Stage 8: The Ringo Knight!
I do not own Infinite Stratos or Kamen Rider
"ORANGE CHARGE!"
Gaim charges in and swing his weapon at the Byakko Inves and slash it to the right and literally cut the orange holographic energy slicing the Byakko into half just as it exploded leaving the green Inves destroyed with orange slices flying out.
"MELON SQUASH!"
He runs down with his sword glowing green and slashes the three Elementary Inves as they cry out loud and explodes the last Inves.
"COME ON! BANANA SQUASH!"
He charges at them before he stabs one of the Elementary Inves at the end with a holographic banana appears, as Gaim takes a step back as the holographic point at him. Then Baron stabbed all of the Elementary Inves one by one as they all cried out in pain and exploded into dust.
"And that all of the videos that show about the Kamen Riders" Maya said as she showed the I.S pilot, Ichika, Rin, Cecilia, and Charles (minus Laura) were watching video footage of each Kamen Riders they've seen so far.
"I can't believe how many of those Riders are there on that website," Charles said as he was shocked to see that they're on it.
"I had no idea that they were on a website?" Ichika said as he didn't know that the Kamen Rider they're been seeing has their own website.
"Frankly, there was one person that's giving those Riders appearance in the first place" Maya shows them a video as she presses to play.
"Hello~! This is DJ Sagara here to you live for more info about the Kamen Riders!" DJ Sagara announced with excitement.
"This is DJ Sagara, he's been hosting this website whenever the Kamen Riders appeared fighting those monsters from those strange portals that have been appearing" she explained to the I.S students about DJ Sagara. "Unfortunately, there's not much more about this man. But I can't seem to find any more information about him?"
"So what you're telling us is that Sagara just appeared out of nowhere?" Rin asks with her eyes narrowed when Maya responded with her head nod.
"Well I wouldn't approve of those Riders protecting us, but I still don't trust those three if you ask me," Cecilia said as she doesn't exactly trust the three Rider.
"For once I agree with you" Rin agreed with the British student before turning her eye on Ichika. "What about you Ichika. What do you think about them?" she asked him.
As Ichika looks at the screen and examines them. "Well, I can trust Gaim and….who's the other one?" he explained his answer before he spotted a new Rider on the screen.
"Hmm, actually he's a new Rider that appeared weeks ago. This Rider goes by the name 'Ryugen'" Maya replied as she showed a new video to them.
"HA! BUDOU SQUASH!"
As he aims it at the Komori Inves he pulls his gun with glowing grape energy-like surrounding him, he points his Budou Ryuhou at the Komori Inves and shoots it with a purple energy dragon and lands a hit on the Komori Inves. Leaving it cries out loud and then exploding.
While the others watch this, Rin narrows her eyes as she only focuses on Ryugen when Ichika notices her.
"Ahh, Rin? Is something wrong?" he asks before Rin snaps out and focuses on the question from Ichika.
"Uhhh, nothing, just thinking of something. That's all" she replied to him.
As Ichika is still concerned for her before Rin talks more. "Anyways, you haven't answered my question if you trust them?" she still wonders the same question to him.
"Well I can truce those two, maybe the new one," he pointed at Gaim, Zangetsu and then Ryugen, "but don't know about him," he said with a serious expression, pointing at Baron on the screen.
"Who's that?" Charles asked as he's curious about him.
"I don't know" Ichika replies to him while looking at him. "But for some reason, he was able to control an I.S machine" this shocked Charles as he had no idea that there's another Male I.S out there.
Opening playing Just Live More by Shōnan no Kaze
The scene starts with four riders, Gaim, Baron, Ryugen, and Zangutsu posing back to back with their weapons in their hands, as the camera focuses on Gaim.
Then the next scene change with Helheim forest vines vanishes as the as it only leaves 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 showcases all four riders in a dojo with samurai armor for display. Then the scene focuses on Gaim as he pointed his Musou saber at the camera while he reflects on his original self shows of Katsuo.
(Survival you gotta 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 the 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 clutches 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 Suzuki and Hakaru were next while their riders form posing in the back as Chifuyu crosses her arms with her own rider from behind her.
(Dou tsukau? Kindan no kajitsu) the rider appearing with their respective Lockseed at the back in split screens. The scene changes 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 showcases 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 stare 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 collapses. 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 reaches out her hand at the camera.
(Soko genkai seiipei! Ikite iru to ieru kara) this scene shows Gaim armor, Lockseed, and the bracelet of the Byakushiki on the ground. As the scene changes as Gaim and Ichika past by each other while staring eye to eye. The next scene shows 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 charges down and slashes the Inves at Helheim forest as he poses. Then it showcases 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 punches it in front of the camera.
(Don't say no! Just live more!) the final scene takes place as the camera focuses on Gaim, riding a horse and rush into battle.
"What! He can pilot an I.S too!?" Charles was shocked as he never heard of another Male Pilot like him or Ichika.
"Well yes, of course, I still don't understand how he got his hands on it. Did he steal it by any chance, Mrs. Yamada?" Cecilia asked, wondering that this person stole it.
"He didn't, he's authorized to use the I.S anytime he wants" Maya replied, shocking the group of what they heard.
"What! You mean he can use the I.S anytime he wants!" Rin exclaims as she has a grudge against him the last time they met during the tournament against Ichika.
"I know it's wrong of him to use the I.S outside the field," Maya said, trying to calm her down.
"Why is he using an I.S Machine, doesn't he already have one" Ichika reminded them about his Rider Form.
Maya pulls out photos of Gaim, Zangetsu, Baron, and Ryugen on screen. "Actually Ichika, after examining this, those suits are not I.S, but they are highly advanced. Even that giant watermelon that you said isn't exactly an I.S as well."
"Didn't you at least find an identified one of them?" Cecilia asked that question.
"Well only one, however it's the Rogue I.S Pilot" Maya replied to her before Ichika steps in next.
"So who is his name?" he asked.
"The name of that Rogue I.S pilot and Kamen Rider Baron is Ryoga Kumon," she said before showing them a picture of Ryoga on screen.
Unknown to everyone, Houki was secretly hearing this behind a door "Ryoga Kumon?" Houki muttered to herself.
"According to his history, he dropped out of high school at the age of 13, lived alone with no parents or guardian, and a street dancing group is known as Team Baron" Maya explained.
"So that jerk's a dancer" Rin growled.
Ichika on the other hand stares at that picture as he remembers back at the I.S battle against Rin. "How is this Ryuga Kumon?" He thought to himself.
(Meanwhile with Katsuo)
Katsuo was walking down the school ground alone with his hands in his pocket while still thinking about the other Katsuo he met the other day, remembering what he said.
"Years ago in the laboratory of Yggdrasill, an accident happened over there as the fire started burns the building down and destroying ever of its research"
Katsuo thinks hard trying to figure out what his plan is. "An accident years ago, what does he mean by that?" He thought to himself, remembering what the other Katsuo said to him. However, there's also something else in his mind that Katsuo was confused. "And Yggdrasil, what do they have to do with it?" As he wonders about that as well.
Yggdrasil is a corporation that's the main priority is living and growth for civilization as well as education and healthcare. But why would that corporation be part of this?
"You can't be serious!"
Katsuo heard a voice yelling nearby as he looked around before he spotted Ichika talking with the girls arguing about something.
"You can't be that stupid! He's the one!" Rin yelled pointing her finger at Ichika.
"Come on just calm down for a bit" Ichika trying to calm the girls down, which is not working.
"Calm down! Don't tell me to calm down!" Cecilia hollered at him.
"We saw him, how can you really be that of an idiot! He must've done something to my I.S!" Rin shouted and pointed her finger at him.
"Look I know you all saw him did it. But, there's no way he can do something as that" Ichika said to them as he knew Katsuo for a long time.
"And how did you know that, what if he tricked you and Mrs. Orimura all these years, maybe he's here to steal all of the I.S he's back at the academy!" Houki shouted at her childhood friend.
Ichika narrowed his eyes and grit his teeth as they all blamed that Katsuo is the one who's been attacking this academy for months, but he knew that wasn't him. There's something not right about him as if someone is pretending to be him or something else.
"Look I know all of you think Katsuo did this. But I don't think this is him, there's no way" Ichika stated to them with a serious expression.
"Uh! I can't believe you! After months of him breaking in, you still don't think it was him!"
"I can not believe you!"
"Why are you protecting him! He's the one and you know! You are such an idiot"
This made Ichika gripping his hand and glared at them with narrow eyes. "Then maybe you don't have to be around me anymore!" he snapped before turning around and walked away from them.
The girls were shocked by what he said.
"Fine have it your way, you big idiot!" Rin hollered at him
"The nerve of him" Cecilia scuffed.
Before both girls left the area, Houki was the only one who didn't leave for a moment as she just stood there watching Ichika walking away. She tilted her head down for a moment with her eyes covered in shadow and then she left with the girls.
Then Katsuo walks out of the shadow after he hears his turn to where Ichika walks off to before he lets out a sorrow sigh, frowning. "Ichika, I know you're trying to protect me, but I think I may rely on you too much" he muttered to himself and his eyes covered in shade.
The next day, Katsuo was walking down the pathway with his hands in his pocket and head tilted down. He was thinking of what happened last night with an argument from Ichika and his friends.
"Katsuo!" someone calls out to him as he turns around and sees Maya running up to him. "Where were you? We were supposed to have study lessons," she said worriedly.
"Sorry, just something in my mind" Katsuo replied as he looked away frowning.
Maya looks concerned about Katsuo for some reason. "Is something wrong?" She asked him before he heard her.
"Well, it's just wondering, do you think I'm too weak?" He asked her that question.
"I…I don't know what you mean?" Maya wonders about that question.
"Whenever Chifuyu and Ichika step in, they always come in when I'm in danger, they do all the fighting and I just sit back" he explains to Maya his reason while she listens.
"I get it, they've been taking care of you ever since you were little, you're like their little brother," Maya said before placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, but what if I don't need them when I grow up?" Katsuo pointed out.
Maya was about to talk when suddenly, an explosion they heard out loud and spotted smoke coming out as she recognized where it was coming from.
"That came from the Arena!" Maya stated as she and Katsuo rushed down to the Arena. But once they got there, they spotted Rin and Cecilia down at the ground in their I.S as Laura is also there in hers.
"What's going on?" Katsuo wondered as he looked closer and saw that both of them were trying to remove wires around their necks that were connected to Laura's robotic arm. "It's just me or she's talking too far."
"Their I.S shield energy can't hold any more, she's gonna kill both of them!" Maya was shocked as she was about to stop this.
Katsuo then spotted Ichika who's in his Byakushiki I.S breaking through the glass barrier and flew headed towards Laura in the open as he raised his Yukihira at her. But she noticed as she created a protective force that made Ichika suddenly froze.
"What just happened?" Katsuo wondered.
"That would be Active Inertia Canceller or AIC for short, it's an ability that stops every movement of any object coming to her" Maya explained the Laura I.S to him.
"So that means Ichika stuck then" Maya nodded as they continued watching.
Ichika just froze there while Rin and Cecilia tried to get the wires of Laura I.S off their neck before both of them were released and their I.S disappeared, falling on the ground.
"A linear thinker was too emotional, I never saw a more perfect example of a fool" Laura taunted him as Ichika Yukihira ran out of energy as the light died down a little. "Just as I suspected, you pose no actual threat to me and Schwarzer Regenn you're just another of the helpless masses. NOW BE GONE!" as the cannon aim closes up at his face while Ichika just stands there doing nothing.
But all of a sudden, a red lightning bolt appeared out of nowhere, causing both to separate away. "Who dares!" Laura demanded as she looked around before finding that disturbing her firing at Ichika.
However, the person that interrupts her is none other than Ryoga in his I.S Baron Knight.
"Oh no..."
"You gotta be kidding me..."
"What's he doing here!?" Both of them said in unison as they were shocked to see him here for some reason.
The crowd of girls were shocked as they recognized him from the last battle with Rin and Ichika, as Houki, on the other hand, remembered he managed to have a second male I.S, but he's also a Kamen Rider that wiped the floor at Ichika the last time, he also let his emotion get in his way.
"What a second, isn't that the second male I.S pilot" Charle muttered to himself if that's the one.
While Houki just stares at him after hearing that name from the meeting she overheard.
"So, it was you" Laura glares at him as he hovers down and lands on the while Ryoga stares at her, staring at her.
"So you're an I.S representative from Germany am I correct?" Ryoga state to her.
"Yes, and you must be the second Male I.S I heard of. Does it mean you're with that fool" Laura asked as she heard of another Male I.S that she headed back in Germany and heard of another?
"Says the one trying to be like that foolish of a coward sister" he taunted her.
This gritted her teeth as she pointed her gun at him now. "Damn you" she growled before firing at him.
But what she didn't know is that Ichika picks up both Cecilia and Rin in his arms. "Hold on ladies," he said before he flies off and brings them somewhere they can be safe.
However, Laura notices as she aims her target at Ichika now while he tries to fly away to find a spot for both I.S pilots to be safe at. But as he looks at his screen and sees that he only has a few Shield Energy left. "Please Byakushiki, just let me use the Ignition Boost just one time!" he thought, struggling himself to make it quick.
Laura smirks as she gets a lock and fires her gun at Ichika, but it flies past him as she misses the shot. This shocks her as Ryoga reverses the grip of his spear and throws it at Laura as she dodges it before flying towards him.
Ichika rested both girls on the wall as he seemed they're alright. "So are you guys okay?" he asks them as Rin and Cecilia open their eyes and see him standing in front.
"Ichika…" Rin moaned.
"I'm so sorry you have to witness any of that atrocity" Cecilia frowned.
"No problem, I'm just glad both of you aren't conscious," he said to them before turning and was about to go back in there. "But don't expect me to say thank you, however, I can't just sit there seeing you guys get hurt because of our argument" even though he won't forgive them thinking that Katsuo is the one who's doing this. But I won't stand someone trying to hurt you both."
"If only I have my own I.S, instead the only thing I can do is stand here and watch" Houki muttered can't stand watching this anymore if only she can just go there.
Laura then uses her wire and catches Ryoga by the arm as she drags him up to her close before activating her AIC.
"Now fool, I'll show you the real difference between the generations" Laura declared as dragging Ryoga close to her, as Ichika saw this before a beam saber appeared on her left arm and charged towards him with battle cries.
"Then I'll show you my true strength!" Ryoga yelled as he reached out his left arm, his spear flying off the ground and headed towards them.
Laura notices the spear is heading this way as she reaches her hand out and activates the AIC, however, Ryoga clutches his fist, before striking her behind causing Laura to cry out loud with red sparks.
"Damn you" she growled as she was about to get up.
"That's enough!"
Someone calls off as they all turn and see Chifuyu walking in the field with her arms crossed.
"M-Mentor!?" Laura gasps.
Ryoga decided to listen as he's I.S vanished and landed on the ground. "You're lucky I didn't beat you," he said rudely to her as this caused her to glare at him with teeth-gritting.
"Honestly, this is why dealing with children is so damn tiring," Chifuyu said sterned before walking up to Ryoga as she pulled out an I.S katana and swung down towards him before he deflected with his spear. "Impressive, Kumon right?"
"You can call me that," he said before walking away while Chifuyu watched him leave, she then turned her head at the front.
"You can practice all you want here, however as a teacher I can't ignore it when you start destroying the barriers in the arena itself. So this is over now. I'm ordering you to wait for the upcoming tournament to settle the score of your little match, understood?" Chifuyu said to them.
"If this is all your orders mentor" Laura replied before her I.S vanish as she lands on the ground.
"Orimura," then she got his little brother's attention, "you're okay with that too, right?"
"Uhhh, yeah sure" Ichika replied.
Chifuyu then turns her head and stares at him with dead eyes. "You should say yes to your instructor, blockhead" she growled
"Uh, yes mam!" he flinches, forgetting that in this school, Chifuyu is his teacher.
"In that case, we're all hereby prohibited from engaging in any personal matches until the tournament! dismiss!" she calls out to the other students who were watching.
Houki on the other hand has her eyes on Ryoga walking down with hands in his pocket.
"This is gonna be a long day" Katsuo muttered to himself.
(Meanwhile at the Mainland)
Down at the streets, Hakaru and Suzuki were walking down the streets discussing what they discovered a few days ago at a room with designs of Lockseeds and I.S data they found there. However, what are they used for?
"The other Katsuo is planning something, and it involves the I.S Data?" Hakaru thought to himself while cupping his hand on his chin before Suzuki snapped him out of it.
"You alright?" Suzuki asked him as he startled before turning his head at him.
"Yeah I'm fine" he replied. "It's just something in my mind I can't figure out."
"It's about what happened a few days ago, isn't it" Suzuki guessed it after finding the other Katsuo secret room.
"Still though, what is his real motive to the Lockseeds and the I.S Data we found back there" Hakaru reminded him days ago.
"Yeah, and we got out just in time," Suzuki said as something happened back in the room.
(Flashback)
As Ryugen and Zangetsu looked up the Data and blueprints that the other Katsuo was doing before the white samurai heard something from behind as he unsheathed his Musou Saber.
"Show yourself!" Zangetsu hollered out as they heard a footstep noise with the floor creaking revealing to be a hooded figure before removing its hood revealing to Katsuo with a smirk expression.
"Katsuo!?" he gasps before realizing if this is the other Katsuo of his, but he can't tell who is who.
As this Katsuo just pulls out something and shows the two Rider a button in hand. "Sayonara" he smirks with a dark smirk expression and presses it, causing it to hear a beeping noise.
Zangetsu and Ryugen look around to find that beeping noise until they see that the other Katsuo fled away when the white samurai realized what this is.
"RUN!" he exclaimed out loud.
The two riders began to run out of the room as fast as they just when the entire thing exploded in flames, they may have gotten out of there alive, but they lost the evidence there meaning they can figure out what the other Katsuo plans with the I.S data and the Lockseeds.
(Flashback end)
"It was a close one back there, we almost died" Suzuki pointed out to him that night.
"That may be true," he replied it was also a relief to get out before the explosion, "but we lost evidence that night, meaning we're back to square one."
"I'm sure I will find more detail of the Data and blueprint the other Katsuo was planning," Suzuki said to him as they might get more information about it soon.
"I guess so" Hakaru agrees with him, maybe they will find more of the other Katsuo plans.
(Back at the Academy)
"What! You want me to pair up to what!" Ichika hollered as Maya tells him during the tournament he will have to partner up with an I.S Pilot. However, the pairing Ichika isn't exactly fond of.
"I'm sorry Orimura, but it was Mrs. Orimura decided to pair you and Kumon for the tournament," Maya said to him as Ichika, unfortunately, had to pair up with Ryoga for this week's tournament. "Look I understand you don't like this, but this is Mrs. Orimura's decision."
Ichika groaned with his teeth gritting and eyes narrowed, before turning his eyes on Ryoga who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He doesn't want to team up with, especially what happened the last time they saw each other when he was fighting against Rin in her I.S battle. "Come on, I'm not teaming up with that jerk after what he did!"
"Look I understand that, but the reason why he'll be participating in this tournament is so we can know about his I.S. It's completely different from the other generations we have" Maya explained.
Ryoga didn't say anything back to them before he suddenly felt someone was watching as he turned and saw no one was there.
"I'm sorry, but you'll have cooperated with him during the tournament tomorrow" she insisted Ichika team up with him before walking away from him, leaving him and Ryoga alone in the hallway.
"Great, now I have to team up with that jerk tomorrow" Ichika grunted quietly before he saw Ryoga walking away.
"Don't let me babysit you, because it'll end you down on the ground" Ryoga said as this ticked Ichika off with his teeth grit and eyes narrowed.
"What's that supposed to mean!?" Ichika growled after what Ryoga said and meant by that.
Before Ryoga stops walking and turns his head towards Ichika. "You may have an I.S to control, but you're still pathetic when you can't use its full power, especially for someone who has to rely upon while you coward from behind."
Ichika growled as he glaring at him. "Look I don't know what's your problem with me, but I need anyone to protect me! I'm a man who won't back down!"
"Even for someone that lets you be safe even forfeiting in a match, losing their streak" this crosses the line for Ichika as he clutches his fist tightly as if he feels like he wanted to punch that guy in the face.
"If you wanna bring it, let's take this outside" Ryoga suggested to Ichika before walking away.
"But we can't use our I.S, Chifuyu told us no one will use them until tomorrow's tournament" Ichika pointed that out to him.
"Who says anything about using our I.S" this caught Ichika off guard, blinked of confusion of what he meant by that.
They were in a forest as Ichika and Ryoga stood there up front staring at each other in silence while the wind blew through them. Then Ichika breaks the silence as he asks him a question.
"Why are we here?" he asked him, they can't use the I.S out here so what exactly are they gonna do?
"This" Ryoga pulls his belt before placing it on his waist and gets his Banana Lockseed out.
"Henshin!" Ryoga announced before pressing the button.
"BANANA!"
A crack opened above him with the metallic banana emerging from it as Ryoga twirl his Lockseed before inserting it in his belt and locking it.
"LOCK ON!"
With trumpet playing, Ryoga presses the lever knife down
"COME ONE! BANANA ARMS! KNIGHTS OF SPEAR!"
Once the metallic banana drops down on his head, he transforms himself into Kamen Rider Baron.
"That's not fair, you got that and I don't!" Ichika complains to him as he doesn't have a belt of his own, but his I.S, except he can't use it when his sister told everyone not to use it until tomorrow's tournament, making it a disadvantage to him.
But then Baron stabs his Banaspear on the ground before walking a few steps back. "Then use my weapon, if you know how to use it" Baron insisted.
As Ichika looks at his Banaspear for a moment before picking it up with his hands and grips his hands tightly.
"Then let's get started already."
"Yeah, but just because you gave me your banana weapon doesn't make us friends!" He said as Ichika charged towards him and swung the Banaspear downwards at Baron.
But the Banana Knight caught them with his right-hand caught Ichika by surprise to see that. "Just because you have a weapon, doesn't mean you have the apprehend!" he hollered before pushing back Banaspear and landed a punch at Ichika's chest. "Besides, the weapons are the only thing I have now are my fist."
Ichika took a few steps back as he was still standing from that hit but was still taking him on and swinging the Banaspear to his left before Baron caught it again before kicking Ichika in the stomach and then in the face as Ichika fell down on the ground while he felt that hit.
"This is the reason why you're a coward. You're too easily caught in the open when your own sister rescues you as a damsel in distress" this causes Ichika to glare at him with his teeth gritting.
"Bastard!" he growled before raising the Banaspear up and swung it downwards as Baron blocked before taking it off of Ichika hands then punched him twice at him and hit an uppercut causing Ichika to collapse on the ground.
Ichika was about to get up when Baron got his Banaspear and pointed right at the Male I.S face. "You may be as strong with an I.S, but in this area, you are powerless," he said darkly as Ichika glared at him with his teeth gritting, the Banana Knight closing his Lockseed and reverting back to his original state.
"You're still too weak even without an I.S there's no way for you to get strong, you won't be able to surpass your sister, you couldn't take down that German brat," Ryoga said before walking away leaving Ichika alone in the forest.
Ichika has his eyes covered in shade and just stood still before he slams his fist on the ground as he hears voices.
"Just as I suspected, you pose no actual threat to me and Schwarzer Regenn you're just another of the helpless masses"
"That's it, that all you have? Your power is useless"
He made a scoff with his teeth gritting and grabbing on the grass and gripped it tightly. "I'm not weak, and I'll never rely on Chifuyu on this one," he muttered to himself before tilting his head up, "I'll show just how powerful I am."
"Ichika?" someone calls out as Ichika turns around and spots Charle standing there. "Are you alright?" he asked him if he was fine.
"Um, yeah, I'm just fine" he replied to him.
On the streets, Ryoga was walking down alone with his hands in his pockets minding his own after that small fight with Ichika. But then he stops and stands there before turning his head around to see the area is nothing.
"I know you're there, stop hiding and show your face at me" Ryoga shouted out loud but one there.
Until someone reveals from the shadow, reveals itself none other than Houki.
"How long have you noticed?" she asked him.
"Long enough, so why follow me? Is it the I.S I have" he demands of her as Houki walks up to him close.
"That I.S you got, is it hers?" Houki said as she talked about his I.S Baron Knight he used.
As Ryoga narrows his eyes and takes a closer look at her. "I guess you really are her sister after all" Ryoga said, causing Houki to glare with his teeth gritting and gripping her fist tightly.
(Elsewhere)
Katsuo was walking down at the school ground while he looked up and watched the stars above as he let out a sigh. Now that Ryoga is here for the tournament tomorrow, things have just got worse for him as well for Ichika. Especially the way he talks about power and looking down on people.
"I can't believe that guy is here for the tournament" Katsuo murmured to himself. "Hope Ichika will do well tomorrow better than I do."
Just then Katsuo heard something a noise nearby before turning around and seeing nothing was there. This might be his imagination in his head as he was about to continue walking, but then the noise got closer and closer to him, Katsuo looked around the area again as he was about to turn and see someone standing in front of him, startling Katsuo by surprises.
But then he took a closer look and recognized that person. "I remember you! You're that guy from that strange forest!" Katsuo said as he remembered that man holding the Sengoku Driver when he first became Kamen Rider Gaim that day. "What are you doing here?" he wonders.
"To find you" the man spoke before grabbing both hands-on Katsuo arms. "I told you not to put it on, but you did, you should've given it to me!"
"Why don't you want me to transform? Is there a reason why?" Katsuo asks as he's suspicious of that man of why he said that.
The man let out a sigh and decided to tell him. "Alright, I'll tell you, but first you can call me Parks, but listen, there are some things you don't know about."
"Know about what?" Katsuo muttered as he looked curious about what Parks was about to say.
As Parks was about to say something to him before a red whipped wrap around his neck and got pulled away from Katsuo as he was about to chase him he heard footsteps coming closer. The person reveals itself to be the other Katsuo.
"You!" Katsuo growled as he recognized the other Katsuo. "What do you want!"
"I'm here to dispose of this man since he escaped from them, they order me to make him silent to go, that's why I'm here" the other Katsuo explained to him.
"They? They who!?" Katsuo demands to know who sent this version of himself to kill Parks.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you that, this man is telling too much he must be silent," the other Katsuo said before pulling out something in his pocket revealing a button in hand. "Besides, if he doesn't this school will be blown into smothering!"
"What! You can't be serious!" Katsuo growled angrily.
"Then what will it be, saving this man, or the rest of the school" the other Katsuo grinned making the real Katsuo a decision to make Parks or the entire school.
The man Parks knows something of all this, especially the Sengoku Driver he had back then. While at the I.S Academy school, there have been some people that think he's the thief of stealing the I.S data such as Houki, Rin, and Cecilia thinking he's the one, however they don't deserve this.
"What the hell is he thinking! If I save everyone here, then he dies, but if I save him then the school will get blown up, but which one, damn it!" Katsuo thought while trying to make a decision.
"The clock's ticking, make a decision before he or place will burn into the ground!" the other Katsuo sneered with a sinister grinned expression on him while Katsuo growled as he can't believe this guy is gonna destroy the school with innocent school students.
"Kid," Katsuo blinked as he looked and saw Parks standing up. "You don't have to do this, but you can stop this from destroying this world," Parks said before pulling out something in his pocket and pulling out a strange fruit that Katsuo recognized.
"Wait, what are you doing!" Katsuo hollered at Parks.
"I know this is insane, but you must know what will happen if I eat this" Parks said to him. "But it doesn't matter, because I know you will find out the truth" he smiled before eating the strange fruit and munchies down to his mouth.
"Wait no! Don't do it!" Katsuo exclaims as he tries to stop him.
As Parks lets out a scream before the entire body is covered in strange vines, with a green glowing light before dying down, Parks has become a Komori Inves, but the wings mutate into a flesh white and red. And a sword that resembles a wing.
Katsuo was shocked to see Parks transform himself into an Inves willingly to save the students of the I.S Academy. The Komori Inves lets out a purple wave as Katsuo manages to dodge that wave as the Komodo Investor up and flies away.
The other Katsuo laughed for a moment as he was about to leave. "Wait!" Katsuo shouted at him with glaring eyes and teeth-gritting angrily. "Why….Why would you let him!" He demands him as the other Katsuo didn't say anything. "ANSWER ME!"
"He did because it's his fault for knowing something he can't speak of," the other Katsuo said before turning around as he was about to walk away from him. "You might as well go after him before he hurt anyone else."
Katsuo growled with his teeth gritting, however, letting the Komori Inves lose in the school ground and attack the other students and decided to go after him instead. Leaving the other Katsuo his chance to escape as he opened a crack portal and crossed through before disappearing.
Unknown to everyone, someone was there who watched the entire thing as the person pulled out something, revealing it to be the same belt that Katsuo held, and a Lockseed with an apple face plate on it, and an 'L.A. TABOO' on it.
Ichika was walking after having that fight against Baron with Charle him when he found him.
"Ichika are you alright?" Charle asked him to wonder if he is alright.
"Yeah, I'm fine after all, a man always gets up on his feet" Ichika smiled before standing up straight.
Charle sighs as he facepalms on his forehead while Ichika blink of confusion. "Anyways, I haven't seen you with Houki, Rin, and Cecilia all day, what happened?" he wonders about that.
"Oh that, I don't know," Ichika frowned, putting his hand in his pockets.
"I saw you and the other having an argument last night. What were you arguing about?" He reminded him of what happened yesterday.
Ichika looks down before he stops as Charle also stops and looks at him. "I guess it has to do with Katsuo."
"That boy you and Mrs. Orimura took care of you when you were young?"
"Yeah, they all think he's the one who's been breaking in the Academy and stealing their I.S data. But, I don't think Katsuo is the one doing this" he explained to Charle as the French representative understood the reason.
"I'm sure there's a reason why he's doing this" Charle said.
As they both talk about Katsuo until they hear a noise for some reason until the Komori Inves lands down on the ground in front of them before attacking.
"Charle, look out!" Ichika shouted before pushing the French representative out of them as they both dodge the Komori Inves.
"So that's the Inves that Mrs. Yamanda talking about" Charle wonders if that one of the monsters that have been attacking the Academy lastly.
"Yeah, that's the one" Ichika stated as the Komori Inves releases purple waves as they dodge it.
"Then how are we supposed to beat that, we can't use our I.S out here!" Charle noted him.
"I know," Ichika growled as he can't use his I.S until tomorrow's tournament, then how exactly are they gonna beat this monster then.
Katsuo arrived at the scene not far away and he saw the Komori Inves, but he also spotted Ichika and Charle over there. "Ichika!" he gasped before pulling out his Sengoku belt and was about to put it on his waist until he stopped and remembered. If he kills the man known as Parks then he won't get any more information about what the other Katsuo mentioned about Yggdrasill. Both of his hands are shaken as he can't kill even if he's an Inves.
But he placed the Sengoku Belt around his waist before pulling out his Orange Lockseed.
"Henshin!" Katsuo shouted as he pressed the button.
"ORANGE!"
A crack zipper opens up as the metallic orange emerges, Katsuo imminently rushes down and inserts his Lockseed on his belt before pressing the lever knife.
"SEIYA! ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE"
The orange arm lands on his head before his body donned into a suit unfolding transforming into Kamen Rider Gaim and he charges down before swinging his Daidaimaru at the Komori Inves.
"Quick, get out of here!" Gaim shouted at Ichika.
"Bu-."
"I said now!" he exclaimed to him.
Charle tugged Ichika by the arm as he got his attention. "Ichika we have to go!"
"But what about that, we have to help!" Ichika shouted as they should help Gaim out.
"Ichika was not fit to fight monsters, that's not our job!" Ichika narrowed his eyes as he looked and saw Gaim holding off the Komori Inves. "Will inform Mrs. Yamada about this!"
Ichika accepted before he and Charle ran off and left the area.
Gaim was holding the Komori Inves with his Daidaimaru before pushing him down on the ground. "Now this is my stag-!" as he was about to swing his Daidaimaru downwards but froze as he remembered that's Parks. He kills him, he'll never find the answer before Komori Inves fires the orange samurai with his purple waves causing Gaim to fall down and roll on the ground.
As Komori Inves was about towards him while Gaim was just about to get up on his knees they heard a trumpet tone as Gaim knows that tune. It's the exact tune that Ryoga uses while transforming as he looks around to find that tune.
"COME ON!"
A red blur jumps over Gaim and attacks the Komori Inves sending him flying and falls on the ground.
Gaim stands up and sees who it is as he is shocked.
"RINGO ARMS! DESIRE FORBIDDEN FRUIT!"
It was a person wearing a silver suit with black parts on the side, the torso quills, gauntlet, red brace, greaves, a red mask with the visor is inside of an apple, back on her red helmet resembles the same as Gaim has but with no studs, silver mouthpiece, red loincloth, and waist cape. The armour has two apple skins on the chest revealing the parts of the chest plating, and panned spikes. There are black markings on the loincloth, shoulder pads underneath, and chest plate of the two apple skins. The belt on the left side plate has a red face, the visor has a rainbow, a red background, and at the centre is a Lockseed which was opened revealing a sliced apple and at the bottom is a sword and shield. In hand holding a shield on the left and a sword with an apple core on the blade. This is Kamen Rider Idunn.
"Another….Kamen Rider!?" Gaim muttered to himself as Idunn pulled out a sword from the shield, causing the orange samurai stunned as he recognized that sword for some reason.
"En garde," Idunn said with a female voice, pointing her sword at him.
As the Komori Inves lets out a roar before shooting purple waves at her before Idunn covers herself with her shield blocking the attack. Once the purple wave was stopped, Idunn charged in and swung her sword downwards than to the left slashing the Komori Inves in the chest.
The Komori Inves steps back after that attack before charging at her and swings his sword downwards before Idunn dodges and jumps up in them as she was about to swing her sword when the Komori Inves turns and lets out a sonic screech causing Idunn and Gaim covering to hear that sound.
"That's it, I'm turning that sound down!" Gaim cried before pulling out his Orange Lockseed off and replacing it with his Ichigo Lockseed.
"ICHIGO!"
He inserted on his belt before pressing the lever knife.
"LOOK ON! SEIYA! ICHIGO ARMS! SHUSHUTTO SPARK!"
The metallic orange folds back and removes from Gaim's head as the strawberry lands on his head and unfolds into armour, with kunai in hands he throws them at the Komori Inves stopping his sonic screech.
He then charges towards the Komori Inves and slashes with his kunai at the Komori Inves causing him to kneel down as Gaim unsheath his Musou Saber and place his Ichigo Lockseed on it as he closes it.
"LOCK ON! 1! 10! 100! 1000!"
As Gaim was about to swing his Musou Saber with red energy flows through it, he suddenly stopped and saw that the monster is also Parks once was, if he destroyed him, he'll never find out before the Komori Inves shoots purple waves at Gaim causing him damage reverting back to civilians form as he felt pain.
Then Idunn charges in and swings her sword downwards, then slashing him twice, and finally pieces him in the chest as the Komori Inves steps back a bit.
She then presses down the knife lever.
"COME ON! RINGO SQUASH!"
Idunn charges up as her sword glows as it is flowing through red energy, she swings downwards sending a red slash at the Komori Inves, slashing him in the chest causing him to scream before exploding.
Katsuo was stunned to see that Idunn just killed the one thing he needed to find out, however, her sword is what he caught as he remembered back when fires were spreading around, someone was walking up to him holding the exact same sword hat like this one.
"Wait," Katsuo said as Idunn turned around and saw him in silence. "You were there," he said darkly with his cover shade. "You were there on that night, you tried to kill me, why!"
Idunn didn't say a word back to him however, Katsuo recognized that sword back then and nearly got killed by that.
"Tell me, are you the one that night!" Katsuo demanded to know while Idunn still isn't responding to his question. He then pulls out his Orange Lockseed.
"ORANGE!"
"Henshin," Katsuo said before inserting in his Sengoku Belt and pressing down the lever knife.
"SEIYA! ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!"
Katsuo transforms back into Kamen Rider Gaim as he unsheathes his Musou Saber and grip both of his swords.
"Tell me, NOW!" Gaim hollered as he charged towards Idunn as she simply blocked his attack with her shield before pushing him back.
But Gaim isn't done yet as he pulls the portion and shoots it at her while she still deflected it with her shield, he combines both of his Musou Saber and Daidaimaru together making a double bladed sword. He charges at her before swinging his double sword downwards, just as Idunn blocks it deflecting his Gaim's attack.
"Sorry, but you're not strong enough to face me" Idunn whispers before pushing back him before rushing in with great speed, she slashes him while flying as Gaim crashes on the ground.
Gaim stills standing as he picks up his double sword just before Idunn appears out of nowhere and swings her sword at the orange samurai, they lock blades and keep their ground up.
"Tell me, you were there on that night! You tried to kill me!" Gaim growled as he pushed his double sword, pushing Idunn back.
"I don't know what you're talking about, but you won't find an answer once you're beaten" Idunn stated before pushing Gaim back by, she then swung her sword upwards causing the orange samurai to lose his double sword as Idunn pressed the lever knife twice.
"RINGO AU LAIT!"
Idunn moved her right arm back before thrusting a straight stab, piercing Gaim in the chest sending him flying and crashing on the ground. He was about to get up but was in pain before Idunn stood in front of him pointing her sword at him.
"You're formidable, I can give you that. However, you are not ready to face evil" Gaim blinked of what she said. "Evil is everywhere, we fight to make sure this world is safe and protects the people."
"But….I'm also fighting to protect others," Gaim groaned as he tries to get up when Idunn points her sword at his face, making a stop.
"That may be true, but you're not ready. You couldn't save one person" this silent Gaim with his eyes widened, remembering Parks as he transformed into an Inves. "I'll let this one go, but don't expect me to help you the next time I see you, just give up and let someone else do the job," she said before walking away leaving Gaim alone in the area.
Gaim closed his Orange Lockseed reverting back his regular state, Katsuo was breathing in and out shivering in fear after experiencing a fight with Idunn, he then thinks back when Parks eats the strange fruit that turns into an Inves. If he can't save some then what will he do then?
(Elsewhere)
Idunn was standing on top of the Academy rooftop staring up and looking at the stars. She soon then closed her Lockseed and took it out from her Sengoku Belt, as her bodysuit disappeared Kamen Rider Idunn revealed to be…... Chifuyu!
"Sorry, Katsuo" she muttered before looking at her Lockseed in her hand. "But you should not continue" as Chifuyu walks away from this area and heads back into her room.
Next time of Infinite Gaim
Laura: Now you're just in my way!
Ryoga: what's wrong, can't hit me from here!
Ichika: Damn you. You're copying my sister to fight me. How dare you!"
Katsuo: can't do this anymore, I'll never get strong.
Blonde small Chifuyu: please….continue fighting.
other Katsuo: Henshin
BLOOD ORANGE ARMS!"
Sorry I haven't been posting these stories. I was doing three chapters and I kinda overdid it. But I'm fine though, it's just I got bored all day that's all. Anyway, I'll try to post new chapters soon. See ya later