Hoshi no Kirifuda
Episode 12 - Chapter 03

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The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this written work are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. These written works are not-for-profit, and are protected under Fair Use laws. I do not own these characters, all credit and rights belongs to Disney, Daron Nefcy, and Toei.

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Author's Notes:

Okay. If you're reading and you haven't figured it out, I'll tell you who The Voice/Other Marco is. It is Monster Arm. I do hope I set that up at least decently well. If not, please offer suggestions as to how I could've done it without actually saying it.

Please keep the reviews coming, especially if it is constructive.

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"See, see, I told ya. I told ya, I told ya, I told you so!" The King of Spades giddily hopped up and down.

The King of Clubs had his face buried in his hands. He couldn't believe it, he felt the enormous pressure Kamen Rider Blade had exerted from their spectator spot, and he still couldn't make out what had happened. Marco Diaz had somehow used the strength only reserved for Royal Undead. He truly was the Ace of Spades.

"How?!" he redundantly asked. "He's human! Even if he somehow was of Mewni descent, how could he utilize the strength of the Undead?"

"I don't know. And I don't care." The smile never left the King of Spades' face. He was too excited on two accounts. One, he finally got to wipe that smug look off of the King of Clubs' face. And two, he finally found someone who potentially could match him. 'Oh, this is going to be fun.'

"No. There is something foul afoot. We must find out what happened at the end of the last Royal Battle."

The King of Spades merely brushed it off. "It doesn't matter. Our concern is teaching that child how to control his power."

"What you mean to say is to make him a suitable challenge for you."

"I'm not denying that. Right now, he is an unripened piece of fruit. If I pluck it too early, it'll spoil the fun. And as you can clearly see, he's not in control when he does use it."

Dave Lucitor sighed, "I saw. His humanity is struggling against his Mewman blood."

"And you will train him to overcome that."

Dave rolled his eyes, "And I have to do it by myself?"

The King of Spades chortoled, "Of course not, I'll send the rest of my kin."

"You're going to have him face both the Jack and Queen?"

"Eventually. If I send them in too early, they would obviously kill him, just to spite me."

The monster king was right on that account. He may have been the ruler of the monsters, but that didn't mean they respected him. He ruled with fear and power, and those who were weaker than him served him.

"You do realize that interfering would be going against Toffee's instructions?"

"Who gives a fuck? Ha-ha! I've only kept him around because of his usefulness. And now I've found something to do. If he has a problem, he can come to me himself."

"I guess, I'm not entirely innocent either," the King of Clubs spoke under his breath.

"C'mon Cloves, aren't you excited to see what he'll become?"

"-Sigh- Don't call me that." Dave never enjoyed the pet name he had been given by the King of Spades, but at least it was a sign that the king was in a good mood. "And you mean to ask if he'll be a monster or not?"

The King of Spades' eye eerily glowed against the night sky. "Exactly."

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In the lair of Mew-Shocker was Toffee sitting at his desk. He was going through paperwork for the current project. Everything for it was going well until one of the subjects had escaped this morning. It wasn't a set back, just an extra specimen, but loose ends should still be dealt with.

"Here is your report boss," Jackie reluctantly gave Toffee a few pieces of papers.

Toffee didn't look at the girl, but still directed at her, "How is your arm?"

Jackie waved it around, showing how nothing permanent had happened to it. "It's cool, just a sprain. It healed up fast. Y'know, rider powers and all."

"Hmm… Yes… Of course."

"Uh…"

"-Sigh- Yes, Jackie?"

It always unnerved her to see Toffee using her dad's body. She grew up with it and you would think she'd be used to it, but it was always odd to hear the deep voice coming out of the usually nasally screeching body of Ludo. At this point she just learned to accept it.

"Am I going to get punished?"

Toffee removed his eyes from the paperwork, and slowly turned his beak towards the girl. "What… for...?"

"Transforming in front of Marco?"

"You said you trusted the boy. And you told me that you specifically instructed him to not let anyone know of your secret." His eyes flashed green as they looked into Jackie's own. "You're the daughter of my most trusted friend. I've known you your entire life Jackie. If I couldn't place my trust in you, I would be doing Ludo an insult."

Jackie sighed in relief, "So… does that mean I can still go to the dance?"

Toffee rolled his eyes at the girl. "Do you want me to say no?"

Jackie put up her hands defensively, and shook her head. "Please, no!"

"Heh, good. I believe you said you're going to the dance with the boy?"

"Yeah, he's a nice guy."

The glowing birdman stared at the girl. He could see her fidgeting and slightly blush at the mention of going out with the boy. It wasn't surprising, she was of age, and boys were an obvious interest. However, he did find it amusing that coincidentally she would be interested in Blade. Or maybe it wasn't coincidence and everything was unfolding exactly as He wanted.

"So, you claim." Toffee interlocked his fingers. "But remember, he's a target of interest. If he becomes a problem you know what to do."

"Yeah… I have to clean up my own mess."

"Good. We at Mew-Shocker are here to prevent the outcome of the last Royal Battle. We shall not allow death of all life to occur again," Toffee reiterated for the girl. He knew it was redundant, but he felt that it was necessary for the reminders. "And you are key to that."

Jackie crossed her arms in irritation, "I know, I know. You don't have to tell me every time. You're not my dad."

"No, I'm not. However, I'm sure Ludo would agree with me. Though chances are, he'd have a fit about the topic of you and boys."

"Yeah, dad didn't take the news very well the first time. This whole morning all he would tell me was how much trouble he knew boys would be. -Sigh-"

A smile crawled onto Toffee's beak. "Don't worry, I spoke with him. He may not like it, but he eventually agreed. You're a big girl now and it is your life to live."

"Uh… Thanks boss."

"Yes, yes." Toffee waved her off. "Now, go home, it is late and I do have some work left"

With nothing left to do, Jackie walked towards the only door in the chamber. She was about to close the door behind her when Toffee called out to her.

"Jackie! One last thing, please keep an eye on the boy. Report anything... suspicious."

She didn't look back at him, and gave a response through the crack of the door, "Yeah boss, I know, I will."

000

In an undisclosed location was an unknown armored warrior. The figure sat on a bench underneath a lamp post and counted several sealed Undead cards. Its legs slowly swung beneath the bench.

"And that makes seven."

"This is going much easier than I thought it would."

There were the sounds of two voices conversing to each other.

"Of course it is, that's because I'm the strongest."

"I didn't think this would actually work out when you suggested it."

"Oh ye of little faith."

"Fuck you man. Seriously, who would ever believe the nonsense you spout?"

"They don't have to believe, they'll just die."

The armored figured sighed as it stood in the faint light. Revealing a dark green and golden armored warrior.

"I'm not going to kill anyone."

"Eh, you'll come around to it."

The figure set off towards the darkness.

"I've been thinking that we need a name."

"A name?"

"Yeah, Marco gets a cool name like Kamen Rider Blade. We should have something super cool."

"King. Kamen Rider King."

"Nah, that's lame."

"And you have any suggestions?"

"You do that fire thing right? How about… Leangle?"

One of the voices laughed, "You're making up words now?"

The figure stopped in its tracks and crossed its arms. It tapped its foot in indignation.

"Fuck you man. In astrology, Leangle is related to the fire element. So we're going to be Kamen Rider... Leangle."

"-Sigh- I would rather be called King."

"I will walk and leave you hanging if you want to be called that. Let's see you try to find someone else to cooperate," the other voice threatened.

"-Exasperated sigh- Fine. Whatever. Lin-gal sounds okay."

The unknown Kamen Rider once again walked into the darkness.

"That's Leangle, I'm Kamen Rider Leangle."