[Super Hero Time]
Shuriken16: Hey people, are you guys ready for a new chapter of Neo Decade? Yeah so am I, Duel Masters' been taking up quite a bit of my story-writing time (As a matter of fact, I'm writing this and the next DM chapter at the same time, as we speak lol) Anyway, let's get started with chapter 11, shall we…?
(Characters featured are based on Rider of Zero: Odin, By Kamen Rider DIBRAVE)
The church then fell down, the flames finally eating it alive. Rachael and the others were shocked, fearing for the worse. Rachael without having time to think raced over towards the burning wreckage, before Takeshi caught her and forced her in place.
"LET ME GO DAMMIT!" She screamed at her brother. "SAM!"
Her eyes watered and she crumbled down to the ground and sobbed.
C.J. then noticed something moving in the wreckage.
"It can't be…" C.J. then realized what it was. "It is! Sam, Richie!"
Rachael wiped her eyes and got a better look at the ones walking out of the wreckage. Sam was being dragged along by Richie, who at the same time was carrying Madison on his back.
"You know, I know I said I'd do anything for you and all, but I'm gonna get scoliosis carrying the both of you."
Sam chuckled weakly. "Shut up and keep walking."
"Sam!" Rachael exclaimed.
"Hey there..." He gave them thumbs up.
Rachael smiled and started to make her way towards them, but stopped abruptly, her eyes widening in horror.
Sam suddenly couldn't breathe he started to taste a warm and paper-like liquid in his mouth; and his stomach was in such pain, that screaming was impossible due to the shock. He was afraid to look down but he did anyway.
"An eye for an eye…" Madison whispered behind him, her forearm briefly transformed into a Crystal Form. The Diamond shattered off of her finger and Sam's transformation cut out violently.
"SAM!" Rachael screamed at the top of her lungs…
Sam's eyesight became terribly fuzzy and he became drowsy. The last thing he saw was Rachael's crying face hovering over him as he closed his eyes.
"So this is what dying's like…" Sam told himself. "Some Decade I turned out to be… I only got half way… I still need to fight… It's my destiny… I'm… the Next Decade… I…Can't die yet…"
"I won't let you die… Neo Decade…After all; I still need you…"
Sam opened his eyes, seeing nothing but darkness. His eyes shifted to the left, and then to the right as he tried to scan the area around him.
"What the…? What just happened?" He asked himself. He touched his stomach and pulled his hand away, the fatal wound closed up completely. He then looked down, and saw the ten territory earths under him. Now he started to freak out a little.
"Calm down, Neo Decade…" The same voice told him.
Sam looked around. "Who said that?"
He began to hear footsteps coming from behind him as he turned his back to see the source of the voice. His eyes widen to see who it was.
"Are you…" Sam began to ask.
"I am Tsukasa Kadoya; Kamen Rider… Decade…"
Chapter 11: The moments between Life and Death (Feat. DCD)
"Well it's been a while since I've been in the Zero World…" Takeshi said as he looked out of the window.
It's been about three hours since Sam's near-death experience; He lies in his bed, hooked up to certain medical items that were keeping him alive just until Takeshi and C.J. found what they needed. Rachael was an emotional wreck, sitting next to his bed until he wakes up… If he ever wakes up that is.
C.J. on the other hand tried to comfort her, to no avail, kind of discouraging him as well; He knew what she was going through. It's not the first time he lost his best friend; and he was praying that this wasn't the second time.
"So, did you come up with anything Takeshi?" Mr. Ishinomori asked as he brought them both coffees.
Takeshi nodded slightly. "We need a Rider who can use the Time Vent card."
"You're talking about the Legendary Odin, aren't you? You realize that Ryuki's world is in Decade's Territory and not our own right?"
"I know that. However, this is a different reality to Ryuki. The Zero World is based on Ryuki, however the Mirror world shares the space with another world made of one continent called Tristian; it's a kingdom that practices mystical arts and such. Apparently, the Time Vent advent card was created in Tristian before it even became a card to begin with."
"And what do you suppose you'll do once you get your hands on a Time Vent?"
"I'll use it to get us back to three hours ago, right before Sam was stabbed by the Ice Crystal. As long as we stop her, Sam will be alive and we'll be able to finish saving the next few worlds. I'm gonna go and get C.J. and we'll be taking off."
"Good luck." Ishinomori nodded, taking a sip of his coffee.
C.J. sat on the front porch, deciding to leave Sam and Rachael alone. He need to be alone as well, seeing Sam dying wasn't the prettiest sight.
Takeshi walked out, his D-Mension Blade strapped onto his waist.
"Come on C.J., we've gotta find something to get Sam back."
C.J. didn't reply.
"Did you hear me? We gotta move out like yesterday."
"What's the point?" C.J. asked.
"What's the- Do you realize what's going on? Sam's gonna die if we don't do something!"
"Well what can we do? You saw how serious his wounds are, he's going to die and there's nothing that we can do about it! Face it, Sam's dead…" C.J. choked on the last few words.
Takeshi got irritated by that remark and grabbed C.J. by his shirt collar.
"Listen to me C.J. Sam will Not die from something like this… We still have a chance to save him so now's not a good time to give up!" He let go of C.J. before continuing. "Listen, I know how we can save Sam. You're right… the Sam before us will die. But, there's a special item in this world that'll take us back in time to save him. But I need your cooperation to succeed; can you do that?"
As C.J. was about to nod, the ground started to shake a bit. A green vortex suddenly appeared before them, Takeshi knowing what it was.
"Perfect timing; a Portal Vent…" Takeshi confirmed.
"A portal what…?" C.J. asked before Takeshi grabbed his arm. The duo ran into the portal as it closed behind them…
Another portal appeared in the outskirts of a Kingdom, where Takeshi and C.J. dropped out of. Takeshi landed on his feet, while C.J. on the other hand landed straight on his butt.
"Well, it looks like we made it in one piece." Takeshi said as he dusted himself off. He turned to C.J. who was struggling to get up.
"Speak for yourself; where are we anyway?"
"The Kingdom of Tristian; where our item's hiding." Takeshi said. Come on, let's get a move on.
"Now where are we going?"
"To find this world's Rider; Kamen Rider Odin…"
"Achoo!" A young man suddenly sneezed. "People need to stop talking about me behind my back." He said to himself.
"Hey Mark come on, Louise's is looking for you." Another voice called out from down the hallway.
Mark Kanzaki was a young teen roughly 18-19 years old. He was of Haitian descent, with red and silver streaked black hair dressed in a black vest over a brownish-red shirt, with black jeans and boots. In his hand he held a deck case, a similar color to his shirt as a matter of fact, with a Gold engraved Phoenix in the middle.
"What did that brat do this time?"
Saito Hiraga was of Japanese descent, having messy black hair, wearing an opened black button-downed shirt and a white T-Shirt with a Lion head's design. He wore blue jeans and white and black sneakers. In his back pocket was a deck case similar to Mark's but it was in a silver color, with the engravings being a Lion instead of a Phoenix.
"She was practicing and she ended up opening a portal to the outside world a few miles north."
"How'd she manage end up doing that?" Mark asked sighing.
"I don't know, but she wants us to go look at it; after all, after the few incidences of Riders not assigned by your father-
"Dude, don't talk about my dad okay?" Mark stopped him. "That man put me into this mess with this cursed deck."
"Right… My bad; Well, after the few incidents of Riders not part of this war sprouting out of nowhere, and the fact that Louise's convinced that all of her familiar's are Riders I.E. you and I, it seems that she's summoned a new one.
"Now we have to go get them and give them the: 'So you ended up in an unknown world because a lonely pink-haired spoiled brat summoned you with no way back home all because she wants to upstage her classmates, even though she's terrible in this line of work' right? Wow, would've guessed my life as a Rider would make me a servant to a kickable midget."
Mark suddenly felt the edge of a textbook smack him across the head, causing him to fall forward. Saito curiously turned around to find the very 'Pink-Haired brat' with a displeased look on her face.
"Hi there, Louise; we were just going to check out that thing…" Saito told her, trying to diffuse her anger. "Isn't that right Mark?"
Mark looked and nodded reluctantly. "Yeah, we'll make sure they get here safely…"
"Just go already, dammit!" She commanded the pain-inflicted Mark.
Suddenly, a whistle-like sound was heard only by Mark and Saito as they turned to each other and nodded.
"Guess our introductions are gonna have to wait." Saito said. He turned to a mirror on the side of the lobby seeing one of the maids being chased by a group of Gelnewts, red and gold lizard-like monsters with shuriken on their backs.
Mark and Saito ran towards the mirror and held their deck cases in front of it, each reflection creating a belt that appeared on their waist; Saito's belt was a normal Silver color, while Mark's was a Gold colored belt.
"HENSHIN!" They called out, sliding their decks onto the belt.
Silhouettes appeared on their sides as they folded on top of each other, producing their Rider Armor. Saito's was Black and Bilver, with a lion's head serving as the chest plate, while his helmet had a silver mane around it.
Mark's was Black, Brown and Gold based on a phoenix, his helmet based on Phoenix wings and his armor looking somewhat knight-like.
The duo, Shard and Odin respectively jumped into the mirror, with the mirror creating a ripple effect, similar to something dropping into liquid.
The maid kept screaming for help as the group of 12 kept at their chase.
"KAMEN RIDE: D-MENSION; SHINOBI MODE!" was suddenly announced as Takeshi and C.J. charged through the group in their blind spot taking out four of them in that one instance.
The remaining 8 Gelnewts looked at the smoking remains of their comrades as they saw D-Mension and CLAW staring at them in return; C.J. took the maid and guided her to safety, letting Takeshi do the work.
Takeshi drew a card and swiped it across his blade.
"KAMEN RIDE: ABYSS!"
Takeshi slashed his sword through the air, opening a rift as light-blue shark motif armor clasped onto his body, transforming him into Kamen Rider Abyss. He slid two cards out from his deck case and slid them both one after another.
"ATTACK RIDE: ADVENT!"
Takeshi slashed the air, causing two contract beasts to materialize next to him, one was a Green Shark and a blue-green Hammerhead Shark, Abysslasher and Abysshammer respectively.
"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: AB-B-B-B-ABYSS!"
The Two Shark Contract beast jumped into the ear, combining into a Mechanical Sawshark.
"Rider Punch!" Takeshi said as his shark gauntlet-like fist began to generate water around it. He ran towards the newts as he leaped into the air above them.
The newts casted their shuriken, but Abyssodon (The Sawshark) shot across the weapons, shattering them. It set its sights on them and dove with Takeshi behind it. The combined attack from the two of them wiped out the remaining forces.
C.J. watched as Takeshi made it back to them. "Really, Rider Punch…? That's the best that you can come up with?"
"Shut it, I haven't used Abyss before, I didn't know the name of his Final Vent."
The two heard the same whistle noise, noticing that Shard and Odin shot out of a mirror not far from them.
"OK Time to kick some Gelnewt- Hold up…" Mark scanned the area. "Where did they all go?"
"I took care of them." Takeshi said, still in Abyss's form.
"Dude look its…" Saito started to say.
"It looks like my deranged father has brought in another pawn into this war…"
Takeshi was about to question that statement and realized he was still in Abyss's armor. He canceled his transformation completely and cleared his throat.
"Sorry about that. My name's Takeshi; we need your help Odin."
Mark, C.J. and Saito canceled their transformations as well.
"With what exactly?" he asked. "Who are you guys? You seem to be Riders so…"
"Travelers." C.J. said. "We actually came here because you have the key to save our friend's life."
Mark looked at them with the same look Takeshi gave not to long before.
"The Time Vent…" Takeshi said. "Our friend's dying and we need it."
"Like hell I'm giving that up." He replied. "You can dismiss that thought right now."
"But why not…?" C.J. asked.
"Because; there's only one in existence, and the last thing I need is for some strangers taking it from me. I need it for something as well."
"And that would be to go back so far in time so that the Rider War that your father created never happened." Takeshi assumed, shocking Mark.
"How did…?"
"I've been to more worlds and more wars then any Rider here right now. I've also been to two realities that are similar to this one; trust me, in each one the person I was with wanted to do something to end the war, each involving the Time Vent in some way."
"Mark, come on, we gotta find the new Familiars that Louise summoned before she beats us to death."
"Actually…" C.J. started to say. "I think we could be the familiars that you're looking for. Besides, we just arrived in this world.
Saito and Mark turned to each other and turned back to the duo.
Seconds later, the four of them popped out of the mirror where Louise awaited for their return.
"Who are they?" She asked.
"These two are your two new Familiars." Mark presented. "It's two Riders, and a small cat."
"I'm not a cat; I'm a Cybernetic Lethal Animatronic Warrior, also known as a CLAW, so get it right!" Tigerton snapped.
"Calm down you!" C.J. covered him. "Sorry, apparently he hates being called a 'Cat'."
"Interesting; a Small Advent beast that exists out of the mirror world." A mysterious voice said from the mirror.
"Who said that?" C.J. asked.
"My Advent Beast." Saito answered. "Look in that mirror over there, she's sitting there."
C.J. walked over and saw the lion-like beast sitting there.
"Well Helllo 'Pretty Kitty'." Tigerton said.
"Sorry, but I'm spoken for already." The beast, LeoGlider replied.
Tigerton dipped his head in disappointment as C.J. was still a bit amazed at the sight. "That's so cool. So Advent Beast only exist in the Mirror World?"
Mark nodded. "Each of the 14 Riders, 14 being Saito, have Contract Beast that acts as our Guardians/Partners. Some are extremely loyal, while others… Not so much. Fortunately for us, our Beast are our best friends. And unfortunately, as this bra-ow! This lovely lady's Familiars, we're serving as her servants; which of course puts you guys in the same boat as us since she summoned you."
Takeshi sighed. "Just perfect; In order to save Sam's life I need to babysit some kid; this just can't get worse."
LeoGlider chuckled to herself, but her attention suddenly darted to another direction, sensing something disturbing.
A mysterious Rider walks down the deserted city-like area, killing off constant mirror monsters with ease. He was covered in completely black armor and was similar to 'Karas' (A futuristic armored warrior from an tokusatsu-based anime movie) he drew a card from his deck and inserted it into his gauntlet, that resembled a black raven-like head.
"FINAL VENT." It said in a dark-eerie voice.
A Black Crow suddenly swooped down and flapped its wings, carrying the dead bodies of the monsters and the ones remaining into the air. They all began to glow turning into light blue orbs. The bird ate the small orbs, it glowing the same color briefly.
"It's still not enough…" the bird said. "I need more…!"
"Don't fret…" The warrior told his partner. "You sense Odin don't you? Goldphoenix will be there with him as well. Once you've been completed, the worlds will fall under Emperor-D's command…"
"So you're really Kamen Rider Decade?" Sam asked.
Tsukasa nodded. "Yes. And you're slowly dying."
Sam sighed, expecting an answer to something to that extent. "Yeah, you're Tsukasa all right. Where am I exactly?"
"This is a realm that doesn't exist in the normal timeline; it's a separate space, where the Ten Century Guardians watched and guarded over the different worlds." Tsukasa explained. "I congratulate you on making it this far; however I didn't expect you to fall this easily…"
"Yeah…"
"Your friends are in the World of Zero, trying to get something that'll fix all of this. I wonder if they'll make it on time though."
"What'll happen if they don't?"
"Then you will die; it's that simple…" Tsukasa told him.
[END]
[Super Hero Time]
Shuriken16: Once again, jumping into a world where I don't have the first idea on what im getting into; However this world is a Crossover between Ryuki and Familiar of Zero; I never heard of the anime until I started writing this chapter, and on top of that, I never watched Ryuki, (I was more of a Dragon Knight guy to be honest; However, I'm starting to think about watching both Ryuki and Familiar of Zero. But DIBRAVE I hope this is what you were looking for.
