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 11: Day of the Dragon (Side B)
After I left Anduin and the others to deal with John Carpenter's monster, I ran through the halls and eventually reached the outside. It was already sunset, and a battle had broken out as the bipedal lizard men were fighting a mix of the Stormwind forces and the Adventurers Guilds. I had noticed there were more of the scaly enemies and assumed they were lying in wait until they heard from their queen, Onyxia. AKA, The Bitch! (◣_◢)
"NICK!" I turned to see Joseph in his black ninja garb but with his mouth covered. If someone told me he was a thief, a spy, or a shinobi, I couldn't refute it. He quickly ran to me and told me the situation.
After leaving the keep, he made a beeline to the Stormwind City Guards Office. At first, like expected, they didn't believe him but after he showed them proof, they gathered guardsmen and proceeded to head to the keep, Joseph ran to a City Guild [Swords of Fire] to also request their assistance. They believed him, without the proof. It showed the state of the city was already at revolution level at this point. The Guild Master herself, using a mystical tablet, made a call to all members and summoned them. She then called the other City Guilds by a mean secret only to Guild Masters and they also came to the prince's aid. Joseph and the gathered forces headed to the keep and the first thing he saw were the city guards fighting the lizard men. Joseph yelled the lizard men were the enemy and to take them down.
They charged and as they unleashed swords, knives, and all sorts of magical attacks. Things were quickly turning to our favour until Onyxia stepped out of the keep and roared. Suddenly numerous lizard men came out from the sewers throughout the city and battle raged in the streets. Both sides were at a stalemate as neither could make any head way.
I asked him where Onyxia went and he pointed towards the park. "It will take time to get past this battleground!"
"Give me a moment and don't let them near me." Joseph moved in front of me with a set of knives in his right hand to cover me as I took a knee and entered [The Room]. I ran to the wall holding the Lock Vehicles and grabbed the [L.V. – 03 DANDELINER] and ran back out. I got up and called him to get back. I pressed the switch and tossed the Lock into the air. It unfolded into a flying sky bike. It was black in body with a lock hoop on the front, and had a grey and yellow front hood with a small yellow dandelion icon on the hood. It's back ended on a black point with a small grey and yellow cover. It lowered itself and I got on it like I would a bike. He sat behind me and I gave him a helmet. Safety first, ya know. I looked at the black handled control deck with three buttons. I held them and tried to get a feel for the bike. It lifted as soon as I touched the handles and then I pushed the control handle back and it moved forward. I wobbled a bit, but I understood that the controls it was more like a plane's. "Get on!" I told Joseph before he could ask what this bike was and flew in the direction of the park.
Onyxia was annoyed as she slashed a Night Elf down with her black fire sword. She was so close to causing irreparable damage to the kingdom and leaving it in ruins as she had planned for the Horde to find out about the weakened city and invade, causing the Alliance to retaliate and both sides would kill each other in the process. She could only hope to reach the Moonwell in the park and set it off causing a massive explosion that would undoubtedly tear the city apart.
Before marching there, she saw a family of Night Elves near a pond, moving away from the fight. The parents were attacking anyone who got too close while protecting the children. Deciding to have a little stress relief, due to her sadistic nature, she moved into their direction and unleashed a ball of black fire.
The father saw it coming and stood in front of his family. "Ironbark!" After uttering the spell, his purple skin began to change. From the tip of his hair to the soles in the bottom of his feet, it all turned into wood with a metallic lustre. He braced himself as the fireball hit him.
From the impact he flew onto his back a good ten feet away. "Naeanel!" Screamed the mother. She ran to his aid with the kids in tow and saw his chest suffered burns. She was about to help him when she felt a hideous aura behind her. She spun into a fighting stance as she wanted to protect her important ones. "R…Run…Run…Away…" Naeanel managed to say with difficulty, but it fell on deaf ears. She wasn't moving, instead told their children to escape. She lunged at Onyxia who laughed as she smacked her away. The dragoness looked upon the children, a boy and a girl who were frozen in fear, and grabbed them by their necks. "NO!" "Spare… them… please!" Both parents pleaded to her, even willing to give their lives in exchange.
But she didn't care. All she wanted to see was the despair in their faces as they watch their children die. As she was squeezing their little necks, she received a surprise. {PA-PA-PA} "AHHHH!"
The sudden attack on her back surprised her so much that she let go of the children unintentionally. She turned to see who did that and saw me and Joseph on a flying machine.
"Hi there, Bitch. Miss me?" I called out as Joseph trained the Budou Ryuhou on her.
"LIKE A DISEASE!" She answered before unleashing a black fireball at us. I moved the Dandeliner to the side, just barely missing the attack.
"Joseph, can you handle this?" I said pointing at the air bike.
"I've seen you operate it to understand most of it."
"This thing can attack by pressing the trigger here." I said pointing at the steering. He nodded and I told him to cover me as I took my gun back and jumped off. I landed and ran towards the downed family while Joseph kept Onyxia company.
I reached the man and saw the damage was horrible. He had third degree burns on the centre of his chest, showing a part of his sternum, with second degree burns in the outlining areas of the skin. I focused as much of my mana as possible as I began my spell casting. It only took two minutes to gather the mana needed to cast First Aid. I pulled out some linen bandages and let loose the spell. It was still at a beginner's level, but the effects were still useful as I wrapped his chest quickly, but carefully. I then turned to face Onyxia who was screaming at her attacker. I pulled the handle on the Budou Ryuhou, lighting up all eight of the orbs on the sides of the gun. "Hey!" She turned to see who spoke and got shot eight times in the face. (͠◡︹͠◡)ლ Sorry, no fucks given today.
"HOW DARE YOU!?" She said with a little blood coming off her face.
"Trust me, it's an improvement." Apparently she disagreed as she retorted with her flame breath. Knowing that the Night Elf family was still moving the father, I had no choice but to flak jacket the attack until they were done. "Guhhhh!" Now I know how turkey feels in the oven. Joseph tried to shoot at her but all it did was annoy her. I struggled under the blast as I knew this might be the only chance I had to catch her. So, with painful difficulty, I hit the Cutting Blade. [BUDOU – SQUASH] Energy swirled as I aimed at her. She saw the power flowing in my gun and moved to dodge, but suddenly she found her feet were tangled. Looking down she saw thick roots that coiled around her legs.
I was surprised by what I saw and looked behind me. There, the mother had her hand on the ground, with eyes that lacked forgiveness. She noticed me looking at her and nodded. I did the same and turned. I aimed at Onyxia once more and pulled the handle. They lit up just like before, but this time the orbs created little energy bubbles that flew around my gun and entered a purple light that appeared on the muzzle of the barrel causing it to grow into a larger version. I pulled the trigger and the energy morphed into purple coloured Chinese dragon following the shots.
Just as she had finished burning the roots off, she noticed something coming at her. She looked up just as the shots hit her. Each one hurt more than the last as she screamed from the pain. The dragon blast at the end blew her into the pond. I… probably killed her… I wasn't sure what to do at that point from the strange feeling, when the mother spoke.
"Thank you!" She said as she lifted her husband up.
"Yeah… No problem." I then reached for the man's bandaged chest to see if the burns had healed somewhat, but before I could, a familiar voice rang out.
"YOU ARE TOO DANGEROUS! IF YOU LIVE, YOU COULD ENDANGER THE FUTURE PLANS I SET OUT TO CREATE!" I looked around to see where Onyxia was when the boy pointed out towards the lake. The pond began to boil and sizzle as Onyxia came out with a black aura. I immediately told the family to get far away from here. I turn to see that with every step she took, her body underwent a massive transformation. Her arms were spread eagle as they moved into her lower back. The fingers began to elongate as flaps of skin grew between them. Her face grew a muzzle that got longer and more lizard like. Her upper body changed to become her neck as the rest of her form grew in size. Her missing tail regrew and spines began to form along her back and face. Her headdress tore apart as horns sprouted from her skull. Her brownish scales turned a black colour as she roared. By the time she got to my spot, she had become an actual, factual dragon. (─̃︵─̃) Fuck… "RRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" (⊙﹏⊙) Seriously, fuck my life... "I SHALL CRUSH YOU BENEATH MY FOOT LIKE THE BUG YOU ARE!" She then attempted to do just that. I jumped out of the way and fired shots at her. "HAHAHAHAHAHA, THOSE ATTACKS AMOUNT TO LESS THAN A LITTLE INSECT'S BITE!" Joseph tried to fire at her, but with a simple flap of her wing, blew him away. He made a crash landing, but the bike didn't make it, since smoke came out of it. As long Joseph is safe then all's well. He jumped off before it hit the ground.
I wanted to check on him but Onyxia was not just going to just say "Alright" and wait for me. I then remembered the Lockseed I still had. I only hope this will tip the scales. I took it out and Onyxia looked at me. [SUIKA] In the sky, a particularly large zipper opened up and a giant metal watermelon came out. It hovered over me and I began to understand why some of the characters in the show freak out after summoning it. It's freaking huge! Well… here goes something! [LOCK ON – COME ON] The giant watermelon fell towards me and all I could say was: "HOLY SHIT!" {SLAM!}
"NICK!" Joseph yelled as he saw me getting crushed. The family watching from afar were similarly horrified. But as for Onyxia…
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS RICH! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HOW FUNNY! CHOOSING TO COMMIT SUICIDE! BUT I SUPPOSE THIS WOULD BE THE SMARTEST CHOICE HE HAS MADE IN HIS LIFE!" For a moment only her laughter could be heard. Then the watermelon suddenly spun on the ground and smashed into her. "WHAT THE-BOFF!" [SUIKA ARMS – ODAMA BIG BANG – ODAMA MODE] She fell on her side and looked at the giant metal fruit.
"All right, you walking Kate Spade hand bag, I'm going all out tonight!" [YOROI MODE] The watermelon began to change into a humanoid form like transformers. It stood tall as I operated the controls to move the body. "Hi, I Kamen Rider Athens and this is Optimus Prime and We're about to WHOOP your ass!"
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!" She ran at me with a breath of black fire as she had a crazed look in her eyes. I moved aside as she swung her tail at me. I grabbed it and tossed her back into the pond. She jumped out of the water and flew into the sky so as to take the higher advantage. "I SHALL RAIN DEATH UPON YOU!" She unleashed multiple fireballs from her mouth. I jumped away as the spot I was standing in became a patch of craters. I pressed the transformation options and the warrior form changed into something akin to a weird helicopter. [GYRO MODE] Openings appeared on the hands as I took off, flying at her, and pressed the trigger, firing away.
She moved through the air easily as she dodged the gunfire. We proceeded to fight all across the city skies with fire and bullets filling the air. When we got to the Valley of Heroes, she grabbed one of the large statues, and with a snap, tore it off it's legs and tossed it at me. I avoided the flying object and we got back into it. At the Mages quarters she launched a couple of black fireballs that knocked me into the academy tower below. I quickly got up and moved my pseudo-mobile suit into the air and gave chase. When we got to Stormwind Keep, she fired another blast but it missed and hit the side of the wall. I countered with some shots that hit her in the side.
The skies lit up like a celebration of fireworks as she made a few hits and I returned a few back. There was no stopping our dance as we fought with everything we had. {CLICK, CLICK, CLICK!} Eventually, I had run out of bullets and Onyxia looked exhausted. [YOROI MODE] We landed onto the ground somewhere around the outskirts of the city and stared each other down.
I accessed the weapons panel and, with a press of a button, a lance with a blade that resembled a chunk of watermelon appeared in my mobile suit's left hand. I believe my sister called it the… Suika Yari? It looks more like a sword, but whatever. "How are we going to do this?" I asked her.
"YOU ARE TRULY DANGEROUS… AND I CANNOT LEAVE YOU TO RUN FREE." After saying that her draconic body glowed as black flames grew hotter. I felt the heat from all the way here as she began casting a spell that would definitely do some damage. "I SHALL KILL YOU HERE AND NOW!" Soon her fires flowed above her into a ball of black energy. I hit the cutter thrice as I knew I shouldn't hold back. [SUIKA – SPARKING] Energy formed over the Suika arms and into the lance. I took aim as her spell was almost complete. Both of our attacks were at their limit and we began.
"DDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" She said as she threw the ball of power at me.
"HISSASTU! SPEAR PIERCERRRRRRR!" I said as I dashed at her.
As soon as my lance made contact with her black orb, the resulting blast blew away anything nearby. Trees were uprooted, walls caved in, the ground sank as dirt flew into the air. We struggled as Onyxia tried to force the attack through by pressing at it with her clawed hand and I adjusted my foot stance so I could put the whole body into breaking that attack. The struggle lasted until a crack appeared on the orb. With some difficulty, I moved the tip of the lance on it and the crack grew. I forced it back and roared as I put all I had into my attack, piercing through the orb and into Onyxia's body.
"GGGGGGGGGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" The orb burst as she staggered back, howling in pain. A hole was in her chest as blood began to come out. I walked forward and she looked at me in a mix of hate and fear. She stumbled back and fell. I moved closer and suddenly she grabbed hold of me. "I SHALL KILL YOU IF IT IS THE LAST THING I EVER DO!" I felt the energy growing around us and looked at her. She's got crazy eyes! This bitch is trying to kill us both! (O︹o) Thinking quickly, I closed my Lockseed, deactivating my arms and dispelling my ridewear. Onyxia arms found themselves holding air as I slipped out and ran like hell. I barely made it behind a small wall and held my head. "I SHALL HAUNT YOU TILL YOU DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!" Her body glowed and exploded, {KADA-BOOOOOOMMMM!} destroying almost everything in the area, save for the low wall that somehow survived our battle.
Dirt and dust fell on me. I peeked out after a little while and saw Onyxia's body lifelessly on the ground. I got up and checked on her. No breathing and no sounds of a heartbeat, as the explosion resulted in her body losing her chest cavity almost completely. Only the spine was left there. I breathed a sigh of relief as I walked out of there and into the city. I took a moment to head to [The Room] in one of the buildings and grabbed the Rose Raider so I could get to the park, where I left Joseph.
I drove into entrance as I saw far less Lizard men around. When I reached the spot where the pond was. It had boiled down to half it's size thanks to Onyxia's power. Joseph was sitting by the Dandeliner as he was nursing a cut on his leg.
"YO!" I called out.
"Good to see you are still alive." Joseph replied. I walked up to him and was about to heal him but he stopped me. "It's fine." He pulled out a healing potion from his bag and poured it on his wound. The bleeding stopped and the wound closed up. Damn that some powerful stuff. I looked at the wreckage of my flying bike and sighed. There THAT goes… I walked up to the Dandeliner and sighed again. It was totalled. The tail was bent, the front was shoved inside, and the body was cracked. I reached out to see what damage could be fixed, when it glowed and vanished into me. Joseph was surprised by the event and reminded me that he and the others are going to have questions that I had better answer. I laughed and said "Sure."
We rode on my Rose Raider to the keep, avoiding most of the battle, and entered. The guards recognized Joseph and me and let us pass. I entered the throne room and no one was there except Anduin and Varia who were kneeling next to Valeera. Both of us moved over to them. I had then saw Anduin had red puffy eyes and Varia had a saddened face.
"What happened?" I seriously ask. Anduin looked desolate as he answered.
"Valeera… She… She sacrificed herself to save me." He looked as if he was going to cry again as Varia placed a hand on his shoulder for support. Hearing that I carefully looked her over. I checked her pulse and breathing, nothing. There was no defibrillator or any kind of medical device and this world's level in medical science was lacking as far as I knew, plus the golden minutes had long since passed. With all this combined, I can only lose hope… {...ump...}
"…?" I felt something in her wrist and proceeded to check again. I held her wrist and put my head to her chest, straining my ear to listen to the tiniest of sounds and feeling {….ump….ump….}
There it was! A pulse! It was small but it was there. I moved my hand over her mouth, it was there but it was so shallow, so faint. Who would know if they were still breathing? Without stopping, I immediately focused my mana gathering. This required more than the First Aid spell. I needed the healing spell that Elly taught me. I could only hope it worked because this girl is fading fast.
It was hard this time around. My head was hurting and my vision was spinning but I fought through it. More and more mana filled the mental cup as I prepared the spell. My target was still alive but barely. I forced even more of my mana into the spell and proceeded to speak. "Hollowed lights, to the mortal plain, still the struggle, and cleanse the pain! Flash Heal!" Silver coloured mana flowed from my body to my hands and then into Valeera's body as an intense glow emanated from us. Anduin, Varia, and Joseph watched in silence as they witnessed me saving our friend. After the spectacle ended, I couldn't hold it anymore and blacked out.
The next morning, I came around and saw Varia sitting in a chair next to my bed. She was wearing a white crew-neck shirt and brown leather pants with boots that reached the middle of her shins, with a green, collared, long-sleeved jacket.
"How long was I out?"
"Eleven hours." She quietly answered.
"The battle?"
"We won. Whom ever wasn't captured or killed, escaped."
"Where's everyone?"
"Joseph is working with the [Merchant Guilds] to offer supplies and will be back soon, and Anduin is with Valeera. She came back to life shortly after you passed out and he hasn't left her side since." Varia then looked at me as if she had something on her mind. "I'll be right back, I need to tell him that you're awake." Before I could explain that Valeera wasn't even dead at the time, she had already left. With nothing to do, I decided to go to [The Room] and check things out.
Inside, I looked around and saw the Lockseeds recharging. The Budou Lockseed was already fully charged and the Poison Lockseed was the same. As for the Suika Lockseed, that wouldn't be fully charged until a week from now. Considering how I worked it nearly to death, it makes sense.
I looked at the wall containing the Lock Vehicles, instead of a timer like the other wall, the Dandeliner had a [30] next to it. I didn't know what it was so I let it be. I grabbed my Driver and the Poison Lockseed, before checking one more time and leaving.
When I came to, Anduin and the others had just come in. I sat up and greeted them. "Hey, your highness. How are you today?"
"Better than before thanks to you." Anduin told me. "Are you well? You had suffered Mana Exhaustion." Is that what happened?
"What's Mana Exhaustion?" Anduin was surprised by my question but explained anyway.
"Mana Exhaustion is when you gather more mana than what your body's reserves have, resulting in the spell tapping into your life force to compensate. After casting your spell, your body went into a kind of shock, rendering you unconscious."
"So that's it…" I'll have to run tests so that I don't suffer that issue again. "Well, I'm fully refreshed now."
"Are you sure? Those who would suffer Mana Exhaustion normally take days before fully recovering. Just getting up from your bed is nothing short of miraculous." I checked myself and moved my body a bit. Nope. Nothing out of the ordinary.
"I don't feel any different. In any case, give me a moment. I want to see how my patient's doing." I got up and grabbed my cloak and armour, storing them in my inventory, then put on my boots and followed everyone to Valeera's room. I knocked softly and she said to come in.
"Hey." I said as we stepped in.
"Hey yourself." Valeera was sitting up from her bed. She was wearing some pyjamas of sorts and eating soup. "Anduin is treating me like glass. It's kind of annoying."
"You were brought back from death. How can I not be worried?" Anduin explained.
"OK, OK. Let set the record straight. She didn't die in the first place." I began.
"But her pulse and her breathing had both stopped!" Anduin said.
"Her pulse was faint, very faint, and her breathing was extremely shallow. Unless you were scrutinizing it, anyone could miss it. Even I almost gave up, so it's not your fault." Anduin was somewhat shocked and had a guilty look on his face.
"Still, I should have checked harder."
"Brother, you shouldn't beat yourself up so much on something that couldn't be helped." Varia told him.
"Besides, the past is the past." Valeera added. "Let just focus on the present.
"They're right. At the moment, we need to repair the city and get everyone settled. That's going to take time and we need a clear-headed leader to do it." Joseph said with a frown.
"And the deaths that occurred yesterday… There were many." Anduin then walked over to the window. "When a hole appeared in the keep and I saw the city on fire, my heart sank. If I had only planned a bit better-"
"We should not focus on "What If's", not now!" Valeera chided him. Though her body was still sore, she wanted to get up from her bed. I reluctantly helped her and walked her over to him. "If you wallow in the past for far too long, you'll lose sight of the present, and walk blindly into the future. We will deal with everything one step at a time."
"That right. Besides, the death toll could have been higher if we didn't get involved." Joseph told him. "Who knows how bad things would have gotten if those three succeeded."
"Speaking of which, what happened to Santurnal and Edward?" I asked. In all the excitement, I had forgotten about those guys.
"According to witnesses, Santurnal was the black monster." Varia explained. "As for Edward, he is currently in the stockade."
"Smithe will be judged for his crimes." Anduin said with conviction. "As for Santurnal, I suppose he has gotten his just rewards. Speaking of which, what has become of Katrana, or Onyxia as she had called herself?"
"She tried to sacrifice herself to kill me. I managed to get away in time though." I looked out the window and pointed near the Dwarven District. "Her body should be around there."
"Right. I shall send some men to collect her corpse."
"Which reminds me." Joseph then walked up to me and put an arm around my neck. "How about explaining what that silver armour was?"
"I too, am curious about that." Anduin said with the ladies also agreeing. I sighed as I knew this subject would come up. I helped Valeera back to bed and sat down on a chair. Luckily, I was better prepared this time and explained my mission without revealing too much, like where I REALLY came from, and such. It took about an hour. One half for explanations and another for Q&A. "Amazing…" The prince said in wonder.
"That's… Wow." Joseph was pretty much at a loss for words. As for Valeera she wordlessly smiled as she nodded once.
"I knew something was strange about you." Varia flatly stated. "Even your Mana Aura was quite weird."
"What do you mean by "Weird"?"
"Weirdness aside, you had said that you must make your way to the southern pirate city of Booty Bay, correct?" Anduin asked. I told him that my aura was not weird and nodded at his question. "In that case you should head to the Pegasus Art Guild to see if they can be of assistance. Though the chances are slim with the work that needs to be done now that the city is in a lacklustre state. So if anything, there is an open room here in the keep if you've need of it."
"Thanks." I wanted to look around a bit before I head to the guild. Valeera wanted to come, since she was getting bored in the castle, but I told her to rest as her body. Even if I healed it, she was still recovering from a physically traumatic ordeal. She complained, but after Anduin promised her that she could do so tomorrow, she finally settled down. I couldn't help but think that there was a weird awkward air between them, but when Varia told me of how the prince confessed his feelings for her, all Joseph and I could think was "good luck, Kid."
Author's Notes#:
Not too bad I think…
In the original history it was Onyxia's father who tore the city up and blew up the park, but like I said: different world, different circumstances.
Anduin has a bit of an up-hill battle concerning Valeera. I'm going to pull a Dr. Phil and just leave this alone for now.
Now there has been a question about Nick's faith. I will say this. He's not religious. He now knows God is real and all, but because God was so chill when they met, Nick decided not to make a mountain out of a mole hill. So no fanaticism or all that.