Disclaimer: I do not own Senki Zessho Symphogear or the Kamen Riders mentioned in this story. I do own the OC Kamen Rider Ixa R and Akakishi.
Chapter 1: A dual beat awakening
(Sanctuary- Tamaki Nami)
Bokutachi wa mina kitto Te wo nobashiterun da
From a cloud of black ash a young man with red hair walked out. Then his face is shown to be Akakishi as both of his eyes glowed. He placed the Reverse IXA Knuckle on his left hand. Then he punches the screen with the knuckle, causing a crack. When the crack shatters the glass, Ixa R stands in place of Akakishi.
Tooku tooi basho e to
The scene shifts to Hibiki who stood on top of a tower of rock looking toward the sky. Then the scene turns to her back as wings sprout out of it. She flies off the pillar of rock and into the sky.
Following her, Ixa R jumps and punches forward to the sky while Hibiki flies toward him in the opposite direction. Then the title appears with the two turning into silhouettes.
Kaze ni fukare aruite yuku
Akakishi is shown on his motorcycle looking toward the sky as the wind blew. Then a silhouette of a man with red compound eyes came to his mind.
Umare kita imi wo shiritakute
The scene changes to a silhouette of a person who held the white crystal memory stick labelled with an E. And behind the person was a hand that held a red crystal memory labelled with an A.
Tatoeba ushinau toki ga kitemo
The scene changes to Miku who watches a meteor shower then reaching out to the same shower. A shift to Kanade and Eiji where they are shown watching a concert performed by Tsubasa. Then a male with raven haired styled in a pompadour is shown walking the streets with his friends while passing by silver haired girl.
Dakishimeru koto ima, erabou
Several colored chains of orange, blue, and purple wrap around Akakishi's body as he falls into an unconscious state. As ash gathered and dissipated, Hibiki is shown sitting in a fetal position with a sad look until she looked up and smiled at a hand offered to her.
Instrumental
The scene shifts back to an awakened Akakishi as he tears off the chains with each colored chain breaking in succession with the music and in the order of orange, blue, and purple.
Then the scene transitions to the armored form of Ixa R with several shadowed Kamen Riders at his side.
Bokutachi wa mina kitto
Hibiki charges into the fray of battle swinging her fists and Ixa R kicks down a large Noise before punching a Noise in sync with Hibiki
Te wo nobashiterun da
Tsubasa jumps in by cutting down several Noise with the blades on her legs. Kamen Rider OOO lands and supports the singer by cutting down foes with his sword.
Nakusenai mono ni mukatte
The scene shows off Kamen Rider Kabuto in his unmasked form with a female figure behind him.
Then a dark silhouette of a Kamen Rider with orange compound eyes is shown.
Next came a shadowed figure with white LED lens with a feminine figure behind him wielding what appeared to be a hammer.
Kagayaita yume dake wo
Ixa R takes out a fuestle and equips his Reverse Knuckle while Hibiki pulls out the piston on her guantlet
Taguriyosenagara
The two run through the long range attacks of the Noise and punch forward, ending the scene with a view of their knuckles.
Tooku tooi basho e to
The camera shows the armored hand of Ixa R reaching out and the armored hand of Hibiki grabbing it. The hands lace their fingers as the armors transition off.
Two Years Later.
Hibiki, the girl who was injured but now recovered, was being scolded by her teacher for being late while the girl held a cat. Much to the exasperation of her best friend, Miku. After the incident of the Zwei concert, the girl now attended the Lydian Private Music Academy in order to follow the footsteps of her idol, Tsubasa Kazanari. Though she appeared to have a rough time despite her first day at school.
"I'm so tired! The first day in school felt like a hundred climaxes in a row!" The amber haired girl complained as she lied on the floor of her dorm room which she shared with Miku.
Cue a certain red oni sneezing on a certain train then spilling the coffee he was drinking.
"I'm sure I'm cursed." Hibiki concluded about her predicament.
"Half of the curse comes from being a goofball, and the other half from sticking your nose where it doesn't belong." Miku explained the real reason for Hibiki's so-called curse.
"Call it helping others! It's my hobby, you know!" Hibiki countered her friend's argument.
"You've got to draw a line somewhere. Normal people don't just lend their textbooks to others." Miku countered back with another reason.
"I'll just borrow yours!" chuckled Hibiki as she stood up and positioned herself near Miku. The she left the girl's side to take a look at some magazines.
"Idiot…" sighed Miku.
"Ohhh! Her CD goes on sale tomorrow!" Hibiki giggled as she hugged the magazine which feature an advertisement of the singer Tsubasa and her album CD's release. "Tsubasa's so cool!"
"You enrolled at Lydian because you heard she studied here, right? You must really admire her." Miku said.
"Yeah, but I've seen no sign of her yet. She's famous, so I don't exactly expect her to meet with me, but…" Hibiki contemplated about her first meeting with Tsubasa.
"Remember, tomorrow's the anniversary of the Zwei Concert disaster… and Akakishi's disappearance."
"Yeah…"
Listening to Miku's words, Hibiki felt a bit downtrodden at the mention of the incident, particularly the loss of one of her best friends, the redhead who protected her known as Akakishi. The young male was declared missing along with several others for the two year span with no results in the search. Finally, he was believed to have perished along with the many audience members who died as a result of the Noise attack.
"Aka… Even after two years, I still miss you…" The girl thought as she remembered the last memories of her second best friend.
Hibiki took a look at her chest which bared a scar from her surgery after the incident.
"I'm certain I would have died if it hadn't been for Zwei Wing and you that day. But was Zwei Wing's battle just part of my imagination?"
Then she lied on her bed remembering her true reason for enrolling.
"I felt that if I could just meet Tsubasa, she could tell me what happened that day. And maybe… what happened to you, Aka."
In another part of the city in the night, a motorcyclist drove through the streets to a mountainous area where explosions occurred heavily. The explosions were the result of the JSDF fighting off the Noise. The problem was none of their conventional weapons made contact. Instead, they phased through the bodies of the Noise with the delayed explosions hardly fazing the monsters. The commander of the military division looked in distress that his company's tactics were not effective in delaying the Noise. Then a transport chopper swooped in with one of its doors opened. Out of the flying vehicle, a female jumped out of the vehicle and sung a hymn.
Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron
The motorcyclist was closing in on the location saw the falling girl as her chant activated a transformation.
"Remember the plan Tsubasa, you will engage the Noise along with Eiji when he arrives on the scene." A tactical male instructed through a radio communication.
"I can handle this myself." Upon landing, the blades attached to her greaves extended and the singer charged into the fight.
"Tsubasa, wait!"
"Not again…" sighed the driver as he tilted a buckle on his waist and grabbed a circular device. He slid the device over the tilted belt to activate the transformation. "Henshin!"
=TAKA=
=TORA=
=BATTA=
=TA-TO-BA! TATO-BATTA-TOBA!=
The buckle announce what was loaded in it and several medals spun around the driver before stopping on a Red Hawk, a Yellow Tiger, and a Green Grasshopper. The image plates merged into one and slammed into the chest of the driver. Armored formed as the plate collided with the driver, revealing his identity as Kamen Rider OOO.
The Kamen Rider charged through the blockade and military vehicles to help the armored girl. As he drove onto the scene, OOO drew his Medajabilur while Tsubasa annihilated several Noise with her blades. She made a handstand and spun her bladed legs like a top to cut through the threats.
WIGHT SLAYER
A dance of white and blue-accented blades tore Noise after Noise as the armored singer swung and slashed her enemies. After she stopped spinning, Tsubasa jumped into the air and manifested several blades to rain down on her foes.
ONE THOUSAND TEARS
The weapons fell and eliminated a large group of Noise. The blade she held enlarged into a one edge cleaver with energy gathered at the edge. She swung her weapon and a wave of blue flew.
AZURE FLASH
The attack cleaved a large Noise in half. She landed as the massive Noise exploded into a ball of fire.
At the same moment, Kamen Rider OOO jumped off his motorcycle and kicked down a second massive Noise at an incredible velocity. The Rider landed and slashed his way through Noise after Noise before some reformed into two Cell Medal Kaijin which were tougher than the Noise. But OOO held his ground and swung his sword through the Kaijin starting with a Batta Noise and Tora Noise. He cut his way through the monsters and kicked some away before loading the sword with three silver medals known as cell medals. He took out his scanner and slid it over the sword to activate its full power.
=TRIPLE SCANNING CHARGE!=
"Haa… SEIYAA!" shouted OOO as he swung his blade twice to cut the Noise and the Noise Kaijin in two. The monsters froze as their cleaved halves moved out of place with the spatial dimension before reforming and tearing apart the several Noise.
OOO BASH
The defeated Noise exploded, with the Kaijin exploding into cell medals. OOO sheathed his sword and approached Tsubasa. "Good work, Tsubasa-san."
"Hmph, I don't need praise OOO. I could handle the situation fine without your interference." The female scoffed as she leapt toward her transportation.
"I know, but you shouldn't force yourself to fight alone." OOO muttered as he walked toward his motorcycle and upright it. Then he rode off to base, following the transport copter.
On the next day after school, Miku and Hibiki were seen sitting at one of the tables in the restaurant known as Milk Dipper. But Hibiki was noticeably in a less than good mood.
"Here girls." A teenage male with raven hair walked toward their table with their orders. "You heard about the incident last night?"
"Yeah, we were discussing about it this morning. Luckily no one was hurt." Miku said.
"How was your day, Ryotaro?" Hibiki asked the male as she chowed down into her food.
"It was pretty normal, though I got stuck in a tree again." Ryotaro said while scratching his head in embarrassment. "How was yours, Hibiki-chan?"
"Terrible." The girl said with a slump as she continued to eat.
"What happened to her, Miku-chan?" Ryotaro asked the girl knowing she can provide the details.
"This morning, Tsubasa Kazanari made an appearance at our school's cafeteria."
"Tsubasa? As in the music idol?" Ryotaro said in amazement.
"The one and the same. Hibiki tried to greet her but couldn't get a word out of her mouth. After a moment, Tsubasa pointed out that Hibiki had rice on her cheek."
"She must've thought I was a total wierdo."
"Does it matter? She's right." Miku bluntly said.
"Miku-chan, be nice. Speaking of Tsubasa-san, doesn't her CD album come out today?" Ryotaro asked.
"But why buy CDs in this day and age?" Miku pointed out since they could purchase the album digitally.
"C'mon, limited edition CDs come with all kinds of bonus material!"
"So won't it sell out?"
"EH?! I need to get there now!" Hibiki took out the money needed to pay for the food and ran out of the restaurant.
"Hibiki-chan, wait!" Ryotaro shouted in vain as the girl ran out. "At least finish eating first…"
"My bad, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the sellout part." Miku apologized.
"There's no need to apologize, you were just doing your duty as her friend by mentioning that. Otherwise she would be devastated that she couldn't get it, right?" mused Ryotaro.
"*Chuckle* Yeah, Hibiki is a bit of a scatterbrain but she's a good friend."
"I just hope nothing bad happens to her, the Noise outbreaks have become frequenter than usual." Ryotaro recalled from the reporter comments.
"Don't test Murphy, Ryotaro. That's the last thing we need." Miku scolded with her usual blunt tone.
"S-Sorry." The young man apologized.
Meanwhile, Hibiki was running on the sidewalk to the district that housed the nearest CD music store.
"CD… Bonus materials… CD… Bonus Materials…"
As she turned around a corner near a convenience, Hibiki stopped to catch her breath. Then she stood up to run once more, but she was frozen in place by the sight before her. Wind carrying ash blew and littering the street were piles of ash that were in the formation of people. There was only one thing that could cause this-
"Noise!" Hibiki worriedly concluded from the sight. Hibiki prepared to run toward the nearest shelter until she heard the scream of a child.
Inside a base's observation room, alarms were blaring as people worked to pinpoint the location of the Noise.
"What's the situation?" Tsubasa asked as she hurriedly entered through the entrance of the room. She wore a school uniform similar to the ones worn by Hibiki and Miku.
"We're focusing the signals to triangulate their location." A male operator reported.
"Eiji is out searching for the Noise." Kanade said as she reported to her friend. "No luck so far."
"What about the vice commander?" asked Tsubasa.
"He's out meeting with a friend." A man with gold eyes, spiky crimson red hair and a goatee told the idol. He was a tall, muscular man wearing a red dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a pink tie with the end tucked in the left breast pocket, light beige pants, and blue and black athletic shoes.
"Tsk." Tsubasa could only wait until the operators could pinpoint the location of the Noise.
Back at Hibiki's situation, she was running with a brunette haired little girl away from the Noise that were after them. After running a long distance, the girls ran to an abandoned factory. Believing the Noise won't chase them high up, Hibiki carried the girl as she climbed to one of the highest buildings of the factory. Upon reaching the roof, Hibiki and the little girl laid out on the floor exhausted.
"Are we going to die?" asked the scared girl.
Hibiki sat up and looked at the girl with a gentle look and shook her head in order to assure the girl. Then she turned around to see several Noise near them, possibly to turn the two into ash similar to the victims in the street. The little girl hid behind Hibiki and she embraced the child in order to comfort her.
"There must be something… There must be something I can do!"
Traveling nearby, a motorcyclist on a black-silver and red trimmed bike drove toward the site of where Hibiki was surrounded by the monsters.
"Don't accept death!" shouted the girl as she felt she needed to sing.
Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron
The verse caused light flow out of her chest as a massive pillar of light shot out. The unknown motorcyclist saw the pillar of light, and he drove toward it.
At the base, the operators managed to pinpoint the location of the Noise.
"The signals have focused! We've located them!"
"We're detecting another powerful signal in addition to the Noise!"
"Compare it to the records! Quick!" shouted the Commander as the operators worked quickly to identify the signal.
"Is that an Aufwachen waveform?" said a brunette.
On the main screen the signal was identified.
GUNGNIR
"Gungnir?!" exclaimed the man.
"What?! But that's impossible!" Kanade exclaimed.
Tsubasa gave a surprised and wide eyed look.
Then massive pieces of machinery grew out from Hibiki's back before inserting themselves back into her body, mechanically transitioning into armor. Hibiki transformed from her normal outfit into a black and orange jumpsuit with armored greaves and massive gauntlets attached to her body. For a moment she had a dark look before reverting to a surprised face.
"What? What is this? What happened to me?" Hibiki looked at herself as the light dimmed to show her armor.
"Nee-chan, you look cool!" The girl looked in awe at Hibiki's new form.
Hibiki grabbed the young girl and jumped to avoid the noise, but the armored girl was caught off guard by the sudden height she jumped to. Hibiki landed on the ground and looked uninjured despite the height she jumped from. Hibiki looked to see a Noise attempt to pounce her and she swatted it in reaction. The hit caused the Noise to crumble back into carbon dust, much to the armored girl's surprise.
"Did I do that?" Hibiki thought aloud.
But her relief was short-lived as the Noise closed in on them with no gap to escape through.
Suddenly, a motorcycle crashed into a small group of noise as a figure landed in front of the transformed Hibiki and the little girl. The figure was a male who took off and threw his helmet near the girls. The discarded helmet disassembled and turned into some sort of dome device.
=CHAINED BARRIER: SMALL=
The device glowed as a cover of light formed over Hibiki and the girl she held. Then chains shaped to reinforce the barrier.
"A barrier?" Hibiki said to herself before noticing the features of the male.
He had several scars on his left arm and a mechanical right arm that glowed blue due to the neon light circuitry. He turned his head toward the two with a blank stare. The face of the figure was the male who helped protect Hibiki, but he was older with a few scars and his left eye was an azure blue.
Hibiki saw a face she thought she would never see. "Aka?"
The teenage male stared back with a short relieved look before turning to the monsters in determination while taking out a crimson knuckle duster. He placed it on his left hand, then duck a slash and punched a Noise in the gut, sending it bowling into the group of Noise. After the hit, the knuckle made a siren noise with an automated voice signaling the belt was activated.
=READY=
"Henshin." Akakishi slotted the knuckle vertically into the belt he wore then a black silver crest projected from the azure gem of the buckle.
=HENSHIN=
The crest stopped in front of the male's face and hexagons form a silhouette of an armored person. The silhouette collided into him and formed a chest plate, gauntlets, and heavily armored greaves. A helmet formed a masked helmet with the mask visor being the crest the spun out of the buckle. The crack of helmet visor gleamed with a blue and green light. On his back, a circular pack assembled and attached.
"Who are you, mister?" asked the little girl that Hibiki was protecting.
Back in the base, the Second Division was surprised when the second energy signature was identified as two words.
IXA REVERSE
"So he's finally arrived." The commander said. "Contact Eiji! We found the Noise!"
"Kamen Rider Ixa R." The armored fighter snapped his fingers and pointed to the enemy. "Noise… Prepared to be silenced." The enemies took the challenge and charged toward the unknown fighter. "Hibiki, mind if you sing for a bit?"
"Sing?" The armored female felt something well up in her throat.
"Sing with the song of Gungnir." Ixa R charged into battle with his fists at the ready.
(Insert OST: Gekisou Gungnir)
The Rider punched the first noise and it turned into ashes. Then he kicked another into a group of noise causing a chain reaction of noise disintegrating upon coming in contact with a defeated noise. As he fought, Hibiki sang a song that resonated with Ixa R's armor as he glowed with power.
Within the armor, Ixa R saw a bar filled as Hibiki sung her song resulting in particles leaking out of the several cracks in the armor.
Ixa R took out a crystal whistle and inserted it into the buckle. Then he pushed in his knuckle to trigger the whistle, causing the belt to announce with a Taiko drum beat.
=IXA KNUCKLE- BEAT MAX! =
The Rider jumped into the skies as he took out his knuckle and stored energy to attack. He fell toward a group of noise and punched the biggest one, creating an explosion of light that engulfed the group. "Haaa!"
REVERSE KNUCKLE CRASH
The smoke cleared to show that he was glowing brighter with each passing second.
=REQUIREMENT FULFILLED=
From the glow, Ixa R produced a red orange crystal strip and inserted it into a slot on the buckle to activate a function.
=READY=
The armor started to glow orange with a barrier formed, and pulled itself apart to reveal an orange glowing frame underneath. The armored legs opened to show the glowing frame and caused the user to stand taller. The pack pulled apart to show a similar frame and a silver rod on the left side. The chest plate split itself open to show the orange frame and the arms followed. The helmet visor crest reassembled itself into an orange spear-like horn sprouting from around the nose to the forehead. The mask plate shaped a face with the right eye being green and the left being blue. The glowing frame produced chains that wrapped around his armor as if they were meant to restrict him.
=CHAINED BURST: GUNGNIR=
"What in the world?" asked the commander who was surprised that the Gungnir signature doubled.
"This is no mistake, Commander! The second signal is emitting energy similar to the Gungnir! And the relic appears to be enhanced by the armor's transformation!"
"So the development team succeeded?" the female scientist mused.
As the smoke cleared, Hibiki saw the new form of Ixa R and felt power flow through her. She stood up to watch Ixa R preparing to take down another wave of Noise. When a Noise neared, Hibiki raised her arm and indirectly pointed her gauntlet at the charging Noise. The pilebunker opened and charged with energy before firing a piercing blast of energy that slammed through the attacker and into the ones behind it. However the recoil of the shot forced Hibiki on her rear similar to an untrained gunner wielding a high caliber gun for the first time.
"Onee-chan, are you all right?" asked the young girl as she checked on Hibiki.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. These things can shoot?" Hibiki looked at her gauntlet as it opened up again to fire another round. Knowing what to do to help her reappeared friend, Hibiki stood up and prepared to fire another heavy recoil shot. "Cover your ears!"
With her new attack, Hibiki provided a less than mediocre but effective firing support for the Kamen Rider. Meanwhile, Ixa R drew the rod on his thruster pack and it produced a photon beam that acted as a blade. He sliced a Noise in half then continued cutting down more Noises until Hibiki fired another knuckle blast behind him that annihilated a fourth group of noise.
The Rider stood near the barrier to protect the little girl and his friend as the remaining noise prepared a final charge to kill them.
"It's been awhile, Hibiki. Sorry the conditions were less than favorable." Ixa R said, not a bit tired from the fighting.
Surprised that he made some talk with her, Hibiki could only smile in relief that the Kamen Rider in front of her was her missing friend. "Nah, I'm just glad you got out of that disaster two years ago."
"I just got lucky." Ixa R replaced his photon blade and took out a crystal whistle with a spear on top. He placed it into a slot in the buckle and shifted in the knuckle to trigger the whistle's purpose.
=GUNGNIR: ARM UP!=
The energy flowed from the Rider's frame and into Hibiki's gauntlets to form mechanical components. Her right gauntlet transformed into a spear and her left produce a lance staff. The Rider grabbed the staff and pulled it out of her gauntlet to form a lance.
"Whoa! What is this?" Hibiki looked at her new spear.
"Your spear! Use it to charge through the Noise!" Ixa R instructed as he spun his new weapon to get used to its weight. Then he shifted his knuckle to trigger a charged attack.
=GUNGNIR: SYNC BEAT STRIKE!=
Hibiki nodded and positioned her weapon at the incoming Noise before running toward them.
"Just charge right through them..." Hibiki muttered.
She jumped out of the barrier and slammed through the group in a straight line, followed by a shockwave the decimated the other noise that were near the line.
COMET CRUSH
Ixa R charged in with his new weapon and slashed through the several noise. Then he jumped into the skies with his weapon raised high to eliminate the waves of noise.
"Haah!" shouted Ixa R as he threw the lance causing several clones to form and stab into the noise similar to a meteor shower.
STARDUST FOTON
Upon landing, the rider grabbed the original lance and posed without looking at the resulting explosion. He threw the lance into the air and it flew back to Hibiki.
(End OST)
Hibiki watched as the spear mode of her gauntlets deactivated, returning them to their original form. Ixa R and the armored girl walked toward the little girl that they protected and checked for any injuries. The barrier projector deactivated and reassemble back into a motorbike helmet.
"Are you hurt?" Hibiki asked while checking for any visible injuries on the girl.
The girl shook her head and gave a big smile. "I'm fine, nee-chan. Thank you for protecting me! You and Onii-chan were awesome!"
"Oh, um, you're welcome." Hibiki rubbed the back of her head bashfully.
"It appears that the remaining noise have been eradicated. So we can relax for now." Ixa R said as he took out his crimson knuckle out of the connection slot of the buckle. This action deactivated his Rider form and Akakishi walked away.
"Wait! Where are you going Aka? Aren't you going to stay?" Hibiki asked as she turned towards the departing Akakishi.
"I need to grab my motorcycle. Don't worry, I'm sure you can handle yourself." Akakishi said as he reached for his vehicle at a farther location, the said vehicle was surprisingly undamaged.
"Sheesh, two years he goes missing and not a single hug or excuse for why." Hibiki gave a disgruntled pout at the departing Akakishi.
Then the two were alerted by the sight of ash and more waves of noise forming near the area. "More Noise?!" exclaimed Hibiki.
"Tsk." Akakishi gave an angry look and prepared his knuckle duster.
Then the sounds of motorcycles approaching the battle site caught the two fighters' attentions. They turned to first see a female riding a motorcycle.
"Tsubasa-san?" Hibiki recognized the singer who rode the bike.
The blue haired girl revved her motorbike toward a large Noise and jumped off the vehicle. The motorcycle crashed into the leg of the Noise, combusting from the collision. As she flew in the air, Tsubasa sang a similar verse that activated Hibiki's transformation.
Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron
"Henshin!" shouted a male voice and over the sound of a motorcycle engine.
=TAKA=
=TORA=
=BATTA=
=TA-TO-BA! TATO-BATTA-TOBA!=
"That voice, Hino-sempai?" Akakishi looked at the other person who was partnered with the armored singer. Three plates that represented a hawk, a tiger, and a grasshopper formed in front of the biker and combined into a single plate with a gold rim. The plate slammed into the rider to form Kamen Rider OOO, TaToBa form.
OOO stopped near the two as Tsubasa landed in front of them.
"Are you two all right?" OOO asked worriedly.
"We're fine, sempai." Akakishi assured.
"This is no time for small talk, OOO!" Tsubasa reprimanded.
"Sorry, Tsubasa-san." OOO got off his motorcycle and positioned himself near Tsubasa.
"Protect the girl, you two!" Tsubasa ordered before charging in with OOO. As she ran, her transformation triggered and she was now armored.
(Insert Ost: Zetto- Ame No Habakiri)
OOO used his Batta legs to jump high and kick down Noise that were located at high positions. Tsubasa summoned her sword and immediately activated its cleaver mode. She gathered energy at the edge and swung the weapon to create a blue arc.
AZURE FLASH
The blue wave of energy flew and decimated the wave of Noise in a massive explosion. She jumped high and summoned several blades that impaled another group of Noise.
ONE THOUSAND TEARS
Tsubasa continued her sword dance in eliminating the Noise with her sword and bladed greaves.
At OOO's side, he took out his scanner and scanned over the medals in his buckle
=SCANNING CHARGE!=
"SEIYAA!" shouted OOO as he jumped high with three rings colored red, yellow, and green acting as his kick path. He flew through the rings and slammed into a group of Noise.
TaToBa KICK
The collision created a massive explosion as the Kamen Rider jumped out and swung his Medajabilur through a group of Noise. He cleaved Noise after Noise before taking out three cell medals to load into his sword.
"Amazing! Tsubasa is really…" Hibiki watched in awe at the two fighters' battle with Akakishi. The girl they were left to protect noticed something behind them. She yelped in surprise and Akakishi turned around to look.
Behind Hibiki and Akakishi there was a massive Noise about to attack them. Defiantly, Akakishi prepared to attack the Noise with his knuckle.
=TRIPLE SCANNING CHARGE!=
"SEIYAA!" shouted OOO as he swung his charged sword to cut the massive Noise with dimension in half.
OOO BASH
From the skies, a massive sword fell and impaled the sliced-in-two Noise.
HEAVEN'S WRATH
The Noise's halves reformed and exploded into ash, ending the threat for the night.
"Wow…" Hibiki said in awe as she stared at her idol who was on top of the massive tower sword.
"I guess I still need some catching up to do." Akakishi commented.
Later, the JSDF blockaded the entrance of the battle site, and began cleaning up the ash. The little girl was seen sitting on a crate while drinking a drink given to her by an attending soldier.
"Here you two." A raven haired female in a government suit gave Hibiki and Akakishi two cups of hot cocoa. "Drink this. It'll warm you up."
"Thank you." The two said as they grabbed the cups. Hibiki blew into her cup to cool it before drinking while Akakishi drank it while it was still hot.
"It's good." Hibiki commented as she gave a delighted sigh. She looked at Akakishi with an expectant look of his drink.
"Yeah, it is." Akakishi made a small smile with his comment.
"So where were you all this time, Aka?" asked Hibiki.
"I was-" Before Akakishi could explain, Hibiki glowed a bit before her armored form dissipated, turning her back into her school uniform. The sudden change took Hibiki by surprise and caused her to stumble backwards. "Watch out!" Akakishi caught the surprised girl by extending his free right arm and supporting her back.
"T-Thanks Aka!" stuttered Hibiki due to the close distance between their faces.
"You're welcome. Up you go!" Akakishi helped balance Hibiki.
"Are you two all right?" asked Tsubasa as she and Eiji approached the two reunited friends.
"Tsubasa-san! T-Thank you for saving us! And you too, mister Hino!" Hibiki bowed in gratitude for the protection the two provided.
"*Chuckle* You're welcome." Eiji chuckled then he turned and approached the redhead. "It's been awhile, Akakishi."
"It has been three months three weeks and three hours since I last saw you Hino-sempai." Akakishi gave a respectful bow toward Eiji.
"There's no need for honorifics, Akakishi. You're my friend after all." Eiji said with a trusting smile.
"But you are my senior, so you are to be addressed as such." Akakishi gave a respectful look as he straightened up.
"Actually, Tsubasa-san this is… This is the second time you saved me!" Hibiki explained.
"The second time?" asked Tsubasa.
"Could she mean what happened two years ago?" Eiji pointed out for Tsubasa with a look of understanding.
"Mama!" exclaimed the little girl as she ran toward her worried but now relieved mother.
"Thank goodness. I'm so glad you're safe, dear." The mother hugged her daughter in relief. Then a female worker showed a clipboard with a document.
"Well then, could you read this assignment and sign it? The particulars of this incident are a national secret and accordingly classified, and therefore your freedom of speech and expression will be somewhat limited. It concerns itself particularly with providing information to other nations, and in case you are regarded as guilty of the same, you will be prosecuted for…"
"The people you work for covered their bases pretty well, sempai." Akakishi said upon overhearing the conversation.
"It's a procedure." Eiji said.
"Thank you, nii-chan and nee-chan!" shouted the young girl after her mother dealt with the papers.
"Go home safely." Akakishi gave another small smile and a wave for the girl. The girl waved back and walked with her mother to an escort vehicle.
"Well we better get going…" Hibiki said but the two were surrounded by several men in suits. In reaction, Akakishi took out his knuckle duster to fight the men.
"We can't let either of you leave, especially you Ixa." Tsubasa responded coldly and Akakishi gave a similar glare. "You two are to accompany us to the Mobile Disaster Response Corp 2nd Division Headquarters."
"If you think I'm going to comply with some organization who's got men surrounding me and my friend. You're dreadfully mistaken." Akakishi said in a cold tone that shook all of the suited men into a cold sweat. Some were shaken enough to pull out and train their firearms at him.
"Hey Aka, I don't think it a good idea making these guys angry." Hibiki nervously looked at the several guns pointed at them.
"I don't care, they think they can take you because of that power you now have. I won't let anyone touch you."
"Calm down, Akakishi! It's not what it looks like!" Eiji attempted to calm the young man.
"Sorry, Hino-sempai but I can't back down. Especially against someone like her." Akakishi was in a tense stare down with Tsubasa ignoring the guns aimed at him.
The tense atmosphere for everyone present broke when they heard the sound of a motorcycle and turned to the sight of one approaching them. The motorcycle was red in color with a rhinoceros beetle motif, and the driver parked the vehicle near the government men.
"Oba-chan said this, 'Immature fruit is sour, producing immature fights.' So if you know better, stand down Akakishi." A man approached the group as he took off his helmet to show his black hair. The men saluted as Tsubasa looked surprised at who arrived.
"Vice-Commander!" Tsubasa exclaimed at she saluted to the unknown man.
"At ease, Tsubasa. I am here to check on my disciple." The man said with a stoic tone.
"Disciple?" Tsubasa looked confused before noticing Akakishi was in front of the commander with a respectful expression.
"Master Tendou! It has been five months and twelve days since I last saw you!" shouted Akakishi as he bowed in front of the man, surprising everyone present except the vice commander and Eiji.
"Hey Aka, do you know this guy?" Hibiki asked.
"Of course! He is my second master! The man who walks the path of heaven! Master, this is my childhood friend, Hibiki Tachibana." Akakishi gestured to the direction of Hibiki.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Tachibana-san." Tendou greeted. "To clear any misunderstandings, the men here are ordered to civilly escort you two to our base."
"That's good to know, but who are you exactly?"
"Walking the path of Heaven, the man who will rule everything." The man pointed to the skies as moonlight shined on him. "Tendou Souji."
"Aka, no offense but your master is a bit of a weirdo." Hibiki made a sweat drop after watching the introduction.
"Yes, but his skill in combat lives up to his words. If master Tendou is with these people, then I trust them." Akakishi crossed his arms with a relaxed aura. This gave the agents a bit of comfort that the vice commander's disciple will not beat them up.
"Why does he have more respect for you than me, Tendou-sempai?" Eiji asked in a disenchanted tone.
"You are looking at this wrong, Hino. Akakishi does respect you, but you lack an intimidating aura." Tendou bluntly stated.
A man in a business suit approached Hibiki with handcuffs. "Sorry, but this is standard procedure." He was about to place them on her wrists until Tendou stopped him. "Sir?"
"Oba-chan said this, 'Children are treasures. The greatest sin in this world is to damage those treasures.' So skip the minor procedures, Ogawa." Tendou made his request.
"Very well." The man put away the cuffs.
"Now then, we will escort you two to our base of operations." The vice commander returned to his motorcycle and put on his helmet. Eiji followed his lead by putting on his helmet and getting on his motorcycle.
"You can ride with me Hibiki." Akakishi offered to the girl as he put on his helmet. When Hibiki nodded in response, he gave her a spare helmet and rode with the escorts to their main base. After a few minutes, they arrived to the grounds of Lydian Academy.
"What are we doing at my school?" Hibiki asked with a bewildered tone.
In a part of the city that overlooked the escort stood the hooded man known as Ichigo.
"I wish you luck, Akakishi. May your battles guide us all to a better future." The man turned to a shadowed male. "You and the others trained him well."
"Yes, and my time to appear will soon come." The male took out a white crystal tablet which was a memory stick with the letter E and pressed a button on the device.
=ETERNAL!=
Author's note: This story is a dual protagonist style which the opening changes based on the protagonists majorly involved in the story. When they're together then a combined opening is used. At least that is my plan while writing out this story.
Here are the opening songs
Akakishi and Hibiki: Sanctuary- Tamaki Nami
Akakishi: Naked Arms- TM Revolution
Hibiki: Synchrogazer- Nana Mizuki
I also downplayed the Kamen Rider's abilities with the Symphogear in order to give the two an equal standing. While Kamen Riders hold incredible power, I need to stress that they are not all-powerful despite the several abilities they have. In canon, Noise are unharmed by conventional weaponry and only Symphogear users can combat them through Relics of the past. This usage of ancient weapons combating the monsters can place some Kamen Riders such as OOO as effective due to their belts coming from a lost or ancient age. Though Kamen Riders with supernatural abilities can also fight these monsters, the overall effectiveness of Symphogears plays a major part. A balance and synchronization of these two powers is my aim in this fanfic.
Yes, I will put the canon Heisei Riders in this story, but the order currently goes up to OOO. The stories of the Riders up to OOO will be considered finished and they play a heavy part in fighting Noise throughout the Symphogear world.
Rate and review this story, and PM me if you want an OC Symphogear partnered with a canon Heisei Rider in this story.