Chapter 2: My new life as a student begins
thoughts/flashback
driver/progrise keys/sacred gears
kaijin
Kuoh academy
"So this is the place?" Aruto said as he stood in front of the school gates with Izu on his side carrying his bag.
"Yes, according to the directions given by the previous president this is the academy he wished to enroll you in." Izu responded.
"Yeah… Are you sure the company is okay with this? Wouldn't both mind that this is one of the few schools that rejected the humagear project?" Aruto asked, unsure of his grandfather's decision.
"It's all right, besides your grandfather was a good friend of the director of this school." Izu responded to the teen.
"Ok, but is it just me or is everyone staring at me?" Aruto asked as he noticed that everyone around him was staring at him with quizzical looks.
"It seems everyone in this establishment is curious of you Aruto sama." Izu said as she also noticed the attention his new master was receiving.
"Well, I guess not every guy has his own secretary humagear." Aruto replied as he mentally realized how strange it was for a teen to have a beautiful android at your side all the time.
Releasing a sigh he continued to walk through the school grounds and noticed a lot of the girls whispering and looking at him, at first he thought the girls recognized him from one of his comedic acts, but then he started to notice a shadow behind him, instinctively he turned around to find… Izu?
"Izu… Why are you following me to school?" Aruto asked calmly but confused by the secretary's actions.
"I decide to follow you in order to see if you are safe and content." Izu explained.
"Ummm, Izu… I appreciate what you are doing, but following me around is kind of uncomfortable." Aruto explained while scratching the back of his head.
"Why?" Izu asked
"Well, because… Having a humagear like you following me around feels kinda weird." Aruto said as people kept staring.
"Is it perhaps because you are the only one with one by your side?" Izu asked calmly.
"Yes, yes it is." Aruto responded, glad that the secretary got the message, kinda…
"Very well, I'll be taking my leave." Izu said before turning around, but not before "If you need me I'll be in the Headquarters if you need me, and I'll pick you up when school ends." Izu said before taking her leave.
"Thanks!" Aruto waved goodbye before resuming with his walk throughout the school. "Now, I just gotta fetch my schedule. To the student council room." Aruto thought before heading there.
Student council room
Heading towards the student council Aruto stepped outside a large door before knocking.
"Excuse me, is anyone here?" Aruto asked
"Who might you be?" A voice asked Aruto from the room
"My name is Aruto Hiden and I'm new here" Aruto answered
"Please come in." The voice said before the doors in front of him opened.
On the other side of the door there was a girl with long black hair that went down to her knees wearing blue glasses. This was the vice president of the student council, Tsubaki Shinra.
"You must be the new student, Aruto Hiden right?" The girl asked
"Guilty of all charges." Aruto answered jokingly with a smile.
"Tsubaki, who do you have there?" The voice of a girl asked
she had short black hair and also wore glasses
"Lady Sona, we have a new student, Aruto Hiden and he's here to pick up his schedule" the girl answered
"Good morning Hiden san, I am the student council president Sona Shitori" the girl with the short hair said to Aruto introducing herself
"Good morning Shitori san I was wondering if I could get my schedule and be on my way to class?" Aruto asked
"I see, Tsubaki, go and get Aruto's schedule" Sona said to Tsubaki
Tsubaki left to go and get Aruto's schedule for him
"Now Aruto san there are some rules in this school that I expect you to follow, I expect you to be a well behaved and respectful student, I also expect you to follow the school rules." Sona said.
"Yes ma'am." Aruto responded.
"Also an important guideline is that no perverted actions will be allowed. Do you understand?" Sona asked Aruto, who simply gulped at how intense and strange the conversation was going.
"Trust me Shitori san, I'm not that type of guy, in fact..." Aruto said before he got into a pose with a ruler in one of his hands.
"In fact I can assure you I'll obey every rule, but I gotta leave so I'll get straight to class! HAI ARUTO JA NAITO! Aruto exclaimed while striking a pose with the ruler in hand pointing at her.
While Tsubaki looked exasperated at her underclassmen's attempt to make a good joke, Sona on the other hand looked as stoic as always although if one looked closer one could see her efforts in trying to maintain her composure, as she was trembling in her seat. It was like she was trying to contain her laughter…
"That's good … To hear, I expect good things… From you" Sona said struggling to maintain her strict student council persona.
"Lady Sona, I have Aruto Hiden's schedule.'' Tsubaki said with a small smirk that was almost impossible to notice.
Tsubaki handed Sona Aruto's schedule and Sona handed it to Aruto
"Now, Tsubaki is going to show you around and get you to your first class, after that you are going to have to find someone to help you get around the school." Sona said, finally regaining her composure.
"Okay, thanks for that." Aruto said.
when Aruto got out of the room Sona started to look around to see if anyone was near then, she threw herself into a fit of giggles.
hahahaha… A ruler… to go straight to class, hahaha… that's genius!" Sona said before continuing to laugh to which it earned an eye roll by Tsubaki.
"Honestly president… Your sense of humor is just…" Tsubaki sighed as she continued to watch her president laughing, almost falling off the chair.
Class 2-B
"Ok, here goes nothing." Aruto said to himself as he prepared to enter the classroom.
"Please come in!" Aruto heard the voice of the teacher behind the door. After opening it he found herself with a classroom full of women and only a few guys, he then noticed all the girls looking at him with glittery eyes and the guys looking at him with jealousy. Was he really that good looking?
"Izu didn't lied when she said they've turned co-ed 'recently'." Aruto thought after seeing so many girls.
"Ehem! Please new students, introduce yourself." The teacher said in which Aruto nodded.
"Hello everyone, my name is Hiden Aruto. And I hope we can learn together today and have a good time." Aruto said, introducing himself while smiling. And due to the facial characteristics of Aruto, most girls in the classroom started to sigh as if he was Adonis. However, the everything was interrupted when he saw a boy with brown hair suddenly pointed at him
"New pretty boy alert!" Issei exclaimed as he got close to his pals and did a huddle.
"Got the things ready guys!"
"Ready! We got the maple sap, jar of barbershop hair and stink bombs. This guy is going to get down soon!" Both a bald guy and one with glasses said to the other.
"What are these guys talking about?" Aruto asked his teacher.
"Nothing. They. Are. Planning. On. Doing. Nothing!" The teacher said, the last parts in a strict tone looking at the trio as if he was a falcon looking directly at his prey. Intimidated the trio pulled back
"Honestly those idiots…" A female said in disgust.
"Yeah they would never be like Kiba kun, at least the new one is dreamy." Another girl said, before noticing something. "Wait! Hiden, as in Hiden intelligence, the same company related to the incident 10 year ago?!" The girl asked in shock
"Yep, that 's me." Aruto said before getting nervous, he thought he would be ostracized by his peers because of the company's past. Seeing his discomfort his classmates decided that it was better to not pry about it.
"Sorry…" The girl muttered in shame.
"Don't sweat it cause I know how to lighten the mood." Aruto said as he turned around towards the board before turning back facing his classmates. "Fear not my classmates, for I intend to be a real class-act! HAI ARUTO JA... NAITO!" Aruto shouted, finishing the joke with an exaggerated pose pointing at his classmates
Whoever the reaction was everything else but laughter as his classmates could only look at him either dumbfounded or with an awkward smile, in their mind the girls now thought of him as weird but still cute, a 7 out of 10. However the trio of guys from earlier were grinning happily
"Well, it looks like the new pretty boy dug his own grave with his awful joke. Guys we won't need to plan any longer!" Issei said realizing this guy didn't mean a threat.
"Yeah, now we'll have less trouble getting a sexy girlfriend!" The other two guys said getting disgusted looks by the girls.
"Well not me, cause I already got one." Issei said showboating to his friends, they were about to respond when the teacher interrupted them.
"Quite now you three!" The teacher shouted effectively making them as quiet as a breeze, he then coughed in his hand before looking at Aruto. "Aruto, please take a seat."
"Ok." Aruto said before sitting in the middle of the classroom.
Daybreak Town
Meanwhile, the man in the bandana was monitoring any signs of Humagears reaching Singularity by hacking the security cameras from the city while the one with the hoodie was sitting by playing around with the Zetsumeriser.
"Jin, come here for a moment." The man with the bandana said to the other, now identified as Jin.
"Yes, Horobi?" Jin asked the man in the bandana, now known as Horobi.
"Please, take a look at this." Horobi said pointing to a pair of monitors, complying, Jin went and saw said monitors.
The first monitor showed a Gardener type watering some plants near the sidewalk while the other one showed the specs of said humagear.
"We are on the verge of Singularity." He said as he held out a reddish pink Zetsumerise key with the image of a lizard with the word Kuehneo imprinted into it, he then gave both to Jin. "Gather the data we need."
"Okay!" Jin said, taking the key and the riser from him, setting out to find their next victim.
Outside of Kuoh Academy
"Well Time for another day of magnificent school time." Aruto said happily, as he walked towards the entrance.
"Hold it right there!" A stern voice sounded, Aruto turned his head and saw the A.I.M.S. van approaching, when it stopped he saw Fuwa & Yua step down from it dressed in formal clothing.
"We are agents of A.I.M.S. My name is Yua Yaiba and this is my partner-." But before she could finish Fuwa shoved her aside and interrupted her.
"I'm Isamu Fuwa. Prepare yourself, your next move might get you in big trouble, jail perhaps?" Fuwa said threatening Aruto while getting close to his face.
"Jail!" Aruto exclaimed, surprised by the statement. "Sorry I don't have time for this, I gotta get to school."
"Your education is not enough of an excuse, now come here and answer some questions." Fuwa said as he was about to enter the school grounds before Yua stepped up to him.
"Fuwa you can't get further,'' Yua said instantly, getting Fuwa's attention.
"What?" Fuwa asked, surprised about his partner's sudden concern.
"Our benefactor doesn't wants us near these grounds," Yua explained in a stern tone.
"That's a bunch of nonsense." Fuwa retorted.
"It's a direct order!" Yua demanded raising her voice as if she was almost yelling.
Fuwa knew that when she used that tone it meant business, and it was the kind of business he didn't want to be responsible for. So he reluctantly turned back and avoided the school, but not before facing Aruto once more.
"You got lucky this time, but I'll be waiting for you!" Fuwa said, before he turned back again and hopped into the A.I.M.S. van.
"Man, that was weird." Aruto muttered for himself until he heard the school bell. "Shit, I'm late!" Aruto exclaimed as he rushed to class.
Kuoh academy halls
"O-okay. Sorry again!" Aruto said, waving her off. He sighed in relief as he did. "Man, I gotta get better material." Aruto said before heading to class
"Man, I hope the teacher won't notice me being-" Aruto said before he bumped into someone, making him lose his footing before catching himself. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I wasn't paying attention!" Aruto apologizes before he looks up and gawks. In his eyes was the "school mascot" Koneko Toujou. Aruto let out a gasp, even among his classmates, she was considered one of the prettiest girls around.
"It's fine." Koneko replied with a monotone voice. "It's nothing big."
"R-Right..." Aruto states, before an idea shined in his head. "Wait, let's try my jokes on her!"
"I just don't understand them..." Koneko mumbles to herself really quietly as she attempts to leave before Aruto pointed her finger at her.
"I hope you don't mind a neko-le of my thoughts, but I hope you don't crash the first meeting!" Aruto states before striking his most dynamic pose. "HAI ARUTO JA... NAITO!"
"Eh?" Koneko lets out as she turns her head to the side. Barely saying anything in return. "Was that your idea of a joke? No wonder I heard people calling you the lamest comedian ever." She said in the most monotonous blunt way possible, making Aruto face fault.
"Ouch…" Aruto sighed as he apparently gained a nickname and not a favorable one. Then he got up when a thought crossed his mind. "S-Shit! Are you mad now, I thought my jokes are funny and-"
"This is not worth my time." Koneko states as she walks off. Making Aruto sigh in relief as he looks away from the girl.
"Man, that was too close for comfort. I thought I'd piss her off and she would have opened a can of whoopass on me!" Aruto states.
Outside of Kuoh academy
Meanwhile, a Gardener-type Humagear was watering the plants near the school. He was happy doing his job, not only did he help his community but he also helped the wildlife around him, to him the look of the citizens after witnessing his hard effort made him feel kinda complete along with a tingly feeling in his program.
"There you go, Mr. shrub." Nishiwa after finishing treating a shrub near the road. But while he was appreciating his well done job, he didn't notice Jin was watching him from afar.
"There you are!" Jin said with a smile, getting the attention from Nishiwa as he approached him and Attached the Zetsumeriser to his waist. "Now, we're friends."
The belt straps sprouted from the belt buckle and began to hack the Humagear as he screamed in pain with red electricity coming out of him.
"Why don't you join us in the destruction of humanity? It'll be better than doing groundwork" Jin asked him, with a tempting smile on his face.
"But I love humans! They love my plants and me too, they're my passion!" Nishiwa protested, he loved his job and the beautiful garden that lived to his words.
"No, you're mistaken." Jin said, brushing aside his protests. "Your new passion is to make humans go extinct."
The hacking process having been completed, Nishiwa's eyes and module glowed red.
"Connected to MetsuboujinraiNet." He said, making Jin for his new friend.
Outside of the Kuoh academy.
As Aruto was preparing to go home after another day of school he stopped to see Fuwa looking at him with a tenacious hard look on his face, behind him was the A.I.M.S. van parked outside of the school with Yua leaning on its side.
"This guy doesn't know how to chill, does he?" Aruto thought to himself with a small sweat drop in his face but before anyone could do something they both stopped at the sound of screaming, as if on cue the three of them looked out for the source.
"AAAHHHHH!" Various girls screamed at the sight of the previously nice Nishiwa pushing and punching his way towards the school, his fearsome red eyes glowing while two policemen tried to restrain him.
"Hey, get back here!" The policeman said as he tried to restrained him by the waist then held him to the ground.
"Run! We can't hold on much longer!" Said the second policeman to his people nearby while trying to detain Nishiwa as well.
But the Gardener Humagear broke out of their hold as he stood up, knocking both of the policemen on the floor.
"Exterminate all humans!" He said as he took out the Kuehneo Zetsumerise key and pressed it.
KUEHNEO!
Then inserts it to the Zetsumeriser and activates it as the red tubes injects into the key.
ZETSUMERISE!
His skin starts to melt revealing his exoskeleton as he roars out with red tubes coming out of his mouth and impales him, then surrounded with a dark red DNA stand and vanish revealing the magia in place of the Humagear.
The magia is now in black body armor with silver armor plates with red pipes running up around the body red chest piece on the chest area. His helmet resembles a lizard head with a silver mouthpiece. On his chest armor are two red swords resembling a lizard's frill with the handles black and the hilt covered with silver bandages.
This is the Kuehneo magia.
"He transformed too..." Aruto muttered remembering how Taro transformed into the Berotha magia as the Kuehneo brought out his swords and threw them towards a group of girls.
"Look out!" Aruto shouted as he jumped to help his fellow students, but before he could reach them someone beat him to the punch, a bullet to be specific, as a shining bullet stroke the magia off his feet Aruto turned and saw Fuwa with the Shotriser in hand pointing it at the Kuehneo magia.
"You people build monsters like that?!" Fuwa accused, before shooting a barrage of bullets before Kuehneo got up and threw his swords to Fuwa. But Fuwa managed to barely dodge the boomerang swords.
"Hah! You missed freak!" Fuwa yelled smugly, before his partner interrupted him.
"Get down!" Yua shouted at Him, Fuwa did not comprehend until he saw the swords coming back at him at top speed before they returned to the magia.
"Did you forget how boomerangs worked?!" Yua shouted as she came up to him with a gun in her hand.
"I don't need a science lesson now!" Fuwa snarked back before focusing once again at the magia.
Then Kuehneo throws his sword to Yua next before she hid behind the A.I.M.S van, Fuwa however kept shooting him mercilessly non stop.
"I'll transform and scrap him." Fuwa said, took out a blue Progrise key with an image of a wolf from his coat, also known as the Shooting Wolf Progrise key. He began trying to open the key, keyword try, but couldn't. Then he uses both of his hands to force it open but it wouldn't budge. "It's not opening?!"
Kuehneo throws the sword again as Fuwa and Yua hide behind the van so they could get some shelter. But before they could get a relieved breath the boomerang blades changed directions and came back towards them, Yua notices this and kicks Fuwa out of the way, who was still trying to force the key open for him, as the blades sliced through the van's roof as if it was a hot knife cutting butter. However the blades didn't stop there as they continued to make their way towards the academy.
Old school building
While the action happened the two great ladies of Kuoh Rias Gremory & Akeno Himejima were enjoying their tea along with Koneko and Yuuto, they here enjoying themselves when suddenly the Kueneo magia's blades cut through one of the windows startling everyone there before coming back.
The guys were surprised as they didn't feel the attack before it happened. With bravery Rias approached the damaged window and looked outside, there she saw a reptile-like monster similar to the one on the news as this one also didn't project any kind of energy coming from it.
Koneko, go investigate." Rias said to her white haired friend.
Koneko only nodded and walked away
Outside Kuoh academy
Meanwhile Yua kept covering for Fuwa as he still tried to open the key
"It won't open!" Yua yelled at him before continuing shooting at Kuehneo. "As the weapons administrator, you won't be able to use it unless I authorize it."
Aruto was watching before Izu dragged him away from all the bystanders.
"President Aruto, I advise you to act before there are casualties." Izu informed him.
"Me?!" Aruto exclaimed before remembering who he was."...Oh Me!"
"However, please try to conceal your identity from AIMS." Izu told him.
"The things a superhero has to do..." Aruto muttered before hearing the screams of terrified girls as he took out the Zero-One Driver.
"Guess I have to."
ZERO-ONE DRIVER!
He took out his Rising Hopper Progrise key and pressed the button.
JUMP!
Then place it in front of the scanner.
AUTHORIZE!
He opens the key right next to his face.
"Henshin!" He shouted before inserting the key into the Driver, opening it.
PROGRISE! RISING HOPPER!
In a bright yellow flash, Aruto transformed to Zero-One before he jumped and landed in front of the Kuehneo and kicked him in the gut surprising the bystanders, but just as the magia was getting up Zero-One dodges his slashes before grab hold of his arms pushing him trying to take the fight somewhere else to avoid any casualties.
Now far from the school, Zero-One resuming once again his fight with the Kuehneo, starts dodging its blades and kicks him on the chest area then does a roundhouse kick to the magia's face. Zero-One then does a low sweep kick but Kuehneo suddenly jumps and dodges the kick and lands on the branch of a tree.
"Eh?!" Zero-one was about to jump after it but then-
PEW!
He was shot to the chest out of nowhere and was knocked back a few feet.
"OW! That hurts!" Zero-One said, as he got up and saw it was Fuwa who shot him with Yua by his side. "What the heck do you think you guys are doing?!"
"Scrapping a threat." Fuwa spoke, aiming his Shotriser at him with Yua raising her pistol and shooting at him.
"Stop!" Zero-one shouted as he dodged their shots. "I'm not the bad one here!" Zero-One said before he jumped over a car then jumped again far away from them.
"Get back here!" Fuwa yelled as he and Yua ran after him.
However, they didn't noticed a person hiding behind a tree having watched all the action, said person revealed herself to be Koneko and although her expression didn't show it, all her thought were: What were this progrise keys they were talking about? Where did the mysterious yellow warrior come from? But most importantly. Why did it feel so similar? She immediately shrugged all of her worries as she walked to the school to inform Rias about what happened.
With Fuwa & Yua
Fuwa and Yua run by and stop to look around, trying to find the mysterious yellow warrior.
"Where did he go?!" Fuwa exclaimed impatiently, not waiting the time to give that freak the butt kick of his life.
"It doesn't matter, let's go back to A.I.M.S." Yua said, as they left the area in a hurry
"Yeah, but before we do that…" Fuwa said calmly before he approached her holding the Shooting Wolf Progrise key.
"Unlock this Progrise key, now." Fuwa demands fiercely in front of her, Yua simply frowned at him in response.
"I can't authorize someone reckless as you, I could have dire consequences" She said, refusing the authorization to him.
"That monster from before is the real dire consequence, so unlock it, now!" Fuwa said, getting more furious by the second.
"...No." Yua responded, not even flinching after the threat.
"I am the Captain of AIMS!" Fuwa shouts in her face with all of his fuses blown up.
"And I command authority over the entire AIMS arsenal!" She shouts back, starting to get affected by Fuwa's personality. The two stared off for a moment before Yua breaks it off. "Look, let's split up and figure out where the Humagear went."
"...Fine." Fuwa responded defeated, knowing that there were more important things at stake.
The two went their separate ways and continued their search on the Magia or Zero-One in that case.
"Phew, that was a close one." Zero-one sighed, as he came out from one of the many bushes in relief having escaped from them. "Those guys really need some couple counseling." Hemuttered as he got himself up from the ground.
"Now, where was I?" He asked himself until he noticed the Kuehneo magia jumping through the trees before landing on the street the running as fast as it could
"Oh yeah, that!" Zero-one said to himself before racing after the berserker magia.
They both kept running through the street until Zero-one noticed where the magia was heading to.
"Wait… He's heading towards Hiden Intelligence! I gotta warn everyone there." Zero-one thought before tapping the side of his helmet two times, allowing it to call Izu. He was grateful that she synchronized his rise phone to his rider gear, since the suit had no pockets.
"Hello, this is the president's secretary Izu speaking, how may I help you?" Izu said while on the phone.
"Izu, it's Aruto. There's a berserker magia heading towards the Hiden Intelligence building, you gotta warn everyone there." Aruto said as he kept chasing the magia.
"Understood, I'll call security right away." Izu said before she hung up.
"Man, I hope our security is prepared for this." Aruto said to himself before dodging a car and continuing his chase.
Hiden Intelligence HQ
At Hiden Intelligence all the security guards stood in front of the main lobby prepared thanks to the tip Izu gave them, while a group made a barricade and another group helped all the employees to get out of the place. Just then as if it was on cue, they all heard something coming in their direction. They all turned their heads and saw the Kuehneo magia coming toward them at great speed bracing themselves; the security guard humagears took out their batons and guns and pointed them out at the berserker magia. When the Kueneo gia got inside the building its started to lash out at everyone present and even they were trained humagears for the situation the magia proved to be really strong. Just then, in a flash Zero one appeared running behind
Sorry for being late!" Zero-one said as he soon got into action exchanging punches and kicks with the magia
The battle got fierce, everyone wanted to see but they were afraid to get caught in the crossfire, just then Kuehneo kicked zero one in the stomach sending him back, then he threw his boomerang blades at him.
Zero-one braced himself but then one of the security type humagears that was near him used his arm to block the blades.
Seeing this little window of opportunity Zero-one used his mighty legs to deliver a powerful sideway kick that sent the magia back, and then topped it off with a mighty punch.
seeing himself getting more damaged, Kueneo decided to throw his blades once more at Zero-one.
Zero-one braced himself at the upcoming attack however the blades didn't touch him.
"Hah! You missed!" Zero one said in glory, however he realized that the magia's true intentions were when he saw that the magia was now at a farther distance than before. "He must've thrown them in order to distract me and run!" Zero-one thought as he tried to go after him but he was too tired from the intense fight.
Seeing that his plan worked the Kueneo magia decided to retreat towards Daybreak town as fast as he could.
"Man, he got away…" Zero one sighed seeing that the berserker magia ran away.
Hiden Intelligence HQ
After the whole Kuehneo magia incident, the school thought the best choice was to close it down for the remaining of the day, and so the students went home still talking about the incident, some terrified by the monster, others were glad that the yellow warrior came to save them and kept talking about him. Aruto on the other hand was glad that no one was severely hurt, he walked through the school grounds with Izu by his side who waited patiently for him in the entrance. He was about to go to his apartment provided by the company when suddenly the company car stopped by the sidewalk, Aruto was confused until Izu spoke.
"We need to speak serious matters in the Hiden Intelligence Headquarters, please get in the car with me." Izu said, opening the door for him.
"Ok, guess this is part of being a C.E.O." Aruto said before getting inside the car.
They both rode around Kuoh until the car stopped in front of the Hiden Intelligence building as Aruto stepped out first in a new outfit. Now he's wearing a black business vest over his school uniform, his shoes are now neon yellow with the brand: Hiden Intelligence in silver on each shoe. He was lucky Izu would often carry formal clothes for him to wear although it was uncomfortable to change in the car.
He bowed in response before he steps backwards and looks at the company building. "So I'm seriously running this place now?"
"Indeed, in fact by the current circumstances you might be the youngest C.E.O. of the company in history." Izu said to aruto, making him realize the big responsibility that was carrying on his shoulders
"Maybe the youngest in all of the history of Japan…" Aruto muttered as he looked around the lobby before he turned to Izu. "So, a comedian who lives by the punchline is the big boss now? Is that really okay?"
"The late president named you this position." Izu stated, walking inside the building while looking at many of the humagear commercials "Humagears are designed to make lives more enjoyable, to make people smile. I believe that makes you suited to the company's goal." Izu said.
"I know, but this is an entirely different world..." Aruto sighed as he walked through the main hall witnessing the destruction from earlier before.
Many of the employees were concerned about the assault from the Magia earlier and demanded to know what was going on. The Security Humagear from before was standing in front of the crowd while the mess was being cleaned up, alongside of him was another secretary humagear, this one dressed in red with a hairstyle in a bun. This was the vice-president's secretary Shesta. She was also there to help cover up the mess.
"This was just a security drill, so please stay calm." Shesta said to everyone present
"Everyone, disperse. There is nothing to see here." The Security Humagear tells them as they disperse back to their work.
Shesta then returned to Fukuzoe's side who was hiding behind the reception desk along with Yamashita who was also hiding with him, his head popping up from the desk beside the Vice-President.
"He's no president, he's just a high school boy!" Fukuzoe grumbled in jealousy. "I'll make sure he falls!"
While Aruto was walking through the scene he recognized the humagear that saved him earlier he then walked towards the male Humagear.
"Thank you for protecting me and everyone." Aruto said to the Security Humagear and bowed.
"President Aruto, it is my task to protect the employees of this company." The Humagear stated, Aruto was relieved that no one was harmed but then noticed the torn sleeve revealing the exoskeleton beneath it.
Seeing that made Aruto remember his father after he saved him, even if he was just a machine, the Security Humagear risked his life to save him. Aruto then looked at the Humagear in the eyes before smiling at him.
"What's your name?" Aruto asked him.
"Mamoru, Sir." Mamoru replied. "President Korenosuke named me."
"Ok. So if he named you, that means we're basically family, right?" Aruto said as he brought out a yellow cloth with paper fans on it and wrapped it around the torn sleeve then pats Mamoru's shoulder. "There we go, making sure to patch things up, HAI ARUTO JA NAITO!" Aruto exclaimed before he walked away with Izu but not before turning around facing Mamoru. "Take care!" He said before moving on.
Mamoru blinks at his president's actions before looking at the cloth on his sleeve then smiles.
But what they didn't know is that Jin was hiding behind one of the pillars near in the building witnessing Mamoru's sudden change, seeing that the moment to strike again was near, he went back to the hideout to inform Horobi and get some gear.
Kuoh Bridge
Issei was on the bridge of Kuoh along with Yuuma, she proposed to meet here since it was the first time they met.
"Sorry about our date." Issei said sheeply scratching his head.
"It's okay, I had fun." Yuuma said with a smile.
"Hey maybe we can have another one this weekend, you know, to compensate for the other one" Issei proposed.
Sounds wonderful!" Yuuma said. "How about the shopping district at 2 o'clock sunday?"
"Sounds great!" Issei said with a smile. "See you there." Issei said as he waved bye.
"Ok!" Yuuma said as she waved too, but by the moment Issei left Yuuma's face changed from a cheerful one to annoyed one as she took out her phone.
"It's Raynare, I have another shot." 'Yuuma' Said in a cold tone.
"Excellent! We don't wanna lose him now." A man with a deep voice said on the other line.
"But what about the yellow warrior?" 'Yuuma' asked, feeling wary of him.
"Your meeting with him was casualty nothing more, we''l catch him later, but for now get your hands on that boy he's valuable" the man said.
"Understood" 'Yuuma said as she hung up then as if it was magic she disappeared without a trace.
Hiden Intelligence - President's office
They made it to the president's office with no trouble at all, now that Aruto's the president it his office now. Aruto's currently kneeling by the front of his new desk.
"Hmm." Aruto hummed for a moment before replacing his grandfather's name plate with his own. "There."
"This is the president's laboratory, in this room is where the president does most of his work and makes any invention here." Izu explained as Aruto was currently almost everywhere in the lab checking all the things as well as touching everything inside.
"This is awesome!" Aruto exclaimed.
"This will be your office." Izu said while Aruto was looking through the window checking the view of Kuoh. However his celebration was cut short when Fukuzoe, Yamashita & Shesta stormed into the office looking quite mad with him.
"How are you going to take care of this mess!" Fukuzoe yelled, pointing out the window of the office.
Aruto looked down and saw the media was right on the scene, recording of the incident before. He piped down when he saw them and realized it would affect their image as a company.
"This is an emergency! The media is all over the place!" Yamashita cried to Fukuzoe as he looked over to Aruto, who was currently looking thoughtfully at the situation with Izu by his side.
"Well, how are we going to deal with this, Mr. President?!" Fukuzoe questions him along with making some air quotes.
"Well..." Aruto was about to say something before Fukuzoe interrupted him.
"Who do you think is supposed to clean up this mess?" He continues to point out this situation they're in. "If incidents like this one go on, it will ruin the image of our company. When that happens, I expect you to take responsibility and step down as President!"
"WHAT?!" Aruto exclaimed upon Fukuzoe's statement. "B-b-but this is my first day?!"
Before Fukuzoe could respond, Fuwa came in through the door as it opened for him and walked up the stairs.
"AIMS?!" Yamashita exclaimed upon seeing him along with the rest in the office.
"Well, if it isn't our government friend. What do you want?" Fukuzoe said in a snarky tone.
"My business is with your president. Alone." Fuwa answered and he walked towards Aruto's desk Before glaring at the Vice-president directly at him "So beat it!" Fuwa threatened, making both guys and the secretary run away from the office as fast as they could
"Than-." Aruto tried to thank him but he was cut short by Fuwa.
"You. Me. Rooftop. Alone. NOW!" Fuwa said as he and Aruto both speed walked towards the building's rooftop.
Hiden Intelligence HQ's Rooftop
Aruto and Fuwa were at the rooftop as Aruto waits for what Fuwa was going to say.
"This stinkin' company hasn't changed at all in all these years, not by a bit." Fuwa stated as he loosened his tie and looked at the view of Kuoh. "Lying about the murderous nature of the Humagears and building your success on the foundation of your victims."
"Hold it right there!" Aruto shouted upon hearing Fuwa's accusing statement. " Humagears are supposed to make people's lives better, they're what people have been dreaming for!"
"So, you'll let that horrible nightmare repeat itself?!" Fuwa snaps at him, making Aruto freeze upon realizing what he meant, he then turns his sights upon Daybreak town as he tells his story. "An entire city was destroyed in an accident; it was called the Daybreak incident."
Aruto could remember that day as if it was yesterday, it was the fateful day in which his father sacrificed himself to save him back then.
"But that was no accident." Fuwa started to make Aruto curious. "The reality was that the Humagears murderous rampagewas something of free will"
Flashback - 12 years ago
The young 15-year-old Fuwa woke up in his classroom, which is now in ruins. Desk thrown everywhere, pieces of rumble everywhere and his classmates and teacher were passed out as well. He looked around to see how this happened then recalled an explosion occurred before he passed out.
"I was there, on that day."
Then he heard more explosions from a distance and was scared beyond rational thought, but it got worse when he turned to the window. A swarm of Humagears with no skin or clothing. Just their robotic exoskeleton with their eyes glowing red, trying to break through the window.
"Exterminate all humans." They spoke before shattering the window, making the young Fuwa cry in panic as he ran for his life.
Despite his body being in pain and tired, he was forced to get away as he barely made it to the hallway right before a rogue Humagear came through the classroom window as they chased him through the hallway. Fuwa was running with what energy he had left, scared beyond rational thought upon the swarm of rogue Humagears chasing after him
End of flashback
"And Hiden Intelligence covered all it up." Fuwa said venom filling his voice as he slammed his fist on the railings. "They called it an accident! A freaking ACCIDENT! Well, now I will expose your company, and their sins and bring justice to the light."
He gets to Aruto's face after he finishes his story and walks away to resume searching for the Magia. Aruto was surprised by Fuwa's side of story about what happened on Daybreak. It made him wonder. Would his family worry more about themselves rather than others, was it truly what happened, or there was something else?
At the front entrance
As Mamoru and Shesta continues to hold the media out of the building, the Kuehneo Magia appeared once again out of nowhere screeching and destroying the building making the Media panic and flee in terror.
"Intruder located!" Mamoru confronts the Magia and tries to restrain him by the waist. "No unauthorized personnel shall-!"
The Magia throws Mamoru aside as it resumes its rampage. Mamoru was about to get up to stop him only for Jin to appear and strap the Zetsumeriser onto his waist and he felt tense from the belt automatic reprogramming into him.
"You can be my friend too..." Jin said as he took Mamoru's hat and played with it a little. "So destroy this place."
"Protecting this company..." Mamoru grunted, gripping his cloth that Aruto gave to him and glared at Jin. "That is my task!"
"Sorry, you're wrong. Your task is to kill the humans." Jin laughed as the connection was completed and Mamoru's eyes glowed red.
"Connected to MetsubouJinraiNet."
Meanwhile, the Magia was chasing after the terrified people as they ran away from him until AIMS came as Yua shot him in the back while her comrades followed behind her.
"We're with AIMS!" Yua shouted as she and the AIMS soldiers began to shoot at the Magia. but it shrugged it off and fought back at them.
Hiden Intelligence - Lobby
"Please evacuate through here."
Izu was at the Lobby guiding the employees out of the building safely.
"Izu!"
Izu saw Aruto running up to her to see the situation at hand. But then they heard footsteps coming from the stairwell and were cautious upon who's coming up. They saw Jin slowly walking up from the stairs smiling until he stood across from Aruto and Izu.
"Who are you?" Aruto asked.
"Me?" Jin replied before looking at the sky "I'm the pioneer of the new world...I guess." Jin answered,before turning back to both of them.
Jin smirked as Mamoru walked in, much to their surprise, with the Zetsumeriser on his waist.
"Mamoru!? Why did you let him inside?!" Aruto shouted.
"It is the will of MetsubouJinraiNet." Mamoru said.
Jin then took out a brown Zetsumerise key with the image of a beast with two big tusks sticking out, known as the Ekal Zetsumerise key, to Mamoru as he accepts it then activates it.
[EKAL!]
"Mamoru! Don't do it!" Aruto pleaded but it was too late as Mamoru inserted the closed key into the belt and pressed the button.
[ZETSUMERISE!]
The red wires jacked to the key as Mamoru's skin and clothes burn out revealing his exoskeleton and brown tubes shot out of his body asides the cloth Aruto gave him. He transforms into his Magia form, black bodysuit with brown wires and metal armor plating. He now has a brown tail dangling over his left shoulder and his head is now brown and resembling an animal with blue eyes, yellow snout, and two large tusks extending from the mouth outward.
Mamoru transformed into the Ekal Magia.
The Magia then charges at Aruto as he grabs the Magia's waist to restrain his movements.
"Mamoru! Stop! This isn't you!" Aruto shouts, but Magia tosses him out of the way and lands on the floor.
"Once the Humagear's code has been modified, it cannot be undone." Izu informs him.
"Then what do I do?!" Aruto shouted.
"You will have to eliminate him." She answered.
"?!" Aruto felt heartbroken upon hearing that Mamoru was family and doing that is devastating for him. "But...Mamoru..."
"Humans must be exterminated!" The Ekal Magia spoke.
Meanwhile with AIMS
"Exterminate all Humans!"
Yua was trying her best to take the Kuehneo magia out but her bullet couldn't damage it at all. Then after her last shot, she ran out of bullets.
"Oh crap!" Yua muttered.
She hid behind the crates as she reloaded her gun before the magia appeared on top of the crates and was about to jump on her. But before she aims her gun at the magia, a powered bullet shot it in the chest and stumbled back and fell off. Yua turned around and saw Fuwa coming in with the Shotriser in hand and also a belt consisting of a silver strap and a black belt buckle that has a slot molded to hold the Shotriser.
"I'll scrap all of the Humagears!" Fuwa declares as he puts on the belt and inserts the Shotriser.
"Stop! You're not authorized to use that yet!" Yua snaps at him for breaking regulations.
"When I say I'm gonna do it, I do it!" He declared, as he took out the Shooting Wolf Progrise key and attempted to open it again. "I make my own rules!"
He pulls it with every fiber of his body, remembering what happened to him during the Daybreak incident, feeling that he was useless and that he could do anything to save his friends and his teachers. It made him really mad that veins appeared around his neck as it was straining his body upon his attempt to open it.
"The Humagears are going to pay..."
With Aruto
Aruto, frustrated by the current events, bangs his fist onto the floor with fearsome anger.
"Humagears are the reason that I'm here today! A Humagear protected me." He grunted, remembering how his Humagear father shielded him from the explosion back then. He sacrifices his life to keep Aruto safe and told his last words before he was deactivated. He stood up and outs on the Zero-One driver. "Humagears...are not killing-machines! They're humanity's dream!"
With Fuwa
"Humagears are a threat, they're humanity's enemy! And I'll obliterate every last one of them!" Fuwa growled, his hands started to strain due to the pressure he put into opening the key. Despite all of the pain and stress he has, he gives it all as he has and manages to force the Progrise key open. "Grrr...AAAAHHHHH!"
"What?!" Yua exclaimed, shocked by the fact that he actually opened the Progrise key through brute force alone. Fuwa grips the key as he activates it.
BULLET!
He then inserts the key into the Shotriser.
AUTHORIZE!
KAMEN RIDER! KAMEN RIDER! KAMEN RIDER! KAMEN RIDER! KAMEN RIDER!
Fuwa takes the gun off of the belt as he aims it up as he slowly lowers it down and aims it at the Kuehneo with his eyes looking through him.
"Henshin!" He said, pressing the trigger.
SHOTRISE!
He shoots a magnum bullet that soars through the air towards the magia as it panics and tires to dodge it. The bullet curved around and flew towards Fuwa as the bullet started to open up and was about to hit Fuwa. But then, he punches the bullet as it breaks apart into miniature discs. The disc began to open and convert to large white and blue armor and equips onto him as red circuitry formed on his body.
When it was done, Fuwa was now in white and blue armor with black accents. His left arm and leg are donned in white armor while his right arm and leg donned in sharp blue armor with red accents along with the chest armor too. His head was left with a red circuit formed under his eyes before the helmet formed around him. A white armor mask donned onto his head and a white helmet along with blue sharp with red accents armor pieces framed around the mask making it look like wolf fur and wolf ears. Finally, the eyes started to slowly fill with blue optic lenses.
Fuwa has now transformed into Kamer Rider Vulcan.
SHOOTING WOLF!
The elevation increases as the bullet is fired.
His armor releases steam from his chest armor as it cooled down and he is ready to face the magia with force in mind.
With Aruto
Aruto was now facing the Ekal, formerly known as Mamoru, with the Zero-One driver on his waist and takes out the Rise Hopper Progrise key and activates it then scans it.
JUMP!
AUTHORIZE!
The Ekal runs at him just before Zea fires a yellow beam between them as the Grasshopper appeared before them and knocks the magia back. It then jumps around the lobby as Aruto gets ready to transform and opens his Progrise Key.
"Henshin!" He said before he inserted it into the driver opening it.
PROGRISE! RISING HOPPER!
A jump to the sky turns to a rider kick!
Aruto now transformed to Zero-One with the Attache Calibur in his right and charges at the Ekal.
With Vulcan
Vulcan grunted as he rushed Kuehneo and blasted him, making him dodges the blast. The magia then kicks Vulcan in the gut as he stumbles back on one of the metal crates, in retaliation Vulcan does a roundhouse kick but Kuehneo ducks and grabs Vulcan's Shotriser. Vulcan keeps a tight grip as the two struggle, but Vulcan uses it to gain momentum and throws the magia off of his gun. They exchange blows before Vulcan pushes him and then shoots him to the chest further to the maze of crates.
"Rah!" Vulcan roared as he began chasing after him.
As the two fought, Yua was behind one of the crates not far from them with her Risephone out and recorded their fight with the Rise Phone's camera function.
"Isamu Fuwa has become Kamen Rider Vulcan. It's finally begun..." She narrates.
However all of them didn't realize they were being watched by somebody else.
Hiden Intelligence HQ's Parking floor
"Ha!" Zero-One shouted, kicking the Ekal, their fight finding its way to the parking complex of the building.
Zero-One grunted while swinging a side kick to Ekal, making him grunt in pain. The Ekal magia began swinging wild punches at Zero-One but he ducked back to avoid them, until he grabbed his next left swing. Zero-One grunted, pulling on the magia's arm and making the magia lose balance, which created an opening for him. Zero-One landed a punch with his right arm to the Ekal magia's head before leaning and landing a kick with his left leg which knocked him back.
The Ekal turned and ran as Zero-One chased after him. The magia grunted running up a pillar and flipping over Zero-One who skidded to a halt. Zero-One turned around and swung with his right leg just as the Ekal did the same, their kicks clashing with one another's...however the magia was the one who lost in power as Zero-One pushed him back. Zero-One kept his spin as he swung around a reverse roundhouse with his left leg. Wild Ekal ducked back in time, only to grunt as Zero-One swung his left leg back around for a roundhouse to his face. The force of the kick sent the magia tumbling back and stopping at the Motorcycle parking section.
The magia looked up at one of the bikes before jumping onto it. Multiple tendrils extended from the palm of his hand, hijacking the bike, hacking into it and forcing it to activate for him. With that the magia began driving off and out of the parking complex.
"Wait!" Zero-One shouted out, but the magia was getting away. Maybe he could catch up to him with his jumping power but then.
"President Aruto," Izu called out to him, making Zero-One pause and turn to see her. "The RisePhone can summon your company motorcycle."
" Huh?" Zero-One was confused by what Izu said, he pulled out his phone and looked as he saw an app with a picture of a bike. "Like this?"
"Accessing Bike app." Zea's voice came from the phone.
Zero-One scanned the phone to his belt like a Progrise Key as the app was visibly downloaded into the belt.
Changing to super bike, Motorcycle Mode.
Satellite Zea
Up in space, Zea spun around to angle its right side at Earth. As the rings around it spun around, a compartment opened as a dim-light revealed an object within...which shot out as an orbital drop.
Back in the HQ
"Please watch your head." Zea's voice advised from the phone.
"Eh?" Zero-One blinked as the ceiling collapsed in forming a giant hole, "Whoa!"
Floating above the rubble was...a giant version of his phone. It seemed to stay up via some Anti-gravity technology. Zero-One looked at it with his head tilted to the side upon seeing it as he slowly walked up and pushed down on the screen over the bike app. Suddenly, the contraction unfolded itself and opened up, forming two wheels, while a headlight which looked a lot like Zero-One's mask stretched out.
MOTORISE! RISE HOPPER!
"Whoa… This is sick!" Zero-One gawked as he witnessed the Rise Hopper coming out of nowhere "Where did it come from?"
"From Satellite Zea." Izu replied.
"Oooh. Excellent this will do!" Zero-One said as he looked over the bike, kicking his leg over it as he sat down. He then starts up the Rise Hopper as he chases after the magia.
Streets of Kuoh
The Ekal rode through the streets and got the attention of the people on the streets. He rode light after light, riding at great speed for a good while, far away from Zero-One as he rode through the intersection until...
"Hmph!" Zero-One grunted while jumping a car, with the passengers inside gasping at his maneuvers.
Ekal gawked looking back as Zero-One jumped through the air...until he landed on the side of a building and began driving along the side. Ekal blinked a few times, seeing the bike drive horizontally across a wall. It was as if the tires could adhere to the surface and not lose speed at the same time. Zero-One jumped down and drove alongside the magia as they drove through the city.
Zero-One grunted as the two drove through a park before going down a flight of stairs. Ekal cut into traffic as they began weaving around the cars passing by. Zero-One raised his arm up and blocked a swing from the magia, then blocked another swing aimed at his back before leaning back to avoid a hammer fist and used this opening to get a punch at the Ekal, making his head lean to the left from the impact. Ekal roared, turning his head around as his tusks extended and struck Zero-One's chest knocking him off his seat, hanging onto his Rise Hopper via his legs.
Zero-One grunted before he panicked by a truck driving right at him. Zero-One leaned forward and sat back down just in time to avoid the large vehicle. The truck driver honked at him repeatedly.
"Whoa!" Zero-One shouted as he spun around and kicked the back of Ekal's head as he stood on the Rise Hopper like a surfboard. He lifts himself up and sends a drop kick to Ekal's chest, sending him flying off his bike and tumbling across the road.
Zero-One landed back on his seat before twisting the handles, he slammed his leg down as he hit the brakes and skidded to a halt across the ground leaving three skid marks from his bike's tires and his boot. Zero-One kicked his legs off the bike as he held up his Attache Calibur. He folded it open to blade mode and rushed in.
BLADE RISE!
With Vulcan
Vulcan grunted as he used his left arm to block Kuehneo's swords swinging at him, he grabbed the swords then shot him in the chest. The magia grunted as he was knocked back from the blast and got up to throw his swords at Vulcan. Vulcan rolled over and avoided the swords, only to fall on another crate as the sword curved towards him before he ducks as the sword bade a gash on the crate.
Vulcan grunted, pushing himself up with his left hand as the swords didn't stop before he tried to blast them away, but then returned to the magia as he lunged toward Vulcan.
"RAH!" Vulcan roared, rushing towards the magia.
With Zero-One
Zero-One dashed to the side before jumping off a cargo container as he swung down his sword striking the Ekal magia across the chest with his Attache Calibur, making sparks fly. Zero-One swung with both hands from the right, as Ekal blocked with both arms and kicked the blade up and away from him, only for Zero-One to spin around and land yet another slash to his torso.
Zero-One took a few deep breaths as he stared at Ekal. He felt sad and regretful, for being unable to stop Mamoru from being hacked like this. The Humagears he knew and loved being used like this, it's unforgivable! He needed to stop all this, so he pulled out his Rising Hopper Progrise key and took a glance at it as he made his decision.
"There's only one person that can stop you..." Zero-One shuddered, as he took a quick sharp breath, tears welling behind his mask. "...and that's me!"
He closes his Progrise key before slotting it into the slot in the bottom of his Attache Calibur.
Progrise Key confirmed! Ready to Utilize!
Grasshopper's Ability!
Zero-One jumped into the air with his sword held up for a powerful aerial downward swing with both hands. Ekal extended his tusks to skewer Zero-One blocked with his Attache Calibur. He grinds down against the tusks before swinging his sword and shattered the tusks with momentum and swung again, shattering the rest of the tusks as he got closer to the magia. Once within perfect range and at the apex of his descent as his speed began picking up the most, he pressed the trigger on the Attache Calibur handle, using the weapon's finisher.
RISING KABAN STRASH!
Zero-One swung down as he chopped off the remaining tusks, shocking the magia.
ラ.イ.ジ.ン.グ.カ.バ.ン.ス.ト.ラ.ッ.シ.ュ.
Zero-One swung upwards as he ran forward and slashed through Ekal's Zetsumerider, damaging the ZetsumeRise key in the center. The magia groaned as yellow energy sparked from the gash in his body before exploding brightly behind Zero-One.
RISING KABAN STRASH!
Steam was released from the point where the blade connected into the weapon as Zero-One's red eyes and markings flashed brightly.
With Vulcan
The Kuehneo grunted as he was knocked back onto the top of a crate, he looked up as Vulcan lowered his leg. Vulcan held up his ShotRiser which was in his right hand and laid it down in his left hand.
"I'll destroy you all." Vulcan growled before pressing the button on top of the Shooting Wolf Progrise Key.
BULLET!
"Grrr!" The Kuehneo growled as swinging his arms out and threw his sword at Vulcan again.
Vulcan aimed his ShotRiser as a large ball of blue energy formed in front of the muzzle. Vulcan roared, pulling the trigger as the orb exploded into four Wolf heads of blue energy. The Wolf heads howled as they knock the sword out of the way and head towards him. They crashed into him, biting into his arms and legs before slamming him into the cargo crate. The Wolf heads turned into spikes which pierced his limbs and pinned him in place. Vulcan swung his arm in a circular motion as blue circuits formed a cross hair in front of his gun, energy traveling along these circuits and into the muzzle of the ShotRiser glowing with a powerful energy in the center and aimed at the magia.
シ.ュ.ー.テ.ィ.ン.グ.ブ.ラ.ー.ス.ト.
SHOOTING BLAST!
Vulcan pulls the trigger as he fires a massive ball of blue plasma with white rings spiraling around it. The blast struck him before burning through his torso in a massive explosion which burned a hole into the container...and every container after it as the blast kept traveling across the docs in a straight line.
Zero-One was at the docs where he finished off the Ekal magia, happened to witness the blast before dodging it and turned to the series of holes to see Vulcan on the other side. Vulcan saw Zero-One at the end of a series of holes he created as smoke was coming out from it. As the smoke begins to cover Vulcan's sight before it dissipates, Zero-One vanishes without a trace. Vulcan grunted, unable to go after him in his condition and slotted his ShotRiser as he held his left arm and walked off.
Inside the old school building
It was late at night, Rias and Akeno were passing the time drinking tea while refectioning on the recent monster attacks, they were hoping Koneko and Yuuto could get them enough info about the recent sightings. And as if it was on cue the two of them walked through the door of the room.
"Resident we have news." Yuuto said firmly as he walked along with Koneko towards the two great ladies of Kuoh.
"What is it?" Asked Rias.
"We have news on the yellow warrior." Koneko said as she proceeded to tell her everything about his battles with the Ekal and Kuehneo magia.
"Hmmm, I see." Rias said in a thoughtful manner. "And you believe the object he took out of his belt then inserted in his sword to finish this fanged monster is what the other guys called a sacred gear?."
"I think part of it, but there is more to it." Koneko said making Rias perk up. "His aura was similar to me, like I've seen it before, maybe here at school." Koneko said
At this Rias' expression changed from intrigued to interested as she saw a chance.
"So you're saying he might be a student?" Rias asked to which Koneko nodded. "Hmm, I'll check with Sona to see if she has encountered unique individuals lately."
"Ara, President looks quite determined." Akeno said with a serene but slightly excited expression on her face. "Are you willing to make this warrior join right away?"
"Maybe, he might become a great asset." Rias said as she took a cup of tea.
"Buchou actually, there's more." Kiba said this time making Rias raise a brow and put her tea down.
"What is Yuuto?" Rias asked, then Kiba took his Rise phone. It was good that the president had bought a rise phone for all of them in case they needed video data.
Yuuto then played a video, the video was about the fight between Vulcan and the Kuehneo magia, needless to say the other members of the club were surprised, another warrior had appeared on Kuoh.
"Do you know who he was under that armor?" Rias asked her friend.
No, When i got there he was already fighting said creature.
"Ara, how intense." Akeno said after watching Vulcan's reckless fight.
"Yes, intense indeed." Rias agreed. "I'll ask my brother if he knows something, until then I want everyone to have a close eye on them. Understand?"
"Yes, President" Everyone said in response.
"Alright, Now everyone please head home." Rias instructed as her friends exited the room.
The next day, Hiden Intelligence
After the mess was cleaned-up from the magia's rampage, the company held a press conference at Hiden Intelligence demanding information about what happened. The media was everywhere and the Vice-President was at the podium answering their questions, or so everyone thought.
"Is it true that a Humagear went berserk?" A reporter asked him.
"I'm afraid that at the moment, I can offer no comment," Fukuzoe informed them, trying to hide as much endangering information as possible only for it to cause them to start standing and shouting over one another as they complained at his lack of an answer.
"You have to tell us something!" A reporter asked.
"What is this?!" Another one yelled.
The media was raging about Fukuzoe's keeping information about the incident to the public, thinking that it'll cause their image to go down. Well, what he's doing is already damaging the company's image and reputation. Fuwa and Yaiba were standing by the entrance witnessing what's happening. Fuwa was expecting this, seeing the company caught red handed with their so-called sins coming about. Yaiba stood and was stoic about this, seeing that it was a waste of her time.
"It is true!"
Everyone turned to the door as it opened to reveal Aruto in a full professional black business suit with Izu. He adjusted his red tie as Izu cleared a path for him to walk up onto the stage and politely ushered Jun off to the side.
"What are you saying?" Jun quietly asked Izu taps on her tablet before a holographic screen popped up, replaying Mamoru turning into a magia with Jin talking about MetsubouJinraiNet.
"It's the will of MestubouJinraiNet."
"It was caused by a terrorist group known as MetsuboJinraiNet. They have been hacking Humagears in order to cause harm to people," Aruto informed the media, Fuwa and Yaiba were shocked by the information. "That is why…"
He paused as he looked at a rebuilt Mamoru using the back up data, his ear pieces showing the symbol for New Employee.
"We must not blame the Humagears! They are the dream of humanity, designed to improve our lives! And I intend to prove this!"
Fuwa stared at the screen as he couldn't help but intrigue at the revelation upon him. Finally he had a single target to focus on to channel all those emotions and scars on one enemy. The terrorist group known as MetsuboJinraiNet.
"And you are...?" a reporter asked as this was the first time any press had seen or heard him at Hiden Intelligence.
"Chief Executive Officer and President of Hiden Intelligence, Hiden Aruto." Aruto declared, introducing himself to them as the President of Hiden Intelligence.
Fukuzoe barely managed to keep a neutral expression on his face. The Humagear reporter's eyes flashed for a moment before she stood up.
"A comedian like you, as a corporate executive?" She asked, and she looked up Aruto from her data file via the internet.
Aruto straightens his vest as he steps forward in front of the podium with Izu by his side as he was announcing something.
"A Future so bright!" Aruto declared, holding up his phone while Izu held her tablet using the flashlight function as all the cameramen and recorders focused on him, pushing many out of the way, "First day here...and the world revolves around me! HAI ARUTO JA… NAITO!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
Everyone froze at that terrible joke. Fuwa's hand trembled up and down when no one saw him and all he could do was keep his mouth closed. His lips ever so slightly curled for a smile. He practically bit his lips to keep them neutral as possible, making it look like he was fuming with rage. No one heard the snort he held back.
"Um...What was that?" A reporter asked.
"The comedy comes from the juxtaposition of his unemployment to his appointment to president…" Izu explained, much to Aruto's chagrin.
"Let's go," Fuwa said suddenly as he began marching out as fast as he could, covering his mouth behind his fist to keep his laughter in.
"Seriously, never explain the joke!" Aruto exclaimed.
Unknown location
Inside a building a man dressed in white was playing a game of chess seemingly by himself watching the video of Vulcan and the Kuehneo Magia fighting, while Yua was in front of him giving him details of the battle.
"Even if it was a reckless user, our rider system proved to be effective in battle." Yaiba stated.
"Yes, Kamen Rider Vulcan looks very strong and with great potential…" the figure in white said. "About Zero one, tell me."
"He seemed to enroll in Kuoh academy sir, as you predicted" Yua responded, to which the figure could only sigh in desperation.
"Of course he'd be sent there, in the garden of hell…" The figure said calmly but with venom filling his voice.
"Sir, pardon me, but what do you have against that school?" Yua asked, confused by his views towards the school.
"That my dear is because, in that school resides the world's most horrible beings known to mankind." The man said before looking at a picture of Kuoh academy taken by Yua earlier.
Unknown location #2
Inside a completely black room with a bunch of monitors surrounding them, two people cloaked, one standing and one sitting at a desk were talking to each other.
"So, Hiden's grandchild became project 01 and started attending Kuoh?" The man at the desk asked.
"Yes sir, but doesn't it bother you that the place is run by the Gremory clan sir?" The figure standing in front of him asked.
"No, in fact it just gets me closer to my destiny." The person at the desk said before laughing quietly.
And it's finally here the second chapter of my fic and I am really sorry if it took too long college work and real life kind of get in your way, also this baby was over 11,000 words, so yeah… Because of that I promise you that some chapters may be long others short and I'm sorry about the spelling errors, English isn't my first language
and don't worry I'm not dropping the story, and I'll be continuing with it and many more, as I said before I have things planned for this baby
Now, I'm gonna answer some comments:
XenonKirito:
1- Thank you
2- Yes I spared his life or not, and him becoming a rider, maybe…
3- He will still have his sacred gear
4- Me too
5- thanks I also thought my concept was interesting
EmperorCeph:
Don't worry he will stay human, because I agree with your argument
DCDGojira:
For me as well
Guest:
Hold your horses, people can change over time
starwing1995:
nope, but the idea seems interesting
Dragon Rider 66:
As I said it's my first and English isn't my first language, and don't worry I'll do my best to give them the glory they deserve in my heart. Also, thanks for the good luck!
910:
There you go!
And remember, please review and tell me what you think.