Before this chapter beings, I must mention something that's been happening in my review's. A user disguising his name as firestormamagi, then I later learned his name was Doom Marine 54. Later Fake Doom Marine 54. For who ever this troll is. Let's this be known.
I don't give a fuck what you say.
I just don't. At this point you're words just make no sense. I don't know, to that point that it's kinda funny how stupid you're words. So to the Troller who speaks nonsense my last words are this: Get a life man. And just be happy.
Okay. Now that that's out of the way, I hope everyone enjoys this halloween chapter! And as always feel free to review my stories. Constructive criticism, and positive compliments are appreciated. And as always, Happy Halloween! I hope to god I don't get fat…. I'm probably gonna gain a pound or so…. Now to the Chapter!
Accel-Aid World
Halloween Level: Horrors Action Gamer
The night of Hollows brings about many stories about what lurks in the night. Thus on Halloween those brave enough to venture out wear disguises. But that's only the tale of how Halloween began, now in modern day it's a night of free candy for the children and a chance to dress up as their favorite heros. Now the Doctor Riders being their next mission to deal with the Bugster virus. But on the scariest night what will oppose our riders?
Note: This takes place after Bakuso Bike Arc.
We are Emu
Emu:(looks at screen)... Hmm… Everything looks clear. You're good to go trick or treating tonight, Chihiro-kun.
Chihiro-kun smiles. "Thanks Doctor!" A smile forming on his face. "You've been a good and thus your health reflects it." I give a quick pat to Chihiro-kuns head as he nods.
"Okay, you're free to go." Nodding Chihiro gets up with his mother and the two leave. I wave goodbye, "Let's see…" Is that everyone today? Man, I have less people than I thought today. If that's the case. I get up and put my coat up on the rack.
Emu:(rubbing hands) Time to get my hands on Hollow's Eve.(exits door) Wha hoo~!
Nanami:(walks over) And where are you going?
Emu:(stops) Whoa! Holy, you came out of nowhere.(sighs) I have all my appointments done for the day, so I'm heading out to grab a game and come back. That's cool right?
"Don't you have other work to do?" I shake my head. "No. I finished all of my other work."
Man Nanami-san is like my Mother that I never asked for but still got. Nanami-san nods and walks off. "Then meet back at CR once you're done. Don't forget to have your Gashat and belt at the ready."Oh yeah, the mom I never asked for. I shrug it off as I head towards the exit.
Unknown area We are Pallad
I enter the back storage room, all while playing my game. "Game clear!" Nothing game cleared. Love the sound of the clear sound. "Again? How many times have you completed that game?" Graphite asks.
Pallad:(smirks) Now I can't help but go though this game with the newly released Halloween skin pack. Call me a sucker for a nice new look.
Graphite: Well, that it's that important. But nice idea using the Horrors Night.
Pallad:(nods) An obvious choice to take. Don't you agree?
"True. Altho I'm also surprised that they even have a Gashat for that." A quick smirk and nod. "Yes. With this those three are gonna have one amazing night." I say. Putting down my console I head over to a small case. Opening it I take out Horrors Night. "Wouldn't you agree? Gemn?"
Gemn:(walks out) Well. I guess then it's time to get my scary on.
At the Game store. We are Emu
I rush to the store after getting off the train. "Please still have copies…" Heading up towards the game store, I come to a huge line. "Aww…" Damn it. I knew I should have pre-ordered it. "Ah. Emu-kun?" "Ah? Kakei-san?" Waiting in line is the ever beautiful Kakei Mihaya. "H-Hello Kakei-san what are you doing here?"
Kakei: Same as you. Getting in on the special limited edition game.
Emu:(walking over) Really? I thought you didn't enjoy this kind of Genre.
Kakei: Well, I thought it would be nice to have…(blushes) Especially since this was the first game we played together.
Oh yeah! I remember that. It was during my years in Junior High…
Flashback…
When I was entering Junior High was also around the time I decided to start working as a Genius Gamer. When I first came to my Junior High, it was 2 months since school started. I had been so sick that I wasn't able to come. But it was also when I first met Kakei-san. When I got to school and logged on to the schools network, I quickly racked up the high scores on all of them within a week.
Student 1: Hey is that Ijima-kun? Did you hear he set all new record for every single playable game on the School's net?
Student 2: Yeah. I saw the score. I can't believe that he got that high at all.
The talk was continuous. Soon after I decided to have some kind of challenge. I told people to give me games. And within a certain time frame of their choosing I would complete the game. Person after person approached me with games to beat. They set a time, and I'd always complete it within that time. Some were a cakewalk, others were a bit more difficult. Dark Soul's VR remakes were especially hard. But it's when someone pointed me to a fighting game competition that I got my first real taste of competitive gaming.
Announcer: The match is only a half of a minute in and already our challenger M is showing his stuff!
Champion:(struggling) H-How are you pulling off these moves so quickly?!
M:(smirks) As quickly as your own reaction time.(looks at health bar) And guess who just got their fucking super! Me bitch!
I pull off the super destroying the last of my opponent's health. "Noooo~!" I fist pump into the air. "It's been decided! Our challenger M has taken down the Champion and takes home the 300,000 yen grand prize!" Nice! I was right to come here! This is awesome. Totally doing it again. I what I was thinking at the time. That's when I saw her.
?: GG Iijima-kun. That was some nice moves.
M:(looks over) Thanks. It was re-(blushes) Mihaya-san?!
I had my eyes on Kakei-san for awhile. She always had my eyes. But this was the first time I had met her outside of school.
"Wh-What are you doing here?"
"I was here to see what all the talk was about. I watched all your games. You were almost OP during most of them." I think at the time, there was so much blood flowing to my face I couldn't speak a word. After that first encounter the two of us began to talk more and more. After awhile I introduced her to the classic console version of Horror Night.
Back to the present.
"Ah that game was a grand ole time." Altho to be honest. She wasn't really all that scared. More jump scares, but nothing more in a jump. Time had seem to have passed and we were inside and close to the front. "Oh wow time sure flies when you're with friends."
"Come on. Let's see if their are any hard copies left." Yeah. That's the whole reason why I came here. Hard copies are rare so getting them is a treat and worth while.
Emu:(walks up to counter) Two hard copies of Horrors Night.
Worker: Sorry man. We have only one Hard Copy left.
Emu:(irks)...Darn…(shrugs) Eh. I'll take the digital version then.
"You sure?" Kakei-san asks. "I'm fine, as long as I know I have a friend who has one." The guy hands the Hard copy to Kakei-san, and I download the copy. "Thank you for your purchase." The guy at the desk says, with that the two of us leave the store. "Hey. I forgot to ask, but don't you have work?" Kakei-san asks.
Emu: Oh. That, well my work doesn't mind this. I did talk to my superior.
Kakei:(smiles) I see. That's good, wanna grab a bite?
Emu:(nods) Sounds grea-
The world freezes into a blue look. What the? I accelerated, a challenger now? I exit out into my avatar. "What happened?" I hear next to me. I turn to see… Kakei-san's Avatar? "Wh-Wait Kakei-san? You are a Burst Linker?" Oh boy this is gonna get awkward.
Kakei: Y. You also play Brain Burst to? What's your name in BB?
Emu: I'll tell you mine, if you tell me yours.
Kakei: Blood Leopard. Yours?
"Ex-Aid." "You're the rider?" Kakei-san asks. "Yeah. Have been ever since I started BB." "How long? IRL?" "About two or three weeks." And in those three weeks I've managed to put down about 3 Bugster events and… 200 or so Burst Linkers. I think to myself. I'm sure she knows this fact to. The world changes again into a dark and shadowy realm.
Blood Leopard: The Halloween exclusive stage. Shadow realm.
Ex-Aid:(sighs) Well I guess it's a good thing that I always keep these things on hand.
I take out my driver and Gashat. "Mighty Action X!" The level generates. "Dai Henshin!" I insert my Gashat into my driver and I open the driver up. "Gashat! I'm a Kamen Rider! Gachan! Level Up! Mighty Jump! Mighty Kick! Mighty, Mighty Action X!" Ah. My rider from. I never get tired of transforming.
Meanwhile… We are Genm
I walk out onto the roof of the abandoned house. "Time to do some redecorating." I take out Horrors Night, and I activate it. "Horrors Night!" A dark and eerie note echos though the Level. "Grade 1." I say putting the Game into the driver. "Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!" Kamen Rider Genm Horrors Action Gamer. The Level 1 suit is the same body, as all other Level 1. The head is designed after a classic Vampire but with elements of other Horror monsters. The head is partially wrapped in cloth covering the right eye from view. The left eye is blood red with a white pupil. "Grade 2." I mumble opening the driver again. "Gachan! Level Up! The Horror Night begins! Now take Heed~ Horrors Night!" Kamen Rider Genm Horror Action Gamer, the head is same as the one in the Level 1, the chest's is colored orange with a mix between red and black. The arms has rags wrapping the arms, the hand have claws and a eye upon the palm. The legs were wrapped in rags, with cuts and stitches across it. A black cloak appears on my back completing the look.
Back with Emu
"So what now? We were challenged, but no one has come." I say sitting on the ground tossing stones at a dead tree.
"IDK No one has come to challenge us." Lepard says looking around for anyone. "Hey? Was that their before?" I look over to a dark and haunting mansion. "Okay, no that wasn't there before." The two of us start to the mansion. Walking up to the entrance, the rusted gates squeak open. Horror movie trope much?
Ex-Aid: So what's the plan? We can head inside. Or we can just wait for time to run out.
Leopard:(shakes head) No they challenged us. We fight and get our BP.
Ex-Aid:(shrugs) Fine. Sounds good to me.
We walk up the walkway the wind blows the trees and leaves around. "So… Creepy wind, check. Dead trees, check. Creepy haunted mansion, check." Yup. Horror tropes.
"Scared?" I ask. "No. Are you?" I chuckle at the thought.
"Now you know I don't believe in the supernatural. Blood Leopard." Leopard shoots me a look.
Leopard: Just call me Pad or-
Ex-Aid: I'll just call you Leo that okay?
"Do whatever." She says to me.
We are Leo
"Leo… uhm." Well feels good when he says my name. "Uhh Hello? Is miss Leo their?" Ex-Aid calls to me. "Yes fine. Just pondering."
"What? That this building is clearly a trap and that some kind of dark lord is waiting for us." Considering the movie tropes that's probably the case.
Ex-Aid:(Sighs) Okay, then let's get this over with.(turns to Leo) Shall we?
Leo:(grabs Ex-Aids shoulder) Hold up. Let me build up my Burst Gauge.
Ex-Aid:(shrugs) I guess that's okay. I'll wait then.
We are Emu
Leo goes around the area smashing grave stones. Meanwhile I begin to ponder who would challenge us. It has to be two people at least. Or else they wouldn't have challenged the two of us. Who? "Ah… Ex-Aid?!" Leo calls out, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah? What the?!" I exclaim as skeletons being to rise out of the remaining graves.
Ex-Aid:(weapon appears) Oh, what the hell?! What did you do?
Leo:(claws pop out) I don't know. What I do know is that we have to stop them.
"Agreed." I smash my hammer into one of the skeletons. The impact shatters the ribcage and spine, causing the whole thing to break apart and turn to dust. I send my hammer into another head of the skeleton destroying the skull, the rest of the body going along with it.
"How are things on your end?" I ask Leo.
"See for yourself." I look to see Leo cutting apart a skeletons arms and limbs, but the skeleton continues. Leo knocks away the discombobered skeleton away, it's head breaking upon impact with a tree.
"The head and chest. Go for those!"
"Noticed!" The two of us charge at the skeletons smashing skulls and breaking ribs. But no matter how many times we destroy a skeleton another one just seems to takes it's place. Whats spawning them? I ponder, that's when I think back to when the first started appearing. I look over to the graves, the skeletons clawing themselves out. Oh duh. The grave, it's always the graves. I launch up into the air and I jump across the heads of the skeletons. I get to the grave as I tap B on my hammer two times.
"Haa!" The hammer smashes right through the grave, the flow of skeletons begins to slow down.
Ex-Aid:(turns to Leo) The graves! Go for the graves!
Leo:(nods) K.
I jump across the heads towards another grave.
"Eat it!" I say smashing another grave into dust. Leo smashes her fist into another grave, destroying it. "Two more!" I exclaim. As I turn to the last two. Oh man, there's still a ton of them left. I think to myself as I turn back at the remaining graves.
"Leo! I have an idea! But you need to take cover!" I take out my Gashat and put into the hammer. "Gashat! Kimewaza! Mighty! Critical Finish!" I jump up and smash down the hammer down sending a massive shockwave of energy. The energy wave smashes through the skeletons and destroys the graves.
Ex-Aid:(sighs) That's all of them. You okay Leo?
Leo:(nods) Y. I'm okay. How are you?
I look to my rider gauge. Still have more than 90%, I turn to Leo and I give a thumbs up.
"I'm good. I still have most of my health bar left." I turn to the door which is now wide open.
"It beckons us." I mumble as the two of us head into the mansion. The mansion is dark and no light source. We can't see what- Leo walks into the mansion and lanterns activate.
Ex-Aid: Whoa. Creepy. But since we have light again we should check every room.
Leo:(nods) Let's.
Time skip: 20 minutes later
Almost half an hour of looking and nothing. I ponder due to the both of us not being able to find anything of significance.
"Where the hell are we supposed to go?" I ask turning to Leo. She just shrugs, as she does that another door opens all the way down the hallway. A figure steps out of the door. We turn to face the figure. He has a Gamer Driver and a Dark Gashat placed inside.
Dark Rider: Welcome to my-
Ex-Aid:(points) Get Him!
Dark Rider: Wh-Wait what?
"Yaaaa~!" The two of us charge the rider and we smack his face sending him through the door.
"Agh! Wh-What? How are you not terrified of my horrors?!" The Dark Rider exclaims.
"HA! You're out of luck! Both me and Leo don't believe in the supernatural! We aren't afraid of anything you throw at us!" The Rider growls as he flaps out his cloak launching blades at us. I smash a block and I acquire the power up.
Ex-Aid: Get behind me!
Leo: Got it.
"Kotesuka!"
A metallic layer forms around my body. Deflecting the blades off. "HA!" The blades stop, and just when the shield drops. Leo dashes over me and towards the rider. The cape detaches and turns into a bat. Leo launches into the air and slashes right through the bat.
"Nice! Here I come!" I shout charging with my hammer at the ready. I tap B button 4 times, then I jump into the air and smash into the ground. The shock wave knocks the Rider into the air. I grab Mighty Action and put it into the slot holder.
"Gashato! Kimewaza! Mighty Critical Strike!" I begin to give him the kick finish till suddenly he disappears into thin air… Crap.
Ex-Aid: Where is he? Aww he could be anywhere.
Leo:(points) How about their?
I turn to a dark tower glowing with darkness…
"Oh, yeah that could work as a hiding place." Leo and I move towards the tower. The tower is covered in monsters. Now how the hell do we take care of that?... Wait. As the two of us approach the tower I take out my blade, and slash at the tower, I manage to cut a chunk off it.
Ex-Aid: Ah. Oh ho ho ho. We can use this?
Leo:(stops) What are you- Oh. I see, since Brain Burst tries to be as real to life as possible you plan to drop the tower.
Ex-Aid:(Nods) Yeah. You see where I'm going.
I activate the slot holder again.
"Gashato! Kimewaza! Mighty Critical Strike!" I charge forwards and jump into the air. Drop kicking I smash through the tower itself. As it begins to fall over, I dash out of the way. Smashing into the ground the monsters around it are either scattered or killed by the fall. The dark rider falls down.
Leo: Mind if I finish it?
Ex-Aid:(smiles) Shure go ahead.
"Good." Leo walks over to me and leans close. Is this getting freaky?
"What are you?" Leo bites into my neck. No no! It's getting painful!
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!" My special gauge on the BB health bar depletes and enter Leo's.
"Shape Change." Leo says getting on all fours as she transforms into a leopard like from. Leo dashes towards the Dark Rider as I take a moment to rub my neck. She could have given me a heads up before that. I head back over to Leo as she's biting the crap out of Dark rider. Hmm. I don't think he'll mind if I take his Gashat. I walk over and pull out the Gahsat.
Ex-Aid: Whoa. Horrors Night? As a Gashat? Nice. Mine.
Dark Rider: Y-You son of a bi-
Leo tears off the Dark Riders arm his health depleting. Then he bursts into light and shatters. We are victorious and we return to the real world.
IRL…
"Well. That was fun." I say stretching my arms out. Who was that rider though? Could he have a relationship with the Black Ex-Aid?... I feel a tap on my shoulder.
"You good?" Kakei-san asks. I smile and give a quick nod.
"Yeah, I'm good. Come on, let's grab something to bite. I'm craving something after that fight." I say beginning to walk towards a fast food store.
Kakei:(nods) Sounds good.
Mackdonalds
At our table the two of us chow down on our food. But my thoughts are elsewhere, what was the goal of that Dark Rider? Was he collecting something? Like combat data? What...What? But then the sound of a Neuro cable connecting to my Neurolinker.
"K-Kakei-san? What are you doing so suddenly?" She just looks to me and talks though the linker.
"I would like to duel you. I know this is sudden and all but, it's been awhile since we 1v1 each other. How about it?" Like I could turn down a good match?
"You're on."
In BB
Our avatars stand atop a building in the Shadow realm setting.
"Ready?" I ask her my blade at the ready, Leo with her claws.
"Y, let's do this." We dash towards each other and the battle began…
We are Tyler
I disconnect myself from the system. I lie back in my chair and I look at the Horrors Night data.
"Sigh~ A failure." It couldn't even handle a proper battle against a Level 2 Ex-Aid and a Level 6 Burst Linker. Not a Gashat for combat. A figure walks into my office his steps and sounds of controls being pressed let's me know who it is.
Tyler: Horrors Night Gashat is a complete failure. Once I get it back, I will then delete it's data. Is that clear? Pallad?
Pallad:(smiles) Is that so? Well a bad game should get a fitting ending. So, how will you recover it?
Tyler: I don't have to do a thing.
And on my Neuro Linker I get a call, a small smile forms on my face. I answer as a live video feet of Ijima Emu opens on my screen.
"Hello Doctor Emu, is something the matter?" I ask.
"Ah, well earlier I was faced against a Dark Rider carrying this Horrors Night Gashat. I'm gonna return it to you but mind if I ask you something?" I knew this was coming, but that Gashat is defective anyways.
Tyler:(nods) Thank you Doctor Emu, that Gashat was stolen just today. Our system was hacked, most likely from that Dark recolor of you.
Emu:(raises eyebrow) Really? Wow good thing I got it back when I did.
Tyler: Yes, but it wouldn't have been such a loss. That gashat has been discontinued, due to it's lack of power, and use ability. But either way, thank you.
Emu:(thumbs up) Happy to help.
Tyler: Anything else?
"Nope that's it. Thank you Mr. Tyler." Ijima Emu says as he give a small bow.
"No we should be the one's to thank you. Till we meet again." And soon after I hang up a file with the data of Horrors Night appears in my mail. I send it immediately into the trash.
"The Game master will not accept defective matter, nor bootlegs." I say before letting out a laugh in my office.
See you next game…?
