Hello everyone! It's good to see you. I hope you enjoy this episode.
(This is a recap from the last episode)
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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.
(time jump for recap)
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.
(time jump for recap)
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.
(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, Faiz's Blaster Form and Kaixa's Break Form will also be included. Neo-Alpa 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 Ryuta Tasaki)
(The) end justiφ's the mean
Episode 40: King's Awakening
Kikuchi Cleaners
"Thank you," Saya said, as Keitaro gave her tea.
"There have been many types of Orphnoch that we've encountered. Orphnochs working for Smart Brain (show the Bat, Mantis, Ox, Stingfish, Elephant, Eel, Squid, Frog, and Stagbeetle Orphnochs), Orphnochs under the Lucky Clover (show the Swordfish, Worm, Okra, and Pigeon Orphnochs), and Orphnochs who attack humans for their own malicious intents (show the Owl, Stinkbug, and Snail Orphnochs). But we've encountered Orphnochs that have been new to the experience… but lost themselves to the darkness (show the Armadillo and Rabbit Orphnochs). I feel like there some Orphnoch left for this battle. The revived Orphnoch have been taken care of with the Faiz Blaster," Michael said, debriefing Kiba, Mari, Keitaro, Takumi, and Saya of their progress of their fight against the Orphnoch.
"Those revived Orphnochs have two things in common… They worked for Smart Brain… and we're part of the Ryusei School massacre," Saya explained.
"Ryusei School? Wasn't that the school that Sonoda-san attended?" Kiba asked.
"Yes," Mari nodded. "I was the only one who didn't remembered that the Ryusei School was attacked by the Orphnoch."
"But since these revived Orphnochs have been part of the Ryusei School massacre… that Orphnoch from the Lucky Clover is the only one is left, right?" Takumi asked the group, and the whole group agreed. Everyone, except for Saya.
"You're wrong," Saya said.
"Wrong? What do you mean, Kimura-san?" Keitaro asked.
"There's one more Orphnoch that the power of the belts haven't defeated yet. An Orphnoch… with the power of the Scorpion," Saya explained. "The Scorpion Orphnoch."
"The Scorpion Orphnoch…" Michael said to himself.
"He must find him at once. Then get Kitazaki…" Saya said, clenching her fist.
"Saya. This isn't like you getting angry. Don't tell me it's about Kyosuke," Mari pointed out, but Saya didn't give a response. "It wasn't your fault that Delta took over him. You didn't know what power it had. Even I don't know the answers to everything. I learned that when I found out that I was an Orphnoch myself. That's why… Don't go on a road of anger. Don't become like Kusaka-kun."
Saya looks up at Mari and smiles at her.
"Don't worry. I'll be alright," Saya reassures Mari.
"Not to get off-topic, but where's Yuka-san and Kaido-kun?" Keitaro asked, with Michael widening his eyes.
"Oh no! I'm supposed to help them out with giving at cookies at the Sousai School!" Michael exclaimed, getting ready to leave for the event.
"Sousai School? What is that?" Kiba asked.
"The past told me that Keitaro and Kaido had saved a young boy, named Suzuki Teruo, who got transferred into an orphanage school," Michael said. "I agreed to deliver cookies for the school Teruo was transferred to. I'll be back soon."
Takumi smiles at Michael, but stops, as Michael leaves through the door (Cue Tangoer Caravan by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:10, 0:58-1:11), when he noticed that Michael's right hand had ash falling out.
"Something wrong, Takumi?" Mari asked.
"No. It's nothing," Takumi responded.
(End Track)
Sousai School
Kaido blew two party blowers that were in his mouth, and the children of the Sousai School ran for cookies, that were being given by Michael, Yuka, and Kaido
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" The horde of kids exclaimed.
"In turn, in turn! Don't push! Hey, line up! Line up!" Kaido exclaimed, trying to deal with the horde of kids that were pushing each other for cookies. Suzuki Teruo was sitting alone on the slide watching Michael, Yuka, and Kaido were harassed by the kids. Yuka notices Teruo sitting alone on the slide, so she takes a couple of cookies from the bag.
"What are you doing?" Michael asked.
"A kid is sitting alone on the slide. I thought I would give him a couple of cookies to cheer him up," Yuka explained.
"Alright. You're always kind on our dates," Michael smiled.
"This is not counting as a date. We're simply helping Kaido-san out with the school in which he rescued that kid," Yuka said.
"You know about that?" Michael asked.
"Yes. Kaido-san told me on how he and Keitaro-san rescued a boy from a burning building," Yuka confirmed.
"That building fire was caused by an Orphnoch," Michael added, which made Yuka's smile fade. "But don't worry. Don't let that stop your passion of giving."
Michael then turns to Kaido.
"Hey, Kaido! Could you help Osada-san with that kid on the slide?" Michael asked Kaido, who nodded yes and made his way through the kids to help Yuka give her cookies to Teruo.
"Here," Kaido offered to Teruo, who looks up and smiles, but it fades when he saw Yuka and Kaido. "You eat too. Here!"
Teruo then lifts up Yuka's skirt. Yuka's cry alerted Michael to run to Teruo and grab him.
"What are you doing you brat?!" Michael asked, but his eyes widen when he saw Teruo's face.
"What's wrong, Michael?" Yuka asked.
"You may be 8-years-old, but that doesn't give you to the right to assault my girlfriend," Michael consulted Teruo, trying to play it off.
"What's assault?" Teruo asked, as Kaido held back Michael.
"Let's just let this one slide. It's not worth it, Michael. Please!" Kaido begged Michael, who calms down. Yuka seems unease that Michael acted unusual around Teruo.
"Is it really possible? Could the serial bulldog fires really be a conspiracy by Smart Brain?" Sawamura Nobuhiko asked his partner, Soeno Jyoji, who were walking by the Sousai School.
"This is the place?" Soeno asked Sousai.
"Yes," Sawamura nodded. "The surviving boy from the September 7th building fire is being taken care of here."
"Hey. Look at that," Soeno said, pointing on the Smart Brain logo on the left hand corner.
"Smart Brain?!" Sawamura asked in shock.
"What was that about?" Yuka asked Michael, who passed by Soeno and Sawamura, along with Kaido.
"What's wrong?" Soeno asked.
"Come on, be honest," Yuka said.
"Well… I feel like I've seen her somewhere before," Sawamura explained, as he looked at Yuka. "That woman…"
Later
"You really didn't need to go that far. I had to admit, if did feel uncomfortable… But you didn't had to yell at him," Yuka told Michael.
"You're right, as always," Michael agreed.
"Not really," Yuka disagreed on her being right all the time, before she felt something in her shoulder. Yuka picked up a scale from her right shoulder. "Kaido-san! What is this?"
Kaido looks at the scale, which looks to be a snake scale.
"It's a snake scale," Kaido said.
"We know it's a snake scale, but where did it come from. Don't tell me this is supposed to be a joke," Michael said, getting stern.
"Honestly, no. I wouldn't even know how to do that when I transform into my Orphnoch form. And I swear to God I'm going to scare your birds off!" Kaido exclaimed, as a flock of pigeons came flying behind Kaido. Yuka smiled and giggled at the moment.
"It's okay! I can handle this!" Yuka reassured the pigeons, who flew off due to her response.
"How did you do that?" Michael asked.
"It's an ability I had for two months," Yuka explained. "With my power growing… It kind of scares of me that my Orphnoch power is growing."
"It's probably not bad. Kaido, what do you…?" Michael asked Kaido, or tried to, because Kaido had disappeared. "How did he get out of there so quickly. I'm going to look for him."
Michael then runs off the to find Kaido.
Sousai School
Back at the Sousai School, Teruo was eating the two cookies by himself. Unknown to him, his shadow grew to six feet tall and looked like a grown man, with the shadow's aura being light blue.
Smart Brain
Murakami took the secret elevator that Michael and Yuka took when they were escaping from Saeko and Takuma. The elevator doors opened and Murakami stepped into the Ryusei School, eventually meeting face to face, after making a left turn, with his predecessor, Hanagata.
"It's been a while… Hanagata-san," Murakami greeted Hanagata.
Park
"Kaido-san! Kaido-san!" Yuka called out, before noticing Michael. "Michael!"
Yuka runs to Michael, who is acting weird.
"Did you find Kaido-san?" Yuka asked, before Michael then started to choke her. "What are you doing?"
Yuka to touches Michael's hand, and saw that he didn't have his memories. Michael had someone else's memories.
"You're not Michael! What are you?!" Yuka asked, struggling, as she managed to break free and kick Michael, who revealed to be the ninja-looking Chameleon Orphnoch, in disguise. "A chameleon. I see."
Before Yuka could do anything else, the Chameleon Orphnoch disappeared by turning invisible.
"Where did he go?" Yuka asked, before her Kaixa Phone rang. Yuka side-opened it and answered it. "Yes?"
"Osada-san… please… Call Inui-san… Hurry!" Michael said through the Kaixa Phone.
"What's wrong?" Yuka asked.
"It's weird…" Michael said through the Kaixa Phone.
Underpass
"I don't understand," Michael said, through his Faiz Phone, as he looks at ash that was falling from his hand. "My body is… Please hurry!"
Kikuchi Cleaners
Takumi was ironing a clean white shirt, while Saya was folding underwear.
"Inui-san… Do you still feel scared of yourself?" Saya asked.
"Not really. Your classmate's death, after defecting from Delta's influence, makes me believe that I can do the same," Takumi responded.
"I see. That's good. You are Delta, after all," Saya smiled, as there was a rip sound from a clean white shirt. Takumi held the shirt up, and the left sleeve had nail marks.
"What the?" Takumi said in confusion, as Mari and Keitaro walked in.
"We're back," Mari announced, as she saw Takumi's problem. "What happened, Takumi? How did you manage to scratch at that shirt so hard?"
"I didn't! I don't even know what I did!" Takumi responded.
"Well the customer is going to be angry! This is bad!" Keitaro exclaimed, panicking. "Kimura-san! Could you find a way to thread this?!"
"Yes!" Saya nodded, takin the shirt.
"Takkun, please be more careful!" Keitaro said.
"Like I said, I don't know what happened!" Takumi responded, as his Delta Phone rang, and Takumi answered it, putting it near his ear. "Yes? What?"
Underpass
As Michael was crouched on the ground, with his hands on his ears, when Yuka and Takumi found him.
"Michael!" Yuka cried.
"Hey!" Takumi cried, as he and Yuka ran to Michael. "Michael!"
"Michael!" Yuka exclaimed, before she and Takumi noticed ash falling out of Michael's body. "What is this?! It can't be!"
"Michael! Hold on!" Takumi said, as Michael then passed out due to stress. "Hey, Michael!"
"Michael!" Yuka cried, as she took off her sweat jacket.
"Michael! Michael!" Takumi cried.
"Stop stop! I said stop!" Yuka cried, trying to put the ash back into Michael.
"Michael!" Takumi cried.
"Stop stop!" Yuka panicked. Then, ash stopped falling from Michael. "It stopped."
Yuka sighs in relief as she collapses on the ground, breathing heavily.
"Hey. What was that just now?" Yuka asked. Takumi didn't responded, until his eyes widen, remembering that Michael's right hand had ash falling out.
"It can't be…!" Takumi said.
Super Saitama Arena: Metal Stairs
The invisible Chameleon Orphnoch runs until it encounters Kusaka. The Chameleon responded by turning visible again.
"I saw. Osada Yuka is smarter than she looks. If I can't break her trust with Michael Taylor…" Kusaka said, before he did his evil grin. "That's it. Try to damage the trust of Michael Taylor, Osada Yuka, Inui Takumi, and Sawada Aki with the people that they know. Kimura Saya is the best person to start with. Now, go!"
The Chameleon Orphnoch nodded and hyper jumped from the metal stairs of the Super Saitama Arena. As Kusaka turns, Takuma appears.
(Cue Potential Catastrophe by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:27, 0:52-1:21)
"I know what you're up to," Takuma said.
"Really? If so, how did you know?" Kusaka asked.
"Kitazaki-san would say anything when he's mad," Takuma explained.
"It's only expected that he'd be mad. That murderer thought he was the strongest in the world for the longest time," Kusaka said, making Takuma smile.
"A good taste of his own medicine," Takuma commented, as he then laughed.
"But still… Are you really against me brainwashing one of my Ryusei School classmates to attack my own?" Kusaka asked.
"It's being selfish. You would force your own classmate, Kinoshita Yusuke, to kill yours as well?" Takuma asked.
"Anything for Mari. My… Mari," Kusaka said. Unknown to the two of them, Sawada was watching.
(End Track)
Ryusei School
"I knew you would eventually come here… my old student. When you wanted to learn the fate of the Orphnoch. You wanted to learn about the Orphnoch's fate so much, you started to have Smart Brain attack humans in your command," Hanagata said to Murakami, talking in the classroom.
"As I thought, you know already. The reason why you have voluntarily gone underground… is because you have already accepted your fate. Am I wrong?" Murakami asked. "However, I am different from you. I am not so weak as to abandon the battle. Tell me, my old teacher. If we can awaken the Orphnoch King… We should be able to save ourselves from our fate. That is why you were once obsessed with the power of the King."
"Murakami-kun. Your era is over," Hanagata told Murakami, as he sat down on a student desk chair. "The Orphnoch must be destroyed. But you do not have such courage."
"No! It is humanity that must be destroyed!" Murakami deflected. "If we can awakened the Orphnoch King, the world will be ours. There will be a world with no weakness. That's what you taught me. No one should have weakness."
"I… was referring to yourself," Hanagata corrected Murakami.
Near the Harbor
Kiba was driving his car, but couldn't help on what Michael said to him that time.
"It is the fate of Faiz and Kiba Yuji. One day, we'll have to fight."
"I don't believe that Michael said that we must fight," Kiba said to himself, before the Chameleon Orphnoch suddenly appeared and stopped Kiba's car with his foot. "Orphnoch!"
Kiba gets out of his car and kicks the Chameleon Orphnoch, before his face faded gray, and Kiba transformed into the Horse Orphnoch.
The Chameleon Orphnoch uses his tongue to attack Kiba, who summons his Horse Sword to deflect the attacks. The Chameleon Orphnoch then runs for retreat. Kiba follows him and saw that he managed to escape. As Kiba reverts to his human state, he gets punched. Kiba then saw that the person who punched him was Faiz.
"Michael… What are you trying to do?!" Kiba asked, as Faiz made a motion with his finger through his throat, before trying land a punch on Kiba, who dodged the punch. "Michael… I… I can't believe you're being serious on fighting me!"
Kiba's face faded gray and he, once again, transformed into the Horse Orphnoch and jumped to a walkway of the docks, with Faiz following him. Kiba summons his Horse Sword to fight Faiz, managing to land an attack on him. Faiz puts the Faiz Shot, in Knuckle Mode, on his right hand, punches Kiba in the stomach, and then in the head, sending him flying to the ground. Faiz then opens his phone, presses the enter button, and closes it.
Exceed Charge!
Faiz jumps from the walkway and executed his Grand Impact punch on Kiba, breaking his Horse Sword as well.
Warehouse
Sawada lights a match and just looks at it, before receiving a call from his Neo-Alpa Phone.
"What?" Sawada answered.
"Sawada… We need your help with something. Hurry and come to Ajinomoto Stadium," Takumi responded through the Neo-Alpa Phone.
Ajinomoto Stadium
Yuka got Michael a cup of water to help him be hydrated.
"Here. Sawada should be here any time now," Yuka said, offering the cup of Michael.
"Thanks," Michael thanked Yuka, before dropping his cup of water.
"Michael?" Yuka said.
"I'm sorry," Michael apologized, before burying his face into his knees. "I… am falling apart."
"Eh? Falling apart?" Yuka asked.
"Yup," Michael confirmed.
"That can't be," Yuka said, in denial.
"You saw just now, didn't you? I was falling apart," Michael reminded Yuka. "I was…"
"Why are you…?" Takumi asked.
"It's probably because I have Orphnoch DNA inserted into me," Michael assumed.
"You have Orphnoch DNA planted inside you?" Yuka asked.
"After Smart Brain killed Jasmine, I was taken in as their experiment. They injected Orphnoch DNA into me. I somehow escaped," Michael explained. "I don't remember my life up until I came to Japan. But I do know that I can somehow see through the past and future of selected people. I know do these privately because…"
"Because of what?" Yuka asked.
"Next month you'll die at the hands of Kageyama Saeko," Michael admitted.
"I'll die… because of Saeko?" Yuka asked, as Kiba entered the conversation. "Kiba-san!"
"Michael! I can't believe your obsessed with fate!" Kiba shouted.
"What are you talking about?" Michael asked.
"Don't play dumb! You attacked me!" Kiba shouted.
"Please calm down, Kiba-san! Michael wouldn't attack anyone without a reason. Plus he was with us the time you were attacked!" Yuka defended Michael. Kiba knew Yuka wasn't a liar, but couldn't help the feeling that Michael didn't tell her.
"I side with her," Takumi said, agreeing with Yuka. "He can't be in two places at once."
"There's only one culprit behind the attack," Sawada said, from behind, having Kiba turn to him.
"Sawada…" Takumi said.
"The culprit behind Kiba's attack is the Orphnoch…" Sawada explained.
"With the powers of a chameleon," Yuka finished Sawada's sentence, leaving Sawada confused. "I encountered him, disguised as Michael. I used my powers to see what he was doing. All I saw was him taking orders from Kusaka."
"The Chameleon Orphnoch… is Ryusei School student, Kinoshita Yusuke. He's been brainwashed by Smart Brain, like Takamiya," Sawada explained.
"Another Ryusei School student?" Michael questioned.
Kikuchi Cleaners
"But I am surprised that Kinoshita-san was brainwashed," Saya said, giving Michael, Yuka, Kiba, Takumi, and Sawada tea.
"One of us could be taking the form of each other right now. I think it's best to say something only we would know," Michael suggested, with Saya signing. "What's wrong, Saya?"
"I feel regret for not being able to save my classmates. Kyosuke's death really got me good. If only I could've survived that night," Saya said, with her voice in regret. "To change the subject… Osada-san, I finishing looking at the Break Watch. Once you've used it, you won't be able to transform into Kaixa for 3 hours."
"A knowledge on science… That's definitely Saya," Mari confirmed, smiling.
"Kimura-san… I don't blame you for having regret. I kept wanting to take back the deaths of Kazaki, Chie, and Morishita-san. I want to block out the Orphnoch voice within me to stop myself for attacking humans," Kiba added.
"And that's definitely Kiba-san," Yuka confirmed, smiling.
"You guys can exclude me because of my situation," Michael said, who explained the situation to the group.
"That's right. Your body is falling apart for some reason that is related to the Orphnoch DNA inserted in you," Mari said, as she noticed Takumi blowing on his tea many times, as did Saya. "Now we can definitely confirm that is definitely Takumi and Saya."
"At that leaves is…" Michael said.
"What? You're saying that I'm an Orphnoch in disguise?!" Mari questioned.
"That hostile behavior… Now I know no one can recreate that," Michael observed.
"Hostile?" Mari questioned, before Saya stopped her.
"Mari. He was just confirming that your Not a suspect anymore," Saya reassured, which had Mari to calm down.
"Big trouble! Takkun Mari-chan! Kaido-kun is…!" Keitaro exclaimed, bursting into the room.
"We can confirm that Keitaro is himself," Mari said. "We can also exclude Kaido. At that leaves is…"
"Mari… I may be an Orphnoch, but I am not once in disguise," Sawada said,
"How do we know?" Yuka asked.
"Your arm," Sawada responded.
"You want us to fight or something?" Yuka asked.
"No, your arm… It has feathers," Sawada pointed out. Yuka lifted her left sleeve and saw that he forearm had feathers.
"What in the…?" Yuka said in shock, before remembering the scales from Kaido.
"Could it be something related to the Orphnoch power?" Yuka thought to herself, before she heard Kiba groaned in pain.
"Hey, Kiba! What's wrong?!" Takumi asked, before Kiba suddenly attacked Takumi.
"What are you doing?!" Michael asked, before Kiba attacked him and Yuka. "Stop!"
Kiba then burst out of the cleaners, leaving Michael and Yuka worried.
"Could the Orphnoch voice within him…?" Yuka wondered to Michael, as she, Michael, and Takumi headed out to find Kiba.
Smart Brain Conference Room
Murakami put his hands together, when he heard the official said something.
"Oh? An interesting joke. Would you care to repeat it?"Murakami requested.
"All the officials here would like to request your quiet and immediate resignation. That is our position," The head official told Murakami.
"You're the lowest of the low," Murakami told the officials.
"You were only supposed to be the acting president until President Hanagata returned. If Hanagata-san returns, we have no further use for you," The head official explained, which was something that Murakami didn't like.
"What?" Murakami questioned, as Hanagata then entered the conference room. "You…!"
"Good work, Murakami-kun. I am grateful for all your hard work," Hanagata praised. "And to all the officials as well… let me say one thing. I have no intention of returning to the presidency."
That led the Smart Brain officials shocked.
"Instead, I will assign a new president," Hanagata continued.
"A new president? What do you mean?!" The head official asked.
"Allow me to introduce you. The new, young president who will bear the responsibilities of leading Smart Brain. Enter," Hanagata said to the officials, before turning to the new president. The new president was well-dressed, which immediately led a good impression on the officials. Murakami was shocked who the new president was.
"You…! Kageyama Saeko!" Murakami said in shock.
The new Smart Brain president was Kageyama Saeko.
"It can't be!" Murakami said in anger slamming his right fist into the table.
Sousai School
Outside of the Sousai School, Abe Rina, former student of the Ryusei School, working at the Sousai School, was looking for a missing kid.
"Teruo-kun. Where are you? Teruo-kun!" Rina called out,
"Rina!" Mihara called out, who was also working at the Sousai School.
"Mihara-kun!" Rina cried, running to her colleague.
"What's wrong?" Mihara asked.
"One of the orphanage kids has gone missing!" Rina explained.
"Eh?" Mihara said in confusion.
"Do you remember Suzuki Teruo-kun?" Rina asked. "I've called Mari and her friend to look for him."
Kanetsu Expressway Iruma River Bridge
Michael rides on Auto Vajin, while Yuka and Takumi ride on Side Bashar, to looking for Kiba. Yuka pulled the breaks on Side Bashar, when she felt something.
"What's wrong?" Takumi asked.
"I feel something. Something is coming," Yuka told Takumi and Michael, as the ground then began to rumble.
(Cue Warlocks Brew by VideoHelper; 0:00-0:48, 0:35-1:03)
By the next moment, the Horse Orphnoch, transformed into its centaur-like form, Dash Form, appeared galloping towards them.
"Kiba!" Michael exclaimed as Kiba raised his front hind legs and slammed them to the ground, knocking Michael out of Auto Vajin. Michael opened the Smart Brain case containing the Faiz Gear, took out the Faiz Gear, puts the Faiz Belt on his waist, and flips open the Faiz Phone.
555
Standing By!
Henshin!
Complete!
Michael transformed into Faiz and picked up Auto Vajin from the ground, got in it, and pressed the acceleration pedal, charging at Kiba.
"Stop!" Yuka cried, as she side-flipped open the Kaixa Phone, as Takumi put the Delta Phone near his ear.
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Kaixa Phone: Standing By!
Henshin!
Delta Phone: Standing By!
Kaixa and Delta Gears: Complete!
Yuka and Takumi transformed into Kaixa and Delta, respectively. Takumi jumps at Kiba, who summons a shield, which had the Orphnoch crest on it, and deflects Takumi's attack.
"Kiba-san! Please calm down!" Yuka begged Kiba, with the Kaixa Shot, in Knuckle Mode, on her right hand, before jumping. Yuka side-opened the Kaixa Phone and pressed the enter button.
Exceed Charge!
Yuka executed her Grand Impact punch on Kiba, but the Horse Orphnoch deflected the attack with his shield.
Unknown to them, the Chameleon Orphnoch had just turned visible to watch the fight.
Takumi, with the Delta Blaster, fires blasts at Kiba's shield, still being deflected. Takumi then fires at Kiba's hand left hand, the one holding the shield, forcing Kiba to drop his shield. Kiba then did a battle cry and galloped towards Takumi, before being blasted by Michael's Faiz Phone, in Gun Mode.
"Stop! If you want to fight… fight me!" Michael shouted to Kiba, as he then drove away from Kiba, who galloped at Michael. Kiba does at slash at Michael, who dodges and blocks it, and slashes at Auto Vajin. Michael then kicks Kiba's sword from his right hand. Michael turns his bike to Kiba, who lands on his front and back hind legs. Michael pulled the right throttle and charged at Kiba, eith Kiba charging at Michael as well. Both of them collided into each other, forcing Michael off of Auto Vajin and Kiba to transform back into his Fight Form.
Michael gets up, takes out his Mission Memory, and inserts it into the right throttle.
Ready!
Michael pulled out the right throttle, which generated a blade made out of Sol Glass, creating the Faiz Edge. Kiba sees his Horse Sword and grabs it for battle. Then, the Faiz Edge met with Kiba's blade. Both of them fought with their sword together, struggling.
The Chameleon Orphnoch took the chance the jump into the battle to attack Michael and Kiba. Kiba kicked Michael, slashed the Chameleon Orphnoch, and grabbed him.
(End Track)
"Got you," Kiba said, with his human form appearing in his shadow. Yuka and Takumi quickly ran to see the events unfold. Kiba kicked the Chameleon to Yuka and Takumi, sending the Chameleon flying toward them. Yuka and Takumi grabbed both of the Chameleon's arms, on each side, helping him on his feet. Kiba then reverted back to his human state. "It was tough to convincing everyone I was on a rampage."
"That was an act?!" Michael asked, getting up.
"Sorry. I had to lure out the imposter Orphnoch somehow. This Orphnoch can camouflage and disappear at will… His act caused a lot of trouble for me," Kiba explained, walking to the Chameleon.
"Not bad," Takumi praised.
"Let's just say… My act has put an end to yours," Kiba said, as his face faded gray and he transformed into the Horse Orphnoch, summing his Horse Sword, which jab the Chameleon Orphnoch, sending him flying to the water. The Chameleon soon got up and jumped away, having Michael, Yuka, Kiba, and Takumi to follow him.
Smart Brain President Room
Murakami walks into his office, mad. Murakami gets even more mad when he sees someone sitting on his chair.
"Hello there," Kusaka greeted. "This here is no longer your room. That's too bad. Now that your gone, I can tell you the real reason why I joined the Lucky Clover. In order to destroy… Smart Brain."
Murakami responded by throwing Kusaka out of the chair and onto the floor.
"What a dirty guy," Kusaka commented to himself.
Murakami puts his hands on his former desk.
"I still have cards to play. The King… If I can obtain the Orphnoch King…" Murakami said to himself.
Near the Baseball Field
Michael, Yuka, Kiba, and Takumi, chased the Chameleon Orphnoch to the last place they saw him.
"Where is he?" Michael wondered, before seeing Michiko on the ground, holding her right leg. "Michiko!"
Michiko hears Michael cry as the four ran to her.
"What happened?" Michael asked.
"An Orphnoch. I tried to stop him, but my leg…" Michiko explained.
"I see. You just rest. We'll go after him," Michael told Michiko, as the four went to find the Chameleon Orphnoch. All the sudden, Takumi stopped. "What's wrong?"
Then, Takumi jumps and attacks Michiko.
"Hey!" Yuka calls out. But it turns out, Michiko was actually the Chameleon Orphnoch is disguise.
"Even if you take the form of one of our allies… You still can't hide your aura!" Takumi told the Chameleon, blocking his kick and throwing him to the three. The four then had their chance to kick and punch the Chameleon Orphnoch, with Kiba slashing at the Chameleon with his Horse Sword.
(Insert EGO ~ eyes glazing over by ICHIDAI; 0:12-0:22, 1:09-1:20, 3:40-3:57, 4:04-4:14)
Michael took this time to take 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.
Michael pressed the red button of the Axel Watch.
Start Up!
Everything around Michael became slow motion, giving Michael to dash at the Chameleon to jab at his back with the Faiz Edge, sending him flying. Michael dashed by the Chameleon and stopped to turn in front of the Chameleon, before slashing at him, twice, executing the Axel Sparkle Cut.
3, 2, 1
As everything resumed in motion, the Faiz symbol appears behind the Chameleon Orphnoch's back, as he crumbled into ash.
Time Out!
Deformation!
The process from Faiz to Axel, starts to reverse, as Michael's Axel form, start to turn back into Faiz's regular form.
(End Insert Song)
As the battle looked to be over, a blue fireball crashes into the four, having them on the ground. They saw that the culprit was Murakami.
(Cue Stabbing by VideoHelper; 0:00-1:18)
"Murakami!" Michael exclaimed, as he turned to look a something… or someone.
"The King… will be mine," Murakami smirked, as his face faded white and he transformed into the Rose Orphnoch, walking to what he was looking at.
"The King?" Michael questioned. "He couldn't be…!"
"What's wrong?!" Takumi asked.
"Osada-san! Hurry and call Sawada!" Michael exclaimed to Yuka, who nodded and took out, and side-flipped opened, the Kaixa Phone.
During the meantime, Michael, Kiba, and Takumi charged at Murakami and grabbed him. But Kuramai managed to break free. Murakami had very high combat power than the three he was fighting against. Murakami's right arm was then blasted by Yuka's Kaixa Blaygun. Murakami then teleported through rose pedals and slapped Yuka to the ground. Yuka kicks Murakami, who catches it, and gets thrown to the ground.
"Osada-san!" Kiba cried.
"I'm fine. More importantly… Sawada is on his way!" Yuka told the three.
"Then let's keep him busy," Takumi said.
"Agreed," Yuka said, as she took out the Kaixa Mission Memory, from her Kaixa Phone, and inserted it into the Kaixa Blaygun.
Ready!
The Kaixa Blaygun then generated a blade, made out of Sol Glass, from the bottom of the trigger, converting the Kaixa Blaygun into Blade Mode.
Murakami generated ivy-like halos and used them as whips to slash at the four, sending them flying to the driveway. Kiba got up, did a battle cry, and charged at Murakami for a slash attempted. But Murakami catches Kiba's Horse Sword.
"You were the lowest of the low from the beginning," Murakami told Kiba, breaking his Horse Sword and fired a blue fireball from his left hand, sending Kiba flying.
"Kiba-san!" Yuka cried, as Kiba fell on the ground, reverting back to his human state, with wounds on his face and arms. "Kiba-san!"
(End Track)
"Why you…" Michael said in anger as Murakami kicked him. After another punch, Takumi took out the Delta Phone and puts it near his ear.
3821!
Jetsliger, Come Closer!
Murakami charged at Takumi, grabbed his Delta Belt, and pushed him flying to the ground, forcing the Delta Belt off his waist, undoing his transformation.
Then Sawada, transformed as the Spider Orphnoch, appeared swinging with his threads, landing on the ground and reverting back to his human state. Murakami notices Sawada, so he reverted back to his human form and puts the Delta Belt on his waist. Murakami smiles as he shows the Delta Mark to Sawada on his right forearm.
"Murakami… You…" Sawada said in shock.
"That's right. I am a Delta user. I'm the first user, actually. What will it be? Don't make me kill the Orphnoch King before he awakens," Murakami threatened.
"You bastard," Sawada said in anger as he flipped open the Neo-Alpa Phone.
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Standing By!
Murakami picks up the Delta Phone from the ground and puts it near his ear.
Murakami: Henshin!
Standing By!
(Cue Fury by Non-Stop Music; 0:00-1:02)
Sawada: Henshin!
Neo-Alpa: Complete!
Delta: Complete!
Sawada and Murakami transformed into Neo-Alpa and Delta, respectively, and Sawada charged at Murakami with the Alpa Raizer and points it at him, with Murakami, taking out the Delta Blaster, doing the same.
Just as Jetsliger appeared from the ricefield, Murakami hits Sawada with the Delta Blaster and jumps onto Jetsliger, which knocks into Sawada, sending him flying to the asphalt. Yuka soon pulled up and Side Basshar.
"Hurry and get on!" Yuka said to Sawada.
Murakami boosted the back jets when he saw Michael, on Auto Vajin, and Yuka and Sawada, on Side Basshar. Murakami made a turn towards the two vehicles and fires blasts at them. The three quickly dodges at the blasts, with Yuka firing her Kaixa Blaygun at Jetsliger, creating an energy net disabling the movement. Murakami struggles to break free.
(End Track)
Room 54
The employees of Smart Brain bowed to Saeko, as she steps into her new position as Smart Brain. President. She soon enters the President Room and sits by her new desk, having her employees bowed before her.
Near the Baseball Field
Exceed Charge!
The Blade of the Kaixa Blaygun glowed. Murakami yells, as he was able to break free from the energy net, disabling Yuka's Kaixa Slash, blasting at Side Basshar, causing it to skid. Michael jumps off Auto a Vajin and presses the Faiz symbol on the motorcycle.
Battle Mode!
Auto Vajin transforms into its Battle Mode and starts to fly in the sky.
"Move!" Sawada told Yuka, pushing her off Side Basshar, pressing the acceleration pedal and drove towards Murakami.
Auto Vajin fired its small missiles from its tire-like shield at Jetsliger, which able to dodge, thanks to Murakami's piloting. Then, Jetsliger became paralyzed as a dark red energy drill, which appeared from Sawada's Alpa Raizer, in Gun Mode. Sawada jumped from the asphalt, just as Murakami fired the 8 racks of four missiles from Jetsliger. Sawada entered the energy drill and tried to execute his finishing scissors kick, the Alpa Crush. But due to Jetsliger's missiles hitting him, Sawada wasn't able to do his kick.
Murakami then steered Jetsliger to Sawada and fired missiles at him. But Auto Vajin appeared taking the hit for Sawada, sending the machine flying into asphalt, soon shutting down. This gave Yuka, on Side Basshar, in Battle Mode, to attack Murakami.
"Hey!" Yuka called out, gaining Murakami's attention. "Take this!"
Side Basshar landed from the sky, lands on the asphalt, and uses its arms to destroy Jetsliger.
"Please forgive me, Inui-san!" Yuka said, as she destroyed Jetsliger, sending Murakami flying off of the destroyed Jetsliger, rolling on the asphalt, as the Delta Belt was flown out of his waist, having the Sol Foam suit to disappear.
"Hey! I might be able to use it once… but you'll pay for ruining my sweet ride!" Takumi told Murakami, taking the Delta Belt from the ground and putting it on his waist. "Henshin!"
As Takumi transforms into Delta, Murakamai gets up, his face faded white, and he transformed into the Rose Orphnoch. Takumi tried to throw a punch at Murakami, who blocks it and hits Takumi in the back. Michael tries to throw a punch as well, but Murakami blocks it. Yuka uses her Kaixa Blaygun, in Blade Mode, to slash at Murakami, which succeeded for a bit. Sawada kicked Murakami from behind, which did a little impact. Even against the power of four belts, Murakami able to overpower them.
Sawada fires his Alpa Raizer at Murakami's head, before the latter was slashed by the Horse Orphnoch. Murakami then throws Michael and Yuka, who were tackling him, away from him.
"Kiba!" Michael exclaimed.
"Not to worry. I was just taking a little rest. I think it's time we finish the job," Kiba said, as his human form appeared in his shadow. Auto Vajin walked to Michael, but not to close, and throws him the Faiz Blaster. Michael takes out the Faiz Phone and and equips 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.
Yuka takes 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.
Sawada opens the Neo-Alpa Phone, presses the enter button, and closes it.
Neo-Alpa Gear: Exceed Charge!
Check!
Delta Gear: Exceed Charge!
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Faiz Blaster: Blaster Mode!
The Faiz Blaster was transformed into the Photon Buster Mode, which was a giant pump-action shotgun.
Kiba and Sawada charged at Murakami from separate directions. Kiba slashed Murakami's stomach from the right side, using his Horse Sword's Horse Slash attack, and Sawada slashed Murakami's stomach from the left side, using the Alpa Raizer finishing slash, the Alpa Clash.
Yuka pressed the Starter Button of the Break Watch.
Start Up!
Everything around Yuka then became slow motion, as she jumped in the air and extended her right leg, and a giant yellow drill appeared at Murakami's chest. Takumi then blasts at Murakami, having a giant blue energy drill on his chest. The two then executed their Gold Smash and Lucifer's Hammer kicks, respectively, and entered through Murakami's body.
Faiz Blaster: Exceed Charge!
Michael then pulled the trigger on the Photon Breaker and fires a powerful and large blast of Photon Energy, executing the Photon Buster at Murakami, just in time as Yuka and Takumi finished their kicks.
Though Murakami was still standing, he looked injured, as it was seen that he was moving slow.
"Damn you traitorous Orphnochs!" Murakami said, clenching his hands together. Sawada yells and as he throws a punch at Murakami. But Murakami disappears in rose pedals to avoid Sawada's punch. The wind was blowing the rose pedals away.
"Are you okay, Kiba-san?" Yuka asked and Kiba nodded yes as reassurance.
Docks
Murakami slowly walks as he was fatally injured. To him, there could be no way to survive that much power from the belts. Murakami stumbles to the guardrail before finally falling to the asphalt, reverting back to his human form. Murakami tries to get up, but finds out he was almost too weak to stand. Murakami then turns to see... (Cue War of the Mammoths by VideoHelper; 0:00-1:21) 8-year-old Teruo Suzuki with his eyes widen.
"You're...!" Murakami said in shock, as Teruo's shadow turned into an adult, then transforming into a Orphnoch with the motif of a grasshopper. It had a scarf around the neck, two cloths on the shoulders that make the scarf look like a cape, and the Orphnoch Crest was more larger than the usual Orphnochs. The Orphnoch shadow comes alive and rises beside Teruo. Murakami smiles and laughs as he knew who this was. This was the Arch Orphnoch, the Orphnoch King. "I am overjoyed."
Murakami gets up from the ground and he is in happiness that he is seeing the Orphnoch King.
"Take it... Take my life!" Murakami begged, as he extends his arms as a sacrifice. Murakami laughs as he is about to have his life taken. The Arch Orphnoch had his hands risen at Murakami, having tentacles coming out of his fingers and into Murakami, sucking his life energy. From a distance, Hanagata was watching Murakami's sacrifice, as it was finished when Murakami bursted into blue flames and collapses on the asphalt. However, instead of crumbling to ash, he is frozen like stone, as were the blue flames. Murakami Kyouji was now dead.
The influence of the Arch Orphnoch has disappeared when Teruo was snapped back to reality, seeing someone he didn't know or what happened to him. Teruo turns and runs away in fright.
(End Track)
Hanagata soon walks to the frozen and dead Murakami and gives the body a nudge with his right foot, having Murakami turn into ash.
"This is... the power of the King?" Hanagata thought to himself.
Teruo ran far away from the event as possible. Once Teruo saw that he was far away, he crouches down.
"Teruo-kun!" A voice cried. It was Mari and Keitaro running to him.
"Thank goodness. Teruo-kun, where were you?!" Keitaro asked.
"Rina and Mihara-kun were so worried about you!" Mari added, but Teruo just smiled in relief.
Kikuchi Cleaners
Teruo was resting in the guest room of the cleaners.
"Why did Teruo-kun wander off like that?" Keitaro wondered, putting the blankets on him.
"Not only that be he looked to be afraid of something. What could have had Teruo attracted to him running off and then coming back in fear?" Mari wondered. "Maybe... He's being targeted by an Orphnoch."
"What do you mean?" Saya asked, entering the guest bedroom.
"Oh, Saya. What I meant was that since he survived an attack... Teruo-kun could be targeted by the Orphnoch. There was this girl we encountered, Kurata Keiko. She was being targeted by an Orphnoch as well due to a fire," Mari explained. "Fire... Fire... Could it be... No it's impossible!"
"What's not possible," Saya asked, before turning to Keitaro. "Kikuchi-san, please leave."
"But it has something to do with Keiko-chan!" Keitaro said.
"This has just transitioned to more personal issues," Saya told Keitaro, who respected Saya's wishes and left. "Go on. What were you saying?"
"I was thinking that... Could Father be the reason for our real parents dying?" Mari asked. "Think about it. My parents died in a fire, so did Teruo's. Keiko-chan and her mom got caught in a fire, but both survived. Saya... You told me while we were at the Ryusei School that your parents were mysteriously murdered."
"Are you saying that you think that Father was responsible for everything?!" Saya asked.
"I don't know what's true about the Ryusei School or Father anymore!" Mari cried, burring her face into her knees, letting out her emotions.
Outside of the guest room, Michael, Yuka, Kiba, Kaido, Keitaro, and Takumi were having curry.
"It's a shame that Mari-chan and Kimura-san won't be joining us. But, let us enjoy!" Keitaro said.
"Itadakimasu!" The six said, as they began eating.
"I'm still surprised, Kiba. You were very scary there," Michael told Kiba.
"Don't ever pull a stunt like that again," Keitaro said.
"I'm sorry if I gave you all a fright. This was the best solution I could think of possible in luring out that Orphnoch. As for you Michael... I'm sorry," Kiba apologized.
"I should be the one apologizing. You've said it to me when we met... 'Just because you know the past, present and future, doesn't mean it's meant to happen.' And you were right, Kiba. It's too late to panic about that now. Way too late," Michael said, offering his hand. "Allies?"
Kiba nodded and firmly shook his hand. Yuka smiles at the moment, but it turns to fear when she saw ash falling from Michael's right hand. Takumi nudges his right foot at Yuka's left foot, signaling her to focus on something else.
"Umm... Kaido-san... How are you feeling?" Yuka asked.
"Dunno," Kaido shrugged, with Yuka having a coy smile on her face. "What?"
"Kaido-san... When Teruo-kun lifted my skirt... You saw didn't you?" Yuka teased.
"Wha... I did not! I swear! I kept my eyes closed the entire time!" Kaido said, defending himself.
"Liar," Yuka responded in disbelief, spraying juice from a lemon, burning Kaido's eyes.
"Ow! What the hell?!" Kaido asked, as Yuka smiled as it was meant to be a joke. Michael couldn't help but smile with her.
"Yep. That's my partner," Michael thought to himself.
Back in the guest room, when Mari and Saya started to leave Teruo by himself, his shadow transformed into the Arch Orphnoch, who moaned.
To Be Continued
Another episode that took me a long time to finish. I apologize for taking so long to release new episodes of Faiz. Sometimes it takes a writer a long time to write a good story, or tries to.
Speaking of story, let's talk about Michael and his body falling apart (I know you're going be thinking of Blade memes after I said that). I got inspiration from Ryuki, when Yui Kanzaki (spoilers for those who haven't seen the series) was running out of time when her 20th birthday was near. I decided to use idea for Michael, because... I can't say because of spoilers.
The Chameleon Orphnoch plot is recycled from Kamen Rider Blade, where the Titan Undead takes the form of the four riders in order to get them to fight each other. Hajime becomes Joker to draw the Titan Undead out, and the four riders soon defeat him. I like this idea of them talking it out and agreeing that they didn't attack without a reason.
Saeko indeed becomes the new president of Smart Brain. I'll explain how she became the Smart Brain President in the next episode or two episodes from now. I basically made her the main female antagonist, replacing Smart Lady (I don't remember if I said it before or not). Smart Lady didn't do anything than just being cheerful and the mascot. Inoue, what was the point of this character if it was just going to be eye candy? No backstory, no Orphnoch form or powers revealed. Nothing. Saeko had more of a personality than Smart Lady, and had more appearances than Smart Lady.
Murakami is now dead. I added a bit of backstory that he was an apprentice of Hanagata before Saeko. It would explain on how they knew each other, in my opinion. It would also explain on how Murakami knows about the Orphnoch King. But these are small pieces of backstory, that I hope you can use inference on what the characters were like before the start of the series.
I'm keeping Teruo Suzuki as the Arch Orphnoch/Orphnoch King. I don't mind a kid being the final villain. I thought it was a good idea. But they revealed it in the last six episodes of the series. This should've be revealed earlier when the Wolf Orphnoch arc was happening.
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.