Hello. This is episode 2 of Faiz. For those who read the first episode, thanks for the support.
Note: This does not included spandex heroes (so sorry, RPM fans) or giant robots.
(This is a recap from the last episode)
Michael then pressed the enter button.
Standing By!
Michael then put the phone on the belt.
Complete!
This causes lasers to go around him and flash in a red glowing substance called, Photon Blood. The flash then stopped, and Michael took a new form. He was now an armored superhuman with his helmet looking like mix between a phi symbol and a shark. Michael's new form had a black suit called Sol Foam, armor on his shoulders and legs called Sol Metal, and metal chest armor called Fullmetal Lung. Yuka's eyes widen as she saw the transformation.
The bat monster then walked towards Yuka and grabbed Yuka by the throat.
"Miss!" Michael said. Yuka's face then turned pale, almost pure white. The bat monster seems to feel shock, when his human form appeared in his shadow.
"What? Are you...?" The Bat monster asked in shock. Michael then ran to the bat monster. The bat monster noticed this but was unable to block Michael's punch. Yuka then ran by the car. Michael was beating the bat monster with punches and kicks. Michael then ran to the bat monster and side kicked it in the chest. They both froze, until the bat monster exploded into blue flames and started crumble into ash.
"What…What is this?" Yuka asked.
(cue Justiφs's by ISSA; same as the original except a switch in places: Michael in Takumi's place, Yuka in Mari's place, Kiba in Keitaro's place, Sawada in Kiba's place, Saeko in Yuka's place, and Takuma in Kaido's place. Kaido, Mari, Keitaro, and Murakami will also be included.)
(Created by Shotaro Ishinomori)
Hirogaru uchuu no naka Can you feel? (? as Michael Taylor)
Chiisa na hoshi no hanashi wo shiyou (Yoshika Kato as Yuka Osada, Ayano Okubo as Michiko Osada)
Tell me the truth shinjite 'ta mirai ga (Shinji Hiwatashi as Shoichi Osada, Hitomi Ochiai as Kana Osada, Hiroko Sato as Kaori Ozawa, Sara Matsuzaka as Megumi Nakamura)
Kuzure sarou to shite'ru (Mikio Sato as Midorikawa)
Kanashimi wo kurikaeshi (Written by Shoji Imai; Music by Kazunori Miyake)
Boku-ra wa doko e yuku no darou?
Ima hitori-hitori no mune no naka (Character Designs by Tamotsu Shinohara)
Me wo samase The time to go
Tsuyoku aru tame ni (Produced by Jun Hikasa, Naomi Takebe and Takaaki Ustunomiya)
Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto
Dilemma wa owaranai... hashiri-tsuzukete mo (Directed by Ryuta Tasaki)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 2: The Belt's Power
Parking Lot
Michael took out the phone and opened it. He pressed the end call button, which made the suit dissolves, with the Photon Blood going back in the belt. Yuka was still shocked from the experience. Michael then put the belt and phone back in the suitcase.
"Excuse me, but, could you just tell me what just happened?" Yuka asked. Michael turned to Yuka.
"That guy got killed to early, that's what happened. I just remembered that. He wasn't supposed to be killed this early," Michael said. "it was probably for the best."
"Hey, sometimes things can be wrong, right?" Yuka asked.
"My predictions are never wrong," Michael said. "Come on, we went to the wrong direction. I think it's west."
Michael and Yuka then went west from the parking lot. They didn't notice a figure walking through a driveway tunnel, who then touched ashes.
Osada House
Yuka and Michael walk on a bridge which was on top of a lake. They stopped in front of the Osada house.
"This is where you live?" Michael asked.
"Yeah," Yuka replied.
"Alright, til we meet again. Miss," Michael said, as he then walks away. Yuka then walks to her house.
Inside of the house, Yuka's parents are worried about Michiko.
"Michiko is awfully late," The father said.
"Yes, please speak to her strictly, Shoichi. This isn't something she can take lightly," Kana requested (Yes, another Agito reference).
"I think we're jumping to conclusions. She probably got lost or something," Shoichi said. The door then opened and out came Yuka.
"I'm home," Yuka quietly announced.
"Oh, it's you, is it?" Shoichi asked in disappointment.
Near the Park
Michiko was walking home, near the park. The father was right about one thing, Michiko was lost.
"Why did I listen to Hitomi when she requested this way home? It sure works for her," Michiko complained before a car came running towards her. This car wasn't the one from the Man in Sunglasses. The car then hit Michiko and set her rolling on the grass and stopped on the ground.
"What's with that car?" Michiko asked, as she then felt that something was hurting.
Osada House
Yuka was cleaning the dishes. She was not wearing her school uniforms. But a white shirt under a light blue jacket, with a green skirt.
"Just, who was that kid? What are these monsters? What is that power that he used?" Yuka thought to herself.
"Someone," A voice echoed in Yuka's head, which catches the attention of Yuka (Cue Clinical Motion by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:19, 0:49-1:12). The voice sounded like Michiko's, as Yuka touched her ear to listen.
"Help me!" Michiko cried in Yuka's head.
"Michiko!" Yuka said.
"What?" Shoichi questioned, noticing what Yuka said.
"I just heard Michiko's voice just now," Yuka said, which had Shoichi and Kana worried.
"Help me! Someone…someone help me!" Michiko's voice said. Yuka then came running out of the house, with her parents later following her.
Near the Park
Yuka kept running. It was like her instincts were telling her where Michiko was. Yuka then stopped as she saw Michiko, near a tree, holding her leg in pain.
"Michiko!" Yuka cried, running to Michiko.
"Michiko!" Shoichi also cried, as he and Kana. Yuka then stopped when she got to Michiko.
"Michiko," Yuka said, before Shoichi then pushed her out of the way.
"Michiko, are you okay?" Shoichi asked. "What happened?"
(End Track)
"My ankle…it's twisted," Michiko said in pain.
"Is that so? Okay, hold on," Shoichi said, putting Michiko's arm in his shoulder, to carry her.
"Oh thank god!" Kana said. Kana then turned to Yuka. "It's thanks to you. Thank you, Yuka!"
"Stop it, mother. Don't touch her!" Michiko demanded.
"What are you talking about? Thanks to Yuka…" Kana said.
"No! She pushed me, it's her fault," Michiko lied. But her lie tricked her parents. Well, one of them.
"What?" Shoichi asked, believing her lie. Kana looked at Yuka, her daughter was many things, and bad person wasn't one of them. Yuka shook her head no, claiming that she didn't do it.
"No, I didn't. I wasn't even nearby. I was with a boy," Yuka declined.
"Then, how did you know she was here? It's impossible that you heard her voice," Shoichi said.
"I really did hear her voice, honestly," Yuka said. Then, her father slapped Yuka.
"Get out! I can't have you living in our house anymore. Leave!" Shoichi yelled.
"Now, dear, Why don't we talk about this," Kana requested.
"There's nothing to talk about," Shoichi said, before then grabbing Yuka's arm, and threw her on the pavement. "Go on, get out of here!"
Yuka then ran off. Shoichi went back to Kana and Michiko. Kana had a face that Shoichi didn't like.
"What are you staring at!" Shoichi asked strictly.
"Nothing much. I thought we agreed to love each other's children?" Kana said.
"Yuka is not my child!" Shoichi said, which had Kana's face turned to sadness.
Alleyway
Yuka was walking through an alleyway when it was raining hard. She couldn't believe what just happened. She had just got kicked out of her house, and she had no where to go. Unnoticeable to her, when lightning struck (not on her, in the sky), she faded into a white Crane monster. But, there were only fades. Yuka stopped as if she felt something. Yuka decided that it was probably her imagination. On a bottom vent, there was a white feather.
Grocery Store
Yuka was wondering through the Grocery store. Two boys noticed her, and then followed her. Yuka was looking at fruit, not noticing the boys.
"Hey girl, I was wondering you might want to go out sometime? Maybe for some tea," Boy 1 said cockily. Yuka was silent, and didn't look at either at them.
"Hey, my friend is talking to you!" Boy 2 snapped.
"No thank you," Yuka responded. "Happy?"
As Yuka was trying to walk away, the two boys stopped her.
"Hey. Where did you come from?" Boy 2 asked. It was obvious that they were trying to hit on her.
"Somewhere far," Yuka responded, before trying to walk away again.
"It's dangerous for a girl, like you to be by herself. I'll show you around," Boy 1 said.
"From my point of view, you're the dangerous one," Yuka responded, trying to walk away again.
"Hey. Can't we just have tea?!" Boy 2 asked, running and grabbing Yuka's shoulder. Just then, Yuka grabbed it and threw him to the ground.
"Why you!" Boy 1 said, as Yuka then punched Boy 1 in the stomach. By the next moment, both boys were down.
"What?" Yuka asked herself. She never learned how to fight, nor like that. Yuka then felt something. She turned around and did a punch. But the punch only hit a hand, which was from Michael.
"You!" Yuka said in shock.
"Yo," Michael greeted. "What a coincidence. I had a feeling you might be somewhere. The past told me what happened 10 hours and 15 minutes ago."
"How did you know that?" Yuka asked.
"I'm a fortune teller remember," Michael said, as Yuka then put her arm down.
"Sorry. I don't know what's happening. I've been hearing Michiko's voice from miles, and I just learned how to fight," Yuka said.
"We all go through changes. By the way, I was going to have rice for breakfast. Want to join me?" Michael asked. Yuka didn't know what to say.
Beach
A man walking of the beach was going to his motorbike. He was wearing a black leather jacket and a black t-shirt with a skull on it. This man's name is Midorikawa. When he got on his motorbike, on the road, he received a call.
"Yes? Oh, Murakami?" Midorikawa said.
"Yes, the belt's location has changed. It seems another Orphnoch is with the person holding it. I don't know why he or she hasn't attacked yet, but, go help them out. One of our best assassins has been killed and you're next in line," The voice, Murakami, said on the phone.
"Yes sir. You can count on me," Midorikawa said, as he then got off the phone and rode of the find the belt.
Restaurant
Yuka and Michael were eating breakfast at a restaurant, and Yuka was shocked on how Michael ate the rice so fast.
"Sorry, I haven't eaten since yesterday," Michael explained. Yuka then decided to ask some questions.
"Ok, so, um, could you please tell me about that belt?" Yuka asked. Michael's eyes widen. After Michael finished another spoonful of rice, he took a piece of paper. One with the design of the belt.
"I have a couple of pieces of paper that we found with the belt. This belt, is called the Faiz belt. Put the other accessories together, you get the Faiz Gear. And these are the monsters that are after it," Michael explained as he took out another piece of paper, which looked like a letter. "O-r-ph-no-ch."
"Orphnoch? Are they aliens are something?" Yuka asked.
"The past and future told me that...they are evolved humans," Michael replied. Yuka's eyes widen.
"What do you mean, evolved?" Yuka asked.
"The past told me that, when some humans die, the power of the Orphnoch awakens in them. Whether it's a natural way, or they are killed by an Orphnoch," Michael explained.
"Then that monster..." Yuka said, realizing that that white bat monster was the Bat Orphnoch. "How did you get this belt?"
"As I told you, I've been living in my cabin since November. While I was at Kyushu, I came across a bag in a lake. Looks like someone dropped it. At first I realized that it must be a joke. But, I connected with the past, and it was honest with me. I've always been able to do it since I was 14," Michael explained. "The belt looks like the person's father sent it to him or her in Tokyo. It's got to be some battle armor to fight against those monsters."
"Monsters...Faiz..." Yuka said, as she got up ans ran off, due to what she had just been told, and took her bag with her.
"Hey!" Michael called out.
She didn't know how to take this in. As Yuka, ran off, Midorikawa watched her ran off.
"Target acquired. Let's see if this one has already stole it," Midorikawa said, as he then rode towards her.
Sakurabayashi Girls' High School
Yuka arrived at school at least 27 minutes late. Yuka walks quietly up the stairs, hoping nothing bad would happen. But, her hopes didn't come true, as Hitomi and Miyuki, Michiko's best friends, came towards slowly.
"Yo, Yuka," Kaori said. To Yuka, Michael said it better. More polite.
"I heard from Michiko, you were chased out of your own house. And you were with a boy. So, what's he like?" Kaori continued.
"I don't care what the hell happened. But, don't skip gym. Since, it's boring out here," Megumi said.
"Yes," Yuka said, as then, a group of girls came towards Yuka. putting her to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Yuka asked.. as one of the girls covered Yuka's mouth. The girls then took her socks and shoes, and gave them to Megumi.
"Let's go," Megumi said.
"Don't skip gym," Kaori said to Yuka, before the group of girls ran off in laughter.. Yuka was hurt. Another one of her belongings were stolen. She needed a escape from reality right now.
Yuka's Cell Phone
DefenderOfJustice…I want to see you soon. I'm really a girl who lies a lot. The truth is, I'm really very sad. That's why…I want to see you very soon. I want to see you. I want to see you. I want to see you. I want to see you.
Sakurabayashi Girls' High School
Yuka walked to gym without any socks or shoes. Yuka opened the gym doors, and saw that the girls were already playing.
"Why aren't you louder?!" Megumi asked, as Michiko was sitting on the bleachers. Yuka turned to see her shoes and socks had cuts in them. She was very upset. To Yuka, that was it. That was the last straw. Hitomi then saw Yuka.
"What are you doing Yuka? Hurry up and change!" Megumi demanded, as Yuka's eyes turned white then normal brown and her face faded to white. Yuka then transformed into one of the things that attacked her. An Orphnoch. Yuka had transformed into the Crane Orphnoch.
Outside, Michael's with the case, was walking pass the school. Michael then stopped as he look at the school. Then the clock from the distance. Michael knew what this was.
"Damn it," Michael said, as he then heard girls screaming, like if they were dying. Michael then ran inside the school, with the case.
White feathers came up in the basketball net. The bunch of basketballs fell of from a basketball butler. Michael ran towards the gym doors and opened them, when he saw the Crane Orphnoch strangling Michiko, trying to kill her.
"Stop!" Michael yelled, which had the Crane Orphnoch regained her senses. The Crane released Michiko, who was still alive, and turned back into her human form, which made Michael's eyes widen.
"Miss?" Michael asked. Yuka's eyes were in tears and she ran out of the school.
"Wait!" Michael said. Michael then heard Michiko groaning. Michael turned to see Michiko on the gym floor.
"Somehow, you're alive," Michael said.
"Don't screw with me. Was…was that how we we were going to be killed. By my own step-sister. What did we do to her?" Michiko asked.
"Abuse. Abuse...requested from your father, which influenced you and classmates. At least, that's my theory," Michael replied, as he then ran out of the school to find Yuka. Michiko then starts to lose conciseness.
"Yu...ka..." Michiko said before she her conciseness, as she collapsed on the gym floor.
Tunnel
(Cue Driving Nails by VideoHelper; 0:36-0:52, 0:59-1:16)
Yuka didn't talk to anyone after that. Yuka didn't even eat after her murder spree to her classmates. Yuka was wearing her white shirt with her blue jacket and green skirt. Yuka kept running after that until she couldn't run anymore. She stopped when she reached a tunnel.
(End Track)
Yuka then collapsed to her knees and looked at her hands.
"What am I?!" Yuka screamed. Yuka cried and cried. To her, she was a monster. Yuka then heard a motorbike coming towards her. The motorbike pulled over. Yuka got up and stood back. Midorikawa got of the bike, took of his helmet and sunglasses.
"Hand over the belt!" Midorikawa demanded.
"Do…do I look like I have a belt?" Yuka asked nervously. Midorikawa then transformed into the Mantis Orphnoch. Yuka decided to run, but the Mantis Orphnoch jumped 30 meters, and tried to grab Yuka but missed. Yuka then continued to run away.
Near the Park
Yuka then ran to the driveway where Michiko was hit, which was near the park. The Mantis Orphnoch then surprised her, and hit her, sending her rolling down a hill. Due to the Mantis' incredible eyesight, he was able to track Yuka, who threw a rock at the Mantis. But, the Mantis was able to cut to rock, with his knife-sickles on his wrists, into eight pieces, before hitting Yuka in the face, having her fall to the ground. The Mantis Orphnoch, then raised his knife-like stickle, preparing to kill her.
Then, someone tackled the Mantis, which was Michael. The Mantis turned to see the case.
"So, you have the belt?" The Mantis Orphnoch assumed as his human form appears in his shadow. "I'll be taking it. Along with your lives."
"Shut up! You mantis bastard!" Michael said. Michael then punched the Mantis and ran to the case. Michael opened it and took out the belt and phone. Michael then put on the belt and opened the phone.
555
Standing By!
Michael then put the phone in the belt.
Complete!
Michael then transformed into Faiz. Michael then ran to the Mantis Orphnoch. The Mantis was more quicker than the Bat Orphnoch, but more weaker than the latter. Yuka was confused.
"Why? Why save my life? I've already died. Why help a ghost?" Yuka asked.
"You're not a ghost! These guys have already wasted their second chance. But you haven't. I don't want anything to happen to you. I don't want to happen the way it happened to them. Important people. I couldn't save them. If I do that this time, I'm doing this for nothing!" Michael cried as he fought the Mantis. Michael then kicked the Mantis in the stomach and turned to Yuka.
"You, didn't mean to that. You were just upset. But, you're not a killer," Michael reassured her.
"Not a killer?" Yuka asked herself.
"Miss, could you pass me something from the case?" Michael asked.
"What is it?" Yuka asked.
"A flashlight," Michael replied.
"What do you need that for?" Yuka asked.
"Just hurry!" Michael said. Yuka then ran to the case and grabbed the flashlight, which was, in fact, the Faiz Pointer. The Mantis Orphnoch grabbed Michael, and strangled him with his right arm. He raised his left stickle.
"This is your end," The Mantis said.
"That's what they all say," Michael said. Michael then grabbed the Mantis' right arm and threw him over the ground. Yuka then grabbed the Faiz Pointer from the case and threw it to Michael, who caught it. Michael then took the Mission Memory, which appears to be a small metallic card key, and put it in flashlight.
Ready!
(Insert Dead or Alive by Shinichi Ishihara; 0:16-0:38, 1:20- 1:59)
Michael then put the Faiz Pointer on his right ankle. Michael opened the phone and pressed the enter button.
Exceed Charge!
A low red light came from the phone, through the red Photon Blood of the suit, and entered to the right Power Ankle's Energy Holster. The Mantis got up and was not done. Michael then jumped and did an air summersault and red energy drill appears near the Mantis Orphnoch's chest. Michael then did a flying side kick and entered into the red drill, which hit the Mantis. Thus, executing Michael's finishing kick, the Crimson Smash.
Michael then came back after his kick, in a red figure for a couple of seconds. The Faiz logo appears on his chest, and crumbles into ash.
(End Insert Song)
Yuka looked towards Michael. She couldn't believe someone saved her. To her, she was lonely. But that all changed.
Cruise
The next day, Michael and Yuka were on a cruise from Shizuoka to Tokyo. Yuka was wearing her light blue jacket and green skirt with her white shirt. With Michael now wearing a a light green shirt.
"I'm sorry, that I made you do through all this trouble," Yuka apologized.
"Trust me, I had worst," Michael said. "And you don't have to apologize, it's my fault you're stuck with me."
Yuka almost giggled.
"Excuse me, do you want to know my name, even if you already know it?" Yuka asked.
"Sure. I like to us introduce ourselves. I'm Michael Taylor," Michael introduced him.
"Osada Yuka," Yuka introduced herself.
"Osada Yuka?" Michael said.
"Yes. Also, I think it's a good thing me being with you. I need someplace to stay anyway," Yuka said.
"Deal," Michael said. Michael then took out his hand. Yuka then slowly shaked it.
In the engine room, a Orphnoch with the motif of a horse, with a mix between a knight and a unicorn, is revealed onboard.
To Be Continued
That was Episode 2. The first 8 episodes are more of setting the pieces.
The music will be composed by Kazunori Miyake (Hurricaneger, Kamen Rider Blade, Gekiranger, Goseiger). The music will be a mixed between Blade, Faiz, and music from VideoHelper.
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Toa Solaric: Thank you. Hopefully you, and the readers, will liike this story. The reason I chose Yuka, because she is my favorite character in the show. She's my favorite female Toku character. She had emotional depth, and insecurities. To me, she's a relatable character, minus her backstory.
Thank you for reading. If you have any ideas for episodes, you can leave them in the reviews, or private message me. Again, thank you and i'll see you next time.