Kamen Rider Smash
Episode 3 – The Renegade Sharpshooter
Data File #06: Garage Troubles
"Fox was investigating a series of vandalism cases and ran into the monster at a vehicle repair garage. It turns out that one of the co-owners accepted a corrupted Smash Token from the reports. He didn't seem fully in control of the transformation despite being a step up from the first. Kenshin took care of it regardless of the collateral and reclaimed another Token. Things are progressing smoothly so far, though I can't help but worry the kid is going to attract the wrong kind of attention."
The bandaged man walked through Subspace, steps echoing as he walked along a pathway that seemed to lead nowhere. To his surprise he had luckily spotted one of his colleagues up ahead. He quickly began to catch up to her though didn't announce his presence. Then suddenly he had a beam saber's tip pointed at his neck. He gave a gulp, "Whoa now Sayomi, is that any way to greet your ally? I had just gotten back and saw you walking. So I came to greet you."
The woman in question, Sayomi, gave a bored look as she lowered her weapon, turning the beam off before holstering the weapon. She had an outfit that consisted of black pants, boots, and a buttoned up white shirt. Finishing it off was a black vest and gloves. She held teal colored eyes, long brown hair and fair pale skin. "Cut the crap Hajime, a proper greeting from afar is all that's needed. That being said you weren't supposed to return for a while. Something happened didn't it?"
"The boy has awakened to great power," Hajime explained as he put his hands behind his back. "He currently has four Smash Tokens as a result of his battles."
"In such a short time, interesting…" Sayomi mused as she turned and began to walk off. "We should report this to Meijin and Lord Tabuu."
"Why do you think I'm here," Hajime gave a sigh as he shook his head, following after her. The two eventually made their way to a cliff that looked out at the vast nothingness that was Subspace. At the edge was a thinly built man who wore a red colored suit, having black shoes, gloves, and a long sleeved button up underneath. He had pale skin and snow white hair, having a green dragon-like mask that covered his eyes, the mask having yellow orb-like eyes.
"Well now, Hajime, Sayomi, you two usually never show up unless there's something to report," The red suited man remarked. "I take it something has happened."
"Your damn right it has Meijin," Hajime called out. "Lord Tabuu! We've got news! Big news!"
"So you all finally return…" A voice said as a familiar digital blue humanoid appeared in front of them, hovering near the cliff. "What do you have to report?"
"Lord Tabuu," Hajime gave a bow as Meijin and Sayomi both kneeled. "The boy Kenshin, he has finally awakened his powers."
"In such short time…" Tabuu mused.
"I said the same," Sayomi replied.
"The boy is utilizing a special belt to combine the Smash Tokens power into armor, he calls himself Kamen Rider Smash," Hajime explained. "Now that he's out in the open like this, what should we do?"
"Let him grow in power for now," Tabuu replied. "No doubt he is to collect the Smash Tokens, use him as a bank of sorts and withdraw the Tokens from him when the time is right. For now visit the Subspace Army and get them to start working on token collecting."
"Of course my lord," The trio spoke at the same time before standing and taking off, their mission now clear for them to continue with.
It was the dead of night in Smash City; barely anyone was around at the moment. Most people were out for either partying or drinking. However several Mii Gunners in business suits walked through the streets, all of them having specialized cannons in the shape of briefcases. Their presence had caused a sudden stir as anyone nearby quickly hid or moved out of the way. The Mii's however said nothing as they all made their way to a bar that was winding down in regards to customers.
"You all know what to do," The lead business Mii said as they stopped outside the door. The leader opened the door as the business gunners quickly filed in, all getting in various positions and aiming at bar. There were only two occupants in the establishment at the moment, the bartender who had his hands in the air and a cowboy outfit wearing Mii Gunner.
"No sudden movements!" One of the business gunners called out as they had the Mii Gunner surrounded from all sides.
"Took us a while to find you after you messed with our men," The leader said as he walked in and closed the door. "How about you come with us and we won't have to get messy."
"C-Could you please do this outside," The Bartender managed to get out.
"Bartender, I'd like another whiskey, but also I'd like my tab cleared for what I'm about to do here," The Cowboy said as he shifted, revealing a revolver shaped cannon.
"We said don't move!" A business gunner called out as he fired at the cowboy only for the cowboy to fall back and slam his back against the ground. It wasn't long before the business gunner who shot first was struck in the stomach by a bolt of energy. The gunner coughed out as he was thrown back, slamming against the table.
"Everyone fire at once!" The leader called out as they all charged up energy before firing at the cowboy.
The Cowboy surprised everyone by suddenly standing; he gripped his chest as a purple all around barrier suddenly formed. The barrier blocked against the charged shots before sending them back at the gunners. Everyone gave a yell as they were slammed into the ground by the counterattack, the Bartender giving a yelp as he ducked underneath the bar.
"N-No way…" The leader coughed out as he tried to get up only to yell out, the Cowboy walking over and planting his foot on his stomach. "I give! I give! We won't bother you again!" He cried out.
"You better not," The cowboy remarked before heading over to the bar and tapping it a bit. The bartender hastily got up before nervously pouring the gunslinger a glass of whiskey. "Thanks." He said before downing the whiskey in no time flat before heading for the exit. "You should probably close up for the night."
"W-Wait a minute," The Bartender called out. "Just what was that? A normal reflector would have broken from all those shots. Just who are you?"
"Me? The names Blaze, I'm just your wandering sharpshooter." The cowboy gave his name before tipping his hat and heading out of the establishment for the night.
The Next Day
"Hmm…" Kenshin was currently staring at his phone in the kitchen while chewing on a piece of toast. He was mostly staring at the rumors surrounding his fight with Vulpine Breaker. It felt so weird to him that a 'memory' of sorts had come back to him through the Machine Islander and the Co-Owners talk about a dream.
"Want to talk about it?" Cloud asked as he was suddenly sitting across from Kenshin causing the teen to give a light yell. "Please no yelling."
"S-Sorry, how long have you been there?" Kenshin asked as he calmed down a bit, so deep in thought that he hadn't seen or heard Cloud when he entered.
"A bit, enough to know that you're having a bit of trouble up there," Cloud said as he pointed to his forehead. "You've been remembering haven't you?"
"I have… but it's still a bit foggy and I don't know if I want to talk about it yet," Kenshin admitted as he gave a sigh. "I just… I wonder about who I'm really like."
"You're worried that you might be a completely different person before you lost your memories compared to now, right?" Cloud asked, figuring the root of the problem. "I can relate a bit."
"You can?" Kenshin asked, a bit curious though now that he was talking to Cloud he realized that he didn't know much about the soldier. "So what do you think I should do?"
"You should accept those memories but not let them define you," Cloud replied. "Who you are now is who you are now. If anything finding out your past should be what strengthens your resolve to fight."
"My resolve to fight huh…" Kenshin trailed as he thought about it a bit, figuring that his reason for fighting was just to help out at first. Though it was a bit more selfish in that he wanted answers to who he was and why he had his powers. "Is fighting for myself selfish?"
"You're trying to find your sense of self and purpose," Cloud replied. "That's something important in that it defines who you are. Fox told me what you did anyway; you've got a good heart for giving that Mii advice. Meaning you're not entirely selfish."
"I suppose you're right about that," Kenshin gave a nod as he finished up breakfast and went to washing his plate.
"There you are," Samus said as she entered. "A standard case turned into a mission that's going to involve your expertise."
High above in the clouds and structures of Skyworld, Palutena was in her personal temple deep in thought. She was currently watching footage of Kenshin as Kamen Rider Smash, including his two fights against Feral Islander and Vulpine Breaker.
"I'm still curious as to what she's thinking…" Palutena mused as she watched the footage replay itself several times.
"I don't know I think he's kind of cool," Pit remarked as he enjoyed Smash's fights, though mostly for his cool armor and fire powers.
"Cool or not we can't trust him, after all his origins are too suspicious as well as his lack of memory," Dark Pit mentioned as he walked up. "The preparations are complete by the way."
"Oh so she's finally healed up," Pit turned to face his doppelganger, relief filling his face. "That's good to hear considering the condition we found her in."
"Good then we can finally start Phase 2," Palutena said as she dismissed the footage with her staff before heading down the hall. "We found her just before Origin Impact occurred. Perhaps she will be able to shed some light on what happened."
"I just hope she doesn't go crazy depending on what her last conscious moments were," Pit admitted with a nervous chuckle, not wanting a fight to break out on accident.
"Oh come now, you're my best Angel, you shouldn't be afraid of a little scuffle, right?" Palutena gave a smile figuring she'd give Pit a bit of motivation to break the nervousness.
"Of course Lady Palutena, I just don't want any bad collateral happening," Pit said as he straightened up his posture. Dark Pit gave a sigh at his twin's demeanor, Palutena sure did know how to push the angels buttons.
The trio entered a small room; at the end was a bed that was covered by a half cylinder of glass that shined a bright yellow. Next to the bed was a small control console.
"Here's hoping she can give us some answers," Palutena said as she walked over, activating a wake up sequence that the console had queued up. She backed up as the glass stopped glowing and began to dissolve.
What was revealed was a young woman, likely just about to turn 20. She wore a white dress with blue jeans, sneakers, and had long black hair. She gave a groan as she slowly opened her eyes, orchid in color. Everything suddenly clicked for her as she quickly sat up, "Why?!" She called out, breathing heavily for a few minutes as she gripped the sides of her bed, a few tears rolling down her eyes. "I should have been the one…"
Palutena and the two Angels couldn't help but stare a bit in surprise at the outburst. The room went silent as they wondered if this woman would be able to help.
In a rundown office, Wolf was sitting back in the main desk having his legs resting on the desk itself. There were various Mii's as well, fiddling with equipment and weapons. Behind Wolf was Dark Samus who stayed silent but kept a hand on her arm cannon. It wasn't long before a Subspace Portal began opening up in the center of the room, Meijin, and Sayomi stepping out of the portal as the Mii's all stood at attention. The portal vanished as the two held up their hands to get everyone to relax.
Dark Samus quickly aimed her arm cannon towards the duo before lowering it upon recognizing them. She then stood at attention once more, figuring it was time for them to be briefed.
"Now this is a surprise," Wolf said as he removed his legs from the desk before sitting normally and leaning forward. "To think you'd visit this humble little branch of ours. I suppose Ridley told you about our progress."
"Much to our surprise," Meijin said as he walked over and leaned on the desk to lock eyes with Wolf.
"So where's your other friend, the bandaged one?" Wolf asked, noticing they were one short.
"Ridley asked for his help regarding a few things. So he relented and stayed behind while we went to talk to you. You see our Leader just told us that you all needed to start working on collecting Tokens for us. But since you've already started, I suppose you can give us the ones you've already found."
"Fine by me, not like we can use them anyway," Wolf said as he reached into a drawer and grabbed a small bag, he opened it up before tossing the contents inside forward. The Smash Token's included Incineroar, Terry Bogard, Donkey Kong, and the Piranha Plant Tokens.
"Not a bad assortment," Sayomi said, taking out a few stacks of money before tossing them on Wolf's desk, much to the mercenaries delight. "Because of this we can trust you to hunt for more." She said as Meijin went to take the four Smash Tokens.
"Boss!" A Mii quickly busted through the front door. "We've got a big break with the nex-oh crap! Sir Meijin! Lady Sayomi!" He quickly gave a bow.
"At ease soldier," Meijin gave a light laugh, a bit amused at how respectful some of the Mii's were to him and his partners. "It sounds to me like you've got big news. Go ahead."
"Oh um right, well there's been some movement in regards to the next Token we were looking into," The Mii explained. "Perfect Life's been making moves against this gunslinger Mii, but every time they put out a hit on him they end up defeated."
"Yeah we've heard that rumor already," Wolf said in a slight bored tone. "Did something of note actually happen?"
"Yes! There was a witness in the last attack; I had managed to get to him first before anyone else could. It was a bartender who described how the Gunslinger had insane aim alongside an impenetrable reflector. It was able to guard against several charged shots at once!" The Mii explained, catching Wolf's attention now.
"There's no way that kind of technology exists, he has to be using a Token's power somehow," Wolf said as he realized there were three choices as to who it could be, unaware of Vulpine Breaker's relation to Fox.
"It's unheard of for Mii's to even be able to access the power the Tokens give without our help," Sayomi remarked as she crossed her arms. "But this story is too absurd to even pass up."
"I suppose you know your next move then," Meijin said as he looked over at Wolf. "Though considering Perfect Life is making their move you should hurry."
"Right, if that's the case then Dark Samus and I can handle this personally," Wolf said as he stood up when he was suddenly handed a metal sphere with two lines crossing through it, a faint purple glow in the lines. "What's this?"
"Shadow Grenade," Meijin replied. "Wily just managed to get the first batch running. You've now got a portable Shadow Bug army creator. You have permission to use it if necessary given recent events."
"Fine by me," Wolf said as he took the grenade before pocketing it. He then looked over at Dark Samus. "Let's get this over with." He said, receiving a nod from the physical manifestation of Phazon.
Kenshin was currently walking through the streets of Smash City; the Machine Islander wasn't required since he needed to be tactful about the issue. Samus had briefed him alongside Falco and Fox, the two having gone to the bar where Blaze had taken out the suited men. They informed the group that a Mii with an absurdly powerful reflector had taken out several Mii's in seconds. Everyone had to assume it was a Smash Token but wondered how the Mii was able to even harness it's power since Kenshin was the only one able to up till now.
Of course there was also the issue of the suited men; the bartender had identified them as belonging to Perfect Life. The company itself was a standard security company that was very particular about clients and somewhat edged in shady business. Though without proper evidence, and CORE's focus on Smash Tokens, there wasn't much they could do unless they got a confession.
"Alright, suppose it's time," Kenshin said as he put some sunglasses on, tapping the side and readying the internal camera for recording. Fox and Falco had managed to get enough information regarding Blaze to discern a possible hideout. To everyone's surprise his hideout seemed to be in an old factory of all places. Kenshin began to enter when suddenly a few shots were fired at the wall nearby. "And a warm welcome…" He sighed as he held his hands up.
"Huh? Well this is a surprise," Suddenly Blaze came out from hiding and walked over. "Don't think I have any beef with you."
"You don't actually," Kenshin said as he lowered his arms. "Do you always greet your guests that way?"
"Only the ones who are after my head," Blaze admitted as he looked Kenshin over. "So what's a normal guy like you doing over here?"
"Listen, I'm not going to be subtle about this," Kenshin admitted, figuring it might just be best to get to the point. He then took out his Mario Smash Token. "I heard about all the cool stuff you were doing, and I wondered if you have one of these too."
"Wait so it isn't just a lucky charm?" Blaze questioned as he looked Kenshin over.
"Wait I thought you were using this purposely," Kenshin blinked a few times, having sworn that Blaze had some idea of how to use the Token he had.
"Nah I just wish on it and my Reflector manages to hold up against anything," Blaze replied.
"Yeah no, that Token you have is giving you the ability to do that," Kenshin said as he gripped Mario's Token, his fist lighting on fire before he dismissed the flames. "Does that look like something a wish could do?"
"Now let me guess, you want it don't you?" Blaze asked before jumping back and aiming his weapon at Kenshin. "I'm sorry to say but I can't oblige by that request. I need this so I can help out anyone in need, I won't let anyone end up like me."
"And suddenly we get the motivation and now I'm a bad guy," Kenshin said as he got in a defensive stance, not sure what he'd do against a gun but he'd just have to wing it. To his surprise however all the windows were suddenly busted through by Mii's in business suits, the Mii's having the same briefcase styled cannons as the ones from the bar. Of course to his surprise they were all wearing cybernetic helmets as well.
"It looks like we finally found you punk, alongside a witness to boot." A voice said from behind Kenshin as he turned, to his surprise he saw a fairly older Mii walk in with a white suit and slimmed down arm cannon. "Sorry son but we can't have that."
"Oh you've got to be kidding me," Kenshin said as he held his hands up to his head in distress, secretly clicking on the record button to start the live feed.
The young woman was currently staring down at a cup of tea. Not long after her outburst she nearly had a panic attack at Palutena, Pit and Dark Pit's appearance. Despite this she had calmed down and was taken to the garden in Palutena's temple. The Goddess hoped that the calming atmosphere and a drink would be enough to calm her down and get her to talk, though she realized that was harder than she assumed.
"You should drink your tea before it gets cold," Palutena mentioned as she took a sip of the tea she had. "I know things are probably overwhelming and confusing right now. But we're not going to get anywhere if you don't help me understand what happened to you."
"Junmei," The woman said as she looked up to meet Palutena's gaze. "I'm Junmei Yukimura."
"Well it's a start," Palutena admitted with a light smile. "It's a pleasure to meet you Junmei, I'm-"
"-The Goddess of Light, Palutena, and the angels were Pit alongside his dark counterpart Dark Pit," Junmei finished Palutena's sentence and even added further. "I know who you all are. That's why I nearly had a stroke back there, because I thought what I experienced was a terrible nightmare and I was hoping with all my heart it was. But if you're here… then that means everything was real."
Palutena was a bit taken off guard at Junmei's knowledge of her and the two angels. Though this meant that Junmei was likely from a different world like Kenshin was, the question was if the two shared a connection. "How do you know so much about me and my angels?"
"I'm pretty sure I'm from another world…" Junmei admitted as she went to take a sip of her tea to try and calm down a bit. To her surprise it did manage to relax her slightly. "I'm from a world where you all exist as interactive stories, video games. I never expected you or any of the others to be real. But I know it's just not you all, it's others too, Samus, Mario, Pikachu, Ryu, Sonic." She listed off.
"Just what do you mean by this?" Palutena asked.
"It's because I-we met him… the one from Brawl…" Junmei said as she looked down, setting her tea down as she stared at it once more. "The ruler of Subspace… Tabuu."
"Wait you met who?!" Pit called out as he had just entered to bring the two some more tea, nearly dropping it.
"Tabuu…" Palutena trailed as she realized that Junmei was the key they were after. "If it isn't too much trouble, could you explain what happened?"
"May I have some more tea?" Junmei asked, still trying to process what happened, she needed something to drink to calm her because it was clear to her she was alone now. "I need to calm down first."
"Of course," Palutena said as she gestured for Pit to refill their cups.
"I'm sorry, what the hell is going on here?" Kenshin asked as he and Blaze were now back to back surrounded by Perfect Life Employee's as well as what looked like the CEO. "I just wanted to meet a cowboy." He lied.
"They're here to finish me off," Blaze replied. "Unfortunately kid you got dragged into this."
"Okay but why the hell is a security company targeting a random cowboy?" Kenshin called out, still wanting answers and hoping that the CEO was stupid enough to give them.
"Well since we're about to dispose of you both I might as well tell you," The CEO explained. "That man has been messing with our customer deals for too long now. We're just trying to offer quality service to our customers."
"Your strangling them out of their money that's what you're doing," Blaze countered. "I used to be part of a smaller security company with decent tech. But then Perfect Life got into the market and completely destroyed us in any way they could. We were forced to close down and live on the streets while we watched them swindle everyone out of their money."
"No other security company can provide the tech we provide, that's why we're so high priced. If you can't pay for it or try to get a better deal then you're a mongrel that doesn't know any better," The CEO called out. "We're the only company for the people of Smash City, and we intend to show it. Even if it means we have to take out all the competition."
"That's why I took up my role as a renegade gunslinger," Blaze remarked. "Because you're trying to hurt innocent businesses just to make yourselves number one. You all aren't protectors; you're thugs who want everything to go their way."
"We're the heroes! No one else! We'll prove that to everyone!" The CEO called out as he began charging up an attack. "Men, aim and fire!"
Suddenly beeping was heard as something was rolling along the floor, soon stopping between everyone. It was the same Shadow Grenade that Wolf had received.
"Duck and Cover!" Blaze called out as he quickly jumped behind a few boxes that he was near. Kenshin saw this and quickly ducked and rolled forward behind the boxes. Suddenly the Shadow Grenade shot into the air, shadow bugs pouring out of it and forming various Primids, most having custom Super Scopes and Boomerangs. The Primids soon began charging forward to attack the Perfect Life Mii's, an all out brawl occurring.
"What is going on?" The CEO called out in shock as he looked at how the situation was devolving. Suddenly however his feet were shot at causing him to tumble and be sent to the ground. "What?" He turned only to see Wolf and Dark Samus entering from a broken window.
"You all picked a terrible time to get involved, if we have to take you all out while getting to our prize then so be it," Wolf called out as Dark Samus began aiming and sending missiles at the Perfect Life Gunners, planning on giving the Primid's support.
"This is getting insane, we need to get out of here," Blaze said though his words fell on deaf ears as Kenshin was peeking out from behind the boxes to see the situation. "Hey kid you shouldn't do anything reckless."
"You can stop calling me kid, I'm a hero, you run while I distract them." Kenshin said as he placed the Token Driver on his waist before slotting in both Mario and Luigi's Tokens. "Henshin!" He called out as he hit both buttons while leaping out from behind the boxes.
[SMASH FUSION!]
[MARIO! LUIGI! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: PLATFORM BLAZER!]
Flames covered Kenshin's body before breaking off and revealing his Rider suit. He continued to flip forward before sending a kick out and tearing through a Primid as a result.
"Huh?" Wolf raised an eyebrow when he saw what was going on, Dark Samus lowering her gun as the Primids turned towards Kenshin. The Perfect Life Gunners all stopped to stare at what everyone else was staring at alongside the CEO.
"Alright playtimes over guys," Kenshin called out as he stood up straight, raising his arms slightly and getting ready to move forward.
"Just who the hell are you supposed to be?" The CEO questioned.
"I'm the hero all those rumors are about," Kenshin said as he straightened up and pointed to himself, spreading his other arm out. "I'm Smash!" He called out before spinning and holding his right arm up, a finger pointing up. "Kamen Rider Smash!"
"Wait what? Were we informed of this?" Wolf asked as he turned to Dark Samus, who in turn just gave a shrug before aiming her cannon at Kenshin. "You're right, doesn't matter who he is. Primids attack!"
"We're the only heroes around here; my men attack that Rider guy first!" The CEO called out as he opened fire on Kenshin.
Kenshin gave a yelp as he jumped back to avoid the boomerangs, missiles and energy bolts coming straight for him. He quickly grabbed onto a railing before jumping off, launching fireballs at the Primids and Gunners, managing to take a few Primids out and injure one of the Gunners. He quickly began to run and jump, launching a fireball every now and again but it was clear he was outmatched in firepower.
Dark Samus was studying Kenshin's movements before predicting where he was going to dodge to next. Aiming she shot a missile ahead of Kenshin, the missile detonating in front of him and sending him to the ground.
Kenshin coughed out as he was slammed on his back, giving a light groan as he began to push himself up. "Okay… maybe I should have just run."
"Perfect! Now to get rid of this phony hero so I can get back on track!" The CEO called out as he began to form a charge shot, wanting to get rid of Kenshin himself. Soon enough he launched the blast straight at the Rider, giving a grin as he saw it closing in.
Suddenly Blaze jumped out and slid into view, gripping his chest tightly as he formed his reflector shields, the shields being strengthened suddenly. The blast hit reflector and was knocked back at the CEO, the CEO giving a yell as he was struck by the blast. Blaze quickly threw a smoke grenade in front of him to create a smokescreen to buy them time.
"Boss!" The Gunners quickly abandoned attacking to run over to the CEO who was dazed from his attack being sent back at him. The Primids meanwhile looked around, the grunts unable to see the Rider and Mii.
"You're absolutely stupid kid, why risk yourself in this kind of situation for me?" Blaze asked. "Is my good luck charm that important?"
"Considering our guests… yes it is," Kenshin said as he managed to get up. He figured that Wolf and Dark Samus weren't here just to cause trouble, and they certainly weren't hired by the CEO. "You're a good man trying to do the right thing. I'd hate for you to get caught up in my fight."
"We'll fight together then, I'll cover the long range, you go up close and personal," Blaze called out as he readied his cannon, only for something odd to occur. A bright purple light began shining from his clothes; he quickly took it out as it was revealed he had the Wolf Smash Token. "What's this all about?"
"Wait a second," Kenshin quickly looked himself over and took out Fox's Smash Token, it shining a bright blue. The two were reacting the same way Mario and Luigi's Tokens first reacted when put near each other. Now this made him excited, he now had a chance to turn the tables. "Sorry but I'm going to need that Token. I think I can pull off a mid-battle miracle."
"Suit yourself, but I'll still be here in case you need my help," Blaze said before tossing Kenshin the Token.
"Wouldn't have it any other way," Kenshin said as he removed Mario and Luigi's Tokens. "Fox!" He called out before slotting the Fox Token in first. "Wolf!" He called out before slotting in Wolf's Token into the Driver, soon pressing down on both buttons. "Let's go!"
[SMASH FUSION!]
Energy sparked from the Tokens before shooting out to the sides, transparent versions of Fox and Wol f formed before turning into beams of light, slamming into Kenshin and covering his body in light.
[FOX! WOLF! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: LYLAT OUTLAW!]
The light shot off of his body, dispersing the remaining smoke to reveal Smash's new form. He wore an off-white bodysuit with green streaking lines along the sides of his body, arms, and legs. He had sharp purple armor with white accents on his shoulders, forearms, and shins. The chest armor was the same coloration as well but resembled that of a closed vest, having a popped up collar. On the sides of his biceps and front of his thighs was grey plating for extra protection, with two grey gun holsters. Finally his helmet was colored the same way, having a canine-like mouthpiece alongside two fox ears at the top of the helmet. The compound eyes were thinner but still rounded and held a green coloration now.
In the holsters two large and sharp rectangular pistols formed, one had red stylized wolf designs with the name Lupo printed on it. The other had blue stylized fox designs with the name Volpe printed on it. With the smoke gone, everyone would be able to see Kenshin's new form.
"What the hell?" Wolf wasn't sure what he was seeing, it looked like a mix of both him and Fox combined into a singular armor. "Just what is this guy?"
Dark Samus however chose to take a few steps forward, aiming her arm cannon as she planned to confront Kenshin directly.
"Will you stop suffocating me? Deal with that fake hero!" The CEO called to his men, wanting Kenshin taken care of immediately. The Perfect Life Gunners all looked up, a bit surprised at Kenshin's transformation before spreading out again and taking aim.
"Alright you jokers take him out!" Wolf called out, regaining his composure and throwing a hand forward. The Primids quickly took aim again and began to close in on Kenshin.
Kenshin meanwhile was getting used to the new heads up display; it was giving him a lot more information and aiming data now. He figured it was likely because the form focused on long range than his usual up close combat form. Dark Samus aimed and fired, The Gunners and Primids firing their own blasts at Kenshin.
"Things are going to be a bit different this time," Kenshin quickly raised both of his arms in defense, two hexagonal reflector shields forming as he sent the attacks back at the assailants. The Mii's dodged while several Primid's were struck down and destroyed by the returned fire. Dark Samus raised her arm cannon as she moved back to keep from being damaged. Both the Primids and Mii's were thrown into chaos as they weren't expecting the deflected attack.
Kenshin quickly drew out both Volpe and Lupo, firing at Dark Samus while firing at a Boom Primid. Dark Samus was forced back further and the Primid was destroyed. Dark Samus quickly aimed a missile at Kenshin who jumped out of the way to dodge it. As he was in mid-air he aimed both pistols towards the phazon imitation.
"Take this!" Kenshin called out as he fired at Dark Samus, managing to land a few shots in and force her back further. Once he landed he moved to the side, kicking a Primid back while shooting at two Mii's that tried to get in close. Kenshin then jumped onto a box and jumped further up, spinning around as he fired downwards. This sent a rain of energy bolts down, destroying more Primid's and forcing the Mii Gunners back as a result. Despite this several tried to get close through the rain of energy fire.
Kenshin landed and dodged out of the way of a few Mii's that tried to strike at him with their cannons. He rolled forward, getting on his back and firing at the Mii's, sending two of them flying back. He holstered one of Volpe and used his free arm to grab a Mii that threw himself at him. He pushed the Mii back before firing and striking the Mii in the stomach with his blast.
The Rider hopped back onto his feet and holstered Lupo, bringing his reflectors back up to defend against more energy bolts. The remaining Primids had gathered forward with Dark Samus to try and overwhelm him. To his surprise, several energy shots were launched from behind him, shooting past him and destroying a few Primid's in the process.
"You can thank me later!" Blaze called from behind as he sent out a few more shots to thin the herd of Primid's. He then began to strafe and shoot towards Dark Samus to distract her.
Due to the distraction Kenshin was able to get the necessary info on his HUD about his next suggested course of action. Dropping the reflectors he drew out Volpe and Lupo, shooting and quickly taking out the remaining Primids.
Dark Samus saw this and aimed, firing a small blast of Phazon towards Kenshin only for the Rider to side step and avoid it with ease. Not one to give up she launched several missiles towards Kenshin only for the gun slinging Rider to shoot them in mid-air with ease.
"Just what the hell is this kid?" Wolf questioned as both he and Dark Samus were surprised by his quick reaction time.
Kenshin tapped on the button above Wolf's Token, gathering power in Lupo before shooting energy outwards. Dark Samus launched several missiles, but was surprised when the energy bolt coming her way split into dozens of smaller energy bolts. The bolts destroyed her missiles and forced her back as a result. Despite this she wasn't willing to go down easily and moved forward.
While this was going on, the remaining Mii's that were still standing had gone over to the CEO. "We need to get you out of here boss. We can't win!"
"You all aren't getting away," Kenshin turned towards them before ducking underneath a swipe from Dark Samus. He quickly kicked at Dark Samus to get her to stagger before aiming with both guns and firing at her chest, sparks flying as she was forced back near the CEO and his remaining Mii's. "Sorry to say but you aren't getting in my way." He slammed both buttons on his Driver before aiming with Lupo.
[FOR GLORY!]
Kenshin quickly shot out a red bolt of energy, the bolt splitting into four stylized wolf heads that slammed into Dark Samus' arms and legs, throwing and pinning her against the wall of the factory. Her being thrown backwards while near the Mii's had caused all of them to stumble and sprawl against the ground. Kenshin then holstered Lupo before holding Volpe with both hands. Blue energy began charging before he unleashed it all, skidding back from the recoil.
[LYLAT OUTLAW K.O.!]
Suddenly the energy expanded and formed into a small energy Arwing that spun forward, slamming and drilling into Dark Samus before causing a large explosion. The finisher tore a hole in the wall as a result, Wolf quickly running over to check on his partner.
"W-What the hell was that?" The CEO stammered out as he managed to catch what happened despite being thrown against the ground. He stammered further as he tried to stand before suddenly passing out, the stress of the fight having gotten to him.
"Hope you guys got all of that," Kenshin remarked, figuring that not only had CORE seen the broadcast from his sunglasses, but also his suits camera. He then took a step forward when he saw the smoke clear, noticing that Dark Samus and Wolf had vanished. "Well crap, that was fast."
"That was some pretty good shooting there partner," Blaze remarked as he walked over. "Pretty sure you can put that trinket to more use than I can."
"Thanks. You shouldn't have to worry too much about Perfect Life, I'll see what I can do," Kenshin replied, figuring all the footage would show the company was up to no good. But he knew that it may be tough even with that. "No promises though."
"That's fine by me, just keep on doing what you're doing, hero." Blaze said as he gave Kenshin a slap on the wrist. "You're definitely the real deal, not some phony like that CEO."
This caught the Rider off guard but he gave a smile behind his helmet and gave a nod. "Thanks for that."
"Damn, wasn't expecting him to be that strong, wasn't expecting him at all," Wolf snarled out as he was currently dragging Dark Samus along. The Finisher had chipped off parts of her body; her armor damaged as her helmet was broken, revealing a three eyed skull. Despite this her body began to slowly but surely regenerate.
Unbeknownst to the two however, Sayomi and Meijin had been keeping an eye on the factory they went in to. The two had sensed Kenshin's power from his form change before witnessing the tail end of the finisher from the outside.
"That kid is full of surprises, it seems like he's gained a new power already," Sayomi remarked. "It seems like Tabuu was right in wanting to use him like a bank."
"Definitely, but he'll need more time before we choose to swoop in." Meijin said as he put his hands in his pockets. "Regardless, Hajime can oversee his growth while we take care of other matters."
"Very true," Sayomi admitted before she opened up a Subspace Portal. "We still have the advantage after all."
"Indeed we do," Meijin agreed before heading through the Subspace Portal, Sayomi doing the same as portal closed up and vanished.
"Alright, I'm ready…" Junmei took a deep breath after finishing her tea.
"You mentioned "we", was there another person with you?" Palutena asked.
"Yes, my brother Kenshin Yukimura," Junmei said, looking down and not noticing the surprised looks on Palutena and Pit's faces. While Kenshin's last name wasn't on record, there was no way it could be a coincidence. Palutena though gave a glance at Pit to have him keep quiet, she realizing that if Junmei knew her brother was out there as a Kamen Rider, then she wouldn't have a counter against him.
"So what happened to you two?" Palutena asked once she regained her composure.
"An accident happened to where we lost our parents, so we live together and help support each other," Junmei explained as she brushed some of her hair back as it fell forward. "But one day when we were going home from shopping we were suddenly pulled away by a mysterious force. Then all of a sudden we find ourselves in a strange dark void, and to our surprise we see Tabuu in front of us. We were both in shock because that meant that the games we played as kids were real."
"That must have been very scary," Pit said. "Completely thrown into a new world without any idea of what happened, meeting someone who you thought wasn't real."
"It was," Junmei admitted before clasping her hands together. "But that wasn't the terrifying part. Tabuu said that we were perfect, that he wanted one of us to be his new body. I'm not sure why he chose us, but we were clearly struck with fear, and he wasn't giving us much time to think on it. It wasn't before he started to advance towards my brother that I stepped up to offer myself."
"But that wasn't the case was it? Otherwise you wouldn't be here now talking to us," Palutena mentioned, everything slowly starting to line up.
"Yes, just as I was ready to accept Tabuu, my brother pushed me out of the way and offered himself instead," Junmei said. "Despite my protests Tabuu entered Kenshin, but something went wrong, I think Kenshin was fighting against Tabuu. He told me that he could only hold out for so long and then suddenly threw me out of the void. Last thing I remember was water; I think I landed in the ocean as a result of what he did."
"You did," Dark Pit said as he walked over, having been listening to the conversation from afar. "We investigated a Subspace Tear and found you floating in the ocean unconscious. You were pretty roughed up."
"I see… do you know what happened after that? What happened to Kenshin? Is he still with Tabuu? Is there a way to save him?" Junmei began asking multiple questions, now that she had explained herself she was hoping to get answers regarding her brother.
Palutena gave a bit of a sigh, she hated lying like this but she needed insurance just in case the worst happened. "It's… a long story, but I promise to answer your questions. What happens after that though is up to you."
"I just want answers…" Junmei trailed before taking a deep breath and giving a more determined look. "I just want my brother back. I'll do anything."
To Be Continued…
Palutena: Two siblings intertwined by fate, they are unaware of each other's new existence. She will echo him, and shall become the hope that I depend on.
[Next Time – The Parallel Guardian]
Smash Token Ownership:
Kenshin – Mario/Luigi/Yoshi/Fox/Wolf
Meijin & Sayomi – Donkey Kong/Incineroar/Terry Bogard/Piranha Plant
