiba braved them all and descended for his final attack, the Ultima Dead End, which blasted Toby right out of his armor.
"Pathetic." Kiba commented.
Erik & Chisame rolled over the floor before Erik bodyslammed Chisame onto her back. With the Stardust Saber in his hand, Erik unleashed some intense strikes upon his opponent. He lunged for a stab, but Chisame slapped him away.
Erik & Chisame then clashed forearms, grinding against each other to see who could get the upper hand. The answer to this question would turn out to be neither, as both jumped back and created distance. Erik though fast and gave YuKivat the Awakening Fuestle.
Waking Up!
Chisame was rendered surprised and utterly defeated when Erik crashed into her with the Dominance Crash Break, forcing her out of suit. He was about to engage Sekai in combat when Raz drove onto the scene, his Double Driver already loaded up.
"Henshin!"
Cyclone! Joker!
Raz transformed into Double CycloneJoker and floored the HardBoilder, jumping off into a flying kick that forced Sekai back. She took her VelGasher, and prepared for a fight. Raz replaced the Joker Memory with the Metal Memory.
Cyclone! Metal!
The black side of Double became silver and armed Raz with the Metal Shaft. Sekai lunged for Raz, who pulled up the Metal Shaft to defend himself against the VelGasher. Sekai's relentless assault forced Raz to step up his own attack. Sekai swung for Raz's legs, but the wannabe detective frontflipped over and blasted Sekai in the face with a roundhouse kick.
Sekai retaliated by swinging her weapon like a boomerang at Raz's head, which found the mark and smashed into Raz's visor, leaving a crack. This was Sekai's time to take advantage, retrieving the VelGasher to parry away Raz's Metal Shaft and then attempt to stab Raz in the gut. Raz blocked it and removed the Metal Memory from his Double Driver, plugging it into the Metal Shaft.
Metal! Maximum Drive!
"Metal Twister!" Raz called, spinning out of the deadlock and catching Sekai on the head, causing Sekai to pass over her footprint SetTouch.
Full Charge!
The blade of the VelGasher shot off into the Double Driver, cancelling Raz's transformation. Erik once again got ready to go head-to-head with Sekai, but was once again cut off... by the Slash Buster. Erik regrouped with Toby & Raz as Kamen Riders Diend and Yaiva Vanguard Mode appeared on the scene.
"Enough of this." Puppy ordered, retrieving his weapon and pointing it at Sekai and her cronies.
"Kamen Rider Yaiva." Sekai recognised, reverting to her human form and raising her fist. Puppy's eyes widened inside his helmet: he knew that motion.
"Who are you three? Who's your leader?" Puppy demanded.
Sekai smiled and went down to one knee, her fist still raised: "We are the New Blacklist, the most powerful fraternity on this island... as for our leader? That would be you, Trevor 'Puppy' Griffin."
Puppy sighed and undid his transformation, as did Harbinger.
"How did you know about the Blacklist? That was my fraternity... a fraternity of Riders dedicated to being the absolute best on this island... but I never made its formation public. The Blacklist is not exactly common knowledge... we were a secret." Puppy said.
"Yes, but whispers of your existence get around and we were all fascinated, so we dug into the deepest reaches of the Academy and found all the old records of your stints with this group. We know what you were trying to accomplish, Puppy... we wanted to continue that ideal, especially since no-one was in a hurry to challenge Yusei as number one." Kiba explained, striking a chord with Puppy, who stood there, flabbergasted. Erik walked over.
"What's going on, Puppy?" Erik wondered. Puppy took one look at Erik and with an apologetic face, shockingly roundhouse kicked him in the face, knocking Erik down and drawing blood.
"You don't understand, do you? I'm sorry it had to turn out like this, Erik... but I'm going to tell you something right here and now." Puppy's sorrowful expression turned to one of anger as he placed the blade of his Slash Buster an inch away from Erik's throat. "I hate being looked down upon as number two. When I came to this academy, I had aspirations of being the absolute best like you are now, period. But unfortunately, there was only room for one at the top. And his name was Kagemarou. We may've been friends on the surface, but the fact that I would never surpass him incinerated my soul, no matter how close I had come to defeating him on several occasions. Nothing was ever enough! Augen still beat me, over and over and over again! So I had a vision: if I couldn't defeat him, I'd train the next generation who could after I'd gained enough respect. They were known as the Blacklist. We were a secret fraternity, dedicated to becoming the best. But Augen still zoomed ahead of us and that frustration has been simmering since the first battle me and him had. On that day, the Yaiva system was engineered to be perfect. It quadrupled my strength and enhanced my senses. Yaiva should've defeated Kagemarou on that day... but it was not to be. For a long time, I was always considered Augen's equal, but to others, he was 'The Man'. That is an insult to me, because I deserve that title. At the end of this year, I leave for the tournament, but before I do, I'm going to resurrect that band of Riders whose ambition is to be the best..."
He shot a glance at the gang wearing the 'B' armbands and then turned back to Erik: "I'm going to resurrect the Blacklist."
Puppy stepped back and used the Slash Buster to cut at his sleeve near his shoulder. The sleeve fell from his arm, revealing Puppy's own Blacklist armband. Harbinger tore off his sleeve to reveal his own, leaving the others in a state of shock. Kiba & Sekai raised their fists to Puppy & Harbinger. Erik slowly got to his feet, but Puppy thrust his boot into Erik's gut, promptly putting him back on the floor.
"Everyone says that since Augen left, I'm still number two... how wrong are they? No, Erik... I AM NUMBER ONE!" Puppy growled. Erik wiped blood from his mouth and glared at his now-former friend.
"You've gone mad." Erik proclaimed.
Puppy chuckled: "Have I? Or have I just finally decided to take back what's mine? You're good, Erik... I'll give you that. But you are in no way worthy of being number one."
"What about our promise? To help each other surpass one another?"
"SCREW THE PROMISE!" Puppy shouted. "I am DONE WITH YOU. I'm taking what's rightfully mine and anyone who gets in my way will be defeated... kinda' like the broad who failed to beat you and still has the nerve to call herself one of the Blacklist!"
"Chisame Togukama, Kamen Rider Rose. She was defeated by Yusei's Dominance Crash Break. Utterly humilated." Kiba Orochi spoke up, with the damaged ArcKivat flapping by his side. Puppy approached the defeated Chisame and booted her over onto her back. He reached down and ripped off the Blacklist emblem from her arm.
"If you're defeated that easily... then you don't deserve to have this. You are excommunicated... and if you end up crossing paths with us again, you'll end up in a bad way." Puppy declared, pointing his weapon at the barely-conscious Chisame. He then motioned to Harbinger, who loaded up the Diendriver with the Final Attack Ride card.
Final Attack Ride: Diend!
Kiba & Sekai held up Chisame by her arms as Harbinger pulled the trigger, jumping away as the Dimension Shoot tossed Chisame through the air, hitting the ground with a thud. Erik, Raz & Toby went to her aid.
Puppy locked eyes with Erik once more: "That warning is also for you, Erik... do not cross my path... unless you are prepared for the fight of your life!"
"Puppy... what's happened to you?"
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A/N: Chapter over! Guess what: I found my flash drive and I've backed everything up finally. Sorry for being so stupid. I hope this chapter has made up for my mistake!
Next time on Academy Kamen Rider, Term 2: Erik looks for some answers as to why Puppy had ruthlessly taken control of the Blacklist, Raz finds himself caught up in a case involving a werewolf that is plaguing Hongo Island at night, allowing him to use the Xtreme Memory for the first time, Eddie, Dax & Phil uncover a mysterious Grongi artifact for a class assignment, but rival students try to impede them, almost leaving Dax for dead! Eternal Maximum Drive!
This is a presentation of DJ Diddy Dog FangJoker.
Sa, omae no tsumi o kazaero!
Coming soon...
Darkness once blighted his life...
"Proud parents Jennifer Shepard-Shinoda and Augen Shinoda Sr. died today in a house fire that rocked Shibuya. Local authorities investigating the inferno have blamed a gas leak for the explosion. The couple's 19-year-old son Augen Shinoda Jr., who was living with his parents at the time, survived the fire and alerted neighbors, but the warning came too late. Takinawa Akiza, reporting for TV-Asahi."
But he rose above to become the greatest Rider in Academy history...
Through KageDoran's Kivat-inherited "Bite" technique, tribal tattoos appeared on Augen's torso and arms in the style of a Kiva-type Rider's stained-glass tattoos. On his waist, the tribals rapidly merged to form the Doran Belt, which housed the Fuestles in Fueslots on each side. Taking KageDoran in hand and lifting him up high, Augen commanded his transformation into the skeleton & dragon-inspired Kagemarou.
Kagemarou's past is revealed... humble beginnings...
"It's an honour to be here, under your wing at the IXA dorm..."
...To emotional ends...
"Will I... ever see you again?"
"Don't be silly. Of course you'll see me again, no matter how long it takes. Augen Shinoda, I love you... but a long-distance relationship won't work. It's high-time you start thinking about yourself and your goals. A Kamen Rider's not my path... but it is definitely yours."
Kagemarou! BLAZE!
"Let's finish this! Taichi! Doug!" Augen encouraged as Splinter and his gang flailed, exhausted from the previous onslaught from the trio. Augen gave the Orichalcos Fuestle to KageDoran to play. Taichi loaded the Solar Divider with the Taiyou Memory and Doug inserted the Eclipse Memory into the Crescent Edge's Maximum Slot.
Wake Up!
Taiyou! Maximum Drive!
Eclipse! Maximum Drive!
KAGEMAROU TRILOGY! GEKIJOBAN ACADEMY KAMEN RIDER: ENTER KAGEMAROU!
COMING SOON!