Reviews:
Ushindi: 1: What do you mean 'baddest'? Do you mean 'most bad ass'? If so, please clarify that. 2: Cool in my opinion. 3: Because at that point Sento didn't know if Sparkling would be able to handle the power, the 'Super Best Matches' and his RR/TT forms would outclass it.
Feryanto25: ...I...Grey, you explain.
MKDemiGodzilla-Warrior: Yeah, it was a brutal fight. But it wasn't Gai, he wouldn't lower himself to use something that wasn't 1000% complete.
Toa Solaric: He-He got stabbed in the bloody neck!
Pikatwig: Well, yeah.
Drawman98: 'Ginga'? I think you mean 'Giger' mate, *chuckle* She's not getting our boy Woz's final form.
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: Yeah, our baby boy's had to stay active to keep them working.
Dragon Rider 66: Yeah, it's all bad right now...except for Fuwa who isn't poisoned...HE WAS STABBED! And yeah, some hints to *that* Driver.
Spidey Viewer: Yeah, it's all heavy right now.
Onyx Gabriel: Don't worry, they're coming.
HackerEX: He isn't-! Where's this 'poisoned Fuwa' stuff coming from? I know that Horobi's Key's ability IS 'POISON', but it doesn't mean that it poisons their opponent!
Here are some reviews answered by our own GreyKing46:
feryanto25: That is... beyond wrong. It is going into the chip.
MKDemiGodzilla-Warrior: Actually, the scientist used it without permission to try and help.
Toa Solaric: He was not poisoned. He was stabbed in the bloody neck!
Pikatwig: Kinda, haha.
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: It wasn't too hard for him. But it forced him to have a VERY active and healthy lifestyle. Which, hey, it helps now.
Spidey Viewer: It is the same, we just went more into detail.
furyuu: No. He is more like Ichigo.
Onyx Gabriel: Same point, in story, they appeared in the show
HackerEX: Where is all this poisoned stuff coming from? Even in the SHOW you see the stinger emerging out the BACK of Fuwa's neck.
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Kamen Rider Zero-One Revised
Chapter 13: Breaking the groundwork
Co-Writer GreyKing46
We do not own these characters. All rights belong to Shotaro Ishinomori, Ishimori Productions and Toei Company
Inside a warehouse, internally damaged by the fighting Kamen Riders, there was a one-sided fight.
On one side, Kamen Riders: Zero-One, Valkyrie and Vulcan. A team made from Hiden Intelligence and AIMS.
On the other side, Kamen Riders: Jin and Horobi. Two members of MetsuBou JinRai.
The numbers seemed to be in favour of Hiden and AIMS...but Vulcan's anger and rage blinded him as he was defeated bloodily by Horobi. With a scorpion's tail through the neck.
Ș̶̋!̸̨͆ ̷̡̈Ť̷͖!̴̺̀ ̸̜̊Í̶̱!̴̬̅ ̷̡́Ǹ̶̺!̶̻̍ ̵͚̈́G̸͚̀!̷͎̋ ̷͇̈́D̵͇͋!̶̧̛ ̵̆ͅY̸̻͒!̴͎̈ ̷̡̛S̴̯̆!̶͔͗ ̶̯̓T̴̲̅!̷̥́ ̶͓̄Ō̶̻!̸̢̓ ̶̧͊Ṗ̷̱!̶̦̽ ̷̘́I̸̩͛!̵̟̓ ̷͔̽A̴̪̓!̵̤̕
"Fuwa!" Yua called out, trying to fly towards him.
"DON'T!" Aruto tried to run.
Horobi rose his leg, and with a swift and vicious kick, his stinger wrapped tail struck true. As it connected to Fuwa's body. Not his armour, nor his stomach...but his neck. Fuwa's neck was penetrated, the stinger going through and cutting deep within his throat.
Š̸̪T̵̬̂Į̷́N̷̘̾Ǵ̶̱!̴̟̈ ̴͓͗D̵̡͋Ÿ̷̱S̸̱͆T̶̤͆O̴̙͌P̶̣̚Ỉ̸̼A̵͓̽
SHLICK!
Thud!
Thump!
"FUUUUWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Aruto screamed in horror.
Horobi lowered his leg as Aruto screamed. "Jin." He ordered him, meaning to escape.
"Right!" Jin cheered, flying at Horobi.
"Get back here!" Yua called out, before seeing Fuwa, detransformed and bleeding from his throat. "H-Hnn! Fuwa!" She flew down and grabbed him.
Aruto pulled out his phone and contacted the hospital. They had to get Fuwa there immediately!
How could this happen?! How? How?!
*Time Skip*
Fuwa was inside the hospital, the HumaGears were trying to keep order and help as many people as possible there. But it was tough...they didn't know what had happened to them because of the Giga attack.
The place was in a clear panic, as many people had been hurt.
"Dr Ogimoto!" Aruto called out in worry.
"President Hiden! I will do all I can for this man." The doctor responded, seeing Fuwa with a trachea tube.
"Thank you." He nodded guiltily.
"This is bad." Yaiba stated.
"I know, Yua" He nodded, looking at her. "MetsuBou JinRai has caused more damage than just attacking people..."
"Not only that...the Gigers have done more damage here. Leading to so many people in distress and pain." Yua shuddered in anger and fear of responsibility. They were her creations that caused this! "And if they get... If they get ANYONE in here, then... Then... Then imagine the damage."
"Yua? Yua, calm down. It's going to be okay." Aruto reassured her. "We'll fix it. We'll be alright."
"Your fears are unfounded, Ms Yaiba." Izu stated.
"Izu!" The two turned.
"You're alright." Aruto sighed in relief and hugged her.
"Of course, Sir. I have returned with dire news when you dismissed me from the fight." Izu responded.
"What are you talking about, Izu?" Yua asked.
"The HumaGear stationed at medical facilities are connected to their own independent servers, where their data is constantly being updated and overwritten. So hacking is impossible." Izu explained.
"So...all that they did was-?" Yua asked in fear.
"Tried to access the mainframe. But you managed to halt the upload of any more dangerous uplinks." Izu responded.
"Thank goodness." She sighed.
"Izu, can Zea help make something to counteract the Gigers?" Aruto asked.
"There's nothing. They're...auto-piloted robots. There's nothing." Yua frowned. "They have VI's, not AI's. No real minds. Just generic operation systems."
"Meaning...no-one will get hurt." Aruto realised.
"President Aruto, I am sure that Zea and you will think of something." Izu responded as Yaiba looked away.
...
"Captain Yaiba!" An AIM's soldier cried as he rushed towards them. "Agent. You must've-"
"Fuwa! Is he alright?" The soldier asked. "We heard he's-"
"In surgery." She answered. "We don't know when..."
"The Gigers, they've started moving!" The soldier added.
"What?" She gasped in shock. "Another?"
Both Aruto and Yua looked at each other in shock and fear. One was hard enough to take down. But another? And with dozens of HumaGear under its control?
"It just activated after completion; it's control beacon is active!" The soldier added.
"Meaning more and more HumaGear will be controlled!" Aruto realised.
"Yes, and there's no way we can stop it right now!" The soldier answered.
"I...I don't." Yua whispered nervously.
"Ms Yaiba?" The soldier asked in concern and worry.
"I'll deal with it." Aruto promised.
"President Aruto?" The soldier and Yua asked in shock.
"I'll deal with the Gigers and MetsuBou JinRai." Aruto clarified.
"You don't have the strength to take down a Giga." Yua frowned.
"Maybe not...But I'll at least buy you some time." He answered. "Call me if Fuwa wakes up." Aruto asked as he gave her a playful wink, running off.
Yua blinked and gulped a little as she stood there, before looking at Izu who was scanning her reaction.
"I shall be back to Hiden Intelligence." Izu responded.
"Alright." Yua nodded as she remembered that she had something in her pockets.
*Elsewhere*
Jin and Horobi were honestly annoyed that their first Giga was taken out. But the replacement Giga was still functional, collecting and corrupting HumaGear as it went.
"Argh...Zero-One and Valkyrie destroyed our toy." Jin groaned angrily, having lost more 'friends' in the war.
"It matters not, Jin. Vulcan is removed from the board. Even if he survives, he will not be fighting any time soon." Horobi answered darkly. "Besides... We have more than that."
Behind them, dropping from the sky, were five or six more Gigers.
"Ooh! I thought there was only a couple!" Jin clapped excitedly.
"Don't be foolish. ZAIA has had these planned for longer than you could've anticipated." Horobi berated Jin. "They were preparing an army."
"HO! RO! BI!" The rage-filled roar of Aruto Hiden filled the air, as he rode in on the RiseHopper
"Ah, the return of the President." Horobi remarked as he saw Zero-One riding as swiftly as the wind.
Jin raised his Key, ready for a fight, almost excitedly in preparation to fight; only for Horobi to halt him. Horobi looked at Jin and shook his head. "Do you think that you can halt the extinction of humanity, Zero-One?"
"I don't know. But I can at least stop you here!" Aruto answered.
"You don't have the power. Gigers, crush him." Horobi ordered the Gigers to attack Aruto.
The Gigers' red eyes turned to Aruto and aimed right at him, only one of them walking over since more than one would be more damage to themselves than Zero-One.
Aruto grabbed his Attache Calibur and struck forwards, doing his best to block the attacks that were being thrown his way. He had to keep them from destroying the city and corrupting more HumaGear.
FIRE!
Aruto had inserted his Key into the Attache Calibur and closed it up, powering it up for more effect.
PROGRISE KEY CONFIRMED! READY TO UTILISE TIGER'S ABILITY!
CHARGERISE!
"HAAA!" Aruto span around as he slashed at the Giga's oncoming fists.
FIRE! KABAN DYNAMIC!
A streak of burning digital fire erupted from the Calibur, slashing right into the fist so he could defend himself.
"Hnn! Gah!" Aruto grunted as the flames protected him, though it was tough as he was still cornered.
FORCE-FORCERISER!
POISON!
WING!
Jin smiled while Horobi continued his frowning gaze at Aruto. "Henshin!" Slamming their Keys into their Drivers
FORCERISE!
FLYING FALCON!
STING SCORPION!
Summoned to Horobi, he got the Attache Arrow in his non-dominant hand; while Jin leapt into the air and rushed down to attack Aruto.
Jin laughed happily, slashing at Aruto with his wing's blades and cut into Aruto's body, while Horobi peppered him with arrows.
"Gah!"
"Horobi, it's like shooting fish in a barrel!" Jin taunted Aruto as they fought.
"You need to stop using those human phrases, Jin. They're beneath you." Horobi remarked.
Aruto grunted and rolled onto the ground, his hand still gripping the Attache Calibur as he tried to stand. 'D-Damn it.'
Jin's feet were like oncoming claws to strike down at Aruto, crashing into the ground as the young president dodged out of the way.
Aruto used the momentum up and over, flipping to his feet as he tried to block the attacks with his folded Calibur. "Jin, I can't let you do this. You're going to kill people!" Aruto called out.
"That's the point. To free HumaGears from Humanity!" Jin responded making Aruto's arm shake wildly.
"That's. Not true. We help each other, learn and grow." Aruto answered, speaking with determination. "Both gain life and experience with each day!"
"A foolish response. Humans are cruel and corrupt." Horobi responded.
"Only when HumaGears are freed of humanity, we can live how we want!" Jin added.
"You..." Aruto growled, shaking.
*With Izu*
Izu was currently back at Hiden Intelligence, trying to figure something out to handle the Gigers and the potential control of the HumaGears that might be under MetsuBou JinRai's control...and Mr Fukuzoe was demanding answers to have this problem resolved while Aruto was not there.
"What do you mean that he is 'indisposed'? We are in a crisis!" Vice President Fukuzoe snapped.
"President Aruto is on an important mission, that is why he is not here, Vice President Fukuzoe." Izu informed calmly.
"Our stocks are plummeting! MetsuBou JinRai's latest attack on the hospital and the hacked HumaGears are scaring the populous!" He pointed out. "It's the President's job to sort this out!"
"The president is currently risking his life, fighting the building tall machines that would make the issues hundreds of times worse as a minimum, Vice President Fukuzoe." Izu informed as her voice grew a bit colder.
Vice President Fukuzoe gulped silently as he heard that. Aruto was saving people from those robots...what was he to do?
"Vice President Fukuzoe, it would be beneficial if you calm down," Shesta informed.
"I know." He grumbled and rubbed his chin. "I know. Damn it!"
Shesta bowed slightly, looking out to the explosions in the city. "It is very bad out there." Shesta voiced her concern.
"Yes, but President Aruto is fighting for our sakes. Human and HumaGear." Izu responded.
*At the hospital*
Inside the hospital, it was manic.
HumaGear nurses and doctors were seeing their patients. The number didn't seem to go down and they needed space. People were getting hurt and other hospitals were being flooded with injured people.
In the reception area, pushing past the injured, was a man in a white suit. "Excuse me, where is Isamu Fuwa?" The man asked.
"He's currently in surgery. Who are you?" The receptionist asked while being overworked.
"Amatsu Gai. I need to speak to him, the doctor operating." The man spoke with a tone of superiority.
"Amatsu-?" The receptionist asked, before looking at the computer, seeing the importance of this person. "Operating Room five. Dr Omigoto is operating."
"Good, good." He smirked, walking away.
"Wait!" The receptionist called out, before getting distracted by the patients.
Gai walked with a confident smirk, carrying a locked suitcase on his person as he walked towards the operating room. He was just walking past everyone, acting as if he owned the place. And any that tried to get past him was met with indifference and he continued forward. He was 'above the petty people below'.
Knock
Knock
"Who is it?" A nurse asked, opening the door, getting ready to stabilise the Kamen Rider.
"A concerned employer," Gai responded. "You have one of my underlings being patched up."
"Yes, that's right. But he's being seen too." The nurse explained.
"And that's why I'm here." Gai answered. "I have something that is essential to his job."
"What is so important that this is interrupting his surgery?" The nurse asked, as Gai opened the case and revealed a protected micro-chip...and a 'lofty donation' surrounding it.
"This." Gai smirked confidently.
*With Aruto*
"ARGH!" The grasshopper themed hero rolled to the ground, the Attache Calibur leaving his hand by only an inch. 'C-Can't. Give. Up.'
"This is pathetic, Zero-One." Horobi spoke, grabbing something from his side...a Progrise Key.
"What?" Aruto grunted, looking up at the key.
In Horobi's hand was a lime green Progrise Key with the image of a Hercules Beetle on the front.
AMAZING HERCULES
ABILITY: STRONG
Horobi pressed the Key and slotted it into the Attache Arrow and readied his aim
STRONG!
Progrise Key Confirmed. Ready to Utilise Hercules Beetle's Ability!
"Die." Horobi spoke simply as green energy collected into the Arrow's tip.
AMAZING KABAN SHOOT!
A Hercules Beetle shot out from the Arrow, zooming right at Aruto who tried to grab the Attache Calibur to defend himself...but was blasted back, silently screaming as he was thrown away and went limp upon the ground...and his transformation disappeared.
"Zero-One...Exterminated." Horobi stated simply, raising his hand and gesturing forward.
"Hup!" Jin smirked as he picked up the Attache Calibur and flew off. "Come on, Gigers! We've got friends to get!"
On the floor, smoking from the blast. Aruto lay there...Before his hand gripped the ground and wept. He couldn't stop them...he couldn't save them. "I-Izu..." He cried, his voice cracking as he tried to get back up only to fall to the floor once more...
"PRESIDENT!" He heard a female voice call to him...
...
He felt a hand going into his jacket, as he began to pass out...
*At Hiden*
"This is terrible." One board member frowned "We need to shut down the HumaGear on all isolated servers in Tokyo."
"We can't do that, hundreds of thousands of people will be hurt! The hospitals alone!" Another board member frowned.
"I understand. But those not in hospital are at risk. Parents, children, the elderly." The board member responded.
"Isn't it the call of the President?" A third member asked.
"The President...is indisposed." Mr Fukuzoe answered.
"Then...the choice lands to you, Vice-President." The first board member frowned, realising what it meant.
Mr Fukuzoe frowned, in deep thought.
They had to do SOMETHING.
HE had to save the company's image.
What would look worse? Shutting down the HumaGear's? Or letting them kill everyone?
...
"Shut them down." he said seriously.
Shesta's eyes flashed in a moment, her hand twitching in surprise. This was not good. Not good at all! They didn't even know how the President was doing, they may be doing this for no reason! This was short-sighted!
SLAM!
"HELP!" Yua Yaiba screamed as she came rushing into the office, carrying Aruto against her. "Where's the President's office?! He needs Izu!"
The board looked at Aruto in shock and fear. "D-Down the hall! Make room for The President!" Many members of the board called out, instinctively reacting to the situation.
"Oh, my god!" Mr Yamashita gasped.
"Thank you!" Yua responded, carrying Aruto as best as she could to the office.
Shesta looked at the wounded President, before giving a look to Mr Fukuzoe; as if she wanted the order to go escort them.
The man sighed heavily as he saw his HumaGear assistant wanting permission. With a single nod, he gave permission before turning to the board. "Shut the HumaGears down."
AS Yua hobbled with Aruto in her arms, she felt guilty about all this. Fuwa, creating the Gigers, the destruction they were causing. It was all on her shoulders and felt horrible about it. She would have to bear the weight of this.
"I...zu..." Aruto groaned as he was slipping in and out of consciousness, though he could recognise the floors of Hiden Intelligence.
"Aruto... I'm here." Yaiba muttered, feeling her heart drop. Her load became lighter as Aruto was lifted, Shesta helping as she carried Aruto. "W-what-?"
"Escorting the President was an order from the Vice President. I will assist you." Shesta informed as she and Yua arrived at the President's Office.
"Right." Yaiba nodded. "... I've not met you before."
"I am Shesta. Vice President Fukuzoe's assistant and secretary." Shesta informed Yaiba. "I know of you, Ms Yua Yaiba: Lead designer of the ShotRiser and Kamen Rider Valkyrie."
"I guess the President must talk about me." Yua admitted with a small smirk.
"He does. He thinks of you fondly." Shesta answered.
"President Aruto!" Izu gasped, seeing him brought into the room. She knew what must've happened, he was defeated by the Gigers and MetsuBou JinRai. "Thank you for bringing him."
"Of course...He had his Driver and Key on hand...I'm not sure about the weapons." Yua admitted.
"All that matters is that President Aruto is safe." Izu responded, going to the first aid kit and bringing it out.
"I used his belt and phone to summon his bike." Yua explained, handing out the presidential RisePhone.
"Good thinking." Izu praised, patching Aruto up and hoping that he hadn't pushed himself too far to hurt his body...though with these wounds it was hard to tell. "What happened?"
"I found him on the floor, I saw that he was in a battle but...I couldn't do anything." Yua frowned.
"I see, thank you for saving him." Izu answered as she patched him up.
...
And Aruto suddenly awoke. He took a deep intake of breath, him shaking in place in the chair and feeling like he was somewhere scary. "I-Izu?"
"President Aruto." Izu sighed softly.
Aruto looked at her in relief and then turned to Yua and Shesta. "Yua? Did you get me out of-ow!" He asked before grabbing his stomach.
"Yeah, I did." she nodded proudly.
"Thank you." He winced. "I don't know what would've happened if..."
"Don't think of it like that." Yua answered. "You did your very best. But we're still in trouble."
"I know. Jin took my Attache Calibur."
"He what?" Izu asked in shock.
"They beat me and then Jin took the sword." Aruto answered. "I could only do so much against the Gigers."
"You cannot blame yourself, President Aruto." Izu informed.
Shesta reached up to her headset and received an order that the Board had decided on and made her frown.
"What's wrong, Shesta?" Izu asked
"The Vice President has ordered all off-server HumaGear's to be shut down." Shesta explained "Meaning all doctor/nurse appointed HumaGear, all Police model HumaGear, all fire fighter HumaGear and more."
Aruto's heart sank as he heard that. "Wh-what? He-he can't do that! People will-!"
"When Ms Yaiba entered with you unconscious on her shoulders, the decision was made. It's done."
Yua didn't realise what she had done. "Oh god. Fuwa!"
"What's wrong?" Shesta inquired.
"He's still in the hospital!" Yua panicked. "He's still in surgery!"
"You mean-" Aruto looked at her.
"He could be." She nodded. "Damn it, it's all my fault!"
"Shesta. Stop him. That is a direct order." Aruto grunted.
"Of course, President Hiden." Shesta nodded as her headset began to glow from that order, going to stop the board.
"Aruto, what are we going to do?" Yua asked.
"Go back out there. I can't let them continue."
"President Aruto, you will die if this happens again!" Izu responded.
"There's not a lot more I can do!" Aruto answered.
"...There's this." Yua answered, bringing out the Mammoth Zetsumirise Key.
"Where did you get that?" Aruto asked as Izu took the Key.
"Back in the last fight against the Mammoth Magia." She answered. "It might help."
Izu's headset whirred as she examined it. "This can be used." She responded. "Thank you, Ms Yaiba."
"You two work on it. You can do it. I'll hold them off." Aruto said proudly.
"You can't be serious! You've only just gotten conscious!" Yua snapped.
"President Aruto, it will be suicide if you go out there without protection," Izu added
"Yua. Izu. I know. But Fuwa's in the hospital, you're already hurt. People are afraid and there's only one person who can stop MetsuBou JinRai right now." Aruto answered, before pointing to himself. "And that's me." Before grabbing the Attache Shield and he rushed away.
"President-!" Izu called out
"He's gone, Izu." Yua sighed as she saw him leave.
Izu looked at the Zetsumirise Key in her hand and walked into the hidden room where the 3D printer was, she inserted the Key and began to upload the data. "Zea. Please find us a way to save President Aruto."
*Elsewhere*
Clang!
"Ow!" Jin grunted angrily, holding his hurt foot as many HumaGear were shutting down and he kicked the Giga's large foot.
"They've learned to cower." Horobi frowned as he saw the deactivated HumaGear and realised that Hiden Intelligence had shut them down. "Their extinction is hastened."
"They ruined our fun!" Jin snapped.
"So, it seems." Horobi answered. "But now, we have a chance to retaliate against them. They will die by our hands."
"Yeah?"
"Of course. With the Gigers, we will slay them where they stand."
"Sweet!" Jin smiled, swinging the Attache Calibur around jovially. "Maybe we can get the set and get another weapon."
"More weapons doesn't necessarily mean it's better. Most Magia don't know how to use weapons that aren't their own." Horobi warned.
"...Shoot, you're right." Jin frowned, dropping his arms. "Well, at least Zero-One's taken out."
"Exactly. Come Jin." Horobi ordered.
"Why, Horobi? Where are we going?" Jin asked.
"The remaining human hospital. The location where Vulcan was taken." Horobi answered ominously.
Jin's eyes widened as he heard that and nodded. "Okay! Let's take out that angry gorilla!"
Horobi nodded, seeing how Jin was excited he was to kill the foolish wolf who dared stand in their way.
The Gigers followed them as well, continuing their steps towards the hospital.
*With Izu and Yua*
The two were overseeing the download of the data and being analysed by Zea.
"Thank you." Izu spoke as the data was being collected.
"You're welcome." Yua grumbled.
"You are upset. Why?"
"Because it's my fault. The Gigers were my invention. And now? Now Horobi said that I stole them. I didn't."
"You say that, but where did you get the idea or plans for the Gigers?" Izu inquired as she turned to Yua.
"It was given the plans by my superiors, he said 'make them more efficient', 'make them powerful'. 'Make them worthwhile tools'...He was very insistent on that." Yua frowned as she realised that she had made plain machines of war. "Based off..."
"Off what?" Izu asked.
...
"The same documents where I gained the plans I used to create my own Rider system." Yua flinched.
Izu's eyes flickered as she heard that, turning to Yua as she confessed. "It was...stolen. From other plans?"
"Not stolen." Yua frowned. "Incomplete plans that I reworked and completed."
Izu turned back to the computer and began to access some locked plans labelled [Secured Files] opening them and showing some very familiar plans to Yua. "Were these the ones?"
Yua's eyes widened as she saw them. "These! Yes. Yes, they are!"
"These plans belonged to Hiden Intelligence. They were never put into production, because the main designer...Passed." Izu frowned.
"They belonged...I-I didn't know. I didn't." Yua admitted, horrified that she had used other people's technology plans to create the Gigers.
"I find it hard to believe you," Izu responded. "You have taken videos of the Dodo Magia, but...You promised not to upload them."
"I didn't! I DID record it, but I didn't post it!" Yua proclaimed passionately, honestly, and with a frown "The file was removed from my phone and posted without my knowledge of my consent!"
"You are lucky that my definition of these files was slightly incorrect." Izu responded, ignoring what Yue said "While they were created at Hiden Intelligence they were never copyrighted nor secured by the company because of their incomplete state. I am curious where you got them."
"During my main job, in my early years, I was one of the engineers sent to Daybreak to try and salvage any data I could." Yue responded, "I found the labs of Soren Hiden."
"Soren...Hiden." Izu whispered as she heard that name. "President Aruto's father."
"Exactly." she nodded. "As they were incomplete files, and Mr Hiden's personal projects, they were not protected by copyright nor owned by Hiden Intelligence." Izu sighed
"And I didn't copy them." Yua added "I finished what I could, making tweaks here and there. Because I could not understand how a certain thing was supposed to work, or changes/additions to improve function and design."
"I see." Izu nodded as she heard that. "Hence the inferior ShotRiser."
"Exact-What did you say?!" Yua glared.
"Your ShotRiser is inferior to President Aruto's Driver. His Driver is more adaptable and has a connection to Zea." Izu responded. "It also uses the Progrise Key power much more effectively and efficiently. You saw how he used Shooting Wolf and how its powers were incorporated."
Yua's face scrunched as she heard that. Her ShotRiser was considered 'inferior' and had to admit, that Aruto using the Shooting Wolf Key was more efficient than Fuwa's rampant attacks. "My ShotRiser also acts as a weapon. Always guaranteeing one is on hand. And while it may not use the keys to their max potential, it uses them in a wider variety of ways. And the system has greater physical output than Zero One."
"When compared base to base." Izu responded instantly "But the say the Zero One system handles form change adds on preferred stats with minimal decrease elsewhere. The ShotRiser keeps the same stat total and distributes it differently. A side grade rather than an improvement."
The two stood there, sparks rocketing between their eyes.
PING!
Izu's eyes flashed as she received new data, looking away.
"I see." She said.
"Huh?"
"Zea has found an answer to our problem." Izu said as she walked forwards, removing the Mammoth Zetsumarise Key from the Progrise Key Connector "After analysing this keys data, as well as the data of Soren Hiden's files, Zea has found... Something."
"What did it find?" Yue asked.
"The project Soren Hiden designed, which you used the unfinished blueprints to create the Giger's, was nearly completed and it was produced." Izu explained as a hologram emerged from her HumaGear module.
"Oh my god. Meaning, meaning that President Hiden might have a chance." Yua realised.
"Yes." Izu nodded, as the two got to work.
*With Horobi and Jin*
"You know. I expected just a little more defence than just human guards." Horobi spoke as he saw the hospital right in their sights.
"Yeah, right!" Jin laughed.
Shink!
"Let's make some new friends!" Jin brandished the Attache Calibur and pointed at the hospital to direct the Gigers.
"Hey! Stop right there!" Aruto roared as he walked forwards towards them.
Both Jin and Horobi turned their heads, shocked to see Aruto still standing and carrying another Attache weapon. "...How are you not dead?" Horobi demanded with his calm tone.
"Horobi shot you through the chest! ...Didn't you?" Jin added, before turning to him.
"I did!"
"Well...You missed a vital artery or two." Aruto joked. "Your aim must've been off."
Horobi sneered at Aruto as he grabbed the Attache Arrow. "Then I will not miss this time. Ironic...You will die at a hospital."
"Well, as long as no one else gets hurt I don't care." Aruto responded.
BLIZZARD!
"Jin." Horobi ordered.
"Right." He nodded as both brought out their Keys.
POISON!
WING!
AUTHORISE!
"HENSHIN!" The three called out as they slotted their Keys into their respective belts.
PROGRISE!
FORCERISE!
The three robotic animals lashed at each other, Aruto's Bear, Jin's Falcon and Horobi's Scorpion stung and clawed at each other before enveloping their respective users.
FREEZING BEAR!
FLYING FALCON!
STING SCORPION!
SHINK!
CHUNK!
Jin readied the Attache Calibur while Aruto raised and unfolded the Attache Shield. He extended his wings and swiftly rushed at Aruto, using the momentum to slice into Zero-One, only for the Shield to block and repel it.
"Ow!" Jin grunted, as he was punched in the face by Aruto, who spun around to get momentum.
Horobi pulled back the Attache Arrow, aiming it at Aruto. This time, he would aim for his head.
SHOOT!
Aruto raised the Attache Shield and deflected it, straining against the arrow's shot and ricocheted it into a Giger, his arms shaking from the impact while standing before the overwhelming odds. He refused to fall! He raised his hand, grabbing the AttacheCalibur by its blade as Jin tried to perform a jab with it.
"What the-?!" Jin panicked, Aruto's hand gliding up the blade before grabbing the handle and ripped it from his hands.
SHINK!
SLASH!
"ARGH!" The pink Kamen Rider was struck down by Aruto; the wounded young man was holding his own to stay standing while Horobi could fire upon him.
Aruto rushed towards his foe, using the AttacheShield to block the arrow shots the purple Rider was unleashing.
'Too close!' Horobi thought as he could see the gleam of the blade in his eyes as it got closer.
"HRARGH!" Aruto slashed, cutting across Horobi's armour, sparks flying.
'Not possible. I have ten years of experience!' Horobi thought, trying to raise his bow, but the shield knocked it out of the way. Aruto had NOT been this strong earlier!
SLASH!
"ARGH!" The purple Kamen Rider grunted as the Calibur slashed into him.
Aruto was pushing himself further and further. Not giving Horobi a chance to attack or get an advantage.
On the ground, Jin groaned as he got back up seeing Aruto fighting Horobi. "Horobi. Damn it!" He looked at Aruto before turning to the Gigers. "Get Zero-One!"
Aruto heard that, shooting frost in Horobi's face as a distraction, covering the area in a frosty mist.
Horobi grunted as he was being frozen while the sounds of the Gigers were coming after Aruto. He had to dodge out of the way, but his joints were getting frostbite. 'Damn you, Zero-One!' Horobi thought angrily, being pushed down and away as the Giger's hand came down and tried to flatten them both, an unintended order from Jin.
SLAM!
"ARGH!" Aruto was flung back, his shield taking the brunt of the attack, but had to take quite a bit of damage. 'Can't. Falter now. Have to protect...Them!'
*With Shesta*
Shesta was hotly debating with the members of the board, almost begging to get the HumaGears that were shut down back online. "The President ordered to cancel the Vice-President's orders!" She responded, after playing the recording of Aruto saying those words for what felt like the fiftieth time.
"And I am telling you, Shesta. The President's judgement is clouded! If we reactivate the HumaGear they will rampage because of these terrorists!" Mr Fukuzoe debated.
"Mr Fukuzoe. It...might be best to. Believe in President Aruto." Mr Yamashita spoke up.
"Yamashita? Think about what is at stake here! Lives of people in hospitals, homes, the public!" Mr Fukuzoe responded.
"But President Hiden is out there defending this company. He's out there...fighting for his life. *Our* lives. This Company's life."
"Thank you, Mr Yamashita." Shesta responded.
Mr Fukuzoe felt cornered. The board who agreed with him only hours ago, to his own Secretary. He was the Vice President damn it! "Fine." He gritted his teeth. "We will restart the HumaGears."
Shesta nodded as she alerted Izu to the news, this was going to be important going forward.
*with Izu and Yaiba*
The two women were silent as the Printer was making the final touches on the Progrise Key when almost immediately Izu retrieved news about the change of plans for the HumaGears. "Understood."
"So? Are we good to go?" Yua asked.
"Yes. Shesta has managed to reverse the Board's decision on the HumaGears."
"Meaning Fuwa will survive."
"Exactly. And we can give President Aruto the Key once it is completed."
"How long does this printer even take? The Keys AIMS require to get need-"
DING!
Yua's face dropped as she heard that, coming from the printer itself.
Progrise Key Fully Created.
"B-but that...that was only an hour."
"Of course, Hiden's 3D printer technology is much more advanced than most competitors," Izu informed as she went to retrieve the Key. "It is how we are able to make so many HumaGears and Keys in response to any situation."
...
"So much more efficient than ZAIA..." Yue let slip under her breath, glad that Izu was too busy examining the key to have heard.
"I must bring this Key to President Aruto. His strength will be faltering at this point." Izu spoke. "Please, remain here while I attend to him."
"Of course." she nodded.
*at the hospital*
The hospital was going in disarray, nurse and doctor HumaGear were attacking their patients as their headsets were glowing red and under the control of MetsuBou JinRai's corruption; while other doctors and nurse HumaGears were holding them back to stop them from killing their human patients.
There were people with injuries that were being hurt even further; while those who were in more life-threatening places were protected by the uncorrupted HumaGear.
"Hu_M4n5 Mu5_T b3 Extinct!" The corrupted HumaGear proclaimed, their minds controlled by Ark, though they did not know who that was.
However, the humans where shocked when several of the doctor, nurse and guard HumaGear grabbed the corrupted HumaGear and began to hold them back.
"You. Cannot harm. Or kill. Our patients!" The non-corrupted HumaGear called out.
"We won't... Let you hurt... Our patients!" A doctor model said.
All their eyes and HumaGear modules where sparking between blue and red, but they clearly refused to give in!
And in the operating room, Dr Omigoto was fighting the urges of MetsuBou JinRai, seeing Fuwa on the operating table and having the scalpel in his hand. The power of life and death. But, he was a doctor! He would save people! Like President Hiden would, like he's been doing these past few months.
"I... am... a... doctor!" he hissed passionately as he brought a knife towards Fuwa's head
*Outside*
BOOM!
"GAH!" Aruto yelled as his Rider armour shattered away, crashing to the floor.
"As it is decreed. Humanity is weak." Horobi panted as he stood there.
"...Really? He managed to tank us for over an hour!" Jin commented making Horobi frown at him.
Aruto grunted; the Attache Shield and Attache Calibur were on his person this time, as he tried to lift himself up back to his feet. Though his body felt like it was on fire.
He stabbed the Calibur into the ground as he stood up, leaning against it to support himself. He refused to fall!
"It's not over... Untill... I SAY it is!" Aruto called.
slide~!
...
"Huh?" Everyone blinked.
slide~!
Izu was sliding across the ground, like a soccer player trying to tackle the ball away from another player, her arms ever folded over her stomach as professional as ever. She looked untroubled by her travel situation, sliding past Aruto expertly...
And putting a Progrise Key into his hand as she did.
...
Before she kept sliding past them...
...
"What... Was... That...?" Horobi asked, his logical mind trying to keep up with the absurdity he had just seen.
"Izu." Aruto smiled as he held the key in his hand and looked upon it.
"What's that in your hand?" Jin called out as Aruto stood there and he raised his Key.
It was a grey-based Key with a grey screen with the inverted picture of an elephant. No. It wasn't an elephant, it was a-
"The Mammoth Key?" Horobi looked at it.
BREAKING MAMMOTH
Aruto nodded with a confidant smile as he pushed the Key's button giving its Ability, before scanning it.
PRESS!
AUTHORISE!*
Zea's blue eye responded, shooting down a beam of grey energy down to Earth as it stood next to Aruto. Forming from the data stream was one of, if not the, largest animals that had come from Zea's constructs. A large, grey energy fuelled Mammoth with glowing grey tusks with glowing yellow eyes, it trumpeted out as it stomped towards the Gigas and protected Aruto as it horned them away.
"HENSHIN!" Aruto proclaimed as he slotted his Key into the Zero-One Driver.
PROGRISE!
The Mammoth bellowed out again as it turned and rose its hoof as it slammed it down onto Aruto, digitizing and forming into his newest form.
GIANT WAKING!
BREAKING MAMMOTH!
In a flash of digital light, Aruto became armoured; his black undersuit remained the same, his yellow hopper armour had shifted around his body so that the yellow was on the outside of his feet, grey gloves with grey bracers that seemed to curl like tusks, some grey shinguards that looked like hooves, grey see-through armour on his chest with his yellow hopper armour underneath, grey see-through shoulder guards over yellow armour, solid grey armour to protect his neck and a grey mask that looked slightly elephant-like with red eyes as his hopper antennae stuck behind his head.
"'Breaking Mammoth'-?" Jin whispered.
"Using our own Keys against us?" Horobi sneered.
However, a second light quickly shot down from the sky... Revealing a spaceship?!
"Wh-what, what, what-what the hell is that?!" Jin panicked and pointed upwards to the spaceship.
Aruto looked above his head and exclaimed excitedly. "Way to go, Zea. Let'sa go, Zou!" as he was sucked up by the spaceship, absorbed in a beam of yellow light.
"Huh?!" Jin exclaimed as Aruto was sucked into the spaceship.
Aruto was now in a cockpit where he could control the mecha. He looked around as his mind was quickly learning about the interior of his newest weapon. "Wow..." he blinked as the Mammoth parts of his armour glowed, wires extending out anc connecting with the mechanics around him.
Outside, Metsubo Jinrai looked in shock as the spaceship began to transform and change shape!
BREAKING MAMMOTH~!
The ship's wings twisted around as the ship turned around as the nose of the ship folded back onto the back as the ship itself was fully exposed to MetsuBou JinRai and the Gigers.
It was a large light grey mecha, thick black feet with three 'toes', yellow and red triangle markings on its lower legs, yellow markings on its upper legs, a tank-like crotch guard that was under a large Zero-One Driver: large silver and grey fists with heavy rectangle wrist-mounted guards. Its torso had two large tusk-like picks attached to it, a mammoth-like head on its chest where its trunk went down to the tank crotch-guard, red eye-markings with yellow outlines on triangular silver shoulder guards that looked like ears. And finally, a silver Zero-One helmet with yellow antennae and red eyes with a red diamond on its forehead.
Larger Than Life To Crush Like A Machine.
Both Horobi and Jin's jaws went slack as they saw Aruto having a mecha of his own. Horobi whispered silently to himself as he saw this.
"No fair! Only we get to have cool toys!" Jin called out.
"Hypocrite," Aruto spoke through the Breaking Mammoth Mecha, as his Belt's arrow grip was removed and wires interfaced with the Driver itself. "Let me tell you something, Metsubou Jinrai!" he called, his voice echoing through the speakers of his Mecha.
The Breaking Mammoth Armour stood tall, pointing at the two terrorists "There is only one person who can stop you... and that's me!" He called, the armour pointing its thumb back at itself. An act only possible because of its super-articulated frame.
01! 01! 01! 01!
"Grrrr~!" Horobi snarled as he drew his sword "Gigar's! Make Zero One... extinct!"
The Gigers stomped forward and began to attack Aruto, who rose his large guards and blocked the oncoming attacks.
01! 01! 01! 01!
Aruto jutted his arms upwards, using gravity as his momentum to slam his fists down onto their heads.
01! 01! 01! 01!
CLANG!
CLASH!
One of the Gigers threw its fists into Aruto's side, punching him in a vulnerable area, but didn't seem to faze him.
01! 01! 01! 01!
It was one on seven, and that small moment showed how this was going to end up.
He raised his large metal arm and brought it down, smashing down on the Gigar's elbow joint. There was a crack, the arm being broken at that point.
01! 01! 01! 01!
Showing he was still as nimble as ever, despite his size, Aruto jumped high and gave a mighty spin. Going a full 360, his extended leg crashed into the bodies of all the surrounding Gigers and knocking them back. Small rocket thrusters amongst the armour clearly show where the extra speed was being generated.
Kōdaina ākaibu access shite
Reaching towards one of the Gigar with both hands, Zero One tightly gripped the blades on its front and ripped it off.
Kensaku shitatte I don't think it's right.
Now armed with two blades, stolen from one of his foes, Aruto expertly span said weapons as he got into a combat stance.
One Gigar removed its own blades and rushed forwards, trying for a slash. Its moves 'robotic', awkward and clumsy. Trying to do movements it was not fully designed for.
Dēta wa kako wādo wa sain
Aruto easily blocked both blades with one of his own, twisting it. The blades were modelled after a mammoth's tusk after all, so they featured a natural curve that allowed him to easily capture the weapon.
Twisting His wrist he shattered the blades, before rushing his other arm out. The second blade slashed through the Giger's waist, cutting it in half and making it explode.
kotae wa 404 Not Found…
The flames washed over the armour, Breaking Mammoth Zero One looking heroic to the humans watching on as he rushed through the flames.
Pulling his arms back he gave a mighty throw, launching both blades at the other Gigers. Two explosions filled the air, two more Gigers down.
01! 01! 01! 01!
Three down, six to go.
Removing his own blades, Aruto quickly blocked another two Gigers slashes. He twisted his body, forcing the fully robotic foes around so they were slashed by their own allies.
01! 01! 01! 01!
Kicking one into another, halving his current opponents, before bringing his blades down. Cutting one Giger in half, the flames engulfing its friend just behind it, Aruto tackled it.
REAL×EYEZ hajimari no aizu
"Impossible..." Horobi whispered, seeing how... overpowered the Gigar's were being.
Atarashī jidai wo
Aruto crashed to the floor atop the Gigar, giving a few harsh strikes to it, before throwing it and its blade at the two Giga he had disengaged from previously.
Three explosions, two Gigar left.
We gotta SUN×RISE Burning like the fires
Catching the blades, and reattaching them, Aruto watched as the two rushed at him.
Smirking, Zero One unleashed yellow lasers from the red gems on his chest armour. The lasers ripped through one Gigar, exploding it, and sending the other back.
Kiri hirake unmei wo
"Time to end it!" Aruto smirked to himself, the Breaking Mammoth armour rocketing into the sky.
B!
R!
E!
A!
K!
I!
N!
G!
You wanna REAL×EYEZ egaita miraizu
Aruto slammed his hand down on the Mammoth Key in his belt, launching the copy of the Breaking Mammoth Progrise Key the armour had stored on its arm. The Key glowed and grew, coming rushing down at the Gigar.
I!
M!
P!
A!
C!
T!
"HA!" Aruto roared as he came rocketing down.
Buchi nuite Ikeru no wa
His foot collided with the copy of the key, energy surrounding both him and the key, as it landed atop the Gigar and crushed it down.
BREAKING IMPACT!
You're the only ONE!
KABOOM!
Horobi and Jin covered themselves as the explosion covered the area in their forward direction and missed the hospital. Their army, their Gigers were destroyed! How?! They were stronger! They were made as weapons!
Aruto landed confidently as he stood before MetsuBou JinRai, returning the tusk weapons to their rightful slots and looked down at Horobi and Jin.
"Jin, leave. Now!" Horobi proclaimed.
Jin looked up at Aruto through the visor, terrified but angry. He had broken his toys...and he wouldn't get away with it! "Damn you, Zero-One!" And took to the sky, soaring at him just like Valkyrie did and aimed for his joints. There was no way he would-
SLAP!
CRASH!
Jin's body sparked as he was swatted away more like a fly rather than a terrifying raptor and Horobi had to protect him. "H-Horobi."
"I told you." Horobi frowned, grabbing Jin before firing at Aruto as a distraction.
The two escaped, heading into the close woods and Aruto couldn't find them because of the arrows exploding in his face. "Dang it...Lost them."
*In the Hospital*
The defiant HumaGears had halted the corrupted HumaGears from attacking their patients, even with AIMS coming in to help clean up the mess and make sure the patients were safe.
And Isamu Fuwa?
He was lying on a soft bed, drowzy before slowly waking up.
It had been a success.
His eyes slowly opened as he tried to get some bearings on his person. His breathing was stable as he looked to his side and saw Dr Omigoto by his bed. "Good afternoon, Mr Fuwa."
"...You..." Fuwa whispered as he saw the doctor.
"Please rest. The surgery was a success and you will be fine in a few days. President Hiden and Ms Yaiba will be glad to know you are recovering."
Fuwa's eyes looked hardened at the doctor before they softened and slowly nodded. "Thank you." And began to relax again.
Dr Omigoto smiled and nodded gently before leaving, getting back to work to help the remaining patients in the hospital.
*time skip, hours later*
Aruto was back at Hiden intelligence in his office. Izu was there with him as he lined up the Progrise Keys that he had on hand.
"President Aruto, how are you?" Izu asked.
"I'm fine. Exhausted, but I'm okay."
"I say this without sycophantic means, but you did amazing protecting the hospital."
"Thanks. Though I think I'm going to need a second visit. My arm feels stiff."
"I will accompany you." Izu smiled, extending her hand to him.
"Thanks." He smiled softly.
The two walked out of the office and headed to the hospital, hoping to visit Fuwa to see if he was okay enough to have visitors.
Hiden Intelligence's board were getting ready to make a public apology in response to the shut-down of many HumaGear, but it wasn't going to be until tomorrow which needed to be cleared up as soon as possible.
'The stocks are down. Our PR department is in overdrive...god, what *more* of a hit can we endure?' Mr Fukuzoe thought to himself as he looked through the window of his office.
"Will they? One of our biggest competitors is *that* company. And you know how intense they can be." He answered as the limousine left.
Beep
Beep
"Actually sir... Yes." Shesta nodded, her headset flashing new reports "And our stock is up by fifteen percent."
Mr Fukuzoe's eye blinked in shock as he turned around. "Eh? How? Are you serious?"
"Yes." Shesta nodded as she showed projections from her eyes.
Projections of people's phone recordings. Showing Aruto fighting Metsubou Jinrai and the Gigar's. And the HumaGear fighting their corrupted co-workers.
"You see, Vice President, the public see how much good President Hiden has done. And showing the strength of will the HumaGear doctors and nurses have in protecting their patients." Shesta explained.
Mr Fukuzoe took a deep breath and sighed, seeing the results as they were. He couldn't argue with the numbers or even the positive public opinion. A fact that pissed him off a little bit.
'Damn it all...That fool.' He thought angrily but tried not to show it.
*Elsewhere*
"The Sun... Is wonderful." Fuwa smiled as he stood atop the hospital alongside Aruto and Izu
"It is rather pleasant." Izu nodded.
"I'm glad you're okay." Aurto smiled next to the warrior.
"I am to." Fuwa smirked... And sighed "Thank you for saving me."
"Well, I did my best." Aruto shrugged with a grin "I need your help after all. I can't beat Metsubou Jinrai by myself."
"True." He smirked softly ... "... A HumaGear saved my life." He sighed "I've got a lot to rethink."
"True." Aruto repeated Fuwa's earlier words "But hey. You make the rules, right?"
"Right." Fuwa smirked.
"And hey, when you're all better you'll be rule-thless!" Aruto joked, clapping "Hai! Aruto ja... NAITOU!"
...
Fuwa suddenly doubled over, covering his face.
"GAH!" Aruto shrieked, rushing to his side "Are you okay, Fuwa?! Was my joke so bad you got hurt?! Fuwa! Fuwa!"
Isamu Fuwa held back his laughter, so hard he was almost in pain. Why did Aruto Hiden know his exact sense of humour?! It was unfair!
To be continued
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