This is a long, long, long chapter. I suggest to get out some popcorn, because there is a lot in the chapter. But, anyway, please enjoy!
(This is a recap from the last episode)
Michiko hits Yuka with strength, that Michiko hadn't had before. Yuka fell to the ground, and saw her sister's face fade dark grey.
"Michiko," Yuka softly said, before Michiko screamed, transforming into the Crow Orphnoch.
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Yuka transformed to Kaixa, and was face-to-face with Michiko.
(End of recap)
Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse
(Cue Emergecy Beat by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:49)
Yuka rolls on the ground when Michiko slashes her Fullmetal Lung chest armor with a kodachi as a weapon. Yuka takes out the Blaygun, and inserts the mission memory into it.
Ready!
The Blaygun generated its blade, from the bottom of the gun grip. Yuka holds the Blaygun, as Michiko does a battle cry, and the two step-sisters fight. The two's strength were equally matched, until Michiko cornered Yuka to a wall, and her kodachi was meeting Yuka's blade.
"Do you really want to go through with this, Michiko? Once you take a life…you can never go back," Yuka told Michiko, who thought about how Yuka killed all of her friends.
(Abruptly End Track)
"That's exactly what I want to do to you!" Michiko exclaimed to Yuka.
(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, Kaixa, and Faiz's Axel Form will also be included. Delta 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 (Character 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 Hidenori Ishida)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 33: Faiz 2
Ajinomoto Stadium
Michael flew into the railing when the Ox Orphnoch hit Michael with his wrecking-ball fists.
"Why you?!" Michael muttered, before opening the Faiz phone, and pressing the enter button, then closing it.
Exceed Charge!
Michael ran to the Ox, slashes it's horns, and then it's chest, causing the Ox to crumble into ash. Michael breathes, as he starts to turn and walk away after he defeated the Ox Orphnoch. But then, the ashes of the Ox Orphnoch start come back together and to reform into the body of the Ox Orphnoch, like how Mr. J, the Crocodile Orphnoch, did when his two out of three lives were defeated.
"What?!" Michael said in shock, turning to see the Ox Orphnoch, revived, and angrier than ever. The Ox charges at Michael and managed to uppercut Michael with right wrecking-ball fist, sending Michael falling off the railing, and into the parking lot of the stadium. The Faiz suit then disappeared in red Photon Blood, due to the Faiz gear flying off of his waist.
Michael then saw the fight between Takumi and the Barnacle Orphnoch. Takumi looked like an expert fighter when he fought against the Barnacle. Takumi did a couple of punches, a wrist flick, then right-side kicked the Barnacle in the chest, sending the Barnacle flying to outside of the stadium parking lot. The Barnacle Orphnoch soon got up and started to run away. Takumi took the Delta Phone from the holster, causing the Delta Suit to disappear in light blue Photon Blood. Takumi turned to see Michael injured, and quickly ran to him.
"Hey! Are you okay?!" Takumi asked, executing the human crutch method, for Michael. "Hang on!"
Takumi soon took out the Delta Phone to call Keitaro.
Meanwhile
On the other side of the Stadium, the Ryusei School students were riding the motorcycles, with Saya riding with Mari, on back of her motorcycle, when they stopped to see the Gorilla Orphnoch, who reverted to his human form, being Kawachi Yuki. Along them, was Arai Ken, who claimed that Kawachi stole the Delta belt and gave it to Kitazaki, which also where Asami disappeared.
"Kawachi-kun?" Mari asked in shock and confusion. But, Arai and Kyosuke ran to Kawachi, with Arai shaking him.
"Kawachi! Stop screwing around!" Arai cried, shaking Kawachi, who started to wake up.
"Hang on, Kawachi-kun!" Mari said, before being pushed by Arai.
"Move!" Kyosuke demanded, as he and Arai were shaking Arai.
"Kyosuke!" Rina cried.
"What happened to the Delta Belt?!" Kyosuke shouted for answers of "his" belt.
"Kyosuke-kun!" Saya cried, trying to pull Kyosuke away from Kawachi.
"What did you do with my belt?!" Kyosuke shouted. "Give it back!"
"Kyosuke-kun, stop it!" Saya demanded.
"S-Sawada…" Kawachi said, before turning into ash.
"Kawachi-kun… He's an Orphnoch too?" Mari asked, as she turned to Saya, whose palms looked sweaty, which was very odd, since Saya was the more mature and calm of the Ryusei School. "Not just that… Sawada-kun is still alive."
"So that bastard, Sawada, gave the belt to that Orphnoch?!" Arai assumed.
"You said that Kawachi stole it from you!" Kyosuke said.
"I was wrong! Plus, I got knocked out by that Orphnoch! I thought it was Kawachi! But, it turns out Sawada was the one!" Arai snapped, as he and Kyosuke were getting on their bikes.
"Both if you two, what's wrong you?! One of you're your Ryusei School friends just died!" Mari exclaimed, trying to stop Kyosuke.
"Shut up!" Kyosuke snapped, pushing Mari.
"You only think of the belt! Father would be so disappointed in you!" Rina exclaimed, trying to stop Kyosuke, after he pushed Mari.
"Mari's right. Both of you should cool off for a bit," Saya spoked up. "Also, why aren't you going after Inui-san?"
"This doesn't concern him, at the moment! After I kill Sawada, he's next!" Kyousuke said, trying to grab his biker helmet from Rina's hands. Kyosuke then pushed Rina with his biker helmet. "Shut your trap!"
"Stop it, Kyosuke. Your normally not like this," Saya said.
"Quiet, bookworm! We'll solve the problems of the Ryusei Sxyool students by ourselves, minus you," Kyosuke said to Saya.
"But… Don't you think that bond of the Ryusei School students have gotten weaker?" Saya asked Kyosuke, who got off his bike.
"It's not my fault," Kyosuke denied, walking to Saya."That guy who took my belt is to blame!"
"Hey!" Arai called out, walking to Kyosuke. "Just who decided that it was your belt?!"
Arai then grabbed Kyosuke by the collar.
"Hold on for a second!" Mari exclaimed, trying to break Arai and Kyosuke apart, along with Rina.
"Even I know the power of Delta! That power without limits…" Arai exclaimed.
"Stop!" Mari exclaimed.
"That belt…is MINE!" Arai shouted.
"Stop it!" Rina exclaimed. Saya then sighed.
"You guys… I'm sorry that you don't know," Saya apologized quietly. "But, it was for the best."
Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse
Yuka flew to the surface on other end of the concert hall, outside. Michiko ran towards Yuka, who then fired her Blaygun at Michiko's chest. Michiko felt due to the impact of the blast. Yuka then got up and side-flipped opened the Kaxia phone. However, Yuka was hesitating on killing her step-sister. Every time she was going to press the enter button, she thought about Morishita Yoshimasa, the Armadillo Orphnoch, Nishida Kiyotaka, the Equisetum Orphnoch, Mr. J, the Crocodile Orphnoch, Kageyama Saeko, the Lobster Orphnoch, and Kobayashi Yoshio, the Rabbit Orphnoch. Yuka then dropped her Blaygun, which had Michiko confused.
"What's wrong?! Aren't you going to finish me off?!" Michiko shouted.
"I'm sorry, Michiko…" Yuka apologized, with tears flowing from under her helmet. "My friends dealt with people who were new to this power. But they lost themselves to the power. They couldn't kill those lost souls… I can't do the same with you."
"Yuka…" Michiko softly said. Yuka then screamed, ran to a column, punched it, and screamed again. The Kaixa suit then disappeared in yellow Photon Blood. Yuka's face was full of tears. Michiko then took this time to escape, leaving Yuka crying.
Later
Keitaro was driving Michael and Takumi back to the cleaners, to help with Michael's wounds.
"I don't think his wounds are that bad," Takumi assumed, before noticing Keitaro's hair. "Hey, what's with your hair? It's weird."
"Leave me alone. I've changed," Keitaro said, trying to sound more masculine. "The blonde hair…is proof of that."
"Heatstroke?" Takumi assumed. "That Kaido guy had you do something didn't he? If it's trying to impress girls. I don't think I'll work."
Keitaro then pulled the brakes when he heard what Takumi said.
"Eh?" Keitaro asked in confusion.
School
Michiko, still as the Crow Orphnoch, ran until she fell into doors to another school, reverting back to her human state.
"What's wrong with her? She killed Hitomi and Miyuki… Why can't she do the same with me?!" Michiko asked herself as she slammed her fist on the floor. Michiko then heard something coming from the gym, which was far from where Michiko was it, meaning that, like Yuka, she had super-hearing. Michiko entered the gym and saw a group of boys doing volleyball. "How nostalgic…"
Mcihiko's face then faded dark gray, so she can kill her first victims. But, before she could transform, that light went off, causing Michiko's face then faded back to normal. The volleyball players were just as confused as her.
"Who killed the lights?" A volleyball player asked. Then, the back gym doors open, with a figure coming out of it. The figure was playing hip-hop music, and was wearing familiar clothes and a familiar hat. The figure revealed himself to be Sawada Aki, former Ryusei School student and former friend of Mari.
"What? What is that guy doing?" Michiko asked, before Sawada took out a light green fish origami, lit it on fire, and dropped it on the ground. Michiko's eyes widen as Sawada transformed into the ninja-looking Spider Orphnoch, and and started to kill all of the volleyball players. Michiko covered her face until the terror was over. However Sawada, noticed her, and Michiko started to run outside of the school, but she stopped when she saw a teacher, in front of her, turning into ash. "Wha…what is this?!"
"You're an Orphnoch, but you don't know how we kill people," Sawada said from behind. Michiko turned and was in fear of the appearance of the Spider Orphnoch. "Could it be you just became a Orphnoch recently?"
"I assume you're one of those Orphnoch guys," Michiko said. "But what are Orphnochs?"
"A catch. Where given the chance to get a second chance. However… There is always a catch," Sawada explained. "You choose that catch to be an Orphnoch, and you're letting yourself go. But, I'm surprised that you ignore the Orphnoch voice that every person loses to when they became an Orphnoch."
"If you're an Orphnoch… May I suggest an alliance?" Michiko suggested.
"What do you mean?" Sawada asked.
"I have a grudge on someone. She became an Orphnoch earlier than me," Michiko explained.
"Are you referring to Osada Yuka?" Sawada asked.
"You know her?" Michiko asked.
"I've talked with her before," Sawada said. "However… I refuse."
"What?" Michiko asked.
"I too want revenge. However, that person you hate is friends with a friend of mine," Sawada said.
"Don't screw with me. If you're not with me… Then you're in the way," Michiko said.
"You're blinded by hatred," Sawada pointed out, before Sawada managed to kick her a couple of times, before heeling her to the ground, and keeping his foot on Michiko's back. "See what happens when your arrogance blinds you?"
"Don't you want revenge to the person who transformed you into an Orphnoch?" Michiko asked.
"Yes. But, Smart Brain is a big company…and the person in charge is very powerful. Doing that is like committing suicide. I should know… I fought him once," Sawada said, taking his heel off of Michiko's back. "Are you just going to kill people because you can?"
"I'm not going to kill random people that I don't even hate," Michiko said, getting up, before Sawada started to leave. "Wait! Where are you going?"
"A former classmate of mine is causing trouble. I don't have any time to spent with you," Sawada said, before walking away.
"That guy…" Michiko muttered.
From a distance, the Shark Orphnoch was watching. The Shark smiled under his human form, and preceded to transform back to his human form, which was Kusaka Masato.
"Osada Michiko… Interesting," Kusaka said. "But, how can I make this game more fun?"
Kusaka then smiled as he got an idea.
Kiba's Apartment
Kiba was covering his ears after Kaido was playing loud music. Kaido was dancing very weirdly with his dyed blonde hair. Yuka entered and covered her ears when she heard the loud music.
"What are you guys doing?" Yuka asked.
"What?" Kiba exclaimed.
"What are you doing?" Yuka asked again through Kiba's ear.
"What?" Kiba exclaimed again. Yuka then walked to to stereo and pressed the off button.
"Oh. Yuka. What are you doing?!" Kaido asked, before doing some weird movements.
"That's my line!" Yuka exclaimed.
"Kaido said he's changed. He says he's going to live funkily from now on," Kiba explained.
"Geez. I feel like I'm the last person to know these kinds of things," Yuka complained to herself. "Quit it with the blonde hair. I know it's a bet you made. And if you're trying to impress me, it's not going to work. Plus, I'm not in the mood. I can't keep up with your weird hobbies."
"What happened to you? Huh, Yuka? Somehow…you're not yourself," Kaido said, dancing weirdly. "If you have some trouble, I'll hear you out. Try me."
"No. Because no matter what, you won't listen!" Yuka exclaimed.
"Osada-san! Calm down," Kiba said.
"She's right. I can't listen to her right now. I don't know what's going on… But the way you're acting right now… It's not right," Kaido said.
"But… Every time I try to reach out or help someone…they refuse. Therefore I have to fight them. But… I end up hesitating," Yuka softly said. "Kageyama Saeko… And now Michiko."
"Michiko?" Kaido asked.
"My younger step-sister. We're you even paying attention to the first time I mentioned her?" Yuka asked Kaido.
"Osada-san… Please. I understand you're pain. I understand you want to help Michiko. You don't want her to become like Morishita-san or Kaido's kouhai. But, pushing us away won't do any good. You have to let us in," Kiba said.
"Kiba-san…" Yuka softly said, before the Kaixa phone rang, and she answered it. "Hello? Now? Alright."
Yuka then hanged up the Kaixa phone.
"It's Michael. He wants to talk to me, Inui-san, and you," Yuka said to Kiba.
"Me? Why?" Kiba asked.
"He didn't say," Yuka replied.
"Well… While you two have your meeting… I'm going to go out and shine brilliantly in the middle of the big blue sky!" Kaido exclaimed before running out of the apartment.
"Okay," Kiba said uncomfortably.
Kanetsu Expressway Iruma River Bridge
Michael, Yuka, Takumi, and Kiba were all gathered for a meeting.
"Thank you all for coming here. I realized something has been off by each of us," Michael said.
"Off? What do you mean?" Kiba asked.
"Takumi… You felt unease when you heard the name, Ryusei School. Osada-san… You had your sister wake up from her coma. But by the look of it, you seem unhappy. I went crazy over an Orphnoch. Something I haven't done in a while," Michael pointed out. "I asked the past on what was going on with us. And I found answers. Takumi… You were at the Ryusei School, weren't you?"
"Don't assume everything. I…don't even know what that place is," Takumi declined.
"Liar," Michael called out.
"It's no lie!" Takumi snapped.
"Enough! Both of you!" Yuka shouted, before taking a deep breath. "You're right, Michael. I am unhappy. Michiko has been revived as an Orphnoch. And I hesitated on killing her."
"Michiko is an Orphnoch? The past didn't tell me anything on that," Michael said. "But... I believe due to my interference, the future must've changed. Would it make you feel better with me taking you to the amusement park take it off your mind?"
"You're asking me on another date?" Yuka asked, and Michael nodded yes. "Alright. It's been a while, since I had some fun."
"What about me? Why am I here?" Kiba asked.
"The past and future are angry. They're angry that weren't not fighting," Michael explained.
"But we are fighting. Against the Orphnoch..." Kiba said.
"Not against the Orphnoch...against each other," Michael corrected Kiba, who had a confused expression on his face. "From the beginning...you hated Faiz. You hated Inui Takumi. But, I interfered and I have the power of Faiz."
"But I don't hate you! And that one fight was a misunderstanding!" Kiba exclaimed.
"It is the fate of Faiz and Kiba Yuji," Michael said. "One day, we'll have to fight."
"But I don't want to! You're my friend," Kiba said.
"You are too. But, if we don't. Fate could change for the worst," Michael said. "Speaking of worst... do you remember Kusaka Masato?"
"Obviously," Yuka said, rolling her eyes.
"I think Kusaka Masato was that Shark Orphnoch from earlier," Michael theorized.
"Kusaka is an Orphnoch?" Yuka questioned.
"Kusaka... Saya told me about him. She told me he took care of him. He's definitely spoiled thinking he's invincible with that power," Takumi added.
"I saw this in another future where Kusaka and Saya were both Orphnoch," Michael continued.
"Saya? Clearly you've had to make an error," Yuka said, not believing.
"I told you, my predictions are never wrong!" Michael exclaimed, which had Yuka to bit her lip.
Clover Bar
"You surprise me. You're saying you want to join the Lucky Clover in the place of Mr. J?" Murakami asked Kusaka. "Out of all people, you?"
"Yes..." Kusaka responded. "I've been getting bored with fighting you guys. Plus, Osada Yuka has Kaixa."
"You have a grudge against Osada Yuka? I like you already," Saeko said, as she smiled.
"If I join the Lucky Clover… I heard I can also obtain an important Smart Brain position," Kusaka continued. "To live with such favor granted to me…not a bad deal."
"It's a very interesting proposal," Murakami commented, as he smirked. "However, to join the Lucky Clover, you'll have to do a lot more work. For example… Requiring one of three belts…or the extermination or the traitorous Orphnoch."
"Oh. But he's a Orphnoch new to this, isn't he? I'll take care of Kiba Yuji and his two allies," Kitazaki requested.
"No need for assistance. Those two tasks are simple enough. Leave it to me," Kusaka said. "Unlike these three… I'll show you results."
Saeko puts her drink of wine on the counter when she heard the comment on her, Kitazaki, and Takuma, who was also at the bar.
"Such an interesting boy. So young, and yet…he has been through so much bloodshed," Saeko said, walking towards Kusaka and touching his chin. "He has those eyes. Those eyes were like mine before I became an Orphnoch. Plus, we both hate Osada Yuka. We're so similar."
Kusaka pushes Saeko's hand from his chin.
"Just what…can you understand?" Kusaka asked. "What about me…can you understand?"
Kusaka then remembers how he lost his mother. Since he had no father to look out for him, Kusaka's mother had to take care of him. One day, the two went kaiaking. However, there was a mysterious accident, that has both of them separated. Kusaka was the only survivor, when the rescue team for his mother's dead body, a couple of hours later.
Ryusei School
The elevator opened and Kusaka showed Murakami to the laboratory of the underground Ryusei School.
"Oh. So this is what you wanted to show me," Murakami assumed, as he saw the machine and the revived Ox Orphnoch. "What is this?"
(Cue Potential Catastrophe by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:28, 1:01-1:18)
"Since your subordinates are getting themselves killed... I thought to revive some of subordinates...that attacked the Ryusei School," Kusaka explained, before pushing the middle button. This causes the machine to heat up, and the ashes, in the machine, starts to reform into a revived Orphnoch. More specifically, the Scarab Orphnoch. Kusaka opens the doors of the machine, and the Scarab Orphnoch steps forward. "Welcome back."
(End Track)
Kikuchi Cleaners
Mari was flattening a white wrinkled shirt for a customer. But, she couldn't get what was on her mind from yesterday. Kawachi was an Orphnoch and died in front of Mari's eyes. Mari also noticed that Saya was acting less calm than usual. Mari starts to get the feeling that Saya is hiding something.
"Saya... I feel like you're hiding something. But, what is it. We're best friends. Why won't you tell me," Mari thought to her head.
Meanwhile, in the cleaning van, Saya was doing some finishing touches on an invention, with Takumi handing her some tools.
"Done!" Saya announced, as she showed Takumi and red and silver modern-trunk-box.
"What is it?" Takumi asked.
"It's something for Michael. I've looked at the data for Faiz before I came here. That gave me the idea to increase his power. I'm the one who designed the Axel Watch...and now I'm developing something that is more powerful than Faiz and any Orphnoch," Saya explained. "I call it...the Faiz Blaster."
"What makes it a blaster? It looks like trunk-box," Takumi pointed out, confused.
"You'll see," Saya said, before her phone rang. "Hello? Kusaka? There's no point in doing that! You wouldn't! Very well."
"Was that Kusaka?" Takumi asked.
"Yes. He wants to meet with me at the stadium. I can use a ride there," Saya said to Takumi, smiling.
Beauty Salon
"I swear. The last time I saw Michiko was yesterday, while I was working. I ran after Michiko, until other daughter, Yuka's, friend saved me from being attacked from a sword," Kana explained to Soeno.
"That's all?" Soeno asked Kana.
"Yes. That's all I know," Kana confirmed.
"Thank you for your cooperation," Soeno said, before turning to see an open magazine, with the same man from the tapes he saw. "Smart Brain?"
"Oh that? One of my customers were reading that magazine. She found it boring, to be honest," Kana said to Soeno.
Smart Brain: Interview Room
Soeno, who came to Murakami, along with Sawamura, showed the picture they captured of the security footage of the Smart Brain Employee, along with the magazine.
"I see. They do appear to be the same person," Murakami said, as he then sighed. "I'm surprised though. I never would have thought one of my employees can cause those amounts of deaths."
"Would you allow us to meet him?" Soeno asked. "We'd like to speak with him on several matters."
"Unfortunately, I cannot do that," Murakami said.
"What do you mean?" Sawamura asked.
"He's been fired. He made a work-related mistake. This was quite a while ago," Murakami stated. "But of course, we will cooperate. We will hand over all the information related to him."
Sawamura nodded in delight that Murakami was cooperating, but Soeno grew suspicious of Murakami.
Clover Bar
The phone rang at the Clover Bar, and Saeko slowly picked it up.
"Murakami-kun?" Saeko said on the phone.
"Yes. I have a favor to ask. I want you to eliminate someone," Murakami said, on the phone, after Soeno and Sawamura left.
"Who could this be? Perhaps... Osada Yuka and Michiko?" Saeko asked.
"No. An idiot of an employee. I don't mind him disobeying my orders, but he stupidly left behind proof. I'd like him to disappear," Murakami requested to Saeko.
"I have no choice then. I understand," Saeko said, before hanging up. Kitazaki then woke up from his sleep and looked at Saeko.
"Did something happen?" Kitazaki asked. "If it sounds interesting, I'd like to come along too."
Smart Brain: Interview Room
"Too many irritations popping up..." Murakami said, looking at the glass windows of the interview room. "All that's left...is Inui Takumi."
Amusement Park
Michael and Yuka were having a great date at the amusement park. They went on a lot of rollercoasters, and even went to a haunted house, which Michael was later scared after. Yuka was scared from the beginning, and tried to catch up to Michael, who ran in fear. The two then later went on the Ferris wheel.
"I'm sorry about last night. I guess I'm becoming hook on the future again," Michael apologized. "It's been the feeling from Kusaka that he might hurt one of us."
"I understand. That's why I accept to go on another date with you. I like you being calm and happy. Kiba-san once said sometimes that you just need to forget everything," Yuka responded, while smiling.
Later, the two walked to the entrance as they were finishing their date.
"Did you have fun?" Yuka asked.
"With you, always," Michael responded, which made Yuka blushed.
"Oh stop," Yuka said, before the couple stopped when the Smart Brain Employee appeared. "Can we help you with something."
The Smart Brain employee turned to see the Faiz case, that Michael brings in case of an Orphnoch attacked.
"Hand over the belt!" The Employee demanded, before turning into the Barnacle Orphnoch.
"Orphnoch!" Yuka cried, before Michael got punched by the Barnacle. "Michael!"
"I remember you!" Michael said, before opened the case and grabbed the Faiz belt, with its accessories, and put it on his waist, before flipping open the Faiz phone.
555
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Michael transformed into Faiz, and delivered the first punch in anger.
"You're saying you don't remember Jasmine Taylor... But when you're dealing with the devil in hell, then you'll remember!" Michael cried, before punching the Barnacle, relentlessly.
"Jasmine... Does he mean his sister?" Yuka asked in wonder.
Kikuchi Cleaners
The Orphnoch searcher alerted itself when it detected an Orphnoch, which had Mari rushed to her computer to look at the location.
"The amusment park? That's where Michael and Yuka's date is at," Mari said, before turning to the Kaixa case. "Geez."
Mari grabbed the Kaixa case and headed out to deliver the Kaixa gear to Yuka.
Ajinomoto Stadium
Inside of Ajinomoto Stadium, Kusaka waited for Saya to arrive, alone. Kusaka later turned to see Saya, with Takumi.
"I thought I told you to go alone," Kusaka said, standing up from his seat.
"Inui-san is only here to protect me," Saya pointed out, defending Takumi's presence.
"Well... That doesn't make a difference, having some who was involved in the Ryusei School attack," Kusaka said.
"Inui-san wasn't part of the Ryusei school attack! He wasn't even a classmate!" Saya exclaimed.
"I feel his presence. Before I became an Orphnoch, I recognized him transforming into one," Kusaka explained, which made Takumi feel unease.
"You liar! Why are you doing this?!" Saya exclaimed, as she wanted to punch Kusaka's face, but was held back by Takumi. "I took care of you whenever you were bullied by Inukai-san and Kyosuke!"
"And we started a relationship. But, Mari was the one who defended me the most," Kusaka responded. "The one I want...is Sonada Mari."
"You are a creep, you know that? Good thing you're an Orphnoch," Takumi said as he put the Delta gear on his waist, and put the Delta phone near his ear.
Henshin!
Standing By!
Takumi then puts the Delta phone, into the hoslter-looking Delta Mover.
Complete!
Takumi transformed into Delta and charged at Kusaka, who transformed into the Shark Orphnoch. The Shark Orphnoch summoned his 2 saw-like swords. Kusaka's Orphnoch strength and power overpowers Takumi, easily. Kusaka throws his saw-like swords at Takumi, which flew like a boomerang. Takumi manages to dodge to first time, but failed when the swords returned slashing him in the back, before coming back to Kusaka's hands.
"This is a shame. I expected more from you. Inui Takumi," Kusaka said, as he raised his right saw-like sword to finish Takumi off.
"Stop it!" Saya cried, running front of Kusaka and blocking the slash with her right arm. Just then Saya's body starts to transform and the girl know as Saya disappeared, physically. Taking her place was the Phoenix Orphnoch.
"What?!" Takumi asked in shock. Kusaka didn't seemed surprised, as he overpowers Saya with his power. When Kusaka stabs Saya, she crumbles to ash. "No!"
"Too easy," Kusaka scoffed, before Saya's ashes reformed themselves as the Phoenix Orphnoch, who fired a blue fireball from her right hand towards Kusaka's back, which sent him flying to one of the entrances.
"Don't underestimate me! I'm different than most Orphnochs!" Saya said, as her human form appears in her shadow, before continuing to battle Kusaka.
"Wait. What's going on?" Takumi asked himself, before running to assist Saya.
Streets
Keitaro and Kaido were walking down the streets, with their bleached blonde hair.
"Well? Where are you taking me?" Kaido asked Keitaro, as the two were walking. "Just tell me already!
"Over here! Hurry up!" Keitaro exclaimed, as he grabbed Kaido's wrist and they hurried to an elevator.
"There's actually a fortune telling corner in this building," Keitaro explained to Kaido.
"Fortune telling?" Kaido asked Keitaro, who pulled him towards the elevator. Keitaro pressed a button, which had the elevator closed and started to transport them into another floor.
"Yeah. Plus they say it's really accurate. So we should take a look and see how we end up changing!" Keitaro exclaimed.
"We have a fortune teller. His name is Michael. This bet is going terrible. As soon as I get off this elevator, I'm calling it off," Kaido pressed the button that goes the sixth floor. "I don't care if you impressed Mari, which you probably didn't. But Yuka's in a bad mood, and none of us have changed mentally. As I get off this floor where it's on fire, I'm dying my hair back to black!"
The last sentence had Kaido looked at the surroundings of the sixth floor.
"What the hell is this?!" Kaido asked.
"A fire?!" Keitaro exclaimed, as Kaido tries to swat away the smoke.
Ajinomoto Stadium
Outside of the stadium, Michael was fighting the Barnacle Orphnoch with punches of anger.
"Do you remember 3 years ago, when you were assigned to kill a teenage girl?!" Michael asked.
"I don't remember all the names. But I do remember killing her. She also had a..." The Barnacle responded. "Wait. You couldn't be..."
"That's right!" Michael exclaimed, kicked the Barnacle Orphnoch, before charging at him with the equipped Faiz Shot, while opening the phone, pressing the enter button, and closing it.
Exceed Charge!
Michael punched the Barnacle Orphnoch in the stomach, executing the Grand Impact attack, and the Faiz symbol appears on his back, having the Barnacle Orphnoch to crumble into ash. Michael breathes heavily after the battle.
"Jasmine," Michael breathed, before Mari arrived to see the fight over..
"Aww man..." A voice said, and Michael turned to see Kitazaki of the Lucky Clover. "That was my prey."
Yuka turned to see Kitazaki walking towards Michael, and felt unease with his presence.
(Cue Thrill Injector by VideoHelper; 0:00-1:14)
"Well, whatever. It'll be more interesting to beat you now," Kitazaki said, as his face faded gray.
"You," Michael muttered, before Kitazaki transformed into his true form, the demon-looking Dragon Orphnoch, who had giant dragon-like claws on both of his arms. Michael then starts to fight Kitazaki, but gets overpowered by him. While watching the fight, Mari recognizes Kitazaki's Orphnoch form.
"That Orphnoch..." Mari observed.
"Michael," Yuka softly said, before turning to see Saeko from a distance. "Kageyama Saeko!"
"Kitazaki called me and saying you two were on a date when he was following that stupid employee," Saeko said, as her face faded gray. "It gives me the chance to settle things."
Saeko then transformed into the Lobster Orphnoch. Mari turned to see the Lobster Orphnoch, and quickly opened the Kaixa case and set up the Kaixa gear.
"Osada-san! Catch!" Mari called out, before throwing the Kaixa gear towards Yuka, who put it on her waist and side-flipped open the Kaixa phone.
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Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Yuka transformed into Kaixa and began to fight Saeko. Mari turns back to see the fight between Michael and Kitazaki. Then Mari had remembered something and she hadn't remembered before.
(End Track)
Mari remembers a lost memory where she was being held by an Orphnoch with the motif of a Wolf (from Episode 26). However, Mari manages to break free, but runs into Kitazaki, transformed into the Dragon Orphnoch. The Wolf Orphnoch runs towards Mari's direction, as Kitazaki laughs. Mari's eyes widen knowing that this was the attacker of the Ryusei School. The attacker that Rina mentioned when Mari met with her before Haruko and Masuda died.
Kitazaki does an uppercut slash, which sent Michael flying to the ground.
"Why you!" Michael said, as he took out the Axel mission memory, from the Axel Watch, on his right wrist, and inserted it into the Faiz phone, kind of like replacing a battery.
Complete!
The Fullmetal Lung chest plates of Faiz started to rise and recessed themselves into shoulder pads, revealing the Faiz Core on the center of the chest. The Faiz suit flashed and turned the Photon Streams from bright red to silver. Transforming Michael into his Axel Form.
"Oh?" Kitazaki said, before Michael pressed the red button of the Axel Watch.
Start Up!
Michael punched Kitazaki with the Faiz Shot, which had Kitazaki turned into ash, but it reveals a new and more sleeker form. Kitazaki then uses super-speed to overpower Michael's Axel Form.
3, 2, 1
Kitazaki claws at Michael, which has him fall to the ground.
Time Out!
Kitazaki then kicks Michael.
During the fight with Yuka and Saeko, both their blades were clashing each other.
"If you think you can save your sister from her Orphnoch power, it's uselss," Saeko said, before slashing at Yuka's Fullmetal Lung chest armor. Before Saeko could do another attack, Takumi flew into Saeko, due to the other fight going on, but rolled by Yuka.
"Inui-san!" Yuka exclaimed, who helped Takumi get up. Yuka later saw the battle between the Shark and Phoenix Orphnoch. "More Orphnochs?!"
"Don't!" Takumi cried, getting in front of Yuka. "That's Saya!"
"Saya?!" Yuka exclaimed in confusion, as she saw Saya battling with phoenix-like gauntlet attached on her left arm. "What's going on?!"
"That's what I asked!" Takumi said, before Saeko slashed at both of their backs with her rapier. This results in Yuka and Takumi fighting Saeko.
Michael, still in Axel Form, was beaten to the ground by Kitazaki's super-speed. Michael tries to get up, but Kitazaki puts his foot on his back, which had some ash coming from it, before transforming back to his Demon-Human Form, which was his first form, which was armored and had his dragon-like claws. Kitazaki laughs as he was beating Michael, easily.
"Michael!" Mari cried, which had Kitazaki turned to Mari.
"Oh?" Kitazaki said, as he was looking at Mari, who took two steps back.
After taking another hit from Saya, Kusaka jumps at Kitazaki.
"Kitazaki!" Kusaka cried, jumping at Kitazaki and slashing him in the back, but felt no impacy.
"Oh? What are you trying to do?" Kitazaki asks, as his human form appears in his shadow.
"Don't touch Mari!" Kusaka demanded, and Kitazaki lifted his foot from Michael's back. Takumi turns to see Kitazaki and Kusaka facing each other.
"That guy..." Takumi said, before being slashed by Saeko. Takumi then sees the Ox Orphnoch jumping from out of nowhere and was going to land on Mari. "Mari!"
Takumi quickly jumps and tackles Mari from the Ox's landing zone.
Michael gets up and removes the Axel mission memory from the Faiz phone.
Deformation!
The process from Faiz to Axel, starts to reverse, as Michael's Axel form, start to turn back into Faiz's regular form.
Takumi gets punched by the Ox's right wrecking ball-fist, and is thrown in the air before landing on the ground. Michael opens the Faiz phone and presses the enter button, before closing it.
Exceed Charge!
Michael charges at the Ox and punches his left wrecking-ball fist, executing the Grand Imapct attack, but had little to no effect.
"What?" Michael said in shock, before the Ox struck at Michael with his right wrecking-ball fist, which had sent Michael flying, before another Orphnoch enemy slashed at Michael, which doubled the impact. It was the Scarab Orphnoch.
"What?! How are these two still alive?!" Michael questioned.
"I revived them," Kusaka explained, which made Michael turned to Kusaka, before he reverted back to his human state. "They can't be killed anymore. They are indestructible now."
"We'll see about that," Saya quietly said, before jumping off the ledge to the laundry van, where she and Takumi drive to meet with Kusaka. Saya quickly reverts to her human state and grabs the trunk-box, before she transforms back into the Phoenix Orphnoch, and hyper-jumps back to the battle.
"Kusaka… Why are you an Orphnoch?!" Michael asked.
"I think it should be obvious by now," Kusaka said, while smirking.
"What is he talking about?" Mari asked.
"Kusaka, don't," Saya said. Mari recognized that voice.
"Saya?" Mari questioned.
"Why shouldn't I tell them. Michael did me a favor for killing my classmates," Kusaka said.
"I had no choice," Michael said.
"Yes you did. And you were killing student after student. Then you killed the teacher," Kusaka said, which made Michael more confused. "The Kaixa gear doesn't turn people into Orphnochs… We the Ryusei School students, are Orphnochs. All of us. Why else would Sensei, Haruko, Asami, and Kawachi disappeared and then died after an Orphnoch was defeated."
Michael then thought about the Orphnochs he's beaten in the past. Michael then realized the Orphnochs he hadn't seen in his fortune telling. Not only was Aonuma Takamiya, Inukai, and Nishida, were the Sloth, Tortoise, Ostrich, and Equisetum Orphnochs, respectively, but Masuda, Haruko, Asami, and Kawachi, were the Bear, Bee, Jellyfish, and Gorilla Orphnochs, respectively.
"That can't be. I'm…an Orphnoch?" Mari asked herself.
"Yes. Just like Sawada," Kusaka confirmed.
"No… That's a lie. It's a lie!" Mari screamed.
"Not only that we're Orphnoch… But Inui Takumi, Delta, is an Orphnoch…and he attacked us," Kusaka added.
"Liar!" Mari screamed, covering her ear.
"It's no lie. An I'll prove it to yourself. Right now," Kusaka said, as his face faded gray and he transformed into the Shark Orphnoch, walking towards Mari.
"Hey!" Yuka cried before running towards Kusaka, who turned to her, and put her foot in Kusaka's stomach, with the Kaixa Pointer on her Power Ankle, before side-opening the Kaixa phone and pressing the enter button, then side-closing it.
Exceed Charge!
A yellow surge came from the Kaixa belt through the Photon Blood, before making contact with the Kaixa Pointer, which had Kusaka being pushed back due to a giant yellow drill emerging from his chest. Yuka then jumps and does her corkscrew kick, executing the Gold Smash kick. But, Kusaka summoned his saw-like swords, and blocked the kick. The two struggled, before Kusaka destroyed the drill with his swords, having Yuka fall on the ground, before kicking her.
"Hey. It's your fault I'm in this position. You took Kaixa away from me," Kusaka said, before grabbing Yuka by the collar. "You're also Faiz's weak spot. If I kill you… Faiz will lose all hope in humanity."
Kusaka then gets blasted by Takumi, who just had enough of Kusaka. Takumi puts to the Delta Mover back on his waist, took the Delta phone out, and puts it near his ear.
"Let's hope that instruction manual Saya gave me on the way here is useful," Takumi hoped.
3821!
Jetsliger, Come Closer!
Saeko then slashes Takumi in the back once again.
"It looks like the party is full," Saeko said, before jumping off the ledge leaving the fight.
Michael was getting overpowered by the Ox and Scarab Orphnochs due to their revived power. The Scarab Orphnoch slashes Michael in the arm, before jumping towards Mari and grabbing her.
"Mari!" Michael cried. As Mari was struggling, her face faded gray, and Mari disappeared, and in her place, was the ballerina-looking Falcon Orphnoch, who punches the Scarab, which sent him flying towards Kitazaki. Mari looks at her Orphnoch hands, and is in nothing but shock. Mari then screams in agony as she saw what she is now.
From a distance, Sawada was watching the fight, and was shaking.
"Mari… I didn't want to tell you. Neither did Saya," Sawada said.
"Sonoda-san," Yuka softly said, before the giant bike known as Jetsliger arrived and Takumi hopped in it and drove it towards Kitazaki and the Scarab Orphnoch. Takumi stops Jetsliger and targets at the detected Orphnochs, Mari sadly being one of them.
"Move, Mari!" Takumi cried, before pressing the button on the screen, which fired 8 missles on side side of Jetsliger, which splits into eight rows of missiles.. But Kusaka used his saw-like swords to cut all of the missiles in half, destroying them, which had the impact of the fight to be taken to the parking lot of the stadium. Even Takumi flew out of Jetsliger due to the impact. The only one who didn't land on the parking lot was Kitazaki, who reverted back to his human form.
"It seems like the game is on pause," Kitazaki said, as he walked away.
"That guy… He'll pay," Sawada said, as he clenched his fist. Unknown to him, Michiko was watching Sawada.
Back to the fight, Michael, Yuka, Takumi, and Mari, we're all hurt due to the impact of Kusaka's attack with the rockets.
"Ow," Michael said. Kusaka then landed on his feet, and helped the Ox and Scarab Orphnochs up. The three then fought Michael, Yuka, and Takumi. Mari started to run away from the fight, due to the shock that she was an Orphnoch.
Michael was getting beaten by the Ox, due to the damage he received at the long fight. So this had Michale get hit easily. Yuka was also having a hard time fighting the Scarab Orphnoch, due to Scarab's increased strength when he was revived. Takumi's battle with Kusaka was no different. As Michael flew into a column, he felt weak.
"Michael!" Saya cried, who already transformed back to his human form. "Catch!"
Saya threw the trunk-box at Michael, who caught it.
"Put the phone through the blaster, and press the transformation code again!" Saya instructed Michael, who got up, took the Faiz phone out of the belt, and put in on top of the trunk-box.
Awakening!
Michael then pressed the transformation code again, and pressed the enter button, before setting the trunk-box down.
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Standing By!
Then, a red light glowed around Michael, as the Sol Foam suit transformed from black to light red. The Photon Blood also transformed from red into black. The Fullmetal Lung armor transformed into a jet-pack like armor. Michael had transformed into a new and more powerful. This was Faiz's Blaster Form.
"What?" Yuka asked in shock.
"What is this?" Takumi asked.
"A new power? Where did that come from?" Kusaka asked in shock. The Ox Orphnoch then charged, and Michael punched to Ox, which had him flying into a column, which broke due to the Ox's weight.
"The power… I can feel it growing through me," Michael said, as the Scarab Orphnoch charged towards Michael and tried to slash at him. But, Michael dodged the Scarab's slash, and overpowers him with his powered-up punches and kicks.
Kusaka was up next and slashes at Michael. But, it had little to no effect in Michael's new Blaster Form. The next thing that Kusaka knew, was that he was in the ground due to the impact of Michael's punch.
Michael picked up the Faiz Blaster and presses another code.
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Blade Mode!
The Faiz Blaster, transformed from Trunkbox Mode into Blade Mode, where it generated a giant yellow blade on top, made from solidified Photon Blood, transforming it into the Photon Breaker Mode. The Ox Orphnoch got up and charged at Michael, who did powerful slashes at the Ox, even breaking its right horn. Michael then presses the enter button.
Exceed Charge!
The Photon Blood created a giant red blade, before Michael slashed it at the Ox, who had blue flames emerging from them. Thus, executing the Photon Breaker attacker.
"Osada-san! Inui-san! Get down!" Saya told the two, as she grabbed their wrists and hurried them out of the parking lot. The slash caused a force which sent Kusaka and the Scarab Orphnoch flying out of the parking lot, before the Faiz symbol appears on the Ox's back, which caused it to explode into blue flames. The explosion was massive, almost destroying the stadium.
As soon it was over, Michael was not Faiz anymore, for battle.
"I…did it," Michael said, before passing out.
"Michael. Michael!" Yuka cried, as she and Takumi undid their transformations, hurrying to Michael's side. Saya checks for a pulse, and sighs happily.
"He's okay," Saya said, which had Yuka sighed in relief. However, Takumi started to walk away from the scene.
"Takumi. Where are you going?" Yuka asked.
"I'm pretty sure you know my identity now," Takumi assumed.
"That doesn't make you unworthy as Delta. Kusaka's a liar. Don't listen to him," Yuka advised Takumi.
"But… I can't trust myself right now," Takumi said, before running off, which had Saya sighed.
Building
"This is your fault! You shouldn't have brought us here," Kaido said to Keitaro. They were still in the burning building, looking for some people to save.
"I'm sorry!" Keitaro exclaimed.
"How did we get caught up in this fire?!" Kaido asked, before the two heard crying. The two ran to see a little boy, crying.
"Are you okay?!" Keitaro asked, running to the boy. "Hold on!"
"You idiot! Leave the kid," Kaido said. "I'm going ahead."
Kaido then proceeds to leave Keitaro and walk down the stairs.
"Kaido-kun!" Keitaro cried. As Kaido was walking down the stairs, he starts to feel the weight of the responsibility if the two didn't make it.
"Why would you leave a kid and your friend to die in a burning building, you idiot!" Kaido asked himself, before running back upstairs. Kaido finds out that Keitaro was lying by a wall, while the kid was still crying in his arms. "Come on, come on! Hey, get a hold of yourself! Come on!"
"It's no good. You go ahead. Kaido-kun," Keitaro said to Kaido.
"Are you an idiot?! Stand up!" Kaido exclaimed, as he grabbed the boy and carried him on his back. "Come on, stand!"
Kaido did the human crutch with Keitaro as they escaped the burning building.
Later
Near a fence, Mari, in her human state. was crying her eyes, due to the shocking revelation.
"Why?! Why did this happened to me?!" Mari asked herself, crying. Mari then hears footsteps approaching, and she turns to see Sawada. "Sawada-kun?"
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"Mari…" Sawada said, taking out his hand. "Take my hand. I know what I did in the past, but I'll explain everything. Just take my hand."
Mari hesitated for a bit but took Sawada's hand, and Sawada helped her up. This was a start of some explanation Sawada had to do.
(End Track as Closing Screen Appears)
To Be Continued
This was, by far, the longest episode i've ever written. But, it was worth it. I've been wanting to write this chapter for the twist of the story. I also gave some explanation on the Faiz Blaster, which debuts in this episode, along with Blaster Form.
Saya was a character wasted on the show, in my opinion She took out Takuma and the Frog Orphnoch during her time as Delta, by dies easily by Sawada. I would say spoilers, by it's written by Toshiki Inoue, expect a lot of female deaths. There are so many deaths in Inoue's work, I made up a word, Inoued (named after Toshiki Inoue). Anyways, I wanted her to be important to the Ryusei School story. Not only I made her an Orphnoch, but the entire Ryusei School Orphnochs. That was an idea that I had, before I read the Deformed Flower novel. Since (for those who've seen the show) the Ryusei School students were revived using Orphnoch markers, that would sort of make them Orphnoch. Like Hongo Takeshi being remodeled into a cyborg for Shocker. Saya, in the novel, was the Dragon Orphnoch, which was the original plan for the show. But, I looked online, and an artists drew Saya's Orphnoch form as the Phoenix Orphnoch. So, I used that idea for my story. Kusaka was also the Spider Orphnoch in the novel, which was rewritten and had a Five Years Later Story for four chapters. To me, Saya seems to be the more mature and smart one of the students, which gave me the idea for her to design the power-ups for Faiz. I added that to my rewrite, just to let you know.
Michiko as an Orphnoch was also an idea I found online for looking for original Orphnochs. During her time, she was like Eri, from Ryuki, while as she is right now, I think I can say that she's like Mutsuki, from Blade, when he's controlled by the Category Ace in the second half. Oh yeah, Sawada's back. This story is not just inspired by Kamen Rider Faiz, but also by Kamen Rider Blade and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. Both shows have excellent storytelling, comedy, writing (except for 29 and 30 of Blade), and, for the most part, acting (no hate towards the Blade memes). You can probably make the connection that they're like the Gedoshu from Shinkenger, as they're both monsters that are dead and alive. There's also another similarty between the two, but there will be spoilers for the Orphnoch.
Thank you for reading, everyone. If you want, you can leave a review to share your thoughts. I also have a story out, if I didn't tell you, it's called Rise: Sons of Garmadon. It's part of another brand I like, Ninjago. It's pretty good, in my opinion, and you should check it out, if you have the chance. I will see all of you guys, girls, and all in between, next time. Bye.