The Brother, the Thief, and another OOO?
The next week
Austin was getting fed up with his being grounded. He wasn't allowed to go anywhere by himself. What was worse was that his mother was discussing sending him to a new-age therapist. "He obviously has anti-social disorders, and our techniques can help cure him" the woman had said, who visited them on this matter. Austin had no desire to go to therapy. He personally felt OOO was his own brand of therapy. He had been thinking this, all while walking to his Government class. He sat down, as Dominic sat next to him. "Hey," he said, sitting next to him. "Yes?" Austin asked, pulling his text book out of his back pack. "Well, i just wanted to let you know, my brother is arriving back in town" Dominic said, as Austin was only half paying attention. "Uh-huh" he mumbled. "You don't understand, my brother, Hunter Palmer, is a legend!" he said, as he began recounting tales of the infamous Hunter. They ranged from having a new one-night stand every week to being able to down four bottles of Beer in 10 seconds, to streaking across campus, not once, not twice, but FIFTYtimes. "Yeah, and I've barely done squat to live up to that" Dominic groaned, as Austin rolled his eyes.
"You're playing up to the stereotype again. Perhaps, instead of trying to be a clone of Hunter, you could try being your own person?" Austin asked, as it was now Dominic's turn to roll his eyes. "Please, he arrives tomorrow, there's no time for me to create my own identity or whatever" he said, as Austin stopped paying attention.
In another part of the school
Cassie Nelborn was a very tired teacher. She had been teaching art for twenty years, and it seemed to suck the life out of her. Every year she got classes full of miscreants and vandals, who refused to cooperate with her teachings. Also, the miserable salary she was getting didn't help either. She was just getting her mail from the office, when she noticed an "on notice" slip in her box. "They are going to fire me?" she gasped. She heard a noise and saw some students walking by, with about 10,000 dollars on their person in electronics and clothes. She began to get jealous, so jealous in fact, that she didn't notice the silver haired young man placing a cell medal in her head.
"If this doesn't get me on good terms with the boss, I'm sunk" Kazari said, walking out of the office.
Twenty minutes later, in the locker room
Dominic was returning to his locker to get changed after a grueling training session. As he got dressed, he just kept thinking about his brother's visit the next day. However, he was immediately snapped out of his funk when he saw that his Rolex watch was missing. As it turned out, a lot of students had their property stolen. Naturally, Shelby was quick to blame Austin, so it came to no one's surprise when she fingered him as the thief. "Why would I want to steal all this stuff, when I have it all already?" he asked, closing his locker. "Because you are a horrible person, who enjoys making others suffer" she replied, squinting at him. "Honey, have you looked in the mirror lately?" Austin thought, rolling his eyes. However, before he could reply, Ms. Nelborn ran by, in a very cat-like fashion, holding a collection of hats, sneakers, cellphones, and iPods. "Stop, thief!" a pack of kids yelled, chasing after her. "You got lucky, Whitaker" Shelby said, slinking away. Austin hadn't noticed the Yummy bandages on her, however, as he went to where his dad was parked.
30 minutes later
Dominic was leading the mob in chasing the thief, and they had been doing so for several blocks. They had lost a few members do to this, but the mob was still going strong. Dominic noticed that Kitty was in the mob too, along with Dice. "What did she take from you guys?" he asked. "She took my camera, with all my pictures of, uh, puppies!" Dice said, choosing her words carefully. "What about you?" he asked Kitty. "Nothing, I just like mobs!" she smiled. Dominic smiled back, thinking that if they were in a cartoon, this chase would be set to some upbeat music.
At Austin's house
Austin and his dad walked in, as he flopped onto the couch. He picked up the remote, before his dad swiped it from his hand. "No TV, remember? Now, go study" he said, pointing to Austin's room. He went to the kitchen, as Austin pulled his books out of his bag. "Dang it!" his father called from the Kitchen. "Problems?" "I forgot I have a meeting in a few moments, you promise to behave?" he asked, looking sternly at his son. "Sure, I promise" Austin said, as his dad rushed out the door. As soon as his dad had driven down the street, Austin grabbed the remote and began channel surfing, until he found a news report on the mob.
Meanwhile, with the mob
They finally managed to surround the renegade teacher, as they began closing in. Unfortunately, the Yummy chose that moment to develop its powers. She fired a ball of light at them, and the rest of the mob except the three decided they had enough, and ran away. Just as she was about to attack again, a fire ball connected with her, and Ankh flew down from the skies. "Nice timing!" Dominic said, attempting a high-five. "Well, I'd be here sooner, if that mob hadn't chased her all over town" he sneered back. Dominic put his hand down, as the Yummy emerged from the teacher. "Is it me, or does that look like a dominatrix mixed with Cat Woman?" Dominic observed, as Kitty gave him a judgmental look. "You would be the one to mention that" she said, raising her gun. The others did the same, but before they could attack, the Yummy struck in the blink of an eye, knocking them all down. They got to their feet, to see the Yummy throwing their weapons over a ledge. "Oh, that's just great" Dice said, as the four began backing away. Ankh tried to attack, but the Yummy struck him with a whip, tying him up.
Back with Austin
Austin was watching the scene unfold on TV, gripped with the guilt of his friends getting hurt, all because he didn't want to get in trouble some more.
Back at the plaza
The Cat Yummy was advancing, as the group was defenseless without their weapons. "What are we going to do?" Kitty asked, as they were back into a corner. "Kitty, if we die here, I just want you to know, I love you" Dominic said, crying. "WHAT?" Kitty replied, but suddenly, a force field that seemed to be made of fog slammed into the Yummy. A figure approached through the fog. It was a man, about a few years older than the group. "Huh, looks like he was right, they do need my help here" the man said. He was revealed to be wearing Black-skinny jeans, and a red t-shirt. He had blond hair, which seemed to fall over his face, like he had just woken up. The most striking thing however, was that he was wearing the OOO driver on his waist!
"What, how?" Ankh said, as the cat yummy pounced him. The boy reached into his pocket, and pulled out three medals. He slotted them in the same way Austin did, and ran the scanner over them, saying "Henshin!" "TAKA! TORA! BATTA!" The scanner sang, as the OOO armor appeared over him. The others stared in disbelief. This included Kazari, who was watching from the sidelines, Kougami, who was watching from his office, Ivan in his, and Austin, who was watching from his TV. The new OOO ran forward, striking the Yummy with the Tora claws. He continued this, gaining more and more cell medals. Kazari just looked on, lost for words. A voice in his ear suddenly shouted "Take down that other OOO or I take more of your medals!" Kazari gulped, not wanting Ivan to destroy any more of his cores, so he leapt from his hiding spot.
"Kazari?" the boy asked. "Don't know you kid, but you're going down all the same" he said, attacking. "Don't think so" he said, replacing the arm and leg medals. "TAKA! UNAGI! CHITA!" the second scanner said, as new, streamlined leg armor appeared on his legs. Kazari tried to strike down, but OOO just moved in a blur of speed, evading the attack. "What?" Kazari said, as the Unagi whips connected with him. "Strange, you seem less sadistic than usual" the boy said, electrocuting him. "Who are you?" Dice called. "My names Scott, and I'm the new Kamen Rider OOO" he said, kicking Kazari. Unfortunately, the Yummy took this opportunity to repossess the teacher. She got to her feet, and ran away, hissing in anger. This distraction allowed Kazari enough time to escape from the Unagi whips, and deliver a punch to Keppei's back.
Austin's house
Austin couldn't take it anymore, he hated watching on the sidelines, unable to help his friends. He grabbed his jacket, and ran out the door. He hoped on the ride vendor, and made his way to the fight.
The Fight
Scott was having a hard time fighting Kazari, who was gaining the upper hand. "Man, where's Shun with his soccer ball when you need him?" he said to himself, before they all heard the sound of a ride vendor approaching. Austin dismounted, and placed hisOOO driver on his waist. He quickly transformed, assuming TaToBa combo. "Ok, now I'm completely lost" Dominic said, throwing up his hands. "So are we" Kitty replied, her voice shaking, as Dice and Ankh nodded in agreement. Austin ran forward, striking Kazari with the Medajalibur. "Man, when do I get a cool sword?" Scott asked, admiring the blade. "Don't know, really not worrying about that right now" Austin responded, as Ankh tossed him a medal. Austin replaced the Taka medal with the Raion medal, assuming LaToraBa form. Before Austin went to fight Kazari, he looked down at the other OOO's belt. He noticed the bright yellow medal on it. "Hey, mind if I borrow you're leg medal?" he asked as Scott removed it, and changed into TakaUBa form. "Sure, I guess" he said. Austin replaced the leg medal, as the three began to glow. "RAION! TORA! CHITA!" the scanner sang, but a spark of electricity form the medals caused them to eject the Chita medal. "I guess we can't mix medals, huh." Scott said, picking up his Chita medal. "Yeah, guess not Austin!" Ankh called, tossing him the Zou medal. "RAION! TORA! ZOU!" the ring called out, as Austin rocked Kazari to his knees.
"I don't get it, why are there two of them?" Dice asked freaking out. "Because, I brought Scott here" a voice called to their right. They turned to see another young man sitting on a railing. He had a dark jacket on, a ball cap, and an old-fashioned, pink camera around his neck. "You brought him here?" Ankh asked, his eye twitching. "Yeah, Austin needed some help in this fight, so I brought in re-enforcements" the stranger said. "Who are you?" Kitty asked, and the man smiled. He held up a card, which had a picture of what seemed to be a Kamen Rider on it, but one that was pink, had big, green eyes, and black bars on the helmet. "I'm just a passing through Kamen Rider, remember that" he said, turning his attention back to the fight.
Austin was placing cell medals into the sword, as Scott was getting ready to activate the scanning charge, but a cloud of smoke suddenly filled the plaza. Everyone looked for the source of the smoke, but they neglected to keep eyes on Kazari. He slipped away, into the back of a limousine that was waiting for him. He breathed easier now that he was away from the twin OOO's, but his heart started racing again when he saw Ivan staring him down from the other side of the limo. "Sir, I tried, I really did, but there are two of them now" he said, gesturing. "I know, you obviously didn't stand a chance, but you did fail me" he said, transforming his right arm. He shot forward, and grabbed a Tora medal out of Kazari's chest. The Greeed stared at him, his face plastered with horror. "Oh, don't worry, I won't break it. I will keep it, but I won't break it" he said, putting the medal in his pocket. Kazari sighed as the Limo drove away.
The others had gathered up all the stolen stuff the cat Yummy had taken, at least, that they could find. Not finding Kazari however, both OOO transformed back to human. "Who are you?" Austin asked Scotti, who chuckled. Before he could answer, the mysterious man walked forward, placing an arm around Scott's shoulder. "This is Scott, a Kamen Rider OOO from another dimension" he explained, as they walked to a strange shop. Austin had never noticed it before, but it appeared to be a photography shop. "Well, this is where we take our leave" the man said, opening the door. "Wait, why does he have to leave now?" Austin asked, stopping them. "I'm still grounded, it would help out a lot if he stays here!" "Don't worry kids" the man said. "When one door closes, another one opens!" He said. The group could just make out what seemed to be a giant photo in the main room, with a picture of the TaToBa symbol on it, amidst a shower of cell medals on it, and a giant roman numeral "7" on it. "It was nice to meet you, Austin" Scott said, shaking his hand. "Likewise, I hope we can meet again!" he called, as the two stepped inside the shop. As they closed the door, they could barely see a girl in the window with magenta hair that was done up in pig-tails, and a boy with spikey hair and an undershirt, before a bright light flashed inside. Dice ran forward, and opened the door, only to find an abandoned shop inside.
They just stood there, before Austin remembered. "Oh crap, I have to get home!" he yelled, as they rushed to Dominic's jeep. Ten minutes later, they were dropping Austin off at his house. He ran inside, and quickly opened his textbooks, and began studying. 30 seconds later, the front door opened, and his dad walked in. "Ah, you studying?" he asked noting the text book. "Yep, need to get my grades up" Austin said, looking up from the math in front of him. "And you haven't left the house all while I was gone, good for you!" he said, walking to his study. Scott had lucked out on this. He had left his phone at home, to avoid the tracker.
Kougami's Office
Satonaka walked to Kougami's desk, placing some reports on it. "He well be arriving soon" She said, watching the replays of the fight Kougami was scrolling through. "It's odd, this other OOO showing up, isn't it?" she asked, filing her nails. "Yes, it would be helpful, imagine it, twoO's, but it seems that dream may never be a reality." Kougami pouted.
Meanwhile, at Dice's apartment
Dice was in her room, fixing the latest picture of OOO to a giant collage that rested on her wall. She sat back on her bed to admire her handy work, as a bright light flashed all around. Once it subsided, she saw an envelope sitting on the bed next to her. As he picked it up, she could hear something rattling inside. He pulled out a note:
Dear Bethany "Dice" Waddle
I am giving these to you, as Austin will need them in the future, and you will be there to help him. I trust you will get these to him when the time is right, or whenever works for you.
P.S. don't worry, everything will work out in the end, and great work on the poster! :P
-Decade
Dice sat reading the note, tilting the envelope downwards, and she heard something hit the floor. She couldn't believe it, Austin would need him! She hugged the letter to her chest, when she spotted what had fallen out. She reached down, and picked up three medals. They were black, and engraved with a scorpion, a crab, and what was either a lobster or a shrimp.
Count the Medals:
Taka X2, Kujaku, Kondoru X2
Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta X2
Raion, Tora
Gorira, Zou
Shachi, Unagi, Tako
Kobura, Kame, Wani
Sasori, Kani, Ebi
(Note: The character Scott belongs to Liam315, and I am using him with the author's permission)