Kamen Rider Smash
Episode 5 – A Thunderous Duel
Data File #08: Cleaning Up
"Captain Falcon managed to learn more about our enemies from the two Mii's. Mii's corrupted by Smash Tokens are known as Malice, though so far no Mii has any recollection aside from vague feelings as the Malice. Meanwhile a day off turns into a Smash Token collection as Meta Knight drags Kenshin in to deal with a Gang Leader who was using Pikachu's Token. Perfect Life's investigation has been making more progress but what worries me is that CORE members stationed in Altea have mentioned something similar to Kamen Rider Smash circulating as a rumor. Needless to say we need to look into that soon."
Palutena's Log #01: The Echoing Rider
"Figured now might be a good time to start keeping track of these. Junmei's managed to perform her first transformation. While her opponent the Black Knight was no slouch, she managed to just barely beat them back. She'll need a lot more practice and Tokens if she's going to become someone I can rely on. "
Kenshin walked through the streets of Smash City, deciding to actively patrol this time. It had been a week since the Pikachu Token had been claimed, and it had been eerily quiet. To everyone's surprise there were no sightings of the bandaged man or any Malice related cases. Shadow had also managed to find Mr. Game & Watch, causing confusion when there was no sign of him producing more Shadow Bugs.
"This whole thing is just weird," Kenshin groaned out, trying to figure out what was going on before some screaming was heard. He quickly ran over to a small plaza that was being attacked by Scope Primids alongside two variations on the grunts he hadn't seen before, Buckots which were forming hot metal bricks in their buckets and throwing them down, alongside Bombeds which were throwing their bomb shaped head to cause explosions before forming another head.
Mii's were running away due to the sudden appearance of the Subspace Army. There was only a few that stayed to try and fight. Though to Kenshin's surprise there were a few Inklings joining the fray as well. Despite this the grouping of Mii's and Inklings quickly ran when it looked like there was no dent being made in the army.
"And suddenly this is my problem." Kenshin called out before readying his Token Driver and taking out Fox and Wolf's Tokens. "Fox! Wolf! Henshin!" He called out as he slotted in both Tokens before pressing down on the buttons.
[SMASH FUSION]
[FOX! WOLF! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: LYLAT OUTLAW!]
Kenshin got readied himself as he transformed into his gunslinger based form. He quickly drew his guns, Volpe and Lupo, spinning them around in his fingers before aiming at the Buckots and shooting them to attract their attention. Kenshin quickly jumped forward, shooting at the Buckots and sending crashing into the ground, a few crashing into some Primids. He landed and ducked forward into a roll before getting on his knee, glancing at his sides he saw two Bombeds turning their attention towards him.
The Rider held his guns out, shooting the Bombeds heads causing a premature explosion before piercing their bodies with a second shot each. Kenshin gave a yelp as he felt his armor get scratched by a few shots and turned, seeing the Scope Primids gathering up to aim at him. He then glanced behind him to see the remaining Bombeds aiming their bomb heads at him.
"Tough crowd," Kenshin remarked as he eyed out both groups before jumping up into the air. Both groups had launched their attacks at the same time. The explosions from the bombs had managed to destroy a good chunk of both Bombeds and Scope Primids. Kenshin soon landed behind the Primids before readying his finisher.
[FOR GLORY: LYLAT OUTLAW K.O.!]
The Rider sent a straight blast of energy out of Volpe, launching two spiral blasts of energy out of Lupo, the double blast tearing through the remainder of the Subspace Army and causing an explosion.
"And that takes care of our issue," Kenshin spun both guns around before holstering them, giving a chuckle. "Got to say having these guns definitely helps out a lot." He suddenly tensed before rolling forward, the distinct sound of metal hitting the ground behind him. He turned to see several shuriken embedded in the ground. "What the hell?" He gave a yelp as his heads up display gave him a warning as he quickly stepped back further, nearly tripping in the process but he had managed to avoid several more shuriken that he was able to see pass very close to him.
"Very good," A shadowy figure muttered as he saw Kenshin avoid both of his attacks. He made a quick hand sign before holding his hands close, forming a shuriken of water that he launched out at the Rider.
Kenshin gave a light yell as he dropped onto his back, narrowly avoiding the water shuriken. "Water Shuriken… Greninja?!" He called out though got no response. "Okay maybe not Greninja… he shouldn't even be in town!" He then took out his Mario and Luigi Tokens, swapping them in before initiating a form change. "I need to keep moving!"
[MARIO! LUIGI! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: PLATFORM BLAZER!]
Kenshin threw himself back onto his feet, now that he had his more run and jump based form he needed to make a quick getaway. "I need an advantage." He said before running off, realizing he needed to get whoever was stalking him into an enclosed open area.
Hajime, Sayomi and Meijin had all watched the exchange from a nearby building, the trio impressed by Kenshin's use of Lylat Outlaw. Though all three had their curiosity peaked when they saw him being attacked out of nowhere.
"So was that any of us or does he just have some random person out for his head?" Hajime asked as he put his hands in his pockets.
"We just brought in the Subspace Army, anything after that doesn't involve us," Sayomi said as she crossed her arms. "I suppose this is perfect."
"Right, might as well get more than one person after his head," Meijin said as he tossed Hajime the Incineroar and Piranha Plant Tokens. "I heard there's a certain CEO of a security company who's under a lot of pressure after getting wrapped up with Kenshin."
Hajime caught the tokens and gave a grin behind his bandaged face, "Oh you don't need to tell me anything further than that. I'll deal with it."
"Good, because Sayomi and I have to check a rumor that popped up," Meijin explained. "Apparently the Black Knight suffered a defeat after trying to test the defenses of Altea. The cause is being listed as an armored warrior."
"Wait what?" Hajime turned in surprise, he was sure that only Kenshin was a Kamen Rider. "Is there really another one in this short time?"
"We'll just have to see," Sayomi replied. "For now you are to keep watch of Kamen Rider Smash. We'll contact you in the future if we need any specifics done. Just make sure you don't completely slaughter him yet. He needs to get more power."
"Understood," Hajime said as he watched his two partners leave through a Subspace Portal.
Junmei was currently in a dark room, there only being a spotlight in the center as she gave a deep breath. During the week she had decided to cut her hair to a medium length while also getting a more travel ready outfit, keeping her jeans but adding boots to it. She also now wore a blue tank top with a brown padded jacket and black fingerless gloves.
She held in her hand a practice sword and kept her eyes closed before opening them. Suddenly several dummies fell from strings as she began striking against them, forcing them back. Several large wooden planks swung in this time, Junmei avoiding them as she made her way to more dummies, striking at them before blocking against one of the planks. She pushed it away before dropping to the ground once more struck at her. The constant dodging and striking continued for a bit before she stood up straight and sheathed her sword.
"Not bad, not bad, so it definitely isn't the armor that gives you those kinds of abilities," Chrom said as he clapped, having been watching from the entrance of the room with Robin.
"Yet you said you had no formal training, it's hard to believe its all instinct," Robin mentioned. "But I suppose that makes it easier for us while you're here."
"Yeah, I'm not sure why exactly, it just comes to me naturally," Junmei admitted as she walked over. "Like I've done it before, but I'm sure I haven't. By the way, has Pit returned yet?"
"No, he's still over at Skyworld, I assume their also letting you recover considering what happened," Chrom mentioned. "For now just take it easy, I was right when I figured they wouldn't attack again."
"Right, I'll probably get some air though," Junmei admitted as she headed out. As nice as it was that Chrom and Robin had given her a place to stay, she was getting restless. Even if she did have a training area to test her skills she still needed to get out every now and again. As she walked around however she noticed something off. "Is that…" She quickly moved to a corner and peaked around, seeing Corrin carefully moving around. "Why is she here?" She muttered before figuring it would be best to look into this.
"This is getting a bit frustrating," Samus admitted as she sat at the main computer, giving a groan as her attempts at contacting the CEO had brought up no fruit in the matter.
"CEO's are pretty scummy, this one especially, granted he's probably trying to enjoy his life before we bring down the hammer on him," Captain Falcon remarked as he walked in. "Though of course this is why you brought yours truly on board after he finished with his interrogations."
"I appreciate the help," Samus replied before rubbing the back of her head a bit. "Add the rumors of there being a Kamen Rider in Altea on top of it and I'm about ready to burn out."
"I'm sorry the what?" Captain Falcon asked. "How is that even possible? I thought Kenshin was the only Kamen Rider?"
"Either one from his world somehow showed up here, since he has memories of them," Samus started. "Or someone decided to make their own Rider. I think the latter is more likely."
"You're damn right the latter is more likely," Shadow called out as he walked in. "We all know there's one particular Goddess that doesn't care for CORE and Altea is technically aligned more with her than they are with Dedede."
"You really think that Palutena sent one of her angels down to spy on Kenshin?" Captain Falcon asked as the hedgehog nodded.
"The issue is how they were able to come up with Token Driver Technology like we were," Samus mused as she stared at her paperwork.
"Considering a few of our staff along with Dedede's are Mii's, one of them could have leaked it to Palutena if they were a spy," Shadow mentioned. "We're going to need some background checks done."
"After this Perfect Life issue is settled," Samus said, wanting to get one mess out of the way before dealing with another.
The CEO of Perfect Life was currently sitting in a bar; it was fairly early so there was barely anyone around. To the bartenders surprise but delight, the CEO was currently drowning himself in alcohol due to the recent allegations against his company.
"Might as well get all these drinks in while you still have the money," The bartender remarked as he cleaned a few glasses.
"Shut it," The CEO called out before downing a glass of whiskey. "Keep them coming."
"Will say you have a good sturdy body when it comes to alcohol," The bartender whistled, a bit impressed by how well the CEO was holding it down.
"You could keep drinking, or you could have the power to strike down the man who dealt you this blow," Hajime spoke up as he entered, walking over and sitting next to the CEO.
"Hey man, we don't need any solicitors in here," The bartender warned.
"I'm not planning on selling him anything; I just want to give him the power he so rightfully deserves." Hajime said before taking out Icineroar's Smash Token that was now corrupted. "Take this and you'll have all the power you need to destroy Smash."
The CEO had just sat listening before looking over at Hajime, quickly taking the Smash Token, "This is the same thing he had." He said looking at it before gasping out, the token had dug itself into his hand before sinking in. He gave a yell as he suddenly pulled away from the bar, dark energy wrapping around him as he laughed out. "Yes! This is what I'm looking for! This is the power I want!" He yelled out as his voice warped, the purple energy turning into bright red flames.
Hajime gave a laugh while the bartender quickly ducked behind the bar, the CEO's warped laughter covering the entire bar as the flames grew brighter.
Kenshin was currently trying to find an old warehouse that would easily allow him to force his assailant into a more frontal way of attacking. To his surprise though, any attempts at trying to go his own way were stopped as water shuriken were launched out to block his paths, the shuriken turning into geysers of water that kept him from waiting around.
"This guy is leading me straight to where he wants me, but maybe that's a good thing," Kenshin said, figuring if he was going to be cornered it would be easier to figure out who was attacking him. The issue was trying to figure out where he was going.
It wasn't long before he noticed he was finally being lead towards the industrial district, noticing a warehouse he began to run towards it before a flurry of water shuriken were launched out, forming a wall of geysers in front of him.
Kenshin quickly tapped the button on Mario's side, his body bursting into flames as he launched forward, managing to break through the geysers with little issue before landing and jumping through a window and breaking in. To his great surprise and luck the entire warehouse was bare, there being a visible ladder and a walkway. He began looking around hastily before noticing a shadow coming from above him. He quickly gathered fire in his hands before launching a blast straight up, shattering the window causing shards of glass to fall along with the assailant.
A shadow dropped down before landing in front of Kenshin, brandishing a katana as it was revealed to be a Mii in dark blue ninja attire, holding auburn hair and a headband on his forehead. "I must admit you're definitely no slouch. I was impressed you turned the tables on me."
"Wait it's a Ninja and not Greninja?" Kenshin questioned as he fully turned to face the ninja before him. He knew that Mii's couldn't create elemental shuriken; at least he was sure they couldn't. 'I'm really going to have to ask Samus to run some background checks after this' He thought as he slowly shifted into a fighting stance.
"So that is all, you go through this trouble of forcing me out and you don't even ask my name?" The Mii questioned.
"I'm not trying to be rude, but considering you barely gave me a break I have to be ready," Kenshin replied as he kept up his stance. "But since you brought it up, who are you and why are you targeting me?"
"I am a simple ninja, Fuma's my name," Fuma called out as he brandished his sword. "As for why, well you are that armored hero that's been going around right? If I defeat you in battle then I can prove my skills are the strongest."
Junmei continued to stalk after Corrin before eventually finding a good spot to hide, she had noticed that Corrin had stopped moving and was currently surveying the area.
'What is she even doing?' Junmei thought to herself as she continued to spy.
"Come on, it has to be around-" Corrin cut herself off when she caught a glint in her eye; she shielded her eyes briefly before going over to a brick wall. She approached the shining object and saw a Smash Token embedded into the wall. "Here we go." She said grabbing and pulling it out before holding it up to view. "Ryu's Token huh? This will definitely prove useful."
"Useful for me I'm afraid," Junmei quickly stood and jumped out of her cover, having readied her Token Driver while doing so. The sudden reveal had caught Corrin off guard who quickly backed up. "You can do this the easy way or the hard way."
"Sorry to say but you can't have it," Corrin gripped the Token tightly as she brought out her sword, getting in a defensive stance. "It's property of the Subspace Army now."
"Then we're doing this the hard way," Junmei took out her Tokens before slotting them in and activating the transformation. "Henshin!"
[PARALLEL COMBINATION]
[MARTH! LUCINA! KAMEN RIDER ECHO: LODESTAR PRINCESS!]
Junmei swiped her fingers in front of her before drawing out her sword and getting in a fighting stance, "You will be handing me that Smash Token."
"You'll have to take it from me first," Corrin said, quickly forming wings before launching upwards and landing on a rooftop. "And I don't plan on making it easy."
"Of course you won't," Junmei gave a frustrated sigh before jumping onto some boxes before jumping onto a roof nearby. She quickly leaped after Corrin who began to run away. Despite Corrin's speed, Junmei managed to just barely catch up. But instead of swiping at her Junmei launched herself at Corrin, managing to tackle her and send the two back down to the ground.
"Get off!" Corrin shifted her arm into a spear before slashing and forcing Junmei off, sparks flying as a result.
Junmei cried out as she was forced to take a few steps back, giving a growl. "Okay, no more Ms. Nice Rider." She rushed at Corrin and slashed, the dragon warrior blocking with her sword. Junmei then shifted to the side, avoiding a strike from Corrin's dragon lunge.
"Why are these Tokens so important to you anyway? Are you just trying to gain more power like everyone else is?" Corrin asked as she backed up, trying to see if she could get Junmei into admitting she was just power hungry. "That's why you fought instead of running; you want to show you're the strongest right?"
"I suppose that might be the case," Junmei admitted as she thought about it for a bit before shaking her head, giving a light laugh. "Yeah that's right! I need to grow stronger; the only way I'm going to find my brother is if I continue to grow!" She tapped the button on Marth's side of the Driver, the tip of her sword glowing brightly. "And I won't let you be the wall that stops me!" She launched herself towards Corrin.
"What?" Corrin was caught off guard by Junmei's sudden speech and held her sword in defense. Her eyes widened as she was pushed back, staggering from the jab. She then went to counter only for her sword to be struck again by a quick jab from Junmei. The attack was so sudden she lost grip of her Omega Yato.
"Now I need you to get out of my way!" Junmei called out as she tapped the button on Lucina's side this time. She swiped her hand across her blade, it shining a bright blue as she did. She then spun before slashing forward, sending an energy slash that hit Corrin, causing a small explosion of smoke.
Corrin gave a yell as she stumbled out of the smoke, landing on her stomach. The force from the attack was enough for her to let go of the Ryu Smash Token. Junmei walked over and picked up the Token, tossing it up before grabbing it.
"Thank you for your patronage," Junmei said as she walked past Corrin, once there was enough distance between them she dismissed her transformation.
Corrin meanwhile hit the floor in anger at what had just happened, realizing that Junmei was going to be a real problem for her and the Black Knight.
"Well now, she seems to be feisty," Sayomi mentioned as she walked over, holding out a hand. "I need to have a word with you and your boss."
"Sayomi," Corrin looked up in surprise as she saw the female general of the Subspace Army before her. She quickly grabbed Sayomi's hand before being lifted up. "I'll take you to our base." She said before heading off, Sayomi following after her.
"So just a normal fight this time huh?" Kenshin asked before relaxing a bit, figuring the situation out. "Very well, but allow me one request."
"And what might that request be?" Fuma questioned, a bit confused as to why Kenshin had lightened his stance up.
"Just how are you able to create Water Shuriken? I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen Greninja do that," Kenshin mentioned causing the Mii's face to harden.
"Like I'd let you know my secret," Fuma called out as he rushed forward performing a lunging stab at Kenshin.
Kenshin quickly jumped over the Mii, landing on the other side. He then turned before launching a fireball at the Mii. To his surprise the Mii was hit but suddenly a straw figure fell out of the blast. "Okay I was a bit skeptical but he shouldn't be able to do that." He quickly threw himself to the side as Fuma slashed downwards from above. "This confirms it. I've figured you out."
"Just what are you talking about?" Fuma questioned as he began gathering water around his katana.
"You, you're ninja and water abilities all come from Greninja's Smash Token!" Kenshin called out as he pointed towards Fuma.
"Impressive, I should have figured you might have guessed since you seem to use them too," Fuma remarked, caught off guard but still wanting to keep his cool. "But if you want my Token you'll need to defeat me in a fight."
"Very well, let's do this!" Kenshin called out before banging was suddenly heard on the door that lead into the factory. "Huh?"
"No one will be destroying Kamen Rider Smash!" A snarl called out as suddenly the door began to glow a bright red, a superheated spot forming as it grew and grew, the doorway and walls melting before being torn through. "I will be the one who does so!"
"What the hell?" Fuma questioned but the water around his sword charged, he wanted to save it for the right moment.
A grey armored warrior walked through, it having a hulking upper body with large arms. Underneath the armoring was charcoal skin that couldn't be seen as the gaps between the armor that showed the skin were shining a bright yellow, as if magma flowed. On the grey armor were red stripes and tiger-like markings, the face was armored and resembled a tigers, being predominantly grey with red marks. The inside of the mouth and the eyes were glowing a bright yellow to complete the magma theme.
"Who the hell are you?!" Kenshin called out, not expecting a Malice of all things to suddenly make a move against him.
"I'll give you my name, Inferno Grappler!" The Malice roared out as steam exited his body.
"That does a poor job of telling me what your beef is with me," Kenshin called out as he put his hands on his hips. "I get that I'm a Kamen Rider but usually I find you all, not the other way around."
"I'll give you a hint, Perfect Life," Inferno said in a more serious tone as he hunched forward.
"Oh… oh jeez," Kenshin said, realizing that this wasn't just a random Mii that was turned into a Malice this time, and it seemed as though the CEO was in full control of this transformation. Or at the very least the intent to kill was a factor in the transformation.
To both his and Inferno Grapplers surprise, a sudden wave of water was launched at the Malice, slamming into him and causing steam to spread as a result.
"What a moron, didn't he see all our theatrics on the way here? This is my fight not his!" Fuma called out in annoyance.
"I'm pretty sure he doesn't care about that, whatever fight we had we can put it off till after this guy is taken care of!" Kenshin called out as he rushed forward, hoping the water had done some damage. Suddenly he was on the receiving end of a clothesline as Inferno Grappler ran out relatively unscathed and slammed his arm into Kenshin's neck.
Kenshin coughed out as his eyes widened, going into shock from the sudden hit before falling to the ground. However he didn't hit the ground as Inferno Grappler had grabbed his arm before throwing him into the wall of the warehouse. Kenshin cried out as he fell to the ground, Pikachu's Token falling out. He twitched as he coughed out, trying to recover but he was too in shock to think of doing anything at the moment.
Fuma quickly rushed in as Inferno Grappler was busy advancing on Kenshin. He then gave a yell before slamming his Katana between one of the armor gaps on the back. Inferno Grappler howled out as Fuma quickly began charging his sword with water, trying to pump as much water as he could into Inferno Grappler. The magma in the gaps on the back began to hard before Inferno Grapler grabbed Fuma from his back, dislodging the sword as a result and tossing him near Kenshin.
Fuma gasped out as he was thrown and slammed into the ground. His Greninja Smash Token flew out of his pocket rolled near Pikachu's as a result of hitting the ground. Fuma panted a bit as he managed to find his voice. "You need to get up; otherwise we're not going to make it out of here if we keep hitting him one at a time." He winced as he began to pick himself up.
"Stupid Mii's always getting in my way! Once I'm done with you two I've got a cowboy to visit!" Inferno Grappler called out, despite dislodging the sword, his upper back now had a hardened stone patch as a result of the water and magma mixing.
"Not… going… to happen…" Kenshin trailed as he started to stand, still coughing but just barely managing to get up. "I'm not about to lose to some fake hero like you!" He called out before a bright light from the floor caught his eyes. He looked down and to his surprise Pikachu and Greninja's Tokens were shining in synch.
"What's going on?" Fuma asked.
"Sorry Fuma but I need to borrow this," Kenshin said as he grabbed both Tokens and slotted them each into his belt. "Pikachu! Greninja!" He called out before pressing down on both buttons and initiating a form change. "Let's bring the hidden thunder!"
[SMASH FUSION]
Transparent versions of Pikachu and Greninja appeared beside him from the Driver, Greninja turning into water while Pikachu turned into bolts of electricity. The water swirled around Kenshin trapping him in a tornado before the electricity jumped up and struck down, creating an electrified tornado of water.
[PIKACHU! GRENINJA! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: THUNDER SHINOBI!]
The tornado dispersed sparks and water droplets spreading out into the air as Smash's new alternate form was revealed. He now had a dark blue bodysuit with white and pink lines running through it. Covering it was yellow shinobi-styled armoring with black accents. This form retained a scarf, it being black with pink markings along it, though the scarf itself covered the bottom of the helmet which was now jagged and sharp. He had smaller round compound eyes, alongside a headband for his head crest that held a lightning bolt over a shuriken.
On his back was also a dark blue sheath with white markings, it holding a katana inside of it. Though just like Volpe and Lupo, this didn't have a slot for him to use his Smash Tokens.
"Fuma, stand back… allow me to show you my ninja skills!" Kenshin called out.
"Did you just get another damn transformation?" Inferno Grappler hissed out as he saw what had just happened.
"Alright old man, are you ready?" Kenshin asked as he began to hop in place slightly before assuming a more relaxed stance. He figured if he ignored Inferno Grappler and riled him up with an insult it would get things in his favor.
"How dare you!" Inferno called out as he gathered fire in his fists charging straight towards Kenshin and punching at him. To Inferno's surprise, Kenshin vanished in a series of sparks, the Malice having hit an afterimage that was left behind.
"I'll blow you away!" Kenshin appeared off to the side, releasing electric energy bolts that formed kunai which struck at Inferno Grappler. The Malice turned only for Kenshin to already have vanished, he appeared off to the Malice's other side before sending electric energy shuriken forward. The shuriken struck Inferno Grappler again, sparks flying.
"Stand still maggot!" Inferno yelled out as he gathered more fire in his fists before throwing them out whenever he saw Kenshin. The ninja rider however was too fast, vanishing long before the fireballs could even reach him.
Kenshin then drew the sword from his back, charging it with electricity. He began streaking and bouncing across the room as he slashed past the Malice several times. Using his sword his attacks ended up doing more damage than his electric constructs did on their own. He then landed in front of Inferno Grappler, motioning the Malice to come fight him with two fingers.
"Why you cocky little shit!" Inferno Grappler yelled out as he slid forward, sending a powerful punch towards Kenshin. The Rider responded simply by pressing the button on Greninja's side. Inferno Grappler as a result managed to land a punch against Kenshin's chest. "Yes, take that you fake hero!"
"You're right, he is a fake," Kenshin said, stepping into view from behind the Malice, completely unharmed. The Malice looked back in surprise before turning towards who he had hit, to his surprise it was a straw dummy that held a Smash's chest armor and a cheap mask representation of his helmet. Kenshin then quickly sent a slash forward, striking at the stoned portion of Inferno's back and causing the malice great pain.
"You'll pay for this!" Inferno Grappler howled out as he fell to one knee.
"Sorry to say but after this you're going to be locked up for a while," Kenshin remarked as he initiated his finisher. Electrical energy gathered in his feet before he slid his hand across his katana's blade, energy gathering there as well.
[FOR GLORY!]
He then jumped up and sent a flying kick towards Inferno Grappler, the Malice turning and bracing. Kenshin however turned into sparks at the last second, the kick not connecting. Inferno Grappler gave a confused noise before perking up and turning.
"Rider… Thunder Slash!" Kenshin called out as he reappeared right in front of Inferno right as he turned, blade raised high into the air. He soon swung down, creating a clean glowing yellow cut along the monster.
[THUNDER SHINOBI K.O.!]
Kenshin soon turned and held out his free hand, giving a peace sign as Inferno Grappler fell back. Electricity flew from the wounds before the Malice exploded behind Kenshin. As usual the body blackened completely before a white orb shot out, Kenshin catching the Smash Token, seeing that it was Incineroar's this time.
"Hmm, something tells me I might not get much use out of you," Kenshin admitted as he stared at the Token, starting to sense a pattern with his transformations.
Without the Incineroar Token, the body of Inferno Grappler broke before revealing that it was indeed the CEO. The CEO gave a groan before hissing out, "Damn it! Why is it that you stupid people always interfere?!" He yelled out as he wobbly stood up, rushing for Kenshin to punch him only to get slammed in the face by a light shuriken.
"Shut it old man!" Fuma called out as the CEO was slammed into the ground dazed. "Seriously, hate those kinds of arrogant people." He then walked over to Kenshin.
"Right, we should probably finish our match," Kenshin said, ready to take out Greninja's Token to give it back when he felt Fuma put a hand up to block him. "Huh?"
"You've earned it, besides your plenty strong anyway, I doubt I could win even with a Token like that," Fuma gave a chuckle. "That doesn't mean I won't train though, and next time we meet maybe I'll have surpassed you."
"Sure thing," Kenshin replied, a bit surprised he essentially made another ally, first Blaze and now Fuma. He had to admit it was nice, even if he did get an unexpected enemy in the form of the CEO. He dismissed his transformation before taking out his phone, needing to call Samus immediately. He had a feeling though that she'd be expecting his call due to her likely catching the end of the fight on the live feed.
Sayomi was currently inside of the Black Knight's Subspace Army Outpost, it being an abandoned storage house on the edge of the city. There were quite a few Mii's in Altea that were allies of the Subspace Army, thus they were able to keep a low profile despite being near their enemies. Inside were several Mii's working on armor or strengthening their swords.
"So you came because you heard about Kamen Rider Echo, as she calls herself," The Black Knight remarked as he was sitting on several boxes, having managed to recover mostly from the Finisher he was forced to be struck with. "She took down the Primid's with ease but is still learning."
"Whenever she accesses the power of the Smash Tokens though, that's when she's dangerous," Corrin said, noting how the only time she gained an advantage over the two of them was due to her tapping into Marth and Lucina's powers.
"Still I'm curious as to who she is… the fact that she can transform is worrying," Sayomi admitted as she paced around. "The only one who should have any kind of power to convert into a transformation is Smash. And for good reason too." She muttered the last part.
"Then I suppose you'll be sticking around," The Black Knight mentioned, figuring that Sayomi would want to deal with this personally.
"You know me oh so well," Sayomi said with a smile before taking out the Smash Token she had received from Meijin, Terry Bogard's. Though it was already corrupted, meaning Sayomi had something in mind for it. "I plan on seeing this Kamen Rider Echo in action."
"Sorry to hear that you had to go through that," Samus mentioned as she walked with Kenshin through CORE's base. "Remind me to tinker with your armor. We need to get to work on making a better communications network so that way you're more connected to us."
"Eh I was mostly alright but having a more direct link to you all would help," Kenshin agreed. "So what's going to happen to our Malice friend?"
"Considering we have on record he wanted to kill you, alongside nearly doing so from the footage we saw, alongside confirming his identity at the end…" Samus trailed as she listed off all the evidence. "He's going to be locked up in CORE's maximum security prison."
"Damn, that harsh huh?" Kenshin asked, not that he minded but he was surprised to hear that he was going to be getting the works when it came to punishment.
"Yeah, unfortunately because we have to post the details that means Perfect Life is likely going to go under as a business. And considering they snuffed out the competition…" Samus trailed.
"There won't be much in the way of a widespread security service," Kenshin sighed, realizing things would get a bit more complicated.
"For now we can handle it until someone manages to step in as a replacement. Though it just means our mystery man is going to be able to slip by more easily." Samus replied before the stopped at a set of doors, Samus punching in a code before using the retinal scanner. "Are you sure about this?" She asked as they entered a storage room, various Token Slots lining the walls.
"It'll be safer in here than on me considering I can't even use it," Kenshin said as he handed Samus the Incineroar Token. "I've noticed a pattern and if I'm right I'm pretty sure Pikachu and Greninja are the only ones out of all the Pokemon I can use."
"So anymore relating to Mario or Fox likely won't do the trick either," Samus figured as she took the Token before placing it in one of the slots. She then went to a control console before pressing a few keys, an energy net forming over the token slots. "Good work today Kenshin, you've grown exceptionally strong."
"Ah, thank you," Kenshin said as he gave a bow, glad to see that he was making some progress. Though that brought him back to his own memories, it seemed as though nothing else he had seen and heard could trigger anything. Still the answers were somewhere, he'd just have to be patient and wait.
To Be Continued…
Palutena: A sword cannot win every battle, sometimes the only things you can trust are your own hands. But are fists alone enough to overcome your struggle?
[Next Time – Furious Fighting Spirit]
Smash Token Ownership:
Kenshin – Mario/Luigi/Yoshi/Fox/Wolf/Pikachu/Greninja
Junmei – Marth/Lucina/Ryu
CORE – Incineroar
Meijin –Donkey Kong
Sayomi – Terry Bogard
Hajime – Piranha Plant
Author Note:
Well I suppose a consistent upload schedule didn't work out for the last month of 2019. It was mostly the holidays and sickness kicking my ass though. On the bright side the big project for Kamen Rider Smash is finally written and I don't have any more big projects planned, just standard chapters for now. Here's hoping next year will be kind to me for writing and updating, but there's a lot of stuff coming out during the first three months so that may be subject to change. But yeah, enjoy the last update for 2019 folks, I'll see you sometime in 2020 with the next chapter.
