I don't own Power Rangers or Cardfight! Vanguard as it belongs to Toei, and Bushiroad respectively. OC's belong to LovingGinger30, ThePurpleArcher24, Stormasius, TriassicDragonRanger, Mike singh, RedRanger2.3, and me. Now instead of talking, and since this is a really special chapter...Let's Make It Extremely Showy!
Universe Red: Morgana Ravens.
Universe Yellow: Kathy Ravens.
Universe Green: Drew Matthews.
Universe Gray: Charles Brown.
Universe Purple: Francesca "Frankie" Donaldson.
Universe Silver/Bronze: Cody Barnes.
=UNIVERSE=
Sol Academy was back in session, and right now Morgana was glaring at Charles "You chased off Nora! Seriously Charles how could you just...ugh!" Morgana says as she was being stopped by Frankie and Kathy from doing anything to Charles.
Charles looked away "I know Morgana, but I was angry and wasn't exactly thinking straight at the time." He told them.
Minerva sighed shaking her head "Mrs. Umbra can't even find her." She said
"Still I can't believe you did that Charles!" Morgana said as she was huffing.
"Calm down sis. Don't need to cause a big problem." Kathy said to her sister attempting to calm her down. Morgana had been angry ever since the day before they returned when she found out that Nora was missing, and the police was searching for her.
Drew looked down "This isn't good. What if she get's kidnapped again?" Drew asked worried.
"Yeah. I mean ever since she was taken she's been...tense I think is the best way to put it." Cody added on as Frankie raised an eyebrow.
"I think she has good reason to be tense. I mean if I was kidnapped and had my face plastered all over the news I'd be tense to. Especially if people were pitying me or treating me with kid gloves." Frankie said as the guys all looked down as they had been treating Nora like she was made of glass.
"Okay I guess some of us messed up." Charles admitted.
"That's an understatement." Morgana huffed.
Charles sighed "Though she'll settle down, and she will come back. I mean this is Nora we're talking about after all." Charles told them all.
Kathy looked down "Maybe, but she was angry enough to run away." Kathy said as she wasn't sure if Nora would return, and Frankie looked down as she was taking it just as hard.
The seven were silent as they hoped that Nora was okay "We can try to look for her, but Nora is a lot like Frankie. If she doesn't want to be found...she won't be found." Minerva said and the bell rings.
"Let's just try to get through classes." Morgana grumbles as she was mentally blaming herself for not being able to be their for Nora.
The seven split up to got to their classes which while some shared the rest went to different ones. As Drew got to his class his phone beeps as he got a text message from his Aunt Kory.
"Working late tonight. Might not be able to make it home till after 12 A.M. Sorry Drew." Was the message.
Drew sighed, but he smiles as he was use to it after so many years of this. He considered his Aunt Kory more and more like his mother as his actual mother died in a car accident when he was real young. He had been in the accident, but never recalled how he managed to get out of the car. Yet at times he imagined there having been someone there, but the memories were hazy.
Drew focused on his classwork, and lunch came around when he heard the four angels talking.
"You hear about the strange things going about here in Milky Way?"
"You mean the strange disappearance's that's been going on for the past week? That's really creepy."
"Well it certainly doesn't have to do with that kidnapper."
"If it did then more than the Riley girl would have been found."
"Still how creepy. People disappear, and no one see's them again."
"Any of us could be next. I mean it's teens that are being targeted."
"Oh my. I'm to pretty to just go missing."
The rest laughed "Still best be careful in these times."
The four passed by Drew who listened and shivers "Teen's been going missing for over a week? I wonder what that's about..." Drew whispered to himself as he wondered if the Link Joker Armada has anything to do with it.
When he and the rest met up for lunch Drew told them about what he heard and his suspicion of Link Joker being involved "I don't think so. The only one they ever kidnapped was me, and even then they would have sent them out to fight us." Kathy said shaking her head.
"Okay if it isn't Link Joker then who is it?" Drew asked.
Frankie hummed then brought out her mini-computer typing in things hoping to find a connection "Bingo!" She says after a few seconds.
"That was quick. What do you got Frankie?" Cody asked.
"Well it turn's out that what's going on here in Milky Way isn't the only mass kidnapping case." Frankie said showing them several articles on the mini computer showing the same thing happening over the past six months in different towns around the country.
"W-Wow. Though each article is after the fact, and somehow everyone get's rescued." Morgana said.
Kathy read a bit of each article "According to this none of the kidnapped kids know how they were captured, and don't even know who rescued them. They just call her 'The Rider'." Kathy reads.
"The Rider? Strange name for someone saving people." Charles said.
"Strange, but pretty cool. I mean after all if they're saving people they couldn't be bad." Cody said.
Frankie shrugs "Well then odds are this Rider will show up here in town. Guess we should try searching as well." Frankie suggested to them.
They agreed as they had a bit of luck before, but they all knew that the odds were small of them being found. After all if only this mysterious Rider was able to find them then their odd's of finding them weren't as good.
As they headed towards their next class they stopped seeing a teenage girl coming into the campus. She looked to be about 17 yet she had a developed womanly figure to her, and seemed to have a semi athletic build to her. She had jet black hair that was cut short in the back while remaining longer in the front while her windswept bangs framed her stormy grey eyes that looked more silver in the light.
She was wearing a blue-black top with floral designs down the bottom edge and around the neckline while over it was a white jacket with rainbow details around the bottom, neckline, and sleeves as well as running down the sides. She also wore orange jean shorts, black leggings, and matching shoes. She wore a set of pearl white round rimmed goggles around her neck.
Charles looked at her and seemed to start to drool to which Drew nudged him "Dude. Yeah she's cute, but your going to scare her off looking at her like that." He said.
Charles rubbed his head "Sorry. It's just she's...wow." He said and started to slick his hair back before looking to the rest.
"How do I look? Good right?" He asked.
Morgana raised an eyebrow "You look fine Charles, but uhh...do you really want to try with her?" She asked.
Charles laughed "Oh come on Morgana. Doesn't hurt a guy to try at least." He said and starts walking towards them.
"..." The rest of the group looked on one another.
"So we going to bet on this?" Minerva asked, and the rest nod betting on how this encounter between Charles and the mysterious girl would go.
Charles walked over grinning "Hey there. You lost or something sweet stuff?" He said to her.
The girl raised an eyebrow "Yeah I'm lost. What's it to you?" She retorts.
Charles holds his hands up "Hey cool it down their sweet stuff. Just asking cause well since you are I can take you wherever you need to go." he said as the girl glared.
"I'm Charles Brown. Might it be to much to ask what your name is? You know then I can stop calling you sweet stuff." He then added on as the girl groaned.
"Epona Mirai. Now mind showing me the office?" The girl now known as Epona told him.
Charles grinned "Sure thing Eppy." He says grabbing her hand to take her there, but then fell to the ground as his hand was being squeezed hard.
"Listen here Brown I'm not one of these sweet little girls. My name is Epona, and I expect to be called by it alright?" She told him flatly.
"O-O-Okay! Sorry!" Charles said and she let go of the hand and Charles leads on towards the office, and the rest laugh a bit at what happened as Kathy and Cody split the money from the bet.
Charles glared "Hey Drew you take Epona here to the office!" He shouts and walks off to which Drew sighed and walks over and starts to lead her towards the office.
=UNIVERSE=
Drew knocks on the office door "Come in." Ashley said as Drew came in with Epona.
"Oh Drew. Is there something I can..." She started then noticed Epona and looks at Drew for an explanation.
"She showed up on campus headmistress, and she apparently wanted to talk to you." Drew said.
Epona sat down "Your Headmistress Meadows right? Epona Mirai." she says introducing herself.
Ashley cupped her hands together "Well what is it I can do for you Miss Mirai? Are you looking to enroll here at Sol Academy?" She asked.
Epona shakes her head "No. Believe it or not I've already graduated. I'm actually here on a case." She said to them as they were surprised.
"A-A case you say? So are you some sort of private investigator?" Ashley asked.
Epona nods to her "My last name should have given that away. I'm part of the Mirai Detective Agency in Nevada." She said as Drew kept the name in mind to look up later.
She then looked at the headmistress "Now then I have a few questions, and I must know everything you know. If you can't tell me then point me to anyone who can." She said, and Ashley nods signaling for Drew to leave.
As Drew left for his next class he took out his phone and looked up the Mirai Detective Agency. What the results showed was that it was a legit business, and it was started years ago by a Vincent Hughes Mirai which was apparently Epona's grandfather. He then looked up the MDA, and got connections to the various mass missing teens cases along with other almost similar cases.
"So she's involved in all these cases of missing teens? Okay that's either a huge coincidence, she's pure lucky, in the right place at the right time, or..." He started to think and put his phone away as he got to class.
He thought about this during class, and eventually the bell rings releasing the student's from the school.
As they left the group of six noticed that Epona was there writing in a notebook and bites her lip as she is thinking real hard. She taps her chin with her pen, and then noticed the group of six and frowns before leaving the school.
"She's...yeah she's certainly something." Charles said staring at where she had been.
"Just give it up!" The rest all shout at him.
Drew then sighed "Sorry guys I can't come to training. I have...other plans for today." Drew said as he planned to visit his mother's grave after school.
"It's no problem Drew. Just be careful." Kathy said.
Drew waved to them and left starting to head towards where his mom was buried.
=UNIVERSE=
As he got closer to the cemetery where his mom was buried he shivers as it was suddenly getting colder, and before he could react something struck him from behind.
"Well well well. It's been years little child, but I've found you again." A feminine voice spoke, and Drew managed to get up and saw what assaulted him.
The creature had a matured womanly hourglass figure her body was composed of bright pink heart shaped armor on her chest with lighter wavy red armor armor along the stomach, neck, and lower legs. She had large wavy pink shoulder angular pads with large green and yellow jewels embedded in them. She wore knee high bright pink armored high heeled boots with heat shaped red and yellow jewels near the heel on each side. The head/helmet looked like a cross between a human and a snake with yellow eyes designed to look like a snake.
"W-What...W-Who are you?" Drew said as the snake woman chuckles holding a curved hand up towards her mouth.
"My of course you wouldn't remember me. It's been so long after all." She says confusing and scaring Drew.
The woman started to approached him as he backed away reaching for his morphor. Yet both turned hearing the sound of a bike coming as a red blue passed Drew and turns striking the strange creature with a wheel.
The bike was a bright red motocross styled bike with gold and yellow highlight while a orange sun was painted on the front of the bike. The person on it's attire was familiar and she wore a red helmet which she removed.
"D-Detective Mirai? What are you doing here?" Drew asked and Epona glanced to him.
"Me? I'm just passing through kid." She says then turns to the creature with a frown on her face as she gets off her bike.
"Seductress. Had a feeling you were behind those mass kidnappings here...again." She says to the creature.
Seductress though looked at herself and saw the black marks on her armor "Y-Y-You infernal detective! Do you know how long it takes to wash away skid marks?! Why do you always have to tarnish my beautiful plans for a harem?!" She shouts and Epona rolled her eyes.
"You haven't changed at all Seductress. Well guess I'll just have to stop you again." She said, and grabs something from inside her jacket.
It was then in what Drew could only describe as a burst of pure sunlight a red belt appeared around her waist. For the belt buckle was a golden sun split in half with a section missing that looked big enough to fit a flash drive while two smaller orange suns were located on the sides looking like small flash drives could fit on to a section behind them.
Epona revealed what she had taken out as a black flash drive with the core section of the golden sun core in a lighter gold and place it in.
++DIVINITY DRIVE!++
++LOCKED IN!++
An energetic and high energy tune began to play from the belt as Epona crossed her arms and closed her eyes as sun symbols appeared on each hand and on her forehead. She then opened them and they were glowing gold. She swiftly brought her hands down to her belt fingers on the center sun.
"Henshin!" She declared connecting the pieces together as she did so.
[Transformation Sequence]
A white sun symbol appeared in front of Epona and collides into her forming a white skin tight suit on her body showing off her femine features. Another sun appeared that was primary red with yellow, and gold mixed in appeared and stuck her next. Reaching just below her hips an armored sleeveless red obi with gold trimming and yellow markings and spirals formed. Next to form was two red arm guards, and two ankle length red high heeled boots with golden suns above the heels. The last thing to form was the helmet which shaped to fit her head being a bit oval and a white with a silver-gray face plate with gold streaks on the sides and big green eyes on the faceplate. The last ting to form was a red headpiece with a gold sun on the front and two smaller ones on the sides while a yellow-gold sun formed on her chest with the japanese symbol for goddess.
[Transformation Sequence End]
After transforming she clenched a fist starting to raise it "Time to shine! Kamen Rider Megami, Ready!" She declared doing a gesture pointing upwards to the sky.
"Kamen Rider?" Drew said surprised and the more he looked at her the more this form of her's looked familiar.
Seductress screeches at her and calls upon her weapon which was a whip "You are going to pay! You will pay!" She shouted.
[Insert Song: Sanmi Ittai preformed by Little Blue boX]
Megami huffed "Whatever you say Seductress." She retorts and rotated the sun making the core face the one o'clock position.
++SACRED BLADE!++
Megami taps the core and a golden light strikes her hand as a long black sword appeared in her hand.
Megami charged forward at Seductress who tried to ensnare her with her wipe, but Megami simply smacked said whip away with her sword and strikes her a few times before punching her with enough force to toss her back several feet.
This only served to enrage Seductress further "How dare you! Oh your really going to get it!" She said and Drew backed away.
"This is so...so strange." He muttered.
Megami dismissed her sword and the two were now trading blows as Megami elbows the creature in the stomach.
Seductress stumbles back and growls as she trades out her whip summoning a sharp tripped jousting rod to herself.
Megami turns her sword to wield it backhanded and charged right at Seductress. Seductress channels energy into her jousting round and thrust it forward multiple times sending burst's of energy at Megami who slides under a few, jumped over one, and spun to the side of another which barely grazed her.
Now she was close and Seductress tried to stab her, but she simply grabbed it and spun the dial to the three o'clock position and taps the jewel.
++SHINING BREAKER!++
The sword glowed with a golden light and Megami let's out a battle cry slashing her with the bright golden light.
Seductress cried out in pain and then screams "Gahh! Ugh...you little..." She charged her jousting rod again, and thrust it forward shooting a beam of light.
Megami turned the dial to two o'clock and taps it again.
++TREASURED MIRROR!++
On her arm a large circular mirror like shield appeared and she put it in front of her and angles it. When it hit the beam of energy it went straight up into the air, but was pushing Megami back.
When it ended Megami was huffing "You are something Megami. Must say not just anyone can fight me, and fail to defeat me on several separate occasions." Seductress commented.
Megami huffed annoyed "If your trying to seduce me again it won't work. As for failing to defeat you that because your slippery like a snake. Makes me wonder why Grima want's nothing to do with you." She retorted.
Seductress growls "I could care less what my former master want's. Men, woman, teenager, or child I'll make them mine. The world will belong to me and my beauty!" She says as Drew worked his way to get into a possible position to cut her off should she try to escape.
Megami dismissed her weapons as does Seductress. Megami stands her ground as Seductress charges at her.
Seductress aimed a punch low which Megami blocked bringing a leg up and she punches at Seductress who dodged and raised a leg kicking hard at Megami's other leg. She fell to the ground, but manages to secure one hand on the ground and back springs landing before launching herself forward punching Seductress hard in the face.
Seductrees growls and flings her hand out gripping Seductress hard and swings Megami with enough force to throw her off her feet and she punches Megami in the stomach. Megami winces stumbling back, and Seductress delivers a kicks at her knee.
Megami falls to one knee and is then kicked in the face as Seductress strikes her with her heel.
"Hahahaha! Oh Megami you certainly know how to entertain a girl. I had forgotten just how fun our little meet up's are. Perhaps we can have one again in the future. Ta ta love." She says turning to leave, but was stopped as Drew had called out his rapier.
Drew wags a finger "Now that's not nice lady. Besides you got more to deal with than simply her in this town." Drew said.
Seductress huffed and just started to approach and sing. Drew hesitated as he began to sway back and forth, and the monster was replaced by a beautiful woman.
Drew began to approach entranced by the woman's beauty and image, but stopped when she let out a scream and saw that Megami was up while Seductress was looking back angry.
"Not...this...time! You aren't taking another person from anyone Seductress!" She shouts at the monster and spins before pushing Seductress away standing between her and Drew.
"Detective Mirai...what was that?" He asked.
"Her power. Though looks like while you didn't know it you did a number on her." Megami said pointing at the rapier embedded in her leg to which she was crying out in pain and trying to remove it.
Megami turned the dial all the way to noon/midnight "Been waiting to do this for years Seductress." She mutter and separated the sun on her belt back in half which then glowed gold before slamming them back together.
++THE FINISHER!++
Megami preformed a back-flip and got down low before launching herself high up into the air. Megami then propelled herself forward in a kicking position and kicks Seductress, but then bounces off her on to the other side. She then turns and propels herself at Seductress again, and bounces off going to the side this time. This process is repeated two more times before she propelled herself up incredibly high in the air now aligned perfectly with the sun.
"Rising Sun!" She declared and then let out a battle cry as she glowed as bright as the sun and was alight with fire as she kicks Seductress with explosive force.
"Gahh! No! No it can't end like this! Curse you...curse you Kamen Rider Megami!" Seductress called out in pain before letting out a shout and explodes.
Megami landed and let's out a sigh of relief "Case Closed." She muttered.
[Insert Song End]
Megami separated the center sun and removed the drive from the belt. With a golden glow the armor and belt faded as Epona was standing their and sighed.
She glanced towards Drew "You okay? She looked like she was after you." She said.
"Y-Yeah she was. She even acted like she knew me." Drew said.
Epona hummed and looked him over before her eyes widen "She did know you, and you knew her. Umm...Your Drew Matthews right?" Epona asked.
Drew nods and she sighed before taking out a card with a address on it "If you want to know the full story this is the address to where my RV is." She said and glances back towards the crater that was their.
"Though give me an hour at least." She said.
Drew nodded and continued on doing what he originally planned, and Epona went to the small crater which she sighed also having tears forming in her eyes looking at the 12 year old girl that was out cold in the place Seductress had been.
"Finally got you back little sis." She muttered and then sighed.
"Knowing Seductress she probably left her prisoners nearby. Now that she's destroyed they'll be out of their trance and go home." She thought then looked at the little girl with a smile.
"Which should do the same with you Diana." She thought and picked the girl up headed for her RV.
=UNIVERSE=
An hour passed and Drew arrived at a RV with the logo of the MDA on it's side. Drew knocked on the door and was let inside by Epona herself who welcomed him. The setup inside was simple and drinks were prepared for them as Epona sat down and sips her tea while Drew had a soda.
"So...today is the day that your mother died huh?" Epona asked.
Drew looked at her and nodded "How do you know that though? How do you also know who I am?" He asked.
Epona looked down at these questions "To explain that I've got a story I'd need to tell you first." Epona said to him.
Drew nodded "I have the time. I let my Aunt Kory know I had someone I needed to see." He said.
"Many years ago a war waged between beasts we now call demons and powerful deities. Grima their leader was near unstoppable, but he was gravely injured by the deity known as Amaterasu-omikami." She started and sighed.
"She was killed, but the grave injury Grima faced was enough to scare the demons back. One of which was a general known as Dominatrix." Epona spoke.
Drew flinched at the name "I take it she was bad new right?" He asked.
Epona nodded "She enslaved any humans she saw with her beauty and elegant voice. She used them as slaves, warriors, and her personal 'toys'." She says.
Epona then looked down at what came next "Eleven years ago Dominatrix was defeated by the previous Kamen Rider Megami...my mother after Dominatrix caused an accident that killed a woman on her way to visit family out of state." she then said and Drew froze.
"Eleven years ago...a car accident..." Drew says.
Epona nodded "It was the accident that killed your mother Drew, and I lost my mother to that day because she wasn't compatible with the Taiyo Driver. She used her own life force in that fight." Epona said sadly to him.
"Then your mom...she was the one that saved me." Drew said.
Epona sighed "Yeah. Though Dominatrix wasn't fully defeated. Her essence still wandered searching for someone to become one with and create a body for herself. She found someone, but with a new body came a new name, and a changed personality with it." Epona explained.
Drew nods, but he was still wondering as Epona seemed to know more than she let out "How did you know what my mom was doing though?" He said as Epona laughs.
She then looked right at him "Because at that same time my mom was preparing for the arrival of my Aunt Gavriel. Who I'd be meeting for the first time along with my cousin who'd be meeting me and my newborn sister." She said.
Drew blinked once, twice, and then shakes his head "Gavriel...that was mom's name." He muttered.
Epona giggles "Come on put it together Drew. Your smart." She said.
Drew gulps at this "So your..." He started and Epona nods.
"I'm your cousin Drew, and it's good to finally meet you." Epona said.
Drew looked down "Why didn't your or the rest of your family ever visit?" Drew asked.
Epona sighed looking down "Let's just say we have a bit of a common history Drew. My father left after mom told him she was pregnant with me. My little sister Diana came about from a sperm bank donation. So I had to live with Uncle Ray in Nevada." Epona said.
Drew cracks a small smile "We're both pretty messed up huh?" he asked.
Epona laughed a bit "Yeah, but Uncle Ray has been taking good care of me." She replied.
Drew laughed a bit "Oh I met him, but I guess you were busy those months ago when me and Aunt Kory met up with him." He said.
"Oh you have no idea." She says.
The next few hours were spent as the two cousins exchanged stories about their life, and Epona would introduce Diana to Drew. The three would bond with one another, and Epona assured Drew she and Diana would be hanging around the next few days to make sure that everyone returned home.
Drew himself would return home that night heart warmed that he finally knew the truth about his mother's death, and for finally being able to meet his two cousins.
That is the end of Episode 41, and I especially loved this chapter because I introduced an OC I have had saved since before Lore Keepers was written. Yeah I originally planned on writing a Kamen Rider story, but I can't recall why I hadn't gone with the idea at the time. Of course when it came to adapting her into this story I had to take some liberties with my original idea and change them. I also wanted to do a bit more of a focus on Drew, and why he lived with his Aunt Kory and not his mother and father. Now then what do you all think of Epona Mirai/Kamen Rider Megami, and would you like it if she made a few more cameo appearances? Well until next time this has been your friendly fanfction writer Decode9!