Do not own Kamen Rider. Do, however, own Shade, Tenkishi, and Prokishi.
Kamen Rider Shade
Chapter 12: Reveal, Daddy. Unveil, King.
Ark was back in his house, after a tough battle with King. He tried his best to show that he was okay, but in reality, his back was hurting. Ark remembered, King had smashed Ark's back during the battle. King, what was so special about him? Of course, Ark couldn't hide the fact well. Hikari found out, after seeing Ark hold his back in pain. "Shade-san, can I see?" Hikari asked.
"Uh, sure." Ark said, after a moment of thinking of an answer. Then Hikari pushed Ark to the ground, then lifted Ark's shirt. "Hikari-chan, what are you doing?"
Then Hikari turned Ark's body and planted Ark on the floor. Then Hikari started massaging Ark's back. She had a pair of good hands. Ark liked it, then, "Kamu." Hikari took this chance to get a bite in on the neck.
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After supper, Ark went inside the special room, only to get yelled at by Inu. "YOU FOOL!" Inu shouted. "We told you to get away from King, but what did you do, you went ahead and fought him!" Inu started tearing. "What would we do, if the son of our previous master, our current master, died? WHAT!?" Inu couldn't hold back any tears. Ark patted Inu.
"It's okay." Ark said. "I knew I couldn't lose."
"STOP ACTING SO ARROGANT!" Tora shouted. He too started tearing. "You don't know the horrors of King, the things that he is capable of."
"Please, Master Ark," Taka pleaded, "we know him better than you do." He too started tearing. "King, he's the strongest of the Shadows, he's done many unforgivable things, please Master Ark, listen to us." Taka started weeping, then Ark went up to Taka. Then Ark held out his arms as if offering a hug to Taka.
"Do you want someone to carry you?" Ark asked, with a very warm tone. Taka sniffed, then allowed Ark to carry him. Ark held Taka, and Taka rested his head on Ark's shoulder. Ark sat down, patting Taka's head. "Besides, why is this King guy such a big deal?"
Every one of the three armed beasts became silent. "He," Inu started, "killed my family."
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A woman and two children, a little boy, and an even younger girl, were running from a red Kabuto Shadow, King. They were running in the woods. The woman was the mother, and the three weren't human. Like Inu, they were actually Frost Wolves. Eventually they stopped, thinking they had lost King. The boy tugged his mother's dress. "Mommy, I'm scared." He whimpered. The little girl started crying.
"I want to go home." The little girl wailed.
The mother tried to calm the two of them. "Now, now, everything is going to be okay." She tried sounding brave, then she turned her head, her nose catching something amiss. King was standing there, chuckling. The woman glared at King as the kids gripped her tightly. "Both of you get behind me." She said, her eyes turning an unnatural blue.
King laughed. "Okay then, show me some fun." He said insanely. Moments later, a woman's scream could be heard.
Inu, human disguised, came running in the woods, panting badly. Earlier, he had stopped because he was trying to protect his family from a pink Kuwagata monster. This monster resembled King in terms of appearance, only wearing pink armor, a Kuwagata head, a pink Kuwagata Shape on her chest, as well as the shape being behind a pink fallen angel shape, hot pink skin where the armor didn't cover, a feminine figure, and half a Kuwagata horn on each shoulder, acting as horns to her shoulder pads. Inu was able to ward off the Kuwagata Shadow, but King had chased his family earlier while he fought the female Shadow. He was panting badly as he ran to check on his family, but all he found was his whole family on the ground, dead. Inu dropped his mouth in disbelief, and anger. He walked up slowly to his wife. Then he caught sight of King, human form, who was licking his own fingers. King caught sight of Inu as well. "Oh, another one." King mentioned as Inu glared at him.
"You!" Inu shouted. "YOU BASTARD!" Inu roared in anger, and transformed into his frost wolf form. Inu howled, and charged at King with great speed, only to be beaten by fists from King, who didn't transform. King kicked Inu to a tree, then grabbed Inu's neck. King brought Inu into the air, and started smashing Inu's face on the tree, then threw Inu on the ground. King stepped on Inu, then bashed Inu's stomach with a fist. King wasn't done, as he again lifted Inu off the ground.
"How does it feel?" King asked. "To get your loved ones jerked away from you, leaving you all alone. Must feel real bad. TOO BAD! I don't care!" King threw a punch at Inu's head, and more punches. "DIE!" Inu stopped moving, blue blood dripping from Inu's head. King smiled. "Hm, guess you died easily." King threw the seemingly dead Inu on the ground, then a woman wearing a black and white dress walked up to King. King started laughing insanely. "Yes, this is my true power!"
"Wow, someone's happy." The woman remarked.
"Come Queen, there are more delicacies to feed on!" King shouted, laughing maniacally. The woman was Queen of the Royal Five. "Light, I want the greatest light!" King laughed as he and Queen walked to his motorcycle. The two got on, and drove off.
The 'dead' Inu's finger started twitching. Inu flipped off his back, and crawled to his dead wife and children. Inu stroked his wife's head. "My wife." He whimpered. "My children." Tears started falling from his eyes. He then howled to the sky, sadness present no matter how one could view the scene. Rain started to fall.
Of course Inu wondered the world for a while, until he found Shade, but still, King had killed his family. "Do you see?" Inu asked. "King is ruthless, he will kill anyone without a second thought?"
"I still want to hear what happened to the other two." Ark remarked, Taka still in his arms and lap.
"Well." Taka started. "One day, King randomly attacked me. I was just minding my own business, until King appeared before me. He looked at me with hunger in his eyes, and started attacking me. I wouldn't be here had it not been for Tora here. Tora had come to my rescue, and we fled from King."
"What about you?" Ark asked Tora.
"One day, I was about to go back to my clan." Tora began. "But I had the most peculiar feeling that I was being followed. I knew someone was following me, so I ran away from my clan, just to protect them. However, King finally attacked me during the middle of my fleeing. He growled at me for running from the meal that he wanted, and we fought. I thought I was strong enough to take him, but King is the strongest Shadow. You can't win!"
Ark listened attentively, but still, his confidence didn't disappeared. Ark set Taka down on the ground, and smiled. Ark walked to the door, then turned to face the three. "No matter, I will win." Ark said.
"Stop being arrogant Master Ark . . ." Inu pleaded, but Ark stopped Inu.
"This is not arrogance." Ark said. "This is, the truth!" Ark shouted. "King will be defeated. I noticed that scar that he has, and my father defeated him once." Ark opened the door, but said one more thing. "King, he may be the most despicable Shadow alive, I will make sure he suffers for eternity for the sins that he has committed." Ark closed the door.
"Master." Taka whispered, then started tearing. "Why, why is Master Ark the way he is, why does he make me feel this way, like his words are the truth, even if I know there is no chance that they are."
Tora wept as well. "Master Shade, your son is just like you!" Tora wailed. "He's an idiot just like you!" There was a hint of sadness in Tora's tone.
"Master Ark." Inu growled. "He better learn quick that King is not one to mess with." Inu clenched his right hand into a fist. "King, I hate him."
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Ark, still in his black suit, grabbed hold of his trench coat and hat, about to walk out, but Hikari stopped him. "Shade-san, may I ask where you going?" Hikari said softly.
"Well, I'm going out." Ark said. This was what he usually says to Hikari whenever he went out to fight a Shadow.
"Um, before you do, um." Hikari bit her lips, then gave a kiss to Ark's cheek. Hikari was blushing when she retracted her head, releasing her kiss.
Ark rubbed his cheek. "Hikari-chan." Ark said softly.
"Please be careful." Hikari pleaded.
Ark stood in disbelief at the events, then nodded. "I will." Ark said, then ran out the door. Ark had a smile on his face. "Hikari-chan." Ark said lovingly. "My oh my, you're quite the girl."
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A brown Armadillo Shadow was attacking a couple. This monster had brown skin, with a gray armadillo shell on his back. His Armadillo shape on his chest was red, blue, and brown. He had a brown armadillo head, gray shoulder pads, armbands, and leg armor. He was chasing the couple, until the girl tripped. "Come on." The guy said. "He's getting closer!" The Armadillo Shadow neared the two.
"A couple, my favorite treat." The Armadillo Shadow said, taking control of the helpless girl's shadow. The girl saw the shadow slithering up her leg, and she started weeping beyond control, crying out to her boyfriend, who tried so hard to pull her away from the shadow, but the shadows had her pinned.
Then a miracle happened, Ark, as trench coat man, meaning his face was hidden by his hat, ran at the Armadillo Shadow, dragged the Shadow to a tree, and rammed the Shadow in the tree. The Armadillo Shadow growled, as his meal was just inturrupted. The shadows wrapped on the girl released the girl, and the girl was free. "Run." Ark said, not showing his face to the two.
"Thank you!" The girl and guy said, bowing their heads. The two ran from the spot. Ark then knee kicked the Armadillo Shadow's stomach and jumped back.
"Here I go." Ark said, taking out the Shade Blaster, closing the mouth, thus forming the Shade Belt from flames. Ark's eyes turned red. "Henshin." Ark said, swiping the blaster over his belt buckle. Flames engulfed Ark, and scattered to create the Shade suit. Ark ran at the Armadillo Shadow.
"Lord Shade." The Armadillo Shadow grinned. "Not even you can interrupt my meal and live!" The Armadillo Shadow then rolled into a gray armored ball. "HIYA!" The Armadillo Shadow rolled towards Ark.
Ark reacted quickly and jumped over the ball, then drew the Shade Blaster. Ark fired multiple shots from the eyes of the blaster as he was in the air. The attacks struck the ball, but nothing. The Armadillo Shadow kept rolling. Ark landed, and the Armadillo Shadow was heading for him. "Well, no choice then." Ark said, holding his hand in the air. The Crush Crest flew to his hand. Ark then opened the mouth of the blaster, and inserted the crest inside the mouth, then swiped the crest over his belt buckle. "CRUSH FORM!"
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Tora stopped wailing. "My turn." Tora said smirking. "At least it's not King." He walked out to the hallway, and transformed into the Crush Gauntlets.
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Ark grabbed hold of the two yellow gauntlets. Then Ark's suit turned into the Crush Form suit. The Armadillo Shadow neared Ark, and Ark gave a punch, knocking the Armadillo Shadow ball into the sky. This pushed the Shadow back, but he was still rolling. Ark sighed. "Well, time to use that I guess." Ark dropped the Gauntlets on the ground, creating cracks on the concrete of the ground. Of course they were fighting in the park. Ark then knelt and took off the two rods that were on top of the Crush Gauntlets, and connected them. Then Ark grabbed hold of the two gauntlets, and attached the two, creating a hammerhead type item, but still retaining the fist shape. Ark then slid the rod through a hole that was in the middle of the two combined gauntlets. This created a War Hammer type weapon. "Here we go." Ark said as the Armadillo Shadow neared. Ark held the Crush Gaunlet, hammer form, at ready. Ark then batted the Armadillo Shadow, cracking the Shadow's shell, and smashing the Shadow high up in the air. "This is the end." Ark then placed the crystal on the middle of the rod of the war hammer over his belt buckle's eyes. "CRUSH!" The belt announced. A yellow aura surrounded the ground around Ark's feet. "Hah." Ark grunted, then Ark jumped, but not high, when the Armadillo Shadow was near the ground. "OH HAH!" Ark then slammed the golden glowing Crush Gauntlet Hammer on the Armadillo Shadow, slamming the Armadillo Shadow to the ground. A golden Tiger head shape appeared briefly,
"OW!" The Armadillo Shadow shouted, then started glowing a medley of colors. "You, I know who you truly are." The Armadillo Shadow said, his body started to crack. "You're not Lord Shade, I know that." Ark's ears perked up upon hearing that. "I know who you're not, and I also know you don't know who your father truly is." The Armadillo Shadow's body started falling apart. "You . . . will . . . suffer." Then the Armadillo Shadow's body fully shattered, laughing maniacally, and the white aura flew to the special room, and to the jar.
The Crush Gauntlets flew back to the special room as Ark's suit dematerialized. "What does that Shadow mean by those words?" Ark asked himself. Ark walked back, until he passed by a bakery. He checked the window, and then his watch. "I still have time." Ark went inside and bought a cake for Hikari. "I hope Hikari-chan likes this." Ark walked back, holding the cake box in his hands.
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The next day, Ark woke up peacefully for once in his life. He rubbed his eyes, and yawned. Then he walked out his door, after getting dressed into a red jacket red dress shirt, as well as white pants. He walked out, and noticed Hikari, wearing a black dress and a white jacket, was at the door talking to someone. "Kari-chan, who is that?" Ark walked up to the door, and Hikari got out of the way for Ark to see. It was the Violin customer that said Ark was the spitting image of his father! The man had on a brown suit, wearing a black shirt under the jacket. He had a brown tie on. The man was middle aged, and had short black hair. He smile upon seeing Ark.
"Oh, how nice to see you again Ark-kun." The man said.
"Oh, it's you again, um." Ark didn't know the man's name.
"Kawazu Seto is fine." Seto told Ark.
"Seto-san." Ark said. "It's nice to see you too." Then Seto walked in.
"Is, Mark still here?" Seto asked. Ark shook his head.
"It's just me and Kari-chan right here." Ark replied.
"Oh." Seto's eyes widened. "I didn't know Mark's son was already married."
This surprised Ark. Ark started stuttering. "U-u-m, K-k-Kari-chan is not m-m-my w-wife. I'm just her guardian."
"Guardian you say." Seto took one look at Hikari, then he gasped as if recognizing her, but why? "Well, I can say that she is one beautiful girl, it is kind of a pity that she isn't, you know." Ark sweat dropped.
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Outside, Kumori now wore a black jacket, black tie with a white undershirt, and white pants. The night before, he had used the Tenki Ryu, and he still remembered the victory. But that wasn't what he was focusing on. Right now, he was chasing a man, wearing a biker's suit, or rather instead of chasing, Kumori was following this man, then Kumori found a way to cut off that man, and took that path. The two eventually met face to face. "Kabuto Aikawa." Kumori called the man's name. "You are charged with numerous kidnapings, most of them children. Sinners, they are the reason why this world is corrupt. When I defeat you, you must repent for you sins." Kumori said all this, but the man just laughed. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, how much you've grown." The man said, turning out to be . . . King! "Do you remember me?" King asked, transforming to the Kabuto Shadow form. "Boy."
Kumori's eyes widened in astonishment. "You." Kumori hissed.
"How is that damned brother of yours?" King asked. "Oh wait, he's dead!" King laughed.
"BASTARD!" Kumori shouted violently, snapping on the Tenkishi Belt. "Standby." Kumori took out the Henshin Blade from his jacket, then extended the blade out. "Henshin!" Kumori inserted the blade into his belt buckle, "SHINE!" And golden projections of the Tenkishi Suit flew onto Kumori. Kumori entered Open Mode. "Don't you ever talk about Nii-san!" Kumori drew his Tenki Calibur, switched it to Sword Mode, and ran at King.
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Hibiki and Kumori finally left Mark's mansion. Kumori held onto his brother's hand, then smiled. "I like strange man-san, his pets are cool." Kumori remarked, but Hibiki was silent. "Onii-chan?" Kumori asked. This snapped Hibiki back to reality.
"Oh, yeah, his pets are strange, mainly that dog of his." Hibiki remarked. 'Besides, I'm really not sure if Mark, I mean Shade-sempai is a Shadow or not.' Hibiki thought. Hibiki and Kumori continued to walk, until someone, riding on a motorcycle, rode in front of them. The man had a red helmet on, thus covering his face, then took off that helmet. This man, was King in the past, only without a scar on his cheek. He looked at Hibiki and Kumori, then started laughing insanely.
"Hibiki nii-chan, I'm scared." Kumori whimpered, gripping Hibiki's hand tighter.
"Come on, let's go, this man is crazy." Hibiki remarked, him and Kumori walking past King. King kept laughing.
"Oh, children." He said. "They are so innocent, their light . . . so pure." Upon hearing this, Hibiki froze. Light? Hibiki turned to face King. "Give me that child." King commanded, chuckling.
"Kumori, get behind me." Hibiki whispered to Kumori. Kumori obeyed, and hid behind Hibiki's leg. Hibiki then faced King. "No." He told King.
"Oh, what a disappointment." King remarked, his face turning red. "Then you can watch your brother die, as well as dying yourself!" King then transformed into the Kabuto Shadow. Kumori yelped and gripped onto Hibiki's leg.
"Well, sorry to disappoint, you not me, but I don't plan to give my brother to anyone." Hibiki said. Hibiki reached into the pocket of the jacket that was wrapped around his waist. Hibiki took out the Prokishi belt and blade. Hibiki snapped the belt on, "Standby." Then Hibiki held the handle of the henshin blade tightly, extending the blade out. "Henshin!" Hibiki then inserted the sword into his belt buckle. "SHINE!" Bronze projections of the Prokishi Suit flew onto Hibiki. Then Hibiki crouched to see Kumori, who was watching his brother in astonishment. "Kumori, I want you to hide until I kill this monster, okay?" Kumori nodded, and ran from the spot. Kumori hid behind a tree, but he decided to watch his older Brother fight. His brother was a henshin hero! Hibiki was in a ready stance, prepared to fight King.
"Oh, I heard that they created a suit to combat Shadows, koe!" King charged at Hibiki, then Hibiki charged as well. When the two were close, King swung a fist at Hibiki. Hibiki ducked to avoid the fist, then grabbed the horns on King's shoulder. Hibiki back flipped, and threw King as well. King rolled on the ground, then flipped back up. Hibiki charged energy into his fist, then punched King in the face with that fist. King was getting defeated slowly. Hibiki flicked his wrist.
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Ark was in his workshop, working on a violin. Ark had asked Seto to watch over his violin making since Seto was a violin expert. No surprise there, seeing as how somehow Seto knows Mark. Seto watched in astonishment. This boy was as good as his father, at least when it comes to violin making. Seto has yet to hear Ark play. "Um?" Seto asked. "Do you remember your father well?"
Ark looked at Seto, then the unfinished violin. "Well, somewhat." Ark replied. "I remember my father's kindness. Whenever I cried, he would pick me up and calm me. Mother used to tell me stories of my father, hating injustice and correcting them. I actually believe those tales are true." Seto had a small grin on his face. "But, I don't really know where he is now." Seto sort of saddened upon that fact.
Hikari came up with tea, and set it on the table. She offered Seto a cup, and Seto took the cup, thanking Hikari. Ark was focused on his violin making, until Hikari came up to him and blushed with a smile. "Um, Shade-kun." She said softly, but Seto heard the 'Shade' part. "I want you to thank you for last night. It was good." She down the stairs.
Ark was stupefied. "EH!" Ark shouted. "Last night!?" Ark tried remembering what happened last night.
Seto's eyes were widened. "Whoa, what did you do?"
"I don't know!" Ark shouted. WHAT DID YAMI ME DO!?
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Kumori tried to slash King, who also brought out his own sword. King parried Kumori's Tenki Calibur, then pushed Kumori away. Kumori hesitated for a second, then King jumped into the sky. King's sword started to glow red. King slammed down. Kumori almost got struck, but Kumori moved, dodging barely with his life. King's sword created a crater on the ground. King lifted his head and took one look at Kumori. "Disappointing." King said.
"What!" Kumori hissed.
"Your damn brother, he was a lot stronger than this. He actually provided me with some fun. You, you are weak. You talk big, but in the end, you're just that same crybaby that hid behind his brother's leg."
"You!" Kumori clenched his fist tightly. Kumori started shaking in anger.
"It's the truth." King said. Kumori swung his fist at King, only to miss. "You can die, just like that damn brother of yours!" Then King was shot by silver bullets.
Yumi, wearing a red jacket, black top, and a black frilly skirt, as well as black boots, came running over. "Shadows." Yumi kept firing. "Kumori-kun, don't fight him. He's Shadow Number One, King."
"I KNOW THAT!" Kumori snapped at Yumi. Kumori charged energy into his feet, hoping to kick King, only for King to jump in the air, about to attack Yumi as he was moving to her direction. "YUMI!" Kumori shouted, worringly.
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Ark then felt a sharp pain in his head, the demonic growling sounded again, only to Ark. Ark paused in the middle of his violin making. Seto noticed. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Ark replied, and went for the stairs. "Seto-san, I'm going out for a bit." Ark walked down to see Hikari enjoying a piece of cake. "Kari-chan, I'm going out for a bit."
"Oh wait." Hikari said getting up and walking up to Ark. Ark cried out as he was afraid of what Hikari was about to do, then, a kiss to the cheek. Hikari broke off her kiss, and the two started blushing. Hikari smiled, then went back to her cake.
Ark rubbed his cheek. "EH!" Ark shouted. WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT!? Then Ark ran to his garage, put on his helmet, opened the garage door, and rode out on the Shade Cycle.
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Ark traveled for a bit, until he brought out the Shade Blaster, mouth closed. A sonic sound sounded, and flames engulfed his waist, creating the Shade belt. Ark held the blaster in front of him, as his eyes turned red. "Henshin." Ark swiped his blaster over the buckle of his belt. Flames engulfed Ark, and scattered to create the Shade suit.
King was about to grab Yumi by the neck, until Ark rammed King with the Shade cycle. Yumi looked up to see Shade, her savior once again. "Shade." Yumi said with a tone of excitement. Ark ignored Yumi, then noticed Tenkishi.
Kumori stared once at Shade. Did Zero just save Yumi? Kumori shook his head. "ZERO!" Kumori shouted, it seemed like he was about to charge at Shade, but then Kumori turned to King's direction. Kumori started slashing the fallen King. Right now, all Kumori cared about was the death of King, who just mocked the late Hibiki. Then King kicked Kumori away.
"Shade, koe!" King shouted, taunting Ark with his hand. King's shadow shifted, and created his motorcycle. King got on, and drove off.
Ark reacted, and followed. It was a bike chase. Kumori growled, slammed the ground once, then ran for his Tenkishi Tenma, which was parked close by. Yumi noticed Kumori chasing after the two. Honestly, Kumori doesn't know when he's outmatched. Yumi tried to follow, until her pink cell phone rang. She picked it up. "Moshimoshi?"
"Oh, Yumi." Lloyd was the one who called. "Please don't go after Kumori, he's going through some tough memories right now."
"Eh?" How did Lloyd know what she was about to do?
"Oh, just so you know, I have someone watching over Kumori for me." Lloyd answered Yumi's unspoken question. Yumi looked around, then noticed a woman, wearing a black trench coat and a black ponytail watching from atop a roof. The woman noticed Yumi, then hid herself from Yumi.
"Who is that?" Yumi asked herself.
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The chase was King first, Ark second, and Kumori third behind. They rode for a while, until the three of them got to a lake. King stopped, then got off his bike. He stood still, the swept kicked twice, each kick sending either the Shade Cycle or the Tenkishi Tenma flying. The two flew off their respective bikes. Ark's bike landed safely, while Kumori's landed on its side. Ark and Kumori landed near each other, and the two got up. King walked over, his hands up high as if he was royal, which he technically is. "Just like old times, only thing is, this fight will have a different outcome." King said laughing.
Kumori growled, then looked at Shade. "Zero." He growled. "You want this Shadow dead?" Ark was taken by what Kumori just asked. Ark nodded. "Then we fight together at this moment." Kumori ordered. Ark perked his head up. Kumori just asked Shade to help. Ark nodded. "But once this Shadow is defeated, you will die by my hands." Ark didn't care, as long as the two of them fought together, then Ark would just run away after King was defeated. The two of them got up. Ark drew the Shade Blaster, and switched it to sword mode.
"KOE!" King shouted. Ark and Kumori ran at King, each swinging their swords. King didn't lift his sword, and took the attacks on his shoulders. King then pushed the two off. Kumori slashed downwards, while Ark slashed upwards. King was able to parry both slashes, then pushed the two off. Ark then jumped, and Kumori shifted his sword back to gun mode. Kumori fired shots at King, while Ark came down with an ariel slash. King dodged the shots, but didn't dodge Ark's slash from above. Sparks flew off of King's body, then Ark moved out of the way for Kumori to come in with a slash from the Tenki Calibur sword mode. King got slashed, then Ark jumped over Kumori and flying side kicked King. Kumori then ran around Ark, and stabbed King's gut. Ark went around Kumori, and side kicked King.
Ark then swiped the blaster, after he switched it back to blaster mode, over his belt. "BLAZE!" The belt announced. Ark crouched, his right shin guard revealing itself, then ran at King. Ark jumped and unleashed a flying side kick on King. Ark planted King on a tree, the blazing buckle mark appearing briefly. King just chuckled. "What's so funny?" Ark asked. Kumori didn't hear this conversation, but Kumori noticed that King glowed a few colors, but those colors disappeared. This might explain why his brother didn't kill King those many years ago.
"Well, to think you're this strong." King chuckled. "Do you take after your father, do you look up to him?" Ark landed on the ground, his foot still planted on King, and nodded. "Well, do you know your father is a Shadow!?" King shouted. This really shocked Ark.
"Wha?" Ark couldn't believe it. "Lies."
"Well, you don't know your father like I do." King said chuckling, but actually sounding sincere. "Lord Shade, why do you think we call you Lord Shade? Your father of course! I don't know who you are, but I know you're the offspring of that traitor. He's a Shadow, trying to pass himself off as a human. Oh, I wonder how many victims he fed on." King chuckled maniacally, and noticed that Ark was frozen with disbelief. Ark shook his head.
"No, that can't be true." Ark started crying.
"BUT IT IS!" King shouted, then threw Ark over the tree. Ark landed on the ground, and his suit dematerialized. Ark was out of sight from Kumori. Ark started crying. His father couldn't be a Shadow, could he? But King sounded so truthful. Tears were streaming off of Ark's cheek. The Shade Cycle moved on its own, and rode back to Ark's mansion.
"No, it can't be." Ark whimpered. "It can't be true." Ark got up, and started running away. "It can't be, it couldn't be!" Ark couldn't hold any of his tears back. His father, the man who he remembered as being kind, the man who hated injustice, the one who corrected them, his father, a Shadow?
Kumori and King stared at each other. King chuckled. "Now, back to our fight, boy."
"YOU!" Kumori shouted. "If Zero can't defeat you, then I will!" Kumori then swiped his Tenki Calibur over his belt. "JUDGEMENT!"
King started to glow red. "COME ON!" The two ran at each other.
"HAH!" Kumori shouted, flashing a light from the diamond shape on his head, blinding King for a bit. Kumori swung, and King swung upwards at the last moment. Kumori's sword was glowing. Kumori barely slashed King, sadly, and King struck Kumori's belt. The two did go flying. Kumori's belt went flying off, thus the Tenkishi suit dematerialized. King reverted back to human form. Kumori got up. "REPENT!" Kumori screamed at King, then ran at King, and threw a few punches. King, was planted on the ground. Kumori grabbed King's collar, and started bashing King's scarred face with a fist. Sirens sounded. Then two police cars, somehow missing the crying Ark as they came, drove to the scene and stopped.
Four officers came out from the two cars, two from each car. Three of them wore black suits, while the fourth one, most likely the leader, wore a tan suit. "OI!" They shouted. The three black suits grabbed Kumori, separating his fight with King.
"LET ME GO!" Kumori shouted, struggling to get free. "Don't you know who I am!?"
"Yes, and I don't care if you are the Angelic Knight." The leader officer said. "You can't go around beating someone so ruthlessly." The leader picked King up, surprised that there were no other injuries on King's already scarred face. "Kabuto Aikawa, you're under arrest."
"NO!" Kumori shouted. The officers were taking in a Shadow! The idiots! The black suits threw Kumori on the ground, and led King to the leading police car. King smirked at Kumori, and had a face that seemingly mockingly laughed at Kumori. "STOP!" The police cars drove off. Kumori dropped on his knees, then slammed the dirt with his fist. "DAMN IT!"
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Hibiki kept throwing kicks and punches. "TODOMEDA!" Hibiki shouted, pulling his Henshin Blade out, pushing the button on top, and pushed it back in. "KISHI RISE!" The belt announced. Hibiki then pulled the blade out, ready to jam it into King. Hibiki jumped and was about to finish King, but Hibiki heard Kumori screaming. Hibiki landed, the energized Henshin Blade in front of King's face. Hibiki turned to see Kumori with a shadow wrapped around his legs, slithering up.
"Hibiki nii-chan!" Kumori wailed. "Help me."
Hibiki turned to face King. King had taken the time to take control of Kumori's shadow when Hibiki was distracted with the fight with King. King chuckled. "Move, and the kid dies. Don't move and the kid will die a slow, painful, death."
"You!" Hibiki shouted, then flinched. The Henshin Blade was not energized anymore. Hibiki grunted in pain. He felt a sharp pain in his body. Then King brought out a sword from his own shadow, and slashed Hibiki's belt off. Hibiki landed back first on the ground, and the belt and blade landed next to him. Hibiki held his stomach in pain, and shouted in pain. "What's going on!?" Hibiki was starting to feel the effects of Prokishi. Huh, he really is not an idiot. But Hibiki didn't realize that the reason he wasn't tired out by his first battle was because he was careful with his energy output. Sure he did the exact same thing with the second battle, but Hibiki had used the belt a second time, thus adding to the energy output he had exerted earlier. Hibiki was rolling on the ground, shouting in pain. His brother, was about to die, unless he did something. King was laughing maniacally. He was about to have two meals.
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Ark ran back to his home, and slammed the door shut. Ark's was crying his eyes out. Hikari noticed. "Shade-kun, what's wrong?" Ark dropped to his knees, and wept. Hikari walked up to Ark, then bit Ark's neck. "Kamu." Ark didn't react. This alerted Hikari as Day Ark usually reacts to her bites. "Shade-kun?"
Seto walked down the stairs, to see Ark weeping. "Ark-kun?" Seto asked. "What's wrong?" Ark looked at Seto, with weeping eyes. Seto then realized why Ark was crying. "No." Seto whispered to himself.
Well, end Chapter 12. I hope you like. Can I please have some feedback on my riders? Again, rider ideas are appreciated. Please review and vote, which by the way can determine the ending.