Chapter 10: A Trap, A Christmas Climax, and The Medal Container
Disclaimer: I do not own OOO or GX.
Last time on Rise of the Supreme Multi-King -
Medal monsters made of desire, Greeed, have revived and now attack humans. Standing in their way is the lone warrior, OOO. After receiving the seal Jaden Yuki becomes OOO and adopts the title Kamen Rider, where he swears himself to protect humanity from the Greeed, as well as any other danger. His allies in all this are the bird Greeed Ankh, whose body is torn apart because of the lack of his other medals and now uses OOO for his goals, as well as the Kougami Foundation. Lately the Panthera Greeed Kazari has been working in secret with Dr. Saiou, while Ankh is still angst over his missing medals. Where could they be?
Cast:
Jaden Yuki/Kamen Rider OOO; A young, world traveler who can't turn his back on anyone, he suddenly becomes a Kamen Rider after helping the wrong person. As OOO he can use the power of his enemies the Greeed in the form of Core Medals. But he's not good at keeping track and they tend to get stolen. He also seems to be hiding some terrible past that he wants no one to know, and ever since he met Ankh and became OOO he's found something in his life to fulfill him.
Ankh/Atticus Rhodes: Atticus Rhodes is a police officer who got in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ankh is the greedy, red bird Greeed of his five siblings, with power over fire. But when he revived he became nothing more than a right hand, with only two of his medals including the one his consciousness is in. Stuck with no other option he has taken Atticus' body, keeping him alive while comatose, and orders Jaden around until he finds his other 7 medals.
Alexis Rhodes: Atticus' little sister, this girl is endowed with tremendous strength despite her frail, beautiful form. Still this power type has gone through much suffering, having lost her family except Atticus and Jaden who she has gained such care for. She still doesn't know much about this medal war or why Ankh would choose Jaden, but she will do all she can to help Jaden and by extension Ankh.
Sarina Shiraishi: The owner of Cous Cossier, the lovely and goofy Sarina is a cosplay fanatic who has a new theme for her restaurant every week. While left in the dark about Ankh's true form and the medal war, she still cares about her employees knowing they're in some sort of trouble on occasion.
Kougami Foundation -
Sheppard Kougami: An older gent who's a bigger ham than any comic book super villain, he loves desires above all things. He also was the one who found the medal chest where the Greeed were trapped in. He knows allot about the Medals, OOO and the Greeed than he lets on. When he's not making cakes he's planning to make the next.
Syrus Truesdale: A young man around Jaden's age who quit being a policeman to join the Foundation. Though the pay is good for what he needs it for he really wants to save the world. Thanks to Jaden though he's learned to take baby steps and earn his way up to being a hero.
Erika Satonaka: The beautiful secretary of Kougami's, who also doubles as a bodyguard, she doesn't think or care much about the Medal War going on or Kougami's goals. The only reason she scarfs down his cakes, which are sweet and she likes spicy food, is mostly because the pay is really good.
Takuma Saiou: A genius scientist who created the Medal System, he is a huge contrast to Kougami as he values death over birth, believing an ending is when one is complete and not rotten.
Enemies/Greeed-
Uva: The green bug Greeed and most impulsive of the group, he commands the insect Yummys and produces lightning. His Yummy would most likely steal something. His human form is usually a dark skinned boozer.
Kazari: The yellow cat Greeed and conniving member of the group, he makes panthera Yummys that decorate over their hosts and he produces wind like twisters. His human form is a white haired punk and he'll be the one most likely to stab you in the back.
Mezool: The blue marine Greeed and 'loving' of the group, she spawns aquatic Yummys that cause obsessions. She commands water, acts like a mother to the group, and turns into an adorable little school girl as a human.
Gamel: The gray mammal Greeed and airhead of the group, he produces heavy mammal Yummys that follow his desires that he borrows from others. He has gravitational powers and has a human form of a gothic manchild. He spends most of his time being Mezool's little son.
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"For the most part this is fully complete," says Saiou as he places the Birth Driver on his desk. He then seals it away in a suitcase. "The data he provided allowed me to finish; all that's left is the final check... What I need to check first though is the true power of the medals..."
"Then let's try it; we've got enough to do it," says Kazari with a grin.
Cous Cossier...
After the duel at the hospital, time passes by enough for Christmas time to come into everyone's mind. Ankh is busy spying on Kougami using Candroids as Jaden and Sarina prepare for the yuletide season. Speaking of which she approaches Jaden. "Here you go, a bill for the ice Ankh-chan ate."
"Eh?!" Jaden's jaw drops seeing the price. "He ate this much?!"
"Yeah, I'm not good with confronting situations like these, but knowing when to make a request is part of a good relationship. Take care of it!" she says, eventually smiling at the end. "By the way, have you seen Alexis yet?"
"No... I'll go look for her," Jaden offers before pocketing the bill.
"Well she should be here by now." As she speaks Ankh comes up and pulls Jaden to a secure location, behind her back. "It'd be nice if I knew she was o...kay..." Sarina looks around for Jaden. "Jaden-kun?"
With the two Ankh releases Jaden after bringing him far off from the restaurant and says, "I found it, one of my Core Medals. It's in the hands of Kougami."
"It is?" He stares at Ankh in shock. "I knew he would have it, but where is it now?"
"Right now it's going to be delivered to that Takuma's lab, along with 5000 cell medals. You're gonna help me highjack them," says Ankh as he looks at his iphone. "They also got that Syrus guy with them, so you're needed."
"You what?" Jaden is taken back by his statement. "I'm not going to commit Grand Theft Auto!"
"OOO's power is needed-"
"It's stealing; I'm not doing it!"
"I don't care; it's my core medal!" he tells him.
"I'd do it too if I were you," says Kazari as he approaches before them in his human form. "Yo, OOO and Ankh."
Jaden and Ankh turn to Kazari, wondering why a white haired guy is talking to them. "Who are you?"
"Ehhh? So you can't recognize me in this form, can you?" As if in an instant Ankh sees yellow in him, and scowls.
"So, it's Kazari... What do you want?"
"I thought I'd give your pet king a reason to attack the transport truck. I'm sure a hero would waste no time going to save his girlfriend." Kazari chuckles a bit as he looks up, kicking his feet back and forth playfully.
"Girlfriend?" Jaden looks at Ankh. "What does he... Wait, Alexis?!"
Kazari chuckles a bit more, even as Jaden approaches him with a glare. "What did you do to Alexis?!"
Ankh flinches, remembering seeing that look in his eyes before. "That girl is trapped inside that truck," he says to him, a little spooked at the glare. Ankh finds himself staring at Jaden with intrigue as well. "You can believe what you want, but first ask yourself if you've seen her anytime today."
Jaden prepares to leave, saying, "I'll deal with you later," before he dashes off.
"Kazari, what kinda trap are you planning now?" Ankh demands of him.
"Whatever I say you have no choice but to walk straight it; it's your precious Core after all." Kazari smiles as he watches Ankh run off.
Ankh tosses his a cell before he turns on a Ride Vendor, heading off to catch the transport truck. Jaden does the same, and together they track it down. Just as it reaches a bridge they tail it.
"Kazari is a sneaky guy, and kidnapping her is just something he could do..." Jaden continues to follow them, worried over his friend.
Eventually Syurs comes up by a bridge, before he and the Ride Vendor Platoons cross on board. But unfortunately before they could pass to the other side Uva and Mezool stand on the other side. "We'll be taking that truck along with those Cell Medals."
"How did they know?!" Syrus stops the car and along with the other Ride Vendor Platoon members fire at them.
Jaden parks just behind them, removing his helmet. "Why are they here? Was this the trap he wanted?"
Ankh parks up near him. "OOO, use these."
"My name's Jaden!" he replies before taking Tatoba. "Henshin!"
"TAKA! TORA! BATTA! TATOBA! TATOBA TATOBA!"
As OOO he leaps into action, kicking back both Uva and Mezool. "Syrus, make sure the medals are safe."
As Syrus follows his orders he orders the other Ride Vendor Platoon members to leave. OOO then goes back to fighting the two Greeed, already using the Tora Claws. Despite being good at fighting Greeed now these two are still getting the upperhand on him.
Back with Ankh he's trying to pry open the back door, when Syrus approaches with his shotgun. "Move aside."
"It's my medal!" he shouts, before they hear someone coming up at him from behind. "Gamel!"
Uva slashes OOO across the OOO Lungs, sending him crashing. "Did... Did you guys get stronger?"
"We're not going to keep failing like before," says Uva as he rubs his fingers along his claws.
"OOO boy, stay out of the way this time." Mezool summons water from the river below them upon OOO while Uva releases an electric shock.
"Medal!" Gamel rams the door with his head, busting the lock open in the process but hurting himself. "Ouch!"
Inside the truck, Alexis opens her eyes, having woken up from the ramming to find herself in darkness. "How did I...Oh right...Some weirdo captured me." She breaks free and crawls out, looking for anyone. Her eyes widen in shock seeing Gamel, Ankh and Syrus. "Eh?! What's going on?!"
"Isn't that..." Syrus begins staring at Alexis.
"OOO, use this to clear them up!" Ankh tosses Kuwagata at Jaden.
He grabs it, and slips the medal in before scanning. "KUWAGATA! TORA! BATTA!"
Gaining stag beetle horns he releases green lightning from them upon the Greeed just as Mezool grabs his throat. The lightning repels her and Uva, before it travels over to Gamel.
'Is that?' "Jaden!" Alexis shouts.
"Alexis?!" Jaden sees her coming out of the truck, and immediately forgets about the two Greeed around him.
"Medal..." Grumbling Gamel picks himself back up and walks into the truck, but he unintentionally scared her, leading the woman to viciously pound on his head. "Ouch! That unexpectedly hurts!" Gamel pushes her back in the truck, knocking her out.
"Ankh! Help Alexis!"
"Jaden, look out!" Syrus shouts, as Mezool releases water at him. He goes flying into the front of the truck in pain.
Barely hanging on a thread, OOO breathes heavily as he glances at Uva and Mezool, and then Syrus and Ankh trying to stop Gamel. The red right hand says, "OOO! Stop Gamel!"
"But if he rampages Alexis will get..." Uva grabs hold of his neck and lifts him up. At that moment Gamel knocks Ankh and Syrus aside.
"Say goodbye to your partner again, Ankh!" With all his strength Uva slashes OOO, knocking him off the bridge and sending his medals flying.
"Damn it!" Ankh flies out to try and stop him, but Kazari comes sneaking in and attacks him, stealing a handful of medals from him: Kamikiri and both Unagi.
"Sorry Ankh, but these are ours now. Uva, go!" Following Kazari's orders, Uva heads into the car as a human and drives away with Alexis and Gamel.
"Wait!" Syrus gives chance in his car.
"I see what's going on now... But there's more to this trap, is it?" Ankh stares at Kazari with a scowling smile.
"Doesn't matter. You're about to die along with him." Ankh leaps over the bridge after OOO, escaping a twister sent by Kazari.
Ankh continues to swim, searching for the foolish 'king'. "OOO, you bastard..."
Back at the bridge, Kazari and Mezool prepare to go. "Alright, let's go regroup."
"Kazari, I agree with Ankh. I can't trust you either, even more than him," Mezool adds, causing him to stop.
Kazari chuckles and walks to her. "So, is that how you see me?" Without warning he jabs into her stomach, taking as many of her medals as he could. She falls backwards and crashes to the ground, reverting to her human form. The panthera holds his hand up, revealing 5 medals.
"Kazari!"
"This is part of my goal. See ya later." Kazari dashes away, leaving Mezool to bleed cells.
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Ankh comes to a shore, where Jaden is left sprawled on a rock. He approaches him, shouting, "OOO! OOO!"
He awakens and stares at Ankh. "Ankh... Where's Alexis?"
"It's your fault! We lost allot of Core Medals because you were too distracted by that girl!" he shouts at him, before stomping onto shore. Jaden picks himself up.
"Well I'm sorry, but I have no intention of letting Alexis get hurt. It's bad enough she's involved. I'm still surprised he managed to con those two into his plan..." Jaden grits his teeth in anger, remembering Kazari. "We have to save..."
"I'm going. I'll steal my core medal from Kazari no matter what; that Alexis and her freakish strength might be useful." Just before he could waddle ahead, Jaden grabs him and tosses him back into the water.
"Wait a minute," he begins. "You may have me as your lackey, but you're not getting Alexis involved in your vendetta. You try anything, and I'll-"
Before Jaden could continue Ankh grabs him and forces his head into the ground, just before turning him faceup. "Don't get cocky Jaden! That girl may be able to get away with picking on me, but you're a wuss. Even if you gave up your life you wouldn't be able to protect anyone."
Jaden glares in his eyes, before kicking him off. He then says, "I know what I have to do... You help me save her; I'll pay for a year's worth of ice cream."
"For my Core Medal I don't care if-" He stops to think. "Wait...a year's worth?"
"And... I'll help get back the medals we lost." Jaden begins to breathe slowly looking at him.
Ankh takes a moment to think more, before they shake on it. "Got it."
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Back with Uva and Gamel, the duo are waiting in a warehouse; Alexis is still unconscious and the medals are left untouched. Human Uva complains, "They should be here by now... How long should this take?"
Gamel is bored out of his tiny mind. "Mezool is still not here..."
That's when Kazari shows up out of nowhere, clutching his arm in pain. "Uva!"
"Kazari?" The two Greeed approach him.
"They got me, along with Mezool!" Kazari mumbles in pain just before he leans his back on the truck.
"Mezool?!" Acting instantly, a desperate Gamel goes out to look for her. "Mezool!"
"Damn!" Uva grumbles, as Kazari collapses behind him. Once his back is turned, Kazari sharpens his claws and approaches him quietly. "...Wait..." Uva quickly transforms and turns around, but gets struck and loses cells.
Alexis manages to finally wake up, her vision returning just in time to see Uva crash to the ground. Kazari walks over to him with a disparaged look on his face. "Ah, guess I messed up. I was close to getting some more medals too."
"Kazari, you haven't changed a bit!" growls Uva angrily.
"I was a little worried when Mezool noticed, but I got what I wanted just in time." He makes a silent chuckle before playing with his four Wolverine claws.
"Wait! You mean you got Mezool?!"
"Uva, let's think for a moment; isn't just fully reviving and swallowing the world boring? Like humans, we should evolve too." At the end of his words Uva runs off. "Coward. Oh well. I just gotta wait for..." Kazari turns with a sigh and comes face to face with a scared Alexis. "Oh yeah, you're still here. Your job as a hostage has ended. Get lost."
After forcing her body to move, Alexis crawls out of the truck and runs away. "...Psych!" Kazari then grins before blasting her with a twister just before she's out of sight. Unfortunately Ankh and Jaden come in to save her, the former by summoning a wave of flames.
Kazari stares in shock at the two of them. Jaden lifts Alexis up. "You okay, Alexis?"
"Jaden..." Alexis reaches out to hug Jaden. "Thank you!"
"Huh? Didn't you guys break up?" Kazari asks them with a laugh.
"There's nothing TO breakup!" Ankh tells him before holding up the Sagozo combo to Jaden. "OOO, don't forget about that deal."
"I haven't forgotten," he responds before taking the gray medals and slipping them in. "I just need to get a couple jobs in, too."
With a flip of the driver and a scan down the medals he shouts, "Henshin!"
"SAI! GORILLA! ZOU! Sagozo...SAGOZO!"
As Sagouzo he makes a hot-blooded roar and bangs his chest. The area becomes heavy with gravity before he stomps over to Kazari. Almost immediately the two engage in fighting, Sagouzo OOO being forced to use brute strength and endurance to get around his speed.
However that's when Gamel in his Greeed form comes walking in. "Mezool isn't ther-Ah! It's OOO."
"Gamel! Mezool will be happy if you defeat OOO!" Kazari lies before taking a lariat to the neck.
"Really?! Then I'll do it!" Gamel inserts a medal into his forehead, and calls out a land turtle Yummy with a wrecking ball. They then charge into battle, the Yummy throwing its ball at OOO from behind.
OOO cries out in pain feeling the ball, before turning around at his new opponent. Regardless he focuses on attacking Kazari, who's not making this any easier, and gets struck in the back again by Gamel.
"Jaden..." Alexis mutters from where she and Ankh hide. "Ankh, isn't there anything he can do?"
"Three against one isn't fair... Ankh, do we have more speed?" asks OOO quickly before blocking the turtle and locking his arms with Kazari's.
"If I know what he's going for, then he'll need these!" Ankh tosses Lion and Tora over to Jaden, who grabs with ease.
But as he does Kazari comes in and slashes at him, knocking away Sai and Gorilla. "Jaden!"
"And now you're done for." Kazari lunges at OOO one final time. At that very moment he scans the three medals.
"LION! TORA! ZOU!" With this new power he slashes at Kazari, knocking him away and tearing out a light yellow medal. He raises his arm and grabs the medal. "LION! TORA! CHEETAH! RATA RATA! LATORATAH!"
(Ride on Right Time plays)
Kazari rolls along the ground, looking at the two medals he took instead of the three he aimed for. "Damn!"
With a fierce roar, OOO releases Liodias from his entire body, blinding Gamel and his Yummy, Kazari grabs the Greeed and hops in the truck before driving off. "Oh well. My goal isn't to kill him."
"OOO, stop him!" Ankh shouts before he and Alexis run for the truck.
"On my way!" OOO dashes after them, but the turtle enters its shell and spin flies after him. It releases shell bombs upon them.
Ankh grabs Alexis and pulls her into hiding. She looks up at her helper. "T-Thank you."
As he stares back at her, a shocked expression on his face, OOO heads outside as the turtle floats around him. "I hope this works."
He takes out two Cell Medals and inserts them into the Medajalibur. The turtle moans, "Defeat OOO!"
OOO then pushes down on the handle and scans the blade. "DOUBLE SCANNING CHARGE!" He waits for the turtle to come in closer, preparing himself to slash. As if on cue Syrus sneaks in and fires rockets, taking it off guard and exposing him to the Medajalibur's power.
"Seiya!" OOO slashes, releasing a blue sword beam that carves through the Yummy's soft underbelly. Like this it explodes, leaving behind a single cell.
Alexis gives a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness... He's safe." Syrus straps on his helmet and leaves, taking a nearby Ride Vendor.
OOO flips his switch up, returning to Jaden. "Sorry Ankh... He got..." As he walks, stumbles really, over to Ankh, he ends up collapsing to his knees.
"Jaden!" Alexis rushes over to his side, holding back her sorrow. "I'm sorry. It's my fault you got caught in his trap."
"It's... Okay... I'm just glad you're...safe..." Jaden cringes in pain feeling the wounds.
"...A medal container..." Ankh whispers to himself. He remembers hearing it from Kougami when he spied on them. He then looks over the core medals he has: Taka, Tora, Batta, Kuwagata, Zou, Cheetah, and Lion.
"Ankh... I've been thinking... We need to talk to Kougami..."
"I'll go." Ankh boards a Ride Vendor and adjusts his helmet, that he brought with in.
"Wait, what makes me think you won't kill the guy?"
"Don't you have to treat your wounds first?" Ankh asks with a grin.
"Wounds?" Alexis repeats, looking at Jaden.
"Wait, Ankh-" Alexis grabs Jaden and pulls him back.
"You're not going anywhere until I treat your wounds!"
"But I have to go through allot to keep him under wraps!" Ignoring him Alexis drags him literally back to Cous Cossier.
...
Back with Kazari, he, Saiou and Gamel are inside of the factory within his room. On a table the yellow kitty notes four trays with Core Medals on them: one with Mezool's, one with Gamel's, one with Uva's sole medal and Ankh's red medal. He hands him a tray of Mezool's core medals, saying, "Here Gamel. Insert these and Mezool will be pleased."
"Really?" Without haste Gamel inserts them all inside his slot. Kazari watches with a crazed smile, taking delight in Gamel's sparking of energy the moment he finishes and becomes his Greeed form.
'He's always been obedient so he'll be fine.' Once he's done Kazari throws in Gamel's core medals, some of them coming from Saiou as well. Gamel revels with energy, all the cores inside of him returning him to his strongest form.
"With 13 medals inside of him this is surely an intriguing experiment, yet at the same time not enough." Saiou approaches Kazari. "I'm actually hoping to use some of yours too."
Kazari's response is to knock off his doll, causing him to freak out again. "Don't talk about Core Medals like they're collectible items. They're a part of our lives...I will take this though, Ankh's Kujaku." After taking the red medal Kazari leaps.
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"I believe you and Syrus have suffered trouble; the Greeed Kazari had you and your siblings fight eachother for ownership of the medals, and he ended up stealing them from you," Kougami says as he sits by his counter drinking wine from glass.
"You're not secretly helping him are you? You or that weirdo with the doll..." Ankh crosses his arms under his chest.
"It might have been Dr. Takuma, who made the request in the first place...But I can't condemn him. He desires to see the power of the Core Medals!" Kougami walks to the window at his desk, looking out at the setting sun. "Desire cannot be stopped; it will save the world!"
Ankh laughs. "Since you like desire so much, fulfill my desire by giving me my Core Medals!"
"Hate to break it to you, but I don't have ANY MORE! Even I don't know where the rest are." Kougami takes out his bottle and begins to pour more. "Doctor Saiou's experiment should be interesting to watch; you who want all of the medals should want to know too. Drink?"
Ankh pauses for a moment before leaving. Kougami makes a chuckle. "You catch on quick, Ankh."
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Jaden stands up out of bed, pulling his shirt down after receiving compresses. "Thanks Alexis. But I have to go."
"Jaden, I don't think it's very healthy for you being a Kamen Rider... Let alone OOO. Those combos hurt you don't they?" She looks over at him, and he remains silent.
"I know... Speaking of health, how much is a year's worth of ice cream?"
"A year?" Alexis sighs knowing this is about Ankh. "Well, considering ice cream bars are roughly 300 yen, it should be 36500, plus tax."
"WHAT?!" The poor guy almost falls out of his seat. "I'm definitely gonna need some more jobs..."
"Jaden, you and Ankh saved me, and since it was this deal that promoted him to do so, I'll help you pay for it," she tells him. "If you're alright go see this Kougami person."
"Yeah... Hopefully he hasn't thrashed him apart yet..." Jaden grabs the driver and heads out the door. Alexis manages to stop him just before he leaves.
"You do what you can. Oh yeah..." Alexis leans in and kisses him on the cheek. "Thank you again." She then heads back inside.
His eyes widen feeling her lips, before a huge red blush rises on his face. "Wow... Still, I have to focus."
Trying to put aside the fact that Alexis may or may not like him, Jaden takes the Ride Vendor over to the Foundation.
In the city Mezool continues to walk painfully, Cell Medals spilling from her stomach. "Gotta... Get back to the hideout..."
She enters the abandoned bar, stopping when she sees Uva rampaging. "Damn that Kazari... I should probably follow his example."
She then flinches hearing his words. 'That's right... Uva was betrayed by Kazari... Now that I'm like this he'll most likely do what he did...'
Mezool steps away from the bar and walks as fast as she could. The sound of medals dropping catches his attention however, and after heading out the door spots her fleeting form. "Mezool..."
He takes a couple of Cell Medals and snaps them in half, producing Trash Yummy. "Find her... Steal her medals."
Jaden continues to drive towards the Foundation, hoping to use the medal business now to distract him from Alexis. But along the way he spots someone running. That girl, Mezool, trips and falls face forward. 'Got to...get farther...' She looks back and gasps seeing trash Yummy following her. "No!" She picks herself up and keeps running.
At the hideout Gamel looks around. "Are? Where is everyone? Mezool!"
"Yummy?" Jaden dismounts and rushes into battle, kicking away a Yummy and helping Mezool up. "You okay?"
Mezool looks up in shock at Jaden, thinking, 'That's OOO boy... Oh right. He's helping me because he doesn't know who I am.'
Since they are close to Kougami's Ankh spots them not too far away. "OOO!" He then tosses him the Tatoba combo before knocking them away.
Jaden slips them inside the seal and scans. "Henshin!"
"TAKA! TORA! BATTA! TATOBA! TATOBA TATOBA!"
He takes out the Medajalibur and inserts one cell before scanning. "SINGLE SCANNING CHARGE!"
He runs through the trash and slashes through each and every one of them, watching as they explode upon contact. "Who keeps making these?"
"Gamel is too stupid to sink so low as to come up with this garbage. I'm thinking it's Kazari; they stalled us from reaching the Yummy at the hospital that one time," Ankh says as he tosses away a broken cell he picked up. His eyes glance upon Mezool, asking, "Who's she?"
"No idea." He returns to being Jaden. "They were after her."
"Um, my name is..." Mezool looks down. 'I need a name; something that wouldn't be similar to me at all...' "My name is Blair."
"Well, why were they after you? Huh?" Ankh approaches her and grabs her by the chin. "Did you find a shiny coin or something?"
"Easy!" Jaden pushes him aside.
"I-I did find some of these." She holds her hand out to reveal cell medals. Ankh immediately takes them.
"Just cells huh..." Ankh pockets them before he says to Jaden. "Go inside and talk to that Kougami guy. He might be able to tell you some things he's hiding from me. As for me, I'm heading home, eating some ice and taking a nap."
He then takes off, leaving Jaden with his new friend. "I have to go. Will you be okay by yourself?"
"S-Sure. Thank you for your help." She then leans in and pecks his cheek before she walks off, still in pain from before. 'That should work for me.'
Inside, Kougami awaits Jaden's entry. Satonaka has left already so he's the only one left.
Jaden walks in, coming by Satonaka. "Uh, where is everyone?"
"Tomorrow's Christmas," says Sheppard to the young rider. "Anyway, what can I do for OOO tonight? I've already told Ankh about Dr. Takuma and his probable involvement with the yellow Greeed."
"Well, allot of things have been on my mind lately. Like, we found a young woman who was attacked by Trash Yummy, and..." He pauses for a moment. "It's not just that. Some of the stuff you're hiding are setting him off. I just need to know some things."
"Oh? It's rare that you've taken an interest in the subject of the Greeed..." Kougami says. He then offers him a glass of red wine, to which he declines. "Even though you've become OOO and taken up the name Kamen Rider you've treated the whole situation like it was someone else's problem, or should I say you didn't want to be involved. But your desire to fight and save people have led you to want to know the situation more.
"As you know, I view desire over all things, and you're probably worried if I'm holding more of his medals for my sake," Kougami adds. "It's not as if I'm hiding anything; I have no intention of giving anyone any info unless they want to know."
"Figures..." Jaden makes an unsightly groan. "I didn't think I'd get much in edgewise, but I kind of lost my desire long ago..."
Kougami laughs. "No, you still have some desires. Without them you wouldn't be ALIVE! Desire is necessary for living; even the Greeed who were created by Core Medals know that."
"Right now I only desire to help people... "
"And now you have that power in the form of OOO. Your lack of desire is PERFECT for being OOO!" Kougami shouts before sipping his wine. "Is there anything you need to know? I have a trip planned for tomorrow to Germany."
"Germany?" Jaden shakes his head to get back on topic. "Anyway, do you still have the other six medals that belong to Ankh? We have two and we know one is in Kazari's hands."
"By chance I found one of Ankh's core within the case they were sealed inside of. The removal of the cores awoke him and allowed him to break the seal. As for the rest, they're probably in their place of origin, EUROPE!" He shouts the last word. "We'll keep in touch."
Kougami then walks off, and Jaden does the same exiting the building.
Back with Ankh he's returned to Cous Cossier with Mezool/Blair following him. 'I doubt he has mine, but I still need to stick by him. Maybe I can steal that delicious OOO boy from him as well.'
Jaden arrives there on board the motorcycle. "Hey. You guys okay?"
"So? What he say?"
"There's a chance... Your medals are in Europe."
"The what?" Ankh takes out the iPhone and looks through it. "Oh so that's what they call it. I could probably fly there, but for now we'll focus on this container. He's going to this Europe anyway; he'll bring them right to us for me to steal."
'Container?' Blair, or Mezool, eavesdrops on the conversation.
"What container?" asks Jaden. Ankh's response is a simple smile.
…
Morning comes by, and after setting up the Christmas theme in Cous Cossier the party takes off. As Jaden, dressed as a reindeer, and Alexis, dressed as a pretty Santa girl, work on their busiest day yet. Gamel comes by the restaurant, sparking with gray energy.
"Hi, welcome to Cous Cossier!" Jaden says to Gamel, not recognizing him.
"Huh?"
"Enjoy our Christmas celebration with fried food." He hands Gamel deep fried chicken, who gobbles down a bit.
"Delicious!"
Jaden's smile quickly turns into a frown. "You sound familiar... Do I know you?"
"Huh?" Gamel looks around and sees food. "Ah, food!" He grabs a stick of meat and eats it, the party still going. "Good!"
"Why do I feel I've seen him before?"
Gamel continues to grab more food, before he notices a large amount of people around him. He looks behind him and sees a girl with dark hair. "Ah! Mezo-"
He pauses when he sees she's really Sarina. "Eh?"
"Oh, wrong..." Gamel walks away, feeling frustrated.
Jaden heads into the back. "Ankh, we may have a problem."
"Not now, I'm busy thinking," says Ankh as he eats ice cream.
"I can't find her anywhere...Why?!" Gamel then releases energy from his body, which blows out all the lights. The energy grabs the attention of Ankh and Blair. He then walks out, shouting, "Mezool!"
Blair comes out of hiding in the restaurant and watches Gamel leave. 'It's there isn't it? My Core Medals!'
Both Jaden and Ankh head out the back to find Gamel, only for the room to be dark. The guests are all flabbergasted.
"Where is he?" Jaden asks the girls.
"Some weird guy who blew out the lights ran outside!" Blair says to Ankh before he heads out the door after the muscles.
Gamel continues walking until he comes to an open area, where he transforms into his Greeed form. Ankh and Jaden catch him. "So, this is the medal container that Saiou and Kazari were working on."
After Gamel's power subsides he walks off further. Ankh then laughs. "I can feel Mezool's power inside. Guess that's all they could get; this is only a fraction of the power the Multi-King possesses."
From a distance Saiou at a truck watches Gamel scramble in search of Mezool. "It's time for the final experiment to go through."
He opens his van and out pours the many Cell Medals gathered. The medals collect around Gamel, transforming him. Saiou also adds Kamikiri in the mix, and the medals turn Gamel into a giant monster that looks like a turtle and a water buffalo.
"Gamel turned into a monster!"
"OOO, time to harvest. We'll get allot of medals out of this thing, if you can defeat it." He tosses Jaden Tatoba.
He slips in the medals and scans them. "Henshin!"
"TAKA! TORA! BATTA! TATOBA! TATOBA TATOBA!"
The monster roars before destroying a chunk of the crust simply by landing on it. The earthquake produced causes OOO to fall backwards. "How am I gonna beat that?"
"Behold Satonaka! Without all the Core Medals it's this strong!" Kougami bellows as he looks at the monster from a Batta-Unagi powered video.
"Yeah, not interested," she says, going back to whatever she's doing with a chuckle.
"It's okay to think that... this is a failure." Kougami walks to the window with a solemn look in his eyes. "It's as I thought from the beginning; if a Greeed is used it'll go out of control; by extension a human would lose to his desires as well... The best possible candidate for a world reborn by desire is to give all our resources to OOO!"
"It's a complete success!" Saiou says proudly as he adjusts his doll. "With more cores it could become even stronger, and bring the end I've so desired!"
As he speaks Kamen Rider Birth comes out from the truck and approaches the monster. Saiou glances at him with a nod.
OOO leaps up upon the thing using the Batta legs, slashing at its body wildly with Medajalibur. "Damn it. Each time I slash it's like it's not even in pain!"
The monster's snakelike trunk reaches out to bite down on Jaden. "OOO, get through this somehow!"
Ankh prepares to toss the medals, but stops awaiting a good time. As he awaits his movement Birth uses the Birth Buster to shoot at him, eventually knocking Jaden off. Ankh looks out to see who did that, spotting Birth without the red marks.
"Eh? Isn't that..." OOO pauses looking over at the rider.
Birth inserts more medals inside of his gun, this time up front. "Cell Burst," is what comes from his weapon before he shoots at it, firing a spiraling ball of energy that knocks out Kamikiri.
"Ankh, Gatakiriba!" OOO shouts the moment he sees the green medal.
"So that's what you're aiming for..." Ankh tosses Jaden Kuwagata at a speed to give him enough time to grab Kamikiri.
Seeing his work done Saiou leaves in his van.
OOO grabs both medals at once and slips them in. He then scans staring up at the monster.
"KUGAWATA! KAMIKIRI! BATTA! GA-GATA-GATAKIRIBA! GATAKIRIBA!"
Upon donning the Strongest Combo's form he splits off into multiple copies surrounding it. "SCANNING CHARGE!"
At once they scan the medals and leap in the air upon Gamel, performing a one man All Rider Kick and causes the monster to explode from the inside. As medals rain down from the skies, OOO comes to a landing, holding an Unagi medal in his hands. But as he stares the weight of the combo's power begins to strain him. "Mezool's medal..."
Ankh snickers before rocketing his arm up to grab the cores; unfortunately Kazari and Uva had the same idea. In the end Ankh only manages to grab Gorilla and a second Unagi. The three Greeed land, each holding medals stolen from Gamel. The cells all have been collected by another force.
"Guess this is it," Uva says before he walks away.
"Looks like it. See you later Ankh," speaks Kazari before he leaves as well.
OOO breathes heavily as he returns to being Jaden, holding up the core. "I got this, but it probably won't help. I don't know what happened to Mezool, but right now, I'm surprised she didn't find him and make things worse. If she is still out there, she might want these back."
"Now that I think about it, where is she?" Ankh asks no one in particular. "She should have been here to see it."
Blair gives out a deep sigh before asking, "What's going on?"
"None of your business," Ankh replies before walking back to Cous Cossier. "We'll simply take those back as well."
"Then again, I'd have to say...he WAS looking for her...why do I feel sorry for him AND her when they're my enemies?"
"If Mezool did show up that stupid woman would get absorbed inside of Gamel too." Blair flinches a bit hearing herself be insulted.
"I'm glad they didn't... It took the Strongest Combo to beat just him..." Jaden looks off at the crater. "If all the Greeed... If they all wanted to become like that, there's no way I'd be able to beat them myself. I can barely do it now..."
He then stares at Ankh when he hits a sudden realization. "Wait, isn't this the same thing you're after? You want to be that?"
Ankh scuffs. "Nah. It's much more complicated than that. A Greeed's body is fragile. I will take over all the medals and make a more secure body that will never come apart."
'So that's it, Ankh... Still, I feel there's more to it than that...' Blair stares at Ankh from behind. Knowing him a lot longer than Jaden she's starting to get a better feel of his motives. 'I can't blame him though; I would go insane if I came apart...'
Grabbing their attention is the sound of cell medals in a jar. "Yo."
"Eh? Oh yeah!" Jaden and the others turn their attention to Birth. "So, who are you?"
"Me?" Birth digs into his jar and pulls out a manuel, showing the title Kamen Rider Birth in kanji. "Under employment of the Kougami Foundation, I'm Kamen Rider Birth."
Birth then pulls out the Cell Medal inside his driver, canceling his transformation to reveal a man with blue hair and mature eyes. "Zane Truesdale... Nice to meet you."
Next Time on Rise of the Supreme Multi-King
1. Uva makes his move using a girl in love.
2. Rider conflicts between OOO and Birth.
3. The depths of Jaden's stupidity is revealed.