Hey guys and gals, welcome to the newest chapter of Gamindustri Start Rebirth, and this time we'll be getting into something interesting.
That's right, this time around we'll be introducing IF a bit more, and not only that but we'll be introducing a new rider.
That's right, it's time for Kamen Rider Brave so look forward to that and not only that but I also but introducing two new villains.
So with that said, let's do this!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OC's
Compa's house
Third person P.O.V.
We see our heroes back in Compa's house as Compa put on bandages of the girl they saved, who they learned was named IF.
"So what happened back there?" IF asked, rubbing her head "All I remember was you two fighting that monster, then J started getting a really bad headache before passing out" she said, pointing to Reiji and Neptune.
"Yeah, we wanna know too, what happened back there and was what up with that mode change Reiji!" Neptune yelled as Compa nodded "I'd like to know too…".
"Well, it's kind of a long story…" Reiji said, scratching his head as Poppy appeared from the bug visor much to the girl's surprise.
"Wha the-?! Who are you!" IF yelled, as Poppy smiled.
"I'm Poppy Pipopapo! Reiji's guide and I'll be the one explaining everything to you" she said, holding up slides.
"You see you were infected by a special virus called the Bugster virus, which is a special virus that's been infecting people and turning them into giant monsters!".
"A virus that turns people into monsters? That insane there's no way that's true" I said, but Neptune and Compa shook their heads.
"No way! It's true!" Neptune said, with Compa nodding "Yeah, you turned into a huge scary monster and defeated that guard vermin".
"But then why hasn't it been reported by the news or the guild" IF asked, as Poppy smiled.
"Well you see, that's where Reiji comes in," Poppy said, showing a new slide with a picture of a Chibi Reiji with three other silhouettes.
"You see Reiji and three other people were brought to this world to help stop this virus, because if the infected person stays in a monster form for long enough then the virus will take over permanently," Poppy said, much to their shock.
"But don't worry! With Reiji and the other's tools, they can create a special game area where they can safely remove the virus from the person without anyone seeing them or anything getting destroyed" she explained.
"Wait so you are from another world?" IF asked, as Reiji nodded.
"Yeah, I was told that this was just a game but after meeting you guys and seeing those monsters… I'm starting to think this isn't just a game" Reiji said.
"Oh! That must mean I was also chosen as a player but a glitch caused me to lose my memory" Neptune said, making Reiji sigh.
'Remember Reiji, don't tell Neptune her real identity' He thought, remembering what Histoire warned him about.
"Ah Geez, this is just crazy" IF said, shaking her head "If I didn't see you coming from that Game device thing then I would've called you three crazy," she said, looking over at Poppy making her pout.
"Hey! That's mean" she pouted, as Reiji patted her back.
"Anyway, thanks for helping me back there" IF said, standing back up before she gripped her head and fell back down.
"Hey! Don't get up too quickly you still need to rest," Compa said, helping the girl back on the couch.
"Looks like there are still some side effects from the disease, you should at least stay here for the night and rest," Reiji said, but IF shook her head
"N-No I can't, I'm fine I'll just head back to my apartment," she said, trying to get back up but was still a bit dizzy.
"No! You're still weak you need to rest," Compa said, seriously surprising the others.
"Ugh, fine I guess you got a point" IF sighed, as Compa helped her into the guest room.
"So anyway Reiji who do you wanna do now?" Neptune asked, making the boy shrug.
"Not sure, we already finished the quest we were meant to do…".
"Ooh, I have an idea!" Poppy said as they looked toward her "How about we go check out the city since we have nothing else to do!"
"Oh yeah! That sound's awesome!" Neptune said, happily turning towards Reiji "What do you think Reiji?".
"Hmm, yeah that does sound pretty good," I said, standing back up before looking over towards the direction Compa went.
"Hey, Compa! We'll be taking a look around the city we'll be back later" I called, making her nod.
"Okay, but be back before it goes dark," she said, as we nodded.
Poppy turned into energy and went back into the Bugvisor as we left Compa's house to check out the city of Planeptune.
Opening: Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town
(Trumpets blaring)
We see a large character select screen starting up, with our four main riders being chosen before the screen shattered
(The trumpets continued blaring as the screen collected back together revealing the title)
Gamindustri Start Rebirth
(Look at all the faceless gazes that are passing by)
We see Reiji walking down a Colourless street, looking at all the directions
(Fix this hole in my heart if I go left or right)
As everyone around him ignores him, Reiji notices a light as everything goes into colour
(The sky's the limit, this town and everything in it, is so bizarre…)
He looks up at the coloured street, before looking back to see Neptune, IF and Compa running towards him.
(Oh oh Yeah!)
They all passed him, with Neptune looking back motioning for him to catch up making him smile as he chased after them while changing into Ex aid.
(It's just a morning passing by) And reluctantly I'm smiling!
We see Thomas leaning next to a building with his arms crossed, as he transforms into Brave.
(The victor is undecided)And I'm drawn to the mystery!
We then notice Kaitlyn who is walking through the forest, quickly changing into Snipe to fight some monsters
(A hidden starting line) And It's lurking in the shadows
We watch as Ace is looking toward Reiji and his friends before smirking, changing into his rider form and driving after them.
(Somewhere within this town!)
We finally see Genm on top of a building, watching them from the distance.
(The time flies and we're flowing free)
We see Ace, IF and Compa running past someone we couldn't see while waving at them
(Bickering the day away as we)
We then see Thomas and Kaitlyn walking in the other direction, with serious looks on their faces.
(Are dancing all the way around)
The person is then shaken as Reiji and Neptune move past them, as we see the person was Poppy who smiled and ran after them.
(This Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town)
We then see all of the riders attacking the screen, which quickly changed into a picture of Planeptune and the rest of Gamindustri.
Planeptune
Reiji P.O.V.
"Woah…" I said as me and Neptune walked through the futuristic city of Planeptune.
"So cool! I wanted for this to be more of a fantasy world but this works too!" Neptune said, looking around at the shops of the place.
"Ooh wow, these games look so good, ooh! And it's free! And you can pay for some ultra-rare characters" she said, about to run to get the game but I quickly grabbed her.
"Huh! Hey, Reiji come on that game's free!" Neptune said, waving her hands frantically.
"Nope! We are not dealing with that microtransaction bull shit" I said, making her pout "Fiiinnneee".
"Hey! Hey! How about we try out the mall over there" Poppy said, as we both looked up to see a pretty large mall.
"Ooh yeah! Let's do it!" Neptune said, running on ahead surprising up "Ah hey! Neptune slow down!"
"Holy shit!" We both said, at the same time as walked around the gigantic mall of Planeptune there seemed to be everything here, game stores, arcades, clothes shops, weapons shops, cinema and even a food court, the emphasis of the word 'court'.
"Woah! This place looks so cool! Reiki! Let's check out that VR place!" She said as Ryu couldn't help but nod.
"Yeah, this is impressive. Looks like the kind of place they'd have E3 at" I said, as Neptune looked over at me "E3?".
"Oh, right," I said, chuckling. "It's a convention back home where a lot of game developers show off their new games, or sometimes new consoles as well, knowing this place though it's probably called 3E or something".
"Huh cool…" Neptune said, looking down.
This caused me to raise an eyebrow as I looked at her "Something up?".
"I was just wondering what our homeworld was like since I don't remember it," she asked.
This caused my lip to twitch as I looked at the girl in front of me while remembering what Histoire told me.
"Mr Reiji please don't tell Neptune who she is right now"
'Ah Geez, this is going to be tougher than I thought' Reiji thought, before sighing,
"Guess you could say it's pretty normal, it's not as cool or futuristic as this place." I said, "Sorry, not good at explaining stuff".
"Ah That's a bit disappointing," Neptune said, before shrugging "Meh whatever, hey Reiji let"s try out that VR place!"
"Hey! Neptune wait stop running off!" I yelled, chasing after her.
A few minutes later, we made it to the VR place which looked like it was some kind of special even for a game company.
'Wow, this place likes its games, guess it is called Gamindustri for a reason I thought, walking up.
"Hi, you guys want to try out the new VR headset system," the spokesperson said, as we both nodded.
"Yup! That was the idea" Neptune said, as the spokesperson nodded.
"Perfect, this is the Octopus rift," he said, which made me sweatdrop "It's the first real Full dive Vr Headset designed by Avernir's games! We're currently having a demo test to show off the hardware."
"Do we have to sign anything?" I asked, but the man shook his head.
"Nope! Just put your first name on the list and once your turn is here, have fun!" And with that, he offered us the sign-in sheet.
I reached out for the pen Neptune quickly grabbed it first and began signing the sheet.
"Oi!" I said, as she smiled and stuck out her tongue "First come first serve" she said, quickly scribbling down Neptune.
I sighed and took the pen out of her hand before I signed it myself and began walking in.
After that, we walked into the building and began waiting for our turn.
"So Reiji, I've been meaning to ask, why are ya called the genius gamer?" She asked, making me blink.
"Ah, well you see back home I used to be a twitch gamer, basically I let people watch me playing games on the internet, and people just started calling me the genius gamer for being able to beat super hard games" I explained, making Neptune gawk.
"What! So you're some kinda professional gamer" Neptune said, as I scratched my cheek.
"Well, it was more of a hobby and a way to get some extra money but pretty much yeah".
"Oooooohhh, now I'm getting excited to see how you play," she said, with a smile.
"Heh, then just watch when it's my go" I smirked when the guy walked.
"Hey, can Nep- Uh, -Nepko? Neptana? Neptunia?" The guy said, having trouble saying Neptune's name for some reason.
"It's Neptune" Neptune answered, making the man sweatdrop.
"Oh right, sorry about that well it's your turn to sit down in the chair in the other room, when you enter VR, the headset stops your body from moving so that you're not moving in the real world, while you are in there," He said, Neptune nodded and walked into the room.
"Are you this is safe? Because I remember a game with VR like this that wasn't exactly safe" I said, remembering the whole Sao incident back in my world.
"Don't worry this is completely safe, we have a forced log out function on the headset just in case anyone gets trapped inside due to a glitch" he explained, as I nodded
I looked at the TV in the waiting, which lit up, showing Neptune in a first-person perspective as a menu popped up in front of her.
"Ooh… this all looks so cool! Now, which game should I play?" Neptune mumbled, looking through her choices.
"Can she hear us in there?" I asked, with a raised eyebrow.
"No, we are developing a system to allow the user to hear people but this version doesn't have that capability" he explained, as I nodded.
As Neptune started up her game I sat back down on my seat and waited for my turn, but as I did someone sat down next to me.
"It's all pretty impressive isn't it," the person said, as I looked over to see who it was.
It was a guy about my age with blond hair gone down his next and blue eyes. He wore a cyan-coloured shirt with a bright-coloured sweater with blue lightning and blue trousers with black shoes.
'He looks kinda familiar…Nah, doubt I'd know anyone in this world' Reiji thought, before nodding.
"Yeah, it is. I gotta admit all the technology here is like stuff from an anime" I said, making him raise an eyebrow before smiling.
"Thomas William, nice to meet you," he said, offering a handshake as I nodded.
"Reiji Sasaki, nice to meet you," I said, shaking his hand back.
"So let me guess, not from Planeptune right?" He asked, making me gulp and nod.
"Yeah, let's just say for various reasons I'm staying with some friends and we're planning on travelling around Gamindustri, are you the same?" I asked, and he nodded.
"Yeah, guess we're both in the same boat," he said "I wanted to travel through Gamindustri for some inspiration".
"Inspiration? What do you mean" I asked, as he smiled and pulled out some papers.
"I'm working on a book, so I thought I'd research the cultures of the different nations to get some inspiration" he explained, as I nodded.
Beep! Beep!
"Huh," I said, suddenly feeling the bug visor beeping.
"Uh, one sec just gotta go to the bathroom," I said, standing up and walking out of the room we were in.
"Poppy, what's wrong," I asked, as I went to somewhere no one would see us.
"Reiji! Pipopapo-crisis! There's someone infected with the bugster virus nearby" she said, as I slowly nodded.
"Alright, I'll go and check it out but could you stay here and tell Neptune when she's done with her game," I asked, and she nodded materialising out of the handheld.
"Sure thing Reiji! I'll make sure nothing happens to Neptune" Poppy smiled, making me smile.
"Alright!" I said, with a nod before quickly running out of the room and followed the bug visor to find the person infected.
But what I didn't notice was that Thomas was leaving the building as well in the same direction.
Mall
Third person P.O.V.
We see a woman who was wearing a business suit stumbling through the mall of Planeptune as she tried to make it to whatever her destination was.
"Have… to…finish… it…" she said, her body was drenched with sweat, she was having difficulty breathing and her body was getting orange glitches around her body.
"Have…to…Ugh," she said, falling only to be caught by Reiji.
"Hey, are you okay?" Reiji asked, shaking her body as she slowly opened her eye before quickly grabbing Reiji's shirt.
"Please… you… have to… help… me…GGGGAAAAHHH!" She screamed, sending an orange wave which sent Reiji flying.
Everyone in the area screamed and began running away as the Woman's body began morphing and changing into a Bugster union.
This Bugster Union was brown like the last one but this one looked like a walking siege tower with four spider-like legs.
"Keh, guess I'm gonna need to operate," Reiji said, slapping the Gamer Driver on his waist as he pulled out his Gashat and pressed the button.
MIGHTY ACTION X!
TADDLE QUEST!
"Taddle quest?" Reiji questioned, as the data washed around the area. Reiji turned his head and saw Thomas a few meters away with the gamer driver on his waist and the Gashat in his hand.
"Told you we're in the same boat, Reiji," he said, making Reiji's eyes widen.
'Thomas… he's a player…' Reiji said, before realising who he was.
"AH! You're that popular game theorist on YouTube!" He exclaimed as Thomas nodded.
"That's right, now, let's talk after we're done with this," he said, and I nodded.
We both turned to the rampage Bugster Union, as we both spun our gashats around before slotting them into our drivers.
"HENSHIN!" "TRANSFORM!"
Gashat! Let's game! Metcha game! Mutcha game! What's your name? I'm a Kamen Rider!
Gashat! Let's game! Metcha game! Mutcha game! What's your name? I'm a Kamen Rider!
Several character select screens circled our bodies as we both slept our respective screens before they moved towards us forming the level 1 armour on us.
Thomas's armour looked similar to mine except for a few key differences, he had a blue shield on his arm, a yellow screen on his health bar and his helmet looked like that of a knight with yellow eyes and blue slicked back hair with a blue Mohawk that made it look like a Roman helmet.
(Play Kamen rider brave lv 1 theme)
"Kamen rider brave, beginning Bugster termination," he said, as he summoned a sword into his hand.
"Brave?" Reiji asked, with a raised eyebrow as he turned to him.
"It's your user name for your rider form" he explained, before looking closer "Looks like your one's, Ex-Aid," he said, as Reiji blinked.
"Huh, that's kinda cool," Reiji said, making Thomas smirk before turning towards the Bugster Union and dashing towards him.
"Hey wait!" Reiji said, chasing after the fellow player as he summoned the Gashacon hammer.
The tower charged up energy and began blasting at the two riders.
Brave quickly lifted his shield arm to block the blasts while Reiji jumped off Brave's shoulder.
He then slammed at the b button of the hammer, before he swung it at the Bugster Union causing it to stumble back.
The Union then seemed to freak out as it began blasting several balls of energy at the two riders forcing Brave to move in and block the attacks.
"We're gonna need to get some energy items if we want to be on the same level," he said, looking back at Reiji "I'll keep it distracted, you go and get yourself some energy items to trip it up and then I'll finish it off" he stated, and Reiji nodded.
"Alright," he said, before running towards some chocolate coloured boxes and treasure boxes scattered around the area.
Meanwhile Brave readied his sword before slashing at the ball knocking back at the monster making it stumble back.
"Huh, kinda like Zelda," he said, brandishing his sword as he ran towards it.
"Nope…" Reiji said, as he opened up a chest only for it to be a dud "Aw man, where is it".
Reiji looked around a bit before noticing another chest on a higher part of the mall "That looks good".
With impressive parkour, Reiji was able to climb up to the higher levels of the mall before he readied his arm and smashed the chest revealing an energy item.
"Alright," he said, reaching for the energy items before they flew into his body causing a colourful aura to surround his body.
Kosuka!
Item Get! Speed Up!
We then see Brave continuing to block the attack from the Bugster Union and swing them back whenever he could.
But then suddenly a pink blur rushed in before hitting the Bugster Union several times knocking it down to the ground.
"Quick! Now's your chance! Finish it off now!" Reiji yelled as Brave nodded.
"Alright, I'll end this with one strike," he said, opening his driver which sent a blue screen to come out causing Reiji's eyes to widen.
"What is the- No… HE WOULDN'T!" Reiji yelled.
"Proceeding to level 2," he said, as the screen passed by him making his armour burst off of him.
Gachan! Level Up! Taddle Meguru! Taddle Meguru! Taddle Quest~!
"Proceeding to virus extermination," he said, slotting the Gashat into the side slot of his driver before he pressed the button.
TADDLE CRITICAL STRIKE!
Energy charged up into Brave's foot as he jumped into the air before sending an energy-charged kick towards the Bugster Union.
"Stop!" Reiji yelled, using the last of his speed to move in the way of brave's attack causing an explosion that knocked the two back but Reiji quickly recovered before performing a rider kick at the union knocking back into its human host.
"Why did he do that?" Brave questioned, getting back up as the Bugster Union regressed to the humans
"Tch, too late" he scoffed, before walking over to Reiji and picking him up by the collar.
"Why in the world did you get in the way of my attack, we had it on the ropes," Brave said, shaking Reiji's body.
"You changed to level 2 before you beat the Union, if I didn't stop you, you would've destroyed it and the host," Reiji said, weakly.
"Well yeah, why wouldn't I. I'd get all the experience without having to deal with the super boss. It's a win-win" he said, dropping Reiji.
"But you could've killed the host! Don't you care about her!" Reiji exclaimed, moving back up as Thomas gave him a confused look.
"What are you talking about? They're just NPC's what does it matter if a few die they'll just respawn later anyway" he said, shocking Reiji.
'Thomas… he still thinks this is a game… could that mean the others thinks this is a game…' Reiji thought before he heard groaning.
He looked over and saw the girl who was infected groaning as the strands of virus moved out of her body forming into a bugster as Reiji ran up to the patient.
She had short cute pink hair and wore a white shirt with a white shirt and a black blazer she also wore a black skirt with black tights and high heels
"Hey are you okay," He asked, shaking her body when suddenly some more people ran up.
"Hey what happened here!" One of them asked as they looked over.
"This girl is injured! Quick someone takes her to get checked on and gets out of here! There's a monster!" Reiji yelled, as they nodded and ran up to her to get her medical attention.
The two then looked up as the bugster finished forming, transforming into the Aranbura bugster who also had some Bugster soldiers formed next to him.
"Perfect, I have now completely formed," The Aranbura bugster said, as Ex aid stood up and Brave entered a fighting position.
"Hmph, maybe we'll get some bonuses by taking a long way," Brave said, as the two riders readied themselves but then.
MIGHTY ACTION X!
They then looked over to see another rider, standing on a higher level than them which looked like ex aid except for black hair instead of pink hair and blood-red eyes.
"Eh?! A pallet swapped me" Reiji said, as the rider looked down at Brave.
"Kamen Rider Brave, you have broken the rules of the game by trying to destroy an infected NPC, for that you will be punished" he said, opening the door on his driver.
Gachan! Level up! Mighty jump! Mighty kick! Migh~ty Actio~n X!
He then dashed towards brave as he attached the bug visor in its saw mode before slashing at brave.
Brave blocked the attack with his shield before swinging his sword towards the rider.
However, in a flash, the rider disappeared much to Brave's surprise as the rider then slashed Brave from behind knocking him back.
He then fired a powerful blast at Brave knocking him back as it forced him back to normal.
"Thomas!" Ex aid said, making the Black Ex-aid freeze as he looked at him.
Reiji was about to level up to fight his doppelganger, but with another flash the Black Ex aid was gone along with the Bugster "What the".
(End song)
"What the heck was that," Thomas said, standing back up as Reiji returned to normal "Not sure, I'll have to ask Poppy about that," he said, and as if on cue.
"Reiji!" The two players heard as they looked over to see Poppy and Neptune running towards them.
Thomas blinked in surprise, as Reiji smiled "Hey guy-" Reiji said, before being tackled in the gut making him crash to the ground.
"Geez, Reiji! Why'd you have to ditch us! I wanted to kick some but as well!" Neptune said, annoyed as Reiji moved back up.
"S-Sorry about that, you were busy with the game so I thought you wouldn't have wanted to stop playing your game," he said, standing back up.
Neptune annoyed face soon changed into a smile before patting his back "Ah don't worry Reiji, I'm just messing with ya".
Poppy smiled, before noticing Thomas who was watching the interaction going on.
"Ah! You're player number 2!" She said, surprised also surprising Thomas.
"Huh? Yeah, how did you know that?" He asked, confused.
"Okay, okay let me explain," Reiji said "Let's just try and find somewhere to talk," he said, as they began walking off.
As they walked off, we see the mysterious black Ex-aid staring at the group from the upper levels before he removed his gashat.
This revealed that it was in actuality, Maki Sasaki who glared at the group of four.
"…Reiji?"
And done, this chapter was pretty fun to write, especially since I got to reintroduce Thomas as Karen Rider Brave.
I was originally planning on making this chapter much longer, but I decided it worked better as a two-parter.
Anyway, how about we go onto the reviews.
GuestDcdGojia: They're pretty good, and I thought he had a couple of cool ideas and I've asked him thoughts on some of my own like Toqger and Kingdom Hearts.
AzureDominion: Thanks
Red ranger legacy: Super Mighty Action X will probably not be in this story, but that doesn't mean it won't back because don't forget the ex aid arc of Zi-o involves Reiji and Maki.
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