Hello, and welcome to the second part of my rewrite of Kamen Rider Faiz. I hope you enjoy the second story arc: Inner Demons.
(This is a recap from the last episode)
"Fight! If you keep winning the battle and survive...you will find the answer."
(time jump for recap)
Yuka jumped and did a flying corkscrew kick and entered the yellow drill, which went through the Eel. Yuka came back after kick, as a yellow figure, for a couple of seconds. The yellow Kaixa symbol appears on the Eel's chest and the Eel Orphnoch turns into ash.
(time jump for recap)
The Wolf did a number of punches, before doing a side-kick, causing Sawada to drop his hapo shuriken, and fall off a cliff, reverting back to his human form before falling into the river.
(time jump for recap)
"Fight…fight to survive!"
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, Murakami, and Kaixa will also be included. Faiz's Axel Form is now added.)
(Created by Shotaro Ishinomori)
Hirogaru uchuu no naka Can you feel?
Chiisa na hoshi no hanashi wo shiyou
Tell me the truth shinjite 'ta mirai ga
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 (Creature Designer by Tamotsu Shinohara)
Me wo samase The time to go
Tsuyoku aru tame ni (Produced by Jun Hikasa, Naomi Takebe and Takaai Ustunomiya)
Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto
Dilemma wa owaranai... hashiri-tsuzukete mo (Directed by Nobuhiro Suzumura)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 27: Fateful Showdown
Beach
It was a sunny summer day, and Michael, Yuka, Keitaro, Mari, and Keitaro were at the beach, after fighting the Orphnoch for so long. Michael, Mari, and Kaido were playing in the sea like they were siblings. Keitaro was making lunch, while Yuka was getting a tan. Mari already gave her a tutorial on beauty at the salon.
"Lunch is ready!" Keitaro announced, and everyone ran for today's lunch, watermelon.
"We really deserve this! After all of these battles with the Orphnoch," Kaido exclaimed.
"Oh, please...you haven't done anything," Mari teased.
"Not true! I healed you from that Orphnoch!" Kaido said overdramatic, which gave the signal to Mari that he was joking.
"True. But the Orphnoch searcher hasn't detect any Orphnoch for the past three weeks," Mari said. "Not to mention we have to a lovey-dovey couple!"
Both Michael and Yuka's faces blushed red.
"We are not a couple!" Michael pointed out.
"Not yet anyway!" Mari teased, as she giggled so much, she accidentally smashed her fist into her watermelon, sending it flying to her face.
"Mari-chan...!" Keitaro cried, but it was too late. Mari wiped the watermelon pieces from her faces, before smiling again, like it was nothing. "Well, that's different."
"Are you alright Mari? You've been acting strange lately...after Sawada is now gone..." Michael pointed out.
"Don't worry. I'm fine," Mari reassured Michael. "It's alright. It's not that I want to forget him...I do miss him...but I like him as a friend. I actually like someone."
"Really?! Who?!" Yuka asked with excitement.
"I'm afraid to ask," Mari said as she blushed.
"Oh," Yuka said in disappointment.
"Where's Kiba?" Michael asked.
"He said he couldn't join," Yuka explained.
"Did he explain why?" Michael asked.
"No," Yuka responded. "Kiba-san has been acting very strange and overprotective of us. I haven't seen him this overprotective, since..."
"Morishita-san?" Michael asked, which made the group look at Michael.
"Who's Morishita-san, again?" Mari asked.
"Morishita Yoshimasa...was Kiba's ex-girlfriend's older brother. After his sister's death, an Orphnoch attacked him, turning him into one. He used it to protect his sister's image...but the power only poisoned him," Michael explained.
"Could it just be...because of me?" Mari asked herself.
Yuka's Car
Michael and Yuka were driving to the cleaners first, so she can drop Michael off.
"Hey, can I ask you a question?" Yuka asked.
"Sure," Michael said. "What is it?"
Do you think that there are more Orphnoch coming? Hanagata-san told us to fight to survive, which means that there are more Orphnoch to defeat," Yuka said.
"Of course. They don't give up that easily," Michael said.
"Really?" Yuka asked sarcastically, with a smile, before stopping the car. "Also, I want to ask you another question. Mari-san called us a couple. Which make wonder if...I can be a good girlfriend to you."
Michael's eyes widen, as he thought Yuka was asking the question everyone asks their crush.
"It's alright if you're not ready to commit," Yuka sadly said. "But I don't want to make you the center of my world and..."
"It's alright...I've always had a crush on you. It's wasn't love at first sight...it wasn't until you became Kaixa...that I saw what kind of person you are. But I did know one thing from the start...you are beautiful like an angel," Michael said, which made Yuka blushed. "I'm ready to commit...I'll try to be the best boyfriend you can have."
Yuka blushed even more, when she started to car. She couldn't be more happier to have a friend like Michael.
Park
A young boy was riding his skateboard, when he knocked into a businessman.
"Hey you!" The businessman said, which made the young boy stopped. "What's with you? Think about other people around you! Geez!"
The young boy turned turned to the businessman, and was like "screw it", flipping his board to his hand. The young boy's face faded gray and he transformed into the Worm Orphnoch, who had wires on his shoulders, his head, and coming from the eye sockets of his face., dropping his skateboard. The Worm stretched, and had tentacles from his worm head wrap the the businessman's body, before going for his heart, killing him. After the businessman was killed, the Worm reverted back to his human form, and contained skateboarding, before being stopped by Saeko's car. Saeko gets out of the car, and greets the young boy with a smile.
"You're Koichi, right? Please let us test…your power," Saeko suggested.
Highway (The next day)
A young man in black, pulled over, slams his hand on his bike, as the police officer walks to him.
"You were definitely speeding. Your license, please," The police officer said.
Outside of Kikuchi Cleaners
The young man walks with his bike to the cleaners, which had a sign that said, "Now hiring." The young man was just wandering, but it was probably for the best. He opened the door and walked inside, to see Mari, who was writing down delivers.
"Welcome!" Mari greeted. "How may I help you?"
"Your sign says your hiring part-timers…I need some money for a fine. My license got suspended," The young man explained.
"A fine for a suspended license?" Mari questioned. "So, you want to borrow money?"
"Yeah…" The young man said. "I'll play you back with interest, be thankful."
"Alright…just tell me your name," Mari said, as she got a piece of paper to write the young man's name.
"Inui Takumi," The young man introduced himself, and Mari was shocked to hear that name, since she heard it from Michael.
"Sorry, could you repeat that?" Mari requested, but Takumi snatched the paper out of her hands and wrote his name in kanji with a pen.
"There, that's my name," Takumi said, finishing writing his name.
"Mari-chan…I overheard that we are getting a new worker!" Keitaro exclaimed.
"Forget it…you guys are weird," Takumi commented as he walked out of the cleaners, with Mari and Keitaro followed him. Takumi was getting on his bike, annoyed at Mari and Keitaro, people whom he just met.
"You can't drive while your license is suspended!" Mari called out.
"License?" Keitaro questioned.
"That guy is Inui Takumi. Michael said he was supposed to be Faiz," Mari whispered to Keitaro.
"What are you guys whispering about?! What is Faiz?! You people are very weird," Takumi commented, getting on his bike.
"You can't go…it's for your safety. The people here are obligated to report you to the police," Keitaro said, trying to stop Takumi.
"It's fine until I get the notice!" Takumi said, arrogantly.
"What are you talking about? Having some self-control is common sense!" Keitaro reminded Takumi, grabbing his helmet away from Takumi.
"You!" Takumi snapped, trying to get his helmet back from Keitaro, but Mari stopped him.
"Enough already!" Mari cried. "We have a friend who can see through the past and future, and saw you."
"You should have just said that from the beginning," Takumi scolded. "Where is this friend anyways?"
"On a date with his 'girlfriend'," Mari said, teasing Yuka to being Michael's girlfriend.
Later
"Why did I even come across this job?" Takumi asked Mari and Keitaro, already dressed for the cleaners.
"You can say it's fate. And it's to pay back the money you borrowed, of course," Mari repiled. "Let's practice. Pretend Keitaro is a customer."
"Welcome…" Takumi greeted, unenthusiastic.
"More friendless," Mari said.
"Welcome," Takumi greeted, a bit more friendlier.
"Good…but have more feeling!" Mari said.
"Welcome!" Takumi greeted, with a lot feeling in it.
"Good," Mari praised.
Art Museum
"Art is truly a mysterious subject, A perfect ten or a zero…It can only be one of the two. Especially…the crème de la crème of masterpieces," Murakami said to Saeko and Takuma. "Don't you think we also aim to be like that?"
"What are you trying to say?" Saeko asked. "After we managed to take two belts…Are you trying to criticize us?"
"I don't mind if you think that's what I'm saying," Murakami repiled. "Rather than criticism…it's disappointment."
"We're also disappointed," Takuma called out, turning to Murakami. "Murakami-san, you have too many secrets. Who was the man we saw underground?"
"That Orphnoch you saw was, the former president, Hanagata-san," Murakami simply responded.
"The former president?" Takuma questioned.
"Rather than betray Smart Brain…he decided to fall to the darkness," Murakami explained. "You two should be careful. In this world…there is a darkness that cannot creep up upon us a second time."
Beauty Salon
"It was nice meeting you mom, Osada-san," Michael said to Yuka, walking out of the salon where she and Mari worked. "I didn't know she was your mother by blood."
"Well…you can't rely on premonitions," Yuka teased.
"I'm not focused on the future anymore. I haven't gotten careless…I just went with the responsibility as Faiz," Michael said to his new girlfriend.
"What did that ice cream do to you?" Yuka asked with a smile.
"I missed the taster" Michael responded with a smile. Just then, the Faiz phone then ringed, and Michael flipped it open, and answered it. "Yes? Inui Takumi? Got it."
"Who was that?" Yuka asked.
"Mari. She said she's met Inui Takumi," Michael explained.
"Who?" Yuka asked.
Art Museum
"Murakami-kun has changed," Saeko observed, after Murakami left. "Tho have said such things that sounded like threats…"
"True," Takuma agreed. "They say that power changes people…"
"If he continues like this…we may eventually end up fighting with Murakami-kun," Saeko said.
"If that happened, where would be now?" Takuma wondered. "Our Orphnoch powers are where we got to where we are now. You seem sensitive about your past."
Just hearing the word past, made Saeko tick.
"If Kitazaki-san were here…what would he say to you?" Takuma asked.
"Orphnochs are the strongest…humans are the weakest," Saeko assumed. "However, even if I do admire him, I'm nothing like Kitazaki-kun."
Kiba's Apartment
Kaido noticed Kiba looking out at the window.
"Hey, Kiba," Kaido said, and Kiba turned to him. "You've been distance from everyone for three weeks. You don't go out with anyone anymore. Are you still upset about Mari almost dying?"
"Kaido…I felt like I put her in danger. She almost died because of that Orphnoch," Kiba responded. "She could've died. And it was my fault she got hurt in the first place."
"It could've happened to anyone, Kiba. I saw the way that Orphnoch was fighting. It looked like he was struggling. I believe that he didn't want to do it, but the Orphnoch power told him to," Kaido said. "That's just my theory."
Kiba's phone then rang and he picked it up.
"Hello?" Kiba said as he picked up, and heard Yuka telling them to come over to meet someone. "Who?"
Kikuchi Cleaners
Michael, Yuka, Kiba, Kaido, Mari, Keitaro, and Takumi, we're sitting on the circular table, with watermelon on their plates.
"This kid saw me as a hero. That must be a mistake," Takumi responded coldly, when he heard Michael's prediction of Takumi.
"My predictions are never wrong," Michael responded.
"Inui-kun, was it? Where are you from?" Kiba asked, getting to know Takumi.
"Somewhere," Takumi responded.
"This is the guy who you saw as Faiz?" Kaido whispered, hearing what Yuka told Kiba on the phone, leaning towards Michael.
"Shocking, I know," Michael quietly responded.
"But, why him?" Mari asked, leaning to Michael.
"You couldn't use the belt…so you had no choice but to have him use it," Michael explained.
"Use what?" Takumi asked.
"You can hear that?" Mari asked.
"You're not very good whisperers," Takumi commented.
"Hey, can I called you Takkun?" Keitaro asked, happily.
"No," Takumi responded.
"This guy… is kind of cold," Kiba commented.
"You'll get used to it," Michael said. Takumi slammed his hands on the table and got up.
"Enough! What is going on here?!" Takumi questioned.
"I think it's better to have me… explains things to him," Yuka requested.
Outside of a Restaurant
Yuka and Takumi walked out to the restaurant, while the sun was setting.
"The sun is beautiful, isn't it? I sometimes go out to see it to see the last light of the day," Yuka explained. "I love the light. It represents the good in people."
"I can see that…" Takumi agreed. "But that doesn't explain why everyone is being weird around me."
"Well, that…it's hard to explain. As you probably know that Michael sees through the future. And he has something that's originally yours. Something to use to fight," Yuka said, trying to explain.
"Fight what?" Takumi asked.
"Like I said… It's hard to explain," Yuka responded, as she bit her lip. A crescent-shaped blade came flying at Yuka and Takumi, and Yuka's Orphnochs senses quickly felt it coming. "Look out!"
Yuka and Takumi quickly dodged the crescent-shaped blade, which hit the brick ledge. The two turned to see the Worm Orphnoch laughing.
"Nothing personal," The Worm said as his human form, Koichi, appeared is his shadow. "If I killed you or take the belt from you, I will join the Lucky Clover."
The Worm shrugged and charged at Yuka, but Takumi tripped the Worm, which caused the latter to fall. Yuka quickly got by Takumi, took out the Kaixa case, put on the Kaixa gear, and side-flipped the Kaixa phone open.
913
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Yuka became Kaixa, and started to fight the Worm who got up. Yuka managed to dodge or block the Worm's punches. Yuka then kicked the Worm off the ledge, then turned to Takumi, who was confused, before jumping off the ledge to fight the Worm, with Takumi looking over the ledge.
"What in the world…?" Takumi questioned. Yuka landed on her feet, as their fight led to the steps by the stadium. Yuka put on the digital camera, which became a gauntlet when she put the mission memory in it, side-flipped open the phone, and pressing the enter button.
Exceed Charge!
A yellow surge came from the belt to Yuka's right arm, which the gauntlet was. Yuka then punch the Worm in the face, which sent him flying and rolling down the stairs. Yuka took out the mission memory from the digital camera, which she put back on the left side of the belt, put it back on the Kaixa phone, before taking it out. Yuka then side-flipped the Kaixa phone open, before turning it sideways into its gun mode.
103
Signal Mode!
Yuka then took out the blaygun from the right side of the belt, and she had two fire arms in both arms, with the blaygun on the right, and the Kaixa phone, in gun mode, on the left. The Worm Orphnoch got up and charged Yuka, who was slowly going down the stairs, before firing at the Worm with both firearms, sending the Worm flying and rolling down the stairs, reverting back to his human form, Koichi.
"Don't hurt me!" Koichi begged, when he saw Yuka, with the blaygun back on the right side of the belt, and Kaixa phone back on the belt. "I was wrong to attack you…Okay? Okay!"
Yuka then leaped in front of Koichi, taking out the Kaixa phone from the belt, side-flipped it open, and pressed the cancel button, which caused the Kaixa suit to disappear in yellow lasers.
"Umm…is it alright…if you can stop attack people? I don't know why you gave in to this power…but…if it was trauma…I can help you to live…as a human," Yuka said, taking her hand out for Koichi to take it. Koichi then slaps her hand, gets up and pushes her, then runs away. "Why? Why won't they listen to me?"
(Cue Thrill Injector by VideoHelper, the last eight seconds)
From a distance, Delta watches Yuka for a moment, before leaving the scene.
(End Track)
Kikuchi Cleaners
Yuka opens the door for the cleaners, and she and Takumi walked in.
"We're back," Yuka said, before Takumi marches over to the first person he sees, Mari.
"What the hell just happened?! What were those monsters I saw?! I know you know about them!" Takumi exclaimed.
"Those monsters are Orphnoch. They have been attacking humans, possibly under the orders of Smart Brain," Mari explained. "But, I believe that there are good Orphnochs. The ones who want to be human."
Yuka felt uncomfortable for a moment, thinking about all the humans she murdered before becoming Kaixa.
"Is something wrong, Osada-san?" Mari asked, noticing Yuka's gloomy face.
"No…it's nothing," Yuka reassured Mari. "Where's Michael?"
"He went out for a walk. It's kind of strange for him to talk a walk at this time of the night," Mari said.
Clover Bar
Saeko was pouring wine to drink for herself. Before she could even have a sip, she noticed Michael, by the stairs.
"Faiz," Saeko said.
"Kageyama Saeko," Michael said, coming down the stairs.
"What do you want? Would you like to have a drink to see my beauty?" Saeko asked.
"Actually, I'm planning to fight you," Michael replied, which made Saeko smirked.
"Idiot. You should've had the belt for that," Saeko said.
"Well, it's not this second," Michael said, sitting on one of the bar chairs. "Tomorrow, as morning ends, we fight. Just you and me…no finger-crossing."
"Don't worry. I won't," Saeko said with a smile.
"You seem to smile a lot… yet you freak about your past?" Michael asked. "Just what happened?"
"You're the prophet. you tell me the answer," Saeko said, getting tense.
"Save the anger… for the battle," Michael said, leaving the bar.
Kikuchi Cleaners
The next day, a young woman wearing a white hat, a white jacket, blue jeans, and white shoes, notices the "Now hiring" poster on the giant glass window.
Inside
Keitaro was memorized by this girl's beauty. Mostly by her face and long brown hair, which was braided.
"Umm…" The girl said, snapping Keitaro back to reality. "I think this impossible after all…I don't have any experience."
"N-no! That's not true!" Keitaro exclaimed. "I'll properly teach you how to do the job. More than experience…you need determination. Right now I have two part-timers, and I just hired a new one yesterday, but…how to put this..they kind of have side jobs."
"I'll try as hard as possible," The girl said with determination. "I've always loved the sparkle and smell of pure white laundry."
"Really?! Me too! Me too!" Keitaro exclaimed, as Takumi then entered the cleaners, through the back door.
"I'm back," Takumi said, as he then turned to see Saya, who stood up to greet him.
"Welcome back, Takkun!" Keitaro said. "This is Kimura Saya-san. She will be working here from now on."
"Huh?" Takumi said in confused.
"Eh?" Saya said in confusion. "Well…"
"Of course I'll employ you!" Keitaro exclaimed, stopping Takumi from leaving, and extending his hand for a handshake with Saya. "Let's get along!"
"I'm looking forward to it!" Saya exclaimed.
"Come here," Takumi said.
"Why?" Keitaro asked.
"Come on already!" Takumi demanded, grabbing Keitaro's hand and taking him to the latter's room.
"Just wait there a second!" Keitaro told Saya, before Takumi slammed to door. "What is it?"
"What are you thinking? What are you doing hiring another part-timer?" Takumi quietly asked.
"But Takkun, I can't rely on Michael and Mari-chan!" Keitaro quietly exclaimed. "They're always leaving only me out of everything."
"So that's your problem?! And don't call me Takkun!" Takumi quietly complained, before Saya opening the door.
"I-is there some problem?" Saya asked, worried.
"No, it's nothing!" Keitaro reassured Saya.
Later
Keitaro made tea for Saya, to welcome her to her new job. Saya blew on the smoke of the tea, a lot. Takumi noticed what Saya was doing with the tea.
"Um…What are your hobbies?" Keitaro asked, breaking the awkward tension, clearing his voice.
"Eh?" Saya asked, just tuning in.
"Idiot," Takumi said to Keitaro, before looking at Saya. "Are you…a nekojita?"
"Yes…I'm sorry," Saya apologized, feeling ashamed. Takumi got out of the couch, and sat the next next to Saya.
"I'm Inui Takumi. Let's get along," Takumi introduced himself.
Plaza
Michael parked Auto Vajin on the street, by the plaza. Michael took of his biker helmet, and leaped over the dart gray, painted metal bars, before seeing Saeko, finishing up her drink of wine.
"I'd told you I'd come, right?" Saeko asked, before Michael put on the belt and flipped open the Faiz phone.
555
Standing By!
Henshin.
Complete!
Michael transformed into Faiz, with Saeko transforming into the Lobster Orphnoch later. Michael took out the mission memory from the Faiz phone, and inserted it into the left throttle.
Ready!
Michael took the throttle out, which became a lightsaber. Soon after, Saeko summoned her rapier for battle.
"I sense anger in you," Sakeo, as her human form appeared in her shadow. "You want to protect little Yuka-chan. That girl…she thinks she can save me because of what happened to me. I think you did know that I jumped to my death…before reviving as an Orphnoch before killing my classmates."
"What?" Michael said in shock. "I…didn't know that."
Then Takuma and Koichi then came behind Saeko, with Koichi cracking his neck.
"What are you doing here?" Saeko asked. "This is my battle."
"I want to finish this battle with Faiz. For the sake of my pride," Takuma said, before his and Koichi's faces faded gray, transforming into the Centipede and Worm Orphnochs, respectively, with their respective weapons.
"You boys…don't get in the way!" Saeko demanded, before tackling Michael, which led the battle near the fountain area. It was now two and half against one and half. Saeko was battling Takuma, who had his whip for battle, and Koichi, who had his crescent blade for battle, due to her being annoyed that there we in the way. "I said…back off!"
Saeko then slashed at Takuma's chest, before turning to charge at Michael. Saeko then got shot with yellow blasts, which Michael turned to see Yuka, already transformed into Kaixa, who then leaped in front of Michael.
"You shouldn't be here!" Michael said.
"But…I feel like I should," Yuka said. "I want to save Saeko."
"You want to save her?" Michael asked, confused.
"Yes. Because….she's…" Yuka said, but her sentence was cut off, as she was hit by Koichi's crescent blade, sending her flying down the stairs of the fountain area. "Seriously?"
Koichi screamed in joy, before charging at Yuka, who easily got the upper hand, having Koichi losing his balance, dropping his crescent blade. Yuka then side-flipped the phone open and pressed the enter button, before closing it.
Exceed Charge!
Yuka, pulled the hammer part at Koichi, who got up, and pressed the trigger button, and shot the Koichi, with a yellow energy yet paralyzing his body. Yuka holds on to the sword, before super speeding into Koichi, slashing his body from the inside. When Yuka comes out from the Kaixa symbol comes from Koichi's back before turning to ash.
Yuka then got punched by Takuma, which had her fall and made Takuma put his foot on Yuka's head.
"I guess if Saeko gets Faiz…I guess I get you," Takuma said, as his human form appeared in his shadow. Saeko did a stabbing motion to Takuma's back, which sent him flying to a parking lot, which wasn't far.
"Didn't I say not to get in the way?!" Saeko asked, sarcastically, before reaching her hand out to Yuka. Yuka, hesitantly, takes her hand, and Saeko helps her up, before walking away.
"Wait…why did you help me?" Yuka asked.
"I don't know…but don't get any ideas," Saeko said, before walking away. Michael ran towards Yuka.
"What just happened?" Michael asked.
"Actually…I should be asking you that," Yuka responded.
In the parking lot, near the fountain area, Takuma was trying to find his way back into the fight, and turned to see the fountain area, which he quickly ran to, but as he got there, Michael and Yuka had already left. But Takuma felt a presence, that was watching him. Takuma really looked around and saw nothing there. But there was something watching him…Delta. Takuma looked around in fear once more, before being attacked by Delta.
Kikuchi Cleaners
Saya went into the living room through the back door, which gotten the attention of Keitaro.
"Hi Kimura-san! How was your first day?!" Keitaro asked, happily.
"It was…good. I'm still trying to understand the rules," Saya said. "It is alright if I rest a bit?"
"Not at all! You must be tired after all that work!" Keitaro exclaimed. "The guest room is next to Michael's room.
"Thanks. I just need to rest my mind for a bit," Saya said, before heading upstairs, and entering the guest room, with her bag. Saya took out a Smart Brain case, bottles of water, and blue pills. Saya took a bottle of water and unscrewed the top open, then putting two of the blue pills in her mouth before drinking them to swallow. Saya then breathed due to her…other job. Saya then opened the Smart Brain case, which revealed the Delta gear.
To Be Continued
So two new characters have entered the series. Those being Takumi Inui and Saya Kimura. Did you really forget that I'd forget Takumi? I had plans for him before I started writing this. Takumi and Saya will both be important to the story, especially Saya. I mentioned that Saya is a science person, which will come to play in the second story arc. From what I've read, the two reasons why Saya didn't appear than her three epsiode apperance. One, was because of Saya's actress, Mai Saito, had trouble with her schedule due to her being a senior high school student. And two, I feel like the producers were worried about toy sales about a rider being a girl. This was before Zero-One. The original plan for her was her killing Kitazaki and joining the Lucky Clover as the Dragon Orphnoch. To fix this, let's just say that Mai had to balance between acting and schoolwork like what happened with the young actors during the early years of Harry Potter. It's not perfect, at least it's something.
I hope you will enjoy the second arc of my rewrite of Faiz, because I have some stuff that you may really like. I will see all of you guys, girls, and all in between, next time. Bye.