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Spidey Viewer: That's the point of these Rider Revised stories. And yeah, we've got plans for the future.
WeAreTheWord: Revice? Hmm... *Flicks up devil horn hand gesture* "Devi-Awesome!"
Ohma flame: It is too early for the ship to set sail. We're sowing the seeds for it to grow.
Drawman98: Yeah, he's older in this story since it made more sense to us for him to be a 'papa wolf'.
Pikatwig: Yeah, don't worry, we've got a *WHOLE* plan for 'Saber Revised'.
Guest chapter 3 . Sep 9 number 1: Not now. We might make Zero-Three, we might not.
Guest chapter 3 . Sep 9 number 2: *sigh* I appreciate your enthusiasm...but this is the wrong place to share ideas like that.
Ushindi: Favourite Primary Rider? Sento Kiryu. Build is the standard I hold all Rider shows to. Saber Primitive Dragon? Err...Bleh, at most.
Here are some reviews answered by our own GreyKing46:
Ushindi: In what way? And it was... Eh. Could have been handled better.
Sep 9 c3Guest: Dude. We don't do requests. We have said this a million, billion, times. Get off your ass and do it yourself instead of posting in random people's reviews because you're too lazy to do so.
Makosultima12: Well that's how we start. Somewhat similar to cannon and then spreading off as we see fit. Although, yeah, we are sticking close to cannon for this series.
The bodyguards are exclusive to that series.
Maybe Zenkaiger it LuPat. I don't dislike Zenkaiger but it's got some wasted potential. Same with LuPat.
Isumo 1489: So basically you hate that he stayed a bad guy after Ark?
Well, my simple argument is: he showed hesitation and was deeply disturbed by his own heart when confronted by Izu, him killing her being a kneejerk reaction since he eventually spent his entire life (that he remembers) in a cult and being programmed (pun intended) in such a way.
Plus also it was a clear case of 'the cycle of violence'.
Gai starts it, then Ark, then Horobi, then Aruto, then Jin, then Gai, then Horobi, then Jin, then Ark, then Horobi, then Aruto, then Horobi.
It takes someone breaking that cycle, Aruto spearing Horobi's life, to break it.
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Drawman98: Yes
Dragon Rider 66: One too many upgrades and doesn't fit the plot we have planned.
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GhostKaiserSucks: Okay a few things buddy.
1- wow, real creative name.
2- if you knew anything about Kamen Rider, you'd know that Shirakura had NOTHING to do with Zero One
3- if you read this AT ALL you'd know we were doing this for fun
4- Shirakura was only brought up in the FIRST PLACE because people ASKED US about our opinions.
Also, I got a question for you... Why are you defending a PRODUCER of all things?! An actor, a director, a writer? I can understand. But a PRODUCER? Someone with so little presence to the audience most people don't know what their job is SUPPOSED to be. And especially one so famous for lying?
You know, don't answer that since Ghost's gonna remove any review you post.
We seriously don't get why you posted here. I don't normally like the "don't like, don't read" argument because you won't know if you like something UNTIL you've read it. But you've read our work, already decide you hate it, so WHY click on our work and attack us?
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Kamen Rider Zero-One Revised
Chapter 3: Ride of the Valkyrie
Co-Writer GreyKing46
We do not own these characters. All rights belong to Shotaro Ishinomori, Ishimori Productions and Toei Company
It was a couple of days later since the incident with Mamoru, Aruto was taking the initiative with this...and in his best suit and tie, minus his hoodie. "Is everyone there, Izu?" Aruto asked as he shuffled his tie a little because of his nerves.
"Yes, President Aruto. They have all been given the emails and are awaiting your arrival." Izu respectfully bowed.
Shesta was there as well, seeing Aruto standing in front of a mirror and brushing himself off.
"Good. This needs to be discussed...and needs to be said." Aruto took a deep breath to steady his nerves. "Let's go."
He turned around confidential, pushing the doors open.
As he opened the door, flashing lights were catching Aruto at the side as dozens of reporters were taking his picture and were holding back questions.
Aruto approached a podium that was set up, much like this introduction to Hiden Intelligence, he was making a public announcement. And this time, he was a little more used to it. "Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming."
Reporters looked on at Aruto, wondering what this meeting was about, but this was exciting.
"A few days ago, there was an attack on Hiden Intelligence." Aruto spoke as he gave a nod to Izu who provided footage from the attack. "This attack was done by a group called 'MetsuBou JinRai'."
KUEHNE!
ZETSUMERISE!
"RAARGH!"
First was the footage of the Kuehne attack, which sparked the first barrage of questions. "President Hiden! President Hiden!"
"Yes, Sir?" Aruto asked a man.
"Do you have any leads on this alleged 'MetsuBou JinRai' group?" The reporter asked
"We do. This footage was taken from a mid-afternoon attack. The following footage was taken later at night." Aruto informed, where Izu showed the next amount of footage, where Mamoru was shown having the silver belt put around his waist and his eyes and headphones turning red.
EKAL!
ZETSUMERISE!
"And during this second attack, there was a figure who attached this...belt around the Security HumaGear, Mamoru's, waist and hacked into him." Aruto explained.
"President Hiden, President Hiden!" More reporters rose from their seats.
"Yes, Miss?" Aruto asked another reporter.
"And you are sure that this person is from 'MetsuBou JinRai'?" The reporter asked
Aruto zoomed into the footage and showed the shadowed figure, only their lower jaw could be seen. And the voice responded with confirmation about being part of this terrorist group.
"President Hiden! Is this attack done by the same people that attacked the amusement park?"
"We believe so, yes." Aruto nodded. "The HumaGear that attacked the amusement park and the ones that attacked Hiden Intelligence were transformed into something called 'Magia', a 'corruption' or shortening of the word 'HumaGear'."
And right away the press was in a frenzy. Did this mean HumaGear where dangerous?!
Aruto was bombarded by the flashes of the cameras and of questions, him flinching because of the lights. "La-Ladies and gentlemen! Please!" Aruto tried to calm them. "HumaGears are not-"
Shesta continued to watch emotionlessly, as the vice president arrived behind her.
"I take it, it's become a circus." Mr Fukuzoe whispered to Shesta, trying not to draw attention to himself.
"The press has been pushing this against the company since the beginning." She responded.
"And with our new 'President', he's being too open about this." Mr Fukuzoe whispered. "We need to make certain that we don't lose to..."
"Sir?" Shesta asked.
"Nothing. But it seems that he's being swamped." He frowned.
"Everyone! Please stop!" Aruto called suddenly.
The press was silenced by Aruto taking command, the flash of the cameras still lingering in his vision, but he was still standing and taking initiative.
He needed to do this.
"The HumaGears are not a threat to people. MetsuBou JinRai is." Aruto spoke up, being 'stern'. "I have been approached by AIMS to rectify this problem. But there is also another person to help fight the threat of Magia and MetsuBou JinRai."
He looked to Izu, Izu nodding. The projections came back on, showing the Magia.
"HumaGear are marvellous beings. They are amazing and wonderful." he explained "These monsters, Mestubou Jinrai, are using them against their will! HumaGear do not want this. And we cannot just abandon or hurt them."
Mr Fukuzoe and the press listened to Aruto and were stunned into silence. This was a young man who was doing his best in this near-impossible situation. He frowned, scoffing quietly with some respect in his eyes.
"So please, do not be afraid of the HumaGears. They are just as much as victims in this as we all are." Aruto finished off. "Good evening, everyone."
And with that, the report was over and Aruto walked out slowly as he was seeing spots.
He hurried off the stage, Izu close behind.
"That's enough, no more pictures, please." Some security guards spoke as they tried to hold off the reporters.
In the hall, Aruto felt a little light-headed. The questions and the stress of making those big decisions had taken a mental toll on him; he was panting heavily as he leaned on a wall.
"President Aruto. That was handled very well." Izu spoke respectfully.
"Thank you, Izu." Aruto responded. "I don't want people to think we're hiding."
...
And then he fell to the chair.
"Are you alright, Sir?" Izu asked as she saw him slump down.
"Exhausted."
Izu's eyes flashed for a moment, tilting her head "But all indications point to you being well rested and you have not exerted yourself today. Your blood sugar also appears to be normal."
"Not that sort, Izu." He responded. "It's more mental."
"Mental?"
"Yeah. When you do something that requires a lot of focus and nerve...you push yourself mentally." Aruto answered. "What I did back there, took a lot of mental strength."
"I... See." She blinked
"Thank you for being there with me." Aruto looked at her, the spots vanishing away from his eyes and smiled. "It made it better."
"Of course, President Aruto, it is my job." She bowed.
He rubbed his eye gently as he looked at her. "I hope that I was clear enough in my speech."
"You were, President Aruto." Izu responded.
"Thank goodness."
*elsewhere*
"Well, that was interesting." Yaiba commented as she and Fuwa left the conference hall, Fuwa's arm in a sling.
Fuwa grunted a little in response, nodding in agreement. "MetsuBou JinRai." He muttered to himself, making sure he remembered that name. "He's a fool though."
"Why do you say that? Even with the evidence." Yaiba asked
"'HumaGears are victims'? He's an idiot if he thinks that." Fuwa answered. "They are just blank machines, and a danger to everyone."
Yua listened to Fuwa and sighed as she heard that. He had his opinion on HumaGears and she had her own. "I'll say this...It at least flushes this terrorist group out somewhat."
"I guess." He grumbled.
Yua looked at Fuwa who was holding his arm. "Fuwa, I'm putting you on leave until your arm heals up."
"What?" He glared. "I'm-Hnn!" He tried to lift his arm and then winced at the pain.
"You're no good to anyone injured. Rest up and I'll handle the search; okay?" She responded. "Don't make me pull rank on you."
"...Tch. Fine." Fuwa reluctantly agreed. "Even though I'm in charge." He grumbled
*Elsewhere*
We see Horobi seeing the news broadcast that Hiden Intelligence just sent out and his stern face was hard and emotionless as before.
"Horobi~!" Jin commented as he walked in, carrying two keys. "I've got the keys back. Last night was-"
"You gave away our name." Horobi interrupted sternly like he was holding back anger.
"Huh?"
Horobi turned with a dark glared. "You proclaimed our name to Hiden. They just reported it. The humans will be on alert." With each sentence, Horobi stepped forward and grabbed Jin's hands and ripped out the Progrise Keys.
"But... I said the speech you had me practice?"
"You were pushing your luck," Horobi answered, turning his back to Jin.
"But...it-it worked. Everyone's afraid, right? And-and we can get more friends." Jin answered.
Horobi glared back at Jin before he inserted the two Progrise Keys into the machine, downloading the data into their computer. "The Zetsumarise Keys are set." He commented softly.
"That's...that's good," Jin mumbled. "Um...C-Can I go outside?"
"Fine."
Jin seemed to gulp and headed outside, leaving Hororbi on his own and to his own devices.
*time skip, with Aruto*
Aruto was currently in his hoodie with his suit over it and his black trousers and neon yellow sneakers. After the news broadcast that he gave drained him and he wanted to find somewhere to eat. Which he did, he found a good sushi restaurant nearby.
He and Izu were walking down the street, the secretary had found the perfect place.
"Wow, this looks nice," Aruto commented as he saw the place and walked inside.
"It should be, President Aruto," Izu responded as they entered.
It was a quaint sushi restaurant, wooden tables with framed paintings, a chrome clean serving area where an elderly chef was standing by at the desk.
"Welcome to the Magokoro Sushi, Sir." The elderly man spoke up, bowing respectfully to Aruto.
"Ah, hi." Aruto smiled. "You have a nice restaurant here."
"Thank you; please, take a seat." The chef asked, "How can I help?"
"Ah, well...I had heard great things about this restaurant and wondered if we could have a table." Aruto responded, treating Izu as his equal.
"I do not require to eat, President." Izu reminded.
"I know...Sorry, Izu." Aruto apologised, having grown up with HumaGears he felt at peace with them.
Aruto took his seat at the counter, waiting.
The chef nodded and with great speed behind the counter and quickly made a squid nigiri.
"Wow, that's quick," Aruto commented as he saw the sushi before him and took it. "...Hmm~!"
It was delicious! As soon as the sushi touched his tongue flavour just exploded within his mouth!
"The Umami is umai to me!" Aruto almost cheered, smiling at the chef.
...
"Huh?" He blinked.
"Hehe. You are quite a duo." A female voice said from further down the counter.
Turning to the side, Aruto saw Yua walking inside. "Oh, Ms...Ms-"
"Ms Yua Yaiba, she and Mr Fuwa are members of AIMS." Izu informed
"Right, I'm sorry." Aruto apologised. "I've had a couple of tough hours."
"I know, I was at the news conference," Yua answered. "And I've finished for the day."
That was when Aruto noticed her shirt was a bit unbuttoned, two more buttons were undone than normal and revealing a smaller white tube top she wore underneath for comfort, and her jacket was set on the stool next to her.
"Um...O-Okay." Aruto gulped gently. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." she nodded, holding a small glass up "Could I get some more?" she asked calmly
"Of course, miss." The chef answered, bringing a bottle of water and poured it. He also prepared a few more pieces of sushi.
"Is this your local place? The sushi is amazing." Aruto politely made conversation.
"That it is." She smiled.
"Your usual, Ms Yaiba." The chef spoke as he plated it up.
"Hmm~." Yua hummed and partook of the sushi. "Delicious!"
Aruto smiled at Yua's pleasant face and turned to the chef. "If you don't mind my comment, do you have any other chefs?"
"No, it is just myself." he commented "Outside my son."
"Really?" Aruto inquired. "Hmm." And pondered something, like he was trying to think of the right words. "Sir, would you be interested in a HumaGear partner?"
"I beg your pardon?" The chef asked.
Aruto pulled out a card and explained. "I'm Aruto Hiden, President of Hiden Intelligence. I was wondering if you would enjoy a partner who can help you run your restaurant."
"No."
"N-No?" Aruto flinched a little as he heard that.
"I don't need a tool to run my restaurant." The chef answered sadly.
"A tool?"
"What my restaurant needs. Is a human touch. It needs years of experience, not downloaded data." He answered. "It needs my son."
"I-I'm sorry. Is your son-?" Aruto asked.
"He's at another restaurant." He frowned. "Hanging out with some friends."
"Right, I apologise." Aruto bowed his head in shame as Izu's eyes flashed.
"President Aruto, a word please." Izu asked, to help excuse him from the front.
"Huh? Okay." He blinked.
The two absconded to the side of the restaurant, hoping to talk out of earshot. "President Aruto, I have located Mr Nigiro's son."
"Mr-? Oh, right. Okay." He responded quietly.
"We can find him to understand this dilemma." Izu explained.
"Yeah. He did seem upset about his son." Aruto nodded.
"Hmm, this is delicious, Mr Nigiro." Yua commented, having another piece as she looked at Aruto and Izu out of the corner of her eye. 'What are those two talking about?' She thought while looking at Aruto with curiosity. They were close to the same age, both brilliant in engineering. Both skipped classes. Almost in the same class, if he was one year older.
"Alright, Izu." Aruto nodded calmly and agreed. "You're right."
Mr Nigiro looked at Aruto and felt calmer since he saw Aruto apologise to him. He guessed that he 'wanted to help'. "Would you like some more?" He asked, making some more sushi.
"Oh, yes-." Yua smiled in response before there was a commotion outside.
"What the heck?" Aruto asked in shock.
Everyone blinked, going outside.
Outside, they saw a small group of HumaGear turning into Magia by a leader Magia. Who had a Zetsumeriser around their waist. "Hum4n5 w1ll b3 3xt1nct!" The Magia spoke angrily.
In the HumaGear's hand was a dark purple Progrise Key with a ram-horned animal.
PYREN!
And slammed it into its buckle and hit the button, roaring in rage as its body shattered and transformed.
ZETSUMERISE!
In a burst of dark DNA swirls and wires transformed into a Magia. Its base black bodysuit form remained as its body now had large, rounded horns on its head, a dear-like head on its chest with slapped on wires on the sides of the face with dark silver metal pieces on its forearms that seemed thicker there than on the legs.
"R4RGH!"
"Wow!" Aruto yelled, blocking the entrance quick, seeing the rampage outside "Everyone, get out of here!" He called.
Yua saw this and her kind face vanished almost immediately to 'business mode'. "President Aruto, I appreciate it. But I have my own means."
"Go!" he commented "Get the other customers out of here!"
Yua saw this and nodded. "Alright." She answered. "Everyone, follow me!" Yua called out, showing her AIMS badge to reassure them.
Aruto watched the door, while seeing the group leaving. 'Come on, come on. Please, leave!' He thought in worry, hoping they would be alright as he attached the ZeroOne Driver.
"I won't let you hurt them." He called out towards the Magia while he pulled out his Progrise Key.
JUMP!
The Magia let out a small growling type noise, turning to the young president
AUTHORISE!
CRASH!
CRASH!
"Henshin!"
Aruto slotted his Progrise Key into his Driver, activating his transformation and stood tall.
PROGRISE!
TO-BIA GA RISE!
RISING HOPPER!
The large mechanical grasshopper leapt around and digitized over Aruto and formed Zero-One.
A Jump To The Sky Turns To A Rider Kick.
"Izu, get to safety!" Aruto called out, thinking of her safety.
"Of course, President Aruto." She bowed before her headset began to flash. She looked up and rushed off with high speed.
"Huh?" Aruto blinked, seeing a dust cloud rushing off... Before he was smashed by the Magia's horns. "ARGH!"
"Z3r0-0n3 w1ll b3 d35tr0y3d!" The Magia roared, ramming into Aruto, crushing him into the wall.
"Ow..." Aruto hissed.
Aruto grabbed the horns of the Magia and tried to twist him around to get out of the pin, kicking it in the chest to break free while the controlled Magia were running towards them.
"G4h!" The Pyren Magia screamed, forced to the ground as Aruto got free.
Aruto leapt and rolled over the Magia and turned his attention to the blank Magia, kicking and punching them to keep them away from everyone who might be there.
BLADERISE!
SHINK!
"HA!" Aruto slashed down on the blank Magia, striking them through and caused sparks in their bodies.
"Why do they have this in their base?" Aruto muttered.
The remaining foot-soldier Magia tuned and glared at Aruto, throwing punches his way but having their arms slashed at. "Wow!" He yelled, jumping up and flipped to dodge the attack. 'That was close!' He turned and closed the Attache Calibur and reopened it.
CHARGERISE!
FULL CHARGE!
"HA!" Aruto spun around and slashed the Magia with the Pyren Magia catching the edge of the slash.
KABAN STRASH!
The blank Magia were all blasted back, between heavily damaged and outright destroyed by a shockwave of yellow energy.
"Then. There was Zero-One." Aruto quipped as he and the Pyren Magia were the last ones left. He laughed to himself, gripping his blade tightly.
"Z3r0-0n3." The Pyren Magia glared and shuddered in rage, rushing at Aruto again, ready to ram its head through Aruto's stomach.
As he rushed into Auto, the monster hit the button on its belt.
ZETSUMETSU NOVA!
"That's new!" Aruto gasped as the distance was closing between them and he pushed the Hopper Key in his belt.
BOOM!
RISING IMPACT!
He yelled in pain, being blasted back. At the same time, the Magia was enveloped in flames, not much damage. 'That Magia's tough! How am I gonna beat him?' He thought in worry, forcing himself to his feet, though he felt like jelly right now. Another one of those hits might take him down permanently.
He got up weakly... And saw the Magia was gone.
"Hnn...Gone. I lost him." He frowned, giving the area a scan over before seeing the threat was gone, but not destroyed. He removed the Progrise Key from his belt and transformed back. "I hope that the people all got out safely." He pulled out his RisePhone and sighed, he should probably check in on the chief's son. "Okay, Mr Nigiro...Which restaurant do you work at?" He wondered, looking at the data and walked off.
*at AIMS, with Fuwa*
Fuwa was currently nursing his hurt arm, staying at his desk since it was the only thing he could do without hurting himself...much to his chagrin.
He was in AIM's headquarters, seeing what they had gathered from the Magia in the past few encounters.
"What have we got?" Fuwa asked, looking at the data.
"Well, the name 'MetsuBou JinRai' is one of our big concerns. Their 'Magia', as it was called in the Hiden report, are based on extinct animals." One of the examiners answered.
"Then we better decode it." Fuwa answered, getting to his feet. "And you said 'extinct animals'?"
"That's right." The examiner answered. "This, I won't gratify as an organisation but...it's what we acquaint it too, group. Its name is a pun of sorts."
Fuwa turned to ask. "Their organisation is a pun?"
"'MetsuBou JinRai' translates to 'Extinction Thunderclap' or 'Downfall Thunderclap'. But some of us believe that it could also stretch to-"
"'Extinction of Humanity'." Fuwa answered, scowling at the thought of the name.
"Exactly, sir."
"I want those Magia parts scrapped and their data scoured. If there's anything in their databanks that points to them about their faces or identities, I want it found!" Fuwa ordered. "And why have the keys they have been using not been found?!"
"We'll get right on it, sir!" The researcher answered. "Though we are searching for the Keys."
Fuwa frowned, huffing lightly.
*with Aruto*
Aruto walked to the sushi restaurant that Izu investigated into Mr Nigiro's son, seeing it was a little down the city he had to take the car to get there.
There had to be... Something going on between them, based on the older man's tone. He knew this had nothing to do with him but... He wanted to help.
As Aruto entered, he saw the restaurant that was a bit more bustling than Mr Nigiro's restaurant. 'Okay, now where...?' He looked around as he tried to look for the chef's son.
"Welcome, sir! Please, take a seat." A chef called out while working on seven dishes at once, putting them on the moving belt on the table.
"Oh, thank you." Aruto answered, looking at the chef and his eyes widened. "Wow!"
Within seconds, the chef was working hard on each piece of sushi with great speed.
It was very fast, amazingly so!
"First time coming here?" A patron asked as they were sitting next to Aruto.
"U-Um. Yeah. It is." Aruto nodded.
"Well, why're you here? Aside from the cuisine." The patron asked
"I'm looking for someone," Aruto explained.
"Oh? Who're you looking for?" The patron asked.
"Chef Nigiro's son." Aruto answered making the patron freeze. "I'm trying to find him just to talk." Aruto added, noting the patron's reaction.
"... what does my father want?" The man grumbled.
Aruto took a breath and turned to him. "Well, I wanted to find and ask you that, Mr Nigiro." Aruto answered. "I'm from Hiden Intelligence and I offered him a HumaGear to help him at his restaurant."
"Good luck with that. My father won't give up unless I take over the business for him." He sighed and slumped on his chair.
"Huh?" Aruto blinked.
"He doesn't understand...I don't want to do the same thing he's done." Mr Nigiro explained with a heavy tone. "It's not... Not MY dream."
"Oh, then...what do you want to do?" Aruto asked.
Mr Nigiro had short black hair, wearing green jacket and dark trousers, a pair of comfy sneakers and a small chin-beard. "I just...I want him to be proud of me, I guess."
"But you decided to leave the restaurant." Aruto asked.
"You don't know the pressure of it." He answered. "And I don't want to be a chief... I want to be a game designer!"
"Really? That's a nice dream." Aruto answered.
"But my dad doesn't understand. I'm going to college and learning how to make games. It's my dream." he explained "I don't want anything to do with that. And he refuses to accept it."
"Sounds like you have different ideas for what you wanted to do." Aruto spoke calmly.
"I know!" He responded, not angrily, but with passion.
"But you aren't exactly getting the grades." A familiar female voice said from behind them.
"Who're you?" Mr Nigiro asked
"Yua." Aruto turned around as he saw her.
"A colleague of yours?" He asked. "And how do you know my grades?"
Yua responded simply, showing her RisePhone.
"Oh." Mr Nigiro frowned.
"Though you're attending college and your lessons. You're barely passing your classes." Yua informed. "I admit you are a hard worker, but your dream does not look possible. Besides, your father refuses to accept anyone but yourself as his successor. I have looked into that, and he has turned away any other potential student."
"I shouldn't be surprised. Dad's always been stubborn." He explained, crossing his arms and sighing.
"Possibly. Or it's possible, he's waiting for you to come back home." Yua theorised.
"But he doesn't want to!" Aruto argued "He shouldn't force his son to do a job he dislikes!"
"Wow." Mr Nigiro whispered as he saw this 'stranger' defend him.
"President Hiden." Yua frowned.
"Wait, what? 'President Hiden'? As in 'Hiden Intelligence'?" Mr Nigiro asked
"Yeah." Aruto chuckled nervously.
"I-You. Huh?" He almost yelled. "I don't believe it."
"Believe it." Yua answered, sitting down next to Aruto. "President Hiden is trying to help your father and it seems trying to help you." She narrowed her eyes a bit before sighing "However. President Hiden, he isn't like us."
"Like us?" Aruto asked.
"We have the same degrees, President Hiden." She responded. "I'm only three years older than you."
"You are? I would've thought we were the same age." Aruto blinked in realisation.
"Ahem." Yua cleared her throat a little to get back on track. "We excelled, Mr President. We worked hard and even accelerated our education beyond its normal pacing. We are lucky and had the dedication. We are an exception. Unfortunately, this is the real world and not everyone shares our luck or determination."
"But what we are good at is not always our dreams." Aruto countered, "Why should we be held back from trying to achieve them just because we happen to be good at something? Shouldn't passion and desire be just as important as hard work and natural talent?"
Yua saw the logic within this...how passionate Aruto responded. She turned to Mr Nigiro and sighed heavily.
She opened her mouth to speak...
BOOM!
The people inside the sushi restaurant screamed as they heard that, rocking in their chairs as Yua headed outside quickly.
"Th-The hell was that?" Mr Nigiro asked.
"The Magia!" Aruto gasped.
"President, keep these people safe." Yua commented.
"I. Okay." Aruto nodded as Yua confidently walked out of the restaurant.
'Where is Izu?' Aruto thought as he tried to get everyone to calm down. AIM's had to be on their way, he needed to find a place to transform.
Yua walked out of the store, looking at Jin and the Magia. She was walking calmly, pulling an item out of her bag 'It is time. To test drive myself!' she thought confidently.
SHOTRISER!
"Huh?" The two HumaGear blinked, turning to Yua as she slipped the belt around her waist.
"What?" Aruto blinked.
In her hand, she pulled out an orange Progrise Key! It had an orange key with the image of a cheetah on the front. With a twirl of it in her hand, which looked like a feat of impossibility, she brought it passed her face and pushed the button.
DASH!
Yua slotted the Key into the ShotRiser, accepting it with that fluid motion. As the jingle went off, she opened the Progrise Key while it was inside the ShotRiser.
AUTHORISE!
KAMEN! RIDER!
KAMEN! RIDER!
"Henshin!" Yua spoke confidently and pressed the trigger of the gun.
SHOTRISE!
She had her left arm extended and pointed to the ground as an orange and silver bullet shot out, circled around her and split open; it created a blue grid and several silver bullet fragments that turned into her Rider armour. Yua began to run forwards into a sprint as the armour formed around her.
RUSHING CHEETAH!
Yaiba was now covered in a white and orange armoured suit with a grey bodysuit underneath. Her left leg, arm, shoulder, helmet and torso were white plated armour. While her right arm, shoulder, chest-piece and mask were orange. Yua's right foot was armoured with a three-clawed foot to represent a cheetah's paw, her right hand had a claw-like hand-guard; her bracer, shoulder-guard and chest-piece had black triangle markings to emulate a cheetah's spots. And finally, her mask was a plain white face with two black lines going from her yellow eyes to a mouth-guard shape with a cheetah framed face, with orange ears and spots.
Try To Outrun This Demon To Get Left In The Dust.
"Ooh! Another Rider?!" Jin gasped in shock and some excitement as Yua closed the distance on him and the Magia.
SLAM!
Her foot hit the inhuman monster's chest.
CRASH!
The Magia was on his back, pinned to the floor, as Yua ground her foot into its chest.
"A-Amazing." Mr Nigiro whispered in shock.
"Yeah." Aruto nodded while blushing.
"Get off my friend!" Jin snapped as he pulled out his gun, making the civilians scream once more.
Yua's yellow rider eyes flashed before she quickly jumped away, rolling across the floor. Yua got to her feet and took the ShotRiser off her belt, aiming at the Magia to destroy it. She opened fire, blasting it repeatedly as the Magia tried to stand.
The Magia was peppered with shots, sparks coming off its body as the bullets broke through its armour. "4rgh!" It flew backwards and rolled onto the floor because of Yua's great aim.
"Confirmation of AI breaking safe living laws, approved for destruction." Yua said professionally.
Jin growled and glared at Yua. "No, he won't!" And aimed his own gun at Yua.
She jumped up, dodging the gunfire.
She saw how Jin was holding that gun, aimed and free-flowing. Like he was a kid who just found this dangerous weapon and shot wherever he wanted.
Like he thought it was a toy.
'I have to get rid of that gun before he hits any innocent people!' She thought, dodging the bullets. She raised her foot high, slamming the gun from his hand.
"Argh! No fair!" Jin frowned as he had dropped his weapon.
Yua remained silent as she pinned Jin down to the floor. "Stay there."
'This... Feels like it is awakening something.' Aruto had to admit, shaking his head a moment later "Come in guy, everyone out the back!" He called.
"Y-Yes, sir!" The patrons of the restaurant nodded and headed out, running away to get to safety.
'Izu, where are you? I could use your help here!' Aruto thought.
*elsewhere*
We return once again to the dark and dank ruins of DayBreak, where Horobi was working on another Zetsumerise Key. "I have not heard from Jin in hours." He stated.
He was pacing in the room while waiting for the Key to finish...and a HumaGear bound by wires and struggling to get free, terrified of why they were there.
It was a HumaGear wearing the attire of a delivery driver.
"Please, please let me go!" The HumaGear begged, looking at Horobi with fear.
"I will. Soon." Horobi responded.
PING!
And he pulled out the new Zetsumirise Key.
He pulled the key from its holder, pressing the button atop it.
NEOHI!
Gripping the Key, Horobi slotted it into the Zetsumariser. With the key in place, he walked over, slapping it onto their waist.
The HumaGear screamed in pain as the buckle latched and penetrated his waist, feeling its mind download the MetsuBou JinRai network.
"C_C0nn3ct3d t0 Metsubo Jinrai dot net..." The HumaGear stuttered, the blue shifting to red, as the wires exploded off its form.
"Let us go." Horobi commented.
*back at the fight*
Yua was fighting back very well, using her speed and trained skills to keep Jin and the Magia at bay. She gave a mighty jump and flip, twisting in the air. Her foot flashed forwards as she did, smashing against Pyren Magia's head as she did so.
"Whoa...that...was crazy." Jin looked in shock and amazement.
"Whoa, Yua." Aruto whispered as he had returned after getting the public away.
"President Hiden? Get back." She blinked and snapped, being struck by surprise by a tentacle. "Gah!" She screamed as she was bound by the tentacle by a new Magia. "What the?"
We see a black undersuit Magia, dark silver and black metal and wires binding its arms and legs, as its torso was covered by a white triangular covering its waist up to its shoulders, white metal with silver slapped on metal for guards and shoulders, dark metal under its chest, a white neck-guard with a shrimp skull-like face with dreadlock-tendrils for antennae and 'hair' with silver spear points at the tips of its hair.
"Another Magia?" Aruto's eyes widened. Aruto looked around quickly, trying to find a place to transform, as Yua was pulled into the air by the tentacle.
"Dang it all. Wait!" He gasped and found an empty alley.
The tentacle was wrapped around Yua's waist, pinning her arms to her side, as she was held high into the air.
"Damn... It!" She hissed, unable to aim at ANYTHING from her position. Suddenly she felt a second tentacle wrap around her white armoured key, sliding upwards "Oh no! I'm not gonna be part of some Hentai!" She snarled, slamming her other foot into the tentacle HARD which made the Magia finally drop her. She fell towards the ground and landed gracefully, landing on her feet like a cheetah and growled angrily at the Magia. 'Two Magia and a crazy gun user against me. These aren't good odds.'
PROGRISE!
Yua turned her head back as she heard that word, seeing a large Grasshopper form over a hidden person.
TO-BIA GA RISE! RISING HOPPER!
A Jump To The Sky Turns To A Rider Kick!
Zero-One leapt out from hiding, going to Yua's side. "I've got your back."
"You again." She commented "The Kamen Rider working for Hiden."
"Kamen Rider?" Aruto blinked.
The two Magia glared and growled at the two of them, seeing their quarry and ready to strike.
BLADERISE!
"It is the title given to these systems by its designer, the designation to the power of a Progrise Key being utilised into power armour." His continued "I am Kamen Rider Valkyrie, for example."
"Right." Aruto grinned, holding the AttacheCalibure "Then I'm Kamen Rider Zero One! Nice to meet you!"
"'Zero-One'. Good to know." Jin muttered as he heard that. "Okay, friends. Go get them!"
Jin then noticed the hooded figure of Horobi waiting in the shadows with a frown, making Jin lower his head and walk towards him and leaving the battle.
"I'll handle Mr Calamari!" Aruto said, gripping his sword.
"And I've got the horned deer." Yua nodded, not taking note of Zero-One's voice right now.
SHINK!
"Ha!" Aruto leapt forwards, going right to the Neohi Magia and slashed with his Attache Calibur.
Yua placed the ShotRiser into her belt and pulled the trigger, her arm raising into the air at her side in a small flourish.
It sounded like a bullet was fired, the normal pulsing noise of the blasting ShotRiser filling the air. But it didn't, instead, a small orange energy wave was emitted from the belt and surrounded her for a moment.
FEVER~!
The yellow eyes of her helmet glowed before she burst forwards with a bronze aura faster than the eye could see.
The Pyren Magia tried to find Yua, seeing the blur of speed rush at it, before feeling its stomach area being punched by Yua's fist.
From the left to the right, from behind. Again, and again, in a star-like shape. She attacked from every direction.
"Hu-! 4rgh! Hum4n5! 4RGH!" The Pyren Magia grunted from each punch, kick and slash that Yua caused on him.
"I won't! Let you! Kill anyone!" Yua proclaimed from each attack as she jumped high, giving a powerful kick to the monsters head.
"Gah!" Aruto yelled as he slashed at the Neohi Magia. But as he cut one tentacle, he had to try and deal with the next.
The Neohi Magia slashed out with its tentacles but keeping its distance as Zero-One was slashing at him.
'Darn it, there are just too many limbs to slice at once!' Aruto thought as he continued to slash, feeling close to being overwhelmed...
SLAM!
The squid-like Magia fell to the floor, as a black and pink suitcase slammed into its face. "4rgh!"
"Huh?" Aruto blinked as he saw the suitcase thrown at its head and he caught it.
It was like the Attache Calibur in shape and size, although there was a small change in the handle. It was a black case with a diagonal pink stripe going from the top right down to the bottom left and the same for the reverse side. At the same time there was a large pink... 'trigger' at the back of the suitcases, the pink being a rather bright hot pink.
AttacheShield!
"'AttacheShield'?" Aruto blinked as he heard that ad held it in his hand. "Whoa!"
CLANG!
"Guess you're making your point!" Aruto quipped as the deadlocks spear-like hair jabbed into the shield-based weapon. Having pressed the pink trigger with his thumb the shield unfolded, the two sides of the case folding out. The black outer shape forming a metal V of smooth and powerful panels, the pink lines forming a V as well as a decoration. It also clearly revealed a Progrise Key slot, with a small pink button below that as well.
SHIELDRISE!
Over to the side, Izu was standing, bowing to him to show that she had returned to help him.
"Thanks, Izu!" Aruto called out, shoving the shield and slashed with the sword, his mind adapting to the situation and fought like a swordsman.
One hand holding the sword, the shield in the other.
Zero-One looked like a technological knight.
The Neohi Magia clawed and growled at Aruto, slashing at him while his tentacles were slashed at by Zero-One's sword. It was being pushed back, though it could 'get around the shield' if Aruto blocked.
He used it sort of like a battering ram to an extent, bashing away the tentacles with all his might while also slashing with the blade at every opening.
'I have to end this quickly! I can't keep this up forever!' Aruto thought. "I hope Valkyrie is doing better than I am right now."
FLASH!
CRASH!
"This test is going well." Yua commented as she looked down at her foe, who was now on the floor
The Pyren Magia had rolled onto the floor by her attacks, this 'extinct deer' was being shown who the real predator was.
She snarled lightly as she removed the ShotRiser from her belt, taking aim "Eliminating illegal AI." she spoke, tapping the button atop her ProgriseKey.
DASH!
Yua pressed the trigger on her Driver, activating its power and began to run at full speed, circling around the Magia as bullets shot out around and encircled the dangerous AI.
She ran, picking up dust. As she moved the soles of her boots began to glow, revealing a paw pattern to the grips of the soles, as she moved. A tornado began to form, flashes of orange wind flickering around the Pyren Magia. As she ran, Yua opened fire again and again and again.
R! U! S! H! I! N! G!
Blast after blast rushed through the air, hitting the Magia again and again and again. However, the blasts didn't dissipate, they seemed to stick to the Magia and each other.
B! L! A! S! T!
All of the energy began to glow and compress... making him scream in agony! It was like he was in a black hole, being sucked in on itself.
Kamen Rider Valkyrie skidded to a stop, her back against the Magia. Her left, white armoured leg, was crouched a bit and supporting her weight. Meanwhile, her orange leg was spread wide, the right leg digging into the ground a bit to balance herself out. Her left arm was in front of her, white armoured fingers almost brushing against the dirt by a milometer. Meanwhile, with her right arm, she holstered the ShotRiser, snapping it into place with the shining orange armoured hand.
BOOM!
RUSHING BLAST!
KABOOM!
Valkyrie's yellow eyes glowed as the Magia exploded, the Zetsumerise Key being sent flying into the sky.
Yua panted as she heard the explosion...and saw the Key flying in the air before it clattered to the ground. "The Key." she commented, walking towards the item.
As she tried to pick it up, a shot rang out, trying to get her hand while she was still in her Rider form. "Gah!" And the Key almost spiralled away from her.
Suddenly Jin rushed by, a pink blur, that grabbed the Key and rushed away.
"Later!" Jin waved as he rushed off, leaving Yua in his dust.
"Damn it!" She glared angrily.
*With Aruto*
"Urg!" Aruto blinked, using the Attache Calibur to hold back the tentacles, using the shield to help support it...
"That's it!" he grinned, his thumb hitting the trigger at the back of the Attache Shield's handle making it close.
CHARGERISE!
Pink energy surrounded the shield, pulsing and being filled with energy. "Ha!" Aruto roared as he used his full strength, breaking the bind with the Neiho Magia's tentacle's before hitting the trigger again. With the press of the trigger, the Attache Shield opened once more.
FULL CHARGE!
Aruto threw the Attache Calibur, distracting the Magia.
The sword rushed by, barely missing the Magia's face making it flinch... and didn't notice Aruto rushing towards him.
Aruto was charging forwards, keeping himself low to limit his bodies exposure, as he was surrounded by pink energy from the pulsing shield "AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" he yelled as he rushed at the Magia.
K!
A!
B!
A!
N!
B!
A!
S!
H!
The Magia was caught in this 'mach-cone' of energy, slammed right in the centre by Aruto's strong jump/slam and was pinned against the wall.
"Come... on!" Aruto grunted.
The Magia seemed to scream as it felt its body cracking from the strength of this ramming speed. But it couldn't be broken right now. It didn't want to be broken.
Its tentacles lashed out, stabbing into Aruto's back.
Aruto screamed as he felt a dozen spikes stab into him as he had to relent and break off the attack, trying to get free. He had to retreat. He hadn't a final plan against this Magia just yet.
He jumped back, his knees weak. As he landed a safe distance away, the Magia vanished in a cloud of ink and smoke.
Aruto panted as he was wounded, he didn't 'lose'...but this was a defeat. He couldn't fight with just Rising Hopper, he needed something else.
"President Aruto!" Izu rushed to him.
"Izu. Thank you for this." Aruto lifted the AttacheShield.
"Of course, Sir." She bowed.
"President Hiden. Not too much surprise there." Yua commented, walking towards them and deactivating her transformation.
"Ms Yaiba." Aruto spoke as he saw her approach and removed his transformation. "I guess I wasn't subtle."
"I apologise, President Aruto." Izu waved.
"It's alright, Izu. Ms Yaiba, did you beat that Magia?"
"I did. It was tough, but the experience and training was worth it." Yua answered. "What about yourself?"
"I did my best. I hurt it hard." Aruto sighed. "But..."
"It escaped." Yua finished. "Considering this has been your second Magia attack, I don't doubt you were suited for this. Inexperience is a killer when fighting against rogue A.I. You said that you damaged it?"
"Yes, I did." Aruto responded.
Yua just nodded. "I think it'll be best if we kept this between us."
"Yeah." He agreed, looking out "It felt like neither of us could get to it. Getting through its tentacle defence, it's tough and lead to a tenta-kill."
Yua looked at Aruto with a raised eyebrow. "...What?"
"It is a pun on the word 'tentacle' and the phonetic sound of 'kill'-" Izu responded.
"Ah! Izu, please don't explain the joke!" Aruto begged to her.
Yua saw this...and sighed gently. "President Aruto, considering your bodyguard Kamen Rider Zero-One, where do you think he can improve?"
"'Body-'? Oh, yes." Aruto composed himself after almost tripping over his words. "Well. I think he needs means to counter the tentacles. Cutting them seems to work."
"I see." She nodded.
Izu took this on board, compiling data on this...and even noting Yua's comments. 'Perhaps Ms Yaiba is an ally?' She thought tilting her head, while also taking on board what Aruto said.
"Well." Yua smirked as she crossed her arms under her chest.
"I'm sure, Zero-One will figure something out." Aruto answered. "I hope we can still work together, Ms Yaiba."
"Good luck." She smirked.
Aruto bowed respectfully as the two left in opposite directions, and with Izu by Aruto's side it made it a little easier for him. "Izu, I failed here. Can you and Zea try and find a way how to counter that Magia?"
"Of course, President Aruto." She nodded.
Aruto nodded and clenched his first. There was a LOT that needed to be done.
To be continued
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