Warcraft: The Rider of Azeroth
There are some things I will list:
1) The first thing I will note is that this is a different Azeroth, so some places and things may change. Think Kamen Rider Decade. Same people, different circumstances.
2) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of the "Warcraft" franchise with some changes here and there AS NECESSARY.
3) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of "Kamen Rider Gaim" (TV show, Movies, Games, and TCG) with some changes AS NECESSARY, mostly focusing on lock seeds.
4) This is the Dialogue layout: "Regular Dialogue" – [DRIVER/LOCK SEED DIALOGUE] – "Magic Invocation Dialogue" – {Sound effect} – [Place/Thing of Interest]
5) Most importantly: I DO NOT own Kamen Rider as it is the property of Shotaro Ishinomori, Ishinomori Productions, Toei Company, Ltd., and Bandai Co., Ltd.
6) I also DO NOT own Warcraft as it is the property of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and all their subsidiaries.
7) What I DO own, is the resulting OCs, OLs (Original Locations), and most of the OLS+A (Original Lockseeds plus Arms) created for the current fan-fiction.
Chapter 10: Day of the Dragon (Side A)
Everyone looked in my direction as I held the Posion Lockseed. As the metal apple came from the crack above, I looked at Onyxia.
[LOCK ON] Henshin!" [COME ON] My ridewear formed as the armour opened and fitted on to my body. I had my hand out as the Apple Reflecter (Poison Ver.) appeared. [POISON ARMS - "TASTE OF ETERNAL SLE~EP!]
"THIS POWER… WHAT ARE YOU?" She had completely focused on me as I stood in front of her.
"Kamen Rider Athens!" I pulled the Poison Bringer out of my shield and pointed it at her. "Get ready for the silver lining!"
"WHATEVER YOU ARE, YOU WILL SUFFER MY WRATH!" Onyxia jumped at me. Anduin and the others moved out of the way. "DIE!" She raised her claws at me.
"Nope!" I blocked it as the attack created sparks from my shield. I then swung my blade at her arm, so as to wound her. Even though she's an evil, conniving bitch, I don't want to take a life so easily. She swerved from the swing and threw a black fireball at me. An explosion from the hit pushed me back a couple feet as I blocked it. Girl was packing some serous heat!
Shortly after I transformed, Anduin and Valeera quickly shook off their shock and proceeded to order the Stormwind guards to stop the bipedal-lizard men.
They had mentally prepared for any strange actions, due to Santurnal's notes from the secret room that Varia and I found. Santurnal suspected that the men Katrana had brought might not be human, so they weren't as surprised. But me transforming was new. They all had questions to ask but at the moment a battle broke out in the throne room as sword met claw, putting it on hold.
Varia grabbed a sword on the ground and took on one of them. Joseph was told by Anduin, who was firing arrows, to leave the keep and report to the city guards with the proof so they could get back-up and if possible, get help from the local [Adventurers' Guilds]. Valeera was helping a couple of the guards fight three lizard men.
Onyxia was attacking me with a mix of black fire and natural skills, such as claws, teeth, and tail. I jumped when she swung at me and when I landed, two lizard men were on me. I used the strength the armour gave me and bashed one of them in the chest before hitting the other with a hook kick. They staggered back as I left them to get surprise attacked but two Stormwind guards who had stabbed them with their swords right through the chest. Both lizard men struggled, but the guards held fast, not letting them get away. I charged towards Onyxia for round two and she was happy to comply as she attacked me with a whip made of black fire. I blocked the first hit but as soon as I raised my sword, she wrapped her whip around my wrist and pulled me into a punch, right in the masked face.
I stumbled back out of disorientation and Onyxia capitalized on that and fired another black fireball. I saw it and moved at the last second. I even felt the heat as it flew past. It hit the wall and burned it down, leaving a hole showing the outside. "YOU INFURIATE ME, HUMAN!"
"Finally, someone who knows I'm human!" I half-joked.
"JOKE WHILE YOU CAN, I'LL TEAR THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE!" She whipped at me as she charged. As soon as she got close she slashed at me with black fire covered claws. I blocked them with my shield and she suddenly turned and smashed into my side with her tail. The power behind it was enough to break a man's spine easy. If it wasn't for my armour, I'd suffer a miserable fate. She then tried to strike me down with a sword made of black fire. I blocked it with my Poison Bringer and cut it in half like a hot knife through butter. Tried to hit me with her tail again but it blocked it and cut it down, causing her to scream. I swung at her as I got up and she backed away as she almost had her face sliced open. She left a red blood trail as she began moving back while I attacked her. I was striking at areas that would slow or stop her movements such as her feet and arms.
She maintained a fair distance as she realized getting too close was bad for her health. She fired another shot of black fireballs at me but at reduced size as she was going for more rapid fire. I jumped out of the way as she hit another wall.
Below the balcony, Santurnal was awoken by the noise of battle. Slowly, he sat up and looked around. Seeing lizard men fighting the guards and bodies all over the floor, he had planned to make his escape. On top of the balcony the jar holding the black parasite was knocked to it's side. Another blast from Onyxia forced it to roll to the edge and fall.
"Huh?" Santurnal felt something coming at him as he got up, but before he could see what it was, {SMASH} the jar smashed into his head.
The force of the falling jar cracked his skull open. He was knocked unconscious and his death was swift as his brain was haemorrhaging. The jar had broken open, releasing the parasite. It didn't move at first but as soon as Santurnal's blood touched the corner of it's mouth, it shuddered and wiggled and moved quickly onto the old alchemist's head. Soon he rose up and moved to the nearest living thing. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" The lizard man said as Santurnal tried to bite him. He grabbed the possessed old man and tossed him into a Stormwind guard who was knocked back. The guard rose up and suddenly his helmet was pulled off and his neck was chomped on. "AAAAAHHHH!" He tried to get the old man off of his neck, but he was held down by Santurnal's unnatural strength as he feasted on him. Another Stormwind guard tried to help and stabbed the old man. Santurnal ignored the blade as he finished his meal. Then his skin darkened as his body began to bloat up.
"What manner of wizardry is this-AAAH!" Before the guard finish, Santurnal's body exploded and covered the guard in viscera. He shook off most of the blood and guts from his body but as soon as he looked in front of him, he saw a muscular black monster with red runes along it's body and had the outline of Santurnal's face. The guard raised his sword and charged it. With a swing, he planned to kill it in one shot but a fiery shield blocked this sword. Suffering from the recoil, the guard didn't even get a chance to attack again before he was grabbed by the monsters wide and sharp hand. "AAH! AAAHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHHH-{CRUNCH!} It crushed the man's armoured head like a walnut in a vice before tossing him away. It then began attacking anyone in sight with flaming fists.
As Onyxia was keeping up her attack she heard screaming from her own forces and saw one of her lizard men being torn in half by a black monster like paper. I looked at the same direction and changed priorities. It's one thing if she's running amok, but this guy right here won't stop until there's nothing left to kill. I ran at the monster while using the Cutting Blade. [POISON – SQUASH] I raised my sword to strike him down but before I could get there I was hit by a black fireball in the back.
"AAAH! You BITCH!" ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) I change my mind! I want to turn around and beat her scaly ass like a piñata! "WHOA!" But before I could enact my plan to fuck her up, the black monster came at me with fire fists. I moved from side to side, dodging the best I could, but it's flames exploded right next to me like a mini-bomb. It jumped on me as soon as I fell on the floor.
Onyxia looked at the throne room and ordered her forces. "GATHER! WE SHALL LEAVE THIS CITY IN RUINS!" The lizard men began to move out but were attacked by Anduin and the crew.
"Don't let her escape!" He ordered as he fired an arrow at Onyxia. She was annoyed at best but keep going, knocking anyone who got in her way. Valeera and Varia moved to intercept her but Onyxia leaped over them without stopping.
I flipped the black monster over my head using my legs as leverage and went for it's back. It created another fire barrier that blocked me and formed a flame sword from it's hand. We clashed as our swords smashed into each other and sparks flew from the contact. As soon as we moved apart, I used my shield to hit his second sword swing, knocking the weapon out of his hand. Without it's source, the sword vanished and the black monster went back to attacking with it's fire fists. I ducked one attack and stabbed it in the stomach. "Got ya bitch!" I pulled the sword out as black blood flowed out of it.
It moved back and fell onto the throne. It broke one of the chair legs when it reached for me but went limp and stopped moving. I wasn't sure if it died and was about to check but Anduin called out to me.
"Nick, Onyxia's escaping the keep! She cannot be allowed to endanger the populous!"
"Got it!"
I was about to leave when the chair fell to the side and the monster fell on top of the fake Varian. Suddenly, both the fake and the monster screamed like "The Thing" and began to fuse, tearing the clothes off the other's body. The bodies began to meld and warp into a hideous creature. It's faced were fused at the sides as the shared one large mouth. The arms and legs were switched over each other as they had a sinister look. Fake Varian's legs cracked and snapped, becoming reverse-jointed and muscular. His left hand's fingers fused together, turning his arm into a whip-like appendage. One of the Monster's legs dug into it's partner's back while the other became engorged and turned into a tail. Their tongues fused and then split into two again, gaining a lizard-like look. It grew a size bigger and it leaned back.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!"
Both began to scream like 2011 "The Thing". You know, when monster absorbed the blond haired dude and became the "Two-Faced Thing". It was a really freaky scene, I'll tell you. Now that I think about it, there are A LOT parallels to the movie monster and this monster… I'm not R.J. MacReady. I don't want to question who's really what they say they are... Damn it! Why do I do this to myself?! (ಥ‸ಥ)
I ready my sword and shield and started wishing that I had a flamethrower, when the others showed up. "Nick, well handle things here, you must stop Onyxia from damaging the city!"
"Are you all nuts!?" I yelled. "This things way beyond your skills, I'm the only one who can fight this thing!"
"Just have faith us." Anduin looked at me with resolute eyes. I looked at the others and they also had similar looks. "They city needs to be saved and you are the only one who seems to have the power to stop her plans up front."
"Guh-AaaaahhHHH-Damn it!" I hand Anduin my shield and Varia my sword. "Here, these will definitely injure this thing! Just don't be reckless and get yourselves killed!"
"At the end of this we shall share drinks at the Pig and Whistle Tavern!" What the hell!? (ಠ_ಠ)
"Don't say things like that, you'll jinx yourselves!" I told him and pull out the Budou Lockseed. [BUDOU] Purple metal armour made to look like grapes fell from the zipper in the sky. I unlock and removed my current lockseed and switched out, hitting the Cutting Blade. [LOCK ON – COME ON] After closing the seed and dispelling my current armour, the metal grapes fell on me, opening up to look like Chinese battle armour. The back of my helm had a three kingdoms style design with a small tassel on top. [BUDOU ARMS - "RYU, HOU, HA-HA-HA!"] In my hand was a green and purple barrel gun with a grape design and a pull handle in the back that looked like a grape stem. I look at the others and my weapons were still in their hands. Lucky! I told them to take care and ran out the throne room.
Anduin, Varia, Valeera, and the surviving Stormwind guards were standing in front of the Split-Face monster and readied for combat. The monster fell on to the floor and crawled at them with unnatural speed. They jumped out of the way and proceeded to take it on.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!"
"I can't help but be disgusted by it's appearance!" Varia said as she wielded the Poison Bringer.
"How do you think we feel?" Valeera retorted. "It has Varian's face!"
"It is rather unnerving." Anduin agreed standing in the front, aiming at it while holding the Apple Shield. "But we must persevere and defeat this monstrosity."
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!"
It screamed at them once more and launched a fireball from it's human hand. Anduin blocked the attack easily and returned fire with his arrows. He kept it's attention on him as Valeera and Varia charged at it's sides. Valeera attacked with her daggers, both having different results. One managed to hit the black portion of the monster but it merely skidded off while the other that hit the Varian portion and left a cut that bled. Varia sliced at the black parts and with the Poison Bringer, cut into it with only some resistance. The monster went wild with pain as the tip of it's tail became like a scorpion's and attacked from it's sides. Both women moved away quickly as Anduin fired arrows to agro it.
"The homunculus parts are the weak areas, aim for them!" Valeera told the guards as she went for the body. The guards began to join in as they attacked the monster. Unfortunately, the monster seemed to understand that parts of it were weak as it moved to avoid their attacks or adjusted it's movements so they would only hit the black parts. It then stabbed one the men in the chest with it's tail.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH-! {RIIIIIIP!} The man didn't stand a chance his neck was grabbed by it's arm tentacle and ripped to pieces. The worst part was the man was still barely alive as he witnessed himself dying from his organs and blood escaping his body. "…ah…ah…guh…."
Anduin wanted to help but the monster didn't afford the time to do so and he had no choice but to leave him. He swore not to let the man's death be in vain and attacked the monster with a well-placed shot between the eyes of the human part of it's split face.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!"
It howled in pain as it zeroed in on the prince, creating fireballs to destroy him. Anduin raised the Apple Shield and blocked most of the shots, but the last one was bigger by one size and knocked him on his back. The monster crawled towards him rapidly with it's tail waving in the air. Valeera came to his rescue as she unleashed a fireball from the remaining mana she stole from Santurnal, hitting it in the gap between the tail and legs. The fiery blast burned at it's weak side as it stopped to howl again, while Anduin took the chance to get up and make some distance. It shook violently as it tried to get the fire off it's body. Varia, who was waiting saw an opportunity and attacked, slicing off the tail, causing black blood to fly into the air. Everyone backed away quickly as they didn't know what the blood of such a creature could do to them. After a while, it stopped spilling blood from it's tail and roared as it's faces show extreme anger and hate.
Varia moved fast as she jumped onto it's back looking to slice it fused heads off, but it quickly reacted and rolled, making her fall onto the floor. It's tentacle arm wrapped around her neck as she tried to hit it with the sword but hit held strong. Anduin ran faster than he ever did in his life and with the shield up crashed into the monster's faces with all he had. The surprise attack weakened the tentacle's grip from the shock and Varia managed to pull herself out. She quickly returned the favour and chopped the tentacle off, spewing black blood on the floor.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!"
It's instincts helped it realize that it was in trouble. It began to gather mana at a fast rate. Valeera, sensing this, readied her daggers. "Anduin, watch yourself, it's preparing a spell of some kind!" Hearing this, Anduin pulled up the shield just as the monster glowed.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!"
In a burst of red mana, a dome of flame grew out that forced everyone back, save for Anduin who was protected by the shields power. At that moment one of the guards tried to touch the barrier only for his metal gauntlet caught fire. "YOW! AH!" No matter what he did it wouldn't go out, so he quickly tossed it off before it would spread to his arm. To see metal of all things catch fire was not a normal occurrence and as for the guard, his hand had 2nd degree burns. He was attended to by another guard as they tried to figure out how to save the prince.
Valeera had attempted to use Mana Tap, but it was not moving an inch. She felt the power from it as if she was trying to touch darkness as she was forced away. She fell to one knee from the experience and was worried. She looked to Varia and noticed a glint in her eye that reminded her of Varian whenever he had a reckless idea. "What are you planning, Varia?"
"Something stupid, I think." She raised the Poison Bringer in the air and slashed at the wall. It created a gap that closed after a second. "Yeah, really stupid."
"Varia, wait!" But Valeera's voice fell on deaf ears as the young woman slashed the barrier and jumped in before the hole closed. She landed at the side of the monster and slashed at it, taking it by surprise. It swung at her with it's clawed black hand as it reacted to her attack. She ducked under the move and rolled to reach her brother.
"Anduin!" She stood at his side to help her brother take this thing down.
"Varia!?" Surprised by her appearance and at the same time, relived to see her, he quickly moved in front of her with his shield up and prepared. "Let show him how the siblings of Varian Wynn conduct combat!"
"Yes!" She placed herself in a battle stance and readied her blade to bring the pain.
The monster looked at the two and gathered mana. A spell seal formed at it's head as a wide flame burst forth from it. Anduin took the hit and Varia leaped over him for an over-head chop. The monster moved back but screeched when it's back touched the barrier. It found that the dome of fire it created was powerful, it had not control over it. It tried to swipe at Varia as she landed her sword, but all it did was allow her to cut off another arm.
Anduin called her to come back to the safety of the shield as it was gathering mana again. She moved quickly as the monster unleashed a wave of fire that could thoroughly cook an elephant. Anduin held the shield up, hoping it was capable to block that level of strength. He then felt a pair of hands on his own. He looked and saw Varia also help in bracing the oncoming impact. The force was almost enough to send them flying back, but they held on with everything they had. They then proceeded to slowly move towards the monster and force it's fire away. The monster was trying to put more power into it's attack but the only thing it could see was a shield moving closer to it. Suddenly, it felt pain as it's vision impaired. It was beginning to see it's enemy with only one pair of eyes. It looked around and noticed a head on the floor. It was the black monsters. It felt blood flow out of it's neck as it saw Varia at it's side with a bloodied sword. It couldn't understand what happened as the power from the fire spell grew weaker until it fizzled out. The dome itself began to warp and, like a bubble, pop. It's source of magic disappeared, it began to move wildly. It charged at the shield with speed and power that could knock tanks to the side. Anduin knew that if he got hit, it would undoubtedly lead to his death. He couldn't move quick enough to get away, and braced for impact when he suddenly felt himself getting pushed aside. He looked and saw it was Valeera who did it. Everything slowed down to a snail's pace as he saw Valeera's smiling face before she was ruthlessly bashed by the monster's charge. He was horrified by the sight before landing on the floor. The monster kept going until it stopped by the balcony.
"VALEERAAAAAA!" Anduin ran to her with tears in his eyes as he wanted to hold on to her, but Varia stopped him, telling him that he shouldn't touch her recklessly or he might worsen her injuries. "Why!? Why, Valeera!?" The blood elf coughed blood as she struggled to answer.
"This kingdom… It need's you… more than it needs me…"
"But… But I need you!" Anduin told her. "I… I... I love you too much to lose you!" His confession surprised her as he never showed it save for friendly banter.
"Why… tell me this now?"
"I knew how you felt about my father, so I chose not to tell you my feelings as it would be wrong, but…"
"You are as foolish as your father… But just as kind…" She smiled at him as blood fell from the corner of her mouth. She then closed her eyes as her body went limp. Anduin's emotions were in a rollercoaster-like state as he didn't know what to do. That is, until he saw the monster. His sorrow began to turn into anger as he grabbed the sword from Varia's hands.
"Anduin-!" Varia saw a resolute yet vicious face from her brother. A face she hadn't seen since her gladiator days. The face similar to that of her mother's description of her father, Lo'Gosh.
"I'll kill you…" He moved faster than the monster expected as Anduin carried both sword and shield with a bloodthirsty aura of a lion behind him. The monster felt threatened as the force of his pressure caused it to step back. But before it could try to escape, Anduin was on him like white on rice. "DIE!" He slashed away as he wanted it dead! He felt that if he didn't kill this monster today, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life for the people it hurt. He stuck at it's shoulder, it's remaining arms, it's head, anywhere he could have his blade reach as he madly roared. Mana condensed into his body as it fed both the Poison Bringer and the Apple Reflector. A purple aura of energy grew with each swing until it began to drip with acidic poison.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" The monster screamed from the pain it felt each time Anduin cut it. It's attacks were being deflected easily by the glowing shield. it's movements were becoming sluggish from the poison in it's system. Even it's body felt the weight of the pressure the prince emitted. It tried to escape but Anduin gave it no place to run. As if he knew the direction it was planning to go, like how thunder followed lightning, he would dash right in front of it with a well-placed swing following after.
"There is NO escape, monster!" He hit the monster with his shield and knocked it up into a standing position. Not wasting a move, he sliced at it's legs and kicked it onto it's back. He then jumped on top of it and drove the sword into it's heart. "RRRAAAAAHHH!" {SHING!}
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" It's screams resounded throughout the throne room. It writhed slowly as it was dying. Anduin, then looked into the monster's eyes and saw the blackness disappear. In it's place were clear grey irises that looked back at him. It had a look of recognition as it turned to face the prince. Anduin was so mesmerized by the moment that he didn't realized that the monster placed it's human hand on the side of his face. "Well done…" It said with a smile as life faded from it's eyes and it's hand went limp. Anduin was stunned as he felt as if his own father used the monster to tell him that he was proud of him.
"RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Like a lion's roar, he yelled into the sky as he felt the exhaustion from his body doing something it has never done before. He fell to his knees as he looked at the creature that had his father's face. "I wish you well on your journey… Father." He then looked towards his sister and his fallen comrade. He pulled out the sword and painfully walked to them, not bothering to look at the monster rapidly melting body. He was about to say something when Stormwind Keep began to shake. Anduin and Varia covered Valeera's body with their own.
"What is going on!?" Varia asked.
"It is as if we are being bombarded!" Anduin answered.
Suddenly another hole opened up from the constant shaking. It overlooked the city as the keep began to quiet down. Anduin got up to look and his eyes shrunk. "Oh my god…"
Author's Notes#:
Let me start by saying this: I know that Anduin as far as I know has no feelings for Valeera in the main continuity but since this is a FAN-FICTION, I can get away with this.
Now for the players in the story.
Anduin: I wanted him to be the main focus in the chapter as this was more of a personal struggle for him. From the gentle prince to Beast Mode King as the story would dictate.
Varia and Nick: I wanted them to become more of support characters for this chapter. Varia, since she never really knew her father wouldn't have much of a personal issue with the monster that shared her father's face. She will have her time to shine but not until later.
Valeera: Wait for the next chapter.