Kamen Rider Zero-One: Revised Chapter 10: A Cold, Cold Game, a kamen rider fanfic

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Kamen Rider Zero-One Revised

Chapter 10: A cold, cold game

Co-Writer GreyKing46

We do not own these characters. All rights belong to Shotaro Ishinomori, Ishimori Productions and Toei Company

It was a few days since the incident with Jin, Aruto was currently in the hospital having his checkup as per the company's policy...but also to check the wounds he sustained from his previous battle. "Alright, President Hiden, deep breath please." The doctor HumaGear spoke as Aruto stood wearing a hospital gown.

Aruto did so and took a deep breath as the doctor began to scan his body with X-Ray vision. He turned to Izu quickly and gave a small smile before he looked at the doctor again. 'How long do I need to hold it in?' He thought.

"Good, now exhale slowly." The doctor instructed.

Aruto sighed and lowered his arms as he could breathe again.

"Excellent. Your breathing seems to be normal." The doctor informed. "Though, I've detected some elevations in your heartbeat."

"Really?" He asked.

"Yes." The doctor nodded "It appears you have been under a great amount of stress recently."

"I have, doctor." Aruto admitted, seeing no reason to lie.

"Would you like to elaborate?"

"Well... Recently becoming a president." He laughed.

"And for one so young, it's understandable. Anything else? Whatever is said in confidence." The doctor spoke.

"Well...I've been in a few fights, as you know from my..." Aruto gestured to his wounds and clicked his tongue playfully. "And...I...I lost my little brother recently." He admitted sadly.

"I see." The doctor nodded. "That would account for the added stress. I can recommend some breathing exercises to help lessen it." He offered.

"Thank you, doctor." He smiled and nodded.

"And the scans imply your implants are working fine. Although there has been some denting in places. Nothing dangerous, barely even countable as surface-level damage, but I would recommend you ease up on whatever extreme activities you are taking part in."

Aruto nodded and sighed, rubbing his head gently. "I'll try, doctor."

"I'm serious president Hiden. You've never been through this before, but if one of your implants were to fail..."

"I know, I get it. No more Aruto. I get it Doc. I promise I'll try and be more careful." Aruto nodded.

Izu looked at Aruto in relief, seeing that he was taking this serious about his health.

"With this, I believe we're done." The doctor spoke, letting Aruto get to his feet, writing him his diagnosis.

"Thank you, doctor." Aruto answered. "I'll try not to doc-tear my stitches."

...

"I don't understand." He commented, making Aruto frown.

"It is a joke, based on the phonetic sound of 'doctor' and-" Izu explained.

"Izu, please don't!" Aruto groaned.

Izu gave a bow of respect and a smile.

"Please collect your clothes from the nurse's room, President Hiden." The doctor spoke.

"Yes, of course. Thank you." He responded, leaving with Izu. Aruto got up from his seat and walked outside with Izu to get his clothes, seeing the various patients who were being attended to by HumaGear and human doctors and nurses.

"Feel better now, Izu?" Aruto asked.

"I should be asking you that, President Aruto." Izu responded. "This was for your benefit."

"Only because you begged me." Aruto shrugged, stretching as they entered another room. Aruto was now holding his clothes, mumbling tiredly. "Almost like you're my wife."

"I'm sorry?" Izu asked, tilting her head as she could almost make out what he said.

"Huh? Oh, nothing." He mumbled "So... I'm gonna change?" He commented, Izu not turning around.

"Very well." She answered, blinking gently at him as this was intriguing to her.

"I. You...Please don't look." Aruto asked, blushing up a storm as he went to get changed with his back to her...hoping that it wouldn't be embarrassing.

Izu didn't respond, staying in her ever-present attentive pose as Aruto got changed. She took into his appearance and his body, seeing some old and faint scars that were hidden. But not just that, she was also analysing his voice line from a few minutes ago. His voice was filled with unease, like he was embarrassed to have her look at him.

Adjusting the audio file she replayed it, now able to make out every word he said.

'Al...mOSt. AlmOst...Almost like you're my wife. Almost like you're my wife...my wife.' The words repeated in her mind as she replayed in her mind and made her eyes widen. 'Is...that how President Aruto sees me?' She thought as she looked away out of shock.

She tried to process this aspect. Why would he think that?

'Why did I say that? Izu is Izu. She's...she's my secretary.' He thought. 'I hope she didn't realise I said anything. But... God damn it! Izu is just... what are you doing to me Gramps?! You basically made her perfect! I mean... leather leggings?!'

Now Aruto was not a man with a leg preference, in fact, when it came to his partners he found their entire beautiful. It was mainly their attitude that attracted him... and their clothing. As a natural engineer, he had an eye for materials and certain materials just made a woman's body... irresistible, because of how they accented their natural beauty.

So not only did his grandfather make his secretary cute as a bunny, make her kind and sweet, make her easy to talk to... but he dressed her up in a way which, on top of everything else, made it almost a guarantee Aruto would find her attractive?!

What was the old man thinking?!

"Um, President Aruto?" Izu asked as she got his attention that he had stopped getting dressed.

"Y-yes, Izu?" He stiffened up as he shoved his hoodie down over his head...which was on backwards.

...

"Your clothes are backwards." she smiled gently.

"Th-they are?" He asked. "Well, we're in the back-wards to wear clothing backwards." He joked.

...

Izu's small pink lips curled up into a smile for a moment.

"Hai! Aruto Ja~ NAI TO!" Aruto did his 'famous' catchphrase but didn't yell it at the top of his lungs.

"Ja naito." She said at the same time, copying his pose.

Aruto looked at her, smiling a little as he saw her copy him. It was...cute.

It was something that made him smile.

*With AIMS*

BANG!

Fuwa and Yaiba were training, especially since the Dodo Magia was stronger this time and felt like they needed to up their efficiency.

Although Fuwa was blasting much more intensely than normal.

"Fuwa? Fuwa! FUWA!" Yaiba called out, seeing him shoot and absolutely destroy one of the training HumaGears into pieces.

"WHAT?" He snapped, ceasing his barrage and turned to her.

"You're gonna hurt yourself." She frowned "The prototype ShotRiser we use for training was about to overheat, you would have burnt your bloody hand to the bone!"

"...Fine." He groaned and put the ShotRiser down before it overheated. He set down the silver gun, punching the wall.

Yua flinched as she saw him punch the wall. Seeing him this wound up was...troublesome. He was always a hair-trigger from aiming his weapons at someone. "What's wrong, old man?" She asked as she tried to keep her cool, trying some playful banter. That helped people, right?

"What did you call me?" He glared looking behind her. "'Old Man'? I'm not that old!" He turned and pointed at her making her snicker.

"Feeling better now?" she asked.

"Trying to make me laugh?" He asked, to which she just smiled gently. "...But yeah. I'm better."

"Well, sorry I'm not the president." she joked.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Fuwa snapped.

"Nothing. I thought you liked his jokes." She responded making him grumble "Just...I'm just thinking about MetsuBou JinRai. And how the President lost his Key to them." He responded. "Giving them more and more power."

Yua sighed heavily as she heard that. "Look, it was a mistake on the President's part. But how was he to know? Jin was taken over by MetsuBou JinRai's program."

"His name is in the Organisation's name!" Fuwa retorted.

...

"That is true." Yua frowned "We need to have a briefing about this stuff soon. Now that we've seen this Horobi."

"It also needs checking out. That strange belt around Jin's waist. It was different to those 'Zetsumerisers'." Fuwa responded.

"Agreed. It did look familiar to me, however."

"Really? How'd you figure that? Research?" Fuwa questioned as he approached her.

"From the notes I used to help create AIM's rider equipment." She stated clearly.

Fuwa's anger had dropped from his face. "Wh-what? Our equipment came from that? We're using MetsuBou-?" He rose in anger again.

"No! Not MetsuBou JinRai's design. Something else, from somewhere else." She answered. "The Rider systems were originally designed by someone at Hiden Intelligence before being locked up. Locked up tight. I only managed to get my hands on them by luck. And with those, I designed our own system based on the principles and ideas. And it appears Metsubou Jinrai had the same idea, and somehow got their hands on the designs as well. Although they were less creative." She responded.

Fuwa backed off as he heard that. "...So. It all goes back to Hiden. Ours look...tidier; right? The Magia and what Jin turned into...they look like someone just slapped on metal and bound it in wire, like a kid's first art project."

Yua nodded. "An astute observation, Fuwa." Her tone clearly showed her amusement as she smirked at him "But yes, you're right. Ours is fine-tuned, with specialised casing to reduce wear and tear and to avoid damage. Everything is specially chosen to make it user friendly, streamlined and officiant. While theirs seems to be made with limited materials and put together in a 'that is what's needed' fashion. To be expected of an AI, when they have no care about such obstacles as 'protecting the user from feedback or overheating'."

"So...this begs the question. Who stole the designs to make those belts and buckles?" Fuwa asked, leaning against the side.

*elsewhere*

"Congratulations, Jin. You've finally acquired your power." Horobi spoke, seeing Jin hold the ForceRiser and Falcon Key in his hands.

"Thank you, Horobi!" Jin said, sounding almost mindless.

"How was it? Transforming for the first time as Ark's soldier." Horobi asked, knowing what the experience was like.

"Very good."

"Excellent. It took two Dodo Assassins, but it's coming to fruition." Horobi answered. "And during that time, I've managed to create another Zetsumerise Key."

"Cool!"

"Yes, 'cool' indeed." Horobi answered, picking up a brown Key that had the depiction of a long-tusked elephant on the front.

"Another new friend for us, Horobi?" Jin asked, looking at the Key in his hand.

"Yes, with Zero-One temporarily taken out. It's time for us to move." Horobi answered. "And take control over something Ark has predicted would arrive."

He set the key into Jin's hand, silently ordering him.

"I understand. This is Ark's Will." Jin responded, taking the Key and left with Horobi, who had his own dark machinations to deal with.

"Good."

The two walked out, while the data from the saved Dodo Key was updating. These past few battles were invaluable information were to be added into the next body...for whatever was going to happen next.

*With Aruto*

Aruto and Izu were approaching another school, side by side. "I wonder what's going on here?" Aruto asked as they arrived at the school.

"It seems that there has been some concern about the HumaGear teacher." Izu explained.

"It's not more racism, is it?" He mumbled.

"No, of course not. It seems that the mothers of the students don't like the idea of their children staying behind longer at school." Izu explained.

...

"Wait, really?" Aruto blinked. "I would've thought tiger parents would like their children being in school longer."

"The teacher in question is a P.E. teacher." Izu explained.

...

"Ah." He nodded with a frown "One of the subjects they see as pointless."

"Yes, sir. It is...unfortunately some people don't see the benefit of healthy exercise." Izu agreed as they entered.

"Parents-! Parents, please! We will listen to your concerns momentarily!" The teacher spoke to a mob of angry parents. Or middle-aged women to be precise, who had a 'holier than thou' aura around them.

"You cannot let this continue! Our children need an education! Not wasting time on frivolous PE!" Mothers called out.

"M-Miss, they are staying late in their own accord!"

"It's that teacher! It's brainwashing our kids!" Another called out. "My son wouldn't spend all his time in PE! He's going to be a doctor!"

"My son's GPA is important! He needs to be studying!" Another woman called out.

Aruto and Izu saw this and the former...was just disgusted. He had to admit, he was pissed off a bit. 'Be a doctor, not waste time. Must get 101% in all subjects...' He thought to himself. "This isn't what parents are supposed to do."

His speech caught their attention.

"Excuse us, young man? What was that?" The women turned, almost glaring at him like a pack of ravenous hyenas ready to tear into him at a moment's notice almost making Aruto back up.

"President Aruto." Izu whispered, seeing him take the slightest shuffle back.

"W-Wait. Ladies, please." The headteacher asked. "There's no reason to-"

Aruto cleared his throat, brushed his suit and hoodie off for just a moment and looked at them with shaky nerves. "You are terrible parents."

The gasp heard here was one of indignation. How dare this upstart of a young man question their rights and methods as parents!

"I have never been so insulted!" One woman huffed.

"Young man, you are possibly the rudest person I've met!" Another snapped.

"And standing here with a HumaGear of all things!" Another woman followed suit.

"And look at the way you're dressed! Having a HumaGear servant! Your parents must've been dragged up from absolute-!"

"Be quiet!" Aruto snapped, shutting them up. "My name. Is 'Aruto Hiden'! President of 'Hiden Intelligence'! You can say whatever about me, but you will not insult my family, nor Izu!" He pointed at them. "I am here to help fix a problem, you all have instead of your children! It might be possible that they're, I don't know, enjoying PE as a class? Have time to vent their pent-up frustrations in a positive way? Instead of being shoved behind a desk all day! If you think there's a problem with their attitudes towards other classes; if there is one! I'd take a good look in the mirror to see the actual problem!" He soon brushed himself off and took a deep breath. "Now...What is the problem, Sir?" He asked the headteacher.

The mothers looked in shock at Aruto, stunned by his blatant call out of their attitudes and backed off.

"President Hiden...Um. Please. This way." The headteacher stammered, shocked and grateful by the save, leading Aruto to the gym.

"President Aruto, your heart. You shouldn't have." Izu whispered.

"I had to." He answered. "Anger won't really do anything. Just got to avoid being punched in the chest, not that too hard."

"Very well." She nodded as she heard that.

"I have to thank you back there; you saved me from a horrible situation." The headteacher commented. "And...I'm sorry to have called you here."

"Please, don't apologise." Aruto responded.

"Mr Sakamoto is through here." The headteacher spoke, opening the door and showing a group of young teens playing basketball and teaching them.

"Over here!" One of the kids, dribbling the ball before passing it over. "Pass! Pass!"

Mr Sakamoto saw this, he was the HumaGear teacher; he was wearing a blue t-shirt and grey shorts and sneakers and nodded. Non-verbally instructing the students to think for themselves as they made their own choices.

"Wow..." Aruto blinked.

"It seems things are going well." Izu spoke as she looked at the training.

"Yes, exactly. The kids love him as a coach. He's been using pro-player moves to train them." The headteacher responded.

Bweep, bweep!

"Time's up, guys!" Mr Sakamoto called out, blowing his whistle.

"Unfortunately... the team is terrible and has never won a single game." the headteacher flinched "Hence why these attacks against Mr Sakamoto have been allowed to go so far."

"He's trying to break their losing streak." Aruto realised. "He doesn't care about himself but looking after the kids."

"But the students are exhausted for most of the day and other classes."

Aruto sighed heavily and nodded, fully understanding what this meant. Lack of energy meant lack of concentration, though the drive to be better was there. "Have you talked to the students? Ask their side of the story." Aruto asked.

"Yes, we have. They're determined to do their best in the upcoming competition." The headteacher answered. "But their grades are dropping, so even the school is going to be forced to take action soon."

"I see. Let me go talk to Mr Sakamoto." Aruto spoke respectfully as he and Izu walked towards him.

"Well done, team. You're improving." He praised his students. "Now, remember to soothe your muscles and relax. Your bodies are temples that must be respected."

"Yes, Sensei!" They all called together.

"Good, hit the showers." Mr Sakamoto spoke up, clapping his hands and giving two thumbs-up for them.

"Sensei!" they cheered, returning the action, before heading off.

Mr Sakamoto looked behind him and saw Aruto approach. "Good afternoon; what can I do for you?"

"Mr Sakamoto, I'm Aruto Hiden, this is my secretary Izu. I was asked to come here because I was informed by the headteacher about you." Aruto introduced themselves.

"Hello." She responded.

"I see. In response to the parents of my students." He commented.

"The school board." Aruto corrected.

"Of course." Mr Sakamoto nodded. "I apologise, but I won't stop helping my students."

"I know. I'm not going to stop you." Aruto responded.

"You're not?" He asked.

Aruto shook his head. "I'm just here to try and find a compromise."

"A compromise, sir?" Izu asked.

"Finding the best of both worlds. I'm not trying to make final statements or anything. I'm just offering support." Aruto explained.

"We will think of something."

*Elsewhere, with Yaiba*

Yua sighed as she walked out of her car, at Zaia once again. 'Always back here.' She thought to herself as she walked towards the Japan Branch of ZAIA.

She had her best suit on as she entered the building, seeing the receptionist work there while also other staff walking about talking about the newest products.

After going through the normal procedures, she walked out of the main building through the back of the building, approaching what the President called their biggest investment.

Yua looked up and saw the giant printer humming and whirring; it was vastly bigger than Hiden's 3D printer, it looked to be an older model that needed time to create items.

...

It was an entire five-story building.

For context, this printer is the equivalent of the first computer in history where the processing power was so slow it was laughable today.

"I see you're hard at work." Yua spoke to the scientists who were working in the building.

"Yes, the CEO has demanded a new Key to be made." A scientist responded as they worked hard to create the device.

The entire building was one giant computer, a few dozen scientists working hard to operate this one printer.

"Oh really?" She sighed as she heard that.

ZAIA's printer was a massive chore, at least fifteen people worked on the outer casing alone for each new Progrise Key. But it was needed, considering how useful new Progrise Keys were.

"Any idea on the animal or its ability?" Yua asked.

"I'm sorry, Ms Yaiba. The CEO has made it a secret until it's revealed in time. But it's based on a Key that 'Kamen Rider Zero-One' had previously used."

BWAARGH! BWAARGH!

"Damn it! Recalibrate the download! We're on a tight schedule!" The scientist called out, as the alarm for its calibration was overheating.

'What the hell kind of Key are you creating, Sir?' Yua thought to herself as she saw the printer working overtime as steam filled the room, the printing device has nearly finished. "I'll leave you guys to it." She commented.

"Mr Amatsu is awaiting your arrival, Ms Yaiba. He has another mission for you." The scientist responded.

"...Fantastic." She sighed.

She brushed back her hair and walked off to the main building, leaving the making of the Progrise Key behind. She hurried through the building, arriving at her boss' office.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Enter." The voice responded from inside the office, where Yua entered out of respect...and also 'obedience'.

"Sir." She bowed.

"I've heard through AIMS that MetsuBou JinRai has taken a Progrise Key. Taken from the foolish President, Hiden." The man spoke. "Our one lead was taken. None of us was expecting another member to attack then. Such is the way of HumaGear." The man berated.

"In our defence, Sir. It was an ambush caused by a returning Magia and the leader of MetsuBou JinRai." Yua answered.

"Their leader?" The man frowned.

"Someone called 'Horobi'." She explained. "He wore layered purple and black clothing and carried a katana. Blonde hair and dark eyes."

CEO Amatsu leaned back in his chair as he heard that, pondering to himself as he was formulating a plan. "Hmm. Stay close to Hiden. It seems if we stay with him, we'll be able to accumulate more Keys."

"Yes, Sir." She frowned, hearing the duplicitous tactics that Gai was pulling behind the scenes. She was still his employee and was still 'bound' to his word.

However, he then set down a pale blue key before her.

"What is this, Sir?" She asked, looking at the Key.

"The culmination of the data you have given us. Call it a...'good job' reward." Gai responded.

In Yua's hand was the Key, it had the depiction of a bear on its screen, a pale blue base and its name on the front:

FREEZING BEAR

ABILITY: BLIZZARD

"I...thank you, Sir." She responded.

"Use it well. I have a feeling that you'll be needing it." He answered.

"Sir." she nodded, picking the device up.

"You're dismissed, Ms Yaiba." He spoke, not turning around, but tenting his fingers.

"Of course."

As Yaiba left, Gai looked at the photograph he had on his desk and smirked. "So, Hiden; why don't you catch up this time?"

*With Aruto*

Aruto smiled and laughed, seeing the students practising hard.

Bump, bump, bump!

"Hup!" One of the students exclaimed and tossed the ball within a good range to the other members of their team.

"Got it!" Another team member called out, catching the ball.

"I said this was all pointless." One mother said from the stands.

As that mother said that, one of the students, probably the son of the mother seemed to take a skidded stop as they felt...shame.

...

Before the coach stood tall.

"Excuse me, Miss." The coach spoke up and turned to the mothers, grabbing their attention. "While you are in this gym, you are to respect everyone here and the sanctity of the lesson." He then turned back, looking at the kids proudly. "My students put their heart and soul into their training. This helps them with their social lives and help them become fully functioning adults. They want to be here, and I praise them for it." Mr Sakamoto responded. "You can do it, my boys! Do it! I believe in you!"

"Pass it, pass it!" The student who was open called out to their teammate.

"Hup!"

"Whua!"

Swoosh!

In the net!

The kids cheered as they scored the point, both sides giving them praise as they were exhausted now.

"You see? This is what they can do together. Their passion for the game." Mr Sakamoto answered.

The kids grabbed the ball and sighed in relief, seeing their mothers up in the stands...and their judgemental gazes down on them. But they were a team and they stood tall. The game continued to progress, and if you paid close attention you would see the parents getting into it.

The parents soon saw how their kids were excited and enjoyed their sports...it seemed like, they were happy.

In fact, one of them called out to their son. "Come on, Toshi!"

The mothers gave a stern ostracising look at her, but the mother didn't care; Aruto, Izu and Mr Sakamoto caught this and smiled at the slow transition of the mother's hateful ire towards the practise, to a more positive outlook.

The timer ticked down as the kids did their best, no one could deny this was an epic game.

There were seconds left on the clock

And it seemed that the mothers were getting into it as well. Each of them wanting their son to do their best and win.

BWEEEEEP!

...

And they had lost by one point.

The other side cheered, winning by a clutch victory...but there were no sad faces on the main team. They had never gotten that close in a match before. Even if it was training.

Mr Sakamoto clapped his hands and praised his students. "Well done everyone, you did your best."

The mothers saw this praise, their children looked happy. Much happier than they thought they were.

*Time Skip*

Aruto and Mr Sakamoto were together after the whole debacle. And it seemed that everything went better than they had hoped for. "Thank you, President Hiden." Mr Sakamoto spoke. "For coming here."

"Of course, that's why I'm here." Aruto smiled as he shook the man's hand, the group walking away.

"Good work, President Aruto." Izu smiled as she saw this interaction.

"Turned out better than I thought." Aruto admitted. "Though...I did blow up a little earlier."

"I do not blame you. You were in a tight spot." She responded.

Mr Sakamoto walked towards his students and felt something inside him grow...his headsets glowing blue as he felt pride. Joy. All good feelings towards his students. He had reached his Singularity. He shocked everyone as he just locked up, his body seeming to just freeze.

He felt...human. Something new and exciting. He could feel things inside of him that flooded his mind.

"Mr Sakamoto? Mr Sakamoto, are you alright?" One of the students asked.

"Yes. Yes, I...I feel good; Mr Fushi." He nodded as his response.

Then suddenly, Little Assassin screamed and appeared out of nowhere.

"The Assassin Magia?!" Aruto gasped in shock, reaching for his belt.

"Assassinate!" The Magia called out, glaring at Aruto and the HumaGear before them.

"Get everyone out of the school! Now!" Aruto proclaimed.

"No! Little Assassin! Wait up!" Jin called out.

"Who are these crazy HumaGears?" One of the mothers called out.

"Guys, run!" Aruto ordered the kids their mothers.

The kids and their mothers ran out of the doors, while Aruto attached his Driver to his waist and ran at Jin.

*Flashback, during the basketball game*

We arrive at the school, where Jin and Little Assassin were arriving at the area to find new HumaGears to join MetsuBou JinRai. "Alright, Little Assassin! We can do this!" Jin cheered like a little child.

"Yes, Master Jin. Assassinate." Little Assassin responded, still having his verbal tic.

"I don't think so." a female voice stated from behind them.

"Huh?" The two turned around and looked at the figure.

Standing there was Yua wearing her AIMS uniform and holding her ShotRiser on her belt. "Henshin."

SHOTRISE!

Yua ran forwards as her armour formed around her.

RUSHING CHEETAH!

"HRARGH!" She leapt up and attacked Jin and Little Assassin with her knees.

"Whoa!" Jin backed off and skidded backwards to not get hit, while Little Assassin was hit straight on.

"Valkyrie. Assassinate." Little Assassin growled and rose to his feet, staring right at her with a deadly gaze.

FEVER!

Yua was surrounded by a golden aura as she rushed forwards, slotting the cyan key into the belt before the assassin tried to insert his own key. With that speed enhancement, she also double-tapped the button that activates the belt.

FREEZING NOVA!

"GAH!" Little Assassin looked down as his belt began to spark and surround him, covering him in misty ice and froze him solid!

"HUH?!" Jin looked at him in shock and fear. "H-How'd you do that?!"

"Simple. I worked out how your system works." She responded, picking the frozen HumaGear off the ground and sprinting away.

"H-Hey! Give him back! Cough, cough! D-Dust! Where-? Where'd she go?" Jin coughed as large amounts of dust was kicked up and got into his eyes. "Oh no! Horobi is gonna be mad at me!"

Yua ran as fast as she possibly could while carrying Little Assassin in her arms, the dust behind her was ceasing as she had turned a corner and into a hidden AIMS truck. "Made it." She muttered as they came to a stop. She opened the doors and detransformed, almost throwing Little Assassin inside and onto a table where she attached wires into the Magia's head and began to work on it. "I need to work fast."

Her fingers typed away as quickly as possible, data flying past as humanly possible as she was doing something to Little Assassin as he remained frozen and his eyes wide open.

A few special trackers and mole programs where implemented.

And suddenly Little Assassin's headset and eyes turned from red to blue.

'I wonder what the multi coloured LED system was originally for.' Yaiba thought.

Little Assassin's appearance had changed, from its MetsuBou JinRai indicated Red to normal Blue. No-one could tell the difference now. And if he was destroyed, all the better. And she finished it by just unplugging, removing the blue key.

She sighed heavily and held the Dodo Key in her hand after she had taken it from his pocket while the ice began to melt. "Time to wake up." as she placed the Dodo key in his chest and left.

Little Assassin slowly woke up and leaned up, stepping out of the van jerkily all the while Yua was beginning to record it all.

*Fast forward*

We return back to the basketball game, seeing Little Assassin slashing wildly at Aruto and Mr Sakamoto with his twin swords.

FORCERISE!

"Jin?" Aruto gasped, having transformed into Zero-One and saw his 'younger brother' transform into his Rider self.

FLYING FALCON!

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"Get away from him!" Jin called out.

"WOW!"

"President Aruto!" Izu gasped as she saw him fight.

"ASSASSINATE!" Little Assassin screamed as he activated the Dodo Magia Key into the Zetsumiriser.

ZESTSUMIRISE!

"Izu, get everyone out! I'll be fine!" Aruto called out.

"I-Understand." She nodded and ran as she noticed something from the corner of her eye; her HumaGear blue eyes analysing and dilating. Then escorting the kids out.

Aruto curled his hand into a fist and punched into Little Assassin, using the momentum to get close to Jin. "Ha!" He called, kicking Jin hard.

Jin crossed his arms and tried to block the kick, flung back to the other side of the basketball court and grunted in pain.

"Jin! Please stop this!" Aruto urged, trying one last time.

"It is Ark's will! I have to do this!" Jin grunted, grabbing Aruto's punch and held back as he span, kicking him harshly in the jaw.

CLANG!

"ARGH!" Aruto grunted as he was flung back.

PUNCHING KONG!

"ORA!"

Kamen Rider Vulcan Punching Kong arrived, delivering a harsh punch to the Dodo that had him crashing to the floor.

"F-Fuwa?"

"Get up, President. You deal with that scrap MetsuBou JinRai." Fuwa ordered. "I'll break this bird brain. Did it twice now, after all... This guy is getting annoying."

"Okay, let's put these birds to roost." Aruto quipped and leapt towards Jin.

"...Roost...snrt!" Fuwa grunted and stifled his laughter. "Take this." Fuwa commented, passing back a black and bronze case.

"The launcher?" Aruto asked.

"He flies. You need range." Fuwa responded.

...

"Thanks." Aruto smiled, holding out the black and pink case. "To block those swords of his."

The two riders swapped weapons, opening them quickly.

LAUNCHRISE!

SHIELDRISE!

"Hum4n5 mu5t d13!" The Dodo Magia roared angrily, launching itself at Aruto.

CLANG!

"You're mine, scrap-bird!" He responded, punching him in the face.

"Assassinate!" The Dodo Magia struggled against Fuwa's shield, sparks flying as the two clashed.

Aruto ran through the school, pushing his legs to keep up with Jin's flight as he aimed with the Launcher. "Jin!"

Jin looked behind him, seeing Zero-One point the Launcher at him. "That thing has massive recoil! Do you dare try and use it on me?" He goaded Aruto.

Aruto looked at the Attache Launcher for just a moment and nodded. "All I can do is try." And fired.

Mr Sakamoto had guided the kids out to safety, he turned back as soon as they were out. "I'm going back in!"

"Mr Sakamoto, why?" One of the students asked.

"Someone else might be trapped!" He responded, running inside with his mind focused. He was going to help.

Inside the school's area, he saw both Zero-One and Vulcan fighting against the members of MetsuBou JinRai; Aruto struggling to take aim with the Attache Launcher as he fired at Jin.

"Ah, there he is!" Jin commented and soared down, holding the Zetsumeriser in his hands as he rushed at Mr Sakamoto.

"NO!" Aruto called out, as he saw the teacher become corrupted.

"A-ARGH-444rgh!" Mr Sakamoto screamed before turning silent. "C0n3ct10n t0 MetsuBou JinRai 35t4bl15h3d!"

"Haha, welcome new friend." Jin smiled under his helmet and gave him a Zetsumerise Key.

MAMMOTH!

"Stop it, Jin!" Aruto called out, running at him.

SLAM!

ZETSUMERISE!

Mr Sakamoto roared angrily as the DNA and wires of the transformation swirled and digitized onto his body; he now had brown wires strapping the silver scrap metal onto his legs; bronze-brown fists that looked like elephant feet and bracers on his arms, hefty rounded shoulder pads that looked riveted ears and his helmet was a layered plain bronze mask with grey lengthen slots of eyes; while his chest was the most prominent, looking like a mammoth's face with a protruding trunk and brass tusks and burning red eyes.

"Damn it, President!" Fuwa grunted angrily, punching and forcing the Dodo Magia back. "You should've taken the shot!"

"BUWHUUUU!" The Mammoth Magia wailed as it stomped towards Aruto and rose its fists.

Aruto saw this and backed off, dodging the attacks and raised the Attache Launcher to defend. It wasn't as good as the shield, but it had to be enough.

SLAM!

"A new friend to join us." Jin remarked, clapping his hands as he soon extended his arms to lift off.

"Kobe! Stop!" Aruto called out, before he was slammed away by the Mammoth Magia punching him. "F-Fine."

FIRE!

AUTHORISE!

A beam of red light came down as Aruto scanned the Key into his belt and replaced his Key, the metallic tiger roared and raced at him as it digitized over his body

FLAMING TIGER~!

Aruto got into a 'crouching tiger' pose before shooting out flames from his bare hands and hoped that it was enough...but in shock, the Mammoth Magia began to *inhale* the flames through its trunk like a vacuum! "What the-?"

"Hum4n5 w1ll b3 destroyed!" The Mammoth Magia proclaimed and shot out the flames it just absorbed.

Aruto was caught within the flames, rolling to the ground as he put out the flames on his body. "Ow, ow, ow! Hot, hot, hot!"

"Grr HNN!" Fuwa grunted angrily, pushing the Magia back while Jin flew into the air and was about to strike Fuwa in the back.

BANG!

"Gah! What the-?" Jin grunted, as he was peppered by another Rider. "How?"

LIGHTNING HORNET!

Flying out, like the cavalry, Yua was in her Lightning Hornet form to defend Aruto and Fuwa. She held the ShotRiser in her hand as she focussed on Jin.

"Y-Yua?" Aruto gasped as he saw her.

"Yaiba! Where the hell have you been?" Fuwa responded.

"Busy." She answered her partner while looking to the side of her to see Aruto before turning. "President, I'll handle Jin. Take care of the Mammoth."

She quickly kicked fur AttacheShotgun into her hand, slamming a Key into it.

Progrise Key Confirmed, Ready To Utilize; Polar Bear's ability!

"Polar Bear?" The group asked, as Yua quickly fired at the Magia.

FREEZING KABAN SHOT!

The Mammoth Magia, thinking it could just absorb it, activated its vacuum ability and snorted up the frost...but unfortunately, it got a major frozen headache, its left tusk and arm were frozen in place. "H-Hu_H?!" It looked down at its side.

"Whoa!" Aruto gasped.

"What?" Jin snapped.

"Here you go, President." Yua said with a cock of her hips and a smirk in her voice, holding out the Freezing Bear key "I think this may be useful."

"...Thanks." Aruto double-took and took the key from her.

"No, you don't!" Jin flew at them.

CLANG!

"Step back!" Yua responded, flying away from the group.

BLIZZARD!

Aruto got to his feet and scanned the Key to switch the Tiger Key.

"Time for the ice age to chill out!" Aruto quipped

AUTHORISE!

Zea's satellite eye lit up and glowed as this new Key was accessed...And within a flash of brilliance and in a matter of seconds, it shot down a beam of light blue energy which materialised a large metallic light blue bear in front of Aruto.

It roared proudly as it was manifested before him, stomping towards Zero-One and gave him, quite literally, a bear hug.

ATTENTION FREEZE!

FREEZING BEAR!

Aruto's armour was soon replaced by large blue bear-claws on his hands with bear-pads on his palms, glacier-like bracers on his arms, a see-through blue chest-plate that covered his yellow hopper armour, see-through shoulder pads, a solid blue bulky-like neck-guard and a blue bear-like mask with yellow eyes with slight see-through sides as his antennae pointed behind his head.

Fierce Breath As Cold As Arctic Winds!

"Whoa...! Kuma come on!" He smirked.

Izu tilted her head as she watched from the background, trying to see what the new form looked like.

"I wonder what this doe-WOW!" Aruto commented as he held his hand near his face, only for Arctic cold energy to blast in his face from his palm.

Izu gasped, her hands covering her mouth in the background.

"It's like Tora-chan, nice!" Aruto laughed, stopping his cold air blast and he clapped his hands.

Behind him, Izu was clapping.

"'Kuma, come on'...!" Fuwa grunted as he continued to fight the Dodo Magia, internally straining as his fists kept his enemy at bay. He used the shield to his full advantage, however.

CLANG!

"5tup1d hum4n!" The Dodo Magia growled angrily, his swords not quite slicing through the shield.

"And you're scrap!" He responded.

Kong's Ability!

CHARGERISE!

"Let's see you eat this!" Fuwa snarled as he closed the shield.

The Dodo Magia's eyes widened in shock as the energy poured into the shield before Fuwa opened it again...without snapping it off its hinges and rushed into the Magia.

ZETSUMETSU NOVA!

P! U! C! H! I! N! G! K! A! B! A! N! R! U! S! H!

"RHARRRGH!" Fuwa roared as he pushed forward and slammed the Attache Shield into the confronting Dodo Magia; whose attacks bounced off the shield and received the full rush of Punching Kong's fists.

PUNCHING! KABAN RUSH!

"Assassin-!" It screamed before exploding.

BOOM!

Fuwa's feet screeched to a halt as he destroyed the Magia. Hoping that this time it would stay destroyed.

Aruto was still dealing with the Mammoth Magia, shooting out the jets of cold from his paws while the Mammoth kept absorbing them. It was a futile method, freeze or be destroyed. And it was obvious it wanted to preserve itself, but it was becoming hindered by the frozen winds that Aruto produced. "I'm sorry, Kobe. There's only one person who can stop you, and that's me!" And he pushed the Key in his belt.

Aruto's arms rose as the winds gathered and shot out a blizzard from his hands, completely encapsulating it in ice. As the Mammoth Magia was frozen solid, Aruto rushed forwards and leapt into the air, his bear-claws glowing and he slashed down.

FREEZING IMPACT!

BOOM!

Aruto's head dropped as another HumaGear was corrupted and destroyed, unknown to him that the belt and Key of the Mammoth Magia were gone after his slash.

"Kobe...I'll bring you back." Aruto promised himself as he looked at the wreckage he had made.

Away from the group, Jin and Yua were having a sky battle, the two flying with intense techniques that had both on the offensive and defensive. Jin was being kept away by Yua's hornet shots, while Yua had to be kept back by Jin's swift punches.

"I'm! Getting! Tired! Of you!" Jin called out angrily, shooting around the hornets.

"The feeling's mutual!" Yua responded, still shooting and was ready to press her Shotriser's button for the finisher.

LIGHTNING BLAST FEVER!

Electricity pulsed within the ShotRiser, shooting out hornet stingers right at Jin in pulses of blue and yellow lightning.

Jin's eyes widened as he saw the oncoming attack, he rose his arms and was ready to defend himself from the attack as he was struck out and flew down in pain, falling to the ground. Quickly catching himself, he rushed by.

"I need to get out of here!" He yelled, grabbing the Dodo Key.

"Hey! No!" Fuwa called out, leaving the belt and Mammoth Key behind.

"Damn it!" Yua frowned as she saw him leave.

"Jin..." He frowned and lowered his head as Yaiba landed, picking up the Mammoth Zetsumarise Key.

"Are you alright, President?" She asked, putting the Key away as their transformations ended.

Aruto knelt and reached for the broken headset of Kobe and nodded. "Yeah...I'm fine. Just...taking it in." He admitted. "Thanks for...distracting Jin."

"You're welcome for saving your life." Fuwa answered, tossing the Attache Shield back to him.

"Thank you, Fuwa." He nodded.

Fuwa nodded and patted his shoulder. "Good job." And walked towards Yaiba. "Thanks for the save, Yaiba."

"Of course." She nodded.

"President Aruto." Izu walked towards him.

"Izu. You're okay." Aruto sighed in relief as he suddenly hugged her.

Izu was stunned a little, having this hug from Aruto...but it admittedly felt nice.

Yua saw this and turned away for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed by this...and even a little jealous.

She walked over, gently pulling Aruto back. "What's wrong?" She asked him.

"I...I'm just thinking. Kobe had reached Singularity and he...he had a dream. He wanted to train his team up to be the best, show them what they could." He admitted. "And...Jin knowing where he was."

"Look, MetsuBou JinRai have been hiding under the radar for years. We'll stop them; alright?" She responded. "They can't keep doing this."

"Yeah...Yeah, you're right. Thank you, Yua." He smiled.

"Of course." She answered, tucking her hair behind her ear nervously. "Call me if you need someone to share ideas with."

"Oh, yeah. Of course." He nodded and reached for his phone, siding over a card to her.

"...This is your personal number." She commented.

"Is it? Oh, snap. I'll get the right one." He fumbled for the right number.

"No, no, it's fine." She teased.

"President Aruto, may I borrow Ms Yaiba for a moment?" Izu asked.

"Um, yeah. Sure, of course." He nodded "I'm gonna..."

"We are gonna check on the kids and students." Fuwa responded.

"I'll head home then." Aruto nodded.

"We shall visit Hiden Intelligence." Izu stated simply.

"Sure...No problem." Yaiba answered cautiously. "I'll see you later, President Hiden."

"Um, Y-You can call me 'Aruto'." Aruto chuckled before he was pulled away.

"Someone's growing closer," Fuwa smirked. "Should I prepare wedding bells?"

"Be quiet." She scoffed.

*time skip*

"I'm here." Yua said an hour later, arriving at the President's office where Izu was waiting.

"Thank you, Ms Yaiba." Izu spoke politely. "I have something to say. I felt your phone activate before the attack from MetsuBou JinRai happened."

"So what?" Yua responded.

Izu showed off the recording on Yaiba's phone, the one that showed the blue-eyed Assassin rushing in to attack. "Previous encounters show that the Dodo Magia called 'Little Assassin' had corrupted red eyes. Now he has blue. Would you care to explain?"

"Perhaps he found a way to maintain it? Blend in with the HumaGear crowd better." She retorted.

"Perhaps...but then, why would there be no motions on the camera? How it's so steady and calm instead of moving from self-preservation." Izu rebutted.

"You're saying that I knew about this?" Yua asked, standing her ground.

Izu responded by changing the footage, revealing what Izu had seen when the Dodo Magia transformed. Showing that Yua was recording from up above the building nearby.

"Irrefutable proof, Ms Yaiba." Izu responded coolly. "This evidence alone is damming to one such as yourself. I am sure you have your reasons for doing so...but I will not allow this to happen."

Her blue eyes were like daggers, harsh and dangerous "I shall defend the President. From anything and everything."

"I see. You truly are a loyal Secretary, Izu. Even for a tool." Yua responded, having this stand-off against her. "A word of warning...there are more dangerous threats than MetsuBou JinRai and Rogue Magia."

"I will repeat. I will defend the President, from anything and everything." Izu repeated.

"Maybe." Yua hummed "But there are several things you CAN'T do for him."

"What do you mean?" Izu asked, looking intensely at Yua, feeling that Aruto was being threatened now.

"You're not human." Yua responded with a smirk. "You can't date him, can't marry him, can't have his children. Can't make him happy. Can't give him a family."

Inside Izu, was a twang of something...hurt. Yua had struck something deep within her core as she made that comment and it stung like her Lightning Hornet form. "If you continue on this path...neither will you."

"Try saying that. Who knows, I might be Ms Hiden eventually." Yua spat challengingly. As if she knew how Izu was feeling, as if she knew the buttons to press in order to hurt her.

Izu looked at Yua with a stern gaze, almost filling with anger. "We shall see."

Yua took a few steps forwards, her hand grasping Izu's chin.

"Yes, we WILL see how this goes." Yua stated with a smirk... And a guilty frown "Be a good tool and look after him." She muttered, leaving

...

"You hurt him... And your career shall be over." Izu stated darkly "I do not know how you got Soren Hiden's notes. But all it will take is one contact, and you shall be in prison."

There was a dark silence between the two women... Before they gave a nod of acceptance and bitter understanding.

Yua left, leaving Hiden Intelligence; while Izu remained and turned off the evidence and stored it away into a special file. This would be insurance for the future.

"Ah, Izu!" Aruto walked in with a smile. "Sorry I took so long, were you lonely here?"

"No, President Aruto. I wasn't." Izu smiled professionally at him.

"Okay. Let's go home." He smiled and extended his hand to her.

"Of course..." She nodded, wrapping her hand around his. She gained a small, small, smile before giving a whisper of "... Aruto..."

To be continued

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