Kamen Rider Hansei Chapter 10, a kamen rider fanfic

Arc 1 - Worlds Apart

Chapter 10: The Secrets of Alpha

Fuuto Tower

Collapsing to the ground beside a dazed Skull, Birth struggled to get up, her suit charred and burnt, her helmet smashed open, revealing her face. Attaching the Steam Blade to his Transteam Pistol, BurnSting took aim at Birth's head, BurnSting's finger began to pull the trigger.

[READY! GO!] [VOLTECH BREAK!]

A golden hologram of a python suddenly wrapped around BurnSting, squeezing him, forcing him to drop his weapon. The python dissipated, BurnSting dropping to one knee, his suit smoking.

BurnSting roared, "Who dares to-"

A purple motorcycle skidded to a halt, a large silver FullBottle sticking out the back, Hansei in a strange silver and blue form hopping off, the ArrowSlicer in bow mode clutched in one hand.

"I heard you were looking for me?" drawled Hansei, "Sorry, I've had a strange day."

Two Hours Earlier...

Blinking in the bright light, Yamato slowly sat up, his Alpha Driver still around his waist, finding himself on a camp bed in sparsely decorated bedroom, seemingly converted from an office.

"Where am I?" muttered Yamato as he slid off the bed and onto his feet.

Wincing, Yamato looked down to see a bang around his leg, over the spot BurnSting had stabbed him.

"Somewhere in downtown Fuuto," supplied ARI, "I can't be certain."

"How?" grunted Yamato as he hobbled towards the door, grabbing a crutch resting against the end of the cot.

"I'm not sure, I was disabled until the last few minutes," admitted ARI, "My GPS is being interfered with."

"I don't like this, not at all."

Pushing the door open, Yamato stepped out onto a walkway over a factory floor, which seemed to have been converted into some kind of workshop, different projects scattered around the room, from a red Driver on a table to a half-finished green and black motorcycle on the back wall.

Shuffling down the steps one at a time, Yamato descended into the workshop, looking around him.

"So you're awake," spoke a voice.

Yamato wheeled around, coming face to face with a woman in a trench coat, with long black hair and bandages covering her face, large sunglasses obscuring her eyes.

"Who are you?" questioned Yamato warily.

"You can call me Shroud, my name has no importance now," replied the woman, walking towards Yamato, "I rescued you from that savage."

"My friends?" queried Yamato.

"They're fine, BurnSting left after I took you," informed Shroud.

"Then why didn't you leave me with them?"

Shroud sighed, "I needed to talk to with you."

"About what?" asked Yamato.

"Six months, a man by the name Sento Kiryu came to this world, chasing Foundation X," answered Shroud, "They stole the Alpha Driver from him, a prototype attempt to recreate his Build Driver, as well as a range of FullBottles, six in total."

"We teamed up to defeat Foundation X and retrieve his belongings but they escaped through that portal," explained Shroud, "Sento went after them but he returned a few days later. He didn't say what happened but he told me someone I could trust would be coming through with the Alpha Driver one day."

"He knew about me?" frowned Yamato.

"I'm not sure, he made something for me to give to whoever had the Alpha Drive and left," responded Shroud, "I haven't seen or heard from him since."

"What did he leave?" asked Yamato.

"This," replied Shroud, pulling a strange cube and a silver FullBottle from her jacket.

Inserting the FullBottle into the cube, Shroud tossed it out in front of her, Yamato watching in disbelief as expanded into a purple motorcycle with a large silver FullBottle protruding from the back.

"Woah!" exclaimed Yamato, circling around the bike, examining it closely.

"He called it the Machine Reflector," answered Shroud, walking forward and pressing a button on the handle, the bike suddenly jumping into the air, folding back into a cube.

Catching the cube, Shroud quickly tossed it to Yamato. Turning it over, Yamato grabbed the FullBottle and pulling it out.

"They're yours now," stated Shroud plainly.

Examining the FullBottle, Yamato traced the shape of a wheel on the front of the bottle.

"Why did you help Kiryu?" questioned Yamato as he pocketed the two devices.

Shroud stiffen, her reaction obvious despite the bandages covering her face.

"He reminded me of someone," spoke Shroud, hesitating slightly, "My son, sharp, mind and tongue, but a good heart."

"What's his name?" asked Yamato as he lowered himself into a chair.

"His name was Raito," uttered Shroud.

Yamato started, "I'm sorry, I didn-"

"He isn't dead, he just doesn't-" interrupted Shroud, before pausing, "He was hurt, he lost his memory, he doesn't remember anything."

"That sounds rough," commented Yamato.

"You've seen your fair share of pain," responded Shroud, "I saw your cybernetics when I cleaned your wound."

"I can think of worse," muttered Yamato.

"You can go if you want," stated Shroud, "I brought you here to carry out a promise, you're not my prisoner, go, your friends will be worried."

Yamato nodded, standing up and making a beeline for the door, climbing up a set of stairs, before turning back, "You're afraid, that your son will hate you or something, don't be, you can't live in terror of what you can't control."

"I would do anything to see my mother again."

Pushing the warehouse doors open, Yamato slipped outside, shutting them behind himself. Looking around, Yamato took in his surroundings, a trash strewn alley.

Setting off, a slight limp still troubling him, Yamato suddenly felt like he'd stepped into treacle, his body slowing down until he was locked in place.

"Hello, Yamato."

Yamato lurched forwards, finding himself able to move again. Turning, he frowned at the sight of his own body, frozen in place.

Looking down at his hands, Yamato waved them, nearly transparent with a faint light blue glow around the edge, "What is this?"

"The power of this," spoke Onyx as he blurred in existence, stopping in front of Yamato, a light blue FullBottle in his hand.

"Onyx, what are you doing?" demanded Yamato.

"The same thing I've been doing since you got that Driver," replied Onyx.

"Trying to kill me?" sneered Yamato, swinging at Onyx, his fist passing harmlessly through him.

Onyx laughed, "Really? Do you think I'm that weak?"

Blurring again, Onyx circled around Yamato, "I let that magican beat me the first time, I let Kuroto Dan defeat me."

"No," growled Yamato, "You're lying!"

"How do you think FullBottles kept landing in your lap?" questioned Onyx, "I made sure I dropped Balloon and Web, I had Shell stored inside the Alpha Driver before you stole it, the Canvas FullBottle didn't end up in King Gott's possession by accident."

"Why?" asked Yamato, "What could you possibly gain from making me stronger?"

"There are only six known people who are capable of using the Build System," answered Onyx, "Sento Kiryu, the two Faust idiots, Masato, myself and lastly, you."

"Why?" repeated Yamato.

"Faust has a system of determine a person's reaction to the Nebula Gas," drawled Onyx, "Called Hazard Level, anyone with a rating of 1.0 will die after contact, 1.1 to 1.9 they are transformed into Smash, 2.0 to 2.9 they resist the transformation, 3.0 and above they are capable of using a Build Driver or a Transteam weapon without any side effects."

"Me?"

"3.5 on the last reading," responded Onyx, "We originally exposed you to the Nebula Gas but you resisted, therefore you were assigned to be a test subject."

"You bastards," growled Yamato.

"Now, now, you wouldn't look a gifthorse in the mouth," stated Onyx, suddenly tossing the FullBottle to Yamato, who caught it automatically.

"It's the Psychic FullBottle," informed Onyx, "It allows the user to see a few moments into the future for brief bursts."

"It's also how we're speaking right now," continued Onyx, "Of course, this kind of control requires a mastery of the FullBottle, something your unfocused mind could never achieve."

"Why are you giving me this?" questioned Yamato.

"It's simple," replied Onyx, "Masato is about to launch another attack to draw you out, he knows he's stronger than you."

"You want me to win," spoke Yamato, "Why?"

"My project will be cancelled if Masato defeats you now," answered Onyx, "My research into the Alpha Driver will be stopped."

"So if I win, you win," sighed Yamato, "You are a bastard."

"Don't worry," grunted Onyx, "I still despise you, I look forward to the the day you are no longer needed, the day I gut you like the pig you are."

"Charming," commented Yamato, blinking to suddenly find everything back to normal, Onyx gone.

Looking down, Yamato examined the Psychic FullBottle before gritting his teeth.

"I have to stop BurnSting," spoke Yamato, expanding the Machine Reflector and swinging onto it, "No matter the cost."

Shroud sighed, what Yamato had stayed with her, echoing in her head.

Walking over to a workbench, Shroud picked up the dormant Fang Memory in Dino Mode, switching it to Memory Mode.

Working for a few seconds, Shroud detached the Fang Memory from the device, turning it over in her hand. Her mistakes with the Memory, those mistakes that had hurt her son severely, trapped him inside the Gaia Libary.

Dropping the Memory, Shroud picked up a second Memory, the same design but with a small symbol in the corner, denoting it as a T2 Memory.

"I just hope this works, Raito," spoke Shroud.

Attaching the T2 Memory into Fang, Shroud switched it into Dino Mode. Roaring, Fang came to life, jumping from Shroud's hands.

Shroud's bandages crinkled as she allowed herself a small smile.

Reaching down, Shroud picked up a Double Driver.

Fuuto Tower

[READY! GO!] [VOLTECH BREAK!]

A golden hologram of a python suddenly wrapped around BurnSting, squeezing him, forcing him to drop his weapon. The python dissipated, BurnSting dropping to one knee, his suit smoking.

BurnSting roared, "Who dares to-"

A purple motorcycle skidded to a halt, a large silver FullBottle sticking out the back, Hansei in a strange silver and blue form swinging off, the ArrowSlicer in bow mode clutched in one hand.

"It's time I put you down, like the rabid dog you are!" sneered Hansei.

The sunlight glinted from Hansei's new form, pipes protruded from the shoulder and boot of the silver half, a heavy crystal ball encasing the hand of the other side.

"Takahashi," growled BurnSting, pushing himself to his feet as he grabbed his Transteam Pistol, aiming at Hina again, finger curling around the trigger.

"Not again!" roared Hansei, switching the ArrowSlicer to blade mode, letting it fly from his grip, knocking the Transteam Pistol from BurnSting's grip.

"Masato, that power is too much for you, I will stop you," spoke Hansei, "With these two hands!"

Charging forward, flames burst from the pipes as Hansei accelerated, raising his Crystal Basher. BurnSting dodged to one side, Hansei sailing past him.

"You'll have to do better than that, Takahashi!" called BurnSting, swinging at Hansei.

The fist impacted with Hansei, sending him flying back, his suit failing as he rolled to a halt.

Hansei blinked.

He was stood again, still transformed in TurboPsychic Form, before charging at BurnSting again.

Dodging to one side BurnSting watched in surprise as Hansei shifted, his fist arcing around, smashing into his helmet.

BurnSting collapsed backwards, disorientated from the blow. Rolling onto his back suddenly, BurnSting grabbed his Transteam Pistol and unloaded two shots at Hansei as he approached.

Hansei blinked, BurnSting was face down on the ground, waiting to spring his trap. Raising his ArrowSlicer, Hansei quickly reflected the two shots back at BurnSting as he rolled over and fired.

"HOW!" roared BurnSting, scrambling to his feet.

"It's a magic trick," retorted Hansei as he and BurnSting continued to trade blows.

Forcing himself up, Hase stumbled towards Hina as her transformation finally gave out, smoke and sparks emitting from the damaged Birth Driver.

Hase knelt down, "Hina, I shouldn't have-"

"That's not important right now," grimaced Hina, "Take Shotaro and run."

"No, you need to, your Driver's bust," replied Hase, grunting in pain as he looked down to his leg, his ankle swelling, he'd bent it back when he landed.

"No," spoke Hina, "I have another, besides, I'm in better shape."

Hase paused, before nodding and pulling himself up, using his Kagematsu to support himself. Hina helped the dazed Shotaro to his feet, draping his arm around Hase's shoulders.

"Go," instructed Hina, Hase nodding as he half-guided, half-dragged Shotaro away.

Turning back, Hina watched as Hansei and BurnSting continued to duke it out, the former only just countering the latter's attacking in time.

Drawing the OOO Driver, Hina hesitated, the only reason Eiji had been able to use it was his lack of desire, and later his non-selfish desire to restore Ankh.

But Hina had desires, to get home, see her friends again, become a famous fashion designer.

"I have to try," muttered Hina, lowering the OOO Driver to her waist before slotting the Taka, Tora and Batta Medals on and tilting it.

"Henshin!" spoke Hina, grabbing the scanner and running it over the Driver.

Hina's eyes turned red, before cycling through yellow and green, eventually returning to normal.

[TAKA!] [TORA!] [BATTA!]

Medal projections spun around Hina, before the Taka, Tora and Batta projections fused into one. Sinking into Hina, a red, yellow and green energy swirled around her.

[TA-TO-BA! TATOBA! TATOBA!]

The TaToBa suit materialised around Hina, however it more closely resembled the Super TaToBa suit, but with the regular colour palette.

Examining her suit, Hina marvelled for a few seconds, before bracing herself, "I am Kamen Rider Hoshii!"

Dashing forwards, Hoshii joined Hansei, using her long claws to slash and hack at BurnSting.

Narumi Detective Agency

Slowly lowering into a crouch by Philip's bedside, Shroud drew out the Double Driver from her jacket. Placing the device on Philip's waist, Shroud inserted the Fang Memory, folding it over.

[FANG!]

White particles surrounded Philip before encasing him, a white and black suit with white fang protruding from the the shoulders, wrists and ankles.

Sitting bolt upright, Fang's suit flickered before bursting into particles again, fading away in seconds.

Philip looked around him, "I'm free."

Swinging his legs out of the bed, Philip pushed himself to his feet, dashing over to a whiteboard, grabbing a pen and starting to write furiously.

"Raito," spoke Shroud as she rose to her full height.

Pausing, Philip turned to face Shroud, a puzzled look on his face.

"Is that my name?" questioned Philip, slowly walking towards Shroud.

Shroud nodded, "It is."

"Who are you?"

Shroud took a deep breath, before reaching for her bandages, slowly unravelling them.

Letting the bandages fall, Shroud raised her head to look at Philip, a black scar like veins running up her neck and her left cheek.

Philip studied Shroud's face, his eyes analysing every little detail, "Mother."

Nodding, Shroud stepped forward, wrapping Philip in her arms, tears running down her face.

"I was so alone," spoke Philip, hugging Shroud back, "The library, I couldn't leave."

"It's okay, you're back now," replied Shroud, "But there is still work to be done."

Breaking away, Philip looked at his mother, "What is it?"

"Hidari is in danger," answered Shroud, "He and another rider are about to be attacked by the Museum. He is not your best match for Double, but I have entrusted his life to you for this long, I think together you can surpass all my expectations."

Philip paused for a second before nodding.

[FANG!]

Downtown Fuuto

Hase continued to hobble through the streets, supporting Shotaro as he slowly started to come back into clarity.

"What happened?" murmured Shotaro.

"Yamato showed up, new form with some kind of rewind ability," explained Hase, before coming to halt as Masquerade Dopants surrounded them.

"Hand over the detective and we'll let you go free," spoke a Nasca Dopant as he joined the others.

Hase hesitated, he had no reason to protect Shotaro, he could just dump him and leave, at least, that's what he would have done back when first became Kurokage. He had to be better, for Jonouchi.

"You can't have him," retorted Hase, his ankle threatening to give way under him.

Shotaro suddenly gasped, the weight on Hase vanishing as the detective stopped leaning on him. Looking down, Shotaro watched as the Lost Driver on his waist suddenly glowed, before fading to reveal it had transformed into a Double Driver, the Fang Memory sticking out of the right slot.

Shotaro, do you have the courage to ride with the devil once again?

"Philip?" questioned Shotaro, frowning, "You're normal again."

I've never been normal, but right now it's time to transform.

"The last time the Fang Memory was used you went into that state," retorted Shotaro, "Besides, you were the one to use it."

It's fine, this will work.

"Sure, let's do this," sighed Shotaro, pushing the Fang Memory in.

[FANG!]

Pressing the button on the Skull Memory, Shotaro slotted it into the Double Driver.

[SKULL!]

"HENSHIN!"

[FANG!] [SKULL!]

White and black particles swirled around Shotaro, lines appearing on his face as a suit encased him. The right side was white, identical to the Fang suit, while the left half resembled the Skull suit, but with the more animalistic design of Fang. Additionally, the left half of the helmet was completely different, a black reflection of the Fang half.

"Now, count up your sins!" announced Double as he flicked his wrist.

Let's go, Shotaro!

Charging forward, Double punched the first Masquerade, kicking a second in the chest. Grabbing a fang from the Skull shoulder, Double hacked and slashed his way through the Masquerades, making short work of them.

Drawing the Nasca Blade, the blue Dopant rushed at Double, the two locking their weapons. Swinging his fist, Double slashed Nasca across the chest with his wrist fang.

Stumbling back, Nasca grunted painfully, "You are a thorn in the Museum's side, for that, you must be removed."

Double growled, drawing a second fang, this one from their right shoulder. Swinging their dual fangs, Double knocked the Nasca Blade out of the Dopant's grip.

"It's over," spoke Philip as Double held a fang to Nasca's throat.

"We'll meet again," stated Nasca, turning away, before wings sprouted from his back, soaring into the air.

"Coward."

Fuuto Tower

Hansei blinked, he was getting tired, the psychic ability draining him faster and faster the more he used it.

Hoshii knocked a shot from BurnSting aside with her claws, falling back, beside Hansei.

"This has to end now," uttered Hansei, "ARI, the device we took from Gara."

"It might work," replied ARI, the Alpha Driver materialised the bracelet in front of Hansei.

"I'll keep BurnSting busy," assured Hoshii, rushing at BurnSting.

Grabbing the FullBrace, Hansei pulled it on his right arm, over the gauntlet of his Turbo half, resting just below the Gear Band. Turning the device, Hansei inserted his six other FullBottles.

Gripping the Vortex Crank, Hansei began to turn it as graph lines appeared, a spiral leading from Hansei to BurnSting at the center.

[READY? GO!] [VORTECH FINISH!] [YEAH!]

The pipes on Hansei's shoulder and leg suddenly belched blue flames as he shot forward, following the spiral as he pressed a button on the side of the FullBrace. Slowly turning, the FullBrace began to speed up until it was a blur, glowly with mutlitcoloured light.

[CRYSTAL!] [PYTHON!] [BALLOON!] [WEB!] [CANVAS!] [SHELL!]

Aiming his glowing fist forward, Hansei continued to race around the spiral, before reaching the center, smashing his fist into BurnSting chest will all his might.

[VORTECH FUSION!]

Hoshii ducked away as the center of the spiral exploded, the force of the blast nearly knocking her off her feet.

Turning to look, Hoshii watched as the fire dispersed, both Hansei and BurnSting collapsing as their suits faded away.

"Yamato!" called Hina, running towards Yamato as she cancelled her transformation.

"I'm fine," grunted Yamato as he pushed himself to his feet.

"Where's BurnSting?" asked Hina.

Looking around, Yamato sighed, "At least now he knows he's not all powerful, let's go."

Narumi Detective Agency

"Better?" asked Hina, as she finished bandaging Hase's ankle.

"It is," nodded Hase, "But there's something I need to say."

Hase paused.

"I was wrong, you're not one of them," continued Hase, "I'm sorry for how bad I treated you, seeing BurnSting about to shoot you made me realise."

Hina smiled, "It's fine, we were all stressed, with Yamato missing, don't worry about it."

Turning away, Hina made her way over to Shotaro, insisting on checking him over. Strolling over, Yamato taking the seat across from Hase.

"The Psychic FullBottle, its power," uttered Yamato, "You can see the resets as well can't you."

Hase took a deep breath, "I can, I guess it's because of my Inves side."

"So you saw," trailed Yamato.

"BurnSting killing Hina," finished Hase, "It must have taken you what, eight, nine, resets before you got it right."

"Ten," sighed Yamato, "we can't tell Hina."

"No, we can't," replied Hase.

"I've seen to Shotaro," explained Hina as she approached Hase and Yamato, "You guys ready to go?"

"Yeah, I'm so ready to get home," replied Hase, giving his best smile as he pushed himself to his feet, using his Kagematsu to support himself.

"Seconded," added Yamato, "Home is quite literally the other side of that portal."

"You guys heading out?" queried Shotaro as he strolled over to them.

"Yeah," nodded Hina, "Thank you for all your help, I actually have something for you."

"You don't have to," replied Shotaro as Hina nodded at Yamato, who quickly summoned something from his Driver, handing it over.

"Here," smiled Hina, holding out her hand, opening it to reveal two Gaia Memories, one green and one purple.

"How?" murmured Shotaro, taking the Memories, "These vanished after the Double Driver burnt out."

"I have my ways," grinned Hina, before giving Shotaro a hug.

"Thank you."

"Sent Philip my best," grinned Hina as Yamato and Hase joined her.

"I will," replied Shotaro, "He's pretty busy catching up with his mother."

"That's good," nodded Hina, "Goodbye."

"See ya later."

Turning away, Yamato opened the door, Hina and Hase waving and nodding as they left, Yamato following behind them.

"I think I understand why I kept finding all that stuff in the Greed world," grinned Hina as they descended the stairs, a young woman with a suitcase and a green slipper passing them, "To return them to who they belong to."