Lord Baron, part 3 - Ranbu Escalation
tribute to: Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Baron
Author's Notes:
- Considering how the Paralyzer pistol also acting as a lightsaber came from Monty Oum's masterpiece of animation, Haloid. It was among those that made the Paralyzer becoming more useful despite being an emergency pistol. The Fett vs. Samus remastered of DEATH BATTLE also applied this, considering it was a tribute to Oum. In addition, when used by Mitsuzane, he activates the Paralyzer's beam sword mode in a similar manner to Kamen Rider Black RX's Revolcane by just pointing the Paralyzer on the core of his Lockseed (either as Ryugen or Zangetsu Shin). As Ryugen, the Paralyzer's lightsaber color is purple, as Zangetsu Shin, it's green, plus the blade of the beam is more of a katana.
- This scenario is more of a Battride War-styled battle.
- It is revealed that Go/Mach also calls Samus with the nickname "Sammy" albeit with the "-chan" in an affectionate manner, rather than with Gandrayda in a femme fatale voice.
- The Trans-Fusion ability in the story is the advanced version of the Crystal Flash from Super Metroid (combined with the ULTIMATE! mode from Battride War II and Genesis), only the main difference is it has to be used with a nearby Kamen Rider. It is activate in a similar way how the Crystal Flash is used in Super Metroid - Power Bombs, and Morph Ball mode, plus a Kamen Rider nearby (for example below Zangetsu Shin/Mitsuzane). The activation command before the Power Bomb detonates is "Chou Henshin!", doing so will cause the Kamen Rider and Samus be engulfed in a huge cocoon of energy; the Power Suit will begin to cast off immediately similar to the Game Over animations in Super Metroid, Zero Mission, and Fusion at the exact same moment Samus's body becomes fully nude, while the sequence is taking effect, the Power Suit, along with Samus herself - body and soul, will merge onto that Kamen Rider. Thus, the Trans-Fusion will make the Rider invincible and gain infinite power for about five minutes. After five minutes runs out, Trans-Fusion has to be cancelled as it puts a strain on the host body, considering the fact that Samus has Metroid DNA within her, it drains the life force of the Kamen Rider she merges with. However, those with sheer force of will can prolong them without succumbing to the life-draining effects, in this case, Mitsuzane. Also, the Trans-Fusion is inspired from the Biomerge Digivolution from Digimon Tamers.
Once again, dedicated to Dash master 48 and MsSamusAran.
-Mayhem in the Metro-
And so, the confrontation against Baron begins. Mitsuzane bands together with Samus, Takatora, and Go to quell the hatred within Kaito Kumon. Kaito sent out hundreds of Inves to protect him, as he takes on Mitsuzane AND Takatora personally. Zero Suit Samus and Dead Heat Mach fighting the Inves to give way for the Kureshima brothers to take their hands against Kaito.
"Ready, Fight!" Go announces it directly at the reader. As flocks of Inves began to charge directly at him and Samus. The two began their cleanup drive. Spinning the wheel of the Zenrin Shooter, he begins to start to throw a lot of punches!.
~Nice Drive!~
"1, 2, 3..." Dead Heat Mach started counting, and at the same time skipped 4. "...5, 6, 7, 8, 9"
"What's the problem with the number four and why did you bother skipping it?" Samus snarled.
"Come on, everybody finds it cool to skip four." Go snarked, as the mayhem reaches through the city. Once Samus and Go cleared all the Inves, they head for the city; as the Kureshimas and Baron escalated the fight all the way through the city itself.
(cue: "Supernova" by Tetra-Fang from Kamen Rider Kiva, theme song for Emperor Form)
[~Afuredasu kanjou ga~]
[~Kono karada tsukiyaburi~]
[~Toki wo tokashi hajimatta Next Stage~]
"That's more like it!" Samus seems to be used to the music, as she materializes her Power Suit. Once they cornered Baron in Ringo Arms, it seems Monsieur Banane is just resilient as he is, as the overpowering even Ryugen alone with just a mere second.
~Let's Dance!~
Ryugen managed to stand up to his feet, within moments catching Samus's Paralyzer when the latter throws it at him. "Mitsuzane, catch!"
[~Mamoritai to negau ~]
[~Taisetsu na hito no mirai~]
[~Kizuita shunkan kara subete wa kawari dashita~]
"Samus, you know what to do." Mitsuzane nodded his head, turning to Samus. A few seconds, Samus left the field of the fight. In this case, she decides to use the barrel extension given to her by Rinna Sawagami a few weeks back, attempting to provide sniper support from a distance.
"Hey, are you some kind of a fan of the Legend of Zelda series?" Go taunts Kaito over his Ringo Arms.
[~Hora unmei kasoku shite yuku~]
"Silence!" Baron slams his Apple Reflector at Dead Heat Mach.
More mayhem ensues as Baron summons another wave of Inves. In the middle of the battle, the party began to speak their thoughts about Mitsuzane.
[~Shougekido saidai no~]
At first, I wanted Mitsuzane to live a righteous path, where he has to leave all distractions behind. But, behind my back, I knew there is something that made him happy. I should have listened to him in the first place before I can really understand him. Back from that fateful day, he had no remorse about killing me and clinging under my shadow, in the end... the only thing he was scared the most is if I left him behind. The fight against Megahex served as a reminder that we were able to save humanity with our own power. - Takatora
[~Dekigoto ga kiseki yobu~]
When I first encountered them in the planet of Helheim, Mitsuzane had thought of me first being an enemy. Until, everything came to light that I stumbled onto this world. He and his brother at first refused to help me, but until the day they chose to adopt me as their own. I was like a sister to Mitsuzane. Even though I do seem to understand about his past to a small extent, for the very least, he had a shoulder to cry on to me. The way he used himself as a shield to protect me, I don't deem it to be reckless after all; he is really determined to protect me, even at the very least am capable of doing in my own. To that very end, he had in mind to keep following me towards the very end. - Samus
[~Umarekawaru jibun wo tomerareani~]
Even I just first met the kid. He's no pushover, considering those two Kureshima are Sammy-chan's new family. Well, I do feel sorry for the little guy; he had so many downs in his life. Even though I am in a journey to revive a lost friend, giving a helping hand to Mitsuzane-kun should make a difference; in fact he and Sammy-chan are meant for each other! - Go
Meanwhile, as Mitsuzane clashes swords with Baron Ringo Arms using the Paralyzer in its lightsaber mode, he and Kaito continue exchanging tirades of verbal barbs.
[~No one ever knows boku no hadou~]
"How long are you going to complete your petty quest for revenge? Those people who look up to you won't be happy about it!" Mitsuzane shouted. "Zack... Peko... They won't be happy about trying to do something like this what you are now!"
[~Sekaijuu hibikasete~]
"Who are you to complain me about them?!" Kaito threw back. "It is you who have betrayed them, worm! Peko is the only one who couldn't even thinking about forgiving you anyway!"
[~Atarashii jidai e to hashiridasou~]
"Kaito... Do you think Kouta-san would be happy if you think about taking my life away can sate your despair?!"
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO MENTION THE NAME OF THAT DEADWEIGHT BEFORE ME AGAIN!" Kaito pushes Mitsuzane to a corner with a slash from the Sword Bringer, causing Mitsuzane to be thrown awkwardly to the ground.
[~SUPERNOVA!~]
"Mitsuzane!" Takatora tries to make sure his younger brother is okay.
"Okay, I'll take it from here!" Go takes over, as he starts slamming the igniter of his Mach Driver.
[~Mienai kurayami no naka~]
[~Kasuka na hikari tsukuridasu you ni~]
"BURST! SUDDEN DEADHEAT!" the belt declared, causing the Shift Tire to burst, as Dead Heat Mach begins to overwhelm Baron with monstrous high speed attacks. Within moments, more Inves are summoned, making the battle even more challenging.
-Silent Scope-
A few seconds, a laser emitted on one of the Inves, shots were fired from a distance, two Inves were destroyed what appears to be a sniper fire.
(cue: "Ranbu Escalation" by Yutaka Kobayashi and Gaku Sano/Kaito Kumon and Kouta Kazuraba, themes for Baron Lemon Energy Arms and Gaim Kiwami Arms from Kamen Rider Gaim)
"Nice shot, Sammy-chan!" Go took notice that was Samus who was using the sniper attachment that Rinna built for her. "Well, we got what we bargained for!"
[~Ore-tachi ga saikyou no~]
[~Chikara te ni ireta to shite~]
[~Sono ato ni kono me ni wa~]
[~Donna sekai utsuru no ka...~]
Samus perched herself in a far away from the field where the Kureshimas and Go are fighting Baron. The vantage point happens to be on the ferris wheel itself, on a passenger car that is above ground.
[~Daremo ga jibun ga~]
"Bastard! You brought a sniper?!" Kaito is angered of the party bringing a sniper with them, thinking that the four are cheating.
[~Motomeru~]
[~Mirai wo mezase~]
"Oh yeah?!" Go taunted, finding Kaito's chivalrous way of knighthood to be tedious. "Why fight fair if you can fight dirty?!"
[~Ore-tachi ga saikyou no~]
"You'll pay for this!" the red Armored Rider hissed, Dead Heat Mach avoided most of his sword slashes with just super human speeds, as he continues taunting Kaito.
[~Chikara te ni ireta to shite~]
"I... HATE... YOUR..." Go sneered, each time Kaito would come at him, he would just run off at fast speed.
"Come back here, coward!" Kaito grinds his teeth, seething from Go's mind games.
"...DUMB FACE!" Go appeared right in front of him, after a second, Dead Heat Mach splits with open legs; after spinning the Zenrin Shooter, with it, he hits Baron below the belt!
[~Sono ato ni kono me ni wa~]
"Damn you!" Kaito then seethed, in response to Go's act of hitting him below the belt.
"The easiest way to fight is to fight WITHOUT any rules!" Takatora charges in. Moments later, a sniper fire coming from Samus shot Baron's Apple Reflector shield, rendering it useless.
[~Donna sekai utsuru no darou...~]
"BUDOU AU LAIT!" Ryugen's Sengoku Driver declared, Ryugen then proceeds to grab Baron using the Paralyzer in its laser whip mode, afterwards, he flings Baron towards Zangetsu with the laser whip.
[~Joukyou dakai shiteku hodo ni~]
"MELON SQUASH!" it is Zangetsu's turn to activate his Driver's function, doing so he lands a slash from the Musou Saber at the moment he catches Baron. Kaito is rag-dolled after the slash, but refuses to hold back.
"Shijima-senpai, take the lead!" Mitsuzane asks Go to finish the battle in a high note.
[~Shihai suru hodo ni~]
Dead Heat Mach complied, and proceeds to flip the Mach Driver up, pressing the igniter, and flipped down for the full throttle.
[~Kiwami Escalation~]
"HISSATSU! BURST! FULL THROTTLE! DEADHEAT!"
Dead Heat Mach jumped, and starts somersaulting, doing so causes to project a tire around him, whilst that manuever resembling Samus's Screw Attack. Then, Dead Heat Mach lands the Rider Kick at Baron, forcing him to cancel his transformation.
"Now, that's a nice picture!" Go poses after the finisher.
"We finally did it." Takatora said in relief.
"It's over." Mitsuzane said, then contacts Samus. "Samus, you can get out of there. We finally-"
-The Real Fun Starts Now-
But, that was just only the beginning...
Kaito managed to stand up on his two feet, much to the chagrin of his three opponents.
"I'm... NOT... done... yet!" Kaito droned as he starts transforming into his Overlord form, Lord Baron.
Go swallowed at the sight of Lord Baron. "This could be trouble." Within moments, Kaito is engulfed by every plant of Helheim in the middle of his transformation. As such, both Kureshima brothers are horrified to at the mere sight of Lord Baron.
"He has evolved..." Takatora droned.
"...into an Overlord!" a shocked Mitsuzane exclaimed, as everything came to light of what Kaito had become before he was defeated by Kouta.
Lord Baron lets out a roar as he charges at Zangetsu, Ryugen, and Mach before transforming to a cloud of smoke, overwhelming both three Riders.
"Now, I will show you the power of Helheim flowing in my veins!" Lord Baron declares, then taunts Takatora. "Watch as I destroy your brother right before your very eyes!"
Mitsuzane found himself at the mercy of Lord Baron at the moment when the latter again took for into a black cloud, overwhelming him to the point it forcibly de-transformed Mitsuzane.
"Mitsuzane!" Takatora screamed, powerless to head towards his younger brother. Within moments, Lord Baron drew out his sword that resembles that of Demushu's, walking towards Mitsuzane as he is about to finish him.
"How pitiful. Is that all you got?! You're petty tricks are beyond saving. Once I return you to dust, your brother and the rest of your so-called friends will join you after." Kaito mocked Mitsuzane. "I will show you the full extent of my power. Prepare yourself for the afterlife!"
"NO!" Takatora cried out loud, noticing the exact moment before Lord Baron can swing his sword at Mitsuzane, who is haplessly trying to hold on for dear life.
(cue: Theme of Samus Aran (Metroid) from Super Smash Bros. Wii U)
Moments later, a missile was fired, and Lord Baron becomes blindsided, as his attempt to kill Mitsuzane fails. Samus was able to rescue the young Kureshima in a nick of time!
"YOU!" an angry Lord Baron attempts to overwhelm Samus with a black cloud, but Samus can't be sent flying by his power as she has the Gravity Suit equipped. As a result, she counters with a stationary Screw Attack to cancel Lord Baron's attack.
"Samus!" Mitsuzane balked, as he immediately stood up onto his feet.
"Mitsuzane, use these!" Takatora throws the Genesis Driver and the Melon Energy Lockseed to his brother, Mitsuzane successfully catches both.
"Just as I thought, you are cowering behind that woman?" Kaito taunted at Mitsuzane.
"That's where you're wrong, Kaito!" Mitsuzane threw back what Kaito said, as he finally buckled up his Genesis Driver. "In fact, I no longer cower behind anyone's backs. You see, everything changed ever since Kouta-san defeated you and saved the world. Nii-san and I haven't lost any light of hope, the road to redemption is always long ahead. That's why, even though there are some people who still hated me from what happened in the past, even if I have to beat a dead horse, I will just keep moving forward, even if I am strayed in my own path, there is a point of no return of moving on for the future!"
Mitsuzane... Samus thought, noticing the young Kureshima's newfound determination.
Mitsuzane continued his speech. "It is true I have been living in my brother's shadow. But in the end, aside from the sleepless nights moping about the past, I have finally reconciled in my own internal conflicts. You wanna know why what I learned from Kouta-san and Mai-san before they departed from this planet the thing that filled the hole in my heart?"
"So what?" Kaito bluffed in a derogatory tone.
"...it's evolution! This is what they wanted me to do... Something I can do that's beyond seeking power. In fact, each time I learned from my mistakes ultimately filled my heart. But, there was somebody who indeed loved me back, to the point they've become close to me!" Mitsuzane continued speaking. "Nii-san... Samus... Shijima-senpai... They felt the same way as much as I do, they did fill that hole in my heart so I will become stronger myself!" Then, Mitsuzane turned to Samus, this time tears begin to stain on his face. "Samus... I think its time we show Kaito what I have that even his strength could not comprehend..."
"Mitsuzane... Are you sure about this?" Samus tilted her head, as Mitsuzane is eager to activate the Rider Trans-Fusion, she nodded her head, she morphs into a ball, as Mitsuzane holds her Morph Ball Form with just his left hand, while holding his brother's Melon Energy Lockseed.
"Kaito, if you really wanted to kill me so badly..." Mitsuzane turned to face Kaito. "It will take a lot more than that for me to kick the bucket! In that case, let's finish this even if it means WE have to take you into the afterlife OURSELVES!" Afterwards, he looked into Samus in her Morph Ball form, and spoke to her briefly. "Samus, please, let me be strong like you!"
Samus begins to drop a Power Bomb...
"CHOU HENSHIN!" Mitsuzane screamed the Trans-Fusion command loudly.
"MELON ENERGY!" the Melon Energy Lockseed is unlocked, then the Power Bomb explodes, taking Mitsuzane and Samus inside the explosion, forming a cocoon of light.
Inside the cocoon of light emitted from the Power Bomb, Samus de-morphs from her ball. As her Power Suit began shedding itself on its own; each piece of the suit began to prepare and organize themselves onto Mitsuzane's body. Afterwards, Samus's Zero Suit began to peel off too, causing her to be completely naked as she places herself within Mitsuzane, both body and soul. Within moments, every part of the Power Suit merge into Mitsuzane's body as Samus now lies naked within him, as she becomes one with Mitsuzane.
"LOCK ON!" the Lockseed is now placed in the Genesis Driver. "SODA!" the Driver declared in a rather exciting voice upon activation.
Once the light clears, a partially-transformed Zangetsu Shin emerges as the Melon Energy armor began to form.
"MELON ENERGY ARMS!" the Genesis Driver declared while a Japanese techno music played, completing Mitsuzane's transformation as a Trans-Fused New Generation Rider Zangetsu Shin. The Trans-Fusion also gave Zangetsu Shin some Power Suit cosmetics - Zangetsu Shin gains gauntlets that resembles that of the left arm on both hands, and boots both of which coming from Samus's Varia Suit.
In Zangetsu Shin's HUD, a timer displaying five minutes was seen on top right - indicating how long Mitsuzane should prolong the Trans-Fusion, while on the left are the Rider System's energy reserves. As he looked onto his right hand, which it looked like that of the hand from Samus's Power Suit, as such the Trans-Fusion takes a 75% potential.
"Amazing. Not only she became one with me, the very appearance of her suit also appear on my arms and legs." Mitsuzane commented. It seems he's ready to face Kaito with all his might. "Any objections... Lady?" while Mitsuzane paused, he had to say the words that was said to Samus by Adam Malkovich, her superior. Then, Samus with her consciousness controlled Mitsuzane's left hand, giving him a thumbs down, the usual reaction when she hears those words.
Moments later, Mitsuzane lets out a scream, at the exact moment he brings out the energy inside him and together that of Samus, as he is covered with metallic orange aura. His scream was so loud, it even reached the planet of Helheim!
There, Mai, the Woman of the Beginning seems to recognize that scream.
"Mai, what's wrong?" Kouta, the Man of the Beginning, came towards Mai.
"Micchy... Kaito... They're fighting!" the Overlord queen said.
"I see, Kaito decided to return from the dead to test Micchy how he had changed." Kouta re-assured. And so, they decide to come to Earth and see what's going on.
to be continued...