ZI-O Grand Order

by Forgeravin

Tokiwa Sougo a normal 18 year old student with a dream of becoming King is met with a dark future. In where he becomes the most hated Overlord, and that he destroys the world. Things only continue to change as as he's brought into the Chaldea Security Organisation, and is tasked in saving the world. All while collecting the powers of other Riders from other universes. RIDER TIME!

2. Rayshift 1: The Beginning

I'm sorry, I made a few proof reading mistakes. I've corrected them. I'm sorry.

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Rayshift 1: The Beginning.

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We are Observer

In a barren wasteland, stands a man clad in armor, the black sands waving around him in the wind. It was almost as if the wind was taunting the man with its cheerfulness. The gold glimmered in the low light of the dusk, looking only a fraction of its usual splendor. The silver plates along his mid-section reflected the purple light making the large man seemed unearthly. He looked a strange sight to the few animals, and if any them could describe the sight they would have thought the man's armor looked a strange cross between a samurai and a clock of all things. The two gold clock hands forming an approximation of eyebrows on the red visor of the armor made the visiting lord look perpetually angry. He stares up, before he fell to his knees, staring at the statue of a man in a transformation pose, behind him an angelic looking woman carrying a shield and pointing her blade towards the sky. Standing around the center statue in a semi circle were statues of past Kamen Riders. If he weren't so consumed with the statue of the woman he would have thought it was the altar for a pantheon of gods.

"Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Decade, W, OOOs, Fourze, Wizard, Gaim, Drive, Ghost, Ex-Aid, and Build. My predecessors." The man mutters quietly, pulling himself to his feet closer to the statue of the woman. He was briefly distracted by the reflection of light on his gauntlet as he wiped the dust and sand away from a plate on the base of the statues. Written upon the plate is, "Commemorating the first transformation of the King-" The name of the king was lost, what looked like a bullet hole in its stead. "I came to visit you again, Mashu." He mutters quietly to himself, looking up at the statue. *Bang!* The sound of a gunshot cracks across the sky, echoing around him. The man doesn't even flinch as the bullet hits just above his head. The man turns to see a large army, their weapons trained on him. "Humf. What foolishness." He mutters, as a sniper fires a shot. Before it even hits, the bullet slows down and stops completely floating in mid air.

"Shit!" The sniper exclaims as he stands up and runs off into the distance. Lifting up his finger, the armored man pushes away the bullet as it resumes and flies towards him sending it askew. "Bullets… When will they learn?" The man mutters as he looks back at the army charging him. He steps forwards towards the entrance.

"How many of you must I kill before you learn?" Says the man letting out a sigh, as he walks down the steps of the statue and out onto the sand. Lifting up his right hand and putting it out to everyone, the man snaps his fingers, as magic lines came to light up across his body. On the ground thirteen magic circles appear. A flash of light, and thirteen figures surround the man. To the army, he looked regal like a warrior king surrounded by his guard. The setting sun elongated their shadows making their already dangerous aura seem sinister. A dark king indeed, thought one of the soldiers.

"Shit! He summoned the Servants!" A rebel soldier screams out to his comrades. The Servants turn and bow before the man, as he commands them.

"Atroira Alter, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, Medusa, Kiyohime, Medb, Medea, Semiramis, Penthesilea, Jeanne Alter, BB, Sesshoin, Tiamat, Hokusai. Leave the Rebels before us, to me. The reinforcements, I trust you to handle."

"Shit!" Thought the rebel commander. "How did he know?" The feeling of imminent death overtakes the commander. The woman stands up straight as they exclaim in unison.

"Yes! Master!" They each set off in a different direction, completely ignoring the rebels before their master. They disappear over the dunes, not one of the soldiers trying to stop them. The rebels look back to the man. The man looks out amongst the men staring at him. It seems that Zi-O's patience with the rebellion had finally run out. The air is thick with anticipation. The men are sweating and their hearts are pounding in their anxiety towards what the king would do. The dry wind blows past the men, the silence is cut by the sound of sweat beats dropping to the ground. Extending out both of his arms one towards the army behind the dunes to his left, the other towards the men in front of him; he exclaims.

"Try as you may, none of you will see the dawn, for I am Oma Zi-O, King of Time! None shall leave these plains alive! None shall live to remember today!" Zi-O exclaims.

"Charge!" One of the rebels shout as they charge over the dunes shooting at Oma Zi-O. Zi-O simply lowers his hands and flicks his right wrist and the bullets freeze in place. The rebel army continues to charge in increasing desperation. With another flick of his armored wrist, Oma Zi-O deflects the bullets and sends them back at the army as if the bullets were riochetting off of the air around him. The bullets hit the first wave of soldiers sending them to the ground in lifeless heaps. From over the dunes missiles are sent flying towards the king who was quickly losing his patience with the rebel soldiers. 'Huh, at least they managed to fire some off.' Zi-O thinks to himself, turning to look at them before snapping his fingers, turning the missiles to dust. The dust falls to the ground before Zi-O, like peasants paying homage. It takes him a moment to realize that some of the missle dust has landed on his shoulder. Zi-O turns his attention to the dust upon his shoulder. The rebel army gets even closer. Not paying them any mind, Oma Zi-O simply wipes off the dust on his armor before he swings his arm out and around. An invisible wave shoots out, and the army in the direct vicinity is frozen, like living versions of the statues surrounding their king. Zi-O walks into the crowd of rebels coming to a stop in the center of their improvised formation looking something like a drunken V; chuckling before telling them,

"How does it feel to realize your folly? To know that you had the power of time on your side. That it was once your advantage. But now... Time, time is now a curse to you. A curse that will lead you to your unavoidable deaths. Just like the Masters and their servants who stood against me for the Grail. For your defiance. You. Will. Die!" It was a cold kind of fear the army feels at his mocking. The type that made you stop and wonder why you chose to do any of it in the first place. The rebels watch as he swings his arms around and could do nothing, frozen like statues as they were turned to dust. The screams of their surviving comrades fill the battlefield as they realize how horrifying their foe truly is. Watching the desolation before them is the statues of the Kamen Riders. Their belief in morality, in good and justice being trampled upon by the rebel's presence. Massive mechanoid robots drop into the battlefield and stomp towards Zi-O. One lifts up its foot to smash Zi-O. Oma Zi-O simply grabs the mech's extended leg, lifting it off the ground and tossing it into the other mech, destroying them both as they explode into a ball of flames. Another Mech flies towards the now madly cackling king hoping to at least do something - anything at all - to him, but Zi-O simply swings his arm batting away the mech like a fly causing it to crash into the ground. With a flick with his wrist, the time around him stops. Everything from the explosions to the gunfire to the soldiers where they stood and were now frozen in place. Even the look of unadulterated horror on the soldiers' faces were frozen in time. Those not caught in succumbed to their overwhelming fear.

"You fools could never defeat me. And do you know why?-" Oma Zi-O asks as he looks around. There are no words to describe the horror on the faces of the rebel soldiers at the insanity personified in the king. "Because I am destined to win. For the flow of time states my victory." With another wave of his arm, Oma Zi-O sends a wave of time disintegrating his enemies.

"Tsukuyomi!" The sole rebel who was able to push past his fear exclaims as he pushes a woman in a white dress into a ditch letting her dodge the wave, just before the Rebel and the rest of his comrades above ground joined the growing piles of dust becoming no more than grains of sand in the black desert.

A woman climbs her way to the top of a dune, that was most probably some of her lost comrades. 'Well, fuck.' She thought. 'There goes that half-assed plan. I told them this was a bad idea. But no! No one listens to the commander who actually has to deal with this crap!' She thinks to herself in anger, knowing that they might have had a better chance if they had followed her plan.

"You, girl! Use the gift I've just given you to return to your generals and tell them to surrender." Zi-O tells the woman. 'I'm no girl, asshole. I'm the commander who led the troops you just turned into litter.' Thought the woman Zi-O had just addressed. Zi-O tosses a small bag of the soldiers dust to the woman, in which she catches.

"There is no point to this. Tell them to case this battle, and end this senseless battle." Zi-O says before turning away from her. 'Well no shit, psycho king.' And the woman ran off, both to comply with Zi-O's orders and to get out of dodge from his next attack. He snaps his fingers again as the woman left, and the sand turns into dying dirt then into fertile, green grass covering the once dead land. "Alas… Silence." Zi-O says as he turns back towards the statues, the wind blowing the grass. "Sougo!" A voice calls out, as Zi-O turns to a white haired woman standing before him. Her armor is tattered, scraped together. Battle scars across her body. Zi-O cross his arms greeting the woman.

"Well, Well… The Director Olga Marie Animusphere. It's been some time.(mockingly) This uncalled for attack was on your orders I assume. Is that how you should treat your former underling?"

"Silence! I don't want to hear it from the one who was supposed to save the world! Not take it over and subjugate it!" With anger in her voice, she readies a watch and straps on a belt.

"Heh… Ha ha ha… I suppose that time I let you live, has backfired on me…" Zi-O gestures with his arm, a wave of energy knocking up rocks, shredded metal, mech parts, and the dust littered across the ground. The world suddenly freezes, but Olga is not amused.

"What are you trying to accomplish with this?" Olga asks, Oma Zi-O laughs as he looks at his hand.

"The safety of the world by being it's King… You should've died long ago. But Sadly, the mercy I showed you that day, defied such a fate. Perhaps I should have let you die." Zi-O sighs as he shrugs, time around them resumes as and everything falls to the ground.

"You'll pay… You'll pay Sougo! Die!" Olga shouts back at Zi-O.

"Humf! Very well then. Perish!" Oma Zi-O exclaims as he snaps his fingers again, the grass dying and turning back to the desolate wasteland it was before.

"Sougo~!" Olga exclaims as she lifts up a watch.

"Humf." Zi-O huffs as he summons a shield into his hand, the same one the angel holds. Reaching into the middle chief, Zi-O pulls out a double edged sword with a fancy handle and a clock gem in its center, and the blade designed like the hand of a clock. Olga now in an orange armor and a gun at the ready charges at Zi-O. "Die~!" Olga shouts jumping at him. Zi-O charges at Olga, the two swing at each other. The blast engulfs the entire area.

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We are Sougo… September 14th 2018

I stare at a holographic screen, the video is rewined to a clear view on the Man in armor. "This is you, fifty years in the future." She tells me, I have a hard time accepting what's before me. "The most reviled Overlord of all time." She says…

"That Overlord… Is… Me?" I say staring at the video. All those people… Gone in a second… Not even a chance to say anything. "I-I think I need some fresh air." I say as I step out, it being hotter than I remember. Odd… That's when something slimy lands on my shoulder. I look to where it came from to see…. "A DINOSAUR?!" I shout before I start running, the T-Rex chasing after me.

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The Heisei Kamen Riders and the Holy Grail War have perdured for decades. And now, they pass on their legacy onto the next generation! Rejoice!, for the Birth of a new King!

(Oh, yeah. Ohh…)

(Sougo, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Olga, and Mash look upon all the Previous Riders doing their Rider kicks. Scene changes to the Time portal, the Time Mazine flying through them, as the Katakana word for Rider attaches to Zi-O's helmet)

Isshun de tsukamitoru no sa Are you ready?

(Are you ready?)

(Sougo reaches out to the clocks on the wall, before swinging his arm down. The Background spinning in synch with his arm.)

Atarashī rekishi wa soko ni Feel it! Feel it!

(Crazy baby!)

(Geiz wipes something off his face before throwing aside his torn coat, the background spinning behind him. Changes to Tsukuyomi walking straight before camera changes to her side, the world spinning again.)

Hikari wo kate ni kasokushite

(Changes to Mashu and Olga who stand behind the Chaldea symbol. Olga glitches and fades in and out as she looks at her hand. Mash looks at the camera, a clock behind her counting down.)

Konomama Shout it out! Shout it out!

(The scene is crushed by Oma Zi-O, as he looks up his crimson eyes glowing. Scene changes to, the Gang standing over the Ride Watches before looking up at the Camera.)

Ima wo susume yō

(Changes to Woz, in a darkened room, with a clock in the background, from the sky flaming scraps of papers fall around him. Woz looks at the screen, flames light his face as he holds the book in his hand.)

Madō hi mo Ikudo tonaku Asu no tobira tatake

(Changes to Heure quickly speeding onto pulling down one of his eyes and sticking out his tongue before moving aside, behind Ora and Swartz keep their back, hiding their faces. Scene changes to a set of large thrones, each designed differently. Scene changes again to Woz who shows the book, flames coming off a close up shows Oma Zi-O obliterating rebels to dust. Then to the Ride Watche's faces turning then activating.)

Mitsumeta sono saki ni

(The Rider statues, crack and stone cascades off revealing the suits underneath. Quick change to Geiz turning his Ride Watch. Then to more Riders, then to Olga who turns a Ride Watch, more Statues.)

Tobikonde mitara

(Then Sougo who turns the face of the watch, as the statue of Sougo crumbles.)

Believe Yourself!

(Oma Zi-O stands behind the rubble. Camera comes close up to Oma Zi-O. The Rubble hiding his helmet only letting the Red eyes glow though it.)

Now, Over "Quartzer"

(Sougo exclaims Henshin before spinning his belt, the world spinning behind him.)

Toki no ame Surinukete Tomo ni

(Armor completes as the Words attach to the helmet. Zi-O, Geiz, Echo drive down a road, explosions and lasers blasting as they pass. Scene changes to a downpour of rain, as Jackers walk away from a destroyed clock. Back to the Riders as the three drive though the frozen Rider kicks.)

You, Over "Quartzer"

(Time resumes, as the Riders Kick, causing explosions. Zi-O Jumps through the fire.)

Mirai wo koe yō

(A shadowy woman, her blade in the ground in front of her, both hands resting on it turns her head back. As the camera flies back passing through 7 bubbles of different times. Before a shadowy figure brings his hands around the 8 bubbles a devious smile forming on his face. Scene changes to Sougo staring straight at the camera. He puts out his right arm as the world stops spinning. Same for Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Olga, and Mash.)

Kako no ishi wa Uso de wa azamuke nai

(Scene changes to a staircase, Zi-O, Geiz, and Echo rush in, their helmets words creating a path for them. All around them explosions go off and lasers are blasted at them.)

Kanjiro sō Nexus Future

(Tsukuyomi walks down the stairs, the Jackers shifting and glitching before disappearing leaving Tsukuyomi by herself. Scene changes to Zi-O who swings his blade attacking. Mash behind Zi-O protects him.)

Now, Over "Quartzer"

(Changes to Geiz, readying his bow before letting an arrow off. At the same time behind him, Echo shoots a few shots before kicking at the screen.)

Mabayui sekai

(Scene flashes title cards from the past before leaving Zi-O and Geiz back to back before they attack each other. The two clash their battle sparks and lights up the screen.)

Misete

(The rest of the Title cards flash before leaving.)

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ZI-O Grand Order

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Flashback…

September of 2018 as I, 18 year old Tokiwa Sougo, leave Hikarinomori High School, things were already starting to get weird, back then… Heading up the streets with my bike, a Judo student and fellow classmate of mine, passes before stopping to look at me. "Hey, Tokiwa. Heard about your career placement counseling. You seriously said you wanted to be a king?" He asks me I nod confirming his question. "Even little kids wouldn't say that anymore, dude!" He says to me in a sarcastic tone.

"Well, being a king someday was the only thing I could think of..." I say as my classmate takes my bike and puts it on the stairs to keep it from falling. "What are you-?" I ask before my Classmate suddenly grabs my shoulders.

"I gotta wake you up, dude." He says before he puts a foot against my chest and drags me to the ground and begins to throw me over him.

"Wu? whaa~!" I shout as I fall and land on my back. Ow… I go to get back up.

"See?" My classmate says giving me his hand.

"Your technique was excellent, thought." I say looking at him. "You get to be in my royal police force!" I decree pointing to him, my classmate gives a disappointed sigh before slapping away my hand. What? I was just saying I'd give him the job…

"Let's go." He says as my classmate is joined by his fellow Judo mates as he goes back to whatever he was doing. I get back up on my feet and over to my bike. Sitting on the bike is what looks like a small stopwatch, with it's inner gears visible, no face, and no owner.

"What is this...?" I ask, I look around for the owner to see no one in site… Hmm… Guess I'll just leave it here then. I set the watch down on the stairs before I leave.

We are observer

From around the corner of a house, an invisible robot creeps around to look at Sougo.

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9 to 5 workshop… We are Sougo

Parking my bike, I get off and head inside. I walk inside to see my Uncle with a customer. "I think it just needs some parts. Come pick it up in two days." My uncle, Junichiro Tokiwa informs handing back the wating paper.

"Okay, great. Thank you!" The customer says bowing before she leaves.

"Have a nice day!" Junichiro sends off. I head into the kitchen to grab a drink. Opening the fridge I grab a cooling jug of tea and I grab a cup from the cupboard.

"Uncle, I'm home." I greet, pouring myself a cup.

"Oh, welcome back, Sougo." Junichiro welcomes as he works.

"Was that a customer?" I ask.

"Yeah, she asked me if I could fix her old radio..." He says, as I walk into the store front to see an old radio. Wood case, FM and AM dials, volume, and in pretty good condition. "Even though this is a clock shop." He tells me looking at it.

"I think people confuse that because of the "Workshop." not to mention your way of fixing stuff." I tell my uncle as I look at the Radio. "But it does look pretty good all things considered." I say giving my own opinion. I've worked here part time a lot in the past. So things like this isn't new to me. "Something wrong with the internals?" I ask my uncle, he smiles and nods before opening the back.

"Here." He says handing me a flashlight. I turn on the light and look inside. "You see those Wires and parts? I believe those are the broken parts." Uncle says pointing to them.

"I see them. Nothing is ever easy for you. Want to me to help?" I ask, Uncle smiles and nods.

"I'd like that." He says to me. I smile and nod back as I head over into the work space to grab the tools to open the Radio up. At the same time, my Uncle goes to grab something. "Sougo..." He asks me. "What are you doing for your entrance exams?" He asks me. I look at him.

"Eh? I'm not taking them, I told you, I'm going to be a king." I tell him, getting the tools and walking over to grab the Radio to start repairs.

"Of course, you're gonna be a king." Uncle says before he tosses something into the trash. "You're on a different waveform the rest of us!" He says before he goes to walk up stairs.

"Something wrong?" I ask him.

"No, just need to get something from upstairs." He tells me before going upstairs… Curious, I walk over to the trash bin and hoist out what Uncle tossed in. Special Admissions Tests Preparations Course?... Ah, right… I guess… Even Uncle… I put the paper back into the trash before heading back to the radio.

"... Well… I guess I can't blame him..." I mumble to myself. Ever since Mom and Dad died, he has been looking out for me… I open the Radio up to see the parts. I silently tighten my grip around the screwdriver before I go to work.

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Elsewhere… We are observer

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A team type away on their computers. "The Shiva Lens has detected an abnormality!" A woman on the computer exclaims. The rest of the team quickly follow exclaiming.

"Coordinates confirmed!"

"Abnormal value rising!"

"Laplace is getting a read on the situation."

"Hurry!"

A woman with long white hair, amber eyes, and dressed in noble clothing looks down through the glass at blue Earth Globe, the light of it slowly changing. "The light..." The woman mutters.

"Chaldeas was created from a reproduction of Earth's Soul." A man in a green suit, green top hat, and low long hair says standing up from his chair. "If the light of that Civilization is extinguished..." The says looking at Chaldeas. The woman turns around to the entire room.

"Gather humans who are Master potentials right now! We'll move from Rayshift experiments to actual use!" The woman orders before she turns back to Chaldeas. "Unless we regain the light of Chaldeas, humanity has no future..." The woman then turns and goes to leave the room.

"Director? Where are you going?" The man in the green hat asks.

"I'm going to see if the countermeasures we prepared are ready or not. I get the feeling we're going to need them." The director states before leaving. Speed walking over to the elevator, she enters the doors close. "Workshop." She says, as the elevator begins to move down. After a minute, the doors open to a renaissance like workshop. "Da Vinci! How are we on those countermeasures?!" She commands. From behind a bookshelf steps out a woman dressed in renaissance clothing, a mechanical bird sitting on her right shoulder, the left arm is armored in a decorated gauntlet that carries a large staff. The woman has a large chest, long brown hair, blue eyes and with glasses on.

"Director, we've Successfully created the Driver and the special Time Machine as well. Using Rayshift Technology, we created the Watches and have created our first Ride Watch. But we have yet to test the watch and belt." Da Vinci says as she follows the Director.

"Why haven't we tested it yet?" Director asks as they stop at Watch sitting in a test chamber. The Watch has an orange face, connected to a gun metal black body, with an Orange Crown, on the clock itself, is a symbol that is a stylised version of the Katakana of the work "Kamen." The date listed below the Symbol 2018.

"No, we can't expand Alpha team to use it. We may have to bring in a volunteer. But until someone decides to step forwards, our hands are tied. By your orders mind you that we are tied." Da Vinci says looking at the watch.

"I see..." Director says gritting her teeth… I hope someone steps up… She thinks to herself.

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We are Sougo

The next day, I headed out for a ride on my bike. Stopping at a hill, I get off my bike to walk up to the road above. As I head up the stairs, I'm stopped by a man in a hood. "Congratulations." He says to me.

"Huh?" I ask in confusion. The man turns around before walking up, in his hand he carries a strange book.

"According to this book, today will be a very special day for you." He says to me, I find myself following him. "But you should beware of the Red Robot." He warns me. I nod, before I hear a ring of my bike. I look down one second to see the bell and I look back up to see that the man is gone?! Wh-Where did he go?

"Eh? H-Hey? Where did you go?" I ask running up to the road above. I look up and down the road to see no one. What the?... What kind of Magic trick was- My thought is cut off when I start hearing the sound of moving motors next to me.

"Time Mazine!" I hear as I look to my right to see a red, yellow, and black robot. A Red Robot?! What the?! The robot lifts up it's leg before stepping, the fence gets caught on the leg and is bent in as the Robot steps down.

"The robot? Whoa~!" I exclaim as I lean back just barely able to dodge the swing of the Robot's arm.

"I finally found you..." I hear a voice from the robot, distorted. "Oma Zi-O!" The Robot says, I quickly grabbed my bike and hop on, speeding away. What the heck is this?! I turn a conner, with the Robot hot on my tail. The Robot jumps into the air, spinning before transforming into some kind of flying vehicle. I turn corners trying to lose the Robot but I can't shake him, I go to take cover in a local shopping center with a roof and entrance too small for the Robot.

"Yes! You see that?!" I exclaim, but I simply hear a scoff before the Robot flies into the air.

"Thought you got away?" The Robot asks before turning back into a Robot and punching through the glass above me. I barely manage to dodge the fist before I start to ride again. While I dodge the stomps or punches of the Robot. What is going on?! The Robot swings it's arm, knocking me down sending me into piles of boxes, clothes, and a hanger. Gotta move! I move aside the hanger before I rush to the other side of the shopping center. But then the Robot lands in front of me blocking my path. It reaches out to grab me.

"Time Mazine!" I hear before a second black and grey Robot slams into the Red Robot.

"Get in!" I hear a girl's voice exclaim, as the chest of the Robot opens. What is… No time to argue! I run up the ramp into a control room. Their sitting in the pilot's seat is a girl around my age with long black hair, brown eyes, and wearing an all white dress, with a cape, black leggings, and white shoes. The ramp closes up, as I look at my savior.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"Introductions can wait. Now hold on!" She tells me, as a holographic control panel appears as she swipes down on the panel. "Activating Space-Time Transport Drive!" Looking out of the camera of the vehicle a portal appears as we fly into it. I grab on as we speed into some kind of forest. "Before you ask anything, just take a look at this." She tells me.

To the present…

"That Overlord… Is me?" I ask.

"2019 is the year you both save… And destroy the world." She explains to me. I stare at my Future self, seeing all of the destruction he brings.

"I think I need some fresh air..." I tell her as she opens the door to let me out. "Thanks." I step out, that's when something slimy lands on my shoulder. I look to where it came from to see…. "A DINOSAUR?!" I shout before I start running, the T-Rex chasing after me. "Why are there dinosaurs?!" I shout before I trip on something. The T-Rex approaches before the Robot wraps its arms around it's throat and holds the T-Rex back.

"You didn't notice? We were in a hurry, so I jumped all the way to the Cretaceous Period." She tells me. Then we're about 60 billions years in the past? No way… The Robot jumps back into the air changing into its vehicle form. It flies around before picking me up. We fly though another portal into… 1671? The Edo Era?!

"No way..." I mutter in complete disbelief. From what the screen told me, it's 1671… "So it really is a Time Machine… Just who are you?" I ask the girl.

"I'm Tsukuyomi, I come from the year 2068. The reigning lord of time, Oma Zi-O, has persecuted our people and created a world devoid of all hope. He did this by wiping out half of Humanity with his power." She explains to me as we go to a tea house so I can take it all in. "We chose to stand against him. But..."

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Flashback…

Tsukuyomi and a man stares at the carnage. The man begins towards a red Time Mazine. "Geiz! What are you doing?!" Tsukuyomi asks Geiz. "There's no other way." Myokoin Geiz tells Tsukuyomi. "We must travel through time… and change history, maybe not for ours… But another universe." Geiz explains as he walks towards the robot caressing his right back of his hand.

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"I followed Geiz though time in order to keep you from attaining the power of Oma Zi-O." She finishes explaining.

"Wait a second… Did you just say, another universe? And if that's the case. Just checking, but are you sure you have the right guy?" I ask, as Tsukuyomi pulls out a tablet as she pulls up the info of me.

"Tokiwa Sougo. Born April 28th 2000, 18 years old. Currently resides at the clock shop with his paternal uncle, Tokiwa Junichiro." She explains. Future tech is awesome and creepy. "Third year student at Hikarigamori High School. Performs well in the subject of history, but abysmal in physics." She explains as I drink tea to take it all in. "Pretty thorough, isn't it?" She asks.

"I feel more attacked than researched, to be honest..." I tell her.

"Now, about that watch you have..." She asks me.

"Watch?" I ask, as I look down at my hand to find the same watch that I had seen yesterday. The Watch lights up. "How…?" I wonder as Tsukuyomi walks over, placing her hand over mine as she brings the watch closer to her, before I let go as she looks at the watch.

"This will grant you incredible power." She says to me. "With it, you will become Oma Zi-O, the king who destroyed the world." She tells me.

"I believe you." I tell her, she looks at me surprised at my answer. "I mean, I've always wanted to be a king." I say standing up and taking the watch. "If I can get the power to do that, then it works just fine for me. Well… The Evil Overlord part is horrible." I say, before Tsukuyomi takes the watch to look at it.

"The watch isn't responding..." Tsukuyomi says, looking at it.

"Fight! There's a fight! What's going on?!" We look over to see a man being thrown into a stand. It looks like it's a fight between artisans… I think? I jump to look over the crowd and I manage piece this together.

"Some kind of fight about pride probably from how things sound." I say before Tsukuyomi grabs me to make me look at her.

"Sorry, but I need to try something out." She tells me before she makes me turn back to the fight. "Alright you punks, give it a rest!" She says before she pushes me into the fight.

"Pitto! Who the hell are you?!" One of the fighters asks.

"Uhh..." I mutter. Conclusion, help make a solution. "I'm just not a fan of fighting… how about a compromise?" I ask, all look at each other before getting off one another. Hey! That worked! "You don't need to fi- Wait what are you?" I ask before the guys pick me up and walk me over to the bridge. That didn't work! "Wait, hang on! Let's all calm down, alrigh- WHaa~!" Tossing me over the edge I fall into the water below. Getting back up I look up at the bridge to see the fighters having a laugh but seeming to have let the fight go. I go to climb back up, getting back on the bridge. I hoist my soaked self onto the bridge.

"Are you alright? That was a pretty bad fall." Tsukuyomi asks me. I nod before I look at the artists again, seeing them smile and laugh as they walk away as buddies from the looks of it.

"They stopped fighting! Well, that's good. Even if I was tossed into the River." I say a smile forming on my face.

"They tossed him in the River, but he's still concerned with them fighting!" One of the onlooker ladies laughs slapping me on the shoulder, everyone else letting out a laugh.

"Good job kid, even if you did get thrown into the water, huh?" One of the onlooker guy tells me patting me over the shoulder. With slight embarrassment I rubbed the back of my head. The laughter is cut off when screams are heard.

"It's a monster!" I hear screamed. I look back to see a man in full suit armor pushing aside one of the atristans. Huh? Everyone else terrified screams and runs at the armored "Monster" they see. Is that the Geiz guy Tsukuyomi told me about?

"What is it this time?!" I exclaim looking at Tsukuyomi.

"That's what Geiz looks like after he transforms!" Tsukuyomi tells me. He can transform too?!

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The Geiz armor has a color scheme of red, light grey, black, and bits of yellow. The helmet looks like a Digital clock, with the strap going from the back of the chest plate to the front of under belt. The helmet has sharp edge ribbon as the visior with the hiragana for Rider on it, above is a clock symbol with the smooshed symbol of Kamen. The chest has the watch strap down the middle, both sides are symmetrical. The hands have watch holders on each arm, watches lining both arms. The gloves are black with yellow armor over the fingers. At the waist is a belt with a red faced watch on it, on the belt is a screen at the center with the date 2068 on it. Their are black knee armor, and armored legs.

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"What? He can transform?!" I exclaim looking at Geiz.

"He wants to eliminate you before you can obtain the power Zi-O! We need to go!" Tsukuyomi exclaims as she drags me, before I quickly follow her confused.

"You won't escape." Geiz says, before we board the Time Mazine and fly into the time tunnel.

"Time Mazine!" We hear behind us as Geiz's Time Mazine chases and rams into us. Tsukuyomi maneuvers to avoid Geiz, but Geiz gets the upper hand when his machine slams us against the wall of the Time Tunnel, we fly though and we crash land somewhere… Ow~ this is just nuts! I stand up feeling suddenly a lot colder…

"H-Huh? It's September, it shouldn't be this… Cold?" I find myself staring at a massive wall blocking the view of the sky, red light beaming from the wall and into the sky. What the?! That wasn't there. I hear footsteps approach I turn to where it's from to see… "A MONSTER?!" Some kind of large figured monster charges at me, I quickly run away. The Monster chasing after me, I quickly run aimlessly till I find myself trapped in a dead end. "Now what?!" I ask, before the Monster notices someone and turns before bracing for an attack. "Huh?" I ask.

"Kid! Get down!" I hear before I see a graph of some kind trap the monster in it. In the sky formulas float around. "Cross-Z! Akats! Let's go!" I hear the voice again before I see three figures jump onto the graph.

"Voltech! Finish!" "Dragonic Finish!" "Maidentech Finish!" I hear before three armored figures kick and slams into the Monster before it explodes into green flames.

"Whaa~?!" I shout as I'm sent flying away. Oh… Nothing but the impact hurts… Nothing besides that… Good. I start to get up.

"Hey! You alright?" I hear one of the guys in the suit ask.

"You alive?!" One of the other guy shouts, the three run over to me and help me up checking if I'm okay. The let out a sigh of relief seeing I'm safe.

"Thank goodness." The Red suit girl ask before her helmet open up and the helmet folds away. She has long red hair and red eyes. That's weird… BUT SO COOL!

"Whoa, that was awesome. So are you guys from the future, too?" I ask, the three look at each other, their helmets folding away so I can see their clear confusion. "Eh? So you're not from the future?" I ask again. The Dragon suit has short blue hair with splash of gold, and his eyes are blue and gold. The Red and Blue suit guy also has short hair, but it's black hair. An odd thing is that his Right eye is Red, while his Left eye is Blue… Weird.

"Never got that responds before… Guess we should introduce ourselves." Red and Blue guy says before pointing to the other two. "Their Kamen Rider Meathead and Kamen Rider Stonehead." He tells me. Eh?

"Whoa, hey! It's Cross-Z! I'm Kamen Rider Cross-Z!" Cross-Z exclaims at the Red and Blue Rider.

"Sensei, it's not funny.(looks at Sougo) My name is Kamen Rider Akatsubaki." Akats introduces. "This guy is our Sensei. Kamen Rider Build." Akats introduces me, Build reaches down to his belt and removes the bottles from the belt. The Suit disappears into the air, and the color from eyes stays.

"I'm the Genius Physicist and Inventor Kiryu Sento. These two are my students/assistants." Sento-san introduces.

"Like hell we are!" Cross-Z says before removing the Dragon from the belt. "My name is Banjou Ichika." Ichika-san introduces, I look as I see the color from the hair and eyes disappear. Weird…

"I get the feeling. I'm still getting used to the change of color myself." Akats says, suppressing me. She read my thoughts? "I can't read your thoughts, but I can see from how you react. Anyways, Shininono Houki. Nice to meet you." Houki-san greets, removing her rabbit from the belt. Her armor and hair/eye color fading.

"N-Nice to meet you all… Um… What's a Kamen Rider, actually. What year is it? Or Era?" I ask the three look at each other again.

"Era? It's November 30th, 2017." Ichika-san tells me. Eh? November? 2017?

"I see you have a lot of questions. But first, let's get out of the cold shall we?" Sento-san asks, I nod and agree happily.

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Infinite Stratos Cafe…

I warm myself up with a cup of Hot Cocoa and a blanket. Ichika-san drinks from a carton of milk, while Houki-san petting the dragon and rabbit as if they were pets. I look over at the date to see it's 2017. "It really is 2017!" I exclaim looking at the date, I hear a door open as I look over the counter to see Sento-san stepping out from the fridge. "Whoa, what's up with that fridge?" I ask.

"Let's put that aside for now." Sento-san says walking over handing me the watch I gave him. "Well, I've examined it… This device of his doesn't seem to use any current generation technology." Sento-san says handing the watch back to me. "I've also noticed another thing." He says. "It and you Tokiwa-kun. Emanate the same energy pattern as someone from another universe." Sento says, suppressing Ichika-san, Houki-san, and me.

"Another universe? Again?" Ichika exclaims.

"And from the future? So what? He's some kind of time traveling, universe hopper?" Houki-san asks.

"Another universe?... Well that explains the wall." I say rubbing the back of my head.

"Whatever the case. You're story holds true, but from another universe at that… It's crazy." Sento-san says as I let out a small chuckle.

"Not so fast, I'm only from one year in the future, that hardly counts. Even if it is from another universe." I say looking at the watch.

We are observer

"Sigh~ I don't get why you're being so humble about that." Ichika says. "Even going back one year is amazing… I thought the Enigma was crazy, but add time travel into the mix, it just gets too hard for my brain to comprehend." Ichika says rubbing the back of his head. This gets a chuckle out of Houki.

"Not as if you could. You barely comprehend Enigma even after several explanations." Houki points out. "But, how come you are so humble about it?" Houki asks Sougo.

"Well, I mean. There's someone from way farther into the future!" Sougo exclaims, the door to the cafe opens as a figure points a phone/gun device at Ichika. Ichika turns to the door to see the girl, in reaction he puts up his hands before he's shot. The shot creates a circle with a line through it, sending electricity through Ichika knocking him out. Houki gets up to run over before she's hit and collapse on the couch. The Dragon and Hopper jump towards the figure only to be shot and disabled. "And apparently I become a king in fifty years..." Sougo continues, clueless to the happenings around him. "I turn into some guy -o,... Oma Zi-O or something..." Sougo continues, Sento looks at the figure only to be shot himself. Sougo looks at the collapsed Sento and turns to see Tsukuyomi pointing a blaster at him, Sougo is shot himself collapsing to the ground.

"Sorry about that." Tsukuyomi apologies. "It's not good to interact with the past more than necessary. Even if it is with people from another universe." Tsukuyomi explains, going to grab Sougo.

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Elsewhere…

In the cold a basketball player practices. She throws a shot and hits the net as it falls though. "Whew~ Figures no one came. No one besides me would bother practicing in this cold… The school really has to let the indoors open to us." The player says rubbing her shoulders, getting the ball she makes some distance. Bouncing the ball to herself a few times, she throws again hitting the rim and the ball falling towards the street. "Whoops." She mutters to herself before running into the street to get the ball. Screeching tires suddenly fill the girls ears as she sees a car speeding towards her. "WHAAA~?!" She falls to the ground and looks away, when someone walks over and slaps the car pausing it in motion just before hitting the girl.

"I've decided. I'm choosing you." A boy with black hair, forehead, dark brown eyes, blue suit, and white shoes.

"What… What just happened?!" The player says looking at the frozen car.

"Originally, history states that you were hit by that car just now." The boy says walking over to the ball sitting on the ground next to the car picking it up. "But, if you contract with me..." He says to her.

"You'll save me?" The player asks.

"Precisely." The boy says before taking out a blank watch similar to the one Sougo has. "What's your decision?" The boy asks.

"Alright..." She mutters taking the watch. "I'll contract with you." The watch lights up, as a clock hand spins around to high noon gaining a new look. It's body turning purple, with no face, but a cover. Upon it is a red and blue organic looking monster.

"You're a smart girl." The boy says before swiping his hand, sending the car screeching aside and into another car. "Starting today, now you're Kamen Rider Build!" The boy says getting the girl to her feet. He takes the watch before he steps in front of the girl before pressing the crown of the watch.

"Build!" A deep ominous voice says. The Boy then takes the watch and slams it into the girl. His hand sliding in, as the girl lets out a scream of pain. A series of pipes protrude out from the girls chest and form a frame runner, the pipes swirling into a disfigured, but humanoid shape. The runners close in before the pipes crack as an unknown liquid spews out. The glass and runners break down leaving a figure that looks like Build. But it twisted, monstrous, organic, and disfigured…

2017...

Build grabs the throat of a Tennis player and slams him against a pole. "Hey, cut it out!" A judo student shouts walking over. But pauses when he sees Build. "What is that thing?" Dropping his bag, the judo student throws a punch at Build. Only for Build to grab the punch, before throwing him and the Tennis Player to the ground. Taking out a pair of bottle, Build opens them and points it at the two, as he does his eye cover and mouth open before closing. The two are sucked into the bottles.

"Tennis… Karate… Not a best match..." Build mumbles hobbling away. Leaving the racket and uniform on the ground.

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We are Sougo… 2018...

I open my eyes to see the roof of the living room… I get up and look around… Was that… A dream? I get off the couch.

Later…

Sitting at the table with my Uncle I explain this all to him. "So then fifty years from now, I'm this all-powerful king." I tell him.

"Well, that certainly sounds like an intense dream." My Uncle notes. "But you wanted to be a king, right Sougo?" Uncle asks me, I nod. "So, that's a good thing, then." He tells me.

"Yeah… But apparently I'm the most wicked overlord of all time. So I was kind of torn..." I express looking down at my drink. "I want to become a king sure… but I don't want to be one that's hated. If I wanted to be any kind of Demon Lord, I'd rather have a reputation like Oda Nobunaga." I say, Uncle nodding in agreement.

"That's fair. But nobody's perfect. Well, besides that there's no need to rush to an answer." He tells me getting up, and gesturing me to follow him. "Y'know, when I was younger I had a chance to chase after my dream, too. Same with your father." He tells me as he enters his workshop. "But, doing so meant taking a big risk. I remember being torn, too." He tells me.

"What did you do?" I ask him.

He sighs before putting down his work. "I let it pass me by. I figured I'd get another chance. Turns out, life doesn't give you many chances." He tells me. Guess the saying is true. You miss 100% of the chances you don't take. Uncle grabs a nearby clock using it as an example. "We can stop the hands of a clock, we can turn them back..." He says turning back the hands of the clock. "But that's just not how life works." Uncle tells me...

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Later…

Riding around on my bicycle, I ponder both the dream I had and of the lesson that Uncle taught me. Missing the chance… I park my bike at the train station bike rack. Locking my bike into the stand, I head in to ride the train into Tokyo. Getting off the train I walk out of the station putting in my airpods and I begin listening to music. Walking around Tokyo randomly, I come across a Red Cross Blood drive. A blood drive huh? Wasn't this place going to be shut down considering the declining population crisis issue we had ten years ago? I scratch the back of my head. I think to myself, I walk away from the Blood Drive… Then I see a man walking past me, he… I turn in the direction of the man seeing his familiar hat disappear into the crowd… I walk back to the Blood Drive.

"Excuse me, Hi. I'd like to donate some of my blood-" I tell the receptionist.

Later…

I walk back to the Train station, a bandage on my wrist. Well, I guess this is something good to report to Uncle… I take the escalator up, arriving at the top and taking a step off the escalator, I see lots of people filling the station. I quickly move to move though all the people. I begin to feel a bit wobbly, suddenly someone grabs me form behi-

?...

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"Confirmed the sequential basis of the human genome. Neutral alignment confirmed. You are welcomed to the research of humanity's future. A secret organization that protects Humanity, called Chaldea."

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We are Mashu

I stare at the tablet, with an image of the clear blue sky, I look up and to the cold familiar window next to me as I look out to the blizzard happening outside. Will I ever get to see that sky? I ponder looking out. "Fou~!" I hear, look the other way to see Fou with his white fur, long ears, light purple eyes, and blue cape with a pink flower like ribbon. "Fou Fou Fou." Fou trots in a circle. "Fou!" Fou exclaims before running down the hall. Fou wants to show me something? I put down the tablet as I follow after Fou. I arrive to see a man passed out on the ground wearing the Chaldea Master uniform. "Fou Fou!" Fou exclaims as he jumps on the man and licks his cheek, he slowly wakes up. I walk over and kneel down to get a better look at him. Opening his eyes he looks up at me. He sits up, and pauses for a moment before jumping back in surprise.

"Wha~!... Wh-Who are you?" He asks me. I look at him, he has brown hair dark brown eyes bordering on black.

"Ah, let's see… Not someone whose name is worth mentioning… or something..." I say to him. He tilts his head confused. "I mean, I have a name. But I don't often have the chance to say it, which means I don't get to make an impressive self-introduction." I tell Senpai.

"Eh?... Actually, where am I? How? And when did I get here?... Uh… I was donating blood then going home and… Where am I" Senpai asks again.

"That's an easy one. This is an observatory, built to make the future of the Human as long and strong as possible. This is the Chaldeas Security Organisation." I explain to Senpai. He looks at me for a moment before picking himself up. He looks directly out the window.

"Um… just exactly where in the world are we?" Senpai asks me.

"We are exactly 6000 meters above sea level in the Mountains. In this area is rare to see clear skies. It's almost constantly a blizzard outside." I explain. Looking back at Senpai, he's silently taking it all in…

"HAAAAAA~!?" He screams at the top of his lungs. Shocking me.

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A few minutes later… We are Sougo

"I'm so sorry about your ears." I apologies putting my hands together and bowing, as the pink haired girl hands me a bottle of water. "Oh… Thank you." I thank before I take it and open it and take a quick chug, sitting down on a bench. The girl sits next to me as I lower the bottle.

"It's fine. More importantly are you calm now?" She asks me. I nod, I look at the girl dressed in pink hair, purple eyes, square glasses, a black shirt with a white collar, a red tie, a white and grey jacket. At her waist is a black skirt, thigh high stockings, and brown shoes with black collars.

"Yes, thanks. Sorry again. When I got here, I remember undergoing some kind of simulation..." I tell her, she looks at me.

"The Spiritron Dive, right? If you're not used to it, it might put a lot of stress on the brain." She explains to me. I clench my head which is still rocking from that Dive whatever. That explains why my head hurts so much. "Fou-san is the one who found you here on the floor, unable to regain your consciousness. Those are the details." Fou?

"Who's Fou?" I ask. I look over to see a squirrel like creature run over and jump onto the Girls face, climb up her head then to her shoulder. "A-Are you okay?" I ask her.

"Y-Yes..." She says rubbing her nose. "This squirrel-like beast is Fou." She say rubbing the cheek of Fou. "It has the special right to roam around Chaldea freely." Fou-san then rounds around to the other side of the girls shoulder, then jumping onto my head, then my shoulder then to the ground. Fou-san then runs off. "As you can see, he goes where he pleases." The girls says.

"An unusual creature, isn't it?" I say looking at Fou-san run down the hall.

"He rarely approaches anyone except for me, so he seems to take a liking to you, senpai." She calls me… What? "Congratulations. You've just become Fou's second attendant in Chaldea." She tells me…

"Th-Thank you?" I ask raising my eyebrow.

"By the way, are you one of the people with Master potential who they gathered for Rayshifting?" She asks me.

"Uh… Yeah, I think so? I think they said something like… I was qualified to make a contract with a Servant, or something. By the way, what's Rayshifting?" I ask.

"Eh? Have you come here without knowing what you're going to do?" She asks me.

"Well, I didn't have much in the way of an explanation before waking up in the simulation..." I say sighing.

"That's a new one to me. Then please listen up. This place is Chaldea, it's a research Facility, that gathers Scholars. For the purpose of making Humanity's History as prosperous as possible. Our top researchers, scientists, and mage's, designed the Environmental and global Model Chaldea. It's a miniature Earth Painstakingly recreated from a reproduction of the Planets Soul. It's been promised that as long as the light of civilisation burns on Chaldea, Mankind is guaranteed another 100 years. But that precious light has suddenly begun to disappear, if the light disappears that means that the light to civilisation has been lost. Though our calculations we believe the human race becomes extinct in december of next year." She explains… No way… This is why I'm here then? To save humanity? "A close examination of the information has revealed a new abnormality. That's Spatial Singularity F. We discovered from 2004 to 2016 CE there was a suburban city in Japan, that was an "unobservable area" and did not exist in history. Chaldea assumed this is the cause of Humanity's extinction, and proposed the Rayshift experiment to the United Nations, which received approval. Rayshift turns humans into Spiritrons and sends them back into the past to intervene in certain events. In other words, it's like time travel. By this means, we can transfer to the past and investigate the cause of the future's disappearance, then destroy it. And that is the idea behind the Chaldea is currently trying to conduct." She continues.

"Wait… So it's time travel?" I ask her, she looks at me and nods. "Was that… Not a Dream?" I wonder, before I see something glow inside my pocket. I reach inside and take out the same Watch I had before. "Ah! This is!" I exclaim looking at the watch.

"A Ride Watch? How do you have that?" The girl asks me, I look at her and I shrug.

"A Ride Watch? That's what it's called? But if I have this… Then it really must have not been a dream then!" I exclaim. "Ah, sorry. I guess you have no idea… I know this will all sound crazy but hear me out." I say before I go on to explain the previous happenings of my time before I arrived…

"So… You've not only been to the past, but also another dimension… And the prediction of Oma Zi-O..." The girl says taking in everything. "I understand what you meant when you said it sounded crazy." She tells me.

"I'm still taking it all in myself... I doubt you believe me." I say sighing.

"I believe you." She tells me, I look at her surprised. "I mean, you seem like a nice guy. You don't look like the type that would lie." She expresses.

"Oh… I didn't think you would… Thanks." I thank, I smile at her she quickly looks away. Hmm? I lean forward a little to get a look at her face. She's blushing a little. Why is she blushing over a thanks?... Ah! "Sorry, I should have said this before, I'm Tokiwa Sougo. I apologies for not making a more impressive self-introduction, but nice to meet you." I introduce, the girl reaches out and we shake each others hands. She looks at her hand after I let go. "How long have you been here?" I ask.

"Here… Two years." She tells me.

"Eh? Then you're the "Senpai," right?" I tell her.

"No, everyone is a "Senpai" to me." She says. Okay…

"What's your name?" I ask again. "Don't tell me you're "Not someone worth mentioning" okay?" I tell her.

"My name is..." She begins.

"Mash. Mash Kyrielight." I look over to where the second voice comes from. "So this is where you've been." A tall western man in green clothes with a white undershirt and a purple tie… With spikes. Long light brown hair. "I had told you not to go without warning. Uh, I see that you're accompanied." He says walking over to me reaching out his hand. I get up out of the bench to shake his hand. "I'm Lev Lainur, it's a pleasure to meet you. You are the new rookie that was chosen this morning?" What?

"H-hold on, I-" I begin but I'm cut off.

"Let's see." Lev-san says before activating his Smart Watch, as it projects a screen. The screen brings up information about me. "Master Candidate #20 Tokiwa Sougo, Among the 48 candidates, you are one to become a "Master." Congrats." Lev-san congratulates me. I'm still a bit confused here.

"I'm still a bit confused here…" I ask raising my hand. "Could I get an explanation?" I ask.

"Well, let me explain it better." Lev says. "When you donated blood, we learned that you are a potential candidate to be a Master." Oh, when I donated at the Red Cross center? "Then, we added a small dose to the cookies that were given to you and kindly asked a man with a mask invite you to come here." What? Di- Was I just kidnapped to save humanity? "Up to this point." Lev is trying to skate around the answer.

"That would be kidnapping, do not try to soften it!" Mashu exclaims.

"She's right! I'm sorry!" Lev says clapping his hands together before apologising. "We also apologies for getting you into the simulator before the effect ended and leave you in a Zombie state because of Chloroform. But, you were not used to Spiritual dives and you fell in the corridor… I'm so sorry Tokiwa-san." Lev apologies again. No wonder I passed out in the Corridor, that at least closes the gap in my memory.

"I-It's fine. I'm here now… And what's being done here is more important in how I got here. But, what am I supposed to do now?" I ask confused.

"Ah, that. Well the Director is going to give a full report on the situation to the Masters. If you listen to her, maybe she'll explain why you were brought to Chaldea." Lev says.

"Professor? Do you not think that someone should accompany him?" Mashu asks Lev.

"Do you mean in case he goes back to sleep? I think he'll be fine in that case. What about you Tokiwa-san?" Lev asks me.

"I can accompany you if you wish Senpai." Mashu recommends.

"Sure… One more thing. Professor Lev? You have any idea why she keeps calling me Senpai?" I ask pointing to Mashu.

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Meeting room...

"Well, we're a bit behind schedule but no matter. So everyone is here. I welcome everyone to the Chaldea Security Organization. I am the director of Chaldea, Olga Marie Animusphere." The Director introduces herself. Everyone turns their attention to her. "Though I may let you off the hook today. Understand I will not forgive those who are late. Being late is not something we can allow in the long run." The whole save Earth thing is giving her words a lot of weight… "Remember that my words are absolute." Director states. Ugh~ I'm feeling a little drowsy… No! I need to stay awake! "And with that said let's continue, all of you were chosen for having the potential of be-" Directors words become more and more distant.

"Sen-ai? Are you-" I hear Mashu try and say. This is wrong, I can't fall asleep… I… can't… fall-

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Later…

I rub my cheek walking down the hall. Fou-san joins up climbing on my shoulder. God that hurts. "Ow… A bit much? All I did was fall asleep." I mutter. I was just sleepy, she didn't need to kick me out… Or slap me...

"On the plus side. Now you are much more awake." Mashu says trying to brighten the mood. I guess… I rub my cheek. Still doesn't change that she slapped me… And really hard too.

"So, I have a question… Magic is a real thing?" I ask Mash, she nods as we enter the elevator. The doors close behind us and we go up to a higher floor.

"Yes, but it's more commonly known as Magecraft. In the world of Magecraft, ability is a given, but lineage means a lot as well." Mash explains. Ah, so kinda like noble families. "The Director is the head of the Animuspheres, a distinguished family of mages. She indeed has a strong predilection for bloodlines." So it is like a Noble family.

"Wow… Makes sense why I would be thrown out like that… I guess that means that a "Master" Means something else in the world of magecraft?" I ask Mash who nods.

"Yes, that is correct Senpai. Masters in the world of magecraft have the ability to summon heroes and villains from the past and future from the Throne of Heros." Mash says. Summon Heroes and villains?

"Wait, does that mean I could one day summon someone like Oda Nobunaga?" I ask, welling up with excitement at the prospect.

"Ah, yes. And other heroes as well… Senpai are you perhaps a Nobunaga fan?" Mash asks me.

"Yeah! I've always looked up kings of the past! Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, Oda Nobunaga!" I say with excitement. "I never thought I could come to a place where I can meet him… Wait, I could meet other Kings and queens as well!" I well up with even more excitement.

"Are their other kings you would like to meet Senpai?" Mash asks me.

"Of course! I'd love to meet Semiramis, Maria Antoinette, Julius Caesar, Leonidis, Iskander, Ozmandius, King Arther, and we can't forget the first hero in history Gilgamesh!" I have the chance to meet all of them! I can't believe my luck! I hear Mash giggle as I look to her, she smiles at me.

"I'm sure you'll be able to meet all of them when you go to contract your own Servants." Mash explains. Servants? "Ah, right. When summoning these heroes, they are known as "Servants." This is why it's a Servant, Master relation." That seems rude to the Heroes who've been summoned. Don't they all deserve respect, it's not often that you meet heros who you can talk too. "But back on topic, Many potential Masters were needed after moving the Rayshift's experiments stage to practical use. But only a handful of mages had that potential." When Mash explains that, the pieces begin to fall in place.

"Ah! I think I get it! So that's why they brought me, and others here. They need more Masters, and they can get them amongst the public." I put together, Mash confirms my theory.

"Will you leave Chaldea?" Mash asks me.

"Hard to say for sure. The idea of meeting legendary Heroes and Villains makes me want to stick around to see who I can meet." I say. "But for now, I'll do what I can here. Not to mention leaving when things are crazy like this, wouldn't help anyone." As we walk down the long hallway, my eyes call on the windows looking outside. A constant blizzard going outside.

"Ah high as we are above ground, we can't see one bit of the blue sky." Mash says. The blue sky huh? I look out of the blizzard, blocking any view of outside. "I guess if you spend two years up here, I guess you wouldn't get a chance to see it, huh?" I look at Mash whos staring off into the sky. "Mash? Is something wrong?" I ask.

"Huh? Oh yes, I'm fine. We are almost at your room. Come." Mash says as she walks back down the hall.

"Hold on Mash. Do you want to see the sky?" I ask her, she looks at me. Before she looks out the window, staring at it for a few moments before looking back at me and nodding. "Well, then… Let me show you!" I exclaim, Mash looking at me in confusion. "If we get the chance, I can show it to you. A clear sky not blocked by a blizzard." I state to her.

"Ah… Thank you… Senpai." Mash thanks. "But… May I ask… Why?" She asks me.

"Eh? Well… I guess, I want to do it because it's a kingly thing to do… I suppose." I say. "You just looked so sad when you looked outside." I tell her. "So I want to give you something to smile about." I smile at her, she pauses… A smile forms on her face.

"I'd like that… Thank you, Senpai." Mash tells me smiling. "Come on, Senpai. Let's go to your room." She tells me, before heading down the hallway. I follow after Mash as we turn a corner to a long hall of apartment like rooms. Approaching the room numbered 1029, Mash stops at the door.

"This is your room Senpai." Mash tells me.

"Thank you for everything." I thank her.

"Not at all." She responds.

"You'll participate in the mission, right, Mash?" I ask her. She nods confirming.

"Yes, that's right. Which is why I must leave now." Mash turns and begins to run down the hall.

"Ah, Mash." I exclaim, Mash stops and turns to look at me. "Um… Be careful!" I tell her, she smiles before waving and running back down the hall. She's kind of an interesting friend… I think. I turn to my room and open the door and enter, to find a purplexing sight.

"Huh?..." I ask looking at my bed, and sitting on it and eating cake and looking up form a laptop, is a man in his mid to early 20s. Orange hair, lime green eyes, wearing a labcoat that has a turquoise blue stripe down the center, with grey outlines, before going to pure white. White gloves. "E-Excuse me..." I ask.

"Yes… Come in..." The man says, with the fork still in his mouth. "Eeeehhh~?!" He says surprising me and causing me to fumble backwards. "Who are you?!" He asks me point his fork at me.

"U-Um…" I try and speak, but the man in the coat speaks first, still pointing at me with his fork.

"This is my "Hooky Hangout!"(looks at fork and lowers it blushing) Who said you could come in here?" He asks me. I walk back in and over to the man.

"I was told that this was my room." I explain. The man looks at me with a surprised look on his face.

"Your room? Here?" The man exclaims, before putting the pieces together and sighing in disappointment. "I see.(facepalm) So that last Kid finally showed up..." The man says his hand buried in his face. Who is this man?

"Um, sorry… But who are you?" I ask.

"Oh, I'm Romani Archman, head of the medical division here at Chaldea. Everyone just calls me Dr. Roman." Dr. Roman introduces himself.

"Yeah nice… Head!(bows) S-Sorry to bother you while you're taking a break..." I apologies.

"No, not at all. Really, I'm just a run-of-the-mill doctor." Dr Roman says. "By the way, isn't the Rayshift starting soon?" Roman asks me. "I heard all the staffers were involved with that." I let out a sarcastic chuckle as I rubbed the back of my head.

"Actually..." I begin to recall and explain the happenings of the past hour to Dr Roman. After my explanation, Dr Roman gestures me to take a seat as he walks over to a coffee machine set up in the wall of my room. Grabbing two cups, Roman orders two cups of coffee.

"In other words, you've infuriated the director and were cut from the first mission." Roman summarises as he walks over to me with a cut of coffee. I nod to confirm. "Then we're two of a kind." Roman says. Huh? "The director chased me out, saying: "When Romani is here, the mood softens too much!" All I could do was sulk in this room." Roman explains. I get a chuckle out of the similarities.

"Guess we both have it rough huh?" I ask.

"No doubt." Roman says. The two of us begin to laugh. "But now since neither of us has anything to do, we should deepen our friendship." Roman suggests.

"Yeah, that's sounds good." I say as the two of us cheers our cups of Coffee. I would like to know more about this place. "Um… Actually, could I know more about Chaldea itself?" I ask Dr Roman.

"Ah, right. Figues. Okay, allow me to explain then." He goes on to explain some of the structure of Chaldea. "Well, first off. Chaldea itself is a secret organisation run by the ONU." The ONU? Wonder what that stands for… "I understand you're feeling. But moving along. -and that's Chaldea's structure." He finishes before going on to summarise. "It was built 6,000 meters above sea level in the mountains, with a basement workshop-" A beep comes from Dr Roman's smartwatch. He looks at his watch, and presses the watch. A holographic display of Professor Leff projects. "Hi, Leff." Romani greets.

"Romani. Rayshift is going to begin shortly. Would you come here as well, just in case?" Leff asks Romani over the call.

"Did something happen?" Romani asks.

"Team A is ready, but Team B and down are having small abnormalities issues with some of the people who aren't used to this." Leff explains. Going into the past… 14 years ago… Fuyuki.

"Then I'll anesthetize them." Dr. Roman suggests.

"Hurry. You're in the medical office, right? You should be able to get here in two minutes." Leff tells Roman.

"Okay." Roman responds.

"Don't be late." With that Leff hangs up.

"I don't think this is the Medical office, is it?" I ask Roman.

"W-Well, I won't get in trouble for being a little late." Dr Roman says. "Besides, it sounds like Team A isn't having any issues." Dr Roman assures me. "Oh, the man I was talking to-" I cut Roman off.

"Professor Leff, right?" I ask. "I met him earlier. Since he's a professor, he's like an engineer here or something like that." I hypothesise, Roman gets a chuckle out of my answer. Was something I said funny to him? I wonder.

"An engineer? That a bit too humbling for him." Roman says. What? Wait, "too humbling?" Is he like a Genius or something? I wonder. "He's the mage who created the telescope to observe Chaldeas, the Near-Future Observation Lens, Shiva." Roman explains. So he is a Genius! That explains the laugh. "And, the former director is the one who constructed the Rayshift's summoning system, and made a few improvements of Shiva itself. Allowing the viewing of other dimensions as well as a method to travel to them." Roman goes on. Wait? Other dimensions?

"You mean like a Multiverse?" I ask, Roman nods.

"Yup. Though it, we have observed other hero's from other universes. Including ones that don't even exist in ours." Roman says. Figures, other universes, other heros. "Though it, we discovered a series of normal Human Heroes known as Kamen Riders. Normal people who could battle supernatural creatures using belts." Roman says, showing pictures of different riders with belts. "Thus, Chaldea decided to create our own Rider system." Roman explains. They build their own tech?

"Wait, that means that Chaldea's Rider system inspired by Riders from another Universe?" I ask Roman, he nods in agreement. "Was one of the Riders you used as inspiration named, Kamen Rider Build?" I ask him, he looks at me shocked.

"H-How do you know that?!" He asks me.

"Ah… Well… Hear me out when I say this but..." I say before explaining the same thing I told Mash. After my explanation he sits down awed at the story I explained to him. "Sounds crazy right? But if they came from the future then this mission has to succeed right!" I say optimistically.

"Well it has too if what you say is right… Altho… the Demon Lord part is also scary." Roman-san says as he begins to ponder. "Not to mention it's also likely that they came from a parallel universe. A universe similar to our own, but with differences. So you become a Demon Lord is only something that happened in that universe." Roman-san explains to me. Hey… Yeah! That makes sense! "Heh, it's funny. So many talented people have come together to make it all possible." Roman gets to his feet ready to leave. "It seems pointless to have an average doctor like me on hand, but when they call for me, I go." Roman says.

"I don't think that's true." I speak up. Roman looks back at me. "As my Uncle would say. We can stop and turn back the hand of a clock. But that isn't how life works. Chaldea and many other places, everyone has a role." I explain looking down at my cup. "If even one gear is loose or broken, the whole system could stop working. And it's up to those who can fix or in you're case. Heal those gears to get them back to functing order." I tell Roman as I look up. "You're important like that. You can't have a kingdom without a king." I say to Roman.

"Hmm… I guess you're right. "You can't have a kingdom without a king" huh?" Roman mutters. "Sounds like you're really into clocks and kings huh?" Roman notes. I stand up and smile.

"Of course, I am going to become a king after all!" I proclaim. Roman ponders for a moment before smiling.

"What an odd dream to have in this day and age… But I'm sure you can do-" Roman beings, when suddenly a sound rocks the ground. What the? "What is this?" Roman asks.

"A power outage?" I suggest.

"Chaldea shouldn't have any power outages." Roman says.

"Emergency alert." The comm says. "Fires have broken out in the central power plant and the central control room." The announcer says. What? "The central division bulkhead will close in 240 seconds." The… Control room… I drop my drink in shock. "All personnel, please evacuate from the gate two immediately." The control room… Mash, the director, and the other Masters! "To repeat, fires have broken out in the central power plant and central control room." I rush to the door and it opens as I approach, I turn right and begin running.

"Hey!" Roman tires to stop me. But I ignore him and keep running, Roman then chases after me. We ran through the halls and rooms towards the control room. Approaching the main room, the door opens, the sight shocks the both of us. Fires and rubble littered the room, with more rubble still falling.

"Oh my god..." I mutter.

"Only Chaldeas is unharmed?" Roman says looking up at Chaldeas. "It's possible this was an act of sabotage." Roman hypothesise.

"Suspension of power output unit confirmed. Insufficient power generation." The announcer says.

"This is bad!" Roman exclaims.

"Unable to switch to reserve power. Personnel, please manually switch to reserve. To repeat..." The announcer says.

"I'll go to the basement power plant!" Roman says before running back towards the door.

"Isn't that dangerous?!" I shout.

"I can't let the light of Chaldea go out." Roman explains. "Weren't you the one who told me every gear is important? Well, I'm doing my part." Roman says. "You need to go back the way you came now!" Roman says before running down the hall as the door closes. Well… If you're going to say that… I'll see what I can do.

"Bulkhead closing in 180 seconds..." The announcer says. Besides. I'm not letting anyone die on me… "All remaining personnel in the central division, please evacuate from Gate two immediately." I begin to run through the rubble, and towards where pods sit under Chaldeas. Those must be where the Master, director, and Mash are! Dropping down into the water, I run around.

"It is an honor to encounter you again, my Overlord." I hear before I turn to the same man I meet before Geiz attacked me.

"You! Who are you? What did you just call me? Overlord?" I ask, the man turns to me before kneeling down. "Are you a friend of Tsukuyomi and Geiz?" I ask him, the man stands back up.

"My name is Woz. Unlike Tsukuyomi and Geiz, I am on your side." Woz greets before he takes out a book. The book's title is: The Twilight Chronicle. "According to this book, you will rise to become the ruler of time, by walking a path of conquest." Woz explain

"That's not important right now! Do you know where Mash is?" I ask Woz, he looks at his book before pointing in a direction.

"She is that way my Overlord." Woz says, I look at him before bowing. I rush in the direction that Woz pointed me towards.

"Mash! Where are you?!" I shout running through the water and rubble.

"Rayshift system transferring to final stage. Coordinates: January 30th, 2004 CE. Fuyuki, Japan."

"Mash!" I shout, looking around.

"Fou~ Fou~!" I hear, Fou! And the way Fou is speaking… It must be! I run towards where Fou is.

"Laplace conversion protection in place." I continue to run through the fire and rubble towards Fou. "Additional factor frame towards the Singularity secured." I reach the top of some rubble to see where Mash is. "Unsummon program set. Masters, please enter the final adjustments." No… No! I see Mash. The lower half of her body has been crushed under a massive piece of rubble. Fou is next to Mash cooing.

"Mash!" I shout running over.

"S-Sen...pai…?" She manages to say.

"Mash, hang in there! I'm coming to help you!" I shout coming closer.

"No, that's..." I look at Mash's injuries. Blood is coming out from her lower end… Was I… Too… No… NO! That's not stopping me from trying! I run over to the block, I kneel down to grab the rock. When I do it's crazy hot. Ow!

"Never mind me..." Mash says. I pull my sleeves over to cover my hands as I go to grab the rubble again. "Please… You need to… Run..." Mash says.

"No...Way…" I say trying to pull up the rubble.

"Please, just run… There's no-" Mash says.

"Like hell I'm leaving my friend to die!" I shout when I hear a horn go off. Huh?

"Warning to observation staff. Chaldeas condition has changed." The announcer says. We both look up to Chaldeas to see that Chaldeas has turned red. "Shiva's near-future observation data will be overwritten. The survival of the human race on Earth for the next 100 years cannot be confirmed." The announcer says. No...Way… "The future of humanity cannot be guaranteed."

"Chaldeas is..." Mash mutters.

"Central bulkhead will now be sealed." The distant sound of bulkheads closing is heard off in the distance. "Commencing interior cleansing in 90 seconds." I… Was too late.

"Senpai… I'm sorry." Mash apologies. "Because of me..." Mash mutters.

"No, it's me… I wasn't fast enough." I say. "... No we can't think that way. I'm sure we'll find a way out of this." I assure Mash. No point thinking badly in this situation. I let go of the rubble, and sit down next to Mash. "Are you okay, Mash?" I ask.

"Yes… Thank you..." Mash assures me. I look at her cracked glasses. I… should have done something…

"Seeking qualified Masters…. Seeking..." I look out over the rubble and fire.

"Senpai?" Mash asks. "You can't see… the sky… at all… from here." Mash says. She really did want to see the blue sky… I clenched my fist in anger at not being able to do anything. At… At least I could comfort Mash...

"You're right! Because there's always a blizzard here..." I tell Mash. "Someday, I want to show you the… No. I will show you the sky one day, Mash." I assure her. "I promise you, you will see it someday. As someone who will become a king I promise." I promise to her. I just wish I could follow though… Damn it.

"Senpai..." I look down at Mash who's reaching out to me. "I'm sorry… M-May I hold your hand?" She asks me. I smile as I take her hand.

"Of course." I take both of my hands and I take Mash's. She's getting so cold. I put on a fake smile for her. Mash smiles back at me. More rubble begins to fall around us as the fire spreads. I just hope… The director and the others manage to survive.

"Resetting contact with suitable designee number 20." The room begins to crumble as Mash closes her eyes. "Starting Unsomming program. Beginning Spiritron conversion. Rayshift beginning in 3… 2… 1... All operations cleared. Beginning First Order verification."

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"Kyuu~ Fou~!" I feel something rub against me. That tickles… I open my eyes to see smoke filled skies… I turn my head to the left to see Fou who licks my cheek. I sit up, I'm in the middle of a cross section of a road.

"Where am I?" I ask, looking around I see a city reduced to rubble. Like something straight out of a disaster, or apocalypse movie. I stand up seeing even more of the damage. Cars flipped, crushed, or crashed into rubble or buildings. The streets destroyed, and windows, shattered glass all over. I look towards the flames, a feeling of fear shivers up my spine. That's when I notice something crimson red in the distance flying into the air. Huh? What's- That's! The crimson red object approaches fast, before disappearing above me. A flash of light before it rains down crimson red arrows. Fou! I grab Fou and try and block with my body, when I hear something heavy and metal being put up behind me. The arrows his causing an explosion that kicks up dust. I hold Fou close to me, but when I notice nothing hitting me I turn around. "M-Mash! You're… Alive!" Carrying a massive shield, Mash blocks incoming fire. She's now dressed in knight like armor that covers her chest and lower waist, boots at her feet, long stockings, arm covers that approach Mash's shoulders, no longer with her glasses.

"I'll explain later. But for now, please stay down." Mash orders me. I look up to see more crimson arrows flying towards us. I brace again, as the onslaught of arrows continue before suddenly stopping. Is it over?

We are Observer…

On top of a tall tower stands the Archer responsible for the arrows. Lowering his bow, he looks at the work he's done. "Well, Well..." He mutters impressed at the shield Mash carries. The Archer summons a blade into his right hand and puts it into his bow. Pulling back the string, the blade changes shape into a crackling spiraling arrow, pulsing with energy. Off in the distance a man puts out his hand and draws a Rune into the air. This catches the Archers attention. A pink ball of energy is shot at the Archer who's forced to dodge, the shot hits the towers blowing the top part off. The man who shot the beam hides his face with a hood before he fades away and disappears.

We are Sougo

"Looks like he retreated." Mash says. I let go of Fou as he runs over to Mash, Fou jumps onto Mash's shoulder. "Ah, it's good to see you too Fou." Mash says, with Fou rubbing his head against Mash's cheek.

"Mash, that outfit..." I ask looking at her. Mash turns to look at me.

"This is..." Mash begins to say, when off in the distance we heard a loud scream. Someone else is here? "Master, your commands." I look at Mash. "You and I will get through this situation together, Senpai!" Mash says with a determined face. R-Right! No point in worrying about things now! I stand up.

"Okay. Come on Mash, let's go and save whoever that is." I order as I run towards the scream. Mash follows behind me.

We are Observer

A woman runs down the destroyed street with skeletons hot on her trail. The skeletons jump over rubble and cars as they begin to approach the woman. Olga runs with all her might, but trips on a rock and falls over, skeletons fast approaching her.

"What the hell?!" Olga shouts as she points her left hand, pointing with her finger as a magic circle appears at the tip of her finger. Shooting off a ball of energy it hits one of the Skeletons reducing it to ashes. The skeletons pause for a moment before they laugh with their bones cracking. "Wha… Then try two!" Olga takes out a phone twisting number pad into a handle and pressing enter.

"Single mode!" Olga opens fire with both hands armed, shooting down the skeletons.

"Why do these kinds of things always happen to me?!" Olga shouts, when she hears something from above. She looks up to see a skeleton jump from a light pole down towards her. Instinctively, Olga points and shoots at the Skeleton. The skeleton dodges and goes to swing. "Help me, Leff!" Olga shouts, when something blocks the blade.

We are Sougo

Climbing over the rubble I run over to see that Mash got in the way of a skeleton? What? Behind her, I see the Director.

"Ah! Director! Mash, push these Skeletons back!" I order running over.

"Right, Senpai!" Mash shouts as she swiftly takes out the Skeleton in front of her and moving to take down the other Skeletons. She absolutely tears though the Skeletons, using her shield as a weapon bashing and smashing her enemies. She even uses the shield as a stand to lift herself up to kick skeletons.

"Director?! Are you alright?" I ask checking on Director, she looks at me with a surprised face.

"You! What are- Ah!" Director looks back at the fight as Mash finishes up. Mash jumps into the air and smashes the last skeleton with her shield. Mash runs over to join us.

"Director, are you hurt?" Mash asks.

"But what is going on?" Director asks Mash.

"This is Singularity F. Fuyuki, 2004." Mash explains to the Director. "It may be hard to believe, but I..." Mash begins to explain, but Director cuts in as she stands up.

"You're a Demi-Servant, right? I could tell just by looking at you." Director exclaims. "What I want to know is, why didn't it succeed until now!" Director demands.

"I'm sure you know that Chaldea prepared a Servant beforehand in order to resolve the investigation of Singularity F." Mash explains. So they were preparing, but she was dying… I remember looking at Mash. "Right before I died, he offered me the contract." The Servant? "In exchange for giving me the ability of a Heroic Spirit and Noble Phantasm, he wanted me to eliminate the cause of the Singularity." Mash says. Wow, who ever that Servant is quite selfless. "So I merged with the Servant to become a Demi-Servant." Mash finishes explaining.

"Then this substitute commoner has become your Master?" Director asks me. Huh?

"A Master? You mean I- Ah." Looking on the back of my hand is a red seal like mark. An ornate mark split into three pieces. What the? What are these?

"That Command Spell proves it." Director states. Command Spells? So… H-How do I use them? My thought is interrupted when I hear my watch ring. Wait, watch? I pull back my sleeve to see the same SmartWatch that Dr Roman had on him on my arm. Oh, guess they must have put this on me. I answer as a staticy image of Dr Roman comes though.

"I final-y go through! Hell- hear- Me?" Dr Roman asks.

"What, Dr. Roman? I didn't catch that? What did you say?" I ask, Director takes her phone and straightens it out before putting in a phone number and pressing Enter.

"Calling." The phone says, as from Dr Roman's end something Rings.

"Wh-" Dr. Roman says from the other side before the phone was answered. "Ah looks like, Wha?! Director! Wait then, that means that you were also caught up in the Rayshift with Mash and Tokiwa too?!" Roman exclaims surprised, the video and audio much more clear. I end my call and walk over to Director. "Amazing… Without being in a Coffin, the three of you had to withstand the Conscious-" Director cuts in.

"Why have you taken control, Romani?" Director asks. "Why is the Head of the Medical Section in that Chair? Where's Leff?" Director asks again. Oh yeah, the professor… What did happen to him? He was in the command center right? Roman's face gets serious as he responds.

"Professor Leff was right in the middle of that explosion. I can't see any hope of his survival." Roman says. No…

"No..." Olga mutters. Director.

"The reason I've been entrusted with operational command is because there isn't anyone left who outranks me." Roman explains. Oh my god…

"Then what about the Master potentials?" Director asks. "What happened to the 47 people who were in Coffins?!" Right! I saw them in the tubes, they looked all right. So they must still be alive right? We look at Roman for the answer.

"All of them are in Critical condition." Roman tells us. No… "At this rate..." Roman begins but is cut off again by the Director.

"Don't be foolish!" Director shouts surprising all of us. "Transfer them to cryopreservation immediately!" Director quickly orders. "Our top priority is to ensure their survival! And Get me a status report on the status of Chaldea at once!" Director states.

"I'll do it at once!" Roman says before leaving to carry out the Director's orders. Mash, Fou, and I look at the director.

"Director..." Mash asks.

"As long as they don't die, this can all be justified later." Director mutters to herself as she ponders her next action. "I can't possibly carry the burden of 47 lives on my back." Director mutters, I walk over and tap the Director on her shoulder, she looks at me annoyed. "What?" She exclaims at me.

"Ah, S-Sorry but… Are you going to be okay Director?" I ask her.

"I..." Director thinks for a moment… "I'll let you know… When we know the situation in more detail." Director says to me turning back to the call. Okay… After a few minutes of waiting later, Romani comes back.

"I have an update of Chaldea's current situation." Roman says, all three of us are all ears. "Currently, Chaldea has lost 80% of all functions. Once communications with the outside are restored, I'll request supplies and start reconstruction Chaldea. That's the status." Roman reports to us as he and other remaining staff work to restore all functions.

"Fine, Romani Archman. I'm not happy about it, but until I get back, you're in charge of Chaldea." Director orders.

"Roger. But still… A Demi-Servant, the fusion of a Heroic Spirit and a human… I can't believe it succeed at a time like this." Roman says. I look at Fou sitting on my shoulder, I rub his cheek with one of my fingers. Before Fou goes to pat me on the cheek with his hand.

"Well then, starting now, both Tokiwa Sougo and Mash Kyrielight will begin investigation on Singularity F." Director tells Romani over the phone.

"Right, I wish you luck. If an emergency situation comes up, please contact me." Romani tells us.

"Hmph! We can send an SOS, but nobody will come to save us." Director says before hanging up the call, cutting off something that Romani was in the middle of saying. Mash and I walk over to the director.

"Director, are you sure about this?" Mash asks the Director. "We could wait here for help instead." Mash recommends.

"After this incident, I can imagine how much protest we'll get from the Association." Director begins, clenching her fist in concern. "We can't go home empty-handed." Director says before looking to face us. "Sorry, but you'll have to help me, Mash and Tokiwa." Director states to us.

"Roger." Mash firmly says.

"A, R-Roger!" I say standing at attention.

"Groan~ I never thought the day would come when I'd have to rely on a commoner." Director says. Ouch. Suddenly Director gets a call again. Director answers to Romani again. "You're being annoying! What do you-" Romani cuts the Director off.

"Please get away from there right now!" Romani exclaims in a panic. Mash suddenly purks up and readys her shield for combat.

"I'm detecting signs of an enemy!" Mash says. "This is… A Servant!" Mash exclaims.

"We need to move!" I exclaim, Mash nods and all three of us begin to run. What's a servant doing here? I ponder to myself.

"This area in time is the same time as when the Holy Grail War took place." Director states reading my mind.

"It's been confirmed that in 2004, a special ritual called a "Holy Grail War" took place in this city." Mash begins to explain. Hearing that I can't help but feel that this place is becoming more and more familiar, and fear keeps creeping up my back. "A Holy Grail is a magic vessel that contains the foundation of all forms of magic. The Mages in the City of Fuyuki completed a Holy Grail, and summoned seven Heroic Spirit Knights to activate it. The seven Masters battled it out, and in the end the survivor obtained the Holy Grail. But the conclusion isn't recorded, as a mysterious disaster took place, did the ritual succeed? Did it fail? Whatever did happen, the Servants actions ended without anyone knowing about them." While running I find myself at a loss for words.

"I was here." I mutter. Mash and Director looks at me with confusion and shock.

"Fou~ Fou~!" Fou-kun exclaims we all look ahead and stop when chains, suddenly appear blocking our path forward.

"What… Why are these chain-" I begin to reach out to grab when Director grabs my hand.

"No, don't touch it!" Director tells me, when the chains begin to move, Director jumps back pulling us both away. Narly doding the chain that was about to grab me.

"Director! Master!" Mash exclaims.

"Too bad..." We hear and we look to where the sound came from. "The fresh prey got away." In a flash of purple light, a figure appears at the top of the hill. It's a woman, with pale white skin, red markings across her body, pink hair, dressed in tattered clothes, and a hood that covers the rest of the woman's head. I can barely make out amber eyes but that's about it, she also carries a weird sickle or scythe like weapon. "An unknown Servant and an unknown Master. Ah~ How young and fresh..." Her words are cold and distant, Mash readies her shield.

"A Servant! But I don't see her Master..." Mash says.

"This world has already gone Mad. A Servant without a Master doesn't surprise me." Director says, the Servant walks towards what looks like a Statue? The Servant chuckles while caressing the head of the Statue… Wait… the positioning makes… No.

"Those are..." I mutter in fear, hoping it's not what I think it might be.

"...Former humans." Director confirms. Oh my god… "Looks like that Servant turned them to stone." I look beyond the Servant to see more people frozen in stone with chains wrapped around them. I could've nearly become one of them. I look at all the terrified faces of the poor souls.

"My god… Why would you do this?" I ask looking at the Servant, she looks at me.

"You complain? When you wander into my hunting ground, I'm free to treat you however I please, am I not?" The Servant says before grabbing the head of the Statue and tears it off, blood shoots out of the neck cavity. The very sight causes me to freeze in shock. "Do not worry. I've lost one statue, but now I'm going to have three new ones." She states licking some of the blood of her face, as it dissipates or is it absorbed?

"Our only option is to fight." Mash states. Fight?

"Can you take her?" Director asks.

"Yes." Mash responds, I step back. Before Director taps me on the shoulder before handing me her phone.

"Take the Faiz Phone X. Better to have some kind of protection than nothing." Director tells me. I nod as I take the phone.

"Hope this can do something." I mutter to myself as I change the phone to gun mode and press enter. "Single mode." The Servant chuckles at our gestures.

"Oh, how bold. How Fresh… Is this your first time fighting as a Servant? Then, as you're Senpai, I'll teach you." The Servant says spinning her lance into her hands. Pointing my gun, I express.

"Shit, she's ready to kill this lady." I say almost taking a step back. Director responds.

"Stay on your feet." The Servant takes a step towards Mash, Mash having her shield at the ready.

"Be careful of what you say and do. For once the word "Fight" passes you're lips, it has already begun." The Servant disappeared suddenly, then she appears again before Mash's shield, the Servant swings with her spear, the impact kicking up dust and a blast of wind. The Servant winds up for a second attack, this time she thrusts at a point at the shield. Yet Mash's shield holds up, she proceeds to strike again and again. "You're desperate. Excellent. But be careful, my lance is the Lance of Immortal Killing. Any wound this lance delivers cannot be healed by any means. Even if by some miracle you could completely heal your entire body.(winds up for a strong attack) Do you understand? If you make the slightest error, you'll be a failure of a Servant for the rest of your life!" Lancer exclaims in glee, as she swings, but Mash moves forward, the pipe hitting Mash's shoulder. So it's the blade that does the damage! Mash charges Lancer ramming into her and to the ground. Lancer jumps into the air and onto the chains that were before us. "Being too fresh can grate on the nerves." This is looking bad… I doubt this phone can do much against her… And Lancer got much more experienced than Mash… What do I do? Lancer lets out her hair that change from snakes to chains that box the four of us inside. "I will entangle you all with my hair." Lancer mutters.

"I'm no match for her… Please run, Senpai! Director!" The chains speed towards me before suddenly changing direction and going around where Director is.

"What the?!" Director shouts surprised. "Director!" I shout shocked. Mash charges past me towards Director.

"Director! Watch out!" Mash manages to get the way of the chains, Mash's enormous shield blocking the chains from wrapping around them. But now, the two are blocked off from the fight.

"A shame." Lancer says standing back up picking up her lance. "Then it's back to you… Let's see how long you last without you're shield!" Lancer shouts shooting towards me, I'm barely able to react as Lancer is now standing right before me. As Lancer begins to thrust her lance at me, time seems to slow down. I have to move! I run out of the way, seeing that everyone is still slow as a snail… What is going on?! Lancer then seems to return to normal speed, taking a moment to see where I am… "Wha… Well, that's a surprise. I'd thought you had run for a moment." Lancer mutters.

"W-Well, I'm not running!" I state aiming my phone. "A King doesn't run from his problems!" I shout. Lancer looks at me before she lets out a laugh.

"A King? Are you a Fool? Only an Idiot would dream up such things!" Lancer shouts at me. She starts to me. I start shooting at her, only for her to deflect the shots, some I miss completely. Damn it!

"So what if I am a fool!" I shout at her, before Lancer swings at me. As the blade swings at me, the blade seems to slow down. Again? Whatever! It's helping me! I move out of the way firing off a few shots. I back up, things moving at normal speed again. "I won't let you, or the destruction of humanity stop me! I… I get the feeling I can't lose!" I shout, that's when I hear a chuckle.

"Ya got some guts kid. Wanting to become a King, huh? That's pretty commendable dream you got. I like it. That's why I can't leave you like this." A voice speaks out from all directions.

"Who are you?" Lancer asks. I take a moment, before I quickly aim and shoot Lancer before making distance. "Arhg! Bastard!" Lancer shouts.

"Who? Look at me and you'll know… Old Friend." I look over to see a man donned in a blue hood with white fur around the edges, to his shoulder are short blue cloaks with a white pattern on them, a black undersuit with a yellow rim at the neck, a gauntlet on the left arm, a long white and blue drape with a fancy design across them. Leg armor at the legs, and barefoot. With him he carries a large wooden staff with long top end protruding forwards with a symbol engraved into the wood. At the top of the wood protrusion, sitting at the tip is a small ring with what looks like 3 feathers strung to the ring.

"You… You're… Caster!" Lancer recognises.

"Heh. Nice to see you again." Caster greets flipping off his hood. "Why do you side with these wanderers?" Lancer shouts at Caster.

"Eh~?(swipes hand as runes appear) Because it's better than being on your side, of course!" Caster shouts before casting a Rune burn bright red and yellow as they launch towards Medusa, a large explosion engulfed the area, breaking the chains and freeing Mash and Director. The three of us regroup, and Caster walks down to us as well.

"I'm a Caster Servant. For a certain reason, I consider her an enemy." Caster explains to us. "The Enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my ally, but for now, you can trust me. Get in position, young lady. Skill aside, your courage is second to none. You too, Kid. You wanna become a king? Then I'll leave it to you for the commands, if you call yourself a man, steel yourself! It'd be a temporary contract, but out of regard for that brave young lady, and you're wish to become a king. I'll become your Servant. For now." Caster deals.

"Ah… Yeah… Thanks, Caster. Lend us your strength." I ask Caster, he gives me a solid nod.

"Heh. That's fine with me. It means I can kill you earlier than planned.(stands up) I'll take you while you're still flesh and blood.(spins lance into attack pose) Heh." Lancer state smirking at us. The broken chains from before reform as the move towards Caster from the left and right. Caster jumps into the air to dodge, with the chains flying after him. Caster maneuvers himself though the chains.

"Agh!" I look to see Caster being knocked to the ground with Lancer chasing after him. Caster does his best to dodge his attacks, with Lancer trying her best to hit him. Mash, the Director, and I all go to observe him. He's clearly been through a scenario like this before. Caster maneuvers his target though her own battle ground, knocking into the statues in the process. The two jump high into the air, Director runs over.

"Ah! Aim for Lancer!" Director orders as she and I take aim.

"It's all you can do is to just run away! It seems you don't even have time to cast a spell right?" Lancer taunts.

"Shoot!" Director states opening fire. We shoot at Lancer, she twirls her blade to deflect our shots. Director's shot almost hit their marks, with Medusa having to knock away one of her shots. But all of my shots miss. Damn! I don't have any practice with a gun! Caster lands and narrowly dodges a smash attack by Lancer, causing Caster to be backed up by a building.

"This is what you get for opening your big mouth. This is what happens when you express your intentions." Lancer taunts again before winding up for another attack.

"Heh." Caster chuckles.

"Now's your chance! Mash! Now!" I shout as Mash jumps in deflecting the attack. The knock back of the attack knocks Lancer back.

"I don't need a chant a spell to use Runes.(gesture with hand) Go back to school, you dimwit!" Caster gestures stepping forward. Under Lancer very feet, a Rune turns red as she's engulfed in flames.

"Sougo! Press Enter on the Phone." Director orders, I look at the key and press enter.

"Exceed Charge!" Energy charges at the barrel. I can't miss this. I say taking aim.

"Now!" Director shouts as fire off one last shot. I manage to hit Lancer, along with Directors shot.

"N-No… AHHH~!" Lancer screams before she falls to the ground, before fading into the air as purple dust… I let out a loud sigh as I fall to my knees. Holy shit… Real Battle is scarier than I realised…

"And, that's one down." Caster states.

"Thank you. You saved us when we were in danger." Mash thanks Caster. Caster walks over and wraps his arm around Mash's shoulder.

"Yeah, good work. We were saved because of your support.(winks) Don't worry about it." Caster begins to rub Mash's shoulder. What the?! This creep! I walk over and cut between them.

"Okay! Hold up Caster-san.(pushes away the two) We have enough to worry about without you being a fukboy. Look! Even Fou agrees!" Jumping onto Mash's shoulder, Fou growls at Caster. But Caster just laughs, as he looks to us.

"You have a fine body. No wonder you're being so protective of her." Caster teases. I hear Director sigh as she walks over to us.

"A sexual-harassing old pervert, and a man child with a kids dream." Director jabs. She walks over to me and puts out her hand. I look at my hand to see I still am holding her Faiz Phone X.

"Oh… Thanks." I thank before handing the phone back to her.

"You're welcome." Director says before the phone rings. "Dr. Romani." Director states answering the phone. "You've been monitoring us right?" Director asks Romani who appears.

"I've observed the situation. For now, let's ask him about the situation. It seems like he's a sane Heroic Spirit." Romani reports Caster is in awe of Dr. Roman's projection.

"Whoa?(points) Is that some means of communication through Magecraft?" Caster asks.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. Heroic Spirit, I don't know where you hail from, but it's an honor-" Romani begins to greet but, Caster cuts in.

"There's no need to be so florid. Just state your business quickly. You're good at that, right, weakling?" Caster cuts at Romani's job.

"W-Weaking..." Ouch. Good thing Dr. Roman is a doctor. He should know how to treat that burn. We decide to move to a better location to talk, under a large bridge where no one should hear our conversation. There, Caster explains to us the situation.

"In short, you're Servants from the Holy Grail War that took place in this town, and the only survivor, yes?" Dr. Roman confirms with Caster.

"I didn't lose, if that's what you mean. Somewhere along the line,(grips staff) our Holy Grail War was switched with something else." Caster states crossing his arms.

"Switched?" Director asks. We all pay attention to Caster, as this is something we didn't expect to hear.

"I don't know the details myself. Overnight, the town was blanketed with fire, humans had disappeared, and only Servants remained. Saber was the first to start up the Holy Grail War again. That one has gone on a rampage with relish, like a fish finally getting water. Saber has defeated Archer, Lancer, Rider, Berserker, and Assassin. And then the defeated Servants became corrupted by a Dark Shadow, as you saw with Lancer. I dispose of the black Rider and Assassin before they encountered you. As for the Berserker, well, I think he won't attack as long as we leave him alone." Caster explains to us.

"So if we defeat the remaining Servants…" Dr. Roman ponders.

"The Holy Grail War will be over." Caster finishes his sentence.

"There's a high likelihood of settling the Singularity F abnormality, too.(looks at Caster) Do you know where it is?" Director asks to Caster, he nods before turning to the mountains.

"Yes. At the heart of the land. They're protecting it. The corrupted Holy Grail. Saber and Archer is their. I'll take care of the Archer bastard. I need to settle things between us once and for all." Caster says tightening his grip on his staff. Wait? Has he and this Archer met and battled before? I guess considering the phrasing.

"You really don't mind helping us?" Director asks Caster, Caster looks at her.

"Even though you hardly know anything about our situation?" Caster gives a chuckle before turning back to the mountain range.

"No, I don't mind. Don't worry about it. I don't get deeply involved with things outside of my own time period. At the end of the day, I cooperate as a weapon. That's the Servant Golden Rule." Caster says, I walk over to him putting out my hand to shake.

"Even so, you're helping us. Even if it's for a short time.(puts out hand.) I hope we get along, Caster." Caster nods and smiles before shaking my hand.

"Sure. Let's get along, King-san." Caster says giving a small chuckle. "Right then, we're off!" Caster says and with introductions and pleasantries out of the way. Me, Mash, Director Olga, and Caster head off towards the mountain range to end the war at its source.

"Your purpose is investigating this abnormality. My purpose is to draw the Holy Grail War to a close. So in a jovial manner our interests line up and we've joined forces." Caster explains to us we cross through a destroyed city. Caster scouts ahead our path. After a bit of walking we close in on our target location, crossing a destroyed and sunken road. Director goes to climb up to the other side of the road, when Caster appears before her at the top of the road, putting his hand out to help Director.

"It's a logically sound decision." Director says taking Caster's hand before being easily lifted up with one hand. Director goes up and over and back onto the road.

"Still it's unusual." Casters notes as he leans in on Director.

"You don't have potential to be a Master?" Caster observes.

"Really? I would have figured." I say climbing up.

"What of it?" Director exclaims pushing Caster away.

"I mean, you're a first-class Mage. You just don't have the potential to be a Master? Is it a curse?" Caster suggests. Crossing her arms, Director exclaims.

"What difference does it make? I'm here, I'm helping. End of story." You know she's completely right. End of story, is how I'd like to jump in but I get the feeling that it wouldn't make much sense. Caster sighs as he turns away from Director.

"You've got a first-class stubborn streak, too." Caster notes.

"What did you just say!?" Director exclaims. Oh boy… I look over to see Mash with a concerned look on her face. Is she getting tired?

"Mash? What's wrong? Sorry, did I overwork you?" I apologized to her.

"No! No, I'm fine. I'm operating perfectly. But…" I look at Mash confused. Hmm?

"Oh, I know what it is." Director states, Caster nods in agreement. I look around.

"What? Am I the only one left out?" I ask confused, Mash clenches her fists stating.

"Senpai, I can't use my Noble Phantasm yet." Noble Phantasm, where have I heard- oh yeah! The simulation!

"Noble Phantasm, you're finisher move?" I ask. Director walks over to me.

"Yes, their also connected to they're weapons that Servants use." I look back at Mash.

"But Mash's weapon is a-" I being to argue. But Mash cuts in stating.

"No, this shield hasn't shown me it's true form yet." Mash states looking at the shield. That doesn't help in me understanding what a Noble Phantasm is. Director lets out an angered sigh.

"You said you didn't know what kind of Servant you merged with, so I figured this was the issue." Director states in disappointment crossing her arms..

"I'm sorry." Mash apologises.

"It's not all your responsibility. An outstanding Master should be able to analyze the Servant with whom he has contract." Director states at me.

"I didn't really have time. But I guess I could-(hand pulls at cheeks) Owowowowowow!" I exclaim in pain.

"You're way too low in level!" Director states. I try and pull away stating.

"I-I'm sorry, but I was trying too-(more tugging) Owowowowowowo!" As I cry out in pain, Caster walks over to join us.

"Sorry for interrupting the fun…(everyone looks over) but a Noble Phantasm is about instinct.(point at Sougo) If something happens that calls upon instinct… It will awaken Naturally." Caster then points his staff at me. I take a step back.

"Now hold on!" I shout in reaction. Mash and Director get in the way of me, blocking. Director takes point putting her arms out to block with her whole body. Director... Caster just smirks as he disappears.

"I keep forgetting that he could turn on us at any second." I state lowering my watch.

"I'm tired. Let's rust a bit up ahead, Sougo keep that belt on you at all times on this mission. We won't know if we need it or not." Director orders.

"Yes mam." I look down at the symbol on my hand. A Masters ability to use a Servant… "You coming?" Director asks, as I chase after her and Mash.

"Yeah! Hold up!" I chase after her and towards an abandoned school at the top of the hill.

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Abandoned School…

Taking shelter in the abandoned school, the entire place is silent. It hurts knowing this place used to be filled with life and is now… desolate. I walk out into the hallway to see Fou and Mash looking out the window and to the sky. I walk over, Fou noticing me and letting Mash know of my presence. "Senpai." She says turning to me.

"Aren't you cold in that? It doesn't look to help with temperature." I ask her walking over to her, she shakes her head.

"I'm fine. It seems this form isn't affected by temperature." Mash says placing a hand on her chest. Is that so?

"I see… That's nice.(looks down)... I'm sorry." "Huh?" Mash asks confused. I turn to the window telling her.

"I keep putting you through hard times, Mash. If your Master was some First-Class Mage instead of some commoner, your burden would probably be lighter.(takes out watch) If only I could figure out how to use this." I say trying my best to stay calm, but I'm having a really hard time. "I was told if I use this, I will gain incredible power… But..." I mutter, Mash looks at me confused. "I was told that if I use this, I would become Oma Zi-O… I'm still not sure if I want to take that chance." I mutter, then I hear Mash smile.

"You really are Human, Senpai. I'm happy. Happy I could form a contract with you as a Servant...(looks out) Hey, was there a blue sky here, too?" She asks looking up to the sky. I look up at the sky.

"Yeah, there had to be…" I tell her. A blue sky would be nice right about now.

We are Olga

I look at the two as they look out the window. Despite my words earlier, I'm impressed that he hasn't broken down in the past few hours. With pebbles in my hand, I turn and walk up the stairs. He's managed to keep himself together despite having so many things thrown at him. I exit out onto the roof, placing the pebbles onto the ground and I begin to make a magical circle. I begin to pattern Runes onto the stones as the bright yellow hue of my magic circle glows around me. "Stars, cosmos, gods, animus, hollow, void, anima, Animusphere." I chant. It's then that Caster appears and walks over to me.

"You're working hard." Caster greets.

"Better than nothing, right?" I respond, continuing my work.

"I see." Caster walks over and picks up one of the pebbles.

"Hey, don't touch them without permission!" I exclaim to Caster, I let out a small sigh.

"There's something important that I haven't confirmed yet." I ask.

"What is it?" Caster asks me.

"Do you know the True Name of the Saber Servant? You speak as if you've fought with her several times." I ask him, clenching the pebble in his hand, he confirms.

"Yes, I know. Anyone who's been struck by her Noble Phantasm would realize her identity. Pulling the sword from a stone selects a king. It's the most famous holy sword of all, even in your time period. It's name is Excalibur." Caster says. What?!

"Excalibur!? Then… King Arthur." I deduce, Caster nods.

"The sword indeed belongs to King Arthur, the celebrated King of Knights." Caster states, no way, and he wants those two to battle the King of Knights? Is he insane?! Angered I exclaim to Caster.

"And you're just tell those two, to fight King Arthur?! Mash hasn't even unleashed her Noble Phantasm before and Sougo doesn't know the full extent of his own powers!" I exclaim to Caster, but Caster is unfazed.

"The young lady has that shield, and the kid has more to him than meets the eye." Even if that's true…

"But their only beginners." I tell Caster.

"I'm wary of that shield, there was a bowman who targeted that young lady. If the Archer makes a move, then the Saber is definitely involved. And if my hunch is right…" His words connect as I piece things together… That's when an explosion rocks the building. What the?!

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We are Sougo

Mash and I run out to see what happened. Only to a creature that looks like… I can't get a good look. "What's wrong?! What is that thing?!" I look more closely. Build? How… No, it looks like some kind of Organic lookalike! "That looks like Build… But it's not? What's going on?!" I ask.

"Senpai! Step back, please leave it to me!" Mash says, before Fou jumps of her shoulder and onto mine as she runs into battle.

We are Observer

Sitting atop a roof's railing, the Time Jacker looks on as his Build battles the Demi-Servant. "So… A Build Alter Versus a Demi-Servant..." A smile forms on the Jackers face. "It doesn't matter if she wins anyways, so… What will you do now Zi-O?" Jacker mutters.

We are Sougo

"Kiyaa~!" Mash shouts as she's knocked back, using her shield to block. Mash! I step forwards to try and held. "No, Senpai! Stay back!" Mash warns me.

"I can't do that!" I shout charging the creature, only to have him backhand me. I hit the ground as the Ride Watch drops to the ground, it's then that Caster arrives with the Director. I pick up the watch and look at it.

"Kid! Don't do anything hasty!" Caster shouts as he runs past me and helps Mash fight. I stare at the watch before I get up to my feet. "This will grant you incredible power." Tsukuyomi's words echo through my head.

"... In that case, I… I'll become a king." I say, before I hear Caster being pushed back. I look over to see the Build Creature keeping Caster back with a Basketball. "Stop it!" I shout running over, only for the Build Creature to grab me by the throat.

"You idiot!" Director shots.

"Senpai!" Mash shouts.

"Kid!" Caster shouts. Build's grip tightens… Then someone fires a shot hitting the creature releasing his grip. I look over to see who it is, to see Tsukuyomi.

"Tsukuyomi!" I shout, the Creature then begins attacking Tsukuyomi, Mash and Caster goes to help. I grab the watch and I look at it again.

"Get rid of that watch!" Tsukuyomi shouts at me while she fights. "That's enough nonsense about becoming a king!" Tsukuyomi shouts at me again… No… I'm not letting this chance leave me this time!

"It's not nonsense, I want to be a king!" I proclaim. "I want to make the world a better place. I want to save Humanity. I want to make people happy!" I say thinking back to the statues. They didn't deserve to die like that. A benevolent king would never allow that! "When I think like that, the only choice is to become a king!" I proclaim.

"Yes." I hear as Woz appears besides me, with his hood upon him. "You simply must become king." He proclaims, Tsukuyomi looks over and she's dumbfounded by Woz's appearance.

"Woz…? What are you doing here?!" Tsukuyomi asks.

"Zi-O's power is unrivaled throughout time." Woz says before flipping his hood off. "Use that power and the world, including the past and future, will be yours to shape." Woz explains to me. But then… If I do… I remember the rebel soldiers that never had a chance to say goodbye, before being wiped out by my future self…

"But if I do, won't I become the most evil overlord of all time?" I ask.

"You'll become a what?!" Director asks.

"Which is why you shouldn't! Don't bring about that evil!" Tsukuyomi shouts shooting the creature. I look at the watch again…

"I've made up my mind." I say. "I will become that overlord… But I won't be feared and despised." I say before I turn my attention back towards the fight. "I'll become the greatest and most beloved overlord of all time!" I proclaim, everyone looking at me confused. As I say, the watch lights up, as the hands of a clock appears before they spin around to high noon, a flash of light later. The Watch now has a white face, with a symbol of Kamen and 2018 listed on it.

"Eh?" I mutter looking at it.

"This is for you, my overlord." Woz says stepping over, with a belt sitting atop a fine pillow. Woz kneels down before lifting the pillow towards me. The belt has a screen, with the surroundings being white. Directly to the left and right is a gunmetal grey separator leading to two slots. This all sits on a strap piece. I take the belt off the pillow. "You should already know how to use it." Woz tells me. As if it were natural, I know which way to put it before I strap it on.

"Ziku Driver!" The belt exclaims as belt strap flies around my waist before connecting to the other side of the belt. Holding the watch in my right hand, I give it a quick glance, before I put the watch out to the side. I turn the face to complete the Rider face, then I press down on the crown. "Zi-O!" I bring the watch back to the belt and slide it into the right slot. Standby music plays as I press on the crown on the belt, the face tilting down right. I bring both of my out and around then to my side, as behind me a series of clocks connect to one massive clock with it's hands turning, while the other clocks spin in synch. Twisting my hands back.

"Henshin!" I shout, everyone looking at me. I bring my left arm down, onto the belt as I spin the face 360. A bell rings as the spin completes, the world seems to spin with me.

"Rider Time! Kamen Rider~ Zi-O!" The belt exclaims. The clocks behind me return to their original position, the big clock's hands creates a V fin, and the Katakana for Rider appear in pink in the large clock. The Katakana goes flying off the clock, as watch strap rings being to swirl and move around me. Each time they pass over me the suit forms, before they blast away and the Katakana attaches to the face of the helmet.

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The Zi-O armor has a color scheme of black, light blue, bits of white, and bits of pink. The helmet looks like an Analogue clock, with the strap going from the back of the chest plate to the front of under belt. The helmet has an analogue design, with the hands of the clock creating a V fin, the forehead and mouth piece are simply white clock piece. The visior with the hiragana for Rider on it, above is a clock symbol with the smooshed symbol of Kamen. The chest has the watch strap down the middle, both sides are symmetrical at the ends of each shoulder piece is a crown. The hands have watch holders on each arm, watches lining both arms. The gloves are black with pink armor over the fingers and the back of the hand. At the waist is a belt with the Zi-O Ride Watch on it, on the belt is a screen at the center with the date 2019 on it. Their are light blue knee armor, and armored legs.

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"Rejoice!" Woz exclaims opening his book. I'm too busy taking in the fact that I transformed. "He is the heir to the powers of all Riders. The lord of time, traveling beyond time and space to reign over past and future… His name is Kamen Rider Zi-O, and you have borne witness to the dawn of his advent." Woz introduces, closing the book.

"Oh, no..." Tsukuyomi mutters.

"I think..." I mutter looking at myself. "I can do this!" I say before I charge towards the Build monster, the two of us trade fists. My fist hits first a blast of energy knocking the monster back. I look at my fist. Whoa! That was awesome! "It's working!" The creature gets up and swings at me, I dodge his first attack before I begin deflecting the next few attacks. I punch only for the creature to dodge around me, I quickly turned around and punched again hitting him. I charge again, roundhouse kicking hitting the creature and knocking him to the ground. The creature recovers and charges me again, I straight kick the creature in the groin before uppercutting. "Haaa…!" I shout as I wound up a punch and I strike. "Raah!" My fist slams into the creatures face sending it to the ground. Whoa, this suit is amaz- That's when my thoughts are cut off.

"Senpai! Look out!" I hear Mash as I look straight ahead to see a basketball slam into my face, the impact caused me to fall to the ground. Ow… could really use a weapon… Just as I think that. My belt shines as the Katakana for Sword appears.

"Zikan Blade! Ken!" A sword materializes, the word sword in Katakana on the blade. The blade is designed with the same clock motif as me. The blade is double edged, with a slot for a watch on the guard, the blade seems to be on a hinge. Wonder what that does? Better leave that for later. I look back at the creature as it throws it's ball at me again. I deflect with my blade before I pull the trigger of the blade. Swinging I slice the next ball in half, I charge up to the creature and swing and hit the creature knocking it to the ground.

"Whoa, this blade is amazing!" I exclaim, the creature gets to its feet again. Creating a basketball and bouncing it off the ground a few times before launching into the air. The slot on the blade! I remove my watch from the belt and into the blade.

"Finish Time!" The blade exclaims as I launch myself into the air, pulling the trigger of the blade. "Zi-O Giri Giri Slash!" I swing cutting both the ball and the creature into two. The Creature explodes behind me in a brilliant flame I land back on the ground and look at myself.

"Awesome..." I mutter.

"Senpai! That was amazing!" Mash exclaims running over.

"Not bad kid. Took a little bit, but for your first real one on one. You did good." Caster compliments walking over and patting me on the back.

"Huh… I guess we can call the Ride Watch test successful?" Romani asks over the phone with Director walking over.

"I guess… I still can't believe you just transformed." Director says in disbelief. Why do I feel like something is missing? Or I forgot something?

"Looks like you couldn't change history." I hear as we all look over to see a boy around the same age as me, dressed in an all black suit with lines of red outlining, a body strap with a cover around the throat. On his left arm is the same watch holder with two watches on it. "Why did you choose to become an Overlord?!" He shouts at me.

"It's the path I chose." I state. "No… I think I was destined to choose this path, from the moment I was born!" I proclaim, the man stares at me in disbelief, as if he was remembering something. He steels himself and looks back at me.

"I see, in that case, I need to put an end to that destiny right now!" The man says as he reaches to his watch holder and takes off one of the watches. At the same time, he straps on his driver. He looks at the watch before facing it out to me. A red watch! With 2068?! Then is he? He turns the watch's face to make a Rider face before pressing down on the crown.

"Geiz!" The watch exclaims as standby music plays, Geiz brings the watch out to the side before he slots it in. slamming his fist against the crown, the belt tilts digital clocks appear behind him and spin. Geiz puts out both his arms before him, one over the other before he swings his arms around before grabbing both sides of his belt.

"Henshin." Geiz states before swinging the face of the belt 360.

"Rider Time! Kamen Rider! Geiz!" The clocks spin to their original position, the katakana for Rider in sharp lettering appears, as watch strap rings appear around him creating the same Rider that has attacked me, as the Katakana attaches to his visior. Geiz then takes out an orange faced watch and turns it to the Rider face activating it.

"Ghost!" The watch exclaims, before Geiz slots it into the other slot of the belt. He slams his fist against the crown, the belt face tilting. He puts both of his hands on the belt before spinning it. "Armor Time! Kaigan! Ghost~!" Behind Geiz an eye appears as armor materializes inside it, above the tag ring "Armor Time" appears above before it quickly fades, new Katakana flies off the helmet as the armor floats around Geix. The armor attaches onto Geiz. The katakana words for Ghost attach onto the helmet.

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The Ghost Armor is mostly black with bits of orange and white. The helmet changes the mouth and forehead to orange while adding a horn. The chest covers the chest armor, adding an eye icon on it. The shoulder pads have been replaced by large eye devices. There's no new armor on the arms and waist. The legs have new armor with mostly black and designed lines of orange on them.

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"He can transform too?!" Director shouts. "Even use Armor of other Riders?!" She notes looking at the armor.

"Here I come,… Oma Zi-O!" Geiz shouts at me.

"W-Wait! Hold on!" I shout, Geiz ignores me, before brings his hands into a meditation position as 4 parkers fly out of the eyes and charge with Geiz.

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Rayshift 1 Complete.

Next time, on Zi-O/Grand Order!

"You have to die, for the future's sake." Geiz proclaims attacking Zi-O

"Is this really the Oma Zi-O we know?" Tsukuyomi asks.

"Senpai isn't a Demon Lord! Leave him alone!" Mash shouts.

"Do you really believe you can beat me?" Saber asks.

"This is Kamen RIder Zi-O's Build Armor." Woz proclaims.

"The formula to victory has been decided!" Sento exclaims.

"I think we can't lose!" Sougo exclaims.

Rayshift 2: Best Match 2017!