Here we go, Episode 4. Enjoy.
(A recap from the last episode)
Michael then shot the Ox Orphnoch about three times. Michael then put the phone back in the belt, was he turned it to normal. Michael then took out the digital camera, took out the mission memory from the phone, and inserted in the digital camera, which was the Faiz Shot.
Ready!
The camera then turned into a gauntlet. Michael then held the gauntlet, and pressed the enter button.
Exceed Charge!
The Ox Orphnoch then got up and charged at Michael. Michael did the same thing. Michael missed a punch from the Ox and was able to punch his stomach, executing the Grand Impact attack. This caused the Faiz symbol to come from his back, and send him flying to the ground, and the Ox exploded.
The young man's face faded to gray and transformed into the Horse Orphnoch. The Horse Orphnoch then ran to Michael and was strangling him. The Horse then punched him in the Fullmetal Lung armor a couple of times. Since the Fullmetal Lung armor was metal, it had little to no effect. The two are beating the hell out of each other. until the Horse then summoned a sword, which was able to damage Michael. Michael was on the ground, and the Horse lifted up his sword to finish. Yuka's eyes widen to witness how the battle was ending.
"Stop it!" Yuka said. Yuka then got in front of Michael with her arms open. The Horse was hesitant. He couldn't kill his own kind.
"Damn it," Michael muttered. Michael then took out the phone and pressed the end call button, which made the suit dissolves, with the Photon Blood going back in the belt.. The Horse then reverted back to his human form.
"I didn't recognized you...Kiba Yuji," Michael said.
(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, Masayuki Izumi as Yuji Kiba, Mitsuru Karahashi as Naoya Kaido)
Tell me the truth shinjite 'ta mirai ga (Ichiro Ogura as Professor, Yasuhiro Nemoto as Natahinara Murai)
Kuzure sarou to shite'ru
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 Takao Nagaishi)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 4: The Power of Dreams
Near Miyagawa Bay
Kiba walked towards to the Ox Orphnoch, who hadn't turned to ash yet. But, from one little nudge from Kiba's foot, the Ox turned to ash. Kiba turned to Michael and Yuka.
"How did you know who I was?" Kiba asked.
"The future told me about a horse who killed his ex-girlfriend and cousin," Michael replied. Kiba's eyes widen. "I'm guessing that's you."
"Hold on. You killed humans, but you're not after the belt?" Yuka said in confusion.
"What belt? I came to retrieve this girl. Wait a minute who is this guy?" Kiba asked, as Michael then took out his card, with Kiba then reading it.
"Michael Taylor?" Kiba asked. "And from I can tell, you're from America."
"Yep. That's me," Michael said.
"What are you doing out here Michael?" Kiba asked.
"That's actually a long story," Michael said. Before Michael could explain, Yuka's eyes widen.
"Guitar," Yuka softly said.
(Cue Clinical Motion by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:22, 1:00-1:12)
Michael and Kiba turned to Yuka with confusion.
"I'm sorry?" Kiba said in confusion, as Yuka then came running off.
"Osada!" Michael called out. Kiba then ran after the two of them.
Yamate Music University
Yuka then stopped as she saw the building. Yuka put her hand towards her ear. Yuka then ran towards the right building. The sign said, Yamate Music University. Michael and Kiba saw Yuka go in to building.
(End Track)
"How did she hear guitars from hear?" Kiba asked.
"I think she has super-hearing. Birds can hear things from afar, so, I think that's why. At least, that's my theory," Michael replied.
"I see," Kiba said. "Then, how come I didn't hear it?"
"I think you're still adjusting to your powers. Who sent you to get Osada?" Michael said.
"It was some company called Smart Brain. I don't work for them, I was just looking for others like me," Kiba responded.
"Smart Brain?" Michael asked.
Yuka then walked through the classrooms, and looked at the classroom door. It said Room 209. Yuka then opened the door. As she walked in, a bunch of students looked at her with confusion.
"Who are you?" One of the students asked angrily. Yuka could tell that the student was hot-headed. The hothead student was wearing a brown leather jacket. with a white shirt and brown pants. This student's name was Murai Natahinara. Because of a fear of interference, Yuka was trying to come up with an excuse.
"I…was…walking by and heard the guitar playing. I'm sorry if I interrupted you," Yuka said stuttering.
"Don't be. Music is a very beautiful thing. It's not a problem you heard something beautiful," the Professor said. The professor was wearing a white buttoned down shirt, a gray blazer, and black pants. The professor had black hair with a few grays in there. Yuka then looked at the violin and walked towards it. Yuka picked up the violin and the bow.
"Hey!" Murai called out.
"Wait a minute. She just wants to try. Let her try," the Professor said. Yuka then started to play the violin like a professional (the song is very similar to Wataru and Otoya's violin song from Kiva; the first 30 seconds). When Yuka was done, she couldn't believe how well she did. Because, she hadn't played violin for a long time.
"How is this happening?" Yuka asked herself.
"Was that your first time?" The Professor asked, and Yuka nodded no.
"I took lessons when I was young, before my father died. I'm sorry," Yuka apologized.
"Don't be. The way you played that violin was impressive. How would you like to enroll in my class," The Professor requested. Before Yuka could respond, and a man wearing a black cap, a light blue jean ripped jacket, tan pants, and a black biker glove on his left hand. He was playing a little drum.
"You!" The Professor said.
"Kaido!" Murai exclaimed.
"Everyone in the world! Today is a festival!" The man, Kaido, shouted energetically as he raised his drumsticks. "You all suck, so give up guitar and dance to my drums! Hey kids! Three, four!"
Kaido then continued playing his tiny drum. Yuka was felt very uncomfortable.
"Who is this guy?" Yuka wondered. Kaido then stopped playing his drum when there was no response from the room.
Outside, Kaido gets punch by a group of the students from the music room.
"Hey, that hurted a little," Kaido said.
"How many times do we have to tell you, hurted isn't a word," The hothead student shouted.
"It's past-tense," Kaido snapped. Yuka then ran over to break up the fight.
"Stop it! You could've asked him to kindly leave. Who is this guy and how do you know him?" Yuka asked.
"His name is Kaido Naoya," A voice said. Yuka turned to see the music professor walking towards her. "He studied classic guitar here. He won many contests. He was quite young, but he gathered attention as a genius."
"He plays guitar?" Yuka asked.
"Used to. He got into an unforeseen accident, and quit practicing guitar, and quitted the university. He wasn't paralyzed, his left hand got ran over," The professor continued.
"An unforeseen accident? Did the driver get arrested?" Yuka asked.
"No one knows who it was. The police are still working on the case," The Professor replied. The professor then turned to the students and Kaido. "As for you, a person of music must not use violence. That's common sense! The same goes for you, Kaido. It's not like I don't understand your feelings, but, your previous behavior…"
"Sorry. I didn't intend to cause you trouble, sensei," Kaido said. Yuka then felt uneased about something.
Yuka walked into the café which was right by the school, and looked at her cell phone.
Yuka's Cell Phone
DefenderOfJustice… I'm sorry for my late response... Have you arrived in Tokyo yet? I've just arrived there earlier. DefenderOfJustice…, you've said this before, right? ...that your dream is to make everyone happy. It would be nice if your dream came true soon. If that happens, then I would also...be happy.
"Osada-san!" A voice called out. Yuka turned to see Michael, waving at her, and Kiba sitting in a table for three.
Yuka then had a seat with Kiba and Michael.
"Don't run off like that, please. You should at least be careful around here. I don't think we're alone. I know that's obvious but, I sense that someone else out of the normal is here," Michael said.
"An Orphnoch?" Kiba asked.
"Most likely," Michael replied.
"So, my question earlier, why are you here?" Kiba asked.
"Well, you see…" Michael started.
"His family's dead," Yuka said. Michael and Kiba turned to Yuka.
"His family died from painful deaths, but, none of them survived. Why? Why did I survive my death?" Yuka asked.
"I don't know. But, if we asked Smart Brain, they might be able to explain what happened to us," Kiba said.
"Smart Brain?" Yuka asked.
"A company that knows about the Orphnochs," Kiba replied.
"They're the ones who found Kiba," Michael added.
"Well, looks like you won the race, Michael-kun," Yuka said. Michael knew she was trying to make a joke, but what was missing was her smiling.
"The truth is...I still don't know. Why my body turned into that form...or exactly what happened," Kiba said. "But... There's one thing I do know. I can't live the way I used to anymore. I can't live wishing for the past."
"That's okay... I don't have a past to wish for," Yuka softly said to Kiba.
"Why don't you smile?" Kiba asked. Yuka then felt something, like she was sensing something. Kiba was feeling the same thing.
"What's happening? What are you looking at?" Michael asked. Kiba and Yuka then got up from their seats and walked out of the café. Michael followed both of them outside.
"What's wrong?" Michael asked.
"Something here," Yuka said.
"You go north, I'll got west, and Yuka will go east," Kiba said. Yuka and Michael nodded as they went to their directions.
On a bench behind the school, Murai was playing his guitar.
"Yo! You suck!" Kaido shouted as he jumped out of the bushes.
"You're still here?" Murai asked in disappointment.
"You already know, don't you? I'm…persistent. The people who made a fool of me…All of them!..." Kaido said. The string then broke from Murai's guitar.
"It broke," Murai said.
"Will say hello to my little friend!" Kaido continued. The Murai then started to turn to ash, which led Kaido to be confused.
"What? What just happened?" Kaido asked. Kiba then ran to where to body was and looked at the body, that had already turned into ash.
"I'm too late," Kiba said (not dramatically), before turning to Kaido. "Hey! You…did you do this?!"
Kaido didn't know what to say.
Michael, Yuka, and Kiba were in the gymnasium of the school so they can ask Kaido some questions.
"You're an Orphnoch are you?" Kiba asked.
"A what? Who are you guys anyway? Are you kidnappers?" Kaido asked, jumping to conclusions. Yuka then felt unease in the place she was at. Kiba noticed her expression.
"What's wrong?" Kiba asked.
"It's nothing…I just, I really don't like gymnasiums," Yuka responded with a bit of an uncomfortable expression.
"Why?" Kiba asked.
"I don't feel comfortable saying why," Yuka replied. Yuka then turned to Michael. "Don't."
"But, maybe he'll understand you," Michael said.
"Hey, can I go now? I didn't do it. He just turned to ash without me touching him," Kaido said.
"I just have one more question. About that accident…" Michael said.
"I didn't cry. I swear, I didn't cry. I just went ballistic," Kaido said, again jumping to conclusions.
"Not what I was aiming for. Did you see who ran over your hand?" Michael asked.
"I was the victim, so how am I supposed to know? Someone rigged my bike, and that was that" Kaido replied rudely.
"Well, the driver is in this school. Also, be careful where you go," Michael requested as he then then walked out of the gym.
"Hey," Kiba called out. Then, the professor walked in the gym.
"Hey, what's going on here?" The professor asked.
"There was an attack and Kaido was there. He didn't know how it happened, the person just died in front of him," Kiba explained.
"I've already got the news from the police. It wasn't anyone's fault. The police are seeing that this case have been releated to some cases that have been going on for the past couple of months. No need to worry," The professor reassured the two. But, it resulted in Yuka to think about her murdering her classmates, such as Megumi and Kaori. But none of them felt as more bad as Michiko, due to her almost killing her step-sister in rage. "Miss, what's your name?"
"Osada Yuka," Yuka responded. The professor then took out the violin.
"Go on, try it," The professor said. Yuka then took the violin and started to play her tune from before. When she was done, the professor was more impressed than before.
"I haven't seen such talent since, I don't know when. Soon, you'll be the same as Kaido," The professor said.
"The same as Kaido-san?" Yuka asked as she then looked at Kaido's left hand with the biker glove. Yuka then thought about what Michael said.
"Well, the driver is in this school. Also, be careful where you go."
Kiba was able to catch up with Michael.
"Hey! What's with you?" Kiba asked.
"Have you…ever smiled?" Michael asked.
"Not for a while. I'm just still shocked on what's happening. What's your point?" Kiba asked.
"I haven't smiled for two months. I had friends, it didn't worked out. On my side of the story, they betrayed me. So, I don't know who to trust. From all I know, you can kill me," Michael said.
"Then why did you help Osada?" Kiba asked.
"She's just like me…a lost soul…who never smiled," Michael asked.
"Then, do you fight those things, so you can protect humans?" Kiba said.
"I only protect because I want to change their fate. Including Osada's. Unfortunately, their fate always comes back in the same way. Just a couple of changes," Michael said. Kiba knew this guy had been though to much. He couldn't stand to see someone in this kind of emotional pain.
Meanwhile, outside, the professor was taking some parts out of a motorbike.
"What are you doing, sensei?" A quiet voice asked. The professor turned to see Yuka.
"Um…something's wrong with this bike," The professor stuttered.
"You don't look or seem the type to ride a bike," Yuka said.
"What are you saying?" The professor asked.
"Are you trying to destroy another potential talent, sensei?" Yuka asked. The professor seemed to be a loss of words. "It was you, wasn't it? You rigged Kaido-san's bike."
The professor's face then faded to gray.
"You stupid girl!" The professor said. The professor then transformed into the special engineer-looking Owl Orphnoch, with his face looking similar to a gas mask. The Owl tried to attack Yuka, but Yuka jumped towards another tier from the building.
Kaido was playing his drums, very loudly, and dancing very weirdly, while the sun was setting. Then, the Owl Orphnoch came walking towards him.
"What is this? Hey! Is this a joke?" Kaido asked, before he turned to the Owl Orphnoch, having his expression turned to fear. The Owl Orphnoch then exhaled black gas that surround Kaido, who screamed.
Yuka then ran to find Kiba or Michael. But, Yuka managed to find them both.
"Hey!" Yuka called out. Michael and Kiba caught her detention.
"What is it?" Kiba asked. Yuka tried to catch her breath until she can explained.
"Sensei…he set Kaido-san up," Yuka said while catching her breath. Michael then turned to Kiba.
"You…take the Owl," Michael said.
"Why? Just because you know the past, present, and future, doesn't mean it's meant to happen. You can change it," Kiba said.
"You can't. I know I tried. There was a feud at my old school. I tried to end it early, but they didn't listen. I got caught up which made my "friends" to kick me out," Michael said.
"Calm down. You…don't need to have things the way they are," Yuka said.
"What are you saying, fate can't be changed," Michael said.
"You said it yourself, a person's fate comes back in the same way, just with a couple of changes. I think I'll sit this one out until I know what's going on," Kiba said.
The professor walked into the music room, and saw Michael sitting down in the middle chair, with the Faiz suitcase.
"Who are you?" The professor asked.
"I heard everything from your violinist. Why did you crush Kaido Naoya's fingers?" Michael asked. The professor scoffed.
"I have to deal a heavy punishment…to those who have a greater talent than myself. Do you understand? Those kinds of humans, to live by relying on their hands is a waste. Destroy their talent and live a harsh life, that's how they must live," The professor explained.
"Cruel. That's just being selfish. That's not how humans are supposed to be. That's not what their life is. I wasn't able to change Kaido's fate, but, I'll be able to change the people here," Michael said, as he then puts on the belt with the accessories. "Once you're back in hell...you'll be dealing with the devil."
555
Standing By!
Michael then put the phone in the belt.
Complete!
(Insert Dead or Alive by Shinichi Ishihara; 0:16-2:05)
Michael then transformed into Faiz, before the professor transformed into the Owl Orphnoch.
"Do you want to do this here or somewhere with more room?" Michael asked. The Owl answered by generating claws from his hands.
"Here it is," Michael said. The Owl tackeled Michael towards the door, breaking it. Michael punched the Owl in the stomach. The Owl then tried to do a cross-punch with his claw, but miss and damaged a wall with his right claw.
Their fight was taken to the gym. Michael missed a couple of the Owl's attacks but was caught off-guard when Michael held one claw, the Owl attacked him with the other. Michael then did a roundhouse kick towards the Owl, which had the latter rolled off the ground and was generated fog from his mask like mouth. The Owl then charged at Michael with his claws. Michael was able to outsmart him by grabbing his legs and throwing him into a wall. Michael then took out the Faiz Pointer on the right side of the belt and inserted the mission memory in it.
Ready!
Michael put the Faiz pointer on his leg 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 Owl got up and Michael then jumped and did an air summersault, before a red energy drill appears near the Owl Orphnoch's chest. Michael then did a flying side kick and entered into the red drill, which hit the Owl. 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.
(End Insert Song)
The Faiz symbol shows up on the Owl's chest, before crumbling into ash.
(Cue Killing Sphere by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:22, 0:51-1:20)
Michael stood, and clenched his fist.
"I did. I changed fate. But, what about Osada and Kiba's fate?" Michael wondered.
Outside, Kiba and Yuka were looking for Michael.
"Michael!" Kiba called out.
"Michael-kun!" Yuka called out. Kiba and Yuka then saw Kaido acting very strange.
"Kaido-san. We've found who the driver…was," Yuka said as her expression turned to shock. Same thing happened to Kiba. Kaido, not noticing, transformed into the Snake Orphnoch, which looked similar to a rock musician, due to the snake-like leather jacket.
"No way," Kiba said.
(End Track as the Closing Screen Appears)
To Be Continued
That was Kaido's debut. I made a change on how he became on Orphnoch. In the original (if you have seen it), he was killed by the Squid Orphnoch. I changed it to the Owl, because I wanted to introduce the renegade Orphnochs first, then Mari and Keitaro.
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