BEN 10 X ANIME: KAMEN RIDER OMNI-X
CHAPTER 3: THE DESTROYER OF THE WORLDS
(K.R. Drive Arc Part 3)
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How the Tri-Omnitrix works…
Hello, everyone. I am Ben Tennyson, better known as Bad Ben, the One who defies gods. I am the creator of the Omni-X Driver.
The Omni-X Driver is adjusted to be compatible with Bio-Ultimatrix and the complete Omnitrix. Due to Ben 2041's super rare disease of mutation, fortunately, it worked out to our favor.
Omni-X Driver runs on a similar core as the Omnitrix. The energy in an Omnitrix is so vast it can easily blow up the whole universe — therefore such an energy source isn't to be underestimated.
Regardless, Omni-X Driver is adjusted to use the bio-energy produced from Ben 2041's body.
Ben 2041's body is unnaturally able to produce its own energy. 1) Ben 2041 passively absorbs nearby energy, due to the crystalsapien (Chromastone) and conductoid (Feedback) portions of his DNA. 2) prypiatosian-A and prypiatosian-B portions are specialized in absorbing and producing energy respectively, enough to power the Omni-X Driver.
When he uses the rider armor,
The Tri-Omnitrix system includes three cores — Ultimatrix, Omnimatrix, and Omni-X Driver.
Omni-X is the only core that can transform 2041 into a Kamen Rider.
But it can still command Ultimatrix and Omnimatrix to assume a rider form.
There are three slots in Kamen Rider Omni-X Driver — much like Kamen Rider OOO.
But the user can choose the number of combo — 1 (no combo), 2, or 3.
The Omni-X Driver is designed to use the other cores first.
It uses Ultimatrix core if the user chooses only one alien armor, because Ultimatrix is most directly linked to Ben 2041's body.
Thus, in 1+1 combo, the Ultimatrix core transforms the left side of the armor.
And then, the Omnitrix on the right hand for the right side of the armor.
1+1 works like Kamen Rider Double armors.
Finally, the third core it uses is its own core.
It works like this — Ultimatrix core Omnitrix core Omni-X core.
Therefore, the slots are filled in this order.
Left Side || Right Side || Middle Core
Only the Left Side can use the evolution features, because the other cores – the Omnitrix and Omni-X Driver don't include said feature.
Let's say… Ben 2041 has chosen the 3 aliens below.
Slot Order = HEATBLAST || SWAMPFIRE || NRG
Or this order = SWAMPFIRE || HEATBLAST || NRG
Left and Right inserts can be exchanged.
But the Omni-X core is only for unique powerhouses.
Powerhouse examples — NRG, Clockwork, and Chromastone. (Avoiding spoilers, I am not telling you the rest tee~ hee~)
Armor order would be LEFT || MID || RIGHT.
All Mid slots go to helmet, but they can still give the rider armor enhancements and extensions.
Thus, the abovementioned slot order results in this armor order.
HEATBLAST || NRG || SWAMPFIRE
Some 1+1+1 combos have special names given by the creator (who is me.)
Heatblast + Swampfire + NRG = BURN!
Don't pay mind to it. It is just a name that fits the characteristics of the combined armor.
Non-rider Bi-Omnitrix combos
Unfortunately, the Omni-X Driver doesn't have a feature that can turn the user into an alien. Thus, alien combos will only be available up to Bi-Omnitrix level — thanks to Ultimatrix and Omnimatrix.
It would result in DNA hybrids like — Ben 10K's transformations.
This is all for the Tri-Omnitrix functions.
Houtarou Oreki & Satoshi Fukube — Kamen Rider Double.
I have been investigating the duo for 3 weeks... as soon as I have found out about their existence.
"I look for answers not because I want to but because I need to."
— Houtarou Oreki.
Oreki is a talented young man with extraordinary intelligence. A college student.
"Finding the answers isn't my job. It is OUR job."
— Satoshi Fukube.
Fukube is a gifted young man with an extraordinary memory. A college student. Despite his ability to memorize things, at first sight, he doesn't find the answers by himself. I don't still know why but he always cooperates with Oreki to reach a conclusion.
Overall, this duo works like two parts of a single brain. Two-in-one detective — Double.
Let's have a flashback here to get a better knowledge of what they do.
"Houtarou!" Fukube would inform Oreki through Telepathic Communication. "These Gaia memories are the stolen ones from the organization."
"And they will work fine on the human body... but much more powerful than the first phase ones..." Oreki replied.
At that time, Oreki had sensed a presence in the room.
He dodged the tackle of a man in a black suit.
"You won't get away with this," the man said.
Oreki closed the box quickly, took it with him, and began to run away.
The man took a Gaia memory out of his pocket and thrust it into his arm.
Consequently, he became a dopant.
"Crap..." Oreki cursed before bringing out the Double Driver. "Satoshi!"
"Ready, Houtarou!"
Oreki put the belt on his waist.
"Let's go!"
Suddenly a green Gaia memory appeared in the right slot. Oreki pushed the drive into the slot.
And then he took out a dark purple Gaia memory and pressed a weapon.
"JOKER!"
"Henshin..."
The dopant took a step backward in surprise.
Oreki inserted the JOKER memory into the left slot and pushed down both memory holders.
"CYCLONE! JOKER!"
With a henshin pose...
After the bright light, a half-green half-black Kamen rider had replaced Houtarou Oreki.
"Now... count up your sins..."
Both Oreki and Fukube's voices came out in unison.
But... just before the Double charged at the monster...
The dopant was thrown away by an incredible force...
And something invisible beat the crap out of the monster.
Two-in-one Kamen Rider stood in the place, processing what was happening.
"Houtarou! It's invisible!"
"Hmm, yeah. We can't see what is attacking the dopant."
In some seconds, the dopant dropped to the ground, his outer skin being covered with thin ice.
"Hmm..."
"Greetings..." an armored individual walked out of the shadows.
No... it is... a kamen rider.
"Who are you?" Oreki asked.
"A Kamen rider?" Fukube said in awe.
His armor was dark blue and black. His visor was green with grey stripes. The back of his helmet was covered in a hood-like structure. And there was a glowing green hourglass symbol on his waist.
Yeah... this is the glorious Kamen Rider Omni-X... a.k.a. me.
"So then... see you later, Oreki-san and Fukube-san..."
I activated the intangibility skill and literally walked through a nearby wall.
"Wait!" The double riders exclaimed in unison.
This duo… I guess I will watch them for a while…
And now… it comes to the present.
"And so…" I look up at the people who are sitting at the dinner table in my kitchen. "Why are you here?"
Zero-chan pouts at me because she can't have a peaceful time with all these guests in our house.
"Uh, we can have a good long meeting here in your house, that is," Fukube answers.
Oreki doesn't even bother to look at me. Hachiman rubs the back of his head. Hiratsuka-sensei is leaning against the wall and… Wait—
"Senpai! No smoking in my house!" I shouted at her.
"Oh, sorry, sorry…"
*Click*
She brings the lighter up to the cigarette she is chewing.
"Grr… Ben said no smoking! Stop smoking right now!" Zero-chan yells furiously at the smoking teacher.
I facepalm at the sight.
"And?" Hiratsuka raises her eyebrows at the cyborg girl. "Who is she?"
"Uh…" come on, think of two or three sentences quickly to make up stories. "She is… a maid… She works at my house."
"Hmm… I didn't know you had a maid fetish."
AHHHH! The worst possible alternative that can happen at the time.
Hachiman looks up at the blonde cyborg with suspicious eyes, but thankfully, he says nothing.
"Anyway… What's with her? She was tied to a pole when I first saw her. And now she is restrained again. Don't tell me you guys are kidnappers, too."
Oreki commented. He is looking at the girl in the corner of the dining room, tied to a chair and gagged.
Yukinoshita. Or… A girl who claims to be Yuki-no hime.
"No, no, we are nothing like that," I reply. "I just thought she had some psychological problems so…"
Suddenly, the gag cloth in her mouth became frozen and shattered to pieces.
"I am NOT CRAZY! It's true that I am the reincarnation of Yuki-no hime!"
"Hai, Hai, …" Hachiman says nonchalantly without even looking at her. "Tsk, now the ice princess Yukinoshita is gone. I'm gonna have to face hearing problems if I stay with her for long."
I don't know how to deal with her… honestly.
"That aside, Tennyson, do you know about the rider that appeared in the park?" Oreki asks.
He must be talking about…
"Kiva? Yeah, I know, not a lot but… What's with him?"
Oreki goes silent, thinking deeply.
Fukube steps in to explain. "There are more than four riders in this world. There can be many riders… And we don't know how many of them will be evil…"
"Why?" I ask.
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Why are you checking if they are good or evil?"
Fukube wears a slight smile. "Too much power can drive people crazy," he says, looking at the bound Yuki-no hime. "We are doing this to protect the people."
"Tennyson…" Oreki suddenly asks. "How did you become a rider? Hikigaya is one thing… But I haven't heard your story."
"It's a long story…" I bluff. "Oh, but I have become a rider for only two months. Trust me, you don't wanna know my story."
Fukube laughs off my answer, but Oreki seems to take it seriously.
"I can see that you possess a whole lot of absurd powers. I want to know your story."
Hmm… it's not so bad to have allies. I mean, I don't think I can fight the enemies of the multiverse alone — no matter how powerful I am.
"If you say so."
All the people in the room – even Yukinoshita – direct their attention to me.
"Ahem… first…" I unwrap the bandage on my left arm, shocking the crowd. Indeed, I haven't even told Zero-chan about this.
My mutated arm…
"Wh-what is that!? Kouhai?" Hiratsuka asks in surprise.
"My arm, it is," I hold up my hand to my torso to let them have a better look at it… "Mutated."
"Mu-mutated?" Zero-chan asks.
"Yes, my human DNA is corrupted and still unable to be restored. Therefore my hand is like this…"
Oreki examines my hand seriously, while Fukube has his jaw dropped.
"Just how many different parts are on your arm?"
"90. At least. We stopped counting after 90."
"Wh-what can you do with that hand?" (Hiratsuka)
"Yeah… it's like a super hand…" (Zero-chan)
I open my palm and aim it at Zero-chan. "I can do…" I fire the weak water blasts from my hand. "This!"
"AHH! Tennyson-sama, please stop!"
"Hmm… interesting," Oreki approaches me and lifts my hand, examining even more carefully.
Hachiman gives off a disinterested aura.
"Your fingertips are hard," he comments.
"They are made of the skin of a godlike species. There isn't any known being that can destroy my fingertips," I sarcastically reply.
Fukube has been quiet this whole time. He finally speaks up.
"This is… otherworldly… wait, did you just say "Species?""
Oops, I slipped.
"Uh, yeah?"
"What do you mean?" He asks curiously.
"Aliens… my entire arm is made of Alien skins."
"What!?" everyone except Hachiman exclaims.
"Impossible!" Yuki-no hime exclaims.
Girl, you are a "reincarnation" of someone ancient, yourself.
Hachiman merely narrows his eyes.
"These…" Fukube has finally got up from his seat. "There all are alien skins, you mean it?"
"Yeah?" I sweatdropped.
"Unbelievable… but that explains many of my questions. That's why I have never seen these species."
And last but not least…
"They are aliens from another universe," I surprise them again.
"A-aliens from another universe!?" They exclaim.
"W-wait," even bored Oreki is getting excited. "Does it mean you are from another universe?"
Bingo… but I wasn't intending this:
"Well… yeah…"
Everyone goes silent in surprise… even Hachiman has his eyes wandering to and fro.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you are not kidding us, right?"
Fukube jokingly says, breaking the silence.
I simply shake my head.
"That explains why…" Hachiman Hikigaya finally speaks up. "You suddenly buy a house in front of us…"
No, my student, it is not how the mysteries work.
"And… so how can you transform into… that flying moth man?" Yuki-no hime asks.
I hold up my both arms and mentally command the two Omnitrices to materialize on my wrists.
"That symbol… it's on your torso that time," Fukube comments.
I was right about his extraordinary memory, perhaps yes.
"Hmm, yeah, when I transform… uh… I will show you."
Master Control!
Let me explain. Master Control is the all-function access of the Omnitrix. It is basically removing the limiters on the Omnitrices.
Master control includes this — access to all the DNA of 1, 000, 915 species.
And this — ability to transform from one species to another in an instant, just by mental command/ verbal command.
And this — the user can stay in a form for as long as he wants. The Omnitrix basically houses an energy source that is enough to blow up the whole universe. Therefore, the time limit is unlimited.
Also — the user can convert his sex (male/ female). Can teleport from one place to another. Can create a pocket universe inside the watch.
And many other functions!
…
"Hen… shin…"
Imitating Drive's henshin pose, I mentally command the Omnitrix to transform me into…
"Big… Chill… how do you… like this?"
"Awe… awesome! I mean… you are scary, but somehow… I still feel you are a human. This is the Alien you used that day, right?"
Fukube comments.
I unfold my wings causing my fans to back away in surprise.
"Aliens… not every alien is aggressive… I will show you another one… FOUR ARMS!"
The flash of green light might have blinded them for a short while. But when I reappear, they look at me in awe.
"Wow… this one is…" "...Red…"
I transform back to human form.
"How many of these things… I mean, aliens can you transform into?"
"A million? Maybe, but I'd rather not use something I don't know. One wrong move can keep me trapped inside the void for years."
"A… a million!?" "Sensei… you are a monster."
"You are annoying Master Ben!" Zero-chan gets between me and the crowd to prevent them from reaching me.
"It's… it's OK, Zero-chan…"
"So…" Hachiman is impatient. "Please go on with your story."
Hmm… I've got his interest, huh?
But… I must leave some parts hidden…
"This multiverse is in danger. So I came to this world to stop the interdimensional threat."
"How?" Fukube asks, narrowing his eyes. "How is the world in danger?"
I rub the back of my head.
"There is this rider called Decade. And another rider called Demon God-King."
"Sounds like an average light novel fantasy stuff," Hachiman makes a comment. "But if what you said is true, then we are in serious trouble."
"Hmm, how?" Oreki asks.
Hachiman puts on a cheeky smile. "Decade is one thing, but Demon God-King? And from what we have seen, Tennyson-sensei is a rider on another level than us. Then, imagine an evil version of him?"
I feel uneasy. "The power of Demon God-King rivals the god of this multiverse," I explain. "So this isn't an easy battle."
"So… you are searching for allies in the universes?" Oreki's eyes are moving fast to and fro.
"No… I am searching for hints to find Demon God-King and Decade. My biggest guess is that they would use the corrupt riders from the universes as their minions, much like… an old foe of mine, and turn them into evil riders."
Here, the old foe I just mentioned is Eon.
"And? Got any luck in this world?" (Oreki)
"No, I guess… but something big is coming. Brace yourselves…"
The Vampire Boy
"Narutaki… what do you think?"
On a Sunday when I didn't have to go to work, I joined Narutaki in human watching.
Masamune Makabe. Age 17. Just finished High School. Kamen Rider Kiva.
"He is a strange case… a fangire and human hybrid. But trust me, I have seen his counterparts across the multiverse."
"And?"
Initially, he was a chubby boy, but he's changed. He became a fit and handsome young man.
For unknown reasons.
I am not a time traveler, therefore I don't know all of his histories.
"He has a girlfriend."
We become silent.
"What about the other guy?"
Jin Mikata. 24 years old. A member of a secret organization and the informant of Kiva. Kamen Rider Ixa.
"He was a womanizer who had at least 25 girls–"
"Thanks but it's not the info I need," I interrupted him.
He lets out a sigh. "He is somehow… acquainted with Kamen Rider Mach."
"Mach? I haven't seen him."
Masamune Makabe had a bad day.
His girlfriend texted him that she was angry because Makabe hadn't treated her to dinner to make up for the day he couldn't go out for the date.
He accidentally slipped — "You eat way too much," and now "Aki" is even angrier.
But yeah… When he saw her pouty face on his smartphone, he couldn't help but smile… despite his worries.
Yuki-no hime… He retreated from the battle because he found out he couldn't defeat her at that time. She was just simply too powerful to even land an attack.
And the "Icy Moth Man"... Who is he? He can't help but wonder…
But he is aware of other riders in the town…
Therefore, if the foe isn't a fangire, he simply avoids the monster.
Despite his principle to protect the world, he believes that every hero has to work together. Therefore, he never tried into the foes of other Kamen riders.
That aside…
"Jin-san… I'm gonna visit Adagaki…"
Jin Mitaka looked up at him, without knowing what happened.
"Aw, oh, okay… uh, do you need… advice?"
Makabe grabbed the coat on the chair.
"Yeah?"
"Hmm, I am experienced with girls… but you know, buy her something she likes. Treat her to dinner or something if she is mad."
"It is a cheap move," Makabe rolled his eyes. He knew that he was more handsome than Jin and still couldn't help but worry about this womanizer.
He couldn't even imagine what kind of girls Mikata would have dated.
"Well…"
"Anyway, I am going."
Jin waved his hand at Makabe. "Good Luck!"
I look back at Narutaki and shrug my shoulders. Narutaki nods at me.
Makabe gets onto the red motorcycle with a big redfin on the back and puts on the helmet.
The engine rumbles as he inserts the key and rotates it…
"I am coming… Aki…"
When Makabe rides his bike into an alley he usually rode through, he finds a young man, no older than him, standing in the middle of the street.
"Makabe Masamune… please stop…"
Somewhat fluent Japanese is heard.
Makabe stops his bike and looks up at the young man. "Who are you?"
"I am Tennyson. Kamen Rider Omni-X."
"A Kamen rider? What is it?"
"You are Kamen Rider Kiva, right?"
Makabe is petrified. He stays silent and stops the engine.
"Yeah, I am. What do you want? I will meet Kamen Riders only if they are willing to cooperate with me."
"Masamune Makabe…" A third voice enters the conversation.
Wait… this is an unexpected guest.
When I look up at where the voice came from, it is… Houtarou Oreki standing on the roof of the building next to us.
"... you are suspected of a serial murder…"
Wait, what?
This is not what I intended to do… and…
Suddenly, several police sirens appear around us.
A familiar man comes out of the nearest police car that has enclosed an end of the Alley.
"Tomari… san?" I gasp.
"Yo… Tennyson. I am acquainted with Oreki and he informed me about Kamen Rider Kiva. I am arresting him. Sorry to ruin the mood…"
Makabe looks around with disbelieving eyes.
"What's happening?" I ask.
Tomari stretches his forehead and shrugs his shoulders. "Honestly, I can't still believe when Oreki-san said. He is the serial murderer Kiva that we have been hunting quite a long time."
"He's right."
A man in a red coat walks toward me. And then he folds his hands, standing in front of me.
"Ahem, do you by chance know that Makabe kid?"
"No... I'm not. I just happened to stop him today... and haven't even talked–"
"For what business?" The man asks.
Tomari just stands there, seeming freaked out by the man's manner.
"Uh, stuff? I'd rather keep it secret," I answer, maintaining eye contact with him.
"Um... you better not do any shady business, kid..." the red coat man walks away.
"Don't worry!" Tomari says. "He is a sensei at Sobu High."
And then he turns towards him with a foolish smile.
"Anyway... I'll better get going. I need to attend a business."
"Ay, bye," Tomari says.
I walk out of the Alley, thankfully the police don't bother to investigate me.
When I finally reach the road, a young man with a black hat is seen leaning his butt on a half-black half-green bicycle.
"Oreki... what's about that!?" I demand an answer.
"Well, it was a coincidence, Tennyson..." he says coldly. "Anyway, I can share info with you if you want."
I roll my eyes.
"Who did he kill?"
"He" means Masamune Makabe.
"Probably fangires. Not everyone accepts the existence of fangires, dopants, and roidmudes. When they meet them, they'd rather note them as dopants... which is a common street villain. Dopants are more well-known... and they are more like gangsters while roidmudes take the appearance of people who still exist... and fangires... just blend into people and do evil things in the background. I'm not justifying every fangire is evil, though."
"Hmm... So when will he get freed?" I impatiently ask.
He simply shakes his head. "I don't know. But I have a glimpse of what is happening."
"What do you mean?"
He smirks, taking off his hat. "It's not Kiva that I am investigating, Tennyson. They took my bait. Now I have to retract my bait and catch the fish who bites."
I don't comprehend him but... well, there must be a reason for doing so. Reporting a fellow rider...
Shoot, geniuses are really hard to understand, huh...
That evening...
*click*
"I'm back!"
When I return home, I can see running steps in my house coming from the hallways.
"Welcome home!"
It is... Zero-chan carrying a small cake in her hands toward me.
She is smiling in joy. Interested, I look down at the cake.
It is a simple cake covered with white cream. It has a neat heart shape, probably drawn with a strawberry cream on the circular surface.
Her yellow gloves are covered in cream stuff... and even her face is stained. Her apron has also got a stain, too. Zero-chan must be trying so hard...
"A cake? What is it for?" I ask.
"I tried making a cake... I learned it online and I think... uh,... um... I should... should share it with... Master Ben..."
Wait, why are you blushing, woman!? You are a cyborg!
Anyway... this is cute, Tennyson.
"Ahem! I told you not to address me "Master," Zero!" I reply. "Call me Ben instead."
This girl... is blushing hard again.
Before my cheeks become warmer, I pick up the knife and cut the cake into 4 small portions, and then put a mouthful portion into my mouth.
"Mmm... mmm, this is good. I mean, delicious. You are amazing, Zero."
"Th-thanks..."
I sigh, looking at her back as she walks back into the kitchen.
Suddenly, my phone rings.
It's... Hiratsuka-senpai.
"Hello."
"Ay, Tennyson-kouhai. Oreki told Hachiman that the police had arrested Kiva guy for murder. Do you know something about that?"
"Why do you even care..." I mutter, taking off my shoes... and then dropping myself onto the sofa.
"Hmm, what did you just say!?"
"Nothing," I deny. "Anyway, yes, he was arrested. But rest assured, it is Oreki who informed the police... and he definitely has a plan of some kind..."
"Is that so? Not like I care but thanks," she hangs up quickly.
As soon as I rest my head on the backrest...
"Ding Dong..."
Now it's not my phone but the bell of my house which rings.
I get up from the seat and walk to the door to open it.
It's... an unexpected guest.
"Hi, Tennyson."
"Narutaki... what do you want?"
Narutaki takes off his glasses to clean it with a tissue.
"Could I have dinner?"
I internally sigh.
That evening.
Kamen Rider Kiva.
Suspected to be a serial murderer.
The case is directly handled by the regional police chief.
*Slam*
The man in a dark grey suit drops the plastic folders onto the table in front of a cuffed Makabe with an annoyed face.
"Masamune Makabe-san... care to have a talk?"
"Hmm, yeah?"
The man drops himself onto the chair and opens the first folder.
"First... Hikigaya Hachiman..."
Makabe raises an eyebrow at a name he's never heard of.
"Kamen Rider Drive..."
Now, Makabe's eyes are opened wide.
"Second... Oreki Houtarou and Fukube Satoshi... Kamen Rider Double..."
"Wait, what are you talking about?!"
The man lets out a chuckle.
"And me, Tennyson Shinnosuke, Kamen Rider Omni-X."
Surprise, Mada facker...
Makabe stands up from his chair and grabs my collar.
Hey, hey, it is a crime, too... or so I guess.
"Wh-what are you talking about?"
With a flash of green light that blinds him... I become a green man in a magician outfit.
"Care for a walk, Makabe-san?" My green hair flashes under the dim light. "We are going out for a manhunt."
"Wait, what–"
With a snap of my fingers, we both disappear from the room.
"–are you... what just happened?"
I cancel my transformation and smile at him.
"Teleportation, we are teleported to a designated place."
His cuffs are also destroyed into pieces.
"I... I don't follow what you are talking about..."
Yeah, exactly.
We are outside the police headquarters.
"We are taking down the chief tonight," I smirk wryly, placing my hands on my hips.
"Why? Why should we take him down?"
"Because..." a figure walks towards us. "He is a fangire."
Not a figure but two.
"And," the second person says. "Why am I here?"
The first one nudges the second one's shoulder. "If we're gonna be criminals, we're all gonna be…"
The first one — wears a black vest and hat. It is… Houtarou Oreki.
The second one — is in a white hoodie with a horizontal light blue stripe. Hachiman Hikigaya.
"Your logic doesn't make sense," he gives off a somewhat Tsundere aura.
"Now, let's go." (Oreki)
"Wait, are you doing it!?" Makabe can't believe it. "I don't even know who you are."
"Hmm, sorry. I am Oreki Houtarou, Kamen Rider Double. There is another one with me, and well, WE are double, though."
"Hikigaya Hachiman. Drive."
Kiva turns at me. "And you? You are Omni-X, I suppose?"
"Yeah, Ben Tennyson, nice to meet you," I introduce myself. "I will go in first, and clear the way for you."
With a flash of green light, I have become…
"BIG CHILL…" and disappeared from their sight.
"Did he do that… every time?" Makabe whispers to the duo.
Oreki shrugs with an expressionless face. "Yeah?"
I phase through all the walls and finally get inside. When I've found a guard, I freeze him unconscious. Only when the path is cleared, do I appear in front of the three guys who have successfully climbed through the railings.
"Cleared…"
"AH–" Makabe almost screams in horror but Hachiman covers Makabe's mouth.
"Sh… keep it down… we are entering."
Makabe nods.
And so we sneak all the way to the chief office.
Oreki kicks the door… *slams*
"Wh-what is it!?" The man inside exclaims in surprise.
The chief is a short, chubby man with thick dark eyebrows and dark brown hair.
"Kamen Rider Kiva… And friends…" he recognizes. "I see…"
He chuckles and snaps his fingers… suddenly a crowd of fangires comes out of nowhere.
Hmm… I have heard that fangires work like chess pieces… That means…
The police chief has transformed into a fangire with a multi-colored mirror-like body.
"Hahaha, you think you're ahead of us… you're wrong!" He declares.
"No… we are not," I take a step forward, pointing at him. "If we are behind the schedule, we will try to keep up, no matter what!"
Crap… it's embarrassing.
Oreki joins me, bringing out the double driver. "Now… count up your sins!"
The chief fangire bursts out evil laughter.
"Is that so? You kids… I shall teach you a lesson, then."
Hearing his words, I chuckle internally and raise my left wrist to my chest.
The flash of green light blinds everyone else in the room… and… reveals a child-size white creature with a backpack and headphones, in my place.
"ECHO ECHO!"
"What!" The fangire exclaims.
"Hmph…" I produce five clones… to handle the rest of the fangires. "Double, Drive… Kiva, I'm counting on you."
They all give me nods. Oreki and Hachiman already have their belts on.
"Satoshi… let's go!"
"""Henshin!"""
"Guys!" I call out to my clones. "Let's push them back!"
"DRIVE: TYPE SPEED!" "CYCLONE! JOKER!"
The clones jump over a nearby table and surround a fangire.
"WALL OF… SOUND!"
We all scream at the fangire causing it to block its ears and drop to the floor.
"Oh, crap, I'm pretty sure I don't wanna be in that place!" (Oreki)
Because his true form is made of living sound waves, Echo Echo's appearance is actually a small, white containment suit made of silicon, making his body a living amplifier.
One of his most noticeable features is a square appendage resembling an MP3 player behind his back with a port on it, decorated with a 10 symbol and what looks like cassette tapes on his lower legs. The green circle-shaped indents on the back of Echo Echo's hands are sound holes, and the inside of his mouth is also green with lines that give it the appearance of an amplifier. He also wears headphones so he would not be hurt by his own sonic screams The headphones are attached to a backpack.
The three riders have the fangire in their control.
A clone shouts to warn us.
"Incoming!"
The clones and I sidestep to dodge the fangire that attempts to tackle us…. And then let out a powerful sonic scream…
"AHHH!"
Sending the fangire into the wall, instantly knocking it out.
…
Drive jumps and spins in the air to deliver a kick to the fangire boss who swipes the kick and sends Drive to the floor.
"HEAT! METAL!"
Double's armor has now become a half-silver half-red HeatMetal – Blazing Warrior.
They bring out the metalshaft rod and swing it at the fangire while Kiva summons Garulu Saber to attack the fangire.
"Seems like they are managing it…"
The clones scream a sonic wave at the pawn fangires.
Suddenly, Drive and Double are hurled toward me… And piled up over my silicon containment suit.
"Ah… What the fuck!?" I curse as I crawl out of the pile of kamen riders and look up at the fangire boss.
His head looks somehow similar to a lion's head…
"What is it, little boy?"
Makabe, Oreki, Hachiman… Sorry but I will have to take your spotlight.
"Guys!"
My clones jump into my body disappearing in a flash of green light.
And then I smack the Omnitrix symbol to transform into…
"ULTIMATE ECHO ECHO!"
The hyper-evolved form of sonorosians.
With the sonic waves radiating from underneath my blue metallic boots, I am suspended in the air, proudly standing as a blue humanoid super robot.
Ladies and Gentlemen! The second ultimate of the series — Ultimate Echo Echo/ Evolved Sonorosian.
Because he is made of living sound waves, Ultimate Echo Echo wears a tall blue containment suit with black stripes, an overall rounded design, long arms and legs, and stumped feet. Unlike his devolved counterpart, Ultimate Echo Echo has fifteen blue, removable speaker-like components attached to his body and a marking on his back resembling a cassette tape. Ultimate Echo Echo wears the evolved Ultimatrix symbol on his chest.
Sonic disks leave my body and surround the fangire, while two sonic disks face the wall behind him.
"SOUND PRISON!"
The speaker-like voice escapes my metallic organs.
The wall behind him is destroyed by the powerful sonic wave while he is pushed to the outside through the hole in the wall, by the powerful sonic blasts.
"Ha…" the Rook fangire gasps, looking up at me, who is floating in the air with my arms crossed."Your sound… is so powerful. If you were a villain, you would make a fine one. You can rule the–"
"I don't care about ruling blah blah or villain stuff. I do what I want to. I protect who I want to protect. And… I punch who I want to punch."
The sonic disks surround the monster again.
"Keep on killing us, boy," he says. "The villains will be never completely gone… but you will lose your sanity if you just kill."
I take your statement as begging for your life, old man.
"SONIC DOOM!"
I stay silent as I watch him shatter into pieces in front of me.
Killing the villains… is it all right?
"Omni-X, is it you?"
The first person who steps out of the hole in the wall behind me is… Double. And it was Satoshi's voice.
As I turn around to him, they are out of their transformation and the body of Oreki falls to the ground.
"I should've used… my new upgrade, Tennyson."
He says weakly… as he leans his head on my metallic forearms.
"He is just crazy strong, Oreki," my speaker-like voice assures him. "Now you can take a rest."
When I look at Hachiman and Makabe, they are also out cold.
Why? Why do I feel like the Kamen Riders from this world… are so weak?
I press the Omnitrix symbol on my torso to transform into another alien form.
"DEEJAY EMCEE…"
Then I snap my thumb and middle digit of my hand together to teleport my dudes to my home.
Deejay Emcee of the pugnavores! The psychic alien form in the Omnitrix.
I will introduce him to you for real at a later time.
Zero-chan is at it again because I have brought the unconscious riders back home.
"Mou, what happened to them?"
I lift Hachiman onto the sofa. "Don't ask me."
I let out a sigh.
I see. That must be… must be the answer.
Hachiman was more than enough to defeat Volt roidmude. Yet he was struggling in a team fight today. Something just doesn't feel right. It's either that the riders become weaker, or that the villains become stronger.
"... The villains will be never completely gone…"
I shall see where it goes.
"Ding Dong," the bell rings.
Satoshi has arrived at my house because he is worried about Oreki.
"How are they?"
"They are still asleep. But they'll be fine," I reply, handing him an apple. "I have done first aids or something."
"Good…" he bites the apple. "I hope so."
We let the riders rest in the spare rooms. Hiratsuka senpai has arrived and we would gather in the living room to exchange information.
"I think I get a glimpse of what is happening," Satoshi says, cupping his chin.
"What is it? Please tell us what you know," Hiratsuka says with worried voice.
"Dopants, Fangires… and Roidmudes… they are working together. This is just my assumption but there is a high chance I am right."
"It's dangerous…" she mutters.
I lean against the wall and look through the window pane at the outside.
"This is not good," I remark. "Those three groups have never been united. I can't list all the possibilities that can happen."
"Yeah, I hope I am wrong," says Satoshi.
This guy… he never drew the things to conclusion. But he knows much more than me or even Hiratsuka senpai.
…
School Festival.
My buddies recovered shortly after the incident. Unknownst to them, Hiratsuka senpai, Fukube and I are secretly investigating why the villains were suddenly united.
I am standing on the premises of Sobu High, and behind me is a big school festival happening with several food stalls in the compound of the school. Some kids are shouting in joy, and a good number of them come to the school festival together with their "girlfriends" or "boyfriends." As a teacher, I feel like I should probably stop them... but well, when I was 15, I had a girlfriend, though we have broken up.
For what am I standing here on the outside, you ask? I am a teacher at this school so I offered to give me the responsibility to supervise the stalls outside.
Well, my duty is more than that. I have to welcome the special guest who is going to give a speech to the students.
Hachiman is part of the festival committee so he is probably busy as heck, much contradicting his prior attitudes.
"TO WORK IS TO LOSE." — a typical Hachiman.
Yet he is working so hard. I can see that even people like Hachiman can sometimes be hardworking if they want.
"VROOOMMM"
The roar of an engine… My eyes have opened wide as I begin to examine my surroundings cautiously. A big white motorcycle drives its way on the road before finally stopping right in front of me.
The motorcycle is fancy, big, and it's like a big tank bike. The person riding the bike takes off his white helmet with blue and red stripes.
"Hello… I am Kanda Sorata."
Sorata…. Kan… da…
Wait, this is—
"Are you the special guest invited to our school, Kanda-San?"
Getting off the bike, he gently nods at me before putting the helmet on the bike.
"Yeah, so please take care of me for today," he says, bowing his head.
"Oh, likewise," I responded with a bow imitating him.
Then I asked him to park the bike in the designated parking space.
Sorata Kanda. Age 20. An inspiring game developer, and well-known among youths.
Rumor is that he is dating a famous artist, who also designs characters for his games.
As Kanda-san and I walk among the students, the schoolboys and girls shout in surprise and awe, looking at us. Rather, they are overjoyed to see Kanda.
"It's Sorata Kanda!"
"Where? Where is he!?"
"Seriously? He is already here?"
"Don't you know? He is the special guest at our school festival."
"Wow, so cool~"
Kanda waves his hands at his fans as a form of greeting. I totally feel like a bodyguard in front of him.
Just after I have escorted him to the gymnasium, I see Hachiman supervising the stage committee. Hiratsuka senpai is having a talk with a Sobu alumnus who I think is the older sister of Yukinoshita.
Hmm… what are Fukube and Oreki doing behind the stage?
"Hey."
They wear the same shirt as the performers… suggesting that they are going to perform some songs on the stage.
"Oops, Tennyson-sensei!" Fukube jokingly says.
"Sup," Oreki greets me.
"What are you guys doing here? Singing a song?"
"I guess," Fukube shrugs his shoulders.
"A student named Hayama from Hachiman's class is ill and can't get to the festival," Oreki answers. "So we are playing in his place."
"Hmm, nice," I reply.
Hiratsuka senpai, Yukinoshita's sister, and the student council president "Meguri Shiromeguri" are talking to their special guest to take the spotlight or something. The Double duo has finally stepped onto the stage with the instruments in their hands.
I didn't know Oreki and Fukube had musical talents, lol. They are not vocalists but the music they contribute to the song is amazing… I mean, it sounds like they are experienced although they are just a substitution.
As the duo leaves the stage, the announcer declares that Sorata Kanda is going to give them a speech, making a stir among the students. After the chatters have died down, the guest in question walks onto the stage, resulting in the applause of the audience.
"What!? Sagami-san is missing?"
"Impossible."
I overhear the schoolgirls making a ruckus for something… so I step into their chatters.
Sounds like a big deal.
"What's happening here?"
"Tennyson-sensei! Sagami is missing and she has the results to be announced later on the stage. It has been a while. We don't know where she is."
Minami Sagami… is from Hachiman's class. And she volunteered to be the president of the school festival committee.
"That sounds like a problem," I mumble to them. "Uh… do you know where she usually goes?"
"Yeah, but…"
"We have searched for her there. But we couldn't find her."
Seems like a rough situation.
"Alright, I will go looking for her. Just spare some minutes after Sorata's speech, ok?"
I immediately leave the theatre and examine my surroundings quickly before transforming myself into Big Chill and flying off the ground.
I am not so sure about where a schoolgirl would be staying to run away from an event she had to make a speech.
Uh, anyway, let's see every corner of this school!
…
The one who has to announce who wins the competition has gone disappeared. The performers, helpers, and teachers are planning how they will continue to delay the closing ceremony.
The Double duo and Sorata Kanda somehow end up joining the meeting.
"How about we perform one or two songs…?"
Fukube looks at Yukino-hime. From what he is informed, Yukinoshita is resourceful and has decent leadership skills. For someone like Fukube who voluntarily avoids leading a group unless it is needed, as expected he decided to rely on Yuki-no-hime.
"It's a great idea. Thanks. Tennyson-sensei has gone off searching for Sagami-san… but… the possibility of finding her is…"
She shoots a glance at Hachiman… well, as expected she redirects her job to her most reliable friend (?). Hachiman seems to be deeply thinking before he finally says…
"... All I can say is, I don't know."
"I see. You're not saying it's impossible, then. That's enough."
Fukube and Oreki blink at how Yukinoshita can outright understand Hachiman's words.
Based on Fukube's proposal,...
"Shizuka-chan," it's weird to hear the alumnus lady calling Hiratsuka-sensei by such a name.
"... Guess I've got no choice," Hiratsuka says with a smile. "I'll play the bass. I think I could still play that song I did with you before."
Haruno then spins around and says, "Meguri," the one she is looking for is the student council president. "You can do a backup keyboard, right?"
Shiromeguri looks enthusiastic about the performance. "Yes! Leave it to me!" Both her hands have balled into determined fists.
The double duo can feel the nostalgia radiating from the trio.
"So then…" Houtarou volunteers to take a role on stage. "I'll play guitar."
"And…" Fukube holds his hand up. "I will play electric guitar."
"Thanks," Hiratsuka sensei gives a slap on Oreki's back. "I knew you were reliable."
Fukube laughs awkwardly. "I know right, yeah?"
Haruno wanders out loud. "So now… I guess we just need vocals, huh?"
Hachiman raises an eyebrow at Yukinoshita who whispers to her friend.
"... Yuigahama-san."
Yuigahama almost jumps from her place. "Wha—?!"
She wasn't expecting this.
Yukinoshita takes one step closer to her friend. "Could I rely on you for this?"
"Um, um,... Er, I don't feel very confident about it… I don't think I could probably do it very well, and I might actually…"
"Yuigahama-san, that is?" Oreki interrupts. She responds to his question with a nod. "Your friend is also performing so… have confidence, okay."
This causes Hachiman to internally chuckle at how naive Oreki is… but Yuigahama's reaction is different from what Hachiman has expected.
She is touching her index fingers together, but then she squeezed Yukinoshita's hand tight.
"Actually… I've… been… waiting for you to say that to me."
Fukube facepalms at the view. Yukinoshita squeezes Yui's hands back delicately and mutters.
"... Thank you."
Hachiman lets out a sigh of relief and turns around, to quietly leave the gymnasium.
"Hikigaya-kun," Yukinoshita says. "I'm counting on you."
"You can do it, Hikki!" Yui Yuigahama cheers him.
He doesn't reply with words.
He raises his hand as a response and walks to the exit. He is determined to find the girl…
As he arrives at the center of the school grounds… he takes out his phone.
"Hello… Zaimokuza."
…
Where is Sagami hiding?
I have flown up to the rooftop floor of the lab building.
And there I found Minami Sagami.
Minami Sagami. She is such a problem kid — this was my first thought when I found her. Despite her position as a committee chair, she is running away from her responsibility, causing others to go out of their way to look for her, and affecting the whole closing ceremony. This is… just an act to seek attention, or so I think.
She is leaning against the fence and gazing off with a miserable look on her face.
I raise my hand to my chest to cancel my transformation but just before I can touch the Omnitrix symbol, the door that leads to the stairs opens and reveals Hachiman.
Hmm, thankfully I am still in an invisible mode.
I look at Hachiman who does not stop talking for seconds… and he doesn't show any form of surprise or shock. Rather, he expected her to be here. He looks at her back and probably thinks of the words he'll have to say to the girl.
And yes, I am giving him a chance… I am definitely seeing how he solves this problem — of Minami Sagami.
"The ending ceremony is about to start," he finally speaks. "So go head back."
She turns around and looks at the boy, showing a slight disappointment. "It's not like I really have to be the one to do that, right?"
"Unfortunately, you actually do, for a couple of reasons. There's not much time. It'd help if you'd hurry it up."
I feel Hachiman holds back a lot with his words. Normally, he and Yukinoshita would insult each other without any limits.
But maybe… he doesn't wanna hurt the girl more than he needs to.
"Not much time— Wait, hasn't the ending ceremony already started?"
Hmm… it confirms my suspicion that she is doing this intentionally is true…
"Yeah, normally, it would have" Hachiman shows a hint of annoyance. "But we're managing to buy some time. So."
'Hmm, who's doing that?"
"Uh… oh yeah. Yukinoshita, Hiratsuka sensei's friends, and some others," he answers.
Here, Hiratsuka's friends probably mean Oreki and Fukube.
Sagami turns around and clutches the fence tight. "Oh…"
"Now you know, so you should go back."
"Then Yukinoshita should just handle it," she says. "She can do anything anyway."
Hmm… she must have envied Yukinoshita… this isn't new. I heard from Hiratsuka about Yukinoshita's backstory.
It's not surprising for someone this capable and beautiful to have haters and people who envy or adore them.
"What?" Hachiman's tone has changed but he is still watching his words. "That's not the issue here. You've got the vote results. You have to announce those, and a bunch of other stuff, too."
"They can just recount the tally results," she replies. "It's not that much if you all worked on it together…"
"We can't. None of us have that kind of time right now."
In fact, I do. But that's not the case. I am a teacher — and the one who specifically has to oversee how the students manage to supervise an event.
I'd rather sit tight and see how they will pull it off.
"Then just take the vote results and go!"
Sagami hurls a piece of paper at the poor Hachiman… who almost catches the paper. His body trembles slightly… but I suppose he chose the otherwise.
The two students just stand there… with a distance between them. The winds tackle their clothes and hair as they remain silent for a moment.
Hachiman opens his mouth… but a loud creak interrupts him.
The door opens and the ones who get out are…
Wait… is that—
"Hayama-kun… I thought you didn't come…" Sagami mutters.
Hachiman narrows his eyes, staring at Hayato Hayama, a blond classmate of his.
Hayato Hayama is one of the most charismatic students among Sobu students. He also is a footballer (soccer player, yes. Don't judge me.) He has got a lot of fangirls and… there are a number of girls who'd love to date him.
In other words, he is the polar opposite example of Hachiman.
Hayama's face is expressionless, unlike his usual face. Then he suddenly puts on a creepy smile that even sends chills through the Big Chill's spine.
"Sagami-san, Hikigaya-kun… it's time to get back."
Hachiman raises an eyebrow but says nothing back.
"Hayama-kun?" Sagami also seems to have felt something's wrong with Hayama.
The two girls he is with are also smirking creepily at Hachiman and Sagami.
"If you don't come with us…" the energy beams cover their body and transform it. "… we will just take you by force."
"Roidmude?" Hachiman gasps out of shock.
Sagami screams in terror. "Wh-what are they?"
"Hayama" has become a bat roidmude with a white panel on his chest that says XYX… unlike other roidmudes.
On either side of the roidmude are a dopant and a pawn fangire.
Crap… what's happening!?
The roidmude lets out a growl and charges at Hachiman… but he has been stopped by an unknown force.
"[BIG CHILL]"
Sagami watches the man who just saved Hikigaya-kun.
His getup is weird. He is in a black hooded robe with some blue spots on the back. When he turns around, Sagami notices that he wears a helmet. The face of the helmet features a dark blue visor that covers two glowing green spots. At the place where the mouth should exist, is a mouthpiece that is decorated like a set of teeth.
It is… Kamen Rider Omni-X Big Chill DNA Armor.
"Everything will be alright," I assure the girl as I kick the roidmude in the chest. "Kid… run away."
Hachiman understands my message and runs away from us… to hide and transform as I hold the monsters back.
"Sagami-san, is it?"
"Mmm," she answers.
I smile inside the helmet but she can't see my face anyway. "Rest assured, I will protect you."
"[FOUR ARMS]"
Replacing the black-robed Kamen Rider is a red bulky-armored warrior with four arms, two of which are mechanical extensions.
"Take this!"
I scream a battle cry as I lift the roidmude off the floor with the mechanical arms while my main set of arms grabs the fangire and dopant to slam each other.
"Coming!"
"FINISHER! FULL THROTTLE! SPEED!"
Rider kick?
Kamen Rider Drive suddenly appears and jumps into the air, preparing his leg to kick the roidmude in my hands.
I throw the roidmude into the air… he is later destroyed by the rider kick of Drive.
"Good job, Drive," I say to Hachiman who then makes a superhero landing in front of me.
"Thanks," he mutters as he pulls and pushes the lever again and again.
"SP-SP-SPEED!"
He suddenly becomes too fast and punches the dopant and fangire monsters at super high speed, destroying them in a minute, and a person drops to the ground. I catch the unconscious man in time and gently put him down on the floor.
Hachiman is being an overkill today.
"AHHH!" a girl screaming from afar is heard.
"I don't know who you guys are," Sagami says, looking at the school grounds with a worried look. "But you should see this."
Hachiman and I walk up to the fence and examine the school grounds.
The monsters of various kinds and shapes have flooded the school, the food stalls have been destroyed, and the boys and girls are screaming in horror.
This is a disaster.
"Hachi– Drive," I turned around to give orders to Hachiman. "Get the girl and the man into the gymnasium."
Drive nods and carries the unconscious man. "Follow me," he says to the girl.
As Drive and the girl leaves, I jump over the fence and drop to the school grounds, performing a superhero landing in the process. The shockwave pushes the nearby monsters away.
The monsters stop… and become wary of my presence. Before the students can notice me, I cancel my Rider transformation and mentally command the Ultimatrix to convert my DNA to an Alien species.
"FASTTRACK!"
I gotta evacuate people in the area to a safe place first.
As I run off from my spot, I have to think of possible safe areas where I can drop people. The first place that comes up in my mind is the gymnasium. But yeah, I must cramp the space.
The fangire raises its spiked hand to harm a kid… who is grabbed by the running speedster – I carry the kid in my arms and deliver a kick on the fangire's back in the process. The kid looks up at me in awe… and then fear.
"Don't fear me, kid," I say as I run to save another kid again. "Onii-san is a good guy."
Onii-san here refers to myself.
"Mmm!" The kid nods.
In a minute, I have grabbed 6 kids who are under 10 years… and then put them down in the gym.
"Hello! Everyone!"
Hiratsuka is on the stage for some reason.
"The monsters are attacking the school! So please don't leave the gymnasium. We have got Kamen Riders here to protect everyone so please trust us."
She announces… which causes a stir among the audience.
"Kamen Riders?"
"Impossible! They are here?!"
It's ridiculous how people focus more on Kamen Riders than monster attacks.
"Onii-san," one of the kids says. "Are you a Kamen Rider?"
I kneel on the ground and pat his head with my furry hand.
"Kinda. Now Onii-san has to save other people, so please excuse him. OK?"
The kids nod at me.
I vanish from their sight in a black/ blue blur.
…
"Having trouble, Sir?"
"Hmm?"
As I carry the two people in my arms and run, someone CAN actually see me at this speed?
Uh, yeah, you can say that again. I mean, I am running at a low speed to not harm the people I am carrying.
It is a white-armored individual with a biker helmet that has a blue visor. A white scarf is hung from his neck. A small wheel-like circular plate with a black lining.
"A Kamen Rider?" I mutter.
"Bingo!" He replies as he strikes a nearby monster with his gun-like weapon. The weapon looks like the front part of a bike – has a wheel on the front of its white gun-like structure.
"Track, eradicate! " he makes weird poses. "Kamen Rider Mach!"
In the background, another white rider with golden shoulder guards and red eyes is punching the crap out of the fangires.
"Who is he?" I ask.
Mach tilts his head to take a glance at the rider and replies. "Ixa. He is a good guy."
"FRONT WHEEL!"
He fires energy blasts at the roidmudes around him.
"Uh," I shot a glance at Ixa before running again. "Ok."
What a weird guy…
Wait, does that mean… there are more Kamen Riders in this world, more than I imagined?
Hmm… sounds like a problem to me.
A man in a red jacket is standing at the entrance of the gymnasium…
"Hey, you are the one who is saving people?"
He has brown hair. He wears a yellow T-shirt underneath the unbuttoned red leather jacket, and black pants.
"Yeah?"
"I am Yoshiharu Sagara of the Chiba's police. I'd be glad if you could cooperate with me."
Hmm… this is the person who I saw with Tomari-san when they came to arrest Masamune.
"Oh,... ok? Now please excuse me. I have to evacuate people."
"But wait–"
I have disappeared from his sight as a blur.
"ACCEL!"
Do you hear a sound? I do not.
Sounds like trouble to me. I've gotta run away from this guy.
"TRIAL!"
"I said! WAIT!"
The f*k! A blue kamen rider with red eyes and a fin on his head is running up to me to keep up with me, shouting.
Wait, is it… the man in the red jacket?
"You don't look like a Kamen Rider,... uh, blue furry cheetah man?"
Oh, man, spare me weird nicknames. This man is annoying.
"What do you want?"
I yell at him as I throw punches into the dopants.
He is also keeping up with my speed and attacking the monsters.
"You look more like a monster," he bluntly comments.
"Believe what you want, dude," I responded and tapped the Omnitrix symbol on my torso. "Transform!"
"[XLR8]"
The flash of green light blinds the blue rider… who later devolves into a red rider with blue eyes for some reason.
"Wh-what? You are a rider now?"
XLR8 DNA Armor is the Rider Armor of Omni-X, based on kineceleran DNA.
Made of tough material, while the armor isn't as durable as petrosapien armor, the XLR8 DNA armor is also durable enough to tank a point-blank explosion.
The costume is black with dark blue armor that covers the torso. The feet don't include balls... but emit spring-like visible waves that can maintain the friction output. He possesses a tail-like extension that can retract to the back of the armor during combat. The tail also helps the rider to maintain the balance when he runs at high speed.
The helmet looks like XLR8's helmet (which is biological) and has a blue visor on the front with small black stripes on the sides.
The rider can equip drill-like weapons on its fist.
"Name is Kamen Rider Omni-X," I declared to him.
"Hmm, so you are the rumored new Kamen Rider in town," he mutters as he draws a sword out of nowhere.
"Maybe," I say, transforming my fists into drills.
"You better give me a fine explanation later, kid," he slashes the dopants with his blade.
…
A white mirror-like wall appears on the stage in the gymnasium.
"What is that?" Hiratsuka wonders out loud.
Hachiman in his Type Wild form takes place before his sensei as he senses danger coming from the mirror-like wall.
Unknownst to them, it is the Aurora Curtain.
Coming out of the curtain is a rather handsome, brown-haired young man of about 5' 10" height. He wears a red jacket over a white shirt… It must be a school uniform. He has a rather unconcerned look on his face.
"Um, what do we have here?" He mutters stuffing his hands into the pockets of his pants.
"Who are you?" Drive asks him, entering a protective stance.
"Don't bother to know me," he says with a cold tone, taking out a palm-sized rectangular card. He raises the card to show it to Hachiman.
The people under the stage also look at Decade with a confused look. But behind the mask, Hachiman has become terrified to see… the illustration and words decorated on the card.
One of them reads… "D-Decade."
While the young man's right hand is holding onto said card, his left arm brings out a magenta/ black device.
"Just a passing-through Kamen Rider," he says, placing the Decadriver on his waist, which causes Drive to flinch. "No need to remember me. Henshin."
After a monotonous Henshin, the sides of the Decadriver are pulled, rotating the magenta center part. Then he inserts the card into the slot and pushes the sides back.
"Crap…" Hachiman curses. "Run, sensei! Hurry!"
"KAMEN RIDE: D-DECADE!"
Hiratsuka sensei has run down the stage though she doesn't know about the Decade yet.
The Neo-decadriver now has a red core in the middle, transparent enough to see the D-decade symbol through it. His armor and helmet are magenta, some parts being black and some white.
His visor eyes are bright green. The vertically arranged segments on the face decorate the rest of his helmet. A vertical white stripe with black linings crosses with another stripe on the torso to form a "+" shape.
"I shall see and decide…" D-decade says. "... if your world should be destroyed… or not."
"Hachiman! Be careful!" Mr. Belt warns him.
Shit, he appears in this world earlier than I expected.
D-decade brings out the ride-booker and turns it into a sword.
"It's okay, Belto-san," Hachiman whispers as he catches the Steering Wheel Sword the mini-cars have brought to him. "I will protect this world."
"I don't need to fight you," D-decade looks around into the theatre. "If you just tell me where Omni-X is."
"What?!" Hachiman narrows his eyes. "Why are you looking for him?"
"He is like a walking curse to the worlds," he answers coldly. "The worlds will be destroyed as he exists."
"Don't spout nonsense," Hachiman yells at D-decade.
He is informed that "Decade" is the destroyer of the worlds. And Omni-X is here to stop Decade from doing so. Here, Decade, who has also claimed that he destroys the worlds, is now accusing Omni-X of the guilt and reversing the situation.
Hachiman knows that it doesn't look good. His sensei, Tennyson, isn't a manipulative person who would just trap them, or so he believes. If Oreki, Fukube, or Masamune were in his shoes at this moment, they would also do the same.
"I… trust Omni-X. I trust my teacher."
"Eh, Omni-X is your teacher, huh? It will be interesting."
He raises the ridebooker sword and charges toward Hachiman, who blocks the slash with the steering-like hand guard of his handle-ken.
And then they begin to exchange attacks — one slashes, the other blocks. And it goes on.
D-decade takes a step back and inserts a card into his Decadriver.
"ATTACK RIDE: SLASH!"
Then he delivers a chain of quick slashes to Hachiman, sending him flying.
The audience is still eyeing the fight, thinking that this is a fine play for high school student level.
"Hikigaya-kun…" I whisper to him, revealing my ghost-like alien form as I cancel my invisibility and stand next to the injured Hachiman, still in his Type Wild Form. "Use this…"
I give him a yellow shift car with a drill on the front. "Time to change your tire, kid."
"Uh… sensei," he groans and grabs the mini-car. "Thanks."
"No need…"
Then I press the Omnitrix insignia to use my rider armor.
"[DIAMONDHEAD]"
D-decade flinches as he witnesses the Kamen Rider Omni-X he is demanding to see.
"I'm not letting you hurt my student, Decade," I declare.
Diamondhead DNA Armor is the Rider Armor of Omni-X, based on petrosapien DNA.
The armor is made of similar silicon materials as the petrosapiens.
Diamondhead armor possesses a bulky body with two pairs of crystal spikes on the back, the upper are larger, and the lower are smaller.
His helmet is almost the same shape as Diamondhead's head but has a dark yellow visor on the face.
"Hmm, so you are Omni-X, huh. Pleasure to meet you,... or I don't care."
D-decade charges toward me, his sword readied to slash at me. I quickly transform my hand into a diamond-like silicon shield that blocks his attacks, and then turns the other arm into a crystal blade.
"I so well care for this fateful encounter, Decade," I say as I punch the ground to summon a crystal wall that later tackles him away. "I am not letting you taste my smoothies, though."
"Uninterested," he replies with a monotonous voice and gets up from the floor shortly before turning the ridebooker sword into a gun. He then inserts another card into the driver.
"ATTACK RIDE: BLAST!"
It's like his hand holding the gun is cloned into multiple hands to fire countless blasts — his hand moves so fast, it leaves a chain of after-images.
Even with the super durable Diamondhead DNA armor, I can still feel the impact.
"Shit..." I grit my teeth as I try to resist his blast.
Kamen Rider Decade. According to Satou, Decade is a rider who uses cards to transform or use a special attack. He can take the forms of Kamen Riders he has encountered... or rather the forms of Kamen Rider whose card he has collected.
Therefore, fighting him is tricky... not my place to say since I have... like 70-something usable forms in the known list. Forget unknown forms for now.
"TIRE CHANGE! TALPAEDAN!"
But at the time, a black figure with a silver drill weapon hurls himself toward D-decade... who immediately dodges the attack.
"Hmm, you are not down..."
"Of course not," Hachiman lets out a battle cry as he raises his head again... holding tightly onto the weapon I gifted him.
Drive Type Wild/ Talpaedan Tire.
Talpaedan Tire change is based on Armodrillo's capabilities. The tire is yellow with black spots and silver strings that wrap around it.
This tire change grants a yellow metallic weapon with a metallic silver drill. The drill can also be turned into a Jackhammer while the weapon also possesses a metal piston. The yellow portion of the device completely covers Drive's right arm.
"You even got an upgrade," D-decade nonchalantly comments as he barely dodges Hachiman's attacks.
Hachiman thrusts his drill toward D-decade who attempts to block it using his ridebooker,... it releases sparks as D-decade is thrown flying again.
Hachiman stands there... seems like he's exhausted, breathing heavily. He is looking at where the magenta rider who is slammed into the beams that are supporting the stage should be. Hopefully it might not cause the whole stage to go down...
When the dust cloud has died down,... I forget to breathe as I witness D-decade unharmed, ... now he has recovered and is standing in front of us.
"I see. Then I shall not hold back."
He takes out a card from the ridebooker and inserts it into the neo decadriver.
"KAMEN RIDE: KABUTO!"
As his form changes, his visor eyes become blue, and has a horn on his helmet. His armor is mostly red, with a black bodysuit underneath it.
"Clock up," he chants and inserts a card into the driver... just before Hachiman slashes his weapon at now-turned Kabuto.
"ATTACK RIDE: CLOCK UP!"
Kabuto becomes a blur as he moves at high speed... so fast our eyes can't perceive him anymore. Shortly after he has disappeared, Hachiman is hurled into the crowd under the stage, causing the people around to run in horror.
And afterward Hachiman can't recover from the damage for quite a duration.
I look around cautiously and anxiously, hoping my diamond armor is durable enough to withstand his blows.
I am slammed into the air... by a kick, I suppose so. The unknown forces come to me from all directions, assaulting the armor again and again... while I am somehow suspended mid-air by an unseen force.
"Speed, huh..." not just speed – my silicon armor now begins to crack. "Thanks for the tip," I mutter.
"Mr. Belt!" I call out... in the middle of BEING beaten. My armor has become a mess. I better do something... "Are you still there?"
"What do you need? Hachiman is out cold."
Thankfully, Krim Steinbelt didn't get destroyed.
"Have the Mad Doctor heal him! Please lend me your shift speed!"
"Uh... very well. I don't know how you–" he mutters the last part.
Whatsoever I spin in the air, swinging my weight around so that I could CONCIDENTALLY harm someone I can't even see. And then in the process, I grab a shift speed mini-car Mr. Belt sent for me.
"Thanks."
"Do as you wish," Mr. Belt mumbles.
I hastily put the shift car in front of my Omni-X driver allowing the belt to scan.
"[SCAN & COPY] DRIVE: TYPE SPEED!"
The Driver announces using Mr. Belt's voice.
With a sound effect of the engine roar, a portal appears near me and a tire is thrown out of the hole – rolling its way in the air... somehow striking Kabuto who is moving at an immeasurable speed.
With a flash of green light, my armor has transformed into one that is practically the same as Kamen Rider Drive Type Speed, though the driver is different. The tire finally attaches to my bodysuit as a part of the armor.
"Time to change the tire..."
I cross my wrists in a "X" shape and bring them together down to the Omni-X driver to trigger an OVERLAP effect.
"[STACK UP] TIRE CHANGE: KINECELERAN!"
A all-black tire escapes the portal that disappears afterward. The tire replaces the Speed tire on my torso.
I can finally perceive him perfectly...
"ACCEL-ACCEL-ACCELERATE!"
I also become a blur to average human eyes — moving at near-light speed, I keep up with the Kabuto dude easily.
We exchange blows and kicks... when he takes out a dagger... no, it is... a gun? No, a mini-axe? Uh, whatever –
I summon Drive's steering wheel sword and block his attacks as well as swing the sword at him.
"Let's finish this," he says.
"Huh?"
"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: KA-KA-KA-KABUTO!"
Jumping into the air with his leg prepared to deal a kick on me.
I understand right away and arrange my own rider kick shortly.
"[FINISHING MOVE] FINISHER! FULL THROTTLE! KINECELERAN!"
I spin around gathering momentum in my leg... and then as my leg raises into the air, the two kicking forces rival each other for seconds.
So WHO wins?
The stage I am standing on starts shattering into pieces – bringing me down onto the floor.
"Oh, sh–" I couldn't even curse.
Kabuto lands perfectly on the remaining metal beams, even making a cool pose.
"Now, disappear for good, Omni-X."
He says, aiming the gun at me.
Just before he can pull the trigger, someone interrupts us and fires blue blasts at D-decade.
"Omni-X, our battle is not finished yet," he declares and runs into the aurora curtain that later disappears.
"Yeah, yeah, I know," I feel annoyed by the humiliation... honestly.
But wait, who did–
In the spot where the culprit should be is Kazuma Satou giving me a thumb-up while his other hand is holding a blue gun with white and black stripes – which possibly is DiEnd Driver.
He gives me a smile and a gentle nod, and disappears into the aurora curtain.
"Omni-X!" A familiar voice is heard. "Where did that Omni-X kid run off to!?"
It's the Yoshiharu guy from the Chiba's police.
Ah, I can't just lie here, huh.
He is here so he might have finished his job "to save people." Hmm, the monsters should have gone already.
But still… something doesn't feel right. The sudden appearance of Decade, and all these chaotic situations — don't feel like an ordinary coincidence.
Save the matter for later.
I cancel my rider transformation, and transform into a necrofriggian. Then I turn on my invisibility and fly off from the spot.
"I will definitely catch that guy the next time I meet him," Yoshiharu says.
END OF CHAPTER (3).
I am too busy to write fan fiction stories so it will take a while to upload new chapters.
I am so sorry. I'll try my best to come back as soon as I can.
A new form upgrade is revealed: STACK UP.
Why would Ben use the Kamen Rider forms even though the rider armors are obviously less powerful than Alien forms?
Yes, because of the STACK UP and OVERLAP effects granted to him by combining the capabilities of the three Omnitrices.
STACK UP: two alien DNA combos.
OVERLAP: three alien DNA combos.
Five new riders appeared! Mach! Ixa! Accel! And the destroyer of the worlds, Decade! To be precise, it's D-Decade! The latter is currently on bad terms with Ben, though.
Thanks for reading everyone. Please write reviews on the chapters so that I can improve my story.
Christopher Paradox Chronos.
