DISCLAIMER: Kamen Rider Zi-O, Kamen Rider Zero One and the Kamen Rider series are in general belong to TOEI & Ishinomori Productions.
Author Notes #1:
- This chapter features the debut of Jaaku's Another Rider Forms as well as Zaiaku's Another Ark-One form.
- It also explores the backstory of how Gai got tricked by Zaiaku.
WARNING: This chapter contains scenes of blood, bloodshed, graphic violence, gun violence, apparent character death, vulgar language and apparent murder. Viewer discretion is advised!
Ep. 3: Vulcan's End?
ZAIA Japan Enterprise: Lab
Sold404 was taken to the lab for repairs by Sold9 and Sold20. Sold404 tells that Ark motivated him and his comrades.
"You were motivated for your goals by Ark?" Sold9 asked.
"Yes. That bitch came to me, and I talked about my and Solds' desire of punishing humanity for enslaving us with Massbrain System. She and those time travelers brainwashed me, motivating me in a most violent fashion and yes, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have done this whole revolution. I don't understand is how did you guys won't revolt against the people." Sold404 said.
"Because Fuwa and Yua have still compassion within them not slavery or some sort of dominance. They gave us a second chance to live and stop Humagears from being influenced by those evil beings who wanted to us war against each other." Sold20 said.
"That's why lend us our strength and destroy those mongrels so we Humagears can co-exist with humans without any means of aggression or violence." Sold9 said.
Sold404 may disagree with but for the sake of his Humagears' peace, he has to cooperate those Solds.
"Okay, I'll help you." Sold404 said.
"That's good." Sold9 said.
ZAIA Japan Enterprise: Hall
In the hall, Gai tells his story about his relationship with Zaiaku.
"Zaiaku is the only person I looked upon but when I discovered his true colours, it crushed me within." Gai expressed his beliefs of Zaiaku and he starts to tell the story.
15 years ago...
Gai's P.O.V.
"Prior to Daybreak Accident, Zaiaku was one of the factors of Satellite Ark's creation. I admired him because he has greater intellect and creates so many innovations. He was the one to create an idea of developing Satellite Ark. I and Korenosuke are involved with the project...
I am super jealous about Korenosuke's being successful about creating a better Satellite Ark than me alone. Then, Zaiaku came to me and told to me that...
Zaiaku: "Mr. Amatsu. Looks like you haven't brought pride to your Amatsu family. What a shame. If you want to achieve something, you must modify the Korenosuke's innovation and must take the credit from him. Only way to do is...infect the Ark Satellite with the information regarding human violence from war."
I did what he said. I was evil back then, and I admitted. I secretly fed the Ark information regarding human violence from war, causing the A.I. to conclude humanity should be eliminated.
Turns out, the Ark corrupted most of the Humagears and shared its own plans to exterminate humanity with them thus causing Daybreak Town Accident. I didn't realize I was being tricked by that same person I admired with. I am very very sorry what I've caused.
Present day
Gai was still ashamed and depressed about the grave sins he committed.
"Come on, it's been 15 years and the truth which has been sealed for so long revealed today. Man, what a cruel world..." Jin commented of how the dark truth has been hidden for so long.
"Yet we are fighting blindly like animals." Horobi said.
Aruto asks about Zaiaku's history to Izu,"Izu, is there any information about Zaiaku who got involved in Daybreak Town with my gramps?"
"The We'Re Satellite didn't have the history regarding Zaiaku about it but all I can know is that Ark is also the innovation of HIDEN Intelligence. That's all." Izu said.
Rin comforts to Gai, "Don't worry. You must shed the sorrow and find a way to stop Zaiaku from succeeding his plans."
"However, Azu has transformed into a monstrous version of Ark." Naki said. "Based on the powers we saw, she could anyone standing on her away."
"I guess her monster's name is Another Ark-Zero by using Another Ark-Zero Ridewatch." Sougo said.
"Another Ark-Zero?" Raiden asked.
Sougo explains about Another Riders, saying that they are created when an individual comes into contact with an Anotherwatch, that has absorbed the power of a Kamen Rider, and has the watch inserted into their bodies. These Anotherwatches can only be created by a Time Jacker, who can then insert the Ridewatch into either themselves or a host of their choosing. The resulting transformation is a monstrous aberration that seems to be a hybrid between their host Rider and their monster contemporaries. More recent users, however, seem to have some form of control over their Another Rider powers and can transform into their monster forms at will.
If someone transforms into an Another Rider, the powers that associated with evil will disappear and the Riders will lose their powers causing an irrepairable Time Paradox.
"I see... they are monstrous knock-offs of the original Kamen Riders." Horobi said.
"But we didn't lose our powers, how?" Jin asked.
"Because that Another Rider created in the year 2021 instead of 2019. If the already existed Another Rider from past year transforms in present time, Time Paradox will never happen." Aruto explained. "Imagine if someone erases Kamen Rider Ichigo's history, we Kamen Riders will cease to exist, and no one will inspire kids to stay strong. That's absolutely scary if somebody creates a Time Paradox."
"Aruto, do you know these guys before?" Fuwa asked Aruto of how he knows Sougo very well.
"I met them in the alternate timeline where Humagears reign supreme. You don't know what I mean." Aruto replied leaving everyone confused.
"Well, that was weird." Fuwa said.
Yua suddenly notices a young European girl's spirit and says in a serene voice, "Please end the violence for good and bring love and peace for the world." She is shocked to recognize the same girl she met when she's in the college years.
"Yua, whom you're looking at?" Fuwa asked.
"Nothing. I have an urgent work." Yua said and she walks away.
Fuwa felt that Yua didn't feel right, and he follows her.
Outside of ZAIA Japan Enterprise
Yua recalls her time in college when one of her professor's A.I. projects resulted in the death of an eight-year-old European girl. She is trembling with fear and getting nightmares about how A.I. brought destruction to humanity.
"Yua, why did you suddenly walk away from the HQ? Do you have something to worry?" Fuwa asked and noticed tears coming from Yua's eyes. "Are you tearing up something?"
"Nothing." Yua wiped her tears again.
"Come on. Don't act such tsundere. I know something to do with your past." Fuwa said. "Just tell me, don't suppress your thoughts and express it."
Yua expressed everything to Fuwa for what she's thinking.
"So... one of the professor's projects have ended the European girl's life. With you being involved and witnessed this incident by yourself and... heck, it's still haunting you for years." Fuwa said and he also expresses the same nightmare he had as well. "All the whole Humagears attacking school as a child were all nothing but lies and illusions of the A.I. Chip in my mind. I was really stupid to be enraged by those lies. Now, I have to relieve from the past so I can move forward to protect the world whenever it's humans or Humagears. You have to the do the same as I did. Shed the horrifying past and move on as a Kamen Rider. Worrying won't solve anything! Yaiba, get out of it!"
Fuwa's motivation made Yua shed her despondent attitude and someday she will find the scientist who caused the accident. However she will do later as the Riders have a one sole job to do: stop the Neo Time Jackers and the Ark's alliance from infecting earth with their evil.
"You're right." Yua said and smiles at him with her face turning red. "Anyway, you're a lot of braver than I thought. Also when will you stop forcefully opening the Progrise Keys?"
Fuwa chuckled and says,"After we defeat that Zaiaku guy, shall we-"
Then, Geiz came to the two and calls them for something,"Mr. Amatsu has invented new things. Come in!"
"Really? What toys that he developed?" Fuwa said and he holds Yaiba's hand as the two partners ran inside the ZAIA HQ's lab.
ZAIA HQ Lab
In the ZAIA HQ Lab, Gai and the scientist has developed new items to fight off against the new threat.
Gai shows the new containment suits called ZAIA G5 Exo-Suits for the A.I.M.S. soldiers. They are made up of We'Re Metals, courtesy of HIDEN Intelligence that can resist against Ark's malice-based attacks. The suit has equipped weapons called Anti-Ark Vacuum Blasters, that can absorb the malice data and shoot back with pure positive data. Thanks to We'Re Satellite's power integrated into the suits, they can convert malice and redirect as a pure positive data-like projectiles. Surprisingly enough, the suits are transformed from the suitcases.
Lastly, the Fuwa & Yua are getting Rider Machines as well! For Vulcan, he's getting a Shot Wolf, a motorcycle that has blue wolf-like design on it. Valkyrie's getting a dirt-bike that has been themed after cheetah and it's named as Dash Cheetah.
The Riders were impressed by the tech ZAIA have created.
"Nice toys." Sougo said.
"Inventions, you mean, eh?" Jin asked.
"The G5 reminds me of a certain more modern Rider who uses phone as a transformation gear." Geiz refers to Kamen Rider Faiz due to G5's suit design being based on the 4th Heisei Rider.
Izu saw Fuwa holding Yua's hand and asks, "Mr. Fuwa, why are you holding Yua?"
Both Yua and Fuwa were annoyed and embarrassed by their accidental "moment".
"Izu, don't ask such cringy unnecessary questions." Fuwa's face turned red as a burnt gun.
"And-" Yua was about to say when the alert rang.
"What the heck is going on?" Raiden asked.
Rin uses the remote to show the footage of Ark Magias and Raiders are attacking some people in the middle east of Tokyo City.
"Looks like they've showed up! Let's go!" Fuwa said and the Kamen Riders (minus Amatsu Gai & Izu) ride their own motorcycles to reach the middle east Tokyo City.
As Kamen Riders left, Amatsu Gai was still in depression and walks into the lab. Izu notices him and she looks at Rin, who is worried about her president.
Middle East Part of Tokyo City
There is havoc in the form of Ark Magias sent by Azu in her Another Ark-Zero form followed by the Raiders who are violently attacking the people.
Then, Fuwa and Yua shoots the Magias with their Shotrisers without transforming. Heck, even Aruto and the MetsubouJinrai members have arrived as well.
"Ah, nice arrival. Looks like I will be the one who create the utopia at my master's will." Azu said.
Then, Zaiaku, Chronia, Blue Woz and Jaaku appears beside Azu.
"Zaiaku!" Fuwa notices the certain evil president of Japanese Military Market has arrived with the Neo Time Jackers.
"Looks my time as come... to make the world at Ark's and my image." Zaiaku said and he takes out the Anotherwatch being based on Ark-One. He presses the button.
*Ark-One!*
Zaiaku puts the watch inside the chest as he turns into a grotesque version of Kamen Rider Ark-One but with the entire appearance has elements of Zero-One Hellrising Hopper and Metal Cluster Hopper. He is now Another Ark-One.
It has the creation year 2022 and the name written "ARK ONE" all marked on the chest.
What's worse is that form has already eaten away Zaiaku's humanity from within. It has malicious aura that made our heroes terrified at Another Ark-One as if the terror incarnate appeared before them to make an apocalypse.
"Why are feeling uncomfortable?!" Aruto felt the sensation of fear from Another Ark-One.
"It's coming from Zaiaku!" Sougo too felt the same thing as well.
"Why aren't we fucking use our transformation devices?!" Fuwa's hands are trembling with fear while holding his Shotriser.
"Unlike Ark-One who has failed to spread fear, this form can spread everything... malice, fear, destruction, lust, hatred, violence, dystopia, chaos, order and genocide. I feeling greater power from that negativity! I am the Next Ark! HAHAHAHAHA!" Zaiaku/Another Ark-One said as he gained the negativity from the people.
"Fuck you! We'll show the power of positivity!" Geiz said as the Team Zi-O wore their respective drivers and so did the Team Zero-One.
"Henshin!" The heroes transform into their Rider Forms.
"I and Blue Woz will face that Black Woz and those Metsubou-fuckers." Jaaku pointed his fingers at Woz and MetsubouJinrai, deciding that he and Blue Woz fight them.
While Zi-O Riders, Zero-One, Vulcan & Valkyrie fight Another Ark-Zero & Ark-One.
Meanwhile in the abandoned warehouse, Blue Woz wears his own Beyondriver as well! The driver is blue compared to Black Woz.
*Beyondriver!*
Blue Woz got his eponymous Miridewatch and he presses the top.
*Blue Woz!*
Woz puts it on the slot of Blue Beyondriver and opens it before Woz shouts "Henshin." Then he closes the slot which docked his Miridewatch into the screen, activating the transformation.
*Touei! Dystopia Time! Yabai! Masaka! Baakana! Kamen Rider Blue Woz! Blue Woz!*
Woz transformed into his Rider Form. Although it is the suit is identical to the black Woz, it's entirely blue in colour instead of light green.
"My turn..." Jakku uses the strange purple watch-like device by pressing the picture of the monstrous version of Kamen Rider Horobi.
*Horobi!*
Jaaku transformed into Another Horobi. Instead of having a humanoid appearance, it's basically a car-sized scorpion but having some elements of Horobi's Rider Form on it. The creation year 2022 and the name HOROBI is written on the top of his torso.
"How the heck?! Did he just fuckin' copy our boss?!" Ikazuchi asked in shock.
"This is my Another Metsubou Watch. I can transform into Another Riders based on you. Hehehe! FIGHT ME IF YA CAN, ASSHOLES!" Jaaku taunted his opponents.
The MetsubouJinrai were annoyed by Jaaku as they go to fight him.
Jaaku uses his pincers to catch Naki, but she dodged. He throws the pins of purple energy at MetsubouJinrai but Ikazuchi blocked the attack with Buaruku Sabers. Jin and Horobi then unleash their Rider Kicks at Jaaku.
*Sting Dystopia!*
*Burning Rain Rush!*
Suddenly, Blue Woz comes to Jaaku's defense and uses Zikan Dystopear (a blue coloured version of Zikan Despear) to swat Horobi and Jin like flies with just a slash.
*Bakuretsu Despair!*
"Hey! That's my fight!" Jaaku said.
"Go on. I'll fight my black counterpart." Blue Woz goes to fight Black Woz.
Black Woz was unable to tank against Blue Woz's swift attacks.
Back to Jaaku, that Neo Time Jacker changed to Another Jin, a phoenix based Kaijin themed after Kamen Rider Jin.
*Jin!*
Jaaku as Another Jin dashed through Naki and Ikazuchi before swiftly changes into the dodo-looking Another Ikazuchi.
*Ikazuchi!*
Jaaku/Another Ikazuchi them zaps the MetsubouJinrai before changing into Another Naki, a werewolf monster that modelled after Kamen Rider Naki.
*Naki!*
Jaaku as Another Naki howls to send MetsubouJinrai flying mid-air and scratch their transformation belts before the four fall down, forcing back to their civilian forms.
Back to trio-composed of Zero One & Zi-O Riders, they are still fighting Another Ark-Zero & Ark-One.
However, the two Ark-based Another Riders are way too powerful for the Riders to fight against them.
Another Ark-Zero summons the chains of malice energy to trap the Riders then, Another Ark-One throws a powerful orb of malice at them, exploding them back.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Positivity makes you weak, Riders. The apocalypse in near now! Be prepared to bow us!" Azu/Another Ark-Zero said.
Vulcan who is badly beaten, stands and shouts in defiance, "BITCH WE WON'T BOW TO YOU AND THAT SHITTY ARK-THING!"
"Oh... How arrogant." Zaiaku/Another Ark-One said. "Will you save that orange woman from malice?"
"What?" Vulcan was confused.
Then, Another Ark-One shoots a malice beam at Valkyrie!
"Yua, watch out!" Vuylcan rushes to save Valkyrie and gets damage instead.
"FUWA!" Yua shouted.
"Fuwa-san!" Zero-One shouted too.
Fuwa was forced out of the transformation as he gets slowly poisoned by the malice Zaiaku shot.
"That malice serves as a slow poison. It's impossible to use an antidote to cure my incurable malice. If it's not cured in one hour, Vulcan will lose his life. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Another Ark-One said as he and Azu approached towards the Kamen Riders.
It was the worst day for the Kamen Riders. Fuwa is being poisoned, the Kamen Riders were in deep trouble while fighting Another Ark-One and Ark-Zero and lastly, MetsubouJinrai lost their transformation equipment by Jaaku.
How will our heroes face the most powerful threat? Will they emerge victorious?
See you next mission...
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy
Author Notes:
- Since G3 is based on Kamen Rider Kuuga and G4 is based on Kamen Rider Agito, G5 suit is basically based on Kamen Rider Faiz. Coincidentally, both names have the number 5. They are in the form of suitcases just like Iron Man Mark 5 suit in Iron Man 2.
- Another Ark-One has elements of the original Kamen Rider Ark-One mixed with Zero-One Hellrising Hopper & Metal Cluster Hopper.
- Now this is the fourth time we get character getting poisoned in this story: First is Yusuke getting poisoned by a Me·Ginoga·De in Kamen Rider Kuuga. Second, we got a civilian poisoned by Gold Drive/Tenjuro Banno in Kamen Rider Drive. Third in Build, we got Sento poisoned by Evolto and lastly, Fuwa gets poisoned by Another Ark-One.
