Stage 4: Banana for an Armor!?
Note: I do not own Infinite Stratos or Kamen Rider.
It was a nice day at the Orimura resident. Katsuo got outside while holding a barge bag, before headed to the trash and throw it away.
Since Katsuo is now all alone in the house, he now has to take care of everything now, while the Orimura sibling is at the boarding school of the I.S, while the orange rider is on his own at the house.
"Alright, let's what on the list now" he pulls out a paper of list as he read it and check everything on it. Except the laundry, as he back inside and get every clothing in the house, including Chifuyu clothing as he blushes.
He then put them all in the washing machine as he put soup and started the machine right, he thinks.
While Katsuo's doing some chores at the house, until he hears a doorbell rang as he headed to the front door and opened up, revealing to be….Hakaru? As he stand right in front of the Orimura resident.
"Hakaru, where're you doing here?" Katsuo asked.
The white samurai sigh as he said. "Look Katsuo, are you sure wanna do this after what happen to that man" he reminded the part of the man turning into an Inves the other day and could do anything about it.
Katsuo remember about that as he still can't remembering that man and felt bad about it. "I know, but I wanna prefect the other if something happen to that man" he said deeply.
Hakaru understood as he can't talk this through to Katsuo from letting the belt go. But he can't let him die like this. "Alright fine, you can keep the belt" he said and decided to let Katsuo keep it. "However, if you wanna protect others. You need to train hard in order to protect others!"
"Eh?" Katsuo blink confusion.
Playing Just Live More by Shōnan no Kaze
The scene start with four riders, Gaim, Baron, Ryugen, and Zangutsu posing back to back with their weapons on their hands, as the camera focus on Gaim.
Then the next scene change with Helheim forest vines vanish as the as it only leave an object behind as every weapon smash and slash it revealing to be a title.
Infinite Gaim
(Got to move….wow!)
(Don't say no! Just live more! Don't say no! Just live more!) the scene showcase all four riders in a dojo with samurai armor for display. Then the scene focus on Gaim as he pointed his musou saber at the camera while his reflect of his original self shows of Katsuo.
(Survival you got move. Gendai wa sanagara sengoku) Katsuo watches the sunset as on his back pocket is his orange lockseed before turning around just before he passes through hallucination of Gaim.
(Dare ga kachi nukekru? Kagi wa akerarete shimata, {Don't say no! Just live more!}) then the scene display Ryoga in a dark warehouse sitting on the box as he clutch both of his hands hard while his banana lockseed place next to him just as hallucination of Baron stand behind him. Then the scene charge showcasing scene two split sides screen of Katsuo and Ryoga with their respective colors and rider forms in the back posing.
(Doko ni aru Don't say no! Just live more!) then next scene shows Ichika and Houki standing before Shiki and Haruka were next while their riders form posing in the back as Chifuyu cross her arms with her own rider form behind her.
(Dou tsukau? Kindan no kajitsu) the rider appearing with their respective lockseed at the back in split screens. The scene change as Baron rides on his bike as Gaim in the suika armor yoroi before changing in gyro mode and flies up when Baron rides under him. Then it shifted the scene as Gaim, Baron, and Zangetsu active their belt.
(Imu to iu kaze wa) as Katsuo transform into Kamen Rider Gaim and prepare for battle.
(Nani wo tsutaeru tame. Okame ko motoki fuku.) then it showcase a battle between Gaim versing all of the IS pilot at the IS Academy battleground.
(Tsuyoku! Tsuyoku! Blowin' up) just as Ichika in his Byakushiki joins in as he Gaim and Baron stares at each other and charges towards each other as they clash.
(Ashita ga, Yume ga, mada miekakute mo) Ryugen firing at the cage until it collapse. Then Zangetsu spins around as unleash green slash at the front with his shield up. Then a blonde girl that looks like Chifuyu but shorter stand on a hill with the sun behind her as he reach out her hand at the camera.
(Soko genkai seiipei! Ikite iru to ieru kara) this scene show Gaim armor, lockseed, and the bracelet of the Byakushiki on the ground. As the scene change as Gaim and Ichika past by each other while staring eye to eye. The next scene show the banana armor and lockseed on the ground just as Ryoga lets out a roar and actives his Baron knight.
(Utsumuku ka yo {Kao wo agero} doko made memo {Mageru koto naku}) Baron charge down and slash the Inves at Helheim forest as he pose. Then it showcase Ryugen Budou armor, shenlong bracelet, Melon armor, Rafale Revive Custom II pendant, and the Pine armor, Blue Tear earring on the ground with their respective lockseed as well.
(Shinjita michi wo yoke {just live more!}) in each area of the Kamen Rider posing as Zangetsu stands in a dojo, Baron stage show, Ryugen on a building top, and finally Gaim in a forest with cherry blossom glowing a pond. Then Katsuo lets out a roar as he throws out his fist and punch it in front of the camera.
(Don't say no! Just live more!) the final scene takes place as the camera focus on Gaim, riding a horse and rush into battle.
At the dojo, Hakaru and Katsuo are in their practice uniform, as well bamboo sword for practice.
Hakaru swing his his bamboo sword at Katsuo as only for him to be knock down that easily, and fell on the floor.
Hakaru sigh as he let his bamboo sword resting on his right shoulder. "You really need to increase your strength" he pointed out to Katsuo.
As he look up at him while feeling the pain. "I know" he said scratching his back head.
"Get up, you can't let enemies get to you" Hakaru said to Katsuo. "You have to get up and keep fighting."
Katsuo looks down and understands him as he can't let that man turn into an Inves and let's it happens. He gets up on his feet again and charges toward Hakaru with his bamboo sword, as he swing it at him.
But Hakaru simply deflected Katsuo attack and throws him to the floor as Katsuo groans.
But as he got up, three girls, Yae and two other girls with him. A girl with brown hair, that got to her shoulder, and another girl with pale skin, black eye lashes and black long hair to her waist.
"They've been doing it for the pass hours now" the brown girl whisper to them.
"Who knows" Yae replied.
"How could Katsuo do kendo right now?" the black girl said.
As Katuso was once again fall on the floor, Hakaru explain the mistakes for him. "You need to hold your sword tightly" he said.
"I am!" Katsuo complain out loud.
As the three girls giggled quietly before the two riders heard someone here. They look around and see no one as they went back to practice, as the girls peek their practice.
"I think there more than just practice?" Yae wonders what this practice is about.
(Meanwhile at the I.S Academy)
It was nighttime at the academy, as all of the student where gather together to celebrate of Ichika of being selected as the representative, instead of Cecilia for some reason.
"Orimura, congratulations on you inauguration as class rep!" They all fires streamers in the air and congratulating him.
"Congratulations!"
While Ichika was confused of why he was chosen as class representative and not Cecilia.
"Wait, how am I become class representative?" Ichika asked.
As Cecilia was near him. "Oh you are promoted because I decided to step down. Obviously it's truly you did lose." she replied.
"But the whole thing was called off since that whole monster attack, right?" Reminding her the other day when the Inves attacks with the cloak figure.
"Well yeah," she remember that day. "But that outcome inevitable, and convenient since there's no information of where those monster came from, and that man in cloak got all that data" she pointed out as Ichika nodded. "But after, all wealth could possibly happen to me as your opponents. Well I just felt awful for behaving so childishly and giving up set afterwards" she explain to Ichika of her behaviour. "So I decided to let you be the class representative."
"Wow, that so concern of you Cecilia!" One of the student said.
"I totally agree, since he's the only male at the academy, we gotta get to like our full support" the other student said.
Houki on the other hand was here with a serious face on her. "Aren't you mr popularly" she huffed.
"Huh? You really think so?" He asked as Houki looks away. "And exactly why are you such in a bad mood anyway?"
Just then, a camera flash suddenly got those two attention as they look up
And see a girl with glasses holding a camera.
"Hello, I'm from the newspaper club" she introduce herself. "Ih, Cecilia if you don't mind, would you get into the picture too?" She asked.
"What?" As she looks back at him. "You means it's just the two of us" Cecilia was interested, as Houki grunted.
"Oh you and your personal unit are the centre of attention. It look even better with you guys shaking hands or something" she said.
"Oh do you really think so?" Cecilia asked as it's a good idea. "You will make certain that I received the same copies of the photo as well, won't you?"
"Oh sure no problem" as she has no problem with that. "Ah come on, stand" she asked.
As Ichika sigh before he and Cecilia gets up while she tells them the position. "Alright, can I get you guys to shake hands for me" they listen with their hands together before Cecilia walks closer to him. "Now, get a closer and give me a big smile. Very good, just relax" Houki narrow her eyes as she can't let this happened.
"Say cheese!"
As She hold the camera aim her shot at them, takes their picture. Houki and all of the other students suddenly photobomb their shot. Cecilia was not happy about this.
"Why are all of you, in my picture!" She hollered with her hands up.
"Just calm down."
"We can't let you get ahead of yourself."
As Cecilia pout moaning, Houki stands there with her eyes close, and Ichika chuckled.
After the the party, Ichika was heading back to his dorm with Houki, as Cecilia follows them. She wanted to make sure that Ichika is safe and headed straight to his room. But Houki isn't letting her following him around and decided to go long since she and Ichika are roommates and old friends after all.
"Stop getting near him Mrs. Shinonono!" Cecilia growled as she holds Ichika arms while Houki did the same.
"I'm his roommate, so I should be the one with him instead of you" Houki said deeply.
As the two girls quarrel over Ichika arms, he didn't do anything to stop them with his eyes close. "Why can't those two get along" he thought to himself.
Then he look up at the ceiling, thinking all of this celebration, and the competition days ago makes Ichika think about that day with the orange rider.
"Ichika, are you okay?" Cecilia asked as Houki was wondering about him too.
Ichika heard her and said. "Oh I'm okay" he replied to her as Cecilia was relief. "Having a party at the cafeteria and this class representative makes me think about that day with….him."
They wonder what Ichika was talking about before Cecilia realize why. "You must be talking about him, the he call himself Kamen Rider Gaim" Ichika nodded to Cecilia question.
"Who the thought that guy with beat that monster" Houki said.
Then Ichika remember something else. "Houki, you mention someone was with you right?" He asked.
"Yeah, a white samurai" Houki replies about Zangetsu. "He looks exactly like Gaim, but white with a shield. He's armor green and super fast with his sword."
After hearing this, the three I.S pilots wonders about that attack if they were the ones who release all of the Inves, or was it the cloak person that stole Cecilia I.S data.
"So is that man wearing I.S machine or what?" Ichika asked.
Before Cecilia shook her head. "No, the that Gaim wears doesn't look like an I.S."
"Or machine" Houki points out.
"Then if it isn't I.S, then what are they then?" Ichika wonders.
As they wondered if Gaim and Zangetsu may or may not be I.S machines.
(With Katsuo)
Katsuo was walking down the streets as he headed to school today. As walking with Yae, Ahmyra, and Jane walk with him.
"So what were you doing with Hakaru yesterday?" Jane asked him.
"Oh, I was just practicing kendo with him" Katsuo replied.
As Ahmyra raise her eye brew. "But why? I though your not gonna join kendo" she wonders.
"Yeah, it's a new hobby of my own, I'm not gonna join in anyways, just having some time of my own" Katsuo explain to make them believe.
They all bought it and headed to school. But as they cam through the cross sign, Katsuo sees someone fighting as he decided to see what's happening.
He watch and see the same man that Katsuo crosses back at the tree, the young man was right a guy with black clothing, black leather jacket, black shoes with gray shoes lace. His hair is black messy spike, with blonde lining on it, gray eyes, and a bandage on his head. His name is Jotaro Susanoo.
As he was punch in the face and falls on the ground as the young man walks up to him. "Is thatvall you got, you weakling" he taunted him.
Jotaro grit his teeth as he ain't gonna let him gets away with that. In school, he bullies other and scares them off, taking their money and beat them up til the person yield. But there was someone stronger than him and he challenge him to fights all the time, but lose.
But today, this is gonna be his victory here and now as he charges towards him. The young man simply turns around giving Jotaro a grin on his face, thinking he let his guard down as he throws his fist at him.
But all of a sudden, the young man quickly dodges it before grabbing his arms and toss him into the ground as he felt pain.
"Don't bother trying it again, or you'll break an arm" the young man said before walking away, as Jotaro growled, letting him slam his fist on the ground of his defeat once again.
But as the young man walks away while the crowd wat he's him leaving, he turns around before noticing Katsuo there. He stop as he stares with his eyes narrowed.
While Katsuo was awkward of him looking at him before the young man turns around and walks away like that. He wonders what's with that stared.
As they made it in school by the bell rang, Katsuo was sitting at his desk with his arm on it, leaning his body with his hand on his chin as he thinks back of that young man.
"Hey Katsu, you alright?" The black long hair asked.
Katsuo heard her as Yae and the brown hair girl surrounded him. "Hm, I'm fine Ahmyra" he replied.
"You must be thinking about that man back there, is it" the brown girl reminded Katsuo the man he jump into the day the kid got stuck on the tree.
"You could say that Jane" he said before turning his head back.
"Man, that guy is strong, that for sure" Ahmyra said. "But his attitude mind he off for people around."
As Katsuo sighs before leaning back his chair and look up at the ceiling, thinking about that young man what he doing right now.
As for the young man, he was practicing his dance moves alone at a warehouse with his music playing.
He kept dancing his whole body while sweating on it, until he visualize the Katsuo, the one he crosses path with him weeks ago. As he kept thinking, he stop dancing before turning off the music and let out a breath.
"That boy from back there," he thought to himself. "He seem….off wondering about Katsuo.
(Meanwhile at the I.S Academy)
"The class league match is coming soon" one of the student said in the classroom.
"Oh that's right, have you heard of the representative are class one two has been change?"
"Yeah, now is that new transfer student what her face"
Ichika overheard heard them what their talking about. "A transfer student, at this time of the year?" he wonders before one of the students explain to him.
"Yeah, supposedly she from China" she said.
Until Cecilia huffed and straighten herself up. "Hm, I wonder if she transfer to the I.S Academy in order to study my techniques" she said.
"Well I'm sure curious" Ichika admitted himself. "I bet she's good.
"Well the only classes with a student with a personal I.S are classes one and two, so will be fine" the girl with short blue hair.
"That information is outdated!" a new voice shouted as the class look to the door.
As they see a girl light brown hair, yellows ribbon tied to twintails on both sides, green eyes, and fangtooth. Her uniform is different from the student here, her sleeve was opened on her arms.
"The representative for class two now has a personal I.S as well" she said to the others. "So it's not gonna be as easy to win anymore."
Just then Ichika stand up from his chair as he recognize her. "No way, is that really you Rin!"
"That's right" she said as she introduced herself. "I'm Rin Huang, China representative contenter! And I come here to today to declare war."
The class muttered as they were surprise that the class two has a personal I.S pilot now. As for Cecilia was wondering about her and why Ichika knows her.
"Exactly who's that new girl? She seems too friendly with Ichika" she worried.
As Ichika chuckled before telling Rin something. "Good one" he said giving Rin smile gone of confusion. "Coming in and acting like a show off, that's so unlike you Rin!" he smiled.
"What! Why would say something like that about me, huh!" she hollered.
Before Chifuyu bashed Rin head with her fist. "That hurt!" she growled before she turns around with an angry expression. "What did you do that for!" Rin yell at the person behind her, as she stunned that its Chifuyu.
"Consider that your homeroom bell rang" she says to Rin.
Rin stood there right near this class teacher. "C-Chifuyu!" she flustered.
"That Mrs. Orimura to you" she point out to her. "Now get back to you own class, you're in the way" Rin move out of the way for Chifuyu to walk in her classroom.
"I'm sorry, ma'am" as Rin apologize to Chifuyu as she didn't respond, before she look back at Ichika and yelled. "Alright but I'll be back later! So don't you run away Ichika!" after that, Rin turns around and walks away to her homeroom classroom.
"You mean she's a representative contender too?" Ichika blink as Rin's a contender, before class started.
Few hour later after class, it was lunch time as Ichika was at the cafeteria with Rin, waiting their food to come as Houki, Cecilia and the other class were right behind them.
"You could've knocked me over" Ichika chuckled. "I can't believe your class two new transfer, you should have contacted me."
"Don't be stupid, if I had done that, it would've totally ruin dramatic reunion" Rin said.
"Ah ha, maybe because you still have some issues with my big sister, Chifuyu" he suggested.
"No I don't have issues with her," Rin respond. "It just that, I'm not got at handling her" as the cafeteria lady pass her order with a tray, as Rin pick it up.
Ichika smiles as he remember she eat ramen that much. "Ramen, the same order as always, Its been a whole year since I last saw you. So how things been?"
"Look I been just doing great, really. Maybe your the one who get sick or injured for a change" She grunted and walks away while Ichika got his food and follows her.
"What the heck was that supposed to mean?" He asked.
While Houki and the other watches the two leaving as she and Cecilia looks suspicious about those two.
Ichika and Rin sit at the same table while the other were sitting next them, overheard their conversation while eating.
Ichika said. "Man, I can't believe you became a representative contender."
"And what about you, it knock me over when you were on the news" Rin said as she saw Ichika on T.V.
"You think you were surprise, the last thing I have though is ending up into a place like this" he said to her, before she had a curious expression on her face.
"I heard that you operating an I.S at the entrance exam. But how on earth could something like that happen?" She wonders about that.
As Ichika replies to her question. "To be honest, I couldn't tell you how" he said. "You know that the high school entrance exams are held in the big city multi-purpose facility right?"
(Flashback)
As she explain his past where Ichika was standing in a large building in his own uniform back then before he join the I.S.
("Well, I got lost, in it. And the even though I asked a lot of people for help, everything they told me was useless")
Ichika wonders around the hallway, lost after talking to people but with no luck. Until he found a door and opened it as he sees an something that look familiar with the light shine on it.
"That's an I.S" he muttered.
He walks up to it as he isn't aware that someone was right behind him and watches Ichika approaching the I.S and stands in front of it. Ichika then place his hand on it until it started activating.
Ichika couldn't believe what happening. "Uh eh, no way, it just move!"
The person behind him was shock as well before woman walks in and rushes up to Ichika while they pass through the person from behind.
"Hey there, your not allow in here!"
"Look, I think that I.S is responding to him!"
"That's impossible?! There's no way a boy can control an I.S?"
(Flashback ended)
"Well a whole lot of crap happened that, next thing I knew, I was enroll in this school" Ichika said.
"Huuuh, that is weird?" Rin agrees with him.
"But that's not weird with that armor man with the fruit" Ichika thought.
"Achoo!" Katsuo was just eating his lunch at the school ceiling when all of a sudden, he sneeze. "Is someone talking about me?" he wonders.
"Achoo!" Hakaru is at the hallway walking down as he sneeze too. "Okay who said it" he asked while wiping his nose.
Then on the building, the young man who had a fight with Jotaro just sneeze as well. "Who's the idiot that speaks about me" he groan.
Just then, someone slams their hands on the table with a thump as Ichika and Rin heard it and see Houki and Cecilia here with serious faces.
"Ichika, I think it's about time that you gave me an explanation" Houki demand.
That's right, you better explain this! Don't tell me you already dating this transfer student now!" Cecilia demand as well.
Rin startled of Cecilia said. "No it's not like that at all, I swear!"
"It's true" just then Rin turn her head to Ichika as we was about to say something. "We're just childhood."
Rin narrowed her eyes and groan of what he said as Ichika notice her and asked. "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing's wrong, I'm fine!" she respond with her head away from him.
This makes Houki stunned of what Ichika just said. "Childhood friends" she couldn't believe if it's true because she's also his childhood friends.
"Oh that right" Ichika remember. "I forgot that Rin transferred to our school right after you moved away. That's Houki Shinonono, I told you about her" as he talk to Rin and tells her all about it. "Houki was my very first childhood friend, then later you became my second childhood friend."
"I'm his first" Houki muttered with a smile expression.
"Ah huh, now I see" Rin nodded as she understands Houki is ichika first childhood friend. "It's nice to meet one, of Ichika old friends" as she greets her.
"Yes, nice to meet you too" Houki greets to Rin as well.
Just then, Cecilia cough with her mouth cover for attention. "Since you have seen to forgotten about me allow me to introduce myself. I am Cecilia Alcott, the United Kingdom's representative contender" she introduces herself to Rin. "As a matter of fact, Ichika and I had a fearsome battle-."
But as she talking to the group, Rin ignore her and focus on Ichika, having a conversation with him. "So I heard that you were reasonably chosen as class representative" she said.
"Yeah, that's what happen" Ichika answered her.
"Y'know if you, I can help you with your I.S practice drills, wouldn't that be fun?" She asked.
"Huh yeah, that would be fun" Ichika smile of agreement.
Cecilia stops talking as she has an angry expression on her. "Look here! Are you listening to me!" She growled.
"Sorry," she apologize to Cecilia…not, "I'm just not interested."
Cecilia doesn't look happy as she lean towards Rina face. "I can't believe you said that!"
"And in any case, it's my job to teach Ichika!" Houki hollered as well.
"You from class two aren't you. I'm not looking for assistance like you from the enemy" Cecilia grown.
As Rin kept her cool. "Look I'm having a nice chat with Ichika right now. We weren't talking to you, so you need to back off" she said.
While Houki and Cecilia growled and glaring at her, as Ichika was the only one confused of what's happening.
"Well, your certainly have a lot of nerves, your the one who' went in the picture after we did!"
"Actually, it wasn't after you, I mean I've known him longer then you have" Rin said.
"Don't go there, because I know him longer than you have! In fact we're so close Ichika eaten at my house several time! " Houki yelled.
"Oh my too, what a coincidence" this gives Houki and Cecilia gasp. "Ichika use to come to my house and eat with us all the time, ever since he was an elementary."
Houki turns her head towards the childhood friend of hers "Ichika, just what is she talking about, and how come you never mentioned any of me!" she hollered.
"Yeah, you never mention it to me either!" Cecilia demanded to know too.
"I use…...to go eat at the Chinese restaurant at her family owned, that's all" Ichika replied their answer.
As Houki and Cecilia anger face disappeared.
"Oh a restaurant. At least that make sense" Houki said in relief.
"Well if her family own a restaurant, then I suppose it's only natural, if would've only eaten there" Cecilia said.
Ichika then asked Rin something. "So Rin, how's your dad?" he asked.
After hearing Rin makes a sad face on her for some reason. "Huh, I think he's okay" she replied as Ichika smiled.
Just then the bell rang as lunchtime is over. "Alright, I'll see you after school" Rin stands up from her seat with her tray on hand. "I'll come by around the time you finish practicing with them, so make sure you're available okay?" Rin than left the table and walk away from the others.
While Ichika blink as he has no idea what just happened.
(Back with Katsuo)
His school ended as Katsuo was walking down the streets after a long day in class. He stretch out his arm before he hearing cheer nearby as Katsuo looks at a crowd and decided to see this for himself.
Katsuo took a look at himself and seeing a group of dancers in front of the crowd cheering for them with banners that said 'Team Baron' on their hand and jumping up and down.
Then Katsuo knows these dancers outfit as the danver move aside and reveal to be the young man that beat up Jotaro.
He dances it mannerly before kick up a notch as the crowd cheered louder and louder while Katsuo stares at the one in the middle as he recognize him.
After team baron finishes they all headed out somewhere as the young man notice someone is still here and see Katsuo up front.
He walks up to Katsuo and stares at him narrowing his eyes, while Katsuo was confused of him coming up front as the young man stands near him.
"This isn't the first time we met, have we?" he said.
"No" Katsuo shook his head. "We met with the kid stuck on the tree weeks ago" the young man as kept staring at him.
"The names Ryoga Kumon," he introduced himself to Katsuo. "Just call ma Ryoga."
Then Katsuo introduced himself to Ryoga. "My name is Katsuo Kazuraba."
"Kazuraba, huh?" Ryoga murmured narrowing his eyes before he turns around and walking away. "Ya comin?" he asked.
As Katsuo blink for a moment before he follows him and walk into the park together while talking.
"So I you dancing on stage, it was great" Katsuo commented Ryoga back at the shows he and his group perform.
"If you want to join, be my guest" Ryoga said as he doesn't care of the number of people joining.
"I don't know" Katsuo chuckled with his hand scratching his backhead. "Not much of a dancer like."
Ryoga didn't replied as they stand on a bridge, over a rivers before he asked Katsuo a question. "So tell me, if your ever have power to do. What would you do with that kind of power."
Katsuo thinks this through while scratching his head before replying to Ryoga question. "Well, if I use that power, I is use it to protect the others."
Ryoga listen to Katsuo. "I can't protect themselves, people may have reason why, but to me, I'm not gonna let that happen. I use this power to protect other, and can no longer stay in the shadows anymore" Katsuo explain why.
As Ryoga turns around and looks at the river. "That's pathetic" Katsuo blinked as he wondered why he said that. "You can't rely on this, you have to rely on your own" he said.
Katsuo narrow his eyes as he suspicious why the dancer said that. "What do you mean 'rely on your own?'" He said.
As Ryoga explain. "In order to get this power, you need to rely on you own strength in order to get that power and and live more."
"But what about the others" he asked darkly.
"In this world, there are no room for weaklings, especially for those who protected them are stupid" Ryoga said.
This make Katsuo frustrating as he glare at Ryoga as he ain't letting him that protecting others are weak. That is until one of his teammates shows up out of nowhere.
"Hey Ryoga! Ya comin!" His teammate shouted.
Ryoga nodded before he walks away, he turns back and looks at Katsuo from behind with his hands in his pocket. "I'll see you around, Kazuraba" he said referring to Katsuo surname.
"Yeah, see you around" Katsuo grunted with his eyes narrowing.
But as Ryoga walks away and didn't look behind Katsuo glares at him while clutching his fist. (Their rivalry had only just near).
At that time, Katsuo made his back home of the Orimura resident and walk straight to bed as he went to sleep. But he can't got to bed for some reason as he only thinking about what Ryoga said, Katsuo just can't get the feeling why the strong survive and let the weak die.
"Why would he said such a thing" Katsuo thought as he sat up on his bed. "What's with that guy?" He wonders.
Before his phone rang as he pick it up and see who's calling him this night. Ichika name's on it and answer it. "Hey Ichika" Katsuo said.
"Katsuo, I didn't mean to wake you up" Ichika apologize to him through the phone.
"No it's not that, I just couldn't sleep, that's all" Katsuo explain to his older brother. "So why are you calling this night?" He wonders.
Ichika let's out a sigh of depress. "It was a long day for me, I did I.S training and ended up fall down on the training down with my I.S, got elected as the class representative, and Rin got mad at me for some reason" he explain to Katsuo what's happening at the I.S Academy.
"Wait, who's Rin?" Katsuo asked with his eyebrows rise of confusion.
"Oh yeah, Lingyin Huang, or Rin for short, my second childhood friend" Ichika said, as Katsuo remember something about his brother having another childhood friend back then. "Apparently, she mad at me of something?"
"Okay Ichika, what did you do this time" Katsuo asked with his eyes narrowed.
"Well…..she tell me something about a promise, but I don't know what she meant" he said.
"Didn't you say you made a promise to her?" Katsuo point out to Ichika.
"Aw, I think it has something to do with the sweet and sour pork or something?"
"What happened next?" Katsuo sigh.
(With Ichika)
Ichika was in the bathroom of his room while trying not to wake up Houki as she's asleep and doesn't what to wake her up.
"Well...then she shouted at me of a promise I made back then, now she challenge me. If Rin wins, I'll do anything she say, and if I win, she has to explain to me what promise I made."
Katsuo sigh before asking him. "Why'd you do this kind of stuff every time someone said trash about you always get in there teach them a lesson?"
"Well, that's because I don't wanna see someone hurt as much as I do, that's why I can let anymore talk down to you and others. That why I'm doing this, to get stronger so that I can protect."
(Back at the Orimura Resident)
Katsuo looks down of depress after what Ichika said about getting strong, this reminds him of Ryoga about strength should survive.
"Katsuo are you still there?" Ichika asked.
As Katsuo shake his head and kept his focus once more. "Yeah I'm fine" he replied to him. "I think I should go to bed right, so see ya"
"Okay good night, Katsuo" Ichika said before cutting out.
As Katsuo put his phone back and went back to sleep for tomorrow.
(The Next day)
Katsuo was at alleyway where Hakaru asked him to come after school as he has something for him. He walking back and forward while waiting for Hakaru to come.
Then Hakaru finally came with a motorcycle helmet on his hand for some reason.
"Hey Hakaru, why are you holding that helmet?" Katsuo asked him.
Before Hakaru pulling something out of his and reveal to Katsuo a lock with a symbol of a Sakura on it with a code L.V 0.1. He then hand it over to Katsuo hands as he wonders what's it it.
"What kind of lock is this?" Katsuo asked.
"Their calls Lockseeds, and try it out" Hakaru said.
As Katsuo doesn't understand what he meant but goes along with it and press button. Then all of a sudden, the lock jumps off of his hand, enlarge and transform into a white and magenta bike on it.
Katsuo shock to see that that lock turn into a bike as he take a closer look at it. "Wow, I didn't know that do that!" He said.
"There are some things you need to know about the Lockseeds" Hakaru said.
"Lockseeds?"
Hakaru nodded to his friend. "That's what their called, the one that I'm holding is the Melon Lockseed, "as he show Katsuo his Melon Lockseed, "your is a Orange Lockseed, the bike is calls the Sakura Hurricane, and the one from days ago is Dandeliner."
Katsuo pulls out the Orange Lockseed out of his pocket before he got the Pine and the Dandeliner Lockseeds as well.
"As for the belt, their call the Sengoku Belt" Hakaru said.
"Sengoku Belt?" He pulls out the his belt and stares at it. "Isn't that name from an Era back in history?" As Katsuo points of the Era
"So that's what their called, huh?" Katsuo muttered.
Hakaru nodded before explained to Katsuo about the forest and the Lockseeds. "There's still things I don't know about that forest, but both we know where this Lockseed comes from."
"And how those Inves became" Katsuo said after Hakaru.
He nodded. "Not just that, but also crossing through those cracks as well" Hakaru said.
As they think think about the situation of the forest, the Lockseeds, and the Inves, they hear a beeping noise before Hakaru pulls out a device as looks what's happening.
"There's an Inves sighting at the other side of town, you need to go now" Hakaru said.
"But am I gonna get there anyway?" Katsuo wonders.
Before Hakaru tosses the motorcycle helmet to Katsuo as he catches it in his hands. Then Katsuo realize how he get there. "Are you sure I can drive?" He asked.
Before Hakaru patted his hand on Katsuo shoulders. "Don't worry, there's no license when your a Kamen Rider" he said.
Katsuo smiles as he puts on the helmet, before hopping on the Sakura Hurricane drives off leaving a Hakaru alone in the alley. But before that Katsuo stops for a moment and turn to his friend. "What about you?" He wonders.
"Don't worry, I'll catch up with you later while you stop those Inves" Hakaru said.
Katsuo nodded before driving off to the location of the Inves attack. He hand grip the rear and speed down the streets as fast as he can, until he finally got to his location.
As he's off the Sakura Hurricane, Katsuo rushes down while people running through him. He stop and see three Elementary Inves attacking the citizen as they also attack a family nearby.
Katsuo then pulls out the Sengoku belt on around his waist, and then his Orange Lockseed as he press it.
"ORANGE!"
"Henshin!" He shouted as he did his pose, he then place it on the belt compartment and close it.
"LOCK ON!"
While it make tunes on the belt, he press the knife lever as he opened the Lockseed front.
"SOIYA! ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!"
The orange sphere drops down from the crack and landed on Katsuo his when his body donned into blue suit and unfolded into an armor, transforming into Kamen Rider Gaim.
He pulls out the Musou Saber and charges down as he swings it at the group of Elementary Inves and made his way to a family.
"Go! Get out of here!" Gaim shouted as the family under and ran out of this area.
As Gaim turns back to the group Inves with two more out of nowhere, they all attack together and charges towards the orange rider.
But when Gaim charges in and slashes all of the Inves group, someone was watching it from behind the walls.
The orange rider swings his Musou Saber and deflected all of the Elementary Inves before one of them strike Gaim from behind as he fell and roll on the ground, before getting back up with his Musou Saber.
"Damn it there's too many of them" Gaim growled as he's surrounded but the group of Elementary Inves.
But as they were about to attack them, the one that was watching approaches revealing to be Ryoga.
The Elementary Inves group while Gaim also notice him and recognize him from yesterday.
"Five against one isn't fair" Ryoga said before he pulls out something in his jacket and reveal to be…..a Sengoku belt! With a faceplate or a red armor helmet, surrounded with red, grilled eyes on it horizontally, and the eyes has rainbow on it.
"Where'd you!?" Gaim stammered as she recognizes it while looking back and forward at his own belt. "How did got it!?"
"That doesn't concern about that, will make this even" Ryoga said before placing the belt on his waist as the yellow strapped around his waist. Then he pulls out a Lockseed with a banana on it with the code L.S 08 on it.
"Henshin" Ryoga said and presses the button.
"BANANA!"
Then a crack appear above him and reveal to be a large metallic banana as he hovers on top of him. Ryoga twirl his Banana Lockseed on his hand before placing it on the belt compartment and lock it.
"LOCK ON!"
The tunes is different then Gaim and Zangetsu as it plays a medieval trumpets. While Gaim stares at him before Ryoga reaches his hand to the lever knife and slice the Banana Lockseed and reveal to be an inside slice banana on it, while the at the half bottom has a spear on it.
"COME ON!"
As the metallic banana landed on Ryoga head with a new suites donned around. It was red with the torso a silver quilts on it, arm guard on his arms and leg guard on his legs.
"Ba-Bana-Ban-Banana?!" Gaim exclaim.
"I am Baron!" Ryoga declare as his face was cover into a helmet with the same face from the faceplate with a blue gem on it . Then a helmet with banana-like horns on it drops on his head before the metallic banana opened up with the side banana shoulders folded down into shoulder pads, the front opened down and turn into a chest piece opened down into with abs like on it, with lining black. This is Kamen Rider Baron.
"BANANA ARMS! KNIGHTS OF SPE~AR!"
With a yellow spark while on his hands is a spear with a black handle, plate yellow, yellow guards, and split three banana peels like.
"Let see who strong you are" Baron said while walking up to them as the group of Elementary Inves charges at him this time.
As Baron simply walks up to them before swinging his Banaspear and slash all of the Elementary Inves. One Elementary Inves jumps up and was about attack Baron, but the Banana rider notice before he press a yellow button before the Banaspear extended and straight stab the Elementary Inves as it cries out and exploded.
Two Elementary Inves runs down at Baron as he dashes and slash both of them in a blur before he turns around and strike them with one blow as they flies up and landed on the ground.
Gaim was just stands there while him and see how amazing he is. As the Elementary Inves regroup as Baron stands in front of them with his left hand his Banaspear from his back hands.
Then all of the Elementary Inves runs down before Baron moves and pushes down the lever knife.
"COME ON! BANANA SQUASH!"
He charges at them before he stab one of the Elementary Inves at the end with a holographic banana appears, as Gaim took a step back as the holographic point at him. Then Baron stab all of the Elementary Inves one by one as they all cried out in pain and exploded into dust.
After that Baron turns his hand looks at Gaim as both riders stand in front of each other in silent and didn't say a word.
"So, you're the rider from the attack of the I.S academy, Kazuraba" Baron said breaking the silent and knows Gaim identity.
Gaim startled as he knows his name from yesterday and realize of what he meant from yesterday. "Is this what you mean about yesterday. The question you asked me?" he asked.
"Yes, and the reason why your weak" Baron said
"What" Gaim growled after hearing what Baron said.
"You should've save that family while you have the chance of finishing them off" he stated.
"But that family can't defend themselves, I can't just sit stand there and do nothing" Gaim said.
Barn look stiffed of what Gaim said. "Defended the weak can only get in your way, that's why you're being too soft, and a coward" he taunted.
As Gaim clutches his hands and didn't like to be call like a coward. "What did you say" he growled.
"If you wanna fight" Baron said as he point his Banaspear at him. "Then show me your strength!" he shouted.
Gaim stood there before he pull out his Daidaimaru and combine it with the Musou Saber into a Naginata as he twirl it around. "I accepted!" he shouted.
Before he and Baron charges at each other and clash their weapons and fight.
Not far away, Hakaru made his way here before he sees Gaim and another rider fighting. "Another rider!?" Hakaru gasp to see another one and though that it was he and Katsuo are the only riders.
"So, it has come to this" a voice said as Hakaru turns around and see the cloak figure from before.
"You" Hakaru growled as he was about to get his belt out, the cloak figure walks up to him but only seeing Gaim and Baron fighting.
"Gaim and Baron are bound to fight in the future" he said.
While Hakaru wonders why the cloak figure said. "What do you mean by that" he asked himself quietly.
As Gaim and Baron swing their weapons and slash each other in the middle with sparks. They both kneel for a moment and charges at each again. The rivalry of Gaim and Baron had already begun.
Next Time on Infinite Gaim
Baron: is this all you got, Kazuraba
Gaim: I'm not gonna be weak anymore!
Cecilia: What on earth are you doing!?
Rin: And that what you would call it dab
Ichika: I think we met before
Ryoga: Baron Knight!
Maya: What! A second male I.S Pilot!?
Rin: I though Ichika was the only male pilot!
Chifuyu: Suspend the match! Orimura! Huan! get out of there imminently!
Hope you like this chapter because I know what I chose for Drive and Build, so You'll have to wait. See ya later.