Disclaimer: The song Supernova is not mine; it is property of Toei and the "limited rock unit" TETRA-FANG, a group that lasted for only one year. They're very good, but they were formed for the 2008 Kamen Rider Kiva series. The song was sung by Koji Seto, better known as Wataru Kurenai, Kamen Rider Kiva. One of the interesting things about Japanese actors is that they also tend sing songs related to their shows. Not all actors, but some do this which is kind of cool.
It was another average day in Amity Park for Danny as he left his school and was heading towards the hospital. Danny was actually in a good mood today because he didn't have any tests or was given detention. In fact, he was giving his test grade from his history class and got a B+. Another reason he was happy was that Dash didn't try to mess with him today.
'Now all I need to do is spend some time with Sam and today will be perfect,' thought Danny as he continued towards the hospital.
Along the way, Danny took out his iPod and selected a track to listen to as he continued walking.
After several minutes of walking Danny arrived at the hospital and headed for Sam's room. He entered Sam's room and saw her watching the news.
"Hey Danny," greeted Sam.
"Hey yourself," greeted Danny as he walked towards Sam's bed. "What are you watching?" he asked her.
"There was a news report of Sheriff Walker going missing," answered Sam.
"Walker is missing?" replied Danny.
"Yeah, right now they're talking about his past achievements and some claims of his 'unsavory' actions," explained Sam.
'Walker, so he's dead too,' thought Danny.
"Danny," called out Sam.
"Yes Sam?" replied Danny.
"What is wrong with this town we live in?" Sam asked Danny in a hushed tone.
"What do you mean?" asked Danny.
"I mean, the people disappearing, these strange monsters, and these knights who walk through mirrors. It's all way beyond unique, it's flat out crazy," explained Sam.
"Don't worry Sam, things will work out," assured Danny as he wrapped his arms around Sam. "I won't let anything happen to you," he whispered.
"Danny," whispered Sam as she looked at Danny's eyes.
Meanwhile back in Wisconsin, Vlad was in his private study on the phone talking to someone.
"So, Daniel has used the Survive card," said Vlad. "That's excellent Matthew," he added.
"I don't see how that's good news boss. He nearly took me out with it," commented Matthew.
"Your point?" asked Vlad.
"What if he uses that card again, but this time against you?" pointed out Matthew.
"I wouldn't worry too much on that, Daniel may have the Survive Card, but he hasn't even begun to grasp its true power," answered Vlad. "Besides, I am the only Rider who possesses the Time Vent and I can easily send him back to the beginning of the entire Rider War if I wanted to," he boasted.
"I still think it would be better if I just got rid of him before he tries to master that card," said Matthew.
"That may seem like a good idea at the time, but I still need that boy to handle those other Riders while you continue your little vendetta against Mr. Roberts," commented Vlad.
"Fine, I'll spare the boy for now, but I won't spare anyone else that challenges me or gets in my way of getting rid of that bastard Dan," agreed Matthew.
"Of course, I wouldn't want it any other way. After all, if I were to gain my wish I would need the competition to disappear," said Vlad as he hung up the phone.
"Yes, Daniel will indeed prove useful to me," Vlad said to himself as he looked at a picture of Maddie longingly. "And soon my dear Maddie you and I will be together as it should have been," he continued before laughing.
Back in the Amity Park hospital, Danny and Sam were enjoying each other's company as Danny held Sam close as he started to sing to her. This time the song was from a different singer who happens to be Japanese since Sam happens to like Danny singing in Japanese.
Afuredasu kanjou ga
kono karada tsukiyaburi
toki o tokashi hajimatta Next Stage
Itsumo tarinakute
iiwake teki na akirame
zutto tsumiagete ita kakusu you ni
dokoka toomaki ni
nagameteta you na keshiki
kyuu ni te no hira no ue konagona ni kudake chiru
kono kimochi no ikiba oshiete
Seigyo funou atsui honoo
tomadoi o yaki harai
kinou made no kankaku wasuresaseru
No one ever knows boku no oto
doko made mo shinka suru
mada shiranai jibun ga mezameteku
Supernova
Mae ni susumu koto
kowagattari wa mou shinai
koukai suru koto ni narenai you
mamoritai to negau
taisetsu na hito no mirai
kizuita shunkan kara subete wa kawaridashita
hora unmei kasoku shite yuku
Shougekido saidai no
dekigoto ga kiseki yobu
umare kawaru jibun o tomerarenai
No one ever knows boku no hadou
sekaichuu hibikasete
atarashii jidai e to hashiridasou Supernova
Afuredasu kanjou ga
kono karada tsukiyaburi
There's no need to escape
boku wa ima kawatteku
unmei no naka chiisana hoshi umareru mitai ni
Seigyo funou atsui honoo
tomadoi o yaki harai
kinou made no kankaku wasuresaseru
No one ever knows boku no oto
doko made mo shinka suru
mada shiranai jibun ga mezameteku
Supernova
Mienai kurayami no naka
kasuka na hikari tsukuridasu you ni
Danny finished the song with a smile as he notice that Sam had that glazed look in her eyes once again. She snapped out of her stupor to smile at Danny as she cuddled up closer to him. The two lovebirds continued to enjoy their time to together as Dragredder circled around the hospital room from within the mirror world, protecting his master and the potential mate of his master.
The next day began with Danny and Tucker in their science class with Ms. Gilpin, who is now assigned as the new science teacher. After hearing about this particular piece of news, Tucker was extremely happy that his favorite class now has his 'favorite' teacher. Danny on the other hand was bored as he listened to Ms. Gilpin continue her lecture. He looked at his notes and started to draw on the top of the paper to pass the rest of the class time. As he drew on his paper, Danny started to think about who was left in the Rider War.
'With Walker dead now that makes four dead Riders,' thought Danny as he looked up for a moment to make it look like he was paying attention in class. 'That just leaves eight Riders remaining, including me. Damn, this isn't fair,' he continued to think. 'I can't just keep fighting everyone including Tucker, and I can't just let him get himself killed facing Riders like Ouja and Zolda. Tucker doesn't stand a chance against either of them. Hell, I'm barely surviving against them, I either get very lucky or I'll have to rely on the Survive card again,' he wondered.
Unknown to Danny, Tucker finally took time away from daydream about the possible (not likely) future Mrs. Foley to look at Danny from the corner of his eye.
'Man, this is so messed up,' thought Tucker. 'Danny's Dragon Knight, Dash is Spear, Kwan's Tiger and Valerie is Siren. How can that monster make us fight for his entertainment? I know he has done something to get everyone fight, but what?' he asked himself before going back to daydreaming about Ms. Gilpin.
After twenty minutes, the bell rang signaling the end of class. The students started to pack up to go to their next classes. As they finished gathering their stuff, Danny and Tucker heard the sound of the mirror world. Danny sighed as he headed out of the classroom and headed towards the bathroom. Tucker followed Danny, but accidentally bumped into Dash who was busy stuffing Mikey into his locker.
"Hey watch it Fo-ny!" yelled Dash as he grabbed Tucker by his shirt.
Before Dash could hit Tucker, they heard the sound of the mirror world again. Dash dropped Tucker and smirked at him.
"Looks like I'll have more fun beating you in the mirror world instead," said Dash as he dragged Tucker into the bathroom.
As soon as Dash opened the door, he and Tucker saw Dragon Knight jump into the mirror. Dash dropped Tucker in surprise; he did not expect Dragon Knight to be in the school.
"No way, Dragon Knight is here," muttered Dash. He glared at the mirror as he pulled out his deck and thrust it towards the mirror. His belt appeared around his waist as he glared at Tucker. "What are you waiting for Foley? I'm not going into that world without a human shield," he snapped at Tucker as he slid his deck into his belt. "Spear," he called out.
With that command, Dash was now wearing his Spear armor. He turned to look at Tucker once again before jumping into the mirror.
Tucker stood up as he pulled out his deck and placed it in front of himself to gain his belt.
"Knight," said Tucker as he placed his deck onto his belt.
Tucker donned his armor as he jumped into the mirror to enter the mirror world. Unknown to Knight, Lancer entered the bathroom in time to see him enter the mirror.
"Lord of the Flies!" yelled Lancer as he passed out from shock.
Inside the mirror world, Dragon Knight was fighting against a humanoid bird that resembled a red and black Fenghuang with elements of a phoenix based on the helmet. It had no wings, but it had these long arm guards on its arms instead. The helmet looked like the wings of a phoenix along with the beak of the mythical Fenghuang bird. It had big talon like feet that had silver on the scale part of the legs. On its back were two golden whip-like tail pieces that lashed out at Dragon Knight every time the bird monster spun around to hit him with its tails. Dragon Knight tried to get close to it, but a tomahawk came out of nowhere aimed at his head. Dragon Knight dodged the attack to see another Fenghuang monster appear next the first one.
Much like the other one, this monster was red and black in color. The only difference between them was the second one had a headdress the resembled a turkey feathers and the whip-like pieces were in front of it and silver in color. This new monster caught its tomahawk and let out a tribal yell.
Dragon Knight slid his Drag Visor down and pulled out a card. Before he placed it in the Visor, two Ride Shooters came charging between Dragon Knight and the two monsters. The hatches on both bikes opened to reveal Spear and Knight stepping out of the Ride Shooters. The two monsters looked at these new fighters, eager to see what they'll do. Knight walked away from Spear and stood next to Dragon Knight, while Spear looked like he was ready to laugh.
"Well, what do know? Looks like Dragon Knight can't handle two puny birds," joked Spear. "Looks like I'll have to show you how a real man handles monsters," he added as he pulled out a card from his deck.
However, he was hit in the back by a bronze ring like projectile with two long feather-like bars crossing each other. The brown Rider hit the ground and dropped his card. He and the other two Riders looked as the ring flew pass the two bird monsters and was caught by a green humanoid Fenghuang. This monster was similar to the other two, but the feathers on its armor resemble those of a peacock along with a helmet looked like a curved moon shape crescent. The bird had a purple chest along with some bronze on its shoulders and two white feathers on its face.
The green Fenghuang jumped towards its brethren and landed right next to the one with the tomahawk. These three bird monster are known as Guld Thunder the first Fenghuang, Guld Storm the second Fenghuang, and Guld Mirage the third Fenghuang. All three birds let out a unified battle cry as they charged at the Riders. Guld Thunder was heading towards Dragon Knight who finally put his card into his Drag Visor.
SWORD VENT
Dragon Knight caught his Drag Saber and slashed at Guld Thunder, but the bird blocked the attack with its left arm. The red bird monster started to push Dragon Knight back before kicking him in the stomach. Dragon Knight stumbled back and saw Guld Thunder charge at him again. Moving quickly, Dragon Knight sidestepped the monster and slashed it in the back. Guld Thunder fell forward and hit the ground before slowly getting back up. It glared at Dragon Knight before attacking again.
Over at another part of the battleground, Knight was busy trying to get close to Guld Mirage. However, the peacock monster was hard to hit thanks to its ring weapon flying around. Knight tried getting closer again, but he was knocked back by the ring before it flew back to Guld Mirage's hand.
"Alright, let's try this then," growled Knight as he pulled out a card and inserted it into his Dark Visor.
NASTY VENT
With that command, Dark Wing flew overhead and let out a high pitch screech causing Guld Mirage to cover its ears. The green Fenghuang dropped its ring weapon which was the chance Knight was looking for as he charged at the monster. He pulled out another card and inserted it into his Visor.
SWORD VENT
Knight caught his Wing Lancer as he continued to run towards Guld Mirage. The green monster started to recover from the attack only to get stabbed in the stomach by Knight's Wing Lancer. The attack wasn't deep enough to kill Guld Mirage, but it was enough to hurt stop it from fighting back.
As for Spear, he had to deal with Guld Storm trying to chop him to pieces with its tomahawk. He kept backing away from the deranged bird as he tried to reach the card he dropped. Guld Storm leapt into the air to perform an overhead chop with his tomahawk. Spear rushed the bird and tackled it while it was in mid-air. He pinned Guld Storm down before running towards his card. Guld Storm got back up and was about to charge Spear again, but it was too late as Spear placed his card into his Gazelle Visor.
ADVENT
In an instant, a herd of Zelle type monsters appeared. One of the monsters, Gigazelle jumped at Guld Storm and hit it with its spear like weapon. The impact of the weapon knocked Guld Storm back as its back hit the ground. The Gigazelle jumped back towards Spear and got back in formation. Spear stood in front of his army of monsters with his arms crossed. A white buffalo zelle type monster with large swooping horn called Negazelle looked at Spear making strange sounds as if asking him something. Spear turned to look at Negazelle before pulling out another card.
"Of course you guys will get to eat," said Spear as he put his card into his Gazelle Visor. "You guys will just have to share all five of them," he added.
FINAL VENT
With that command, Spear stood as his monsters charged at his foes in a large thundering stampede. Dragon Knight and Knight saw the incoming stampede along with the other Guld monsters. Dragon Knight leapt out of the path of the stampede along with Guld Thunder. Knight let go of his Wing Lancer and pulled out another card to insert into his Dark Visor.
GUARD VENT
With that command, Dark Wing flew behind Knight, latched onto his back and his wings turned into its cape form. The cape spread out and became wings as Knight jumped into the air flying him to safety. As for Guld Storm and Guld Mirage, the two of them were caught by the stampeding zelle monsters. Guld Storm tried to block the attacks, but wasn't able to handle any more of the attacks. Guld Mirage didn't fare any better due to its injury from Knight's Wing Lancer. Soon enough, Spear came in and rammed his right knee into Guld Storm's chest while his true contract monster Gigazelle did the same to Guld Mirage.
The two bird monsters exploded into light energy causing several of the zelle type monsters to erupt into a frenzy trying to feed on the food supply. Spear on the other hand looked around in confusion seeing only two light energies instead of three and two humans. However, his confusion was halted at two of the zelle monsters attacked him. He was hit by the strange sword of Megazelle and tackled by Omegazelle causing Spear to crash onto the ground.
"Hey!" yelled Spear as he glared at the two. "What was that for? Do you two want a pounding?" he demanded.
Too bad for Spear, these are not like his peers in school. The two monsters kicked Spear while he was still down on the ground. The two of them growled at Spear before leaping off along with several other zelle type monsters. Spear finally got back up to look at what was left of his so-called army. He saw that at least over half of the zelle monsters had went with Megazelle and Omegazelle.
"What in the name of football!" yelled Spear. "What happened to my army?" he asked the zelle types that were left.
FINAL VENT
Spear heard the announcement and looked around to find out who was going to attack. One of the Magazelles looked up and saw a black drill coming down towards Spear. Acting quickly, the Magazelle rushed Spear and shoved him out of the way. Spear looked like he was about to shout at Magazelle, but brown and green big horned sheep-type zelle monster was caught in the attack and exploded into light energy. The other zelle monsters saw the light energy and tried to eat the food source. However, Dark Wing flew towards the light and swallowed it whole. The other zelle monsters got angry at the bat monster as he flew away taking Knight with him.
Spear looked at the fleeing monster and Rider before noticing that his armor was starting to dissolve. He gave off a slight gasp as he sprinted towards his Ride Shooter. He got into the motorcycle and sped towards the same place he entered the mirror world. Behind him, the zelle type monsters started leaping all over the area before disappearing.
Over in the human world, Jazz was in her parents' lab searching for something. Luckily for her, her parents were out with the TV crew reviewing more video footage of the ghost knights. She looked at the lab table that was covered in beakers and ectoplasm, but she couldn't find what she was looking for.
"Where are those blue prints?" Jazz asked herself as she continued to look all over the table.
However, what she found was not the blue prints but a deck that looks exactly like her brother's deck. The only difference was that there was no emblem on it and it was glowing green. She picked it up and looked at it and was suddenly scared at her discovery.
"They did it, they made a copy of Danny's deck," said Jazz in shock.
"Not exactly," said a deep male voice.
Jazz jumped slightly in surprise as she turned around to see a blonde haired man standing behind her.
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" asked Jazz as she jumped into the crane stance from the 'Karate Kid' movie.
"Me, I'm no one you should worry about," answered the man. "As for how I got in here, the same way he did," he added.
Jazzed turned around in confusion and saw a large red and black humanoid bird. She let out a scream and accidentally tossed up the deck. Her eyes widened as the bird monster grabbed the deck and crushed it with no effort.
"Good job Guld Thunder," said the man.
Guld Thunder nodded its head before moving closer to Jazz. Jazz backed away, scared that this monster will devour her.
"Guld Thunder stop," ordered the man.
Guld Thunder stopped advance and looked at the man in confusion. Jazz was also confused as to why this monster would listen to someone.
"This girl only wants to stop her parents from entering the mirror world. She obviously has the same goal as us, so there is no need to silence her," the man explained to the Fenghuang monster.
Guld Thunder tilted its head slightly before nodding to the man and leaving the human world. Jazz looked at the man in wonder as he moved towards her. He looked her over for a moment before turning towards the table.
"Your parents had the right idea, but the wrong approach," he said to her as he opened a drawer and pulled out the blue prints Jazz was looking for.
"How did you…?" Jazz started to ask.
"Know what your parents were planning to do?" interrupted the man. "Anything that has to do with the Rider War is my business. I knew about your parents' attempt at the same time as you and Dragon Knight," he explained.
"Dragon Knight?" repeated Jazz. "You know Danny is Dragon Knight!" she concluded with a slight yell.
"Of course, I'm the one who gave him the deck after all," answered the man.
"You gave him that deck, why?" demanded Jazz.
"He has someone worth saving. I merely gave him the means to achieve it," the man replied. "Love truly is a strange emotion," he added.
"Love?" wondered Jazz thinking the word over. Suddenly it donned on her as she hit herself on the head. "Of course, he's doing this for Sam," she answered herself.
"Yes, the Goth girl is very precious to him," agreed the man. "I can tell that he will most likely one of the few to last the longest in the Rider War," he added as he folded the blue prints and put them in his pocket. "However, I fear that time is running short for young Ms. Manson," he continued.
"What do you mean?" asked Jazz.
"That is something you need to ask your brother about," replied the man. "However, I may have to speed things up," he said as he snapped his fingers.
Jazz was confused as to why he did that, but she found out when she saw a reflection over by one of the glass beakers. It was a dark figure with a belt just like the Masked Riders and it was holding a black deck. It slid the deck into the belt around its waist causing dark reflections of a black armor to overlap its body. Jazz gasped when she saw the armor before the new Rider walked off.
"That looked like…." Jazz started to say.
"Yes, he does, doesn't he?" replied the man. "I have decided for the thirteenth Rider enter and weed out the weaklings from the rest," he explained as he vanished from the lab.
Jazz stood in her parents' lab in shock as all of this set in. After a while, Jazz exited the lab and entered the kitchen. She saw her little brother, who apparently skipped school today. Danny looked at Jazz for a moment before grabbing two cans of soda.
"Want a drink Jazz?" offered Danny.
Jazz smiled at her brother before nodding to him. Danny handed her a can before opening his own. Jazz opened her can and took a sip before looking at her brother again.
"Danny, we need to talk," said Jazz.
"About what Jazz?" asked Danny.
"I know you're Dragon Knight," Jazz answered as she looked at Danny straight in the eye.
Danny dropped his can in shock after hearing his sister said those words.
Author's note: Well that ends this chapter, and I'm surprised that I liked how it turned out. At first I thought it was bad, but I felt pretty good about it. I put a little bit of fighting and I got Jazz to discover more about what is going on. I have also decided to hint out the thirteenth Rider appearing soon. Chances are he will appear in the next chapter and I may get rid of another Rider in the next chapter or the one after it, depends on how I plan it out and if I don't work on my other story 'Tortured Hearts and Dark Legacies' so I can get the next chapter worked on fast. Sadly, my brother wants me to watch his daughters this coming weekend, so I might not be able to work on any new chapters until next week or longer depending on any college assignments.