Hello Fanfiction readers! Ashbel Long hart here to bring you another exciting chapter of Ryuki! I'm glad to see people are still reading this story despite its currently low rating. Hopefully it'll get better in the future. But for now, cue the disclaimer!
(Disclaimer: I do not own Puella Magi Madoka Magica or Kamen Rider Ryuki. They both belong to their respective owners. Any songs or anything familiar also belong to their respective owners. I just own this story and my OC's. Please enjoy.)
Anyhow, last time some exciting things happened. Yuma became a Magical Girl, much to the displeasure of Kyoko and no doubt Alex once he finds out. Speaking of Alex, he stumbled upon a fight between Shou and Suzune and decided to intervene which made him the new target for Shou aka Tiger's rage. What happens now, read and find out. Let's ride! If you do not fight, you will not survive!
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
ADVENT
"Telepathy"
"Relfection"
Wish: 10: A Black Magical Girl!/Scissors' Final Stand
(Last Time)
"I think Mitakihara…is going to become a battlefield soon."
"You're our leader, aren't you? You're perfect, aren't you? Studying, exercising, you can do anything, you're trusted!"
"Still, we gotta kill those who know our secret? That's one hell of a rule."
"Just because rules are meant to be followed doesn't mean everyone does follow them. There's a rule of no running in the halls, but not everyone follows that rule."
"You two have given me no reason to trust you other than telling me information that doesn't concern me. Also, I am assassin who kills Magical Girls like you. I am your enemy. Why would you ask for help in the first place?"
"The offer we gave you was that if you helped us, we'd help you. And believe us when we say that you'll need it."
"A Rider called Ouja will appear before you some time in the future. After that will a Magical Girl with an agenda against you appear as well and make your life hell."
*RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!*
"Haru-kun! Abunai(Watch out)!"
*SCREECH!*
"All you need to know…is that you're dead."
"He's saying that now that he knows what you look like, he can attack you whenever he wants like he just did when he used his Contract Monster to knock you into the streets. The reason why we Riders wear masks in the first place is prevent this. But now that he knows what you look like under the mask, he can attack you wherever and whenever."
"If a so called 'Black Magical Girl' killed this girl, then maybe…maybe there's more than one Magical Girl killer out there."
"My name is Oriko and I can be of assistance of you."
"We did it, Kyoko!"
*SLAP!*
"Don't give me any 'but!' Didn't you hear me tell you!? That you weren't even to think about becoming a Magical Girl!?"
"Please don't leave me alone!"
"I didn't know our school decided to accept a sadist in."
"You…What the hell do you know!?"
(Now)
With a soft sound akin to an echoing ring, a figured stepped out of a mirror and into what appeared to be a bedroom, albeit a small one that was in poor conditions. The paint on the wall was peeling off, a small old coffee table sat at a corner of the room while at the center of the room was a small sleeping bag.
The figured sighed, walking over to a small camp light next to the sleeping bag and turned the light on, revealing that the figure was none other than Kamen Rider Scissors.
With light illuminating the room, Scissors reached down to his V-Buckle and removed his Deck from it, reverting him to his civilian form.
With the armor gone, what stood in the Rider's place was a young man of age 16. He has black spiky hair and a tanned face and body. He's wearing a black leather jacket, complete with an orange tee-shirt and wears black trousers and blue shoes.
The young man stared at his Advent Deck in his hand, thinking about the events that have happened last night. As they played through his mind, anger started to build up and boil before he roared and punched the wall, almost punching a hole through it to show how old the wall was.
"Shit! I almost had him!" He said, gritting his teeth as the face of Ryuki appeared in his mind before it was replaced by who he was under the helmet, Haru.
"So close! I almost had the money! If only that black Rider hadn't gotten in the way, I'd-!"
*cough-cough!*
The boy's ranting was put to a stop when he heard coughing from the room next to him. Worry flared through his entire body as he scrambled out of his room and into the room next to him, showing an equaling poor state room like his.
"Kaa-san!" The boy immediately said when he opened the door to find a coughing woman.
"Drake? Is…that you?" The woman asked, her voice weak as she went into a coughing fit again.
Knowing what he needed to do, the now named Drake hurried to a cupboard in their apartment and grabbed a glass of water, filling it with sink water before grabbing on a small kotatsu a pack of pills. He soon came back to the room and handed the woman, his mother, the water and pills.
"Kaa-san, you need to take your pills before you go to bed. How many times do I have to tell you?" Drake said.
"Gomen'nasai(I'm sorry), Drake. Kaa-san has just been a bit forgetful as of late." Drake's mother said as upon closer look, the woman was pale and sweating as she had bags under her eyes. "I'm pathetic, having you take care of me like this."
"Don't say that, I'm only doing what dad would do if he were still here." Drake said, placing a hand on his mother's shoulder. He watched as his mom took the pills before drowning the water in three gulps before handing it back to Drake who placed it on the ground before laying the woman back down in her futon.
After making sure his mother was nice and comfy in her futon, Drake checked to see how many medicine pills they have left and gasped when he saw that there was no more.
"Shit…" Drake muttered quietly so his mother wouldn't hear him but she heard it anyways.
"We're out of medicine, aren't we?"
"D-Don't worry! I'll get more once I get the money! I promise!" Drake said, reassuring his mother as he got back up. "Well, I'm going to bed now. Oyasumi(Good night), kaa-san."
"Oyasumi…" Drake's mother quietly said before falling asleep in record time.
At how fast his mother fell asleep made Drake frown as concern filled his body as he closed the door and returned to his room. Although he wasn't expecting to see a certain someone waiting for him.
"Yo, good to see you again, Scissors." Zero said, leaning against the wall closest to the mirror of the room.
"Zero…"
"I'm sure I don't need to tell you this, but with only 14 Riders left, even more will start to show up here in this city."
"I know already, what's your point?" Drake asked, not trusting the man one bit. He never liked mysterious people.
"I'm sure you know that if more Riders show up, then the difficulty will start to rise. I promised you that if you manage to win this war, I'd grant you your wish. Yet you've yet to take down Ryuki who you thought would be easy pickings since he was still new to being a Rider."
"Urusai(Shut up)! If that black Rider hadn't gotten in my way then that guy would be nothing but a red stain on the streets!" Drake said. "You said Riders are all enemies so why did that guy save him!?"
"Everyone has their reasons. Maybe he plans to backstab him later, who knows." Zero shrugged. "Still, if you want money so badly, you know you could, with your new powers, just rob a ba—"
"Never!" Drake growled, glaring at the man.
"Hey, no need to get hostile! It was just a suggestion." Zero said, holding up his hands. "I know your dad was killed during a robbery so I can understand your reason for not wanting to do a robbery yet you're okay with killing other people."
"If…If it's for kaa-san then I don't care if I'm as bad as those robber bastards. But I won't rob any banks or stuff like those bastards; I refuse to stoop to such desperation."
'Yet here you are, fighting desperate for money.' Zero thought, pointing out how contradictory Drake was but decided not to speak out his thoughts as he said instead, "Your mom won't last long without any money. If you want to win the war as fast as possible, then you'll need to speed things up. If you want kill Ryuki in order to earn money then you'll need to do it soon or else someone else might take your kill."
"Then what the hell do you suppose I do?" Drake asked.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures. Try using that head of yours. Maybe you'll think of something against Ryuki. I mean, you already know his face and all…" And with that, Zero walked through the mirror of his room and disappeared, leaving Drake to his lonesome.
Drake clicked his tongue in annoyance as he took off his jacket and dropped it to the floor before sitting down on his sleeping bag and went into thought.
'I thought that Ryuki guy would be easy pickings yet that guys a lot tougher than I thought. And don't get me started at his freaking luck.' Drake thought as he growled in annoyance. 'Dammit, what do I do!?'
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Drake remembered Zero's words to him as the young man remembered something. Ryuki was not alone the night he saw his face. He had a girl with him, a friend possibly. And he knew what she looked like.
An unsettling feeling bubbled in his stomach, making him uncomfortable as the idea that ran through his head sickened him to no end. But one look to the wall where his mother was on the other side and Drake came to a hard decision.
"Desperate times do call for desperate measures…"
(Insert: Connect by ClariS)
(Kawashita yakusoku wasurenai yo me) The song starts with the camera rising up to show two figures, a boy and a girl as they were surrounded by glistening mirrors.
(Wo toji tashikameru) The boy and girl turned out to be none other than Haru Yamamoto and Madoka Kaname back to back.
(Oshiyoseta yami furiharatte susumu yo) Madoka's hair shadowed over her eyes as she looked like she was trying to hold back tears while Haru tightly but gently held one of her hands in comfort while the other hand was holding onto Ryuki's Deck Box. In the mirrors their reflections differ from themselves as Madoka's reflections showed her in her Magical Girl outfit while Haru's reflection was that of Kamen Rider Ryuki. Suddenly, the mirrors shatter into pieces as the title appeared.
(Itsu ni nattara nakushita mirai wo) Haru along with Renji, Alex, and Takeru all wake up to start the day, still a bit groggy, but got up nonetheless.
(Watashi koko de mata miru koto dekiru no?) The four boys brushed their teeth side by side before the scene fast forwards to them finishing putting on their school uniform before rushing out the door.
(Afuredashita fuan no kage wo) The boys are seen running as fast as they can as to not be late for school when Haru notices something up ahead. Up ahead, Madoka along with Sayaka and Hitomi were seen smiling at the approaching group.
(Nando demo saite kono sekai ayun de kou) The four slowed down to a stop and walked with the girls to school. Not too far from them, Mami is seen walking by herself to school, Kyoko was nearby eating as always, and Homura was walking from a distance, looking at the group, but more specifically, Madoka. While the rest of the group talked with one another, Haru and Madoka glanced at one another smiled.
(Tomedonaku kizamareta) The scene changes to show Madoka with Kyoko and Mami to her right and Sayaka and Homura to her left all transforming into their Magical Girl outfits before they go to fight a Witch.
(Toki ha ima hajimari tsuge) Haru and the boys try to run up to them, but are stopped by mirrors. They bang on the mirrors to get the girls, but they didn't hear or notice them as they were too busy fighting.
(Kawaranai omoi wo nose) The boys bang and bang on the mirrors stopping them before Haru had enough and punched the thing, surprised to see that he had formed a crack. He continues to punch and punch the mirror in front of him, forming cracks as the others followed his lead, getting the same results.
(Tozasareta tobira akeyou) They throw punch after punch before finally, they all throw one single punch that brakes the mirrors right in front of them before they dash through as when they passed, they all had transformed; Ryuki for Haru, Knight for Renji, Zolda for Alex, and Raia for Takeru.
(Mezameta kokoro ha hashiridashita mirai wo egaku tame) Just when Sayaka was about to get hit, Knight swoops in and saves her just in time, holding Sayaka in a bridal position as his Contract Monster, Darkwing providing him wings to fly. Mami jumps back to avoid an attack when a whip wraps around her waist and pulls her to safety as the culprit was none other than Raia who caught her in his arms while they rode on his Contract Monster, Evildiver. An arm was about to grab Kyoko when it was shot. Looking behind her, Kyoko saw that it was Zolda who had shot the arm as his Contract Monster, Magnugiga stood behind him.
(Muzukashii michi de tachidomatte mo sora ha) Multiple hands went to grab both Madoka and Homura when suddenly flames burned the hands away as appearing from the flame were both Ryuki and Ryuga as the red Rider stood in front of Madoka protectively while the black Rider did the same for Homura as both Riders had their Contract Monsters, Dragreder and Dragblacker float next to them, ready for battle.
(Kirei na aosa de itsumo mattete kureru) All the Riders prepare to execute their Final Vents while the girls prepare to use their strongest attacks on the Witch.
(Dakara kowakunai) Suddenly, in Haru's eyes, he sees the shadow images of the other Riders participating in the Rider War before he jumps up with Dragreder coiling around him.
(Mou nani ga atte mo kujikenai) In quick shots, all the Riders unleash their Final Vents with the girls unleash their great attacks before the scene changes to a puddle where all five Rider Decks laid on as the reflection showed the girls' Soul Gems. Ryuga's reflected Homura's, Raia's reflected Mami's, Zolda reflected Kyoko's, Knight reflected Sayaka's, and Ryuki's reflected Madoka's as the song comes to an end.
(Boys' Apartment Room)
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…Are you three just gonna stand there and stare or are you gonna help me?" Alex said as he carried an unconscious Suzune on his back.
"What is she doing here!?" Renji exclaimed, pointing dramatically at the girl on Alex's back. "No, a better question, why did you bring her here!?"
"Well, it was late and since I didn't know where she lived, I just decided to bring her here." Alex said. "What's got you so worked up?"
"Alex, do you not know who you're carrying?" Renji asked.
"Of course. It's that Magical Girl killer you told me about." Alex said. "Now, are any of you gonna help me or what?"
"Not before you explain how you found her like this and the state you're in." Takeru said as he pointed to the injuries on Alex. They were barely noticeable, a few bruises on his face and a bleeding lip.
"Well, you'll be surprised to know that I fought my first Rider not too long ago." Alex said.
"What did you say?" Haru said in surprise.
"Here's what happened…"
(Flashback, a few hours ago)
*BANG-BANG-BANG!*
Alex fired his Magna Visor gun at the charging tiger-themed Rider but said Rider used his axe-like Visor to block his shots as he closed the distance between to the two quickly. Alex was forced to stop shooting and duck under a swing from Shou and went to shoot the Rider at close range only for his gun to get kicked out of his hand by Shou who then back kicked Alex in the stomach, making him stumble back holding his stomach, before Shou spun and slashed Alex across the chest, getting a cry of pain from him as he flew back a bit.
Alex shook his head once he came to a stop and spotted his Visor not too far from him, just a jump away in fact. Before he could get up to his feet, a fierce cry alerted him and his instincts told him to roll and roll he did, dodging Shou's axe in time before he then flipped back up to his feet. Not long after he got back up was he forced back by Shou who kept swinging his axe at him, forcing him farther away from his Magna Visor, much to his annoyance.
Thinking fast, Alex ducks under another one of Shou's swings and then goes and tackles him to the ground. Soon after was he kicked off of the Tiger-themed Rider but that's what Alex wanted as he rolled off onto his feet where he leaped and grabbed his Magna Visor. Now armed again, Alex quickly spins around to see Shou leaping towards him, axe raised but Alex quickly aimed his gun and fired, green energy shots hitting Shou across the chest as he fell to the ground. With the enemy Rider down, Alex quickly gets back up to his feet and aims his gun at Shou who too gets back up and glares at the green shooter from behind his helmet.
"Your name's Tiger in that form, right?" Alex asked despite already knowing who was under the helmet. He just didn't want to give clue to his own identity for Shou has never met him or Renji in their Rider forms.
"Tell me, why are you trying to kill that girl?" Said girl, Suzune, was watching the fight from the side.
"She killed one of my friends, what more reason do I need to kill her?" Shou said, his usual polite tone of voice that Alex was familiar with replaced with an aggressive tone to told him just how angry Shou was right now.
"She killed your friend?" Alex said in surprise, turning to the girl when he remembered something Renji and Sayaka told him and the others.
'Grey clothes, silver hair, two handed sword…' That's when it clicked to Alex and he mentally cursed. 'Shit, I just saved the Magical Girl killer.'
"Now that you know why I'm trying to kill her, would you mind getting out of my way." Shou demanded. "This girl needs to pay for what she's done."
"…tch!" Alex clicked his tongue as he drew a card from his Deck. "Sorry, while I can understand your reason, I can't just let someone in front of me get killed. While I could care less about her, I'll feel bad if I left someone to die, a girl at that."
"In that case…" Shou began as he too drew a card from his Deck and opened the hidden slot of his Visor. "She and you can both die together!"
"Sorry, but no one's dying today!"
ADVENT
ADVENT
From both sides of the Riders' side, a mirror appeared from the ground in front of them before rising up were their respective Contract Monsters. Destwilder roared loudly before it charged straight towards Magnugiga who roared as well before charging straight towards the enemy Contract Monster. At the same time, both Riders charged as well with Alex opening fire.
Energy shots flew through the air only to be blocked by Shou who now had on his Dest Claws which his Contract Monster gave to him when he summoned it. Equipped with the large claw weapons, Shou dashed towards Alex who shot his arm out, claw aimed for his chest. Alex barely avoided it by spinning around of the way before shooting his Magna Visor again at the Rider but Shou was quick and was able to dodge the bullets by a few inches while lessening the distance between them. Before Alex knew it, Shou was right in front of him, sending him back with a stab to the chest as a downward slash sent the SWAT Police-like Rider down to the ground.
"Haha! Come on, is that all you got?" Shou laughed as he kicked the down Alex, kicking his sides and getting a grunt of pain. "I'm disappointed, I thought you'd put up more of a fight."
"…heh." From behind his helmet, Alex smirked. "If you got time to look down at me then you've got time to look behind you."
Shou raised an eyebrow in confusion when he heard the sound of something mechanical moving. Turning around, he saw Alex's Contract Monster raise its arms at him, ignoring that Destwilder was trying to slash its chest before cannon shots and rapid fire bullets flew straight at him, hitting him directly as he cried in pain and was sent flying.
With smoke steaming off of him, Shou growled as he slowly got back up only to see that Alex was nowhere to be along with his Contract Monster. And to his horror, Suzune was nowhere to be seen either.
"No…No! NO!" Shou growled as he looked around only to find himself and his Contract Monster alone. "Grr…Goddammit!"
(Flashback End)
"After that, the girl here suddenly collapsed, looking extremely exhausted." Alex said, now inside the apartment room as Suzune was sleeping in one of their futons.
"I can't believe Kagamine-san would try to do something like that." Haru said, surprised that Shou could be so brutal.
"Is it really that surprising?" Renji said as he pointed a thumb over to the sleeping Suzune. "This girl here killed one of his friends. It's only natural to want and get revenge."
"But still, we didn't think Kagamine-san was capable of doing something like that." Takeru said. "From the way you described him, he almost sounds like an entirely different man. Are you sure it was him you fought?"
"You told me he had tiger-themed armor and he looked a like a tiger to me." Alex said.
Suddenly, the boys' attention was drawn to a stirring Suzune who groaned before slowly opening her eyes.
"Doko(Where)…?" Suzune mumbled as she turned left and right in confusion.
"Good to see you're finally awake." Alex said, getting the girl's attention as she turned to him and the other boys.
Suzune's eyes widen when her eyes landed Renji, recognizing him from the night before as she got up quickly, jumped back to the wall and reached for her Soul Gem only to her confusion and horror, she didn't have it on her.
"If you're looking for your Soul Gem…" Suzune turned to see Haru holding up her Soul Gem.
"Give that back." Suzune demanded, throwing a glare at Haru.
"Yeah, I don't think so." Haru said as he held the gem in his hand tightly.
"You're not exactly in a position to be making demands." Renji said as he pointed to himself. "Remember me?"
Suzune says nothing but Renji knew she recognized him from how she reacted earlier.
"What do you plan to do with me?" Suzune asked.
"That depends really." Takeru said before asking, "Tell us, why do you hunt down Magical Girls and kill them?"
"My reasons do not concern you." Suzune said immediately.
Takeru looked a bit annoyed at that but brushed the feeling aside to ask another question. "Are you the only one that's going around killing girls?"
"What do you mean?" Suzune asked, confused at his question.
"As you already know, I'm friends with a Magical Girl." Renji said. "My friend here, Takeru, and I went out with her and another girl to hunt down Witches. We found one tonight along with the corpse of a dead Magical Girl."
"You what?" Both Haru and Alex looked at the two boys in surprise, having not known this.
"With her dying breath, she told us something interesting." Takeru said. "She told that the one who killed her was a black Magical Girl."
"And the last I checked when we fought, you had more grey on you than you did black." Renji said.
"Which leads us to believe that there may be another Magical Girl that is going around killing other girls like you." Takeru said. "Which leads me to ask: would you happen to know who this other killer is?"
Suzune looked at all four Riders as she thought of what to say in this situation. After a moment of thinking, the Magical Girl assassin spoke.
"…No, I do not know who this other killer is. I have been told that there was another person killing girls like me but that's all I know."
"Who was the one who told you?" Alex asked, joining in on the conversation.
"A girl named Akemi Homura and a Rider called Ryuga." The answer Suzune gave surprised all four boys.
"Those two?" Haru said in surprise.
"They knew this already?" Takeru muttered, thinking of what to do with this new information.
"Is that all you wanted to ask?" Suzune said before holding out her hand. "Then may I have my Soul Gem back? I can't live without it, and I don't mean that figuratively."
Renji, Alex, and Takeru all turned to Haru who had said Soul Gem. Contemplating on what to do, Haru looked up at Suzune and tossed her Soul Gem back before also tossing a Greif Seed, much to her confusion.
"Your Soul Gem is looking a bit muddy. I suggest taking care of it immediately." Haru said.
Suzune was about to say that it wasn't necessary until she looked down at her Soul Gem. To her surprise, the gem was quite muddy, as if she hasn't taken care of it for days.
'I replenished my magic not too long ago. So why is my Soul Gem this muddy?' Suzune thought. She then remembered how exhausted she felt while fighting Shou aka Tiger in that strange world and theorized that it must have something to do with it.
Taking Haru's advice, she quickly used her given Grief Seed and the gem was now clean and sparkling like new. As she wondered what to do with the Greif Seed, there was a saddening ringing form behind her before suddenly, a black wing belonging to Darkwing appeared from behind and grabbed the seed, causing the Magical Girl assassin to let out an uncharacteristic yelp. Looking behind her, she saw the brief image of Darkwing itself eating the Grief Seed before flying off.
"What was that?" Suzune turned to the boys, demanding an answer.
"That? That was just Darkwing, my Contract Monster." Renji said, taking amusement in the girls surprised reaction.
"Contract Monster?"
"It's something we Riders have that Magical Girls don't have." Renji said as he and the others took out their Advent Decks.
Soon after, multiple roars and cries could be heard before right before Suzune's eyes, from the windows were the forms of the boys' Contract Monster, all four of them patrolling around the apartment from the Mirror World.
Suzune let another surprised look appear on her face before she turned to the boys and asked, "What are you four?"
"Us? Hmm…" Alex hummed as he thought of what to tell the girl when Haru did it for him.
"You can say we're something similar to you Magical Girls yet still different." Haru said before asking, "Now, do you have a place to stay? Cause if not, we're not bothered to keep you here, where we can keep an eye on you."
"Way to be blunt with her." Alex commented as the girl in question made her way to the door when Haru got up and followed her.
"What are you doing?" Suzune asked as she opened the door.
"You think I'm just gonna let a killer like you walk freely?" Haru said as he grabbed a jacket. There's no telling what the girl would do once she was gone. She was a killer, and killers need to be kept an eye on or else who knows what they'll do next?
Throwing the Rider a look of small annoyance, Suzune did the only thing any normal person would do.
She ran.
"Hey! Get back here!" Haru cried out as he chased after the girl.
"Think he'll be okay?" Alex asked as he and the other boys watched Haru run out the door.
"I'm sure he'll be fine." Takeru assured before the three of them got themselves ready for bed.
(The Next Day)
It was another bright new day in the city of Mitakihara. And as always, the boys and girls met up while on their way to school of the same name as the city.
"Ohayō(Good morning)!" The voice of Sayaka reached the ears of the boys as she turned to see said girl along with Madoka, who had Kyubey on her shoulders, and Hitomi.
"Ohayō gozaimasu." Takeru greeted the girls, speaking more politely as always.
"Hm?" Madoka looked around before asking, "Hey, where's Haru-kun?"
Indeed, said boy was not with the others as he always is.
"Him? Well, something happened last night so I think he'll be late." Alex explained vaguely.
"What happened?" Madoka asked, her tone one of worry. After what happened yesterday, she had a right to be worried.
"We'll explain later." Takeru said as he threw a look to Kyubey, telling Madoka and Sayaka that the explanation would have to wait until they would all meet up at the roof for lunch where they always discuss Magical Girl/Rider business.
"Okay…" Madoka said, looking down slightly.
"Aw, what's wrong, Madoka? Sad that you can't greet Haru-san in the morning like always?" Sayaka asked in a teasing tone.
Of course, Madoka's reaction was to blush pink. "I-It's not like that! It's just that…he almost got caught in an accident yesterday."
"An accident?" That drew everyone's attention.
"What happened?" Hitomi asked.
"Well, uh…" Madoka quickly spoke to Sayaka via telepathy.
"A Rider attacked him."
Sayaka took that info and whispered it to the boys while Madoka told a half-lie to Hitomi.
"Someone accidentally pushed Haru-kun onto the streets where a car almost ran over him. He was able to move out of the way before the car could hit him so he's fine. I'm just concerned for his safety."
"I see. Hitomi said before huffing in annoyance. "Drivers these days really need to control their speed."
"I'll say." Sayaka said as the group all neared the entrance to their school building when they all stopped. Why did they stop you ask?
"Hey! Guys!"
It was because of a driver riding on a red Yoshimura scooter came to a stop right in front of them. It was only until said driver took off his goggles that the group saw who he was.
"Haru!?"
"Yup!" Haru smiled, obviously in a good mood.
"What the? Where did you get that scooter?" Renji asked as he and the boys all knew that they didn't have the money to buy something like a scooter.
"This? I borrowed it from Yunagi-san." Haru said as he got off the scooter and took off his helmet.
"Who" Sayaka asked.
"My new boss."
"Boss? Wait, you got a job!?" Renji asked, he and the boys looking excited.
"You bet I did! And the pay's pretty decent." Haru smiled.
"Alright!" The boys all cheered.
"Wait, wait, wait, hold it!" Sayaka said, interrupting the boys. "How did you get the job? Is your new boss that desperate for help that she hired someone still in junior high?"
"I'll explain later." Haru said, throwing a glance to Kyubye on Madoka's shoulders to tell them that it was something he couldn't say in front of Hitomi, the only normal person out of the group.
"Well, we best get going or else we'll be late." Said girl said as she ran ahead of the group.
"Ah! Wait up!" Madoka said as she and the others with Haru pushing the scooter followed after the girl.
(Last Night)
Suzune looked left and right as she exited the alleyway she was in. Nodding that the coast was clear, she came out and headed straight for Yunagi Newspaper.
'Well, I can definitely say that tonight was one of my most exhausting nights ever.' Suzune thought as she turned a corner and saw the building she was staying at. 'Men in armor, Contract Monsters, how is it that I'm just now learning about this? How long have these men been around? Does Kyubey know anything about them?'
Suzune shook her head. She'll have to think about these things later. Right now, she wanted to hop into bed and get ready for tomorrow.
"Tadaima(I'm home)." Suzune said, opening the door and stepping into the building to see the owner, Yunagi, talking with…
'You have to be kidding me…'
"Oh! Okairi(Welcome back), Suzune-chan!" Yunagi said as she gestured to the person next to her, a boy. "Suzune-chan, you'll be happy to know that I got us a new worker! He saw the sign up front and came in running, asking for a job and I couldn't refuse him after seeing that he was enthusiastic. That, or he's desperate for some money. But either way, introduce yourself."
The boy nodded before turning to Suzune and introduced himself. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Yamamoto Haru."
"…Ameno Suzune." Suzune said as she just stared at Haru, sending him a silent message through her eyes.
'How did you get here?'
Seeing the message, Haru merely glanced towards a window. Suzune saw the glance and glanced to the window next to her to see the figure of Dragreder flying by.
'Oh, that's how.'
"Anyway, it's getting pretty late. Yamamoto-san, where do you live?" Yunagi asked.
"I live with some friends at an apartment near our school, Mitakihara." Haru answered.
"Mitakihara? That's quite a ways from here." Yunagi said, thinking before slamming a fist down on her open, free palm. "I know! How about you stay the night over?"
"Huh?" Both Haru and Suzune said that the same time, turning to the woman in surprise though Suzune's was a bit more on the lines of saying: 'Are you crazy woman!?'
"It's late and I hate to let you go out at a time like this. Kids should always get the right amount of sleep."
"But I'll be late for school if I stay." Haru argued.
"No problem. I'll let you use my old scooter. I took such good care of it that it still looks like it's brand spanking new. You'll need it anyways since you're going to be working here so it's no trouble." Yunagi said.
"Well…if you don't mine me."
"Great! You can sleep in the guest room. It's the one right in front of where Suzun-chan sleeps so she knows where it is."
Speaking of said girl, Suzune looked at Haru who looked back as silent messages were traded.
'I've got my eyes on you.' Was the message conveyed by Haru.
For Suzune, it was, 'This is going to be a problem.'
(Present)
"And that's what happened last night." Haru said, finishing telling everyone what happened last night.
"So you now know where one of the Magical Girl killers lives." Mami said as she and everyone were, as always, on the roof. "That's good. Make sure to keep a close eye on her."
Despite already knowing that, Haru nodded and said, "Got it."
"Now then, onto other important matters." Mami began as she turned to face everyone. "It seems we've all learned a lot of valuable things yesterday."
"We now know why Riders wear masks in the first place which is to prevent other Riders to have an advantage over us." Renji said, having been told by Haru last night before Alex came back with Suzune.
"And we now know that there's another crazy chick going around killing Magical Girls." Sayaka said.
"It seems things have been getting more hectic as of late." Madoka commented.
"This could be a sign of the upcoming storm that will hit this city." Takeru said, glancing past the fences of the roof to look out into the city.
"I think so too." Mami said. With things like killers going around and the so called Rider War, she couldn't help but feel like this was all just the beginning of events to come.
"Have you guys confronted Kagamine-san yet?" Sayaka asked the boys as they were in the same class as the tiger-themed Rider.
"We tried but he said he wanted to be alone for a while and then left." Haru said.
"Only he knows that Haru and I are Riders so he didn't react when Alex and Renji were with us." Takeru said.
"And let's keep it that way." Alex said. "The last thing I want is that guy to know who I am. I doubt he's in a good mood after our fight."
"Yes, I think that would be for the best." Mami said before changing the subject. "In any case, there's a lot of things we need to do, namely figure out who this second Magical Girl killer is and protect Yamamoto-san here from Scissors."
"We know whoever this other killer is, she wears a ton of black." Takeru said.
"Mami-san, would you have any idea who this Black Magical Girl could be? Anyone you might have met before?" Sayaka asked only for Mami to shake her head no. "Well…what about that Kyoko chick? While I don't like her in the least, she's just as experienced as you. Maybe she might have a clue?"
"I'll ask her the next time I see her." Alex said.
"It seems we have something to start with concerning our Magical Girl killer." Renji said before frowning. "On the other hand, we have no idea who Scissors could be or when he might attack again."
"It's nerve wracking to know that he might attack at any moment." Haru admitted when madoka suddenly placed a hand on his.
"It'll be fine. We'll be sure to protect you, no matter what." Madoka said in a reassuring voice.
Haru blinked in a surprise before smiling. "Thanks, Madoka-chan."
"You two have a lot of nerve to flirt right in front of all of us." Renji said, making the two blush as they pulled away.
"W-We weren't f-flirting!"
"Y-Yeah! I was j-just trying to help Haru-kun!"
Immediately the group laughed at the two who continued to blush.
"Hahaha! A-Anyway…" Mami began as she wiped away a tear. "Let's start investigating right after school. Seikatsu-san, I'd like to accompany you to meet with Sakura-san. There are some things I'd like to ask her."
"That's fine." Alex said.
"May I come too?" Takeru asked. "I kind of what to meet this Yuma-chan you've spoken so fondly of."
"Sure."
"In that case, the rest of us will focus on protecting Haru-san from Scissors." Sayaka said. "If he even shows his face in front of us, I'll slash him with my swords!"
"Thanks guys." Haru said, thankful for the help.
"What are friends for?" Renji said, patting Haru's back.
"In that case, let's all meet up after school and then split up." Mami said and everyone nodded.
(After School, With Mami)
As planned, the group had met up after school to go over the plan for today. Once done, the group went their separate ways as the group in search of Kyoko found said girl in the park with Yuma and Yuri.
"Finally found you." Alex said as he watched the three eat some bread that they no doubt brought from somewhere. "Mind telling me where the heck you went? I didn't find you all at the apartment."
"I had some…stuff to do." Kyoko said only to get a look from Alex. "What's with that look?"
"Does that 'stuff' have anything to do with Yuma's new clothes?" Alex said, looking down at said girl who was now wearing new clothes which, last Alex checked, the girl never had. Not only that but his butler, Yuri, was carrying multiple bags with him.
"Maybe…" Was all Kyoko said.
"We went shopping for clothes for Yuma-sama." Yuri said.
"Hey!" Kyoko snapped at Yuri for speaking.
"Thank you for telling me that, Yuri-chan." Alex said.
"Alex!" Yuma smiled as she ran up to Alex and handed him an extra piece of bread. "I got this for you!"
"Oh? Thanks, I guess." Alex said as he took the bread and ate him. "Hmm…Not bad." This earned a happy giggle from the girl as she was patted on the head by the Rider.
Meanwhile, Mami and Takeru were looking at the sight in front of them. The sight of Alex, Kyoko, and Yuma all eating bread together…
"…Is it me or does this all feel really weird?" Takeru whispered to Mami.
"No, I feel the same way." Mami said before clearing her voice to get everyone's attention.
"Oh right, you're here." Kyoko said in a dismissive tone.
"I see you're as rude as always." Mami said, looking like she'd rather be anywhere but here. But she had come here with a purpose so she brushed aside the feeling and got to the point.
"I'll get to the point. We're investigating a Magical Girl clad in black that's been killing other girls."
"Oh? That Magical Girl killer? I know about that." Kyoko said, brushing some crumbs off her face.
"Would you happen to know who she might be? Perhaps someone you might have met once before?" Takeru asked.
"And you are…?" Kyoko looked at Takeru as this was the first time she's met the Rider.
"This is Takeru, a friend of mine." Alex said while munching on the bread given to him. It really was good bread.
"Oh?" Kyoko looked between Takeru and Alex before saying, "Hard to believe someone this handsome is your friend."
Alex gave the red head a look of annoyance while Takeru simply laughed awkwardly, having heard that comment more times than one would think. He never noticed, though, the frown that appeared on Mami's face.
"Anyway, to answer your question, no I haven't seen or met someone like her. I just heard about her from Kyubey." Kyoko said.
"Is that so?" Mami said while giving Kyoko a suspicious look.
"What's with that look? Don't believe me?" Kyoko said when suddenly…
"Hyah!"
"Kya!"
Before anyone could blink, Yuma went and flipped Mami's skirt up, revealing her panties for all to see. Quickly Mami pushed her skirt back down before looking up, blushing. Kyoko and Alex both had blank looks on their face, Yuri looked indifferent.
Mami then turned to Takeru who was the only one who was looking away, trying to hide a blush that Mami clearly saw as she heard him mutter:
"I didn't see anything. I didn't see anything. I didn't see Mami's white panties. I didn't see anything…"
Mami felt like dying right then and there.
"Stop that! Kyoko isn't a bad Magical Girl!" Meanwhile, Yuma was currently yelling at the blond who was on the verge of tears. "If anyone tries to pick on Kyoko, they'll have to go through me!"
"That's enough, nobody's picking on me." Kyoko said when Mami started crying. "Ack! Now Mami's crying!"
"But you know my wish…" Yuma said, her last word getting Alex's attention.
'Wish?'
A small smile appeared on Kyoko's face as she placed a hand on Yuma and said, "I know. Thanks."
Instantly, Mami stopped crying as she watched the scene right in front of her. When was the last time her former apprentice smiled like that?
"I suppose we're imposing, aren't we? Sorry about that." Takeru said. "We'll leave you alone now."
"Hold it." Before the group could walk away, Kyoko spoke up. "While we're on the topic of looking for Magical Girls, I've got one of my own. You wouldn't happen to have any info on Magical Girl in white? Somebody named Oriko."
"A Magical Girl in White named Oriko?" Mami raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"If you don't know then just forget it. I got a little payback to deliver to that one." Kyoko said.
"Payback?"
"I ain't got nothing to do with you all." Kyoko said as she and Yuma along with Yuri were about to walk away when Alex spoke up.
"Hold it." Alex grabbed Kyoko's shoulder. "Yuma said something about a 'wish.' Care to explain?"
Kyoko looked at Alex before looking down at Yuma who was fidgeting at her slip of the word. Sighing, she said, "Come with me. There's another reason why we left the apartment this morning without telling you."
Alex gave her a questioning look before turning to the others. "You guys go on ahead. I need to take care of this."
"Okay. We'll call you if we find anything." Takeru said as he and Mami took their leave.
Once they were both gone did Alex turn to Kyoko, his look demanding an answer.
Kyoko said nothing as she simply nudged Yuma next to her. Fidgeting nervously, Yuma went and showed Alex something that made him want to find Kyubey so he could strangle it.
It was a Soul Gem.
(Meanwhile, with Haru)
While Mami and the others were talking with Kyoko, Haru , Renji, and Madoka followed Sayaka around who was using her Soul Gem to hunt down any Witches.
"Sorry we have to do this. I know we've got to watch Haru-san's back but Mami-san said we also can't leave the Witches alone." Sayaka said, rubbing the back of her head.
"It's fine." Haru said. "We don't have any clues on Scissors so doing something like this is also good. As Mami-san said, just because Scissors can attack me at any time doesn't mean the Witches will sit still and do nothing."
"And the same can be said for Mirror Monsters." Renji said.
"Plus, this is your first time hunting Witches without Mami-san's help. This could be good experience for you." Madoka said.
"Heh, well when you put it like that…" Sayaka smiled as she focused back on the task of looking for Witches.
And then…
*growl~!*
Both girls and Renji turned to Haru and looked down at his growling stomach as said boy was blushing from embarrassment.
"Really?" Renji threw a look at his friend.
"I didn't have any breakfast as I was kind of in a hurry and I didn't have much for lunch. Don't judge me." Haru said, looking away to hide his embarrassed face.
"Why don't we all grab a bite to eat before we continue searching for Witches?" Madoka suggested as there was a nearby fast food place.
"Well, can't say no to food." Renji said as the group all went in to eat.
The place was like any other fast place, with burgers and fries and all that stuff. Nevertheless, the group ordered their food and enjoyed it, the boys more so than the girls.
"Whew! That hit the spot!" Haru sighed, happy.
"Even if this place is fast food, food is food." Renji said, wiping his mouth with a napkin.
"You guys really like eating, huh?" Sayaka said.
"With the kind of lifestyle we have, we don't get to eat a lot of different food." Renji said. "It's always noodles or eggs for us, not that I'm complaining."
"I can't even imagine how I'd survive if I was in your situation." Sayaka said.
"We somehow get by." Haru said.
"I'm gonna go to the restroom. Be right back." Madoka said as she took her leave.
"Don't be long!" Sayaka said as she watched the pinkette leave.
Turning on the faucet, Madoka hummed a small tune to herself as she washed her hands of any grease, applying soap like any other normal person.
*rinnnnng…*
"Hm?" Madoka looked up and blink. She looked around but saw nothing out of the ordinary. "Must be my imagination."
She looked back to continue washing her hands. Once they were clear of soap, she turned off the faucet and looked back up to grab a towel when she saw from the mirror. Standing right behind was Drake.
Madoak's eyes widen in alarm before she turned only to have her mouth covered by a small towel. And from the towel, she smelled the scent of chloroform as in no time, Madoka started to lose conscious before she soon passed out.
Seeing that the girl was finally knocked out, Drake laid the girl down gently, a look of regret clear on his face.
"I can't believe I have to stoop to doing this. Kaa-san would no doubt hate me for this." Drake said as he looked down at Madoka. "Sorry I have to drag you into this. Feel free to hate me all you want once I kill your boyfriend."
Drake then took out his Advent Deck as from the mirror, his Contract Monster, Volcancer, appeared, ready to follow his contractor's orders.
Back outside, Sayaka and the boys were still waiting for Madoka.
"I wonder what's taking Madoka-chan so long?" Haru wondered out loud.
"I'll go check on her." Sayaka said as she got up and left. Not a minute later did she come running back, looking extremely worried as she clenched a note in her hand.
"Sayaka-san, what's wrong?" Renji asked.
"It's Madoka! She's been kidnapped!"
"Nani!?"
(With Mami and Takeru)
"In the end, we got nothing." Takeru said as he and Mami sat down at a bench next to a public clock.
"Not even a single clue." Mami sighed deeply.
"That was a pretty deep sigh. Something else on your mind?" Takeru asked the blond.
Perceptive as always." Mami smirked before speaking her mind. "It's what Sakura-san said, about this Oriko girl."
"You think she might have some connection to our Magical Girl killer?" Takeru asked but Mami shook her head.
"No, I don't think so."
"I see." Takeru said before asking something else. "Why do you think this Magical Girl is hunting other Magical Girls?"
"The most obvious motive would be to monopolize the Grief Seeds. But I get the feeling that isn't it." Mami said while ignoring the sound of rustling bushes being moved.
"Why do you say that?" Takeru asked.
"Well, from what Miki-san and Yoru-san told us about the girl they ran into, her way of killing sounded swift and clean, as of wanting to make the death as quick and painless as possible. Yet when we found the dead bodies of the girls we found in the domains of Witches, the method of murder seemed cruel to me. Like it was murder for murder's sake."
"So…what? You think her goal is the elimination of all Magical Girls?"
Before Mami could speak, she was interrupted by the sudden cry of distress.
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Both Takeru and Mami jump at the sudden cry before turning around.
What they saw was a girl around their age. She has golden colored eyes and brown hair that had an interesting purple hue and reached down just above her shoulders. She wore a pink skirt with the right side being plaid and wore a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows and a black tie around her collar which had white buttons on them, one bigger than the other. On her right arm she wore a black arm warmer while around her left wrist was a wrist band of the same color as her arm warmer. On her left leg she wore a pink and black striped legging while on her right leg, she wore a small belt around her upper leg while down to her lower leg she wore a black long sock. Finally, over her feet she wore black shoes.
"It isn't here! It isn't here! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah~!" The girl cried as she seemed to be looking for something with little to no success.
'I wonder if she's all right?' Booth Takeru and Mami thought as it wasn't every day you see a girl their age crying in public.
"What will I do!? It's gone! It's gone! I'm done for! I can't live without! Goodbye forever, me!" The girl cried dramatically.
Mami hummed as she looked around area. She then noticed something by her feet. It was a small plush bunny. Picking it up, she looked at it before looking up to the girl and called out to her.
"Excuse me?" The girl turned to Mami who held the bunny in her hand. "Could this be what you're looking for?"
*ZOOM!*
Before either Mami or Takeru could blink, the girl had dashed past them while grabbing the bunny from Mami. They both blinked in surprise before turning around to see the girl hugging the small plush.
"Waaaah! How I've missed you! I'll never let you go again!"
"What an odd girl." Takeru commented.
"Takeru-kun, it's rude to say that about anybody." Mami said.
"Sorry." Takeru said as they were about to take their leave when something pulled the back of Mami's blouse.
"Wait!" Looking behind, they saw it was the girl they helped. "It's thanks to you that my love didn't die. I'm Kure Kirika. And I need to thank my savior."
"Eh? Love? Savior?" Mami couldn't make heads or tails at what the girl was saying. She knew the now named Kirika wanted to repay her but her choice of words were a bit strange.
"I can't? My savior rejects my thanks?" Kirika said as her eyes then teared up as she now looked like a crying puppy.
Mami couldn't help but giggle at how Kirika acted while Takeru didn't know what to think of the girl.
After thinking about it, Mami and Takeru took Kirika to a nearby Crepe House where she paid for some crepes for both Mami and Takeru.
"Are you sure this is all you want, savior?" Kirika asked Mami, not looking pleased that all she was doing was paying for some treats.
"Yes. I hope you don't mind treating me and my friend here for these crepes." Mami said as the three all started walking together.
"The opposite. This isn't enough. I don't want people to think that my love is worth such a cheap price." Kirika said.
"Love, hmm? Then was that a present from someone special?" Mami asked, looking at the bunny plush that hanged on Kirika's belt.
Oh! Um…yeah. That's…that's right." Kirika said, looking a bit awkward when talking about said special someone.
"Oh my." Mami giggled. "You seem to have quite the crush."
Suddenly, Kirika stopped walking, confusing Mami and Takeru as they stopped and turned back to the girl in confusion.
"Kure-san?"
"C…'Crush'?" Suddenly, Kirika developed a scary look as she stared at Mami and Takeru. "It isn't as superficial as that!"
Alarms were going off in Takeru's head as he got in front of Mami.
"Mami-san, get back. Something's not right." Takeru said as Kirika continued speaking.
"My love is everything! Anybody who thinks love can be measured by saying it's a 'crush' or 'passion' or 'romance' doesn't know what true love is!"
"Whoa!" Takeru let out a cry of surprise when suddenly, Kirika was right up in front of him, looking past him to look at Mami.
"Listen up, savior! Do you know what real love is?"
"Wai-Wait just a moment, Kure-san! What's wrong?" Mami, starting to get a little scared, stepped back as Takeru pushed Kirika back a little as she was invading his personal space. "Calm yourself, please-!"
"No! Because…" Kirika interrupted Mami as she said, "Love is an infinity of limitations!"
"Limitations?" Takeru repeated in confusion when suddenly, tall pincer-like appendages sprouted form the ground.
"Eh? Huh?" Kirika blinked in confusion as the appendages all wrapped around her before swallowing her whole.
"Kure-san!" Mami cried out as her Soul Gem started shining. The appendages themselves then started moving to reveal what could only be a Witch.
The Witch herself was as tall as a building. Its body was like a stitched up doll with wits feet being similar to cat feet. She had no arms, rather her pincer like appendages were themselves her arms. Finally, its head was that of a cartoonish looking cat as it had two faces, one on each side and smiling crazy-like.
This is the Witch Stacy.
"A Witch." Takeru confirmed as all around he and Mami, the Witch's domain started manifesting, becoming what looked like a wracked out version of a sewing room.
Immediately, Mami garbed her Magical Girl outfit as she looked up at the Witch before her.
'Kure-san is still trapped inside, but she should still be alive. If I am to save her, I can't use any of my more violent attacks or else she might get caught up in it.' Mami thought as she summoned a musket into her hand. "Takeru-kun, help me save Kure-san."
"Of course." Takeru nodded as he went to reach for his Advent Deck in his pocket when suddenly…
"Love is…" From inside the Witch, a voice belonging Kirika was heard, stopping Takeru and Mami from moving as they looked up in surprise. "Love is only limited by infinity. That's why the things I do for her are infinite!"
"That voice!" Mami said in surprise.
"It's Kure-san! But, how?" Takeru said when suddenly, the stomach of the Witch was sliced open from the inside as jumping out was Kirika only now different.
Kirika now wore a black tail coat that had two belts hanging by said tails over a white blouse with the ends of the sleeves coming out of the coat sleeves and puffing out. She wore black shorts and white leggings with black boots over her feet. Finally, she wore white gloves over both her hands and over her right eye was a black eyepatch.
"Even turning a savior into a skeleton is nothing more than one limitation within the infinite!" Kirika said as she jumped and landed right on top of the Witch's head. Then…
*SLICE!*
In an instant, six curved claws appeared from Kirika's hands, thee on each side as she used these claws to slice the Witch into pieces in a matter of seconds. The claws themselves were black with the blades that curved forward were blood red but when Kirika attacked, the claws themselves glowed white with power.
"Eh?" Mami and Takeru could not believe what they were seeing. Kirika was a Magical Girl and a powerful one at that. But the thing that drew their attention was the massive amount of black on her outfit.
"A Black Magical Girl…" Takeru noted before turning to Mami. "Mami-san, could she be…?"
*SLICE!*
"Kuh!"
"Whoa!"
Both Takeru and Mami cried out in surprise when Kirika had suddenly swung her clawed arms down towards them as the ground next to them were sliced cleanly.
"That attack just now. Did she try to hit me?" Mami thought out loud before her instincts that she's honed for years kicked in and she soon jumped out of the way of an attack from Kirika, surprising said girl herself.
Quickly, putting distance between themselves, Mami summoned forth more muskets to her side while the glow of Kirika's claws died down as she stood and looked at Mami.
"…All the Magical Girls we found were cut up like they had been sliced with sharp knives." Mami said, remembering the conditions the bodies were in when she and the others had found them. She then glanced down at the floor at Kirika's feet and said continuing where she left off, "Just like…the floor at your feet."
*ring-ring!*
Just then, Takeru's phone started ringing but the two Magical Girls ignored it as the Rider himself slowly took it out and answered it.
{Takeru-san, we've got big trouble! Can you and Mami-san meet us at the docks? It's urgent!} What came through the phone was Sayaka's voice.
"Sorry, but Mami-san and I can't make it."
{What!? Why not!?}
"Because…we both just found our Black Magical Girl killer."
(Docks)
Seagulls flew as the sound of honking horns came from moving boats. But none of that was important. What was important was what was happening right now.
Standing with a tied up Madoka next to him was Drake, crossing his arms as standing before him were Haru, Renji, and Sayaka.
"I see you finally decided to show up, Ryuki." Drake said.
"You're…" Haru began until Drake went and pulled out his Advent Deck, showing off the golden crab symbol. "Scissors."
"Yeah. Nice to finally meet you face to face without the masks." Drake said.
"Let Madoka go, you bastard!" Sayaka demanded.
"No can do." Drake said as he looked down at the girl who was trying to get free of the ropes binding her. "She's my insurance."
"Insurance? Insurance for what?" Renji asked.
Drake then points at Haru and said, "That he fights me seriously."
"Huh?" This got everyone confused.
"If there's one thing I hate the most, it's being looked down upon, or being taken for granted." Drake said. "The last time we fought, you only got serious when I threatened your girlfriend here."
"H-haru-kun and I aren't b-boyfriend and g-g-girlfriend!" Madoka stuttered, blushing bright red.
"Couldn't have fooled me." Drake said, seeing Madoka's feelings for the Rider like reading an open book.
"Why do you want to fight me seriously?" Haru asked.
"I told you already, I don't like being taken for granted. " Drake said. "If this doesn't make you fight seriously enough, then I have no problem feeding this girl to Volcancer."
"You'll what!?" Sayaka shouted as Madoka started to look scared.
"Don't you fucking dare you bastard!" Haru growled, glaring at Drake as he brought out his Advent Deck and held it up. "You want to fight me so badly, then fine! It's time we ended this right now!"
"You took the words right out of my mouth!" Drake said as he held up his Advent Deck. "I chose to attack you cause I know you're still new to being a Rider. I won't lose to a guy like you, not when I have something to fight for!"
'Something to fight for?' Renji couldn't help but pick up what Drake said.
(BGM: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OST - Diamond is Unbreakable ~ Stand Activated ~)
Both Haru and Drake stared down at each other. With their decks in hand, they both walked over to a nearby window and present their decks to it. In an instant, V-Buckles appeared around both their waists and they wasted no time transforming.
"Henshin!" Haru shouted, thrusting his right arm to the left side before inserting his Deck into the Buckle and becoming Ryuki.
"Henshin!" Drake shouted, pulling his Deck to to thrust his other hand out, the index and middle finger and thumb out before inserting his Deck into the Buckle and becoming Scissors.
"Yosha(Alright)!" Haru said while Drake lifted his sheer-like Scissors Visor before the two Riders glanced at each other for a moment before jumping into the Mirror World through the window.
Meanwhile, Sayaka and Renji helped Madoka, freeing her from the ropes that binded her before the three all ran to the window to watch the fight between Haru and Drake.
"Think he'll be okay?" Sayaka asked.
"If there's anything I know about Haru, it's that he's one heck of a fighter." Renji said.
"Haru-kun will win! I believe in him!" Madoka said yet still praying for the Rider's safety.
(Mirror World)
As always, the world the world on the other side of the mirror that paralleled the real world, the Mirror World was vacant of any human life everything was backwards. Then, from the window of a warehouse, two Ride Shooters shot out and drove around at high speeds.
Once Drake saw that he was in the Mirror World, he was going to make a stop when his Ride Shooter was rammed by Haru's Ride Shooter, almost knocking him off balance and off course. Steadying his ride, Drake growled before he moved and rammed Haru back, almost knocking the dragon-themed Rider off course. This continued for a while until both Riders finally decided to come to a stop.
With the top moving, both Riders unbuckled their seat belts and got out as the Rider shooters closed up and drove away, leaving both Riders to face down one another.
Drake went and cracked his neck while Haru simply clenched his fists.
Unknown to the two, from on top of the roof of the warehouse the two came from, both Ryuga and Zero were watching the fight down below.
"And so, the first fight between Riders has begun." Zero said as he turned to Ryuga. "Any comments?"
Ryuga said nothing and Zero simply shrugged his shoulders before looking back down to see both Riders charging at one another.
Both Riders threw a fist out as both fists passed one another and found themselves hitting the other's masked face. And with those two attacks, the Rider War of Mitakihara has finally taken it's first step into the storm.
(BGM End)
And...done! Also cliffhanger! Ha ha ha! Bet you hate me now!
Anyway, I am really pleased with how this chapter turned out. This marks Kirika's debut and also Haru and Drake's final battle with each other which you'll have to see next time. At first I thought about putting the fight in but I decided to do it for the next chapter as his one was getting pretty long. So you'll all have to wait for the next chapter. Until then, this has been Ashbel Longhart here, signing out. Till the next ride!