GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you another chapter of Remnant's Climax Heroes!
KRD: That's right! And it's time for Kuro's girl to shine! XD
GKC: You mean Weiss?
KRD: Nope! It's his daughter, Yukina!
GKC: Oh yeah, little Shiro Jr. You know what, we gotta come up with a better Rider name for her. She can't be Shiro.
KRD: Kamen Rider Yuki.
GKC: Nah, still too dim… Kamen Rider… Wyvern?
KRD: How about Kamen Rider Hikari?
GKC: That works.
KRD: Sweet, then let's get going!
Disclaimer: Same thing.
Chapter 30: Daughter of the Dragon
[Beacon Academy - Infirmary]
It was the next day and Kurogasa was helped into the infirmary by his future daughter albeit a crutch. He was doing his usual routine checkup and morning physical therapy. It was after the session, that Ozpin had arrived to check on him. "Well, it looks like you won't have to be cooped up in the Rider Base any longer." Ozpin said as he was looking at Kurogasa's diagnosis chart. "Your physical therapy is coming along quite nicely."
"Yeah," Kurogasa nodded. "Although, I still won't be fighting for a while. And hopefully I'll be able to walk properly by the time the Ball comes around."
"Guess we'll see how that goes. For now, just don't overexert yourself. Your body is still adjusting after that fight." Dr. Oobleck stated.
"Right. Thank you, Doctor." Kurogasa said, before he slowly sat up from his hospital bed and slowly stood up helped by his crutch and stepped forward. "Ergh…!"
"Otou-sama!" Yukina gasped as she caught him from falling.
"Daijobu…" Kurogasa smiled sadly. "I just have to take it slow. That's all."
"I'll help you," Yukina offered.
"Suman…" Kurogasa said, before Yukina held her father close and helped him slowly walk out of the infirmary.
"Otou-sama," His future child suddenly spoke, as she and Kurogasa were going down the hallway "Can we… hang out together?"
"Hm? What's this all of a sudden?"
"Well, in the future, I never really got to spend much time with you so…" Yukina trailed on with a shy blush.
"Oh… right, I turned evil." Kurogasa remembered. He still can't believe that he turned evil in the future. Even after hearing it all from his friends when they met his future self. It was still a hard thing to wrap his mind around. "I must have been a very busy person before all of that, huh… I'm sorry…"
"It's not your fault… you're a superhero. Not everyone has time for their families." Yukina admitted.
"Well I can't exactly be a superhero if I can't spend time with my family. I have to be able to balance that." Kurogasa said. "Speaking of… what happened… to your grandmother in the future? Was she…" He trailed off nervously.
"When she heard what had happened to you, she…" Yukina frowned with unshed tears. "…she passed away."
The two of them stopped walking as he looked at her surprised. "She… died?" Yukina nodded solemnly. "Did she… did she drink herself to death…?"
"No… she didn't," Yukina shook her head.
"And… what about Winter? Or your Uncle Whitley? Or… Jacques…" He trailed off with hesitance in saying that last name.
"Dead… all of them, except for Okaa-sama."
"Damn, I must have been…" Kurogasa shook his head.
"Otou-sama, this is not your fault. I see you now, and you're not the same as you in the future. You and him are completely different."
"I know, it's just… the more I hear how terrible I was in the future, the more I'm starting to think that I'm-"
"But you're not. Please understand that. The future can always change."
"Yukina…"
"If there's one thing I learned from you and Okaa-sama, it's that you need to have more faith. You need to believe in those that care for you." Yukina said. "I choose to have faith in you, because I believe in the you I see now. I believe that you would overcome your future self. I know you will overcome those odds, without fail."
Kurogasa looked at his future daughter in surprise with wide-eyes before shaking his head with a smile. "Heh, looks like I need to practice what I preach more often."
"You do actually. Every single day whenever you monologue."
"Hehe, really now," Kurogasa chuckled, before reaching out to caress her cheek. "Looks like I raised a fine beautiful woman. My precious musume…"
"Otou-sama," Yukina felt tears build up as the love of her father filled her heart with warmth as she held her father's hand.
"C'mon, no crying." Kurogasa said, wiping her tears. "Now how about you and I go into town? We can do whatever you want. Eating out, shopping, anything. I'm gonna spoil you today, and I won't take no for an answer."
Yukina beamed happily and nodded, "Hai!"
LINE BREAK
Gou stood on the roof on one of the buildings in the city. He stared down at the people going on about their business as some were getting ready for the Vytal Festival. These ignorant and naive fools have no idea what's coming to them. Because the moment it happens, they can't do anything about it. Just like what's going to happen to Kurogasa. He won't see it coming and by the time he realizes it, it'll be too late, he will die, and Gou can finally be rid of the thorn at his side.
"You know you shouldn't run off like that." Emily said who stood behind him.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Gou questioned.
"Azrael wanted me to keep you from doing something stupid." Emily answered.
"Well you can buzz off, because all I need is to kill Kuro. So either get out of my way or else."
Emily smirked in amusement, "Or else what? You'll hit me? What a mature thing to do, little boy."
The next thing she knew, Gou's katana was suddenly near her throat, but what's amazing is that she wasn't fazed by the threat. "Do not get in my way."
"What can you possibly even do?" Emily asked. "You already lost once. Who's to say this next bout won't be any different?"
"Your point?"
"My point is, there's no telling who would win. Sure, he's down, but you'd rather kick him when he's down?"
"So what, as long as I kill that little shit, I don't care how I win." Gou spat.
"Hmph, I guess all that talk about honor was nothing but that… talk."
"The only way I'll ever regain my honor is if I kill him!"
"So going by Karate Kid 2 logic huh?" Emily raised an eyebrow. "Is your pride so damaged that you have to resort to underhanded means?"
"He never understood me!"
"How could anyone ever understand a brute like you?" She shot back.
"He betrayed our friendship! We had something! But he chose those fools over me! We were better than them!"
"Ah, I see where your problem is. You have an inferiority complex."
"Wha-"
"You're afraid of someone surpassing you." Emily said. "I guess that's why you hurt your former classmates. You saw their full potential, so what did you do? You eliminated the competition, because you can't accept your own shortcomings."
"Watch your next words, because I am this close to cutting your neck…!"
Emily giggled, "Silly boy… you actually think you were in control of this situation?"
Gou raised a brow in confusion before he felt a pressure on his neck. Though when he went to touch it, he winced when something pricked his skin.
"I wouldn't move so much. You wouldn't want to lose your head." Emily smirked deviously.
"You…"
"Don't get the wrong idea. I won't stop you. You just have to be smart about it." Emily smirked as she let go of an invisible thread she had wrapped around her fingers. Gou scoffed as he turned around and sheathe his blade.
"What makes you think I'd take your offer to help?"
"You don't have to but if you wanna live longer, you'll need it."
"Hmph…" Gou scoffed. The more he thought about it, the more it was starting to make sense. He can't just do this head on. He needs to be smart and not be a musclehead. "Fine… what's the plan?"
Emily's smile couldn't get any wider than it was now.
LINE BREAK
"You two are going somewhere?" Weiss asked as Yukina was helping Kurogasa put on a jacket. Since classes are over and near the weekend, he figured he would want to go out in his casuals.
"Yeah, you could say it's a Daddy-Daughter date." Kurogasa shrugged with a smile.
"A daddy-daughter date?" Weiss raised a brow before glancing at her future daughter, who was blushing profusely. "Well, I don't see the harm in having a little time to yourselves. Just be careful."
"Don't worry, Okaa-sama. I'll be sure to take care of him." Yukina said rather quickly. "L-Let's get going, ne?"
"Lead the way." Kurogasa said before the parent and child left.
"Wow, she's a real fidgeting school girl when she's around him." Orpheus commented.
"Well, it's her father. Wouldn't you be like that if you met your parents?" Orion pointed out.
"Eh, fair point." Orpheus commented. "Still, I can't help but wonder… if Yukina's blushing so much around Kuro… you think she has a daddy complex?"
That caused Weiss to lose her balance awkwardly, and looked at Orpheus in disbelief, "I beg your pardon!?"
"Well, obviously, judging by how she acts, she must've loved Kurogasa a lot. Idolized him even. Maybe future Kurogasa showed her more love and care than the future you. It's scientifically proven that children connect more with their fathers than the mother."
"Love, I can understand, but… isn't that implying something else?" Weiss asked awkwardly.
…
…
…
"Someone has a dirty mind…" Orion deadpanned.
"I do not!"
"You're the one who is implementing something that would be considered incest." Orpheus pointed out. "Besides, I doubt your daughter would really have those kinds of feelings for Kuro."
"Remember, Dark Kurogasa was gone for a while in the future. So maybe, Yukina missed having her kindhearted father and sought out that fatherly love in Past Kurogasa."
"Well, I guess you have a point…" Weiss said.
Speaking of…
"So Yukina, where do you wanna go?" Kurogasa asked as they were walking down the hallway, "Sushi restaurant? Movie theater? The mall?"
"Um… I don't exactly know. I guess, wherever you feel like going?" Yukina said, unsure of what to do.
"C'mon, there's gotta be something you wanna do," Kurogasa said. "Like I said, today's all about spoiling you."
"Well…" Yukina pondered as she thought about it for a while, before saying, "Perhaps the piano store? I've always loved playing the piano and singing."
"Really…" Kurogasa mused with interest. "I guess you do take after your mom after all. At least in the singing department."
"I'm still nowhere as good as Okaa-sama, but I'm sure I'll get there one day."
"We'll see when I hear it." Kurogasa smiled. The two kept on walking and as soon as they turned the corner…
"Oh, well hello."
Kurogasa's eyes widened considerably and froze when he saw in front of him the last three people he didn't want to see, when turning that corner: Mercury, Emerald, and Cinder. This was bad, really bad. He just made contact with him. Given the fact that there was a chance that Azrael told them about JOKR, one way or another, he was screwed.
"I didn't know that Beacon Academy students were free to roam around off campus." Cinder remarked with a faux-friendly smile.
"Uh well… Tomorrow's the weekend and classes are done for today." Kurogasa said.
"Hm, so they are. Forgive us, we're from Haven. Our class schedules are usually different." Cinder remarked.
"Understandable…" Kurogasa nodded, "Uh… please excuse us…" He said, before Yukina helped Kurogasa on his way as the three of them looked on.
"Was that one of them?" Emerald asked.
"No doubt about it and he definitely knows about us." Mercury answered. "Should I take care of them?"
"No," Cinder said. "Let them play this little game for a while longer. Our plans will come to fruition one way or another."
LINE BREAK
In the Rider Base, Aaron was working on one of his inventions when he got a text on his Scroll. He naturally picked it up but when he read the message, he frowned at what he read.
[Code Red. Made Contact.]
"Oh, son of a bi-" Aaron stopped when the door to the base suddenly opened, revealing his future son, Yin, who was coming back from the sparring hall with Yang.
"Hey, dad, what's going on?" Yin asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just trying to get this darn piece of equipment working." He gestured to the Exceed Mask, which was in pieces.
"Still tuning that thing up?" Yang asked.
"Yeah, I don't know what the hell is wrong with it. I can't seem to make it stable so that the transformation doesn't backfire."
"Really? In the future, you solved the problem by making a companion device that siphons the power." Yin raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, what?" Aaron looked at his future son in shock. "A companion device?" He thought it over for a bit before realizing that his son had a point. "Oh my God! Why didn't I see it before!? It was so obvious!"
"You're welcome." Yin grinned.
Aaron dashed towards a table, grabbing multiple parts and bringing them towards the Exceed Mask and quickly went to work. He was moving all around the place as the two watched the excited Rider work.
"He's at it again."
"Does he really act like this in the future?" Yang asked Yin.
"Yeah, he's in Kamen Rider Build mode… whenever he has a stroke of genius, he gets like this…"
"Who?"
"Oh yeah, you don't know much about them." Yin checked around the base before he gestured to a poster banner that had Build's image. "There, that's Build."
"Ah."
While it was great that Aaron had a stroke of genius to build a companion device to fix the problem, his mind still wandered back to the text message he received. They made contact, which was not a good thing. He's gonna have to step up his game. And they can't afford to let another certain incident happen. That being a certain fight between a certain specialist in kicking and a certain female Greek warrior.
Another stroke of genius hit him. If Cinder wanted some attention then he'll give it to them… by humiliating her pet assassin.
LINE BREAK
[Vale - City]
In the city streets, Yukina and Kurogasa slowly walked through the city on the sidewalks. Thanks to Glynda and her Semblance, the city was fixed as if Aaron didn't do a United States of Smash. But even though the city was back, the citizens that were caught in the crossfire weren't. It reminded him of Dark Kurogasa and what he did to bring out the worst in his leader, but now wasn't the time for that. This was Yukina's day and nothing was going to ruin it.
"Well, here we are." Kurogasa said, as they were in front of the piano store. "Ready to make some music?"
"Hai, Otou-sama!" Yukina beamed happily.
As the two of them went in, they didn't notice Gou and Emily watching them from afar.
"How long do we have to wait?" Gou asked impatiently.
"Patience, you brute. You have to wait for the right time to strike." Emily answered.
"This better be worth it."
"Oh trust me, it will."
Inside the piano store, Yukina was somewhat acting like a kid on Christmas as she looked at the many pianos in the store. There were so many that she wanted to play all of them. "Well Yukina, take your pick." Kurogasa said.
The girl browsed through the collection of musical instruments, each one constructed with a different type of wood or painted in a variety of colors. Her eyes eventually settled on a beautiful white piano lined with silver. "This looks perfect." Yukina said, "Can I play it?"
"I'm not stopping you." Kurogasa smiled. "You know a song or two?"
Yukina nodded and sat down in front of the piano. She took a deep breath in, before placing her fingers along the keys and began to play her song.
(Won't Give Up performed by Laura Pitt-Pulford; Sung by Yukina Kururugi)
How far we've come
How much we've changed
A thousand nights and a million tears
Now I can say that I've conquered my fear
If I could go back, what would I tell you
Wish you'd listen to the truth
Till then I'll be patiently waiting right here
Promises are kept deep in the heart
Bells are ringing so loud
Our spirits will never die
As long as there is something worth fighting for
We won't give up
Even if the sky is falling down
Even if the stars crash and burn the ground
We'll believe our voice will reach the universe
We won't give up till the end
We won't give up till we smile again
Cuz we're alive
Cuz we made a promise to the world
to the world
Once the song came to an end, Yukina played the last few keys before stopping. She turned to look back at her father only to realize that her singing and piano-playing had drawn a crowd. The crowd was cheering and took pictures, to which Yukina blushed.
"She really is our kid." Kurogasa said, wiping a tear of joy from his eye.
What the samurai didn't know was that Emily and Gou were listening in amongst the crowd. The duo glanced at each other then smirked sinisterly. With this piece of information, they now had a target that would hurt Kurogasa even more and disappeared in the sea of bodies.
LINE BREAK
"So…" Aaron said as he was in the Rider Base with Orion and Orpheus, locked tight. "Our worst fears have been founded. Kuro made contact with Cinder and her group."
"And there's no doubt that they know about us." Orpheus remarked. "No doubt due to Azrael having contact with Salem's butt-servants."
"So what do we do? They most likely know about us at this point." Orion said.
"Plus… we can't let Pyrrha get involved in this at all." Orpheus added. "As much as I want Team JNPR to grow, I won't let Pyrrha be a part of Cinder's manipulations and I won't let her die because of it…"
"Which is why after Pyrrha's fight with Team CRDL, I'll volunteer to fight Mercury. Give them a different target to focus on." Aaron suggested.
"You gonna be using your Aura Driver or another Rider's? Because we haven't used the others as of late." Orion said.
"I'll use my Semblance. Azrael probably told them about each of our Semblances but he probably never went into many details. He likes to keep those around him on their toes. So, I'll use a Heisei Rider's belt to fight Mercury and after I beat him, which I definitely will, it'll turn their focus on us."
*BANG! BANG! BANG!*
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeey~! Open up~! What's with the secret meeting!?" Koa whined from the other side of the door.
"Go play with your toys! This is Team JOKR business!" Aaron called back.
"But they're in there~!" She complained.
"Then wait!"
"Ughhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Anyways, where were we?" Aaron cleared his throat.
"You were talking about using a Heisei Rider belt. Which one will you use?" Orion asked.
"Hmmm…" Aaron pondered. He rubbed his chin for a moment before smirking in realization, "I think I'm gonna show Mercury what a true Destroyer is."
"Ohhhhhhh, he's screwed." Orpheus grinned widely.
LINE BREAK
After the impromptu mini-concert at the piano store, Kurogasa and Yukina decided to continue on their day, eating at a noodle shop, doing a little bit of shopping, any and everything in between that Yukina wanted to do. It was a very fun day and one that Kurogasa needed. As of now, they found themselves at the local park where there were benches that they could choose from while overlooking the huge green field that was vast before them.
"I really needed this." Kurogasa sighed happily as he looked at his daughter. "Did you have fun, Yukina?"
"Hai! I had lots of fun!"
"I'm glad you did." Kurogasa nodded with a smile, before looking forward. "Say, yukina, have I ever told you about your grandmother?"
"Obaa-sama?"
"Not my mother Willow… the mother from my world." Kurogasa shook his head. "Her name was also Yukina."
She looked surprised but had an honored smile. "No, what was she like?"
"She's the kindest soul you would ever meet." Kurogasa smiled fondly as he looked up at the sky. "She was… passionate about life. Taught me many things about it, even those important things when I was feeling down. She would keep on encouraging me, to not give up, to always get back up after falling, despite how bleak things seem to be."
"She must be a wonderful person."
"She is…" Kurogasa said before looking at his future daughter. "I don't know why, but… with you, I feel as if Kaa-san is here with me, like she never left. You remind me so much of her."
Yukina felt a swell of pride in her, "I hope I make her proud."
Kuro smiled as he placed a hand on her shoulder, the two filled with pride.
"Well, would you look at this." A familiar voice said, causing Kuro's eyes to widen.
The two of them turned around to see Gou standing there with his arms crossed. "Gou…" Kurogasa growled as he struggled to stand. "What are you doing here?"
"Finishing what I started. Killing you." Gou said, unsheathing his katana.
"I won't let you hurt him!" Yukina said, getting in front of her father. "You hurt him once, I won't let you do it again!"
Gou smirked. "I think you'll have your hands full to stop me, brat."
Before Kurogasa could voice his confusion, he was kicked in the back which sent him into the ground. "Gah!"
"Otou-sama!" Yukina cried out, before she felt something pressed against all over her skin.
"Don't move. Or you die." Emily threatened.
"W-Who are you?" Yukina asked.
"Let's just say that we're your enemy and leave it at that." Emily whispered in the girl's ear.
"Yu… kina…" Kurogasa gritted as he tried to reach out to her but Gou stepped on him. "Gahhhh!"
"Oh, I love hearing that sound. Let's hear it again." Gou smirked menacingly before he stomped on Kurogasa's leg.
"Gahhhhhh!"
"Otou-sama!" Yukina cried out. "Leave him alone!"
"So… this is your daughter, huh?" Gou glanced at Yukina with a savage look in his eyes. "Gotta say, Kuro… she's a pretty little thing."
"Don't… you dare touch her!"
"And who is gonna stop me?" He sarcastically pondered before drawing his sword. "Especially when I cut her to pieces."
ETERNAL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" A familiar white-armored Dark Rider came crashing towards Gou who blocked with his sword, but was sent flying towards Yukina and Emily. The latter had no choice but to let go of the future Schnee and move out of Gou's way when he tumbled to the ground.
"Just in time." Eternal said.
"Orpheus… how did you…" Kurogasa got out.
"Weiss called us. Got worried that you and Yukina were taking too long." Eternal said.
"Otou-sama!" Yukina said, rushing to her father. "Are you alright?!
"Yeah, I'm fine…"
Eternal then looked towards Gou and… "Wait, what? E-Emily?!"
The girl heard the voice and looked at Eternal in surprise before it melted into a scowl, "Hello, Orphee. If that is your new name in this world."
"I told you not to call me that!" He shouted angrily. "The hell are you doing here anyway?!"
"I think I'm starting to get what's going on…" Kurogasa grunted as Yukina helped him up. "Azrael summoned people of our past from our world… to make a team specifically tailored to counter us… Damn that bastard…"
"Too bad you and your friends won't live long enough to meet everyone." Gou remarked as black energy gathered at his sword. But then it suddenly dissipated when Yukina suddenly clashed her sabers with his katana.
"You tried to kill my father…" Yukina muttered darkly, before she looked at him dead in the eye. "Prepare to die…"
Gou gritted as he backed up to gain distance and Yukina's Aura flared up, concentrating on her waist to produce… an Aura Driver?!
"Yukina… omae…" Kurogasa said wide-eyed.
"Otou-sama, I wanted to be like you. I wanted to be a hero. You always protected me when I was a little girl…" She pulls out a white Aura Sphere with an image of a wyvern. "Now it's my turn to protect you."
AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! WYVERN!
Yukina thrusts her hand out before shouting, "Henshin!"
SHIRORYUU NO MUSUME! WHITE WYVERN!
A white Aura-based wyvern appeared behind the girl with a shrill cry before it overlapped its wings around Yukina, shrouding her in a bright glow. When the glow diminished, it revealed a female version of Shiro, but instead of having a samurai and Eastern dragon appearance, she looked like a French duelist with a Western dragon aesthetic.
"Yukina…"
"Iie… Kamen Rider Hikari…" Yukina looked back at Kurogasa. "You became my light in the future, Otou-sama. So let me be yours in the here and now." She said, before looking back at Gou. "En garde!" She declared before moving fast towards him.
"Bring it on, you little brat!" Gou spat as he charged right at the female Rider.
Meanwhile…
"Why are you here Emily?" Eternal demanded. "Why are you siding with Azrael?!"
"So that I can finally have the chance to make you pay!" Emily snarled.
"For what?!"
"You don't remember?! That time when I needed you most?! You weren't there for me!"
Orpheus's eyes widened in realization, "Emily, I…"
"Save it! I don't want your excuses! I want you to suffer!" Emily yelled before swinging her hands as invisible thread flew out and struck the Rider repeatedly.
"Dammit, she's using Cross Tail," Eternal gritted his teeth.
"Oh, it's more than just that, Orphee." Emily smirked before the threads disappeared and an intricate hand cannon with the Roman numeral for 13 on its barrel appeared in her hand. "I'm sure you remember this bad boy."
"That's-"
"Hades, the weapon of the Black Cat… and I've come to deliver some bad luck." Emily said before aiming the hand cannon at Eternal and firing several times. Several of the bullets struck his armor, causing sparks to fly.
"Tch…" Eternal gritted. "First, Cross Tail… now Hades?"
"And there's plenty more where that came from." Emily stated.
"Your Semblance… you can create any weapon that comes to mind!"
"Well, you're only half right." The girl remarked. "The more godly weapons are not as powerful as the originals. But they'll be enough to deal with a heartless fiend like you!" The two kept shooting each other as if it were a western shootout. Sparks flew off Eternal as he and Emily took cover behind whatever they could use for covering.
Emily's shots kept pushing Eternal back before knocking the blade out of his hand.
"Gh!" Eternal grunts, before gasping as Emily replaced Hades with a giant weapon that rested upon her shoulder. "Iron Man's Proton Cannon?!"
"Hope you enjoy my Sunday best!" Emily said with a vile wink as she pulled the trigger, letting loose a humongous beam that shot towards Eternal.
Just when it seemed the Dark Rider would be destroyed by the blast, a familiar spinning shell came bursting out from the ground to deflect the beam into the sky.
"What in-" Emily got out before she was slammed by said shell. The spinning shell stopped turning and Kuria popped out from said shell.
"You get away from my man!" Kurai shouted.
"Koa…" Eternal muttered.
"Grrrrr…" Emily growled as she stood up. "So you have a new best friend huh? You gonna abandon her too?"
"What are you talking about?" Kurai said as she peered into Emily's desires with her Greeed senses. "Orpheus doesn't abandon his friends!"
"So he never told you?" Emily pondered. Kurai gasped when she sensed the desire for payback and the feeling of abandonment.
"Orpheus, what is she talking about?"
Eternal looked away, "It's not something I'm proud of…"
"You mean when I was violated by your guy friends and you did nothing? I called out to you! I needed you there the most and what do you do? You thought a stupid music concert was more important than your childhood friend!" Emily yelled.
"No…" Kurai whispered, looking at Eternal and Emily. Eternal could only hang his head in shame.
"I didn't know, Emily… I'm sorry." Eternal tried to apologize.
"Don't give me that crap! All you cared about was fame and having your big break! You never cared about me at all!"
"That's not true, Emily!"
"If it wasn't true then why were you at that stupid concert!? You knew your friends were a bunch of losers! So why did you leave me alone with them?!"
"I didn't think they would go that far!"
"The time for apologies are over!" Emily shouted. "Now is the time you suffer for what you've done!" Kurai got in front of Orpheus protectively, to which Emily glared heavily. "Get out of my way!"
"No! I won't let you!" Kurai said. "I don't know what happened between you two, and frankly I don't care, but I do know that if you hurt him in any way, then I'll kill you!"
"Worry about yourself, you freak of nature." Emily spat as she aimed the Photon Cannon at the couple.
"Koa, get out of there!" Eternal shouted.
"No! I was given a family, and I'm gonna protect it!" Kurai said before pointing to Emily. "Azrael will only cast you and your friends aside just like he did me!"
"I don't care about that, as long as I make Orpheus pay and suffer!" She snapped before firing the Photon Cannon.
"No!" Eternal pushed Kurai behind him as he took the blow for himself. "GAHHHHHH!"
"Orphee!" Kurai cried out in horror.
"Che… fine, be that way, makes it easier for me to kill you!" Emily said as she readied her Photon Cannon again.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Kurai shouted as she went inside her shell and spun towards Emily. The latter fired, but the blast did nothing but deflect the blast in all directions before Kurai slammed Emily with her shell, sending the girl flying. Kurai then proceeded to pounce her and punch Emily in the face. "I'm going to kill you!" She raged. She dragged her face across the ground before uppercutting her into the air and kicking her back down into the ground, shattering her Aura and knocking her out.
Kurai panted as she held Emily and raised an arm to finish the girl off.
"Koa, no!" Eternal weakly cries out, but Kurai roared as she brought her fist down… into the ground beside her head.
"I'm no longer the villain I appear to be." Kurai said before walking towards Eternal. He changed back into Orpheus as Kurai helped him up. "Come on, let's go. You got some explaining to do."
"Hold on, what about-"
"Don't worry, look." Kurai said as they looked to see Kamen Rider Hikari holding her own against Gou. "She's got this."
"Hah! Hyah! Sei!? Haaah!" Hikari shouted as she thrust and slashed at Gou, with the dark samurai having to play defense. How was she keeping up with him!? There was no way, someone weak, a woman no less, should be able to fight on equal footing with him!
"Damn… don't screw with me… you little BRAT!" Gou roared as he put more power into his attacks.
"You're a fool." Hikari spat coldly as she lifted up the mouth of the wyvern head on her Driver and slammed it down.
BITE!
An aura wyvern shot out of the driver, circling around Hikari as the aura wyvern deflected Gou's attack before surrounding her. She then jumped up as the wyvern circled around her before pivoting down for a Rider Kick with the aura wyvern behind her shooting out of its maw a stream of white light.
LIGHT END WYVERN!
"HAAAAAAAH!" Hikari shouts as she comes down with her Rider Kick. Gou roars as he prepares to stab the blade right through her kick. The moment they made contact, however…
*CRASH!*
Gou's blade shattered.
"WHAT!?"
"HYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Hikari shouted as she kicked right on Gou's chest, sending him flying while shattering his Aura before he tumbled to the ground. Hikari landed safely on the ground a few feet away from him. "That was for Otou-sama…" She panted, before going back to civilian form.
"Yukina…" Kurogasa muttered in surprise.
Gou punched the ground in anger as he coughed up blood. "Damn you… you both are so dead for this outrage."
"And here I thought you would outright listen to me." A familiar voice said as they all turned to see Azrael appearing before them. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, what am I to do with you?"
"Azrael…" Kurogasa growled. "To think you would stoop so low as to make a team of people from our past…"
"Yes… but they're to be more than a team."
"What are you talking about?" Orpheus growled.
"They're to be my generals. Powerful monsters that past Riders have had to face."
Kurogasa's eyes widened, "Masaka… you mean…"
Azrael smirked deviously as he held a hand out towards Gou, and his Aura Sphere began to take form. Gou groans in pain as his hatred and negative emotions poured into the sphere itself.
"That's right… say hello to the first of my generals." The hooded villain declared before he shoved the Aura Sphere directly into Gou's chest. Gou roared as his eyes glowed with rage as his body was covered in crimson liquid that began to morph his figure into something more monstrous.
When the liquid dispersed, a Kaijin took Gou's place.
It was clad in black-purple samurai armor themed after a demon. On the helmet were two golden horns while the face looked like an angry snarling demon. It wielded two dark blue katana swords in both hands while an old-timey rifle was on the back. A dark aura surged around the new transformed Gou, who released a rage-filled roar.
"An embodiment of Rage." Azrael mused. "Fitting, to be the antithesis to your embodiment."
"Gh…"
"But it's enough for one day. I have others things to attend to…" Azrael said and with a snap of his fingers, he, Emily, and Gou disappeared, never to be seen again.
"Azrael…" Kurogasa muttered, clenching his fist tight.
"Otou-sama." Yukina said, as she approached her future father. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, thanks to you." Kurogasa smiled. "I never thought you would inherit my Semblance though."
"Actually… it wasn't my true Semblance. I just inherited your Rider powers." Yukina admitted with a blush.
"So then… you have your mother's? The Glyphs Semblance are passed down after all."
Yukina chuckled sheepishly, "Well, if it helps, you trained me how to fight when I was little."
"Heh, that explains it." Kurogasa chuckled, before kissing her forehead. "I'm so proud of you, musume…"
"Arigatou, Otou-sama." The girl beamed happily.
LINE BREAK
[Beacon Academy - Dorms]
KR, Koa, and Yukina soon returned to the dorm where JO was waiting, and when they did, they told him the events of what happened. This no doubt had Aaron and Orion concerned. Aaron's theory of Azrael bringing a team of people from their past to counter them came true. Not only that, he's using them to make generals for his army.
"Damn…" Aaron cursed. "This just went from bad to worse."
"He's not playing around either…" Orpheus shook his head.
"Speaking of… now that we know what Azrael is planning…" Kurogasa said before looking at Orion. "Any idea of who the last member is that will supposedly counter you? Anyone come to mind who had beef with you before coming here to Remnant?"
Orion thought about it before he shrugged, "Not really. I don't think I had any enemies back in my previous life."
"Well, if the three of us have someone, I'm sure Azrael has someone for you too." Aaron said. "Speaking of… Orpheus… anything you wanna tell us about that Emily girl? I know it's hard to talk about but…"
Orpheus frowned before sighing, "Emily Violet… is my friend from childhood. We've been together for so long that we were essentially like brother and sister. She wanted to be an actress when she grew up and I wanted to be a musician. One day, when I was in high school, I got a letter of recommendation to play at a music concert. It was my chance for a big break. But a couple of my guy friends were going to a party and wanted me to come along but I sent Emily instead for the party. Unfortunately, that proved to be a mistake when my so-called friends got drunk and then they…" He paused in his explanation as he gritted his teeth in anger.
"Oh damn, they-" Orion got out with a pale face.
"Yeah…"
"What happened after?" Aaron asked.
"Emily was traumatized by what happened to her and was sent to a shrink. But whenever I came around to apologize or to see her, she would scream or cry. I knew right then and there… that my childhood friend hated me with all her heart and soul." Orpheus replied.
"I'm sorry man…" Kurogasa apologized. "We never knew…"
"I was so stupid… maybe Emily was right. I chose fame and fortune over her friendship and it cost me…" Orpheus sighed.
"Did you know they would do it?"
"I knew they were idiots, but I didn't think they'd go that far…" Orpheus shook his head.
Aaron sighed, "Humans are flawed creatures. We've got the capacity to do good… as well as evil. What those men did to Emily was horrible and it never should've happened but it did anyways. That's never gonna change."
"I know…" Orpheus said. "Still… This is one mess that I have to clean up."
"And you're not doing this alone." Orion said. "We'll help you."
"We're a team. All for one and one for all." Aaron stated.
"No matter what happens, we're in this together." Kurogasa added.
"That's what being a member of Team JOKR is all about." Orpheus finished with a grin. "Thanks, you guys."
*BANG! BANG! BANG!*
"Let me iiiiiiiiin! Enough with the secret meeting~!" Koa whined.
"And just like that, the moment is ruined…" Aaron deadpanned.
"Don't worry, I got her." Orpheus sighed.
KRD: Chapter is done! Not only did we get Yukina to debut as her own Rider we introduced Emily and what she's capable of!
GKC: Yup, now we can get on with the juicy bits.
KRD: Wait! We need to introduce one more member of Team ROGE!
GKC: Oh yeah, the muscle-bound meathead of the group. Alright, I think we can come up with something interesting. As well as the future humiliation of Mercury Black.
KRD: Yeah, but right now, roll the preview clip
PREVIEW
Announcer:Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!
Ruby: Oh my gosh, your ears are so fluffy~!
Melody: Mom, please, stop~!
Ogre: Hey, there pipsqueak! Thought you'd never see me again, huh?
Orion: Uh, do I know you?
Next Time: The Rivalry That Never Existed!
Melody: Leave my dad alone, you big ugly jerk!
GKC: And with that, I say to you all… Peace out, everybody!
SR:*walks in, reading a book*... what I miss?
GKC: A lot.
KRD: Everything actually.
