Hello everyone! Please enjoy this episode.
(This is a recap from the last episode)
Complete!
As Yuka put the Kaixa Phone into the Kaixa Belt, yellow Photon Blood rushed through her body, and after a bright flash, Yuka had become Kaixa again.
(time jump for recap)
Complete!
The Fullmetal Lung chest plates of Kaixa started to rise and recessed themselves into shoulder pads, revealing the Kaixa Core on the center of the chest. The Kaixa suit flashed and turned the Photon Streams from yellow to white, transforming Yuka into her Break Form.
The Stagbeetle Orphnoch got up and charged at Yuka, who pressed the Starter Button.
Start Up!
Everything around Yuka then became slow motion. Yuka sped toward the Stagbeetle Orphnoch, punching him a multiple of times, before throwing him, which causes the Stagbeetle's sasumata to fall out of his hands. Yuka then sped behind the Stagbeetle, and kicked him to the air. Yuka then jumped into the air and five yellow energy drills appeared, Yuka does her corkscrew kick, and entered into the middle yellow energy drill, with the other four following, executing her Break Gold Smash.
3, 2, 1!
As she exited the Stagbeetle's body, everything resumed to motion.
Time Out!
The Stagbeetle Orphnoch then had the Kaixa symbol emerging from his back, before crumbling into ash. Yuka's time in defeating the Orphnoch, in Break Form, went 20 seconds more than Michael, in Axel Form.
(time jump for recap)
The rider then runs at the Mantis and slashes him three times, causing the Mantis to, once again, to crumble into ash. The rider then undoes its transformation, and it's revealed to be Sawada Aki.
(time jump for recap)
Michael extends his right leg, the same time Takumi pulls the trigger on the Delta Blaster's Kick Mode, producing red and blue energy drills, respectively, on Murakami's chest. The two then jumped to the sky and executed their Crimson Smash, for Faiz, and Lucifer's Hammer, for Delta, kicks. However, Murakami suddenly disappeared in red rose pedals.
(time jump for recap)
As the battle was over, Saeko, who transformed back to her human form, wakes up, and seems to be confused.
"Where am I?" Saeko asked, as she got up from the leaves. "What was I doing?"
Unknown to her, Hanagata, transformed as the Goat Orphnoch, was watching her.
(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, Kitazaki, Murakami, Kaixa, Faiz's Axel Form, Delta, and Faiz's Blaster Form will also be included. Kaixa's Break 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 (Character Designs by Tamotsu Shinohara)
Me wo samase The time to go
Tsuyoku aru tame ni (Produced by Jun Hikasa, Naomi Takebe and Takaaki Utsunomiya)
Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto
Dilemma wa owaranai... hashiri-tsuzukete mo (Directed by Hidenori Ishida)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 39: Proof of Humanity
Kiba's Apartment
Saeko walked into Kiba's apartment, unknown who was living there, due to her having memory loss of her life leading up to being an Orphnoch. She knocks on the door across from Kiba's apartment room. Saeko opens it when she hears no one. When Saeko enters, she finds out that the room has been deserted for quite some time.
"There's nothing wrong with cleaning up. For now, let's see what happened on the Kageyama Saeko answering machine," Saeko said, as she pressed the message button on her the answering machine phone.
"Yeah, hi. It's your father, Saeko," A voice said, but Saeko moved onto the next message, but each had the same introduction. During her hearing her missed calls, her phone rang and she picked it up.
"Hello?" Saeko answered.
"Kageyama-san. Where are you?" Murakami asked on the phone.
"Who are you?" Saeko asked, not knowing who Murakami was.
"Now that's a bad joke. You know very well who I-," Murakami continued, but Saeko soon hung up.
Kikuchi Cleaners
It's been a week since Yuka and Takumi have returned. Ever since their first kiss, Michael and Yuka's bond have made them closer. Though, Yuka and Keitaro continued their bond, it was understandable, since Keitaro was Yuka's first friend.
Keitaro was teaching Yuka to iron the laundry, upon Mari's request. Keitaro was surprised that Yuka learned how to iron so quickly.
"Yeah, yeah! Amazing, Yuka-san! You learn fast," Keitaro complimented Yuka.
"It's because you're a good teacher, Keitaro-san. I'm just doing my best to be useful," Yuka said.
Michael and Mari couldn't help but smile at the moment.
"I can't keep up with you!" Mari praised the two for being quicker than them. "Are you jealous, Michael?"
"It was your request. Beside, they deserve this movement," Michael said, as Yuka and Keitaro, in unison, burned themselves on their iron.
"Are you okay? I'm sorry, it was my fault!" The two apologized, in unison, which had both of them smile and blow on their fingers.
"Blowing on things that are hot," Michael said, before turning to Saya. "You can relate, right?"
"Shut up," Saya smiled, before turning to see Takumi, not even blowing on his hot tea, nor drinking it. "Is everything alright, Inui-san?"
No response came from Takumi. Mari was smiling at the moment, before she turned to walk up the stairs, but fell on her face on the stairs.
"Are you okay, Mari?!" Michael asked, walking towards her.
"I'll recover," Mari joked.
"That's good," Michael smiled back, before noticing Takumi's expression. "Takumi has returned, but he still looks scared of something. Could he still be afraid of himself hurting people?"
"Dunno," Mari responded. Yuka overheard the conversation, and her eyes widen as she got an idea.
"I got an idea! Michael, since our date at the amusement park was interrupted by an Orphnoch, I thought we could try again," Yuka offered. "But this time, Inui-san is coming alone."
"What? Why me?" Takumi asked.
"I'm so confused as well," Michael added.
"I think it will great bonding for the three of us. All three of us have the belts, so we spend time with each other so I can help our teamwork," Yuka added.
"There is no way we're doing that!" Takumi snapped.
Amusement Park
The next thing that Takumi knew was that he was in a rollercoaster with Michael and Yuka. Takumi was showing any reaction, until the rollercoaster started to go down, which Michael, Yuka, and Takumi scream, as well as the other people on the ride. As the group went on more rides, and went into contest booths, Takumi started to loosen up a bit and started to have fun.
A while later, Michael and Takumi were watching Yuka going on the carousel.
"Osada-san is having so much fun. Don't you think?" Michael asked Takumi, who turned to Michael unaware what Michael asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Takumi said, realizing what Michael asked. "Why do you bring me to your date?"
"It was to get out of your worrying. Osada-san knows how you feel on worrying you might attack people. She went through the same process when she first became an Orphnoch. But she gained friends to help her block the Orphnoch voice with happiness. That's just what I believe Yuka meant," Michale explained.
"Why do you trust her?" Takumi asked.
"She's not like any other girl I've met. I've had a crush back in America. It didn't work out. I didn't see Yuka as my crush until she became Kaixa. She's strong and pure. She's like my guardian angel," Michael responded. "She's beautiful like an angel as well."
Michael then stopped and noticed Saeko walking around the amusement park.
"Kageyama Saeko?" Michael questioned, which had Takumi turned to see Saeko.
"Is there a problem?" Takumi asked.
"Do you mind stay with Osada-san? Tell her that I'm investigating something," Michael requested. "Please."
"I got it," Takumi said, as Michael then started to follow Saeko.
"Saeko… What are you up to?" Michael thought, following her.
Yuka runs up to Takumi, after she notices that Michael had disappeared.
"Where's Michael?" Yuka asked.
"He went to investigate something," Takumi responded, before noticing a wounded Tokumoto Kyosuke. "That guy…"
Takumi then sped walk towards Kyosuke.
"What are you up to?" Takumi asked, as Kyosuke collapsed on the ground, which had Takumi stop. "Hey. What happened to you?"
"Masato is what happened. He refused to help me find the Delta belt. But now I've found it," Kyosuke explained.
"Open you eyes. Can't you see that Delta is manipulating you?" Yuka asked. "That Lucky Clover member threw it away because he was bored. It was strange why he decided to leave it behind."
"Because I'm the strongest," Kitazaki said from behind, which had Yuka and Takumi turned to the two. "It's nice to see you again, Inui Takumi. Shall we settle things?"
"Not here. Let's go somewhere private," Takumi said.
"You're worried about the humans? No matter. We can continue our fight from last year. I can take on three," Kitazaki said.
"What?" Kyosuke said in confusion.
"Kusaka told me to take you out. He said that you were useless," Kitazaki explained.
"That guy…" Kyosuke said, through gritted teeth.
"Feel like fighting now?" Kitazaki asked, as he smiled.
Smart Brain: President Office
"What is it, Murakami? This "important job"?" Kusaka asked.
"Is using the three of us really necessary?" Takuma asked.
"Yes. This is a job that requires absolutely no mistakes. As I know, Kusaka has been reviving Orphnochs from a machine. I want you to retrieve another one to find Kageyama-san. Something must of happened to her. I tried to call her, but she hung up like she didn't even knew me," Murakami said. "I've sent Kitazaki-san to find her and bring her back. So far, I haven't heard anything."
As soon as Kusaka and Takuma left, Murakami's left hand transformed into part of the Rose Orphnoch, and smashed the computer software. As his hand transforms back, Murakami receives a call from his phone.
"What?" Murakami asked.
"President! I have something you might want to see!" An employee exclaimed through Murakami's phone.
Outside of the Grocery Store
Michael was confused when he saw that Saeko went into the grocery store.
"What? Why is she in the grocery store?" Michael wondered as he walked into the grocery store. As he saw Saeko, he walked towards her.
"Kageyama Saeko," Michael said, as he grabbed her and turned her towards him. "What are you up to?"
"Hey! Let go of me!" Saeko exclaimed.
"What are you planning?" Michael asked.
"What are you talking about?! Who are you?!" Saeko asked.
"Don't okay dumb!" Michael shouted at Saeko.
"Quiet, you don't want to make a scene. I never met you before, honestly," Saeko said to Michael, which had him confused.
Amusement Park
Kitazaki, transformed as the Dragon Orphnoch, was fighting Yuka, Takumi, and Kyosuke, transformed as Kaixa, Delta, and the cyborg-looking Crab Orphnoch, respectively. He used his dragon head-like claws and earlier overpowers the three. Kyosuke tries to slam Kitazaki with his wrench-like claw on his left arm, but Kitazaki catches it and slashes him onto a tree, having Kyosuke revert to his human state and knocked out.
Takumi was then flow into the grass of the back of the rollercoast. As Kitazaki walks closer to Takumi, Yuka uses her Kaixa Blaygun, in Blade Mode, to attack Kitazaki, but Kitazaki blocks the slash and overpowers Yuka again. Takumi quickly takes out the Delta Phone and Delta Mover, converting into the Delta Blaster, and puts it near his ear,
"Fire!"
Burst Mode!
Yuka rolls on the ground and quickly pulls the hammer part of the Kaixa Blaygun.
Burst Mode!
Yuka and Takumi fired at Kitazaki, which resulted in Kitazaki transforming in his sleeker form, the Dragon-Human Form. Kitazaki uses this form to overpower Takumi with his increased speed. As Kitazaki charged at Yuka, who readied and an attack with her Kaixa Blaygun, Kitazaki transformed back into his Demon-Human Form, blocked Yuka's attempt, and slashed her next to Takumi.
"Understand now? It's pointless! I'm the strongest in the world," Kitazaki, as his human form appeared in his shadow. The two got up, and Kitazaki resumed overpowering them with his dragon head-like claws.
As Kyosuke passed out, a figure in black walks toward the knocked out body of Kyosuke. The figure then transforms into the Goat Orphnoch, and carried Kyosuke on his shoulder.
Smart Brain: Medical Room
"This is the corpse brought here earlier," The Smart Brain doctor said to Murakami, referring to the corpse covered. "An Orphnoch revived by Kusaka Masato… however, please look at this."
The doctor lift the covers from the corpse, revealing the revived Slug Orphnoch, but he was frozen like stone, and the blue flames, though still on his body, were frozen as well.
"This is…!" Murakami said, as his eyes widen, knowing what this was.
"His entire body has been petrified," The doctor added as he hit the corpse with an oxygen tank, but nothing happened. "And is already like stone. Even among fights between Orphnoch or against the power of the belts… I've never seen a death like this."
"The King… has appeared," Murakami said as he left the Medical Room.
Alleyway
"You really don't remember anything?" Michael asked Saeko, as he couldn't believe that Saeko had lost her memory prior to being an Orphnoch. He didn't tell Saeko about being an Orphnoch.
"Yes. That's why I don't know who you are," Saeko confirmed.
"I see. Can I call my friend? She knows someone that you've met before," Michael asked.
"Sure. I guess," Saeko said, as Michael took out the Faiz Phone, and dialed Saya's number.
"Saya? Can you and I meet up with Sawada?" Michael asked Saya, through the phone. "We have a problem."
Super Saitama Arena
Yuka and Takumi's fight with Kitazaki was taken into the stairway of the Super Saitama Arena. As Yuka and Takumi are on the ground, Kitazaki walks towards them, laughing.
"You… I'm going to defeat you at least!" Takumi exclaimed at Kitazaki. "Get up, Osada!"
Yuka and Takumi soon got up from the ground.
"This is the Lucky Clover member who led the Ryusei School murders!" Takumi cried, as he and Yuka took out their Mission Memories to prepare their finishing kicks.
"Just give it up already," Kitazaki said, as his human form appeared in his shadow. "I'll start to hate you if you keep being stubborn."
Yuka extends her right leg, as Takumi fires with the Delta Pointer, generating a yellow and a light blue energy drill. Both then executed their kicks, the Gold Smash and Lucifer's Hammer, respectively. Kitazaki uses his armor-like body to withstand the kicks, until he had the chance to use his dragon head-like claws to disable their kicks. Takumi was knocked into an archway of the Arena, having him knocked out with the Delta suit dissolving into light blue Photon Blood, with Yuka's suit disappearing in yellow Photon Blood.
"Inui-san!" Yuka cried, as Kitazaki walks closer to an unconscious Takumi. He raised his right dragon head-like claw prepared to finish Takumi off. But as he went for the finishing blow, he was stopped by a gray hand.
"Who are you?" Kitazaki asked the Goat Orphnoch (Cue Thrill Injector by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:28, 0:58-1:14), who punched Kitazaki, who was, surprisingly, un-immune to the Goat's punches. With even attack that Kitazaki tried to do, the Goat Orphnoch was able to block every one, making the Goat superior to Kitazaki. Even when Kitazaki transformed into his Dragon-Human Form, the Goat Orphnoch still managed to overpower Kitazaki, with his super speed. After the Goat Orphnoch defeats Kitazaki, by clawing him down the stairs (End Track), Yuka saw his human form, as the Goat reverts to his human form.
"Hanagata-san," Yuka said, before losing consciousness. Hanagata then proceeded to walk away from the two knocked out renegade Orphnochs.
Sawada's Mansion
Saeko blowed on the hot tea, as Sawada still didn't believe that Saeko had lost her memory.
"But is this really possible… that Kageyama Saeko lost her memory?" Sawada whispered to Michael.
"Not even I can believe it," Michael whispered back. Saya notices that Saeko had been blowing her tea for a while now.
"Um, excuse me. Are you a nekojita?" Saya asked.
"What? No. I just don't like things that are that hot," Saeko responded, politely.
"She's even polite," Michael added.
"Hey, Senpai. You mentioned that she was part of the Lucky Clover… I'm just saying that it could be a trap," Michiko assumed.
"I don't think it's trap," Michael said.
"Really? What makes you think that?" Michiko asked, turning to Michael, who was sitting on the couch, next to Sawada.
"She doesn't look like she's lying," Michael replied. "I think it's best not to mention anything about the belts or the Orphnoch."
"She could gain her memory in time," Sawada said.
"Then we need to try our best to make her a better person," Michael said.
"What are you guys talking about?" Saeko asked.
"Nothing," Michael and Sawada said, simultaneously.
"Since you're drinking your team finally… How about I get some curry?" Michiko offered, as she made her way to the kitchen, but sighs as she saw nothing to make for curry. "Geez."
Michiko then turns to see a cabinet opening, revealing a belt.
"What is that?" Michiko asked, crouching and taking a look at the belt.
"You shouldn't touch things that aren't yours," Sawada said, from behind, making Michiko turn to Sawada.
"Senpai…" Michiko said. "What is this?"
"Why do you want to know?" Sawada asked.
"It could be useful against the Orphnoch," Michiko responded. "You can't keep secrets from me."
"Very well. That is the new belt that Hanagata, my foster father, created. It's called the Neo-Alpa gear He said it was a failure, at first. But he was able to redo it and make it work," Sawada explained. "After that, he sent the Neo-Alpa gear to me."
"There's… a fourth belt?" Michael asked, who overheard the conversation. "I thought there were only three belts."
"Well, you thought wrong," Sawada responded to Michael, before continuing his explanation. "Each one of the belts created by Smart Brain were sent to the students of the Ryusei School. You've probably noticed Hanagata's experiments with the belt. He told me in his note that he saw you through the Ryusei School."
"Hanagata-san... told you that?" Michael asked.
"Believe me... There's going to be a lot of thing that Hanagata doesn't tell you," Sawada said.
"Call him your father," Michael corrected Sawada.
"I saw him as a teacher more than a father," Sawada responded. "That is the truth."
"Truth," Michael said to himself, as Michiko then felt something far.
"Yuka," Michiko softly said to herself, as she ran out of the mansion, before making an excuse for Saya and Saeko. "I'm going to the store to buy rice! I'm very sorry! I'll be back soon!"
Part of what Michiko was said was true, as she runs out of the mansion to find her sister.
Omiya Hokosugi Bridge
Michiko searched for Yuka at the Omiya Hokosugi Bridge. As she was searching, an Orphnoch had punched her in the face, in front of her, which resulted into Michiko transforming into the Crow Orphnoch, as she rolled on the ground. As she looked up, she was face to face with the revived Elephant Orphnoch.
(Cue Heart Attack by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:14, 0:52-1:14)
Michiko then began fighting the Elephant, who had increased strength than last time, when he fought with Faiz. Though Michiko was stronger, the Elephant easily lifts her and throws her off the bridge.
Luckily for Michiko, she transformed into her Flying Form and dived at the Elephant, who punches her upward with great strength, which had Michiko fall near the metal stairs of the Super Saitama Arena. As she is forced to revert to her Fight Form, she sees Yuka and Takumi unconscious.
"That's... Yuka!" Michiko exclaimed, as her human form appeared in her shadow. The Elephant then landed on his feet, which caused the ground to rumble. As Michiko got in front of the unconscious Yuka and Takumi, and the Elephant Orphnoch breaking into a sprint, Michiko quickly turns her back towards the Elephant, and feathers are shot from her back like kunais, which had the Elephant to fall by the stairs.
(End Track)
The next moment he faces Michiko, she was gone, along with Yuka and Takumi.
Smart Brain Medical Laboratory
Kyosuke opened his eyes and realized that he was on a bed. As he rose from the bed, he sees other beds like his.
"What is this?" Kyosuke asked himself, before he saw his foster father, Hanagata, enter. "Father!"
"It's been a while," Hanagata said.
Sawada's Mansion
"Your origami is amazing," Saeko praised Sawada. "You made these?"
"Since I was a kid," Sawada confirmed.
"They're really impressive," Saeko said. "I've always dream of being a sculptor. I love making clay-like statues."
"You wanted to be an artist?" Michael asked.
"Yep," Saeko smiled. "My best work that I want to make is a statue of my mother. She passed away after I was born."
"Really? I'm sorry," Saya apologized.
"It's really alright. I'm pretty sure I told you this before," Saeko assumed.
"No, you didn't," Michael responded.
"I must've been that distant. How do we know each other?" Saeko asked.
"Well… Sawada and Saya had been childhood classmates and friends. Saya works with me at the cleaners. I guess I can say, for you, we were kind of rivals," Michael replied. Parts of what Michael said were true. Just then, the front doors opened, and Michiko came in with an injured Yuka and Takumi.
"Osada-san!" Michael cried, as he ran to Yuka.
"Inui-san!" Saya cried, as she ran to Takumi. "What happened?"
"Well…" Michiko said, before turning to Saeko, who was worried for the two. "They were kind of caught in a fight. I think they're alright. Also…"
Michiko then took out a bag of rice.
"I got the rice for curry," Michiko added, with a smile.
Smart Brain Medical Laboratory
"Please tell me. What was the real reason for creating the Ryusei School? Why did you transform us into Orphnoch?" Kyosuke asked his foster father.
"In order to search for the Orphnoch King, and to get away from Smart Brain's radar… I gathered all of you… and created the Ryusei School," Hanagata explained. "But on the day of the reunion… It was not my will that your lives will be taken! A small group of Smart Brain Orphnoch, led by Kitazaki, did it on their own. Murakami was happy when he heard this, but I wasn't. That's why I left… after I bargained for your lives."
"That was your reason?! You were looking for the Orphnoch King? What is that?" Kyosuke asked.
"The Orphnoch King is the first Orphnoch in existence. Smart Brain have been killing your parents to see if the King or Queen would awaken. Mari… Aki… Masato… Saya… and even you… were one of those victims. A couple of kids had the same fate, though the parent survived. Kurata Keiko… and Suzuki Teruo… were victims of Smart Brain," Hanagata continued his explanation. "And then I sent you all of the belts that I made, at the time… entrusting you will a cruel fate. With the Orphnoch being revived by Masato… I had to create three more belts. The Neo-Alpa belt was just sent to Aki about two weeks ago. I took a gamble… on the strength and kindness that you got through your childhood circumstances. I have seen humans being obsessed with the power of the Orphnoch… and lose their humanity too many times to count. Masato is now becoming one of those victims. And I realized… The Orphnoch must be destroy."
"Then they will be destroyed! I'll kill you myself!" Kyosuke said, as his face faded white, on the left side, and gray, on the right side, before getting a headache.
"Stop. You shouldn't transform into your Orphnoch form anymore," Hanagata said.
"What?" Kyosuke questioned.
"When you transformed into Delta… the power that lies within you… will choose your fate. Your fate if you live or die by the power of Delta. If you continue to transform into an Orphnoch… you yourself will be destroyed," Hanagata explained, before Kyosuke got another headache, and quickly walked out of the medical laboratory.
Sawada's Mansion
Yuka quickly arose from her bed as she woke up.
"This is…" Yuka said, as she felt a pain in her shoudler. She then notices that Takumi was already awake. "Inui-san."
"Oh, you're wake," Takumi said, noticing Yuka. "What happened back there…? What happened to that Orphnoch?"
"He saved us," Yuka responded.
"Saved? Are you talking about Michael?" Takumi asked.
"No… It was Mari's foster father, Hanagata-san," Yuka said. "That Goat Orphnoch was Mari's foster father!"
"What? Mari's foster father is an Orphnoch?" Takumi said in shock. "That's probably the second craziest thing I've heard,"
"What's the first?" Yuka asked.
"You might want to see for yourself," Takumi suggested.
As Yuka and Takumi exited the room, Yuka notices Saeko looking at Michiko's drawings.
"Kageyama Saeko," Yuka said, with her eyes widened. She turns to Michael, who was watching Michiko and Saeko, on the couch across from them. "What's this all about?"
"Well… Saeko lost her memory. I think it was when I punched her in the head during that fight with Murakami," Michael theorized, thinking about how he used his Grand Impact punch on Saeko. "But don't be alarmed. She doesn't look to be lying. This side of Saeko is more different."
"But what if it is a trick?" Takumi asked.
"It's not," Michael responded. "That's what I believe."
Yuka observed Saeko's behavior, and didn't see of what Yuka usually saw when fighting her. This Saeko was more open, kind, and she drinks tea. This version of Saeko, was like Yuka.
"You are a great artist, Michiko," Saeko praised Michiko for her Kikaider work. "You're dream of becoming a manga artist is probably greater than mine."
"Don't say that. I'm pretty sure your clay sculptures are excellent," Michiko reassured Saeko.
"Really? Thank you," Saeko thanked Michiko, before a set of cleaning wipes came flying from the window. Michael looks at the wipes and knew what was coming.
"Oh no," Michael said, before the front doors were cut in half by Kusaka, transformed as the Shark Orphnoch, who throws his saw-like swords at Michael, who quickly dodges it.
"K-kajin!" Saeko exclaimed.
"Saeko. Time to come home," Kusaka said, as his human form appeared in his shadow.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Saeko exclaimed, as she fell out of the window.
"Saeko!" Yuka cried, as Saeko managed to land on the grass. "Why you!"
Yuka tried to hold Kusaka, with Michael, but they were both pushed into the wall.
"Saya! Do you have the belts?!" Michael asked.
"Always!" Saya responded, as she threw Michael, Yuka, and Takumi, their respective gear.
"Wait," Michael said, stopping Yuka and Takumi from transforming. "What if Saeko regains her memory if we transform?"
"I'll doubt she'll remember this belt," Sawada said, with the Neo-Alpa gear on his waist.
"Sawada!" Michael exclaimed.
"That's..." Yuka observed, remembering that to be the belt she saw at the Ryusei School. "But Hanagata-san said that it was a failure."
"It was. Now it's a success," Sawada said, before opening the Neo-Alpa Phone.
001
Standing By!
Henshin.
Sawada puts the Neo-Alpa phone into the Neo-Alpa belt.
Complete!
Red Photon Blood surged around Sawada's body, transforming him into Neo-Alpa.
"Sawada-kun..." Saya responded in shock.
"Just what is this about?" Takumi asked.
"Don't transform until Saeko's not watching," Sawada instructed the three, before jumping out of the broken glass window and kicked Kusaka. "Run. Don't stop until you're at home."
Saeko hesitated at first, but started to run, until she was held by Takuma, transformed as the Centipede Orphnoch.
"There's no way to run, Saeko-san. Come back. The Lucky Clover hopeless without you," Takuma begged, as his human form appeared in his shadow.
"Don't get hopeless because I'm a girl," Saeko said, as she got fearful as Sawada raise his pistol-like weapon, which was called the Alpa Raizer, before pressing the trigger.
"Move!" Sawada cried, as Saeko managed to move, as the shot his Takuma in the face. "Go! Hurry!"
Saeko started to move again, but that's when Kitazaki appeared, in his Flying Form.
"Those guys are getting too handsy. You can beat me up when Saeko regains her memory," Michael said, before flipping open the Faiz Phone.
555
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Michael transforms into Faiz and jumps into the battle, delivering a blow to Kusaka, who blocks it. As Kitazaki dives at Saeko, Sawada shoots Kitazaki, by the wing, having Kitazaki to revert to his Demon-Human Form. Sawada holds onto the trigger, and pulls up the pistol, converting the Alpa Raizer into Dagger Mode. As Sawada slashes at Kitazaki, the latter blocks it with his dragon head-like claw.
"Michael, get Saeko and run!" Sawada ordered, and Michael did as he was told.
"Ready to fight, sister?" Michiko asked Yuka, who smiled.
"Ready," Yuka smiled, as she side-flipped opened the Kaixa Phone.
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Kaixa Gear: Standing By!
Takumi lifted the Delta Phone near his ear,
Takumi: Henshin!
Delta Gear: Standing By!
Yuka: Henshin!
Kaixa Gear: Complete!
Delta Gear: Complete!
As Yuka and Takumi transformed into Kaixa and Delta, respectively, Michiko transformed into the Crow Orphnoch, alongside them. All three of them then jumped out of the broken window and began to fight.
Forest
Michael and Saeko were running away from the fight, until they stopped to catch their breath.
"I don't think they're following us," Michael said, looking back.
"What were those monsters?" Saeko asked.
"It's a long story," Michael responded, before Saeko got a headache. "Hey! What's wrong?!"
Saeko then stopped having her headache, but her eyes were what Michael usually saw.
"Oh no," Michael said.
"You are naïve to protect my human side. The power of the Orphnoch will always triumph over the human," Saeko said, who regained her memory.
"Me transforming into Faiz… That's what regained your memory?!" Michael asked.
"I never lost my memory. My human side just took over my body. However, I am now in control again," Saeko said, as her face faded gray. But before she can transform into the Lobster Orphnoch, she received another headache. After it was done, Saeko had a confused expression on her face.
"What happened?" Saeko asked. "Michael, was it? What just happened?"
"Are you okay, Saeko?" Michael asked.
"I guess," Saeko responded before feeling the ground to shake. "Tell me you didn't just felt that."
The ground shook even more, until something moved closer to them.
"Earthquake!" Saeko cried.
"That's not an earthquake. It's an elephant!" Michael cried, as the Elephant Orphnoch, in his Rush Form, revealed himself from the trees. "Run!"
The two then started to run from the Elephant Orphnoch, who charged at them, knocking down trees in the process.
Outside of Sawada's Mansion
As Yuka and Takumi were fighting Kusaka and Takuma, respectively, another Orphnoch had appeared, knocking Yuka and Takumi in the head. As the two rolled on the ground, they saw who it was. It was Tokumoto Kyosuke, transformed as the Crab Orphnoch.
"Kyosuke… What are you trying to do?!" Kusaka asked, as his human form appeared in his shadow.
"Don't get in the way. This is my prey," Kyosuke said, before charging at the two, started to attack them with his wrench-like claw.
"You're the one who shouldn't get in the way!" Kusaka exclaimed, as he charged and slashed Kyosuke in the back. "Osada Yuka… and Inui Takumi… are mine!"
Through the struggle of the battle, Yuka took out her Mission Memory, and inserted it in the Kaixa Blaygun.
Ready!
The Kaixa Blaygun, generated its yellow blade, made out of Sol Glass, from the bottom, coverting it into its Blade Mode. Yuka's Kaixa Blaygun soon meet with Kusaka's saw-like swords. Kusaka soon managed to slash Kyosuke, by the arm, after Yuka dodges Kusaka's attack.
"I said… don't get in my way!" Kusaka growled, slashing Kyosuke to the ground. Kyosuke soon got up from the ground, leaped towards Kusaka, and slapped him with his wrench-like claw, before turning to see Saya.
"Saya… Prepare yourself," Kyosuke said, as his human form appeared in his shadow.
"He's after Kimura-san?" Yuka asked Takumi.
"Saya!" Takumi cried, which gained Saya's attention. "Look out!"
Kyosuke soon leaped through the broken window and grabbed Saya with his right gray crab claw, and throws her out from the already broken glass window, while Saya transformed into the Phoenix Orphnoch. As Kyosuke lands on the ground, Saya summons her sword, which delivers a blow to Kyosuke's chest. As Saya prepares another attack, the fight was halted as the ground rumbled.
"Right on time," Kusaka said, as Michael and Saeko flew into the battle, when the giant Elephant Orphnoch appeared.
"Saya! I need the Faiz Blaster!" Michael called out to Saya.
"I'm a bit busy here!" Saya responded, as her human form appeared in her shadow.
"I'll get it! What does it look like?!" Michiko asked, fighting Takuma, with her kodachi.
"It looks like a trunkbox! Hurry up and go get it!" Michael exclaimed, as Michiko nodded as she jumped through the broken glass window, and saw the Faiz Blaster, in Trunkbox Mode. Michiko quickly grabs it and jumps back in the battle. "Michael! Here!"
Michiko throws the Faiz Blaster to Michael, who catches it.
"You might need to stand back," Michael suggested to Saeko, who nods and runs off, before taking out the Faiz Phone and equipping it into the Faiz Blaster.
Awakening!
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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, on the back, transformed into a jet-pack like armor, transforming Michael into Faiz's Blaster Form.
Kusaka charges at Michael, who catches his right saw-like sword and punches him in the chest, having Kusaka to drop it. Michael then side kicks Kusaka in the chest, sending the latter flying for Yuka to slash with her Kaixa Blaygun.
"You bitch!" Kusaka screamed, as he stood up, and transformed into his Swimming Form.
"Great," Yuka said, in a sarcastic way, as Kusaka sped his way into Yuka, and managed slam into her. As Michael transitioned into fighting Takuma, who he easily overpowers. Even with Takuma's Centipede Butte whip, Michael manages to catch it and forced Takuma on him, before grabbing Takuma by the shoulder.
"You're a coward. I can tell by your posture whenever you're around Kitazaki," Michael said, before punching Takuma so hard, that he flew into the bushes.
Sawada was having a tough time dealing with Kitazaki. Even as Neo-Alpa, Kitazaki managed to overpower him, for just a bit. As Kitazaki kicks Sawada in the chest, Sawada reverts his Alpa Raizer into its Gun Mode, puts it back onto the right side of the belt, takes out a digital camera, which looks like the Faiz and Kaixa Shots, and inserts the Neo-Alpa Mission Memory into the Neo-Alpa Shot.
Ready!
The Neo-Alpa Shot was converted into its Knuckle Mode, and as Sawada holds on the handle, he opens the Neo-Alpa Phone, presses it, and closes the button.
Exceed Charge!
Kitazaki charges at Sawada, who dodges his attack, before Sawada turned and executed his Grand Impact punch, sending Kitazaki flying to the grass.
As Takumi was fighting Kyosuke, who managed to uppercut Takumi with his left wrench-like claw, he turns to Saya, who fires a blue fireball from her phoenix-like gauntlet, armed on her left arm. Kyosuke manages to block it, but not enough to withstand the impact. As Kyosuke gets up, he slowly walks to Saya, while limping. For some reason, Saya felt like something was wrong.
"Sa-ya…" Kyosuke said, before Takumi inserted his Mission Memory into the Delta Blaster.
Ready!
The Delta Blaster was then converted into the Delta Mover, as Takumi holds it near his ear.
Check!
Exceed Charge!
Takumi pulls on the trigger, which fires a giant blue energy drill on Kyosuke's back, paralyzing his movement. Takumi then jumps, does a flying side kick, and entered the blue drill, executing his Lucifer's Hammer kick, before exiting the drill. Takumi turns to Kyosuke, as he collapses and reverts to his human states. Saya runs to Kyosuke, as she reverts to her human state.
"Kyosuke! Kyosuke!" Saya cried, holding onto Kyosuke. "What did you do?! What did you do?!"
Kyosuke just smiled.
"Sorry… Delta's power was taking control of me. I though I could take control of it… I was wrong. Arai and Kawachi… They were victims of the Delta power. Father told me if I kept transforming into an Orphnoch… I'll be destroyed. I knew this was my chance to put an end to my obsession," Kyosuke said, as he smiled at Saya, who began to shed tears for her classmate. "You were the best out of all of us. You were the smartest out of all of us."
"Don't say that Kyosuke! You're going to be alright. If I can just get Father…" Saya said, weeping tears.
"It's alright. I want this. For a while, I've had my eyes opened. I wanted you or Inui to defeat me," Kyosuke admitted. "You two are the only ones who resisted the temptation. That makes you stronger than me."
Saya began to cry more for her classmate, as Kyosuke closed his eyes.
"Saya… I think I can see Haruko… Kawachi… and Arai… Their smiling that they're almost in peace. Now I'm in peace," Kyosuke said, as his body then became lifeless. Kyosuke's body then had reddish pink flames emerge from his body.
"Kyosuke! Kyosuke! Kyosuke!" Saya cried, as she was crying as Kyosuke turned into ash. Takumi was watching Kyosuke's last moments the entire, and clenched his fist, landing a blow to Kusaka, who was diving at him for an attack, in the face, forcing Kusaka to revert to his Fight Form.
"One of your classmates died… and you didn't care!" Takumi cried.
"Those who don't like me are nuisances. Plus, he was weak. I'm the strongest," Kusaka said.
"Shut up! True strength comes from this!" Takumi cried as he charged at Kusaka and landed punch on Kusaka, who turned due to the impact of the punch (Insert DELTA STRIP~White Ring by Ikuo; 0:12-0:23, 0:52-1:22, 3:33-3:45), grabbed his fin on his back, and kicks him in the back.
As Michael was fighting the Elephant Orphnoch, he had trouble competing with its enormous size. As Michael rolls down on the ground, he types in the code for Blade Mode.
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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.
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Faiz Blaster, Take off!
Michael then took to the skies with the Photon Field Floater, and slashes the giant Elephant Orphnoch, before pressing the enter button.
Exceed Charge!
Michael flew towards the Elephant Orphnoch, and slashed him through the side of his stomach, after Michael deflected an attacked from the Elephant's giant feet in Rush Form, executing the Photon Break slash, before the Faiz symbol appears behind the Elephant Orphnoch and forces the revived Orphnoch to crumble into ash, once again.
Kitazaki threw Takumi to the grass, just as Yuka and Michiko were thrown next to Takumi by Kusaka, who transformed back to his Swimming Form.
(End Insert Song)
"Inui-san… Michiko… Both of you can stand, right? If so, keep standing until Kusaka and that Lucky Clover Orphnoch are defeated!" Yuka said to the two, as she tried to stand.
"I was just taking a break," Takumi said, getting up.
"As was I," Michiko added, as all three of them charged at Kitazaki and Kusaka. Michiko took on Kusaka, since he was in his Swimming Form, by transforming into her Flying Form, while Yuka and Takumi fought Kitazaki.
"Ready for Round 3?!" Takumi asked, as Kitazaki deflected a punch from him, before slashing him and Yuka with his dragon head-like claw. Sawada soon joined in the fight, helping Yuka and Takumi out, eventually helping them overpower Kitazaki. Yuka then took out the Break mission memory from the Break Watch, and inserted it into the Kaixa Phone.
Complete!
The Fullmetal Lung chest plates of Kaixa started to rise and recessed themselves into shoulder pads, revealing the Kaixa Core on the center of the chest. The Kaixa suit flashed and turned the Photon Streams from yellow to white, transforming Yuka into her Break Form.
Takumi inserted the Delta Mission Memory into the Delta Blaster, converting it into the Delta Pointer.
Sawada took the Neo-Alpa Mission Memory, with the Alpa Raizer, which he converts into Dagger Mode, and inserts the Mission Memory into the dagger.
Ready!
The blade of the dagger had transformed into a blade made out of Sol Glass, coverting the Alpa Raizer, it its Blade Mode. Sawada opened the Neo-Alpa Phone, pressed the enter button, and closed it.
Exceed Charge!
Yuka presses the Starter Button of the Break Watch,
Start Up!
Everything around Yuka then became slow motion, as she sped at Kitazaki slashing at him multiple times. In normal time Takumi was firing blasts at Kitazaki's chest, as Sawada slashes at Kitazaki's chest three times. During her time in Break Form, Yuka managed to execute her Break Kaixa Slash at Kitazaki, rushing at his body, flying in slow motion and slashing at him.
3, 2, 1!
Soon, everything resumed in motion
Time Out!
Takumi then fires blasts at Kitazaki's chest, just as Yuka moves out of the way. An explosion happed in Kitazaki's chest, but he uses his super jump to escape.
Deformation!
The process from Kaixa to Break, starts to reverse, as Yuka's Break Form, start to turn back into Kaixa's regular form.
Michiko landed on the ground, reverting to her human state, as Kusaka managed to land an attack with his merman-like tail.
"This is the end," Kusaka said.
"Don't count on it!" Saya exclaimed, as she transformed into the Phoenix Orphnoch, firing a blue fireball at Kusaka, which hit him, sending him flying towards the trees, far from where they were.
Michael, Yuka, Takumi, and Sawada, soon undid their transformations. Michael then notices that Saeko had vanished.
"Saeko…" Michael said to himself, as he turns to see Saya crying over Kyosuke's ashes. Michael walks and crouches by Saya. "Saya."
"It's my fault," Saya sobbed.
"No, no," Michael said.
"If I knew that Delta's power would corrupt the mind," Saya sobbed, as Michael embraced her.
"It's not your fault. My grandfather say that if someone never made a mistake, never made anything. You, Kimura Saya-san, made progress," Michael smiled at Saya. "Because I helped you defeat your fate."
Saya cried in Michael arms. Unknown to either of them, Michael had some ash falling from his right hand.
"Don't cry," Takumi said, who embraced Saya from behind. "If you start crying that I'll get emotional."
As he was watching this moment, Sawada starts to turn and walk away.
"Senpai!" Michiko exclaimed, which had Sawada stop. "I… I want to thank you for helping me be a better person. My father's influence was the reason why I ended up as an Orphnoch in the first place. Now that I've made amends with mom and Yuka… I'm ready to branch out on my own. I'm ready to relive my life as a human. But if you're still think that I'm not ready to relive as a human, I understand, Senpai!"
"I… never said that you weren't human. I may not have shown it, but I liked you as a student," Sawada said, turning Michiko with a smile, before turning and walking away.
Underground of the Stadium
Takuma and Kusaka, reverted back to their human forms, who doing the human crutch method for Kitazaki, who was badly injured from the fight.
"Hold on, Kitazaki-san!" Takuma exclaimed.
"Your wounds aren't fatal. Stop complaining," Kusaka said, before Takuma smiled, letting go of Kitazaki as he fell down the stairs.
"Sorry…" Takuma apologized as he walked down the stairs to Kitazaki. "My hand accidentally slipped."
Takuma offered Kitazaki's hand, but Kitazaki slapped it and punched Takuma to a wall, before falling on the ground due to his injuries. Takuma, however, even though he had a bit of ash falling out of his left cheek, he just smiled and laughed.
"What's so funny?" Kusaka asked.
"It's… nothing," Takuma said, as he continued his laughing.
Basketball Court
Yuka walked to the basketball court, when Michiko was shooting baskets with a basketball.
"This is what you wanted me here for?" Yuka asked.
"Basketball probably wasn't the best thing for you… But I'm willing to teach you. I've been learning from watching Megumi. That girl was such a jerk. Even I don't know why I was friends with her. Even though it was something my real father forced you to do, I'll willing to make up my mistakes," Michiko said, as she handed Yuka the basketball. "Because you will always be my sister. While I was under Senpai, I didn't realize it. So, are you ready to play, sister?"
Yuka then smiled and nodded. Michiko spent the rest of the remaining hours of the day teaching Yuka the true reals of basketball. Yuka got the hang of it pretty quickly. So quickly, that she made her first basket. Yuka and Michiko smiled at each other, as their bond had grown stronger.
To Be Continued
Sorry it took me so long to finish this episode. I'm now writing three stories at once. So you can expect some setbacks. But I'm really trying to get all of those done at once. Those stories are Kamen Rider Faiz, Rise: Sons of Garmadon (Ninjago), and Power Rangers Megaforce. Both of those are out right now. You should really check them out they're good. Even with my Megaforce rewrite have just been out for two weeks, with two episodes, it's already getting good ratings and reviews, as I put it.
I think I can understand that there was a lot going on at once. Saeko losing her memory, Hanagata returning, Sawada transforming into Neo-Alpa, Kyosuke dying, and Michiko's apprenticeship with Sawada ending. That's a lot of plot points in this episode.
Even though it was said that Saeko didn't loose her memory, her human side took over her body, I wanted to show the viewers that Saeko isn't cold and sadistic. Not every villain has to be just evil. I consider Saeko the actual main female villain of Faiz, because Smart Lady didn't get to do much. We didn't get to see the latter's Orphnoch form. Why add that character for fan service if you're not going to add depth to the character.
Hanagata's returning for the endgame arc that is coming soon with the Orphnoch King. I'm going to keep the King's identity a secret because I don't want to spoil readers who haven't seen Faiz to the point we are in the rewrite.
The fourth belt, the Neo-Alpa belt, as many of you know, was an unused idea for a rider. Some ideas that I've read online for a user was Kiba. I chose Sawada because Kiba will have a different belt that I won't spoil.
Kyosuke dying would probably not be a big deal for some reasons. I tried my best for Kyosuke to resist Delta for this episode. With the endgame coming around, we need to introduce the remaining students of the Ryusei School.
Lastly, Michiko's apprenticeship with Sawada ending. Michiko has made amends with the people she caused pain with, who forgave her, and she's ready to relive her life as a human. Mutsuki, from Blade went through a similar character arc where he tried to withstand the will of the Category Ace. His arc ends when Hikaru, the Tiger Undead, sacrifices herself so that she can help Shima, the Tarantula Undead, surpass the Spider Undead's will. Michiko and Mutsuki aren't similar in terms of character arcs, but they are similar in terms of how they were midway through their respective series'.
Now that I got all of that out of the way... Thank you for reading, everyone. If you want, you can leave a review to share your thoughts. I will see all of you guys, girls, and all in between, next time. Bye.