Hello, everyone! PHANTOMKNIGHTMARE47 Here with the second chapter to Kamen Rider Ryujin. In this chapter, Kenji and his friends learn more about what's going on, such as the Wretcheds, the LegenDrivers, the Altar Keys, and more related to what's going on. Meanwhile, a female serial killer posing as a plant appraiser is turned into a Wretched based off of a pitcher-plant. Kenji is given his own Rider Machine, and they meet a new Rider, Kamen Rider Aero, who has been imbued with the Mark of the Eagles. Will our heroes be able to stop this new threat? Find out, in this latest chapter of KAMEN RIDER RYUJIN!
Disclaimer: Same as the last chapter.
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Location: Kenji's College Apartment
It cuts to Kenji, along with Taishiro and Retsuko in their bedroom, still trying to process the events of what happened yesterday.
"So, first we learn that there is some unknown force that can turn evil people into these monsters, and now I can become a Kamen Rider in order to combat them." said Kenji "Plus, I've been chosen to be a champion by a Dragon King named Gekiryuoh. We need answers."
"Ask, and ye shall recieve." said a voice, as there was a 'FWUD!', and then a book appeared on his desk. Kenji and the others looked to see it, and they dusted it off, revealing the title: The Lore Behind Wretcheds and Altar Keys
"Looks like we're gonna get our answers." said Taishiro. As they approached the book, ready to open it.
(Cue: "ADAMAS" by LiSA)
(Instrumental) It cuts to the city of Midnight Square, where we see Kenji with his friends, until they look to the skies, and the logo for Kamen Rider Ryujin appears on the screen
[Taigi meibun ni shibirekirashita kujuu no yami dogou no uzu no naka] It cuts to Kenji with some of his friends, and then he looks at a framed photo of himself as a kid with his parents before their passing
[Hajimari ni kodoku wa tsukimono sa] It cuts to some people who Kenji meets along the way, such as Dr. Jeremiah Broslowsky, Detective Tabitha Kingsley, and more.
[Shimen soka demo kabe wo buchiyabure kitaihazure kazamuki kakimawase] It cuts to some other characters that Kenji meets, like Issei Katsuragi, Daichi Nakamura, Shintaro Kosaka, and more.
[Kasoku shite yuku MAGMA no kodou tashikamete susume] Kenji is seen meditating in his bedroom, until he meets the Dragon Diety, Gekiryuoh.
[Niyatsuita shinigami no yobu koe ga suru ("Do you believe yourself?")] It cuts to the various Wretcheds of all kinds based off of mammals, reptiles, marine animals, insects, arachnids, dinosaurs, mythical creatures, and plants causing havoc in Midnight Square
[Boku wa hajimatta eikou no gooru wo mitai no sa] Kenji takes out an Altar Key, and presses the front of it, making the key part spring out, and he inserts it into the top of the LegenDriver, twisting it, and pressing it downwards, becoming Kamen Rider Ryujin
[SHINY SWORD MY DIAMOND kanashimi to negai no kesshoutai ni] It cuts to Kenji as Ryujin fighting off against the lesser Wretched grunts, until he takes out another Legend Booster, and summons his sword with it, and slashes away with it.
[Bokura shimei wo chikau sorezore no hikari wo mezashite iku] Ryujin is later encountering other Riders, like the eagle themed Rider, Aguilord, the lion themed Rider, Regal, the wolf themed Rider, Fenrir, the jackal themed Rider, Revenant, the cobra themed Rider, Oroboros, the samurai-themed Rider, Razor, the Phoenix themed Rider, Kaiser, the black dragon Rider, Koryu, the manticore Rider, Calamity, the angelic knight Rider, Paladin, the pegasus Rider, Stellar, and the demonic knight Rider, Diavolo.
[Nando datte tachiagatte boku wa kyou made kitan da] Ryujin switches through various other elemental forms, each with their own weapon, before facing off against a shadowy figure.
[IT'S TIME ikko no inori ga kakumei no kakushou saa kagayake] Ryujin then leaps into the air, and does his signature Rider Kick, destroying the Wretched before he rides off on his motorcycle
(end of OP)
Chapter 2: The Eagle Of Storms, AGUILORD
Kenji then looked through the book, and to his surprise, the pages were all...blank!
"What the hell?" said Kenji "Why are the pages blank!? We need to know more about the LegenDrivers, as well as the Altar Keys and Wretcheds!"
"Kenji, calm down." said Retsuko, trying to get Kenji to relax "One topic at a time."
"OK." said Kenji "Tell us about the Wretcheds."
Suddenly, the book flipped through the pages, and images appeared, along with text.
"The Wretcheds originated during Japan's Sengoku Era, as well as Medieval Era England." Kenji read "The Higher Wretcheds would make a bargain with those who possessed wicked souls, offering the promise of great power, at the cost of that person's humanity, permenantly turning them into a monster."
"Damn." said Taishiro "Of all the things to happen, evil people are basically making Faustian Pacts with a malicious supernatural being for strength, but at the cost of their humanity."
"OK. Next, tell us about the LegenDrivers." said Kenji. This caused the book to flip through various pages, and they stopped where a picture of a LegenDriver, with something similar to a Madan Key Holder.
"LegenDrivers are belts of power gifted to a warrior with a pure heart, chosen by a Guardian Deity to be their champion." Retsuko read "Once someone has been given their own LegenDriver, it bonds to their souls, meaning only the one it was given to can use it. They also take on a certain color scheme to match their user. However, not all LegenDriver wearers are good-natured."
"Oh boy, so there might be some serious sickos who are given LegenDrivers, and can become evil Kamen Riders?" said Taishiro
"Appears so." said Kenji "Please, tell us about the Altar Keys." the book flipped through several pages, before halting at one showing various Altar Keys.
"The Altar Keys are small treasures compatible with the LegenDrivers, and the weapons summoned by the LegenDriver Wearers in their warrior forms. They can be used to don the armor of the user's Warrior Form, as well as summon weapons, change forms, and execute finishing attacks." read Taishiro "These treasures combine both alchemy and magic in their creation and functions."
"So, they combined science and magic. Nifty." said Retsuko, intrigued by this. With that, the book closed.
"Looks like it can only be accessed three times a day, and it'll have to cool down for a while." said Kenji.
Meanwhile, a woman in tie-dye clothing was busy doing artwork related to a corpse flower. This was Amanda Hedarvy, a plant-appraiser who was secretly a serial murderer. She secretly had some butchered corpses stashed in the corpse flower.
"Now, this is true art." said Amanda, smiling. She also had some buried corpses in her flower bed with thier feet sticking out "If only I can reach the true pinnacle of plant appraisal artwork!"
"Do you wish to reach the pinnacle of your art?" said a voice "Allow me to grant you that request. But in exchange, you must transcend beyond Humanity altogether."
"I'm interested." said Amanda
"Very well. The contract has been approved." said the voice. The same shadowy flower petals from last time surrounded Amanda and formed a coccoon, which cracked and shattered, revealing that Amanda had transformed into a monster looked like a cross between the Nepenthes Kaiju from the KR Gaim X KR Wizard Movie Taisen film and the Mandrake Legendorga.
Policemen raided the area, and were horrified by what they saw "So a psycho killer disguised as a plant appraiser did this!?" blurted out a policewoman "I think I'm gonna ralph..." she added, as her face turned green with nausea.
"You pissants don't know JACK SHIT ABOUT TRUE ART!" snarled the now transformed Amanda, as she unleashed a ultrasonic scream that caused one of the policemen to crumple to the ground. The policewoman grabbed her comerade and ran off. The transformed Amanda chuckled darkly, having been transformed into a Mandrake Wretched.
Meanwhile, Kenji and the others were walking around, until they ran into a man with messy hair, stubble on his chin, and full-moon glasses in scientist's attire.
"Hello, young sirs and madame." said the scientist "My name is Dr. Jeremiah Broslowsky. I'm a scientist investigating the supernatural phenomenon happening here in this city, and I was wondering if any of you young folks have any answers."
"We'll tell you everything, Doc." said Kenji, nodding in confirmation as he and his friends followed Dr. Jeremiah. Meanwhile, another man was following them in secret. He had black hair and gray eyes behind a pair of rectangular glasses, and he was dressed in college age schoolboy attire.
Later, Kenji was showing Dr. Broslowsky the book, and he was intrigued by it, and the fact it possessed magic that allowed it to answer most questions related to what's going on.
"This is a rather interesting grimoire." said Dr. Broslowsky "It only has a three-times-a-day use limit, but still interesting."
"I am willing to help you guys out." said a voice, as the young man who followed them arrived. "My name is Shintaro Kosaka. And I was chosen by my Guardian Deity to help in stopping the Wretcheds." he then revealed a cyan marking in the shape of an eagle similar to Kamen Rider Wrath's emblem.
Kenji's eyes went wide. "Does that mean-"
"I have a LegenDriver as well. Yes." said Shintaro. He then noticed people running from the greenhouse, and he and Kenji went to diffuse the situation. Suddenly, Kenji noticed a motorcycle wheel up to him. It resembled the Diago Speedy used by Kamen Rider Saber, but the head was similar to that of Dragonoid from Bakugan: Battle Planet crossed with the Brave Dragon summon.
"Who are you?" said Kenji
"My name is Draconic Streaker." said the talking motorcycle "I was assigned to be partnered with the Champion of the Dragons. In this case, that would be you, Kenji Maeda."
"Welcome to the team." said Kenji as he hopped onto the talking motorcycle, and drove towards the greenhouse.
When they arrived, they looked to see the Mandrake Wretched causing problems in the greenhouse, until Kenji and Shintaro arrived. Kenji's LegenDriver materialized on his waist, sporting a red, orange, and gold color scheme. Shintaro's LegenDriver had a cyan, white and silver color scheme. They then took out Altar Keys
"HENSHIN!" said Kenji and Shintaro as they inserted their Altar Keys into the tops of their belts
[BURNING REGALIA]
[CHANGE: KAMEN RIDER AGUILORD]
With that, Kenji and Shintaro transformed. Shintaro's Rider form looked like Kamen Rider Wrath, with the helmet of the Wood Eagle Armor Hero. His armor was cyan, white, and silver, and his optics were golden orange. Aquillon then took out another Altar Key, and inserted it into the left side of his belt.
[HURRICANE BOWGUN]
In Aguilord's hand was a crossbow weapon similar to Kamen Rider Larc's Rouser, but with an eagle motif. With it, he shot at the Mandrake Wretched, while Ryujin slashed at the vines with his Inferno Blade. This only succeeded in pissing off the Mandrake Wretched, who let out a screech that managed to shatter the windows of her greenhouse.
"What!? My scream should have killed you! If it weren't for that armor, I would have had my victory!" said the Mandrake Wretched, shocked to see this.
"We know about how before you became a Wretched, you were a serial murderer who posed as a plant appraiser." said Ryujin "It's time someone had to stop you."
"I won't go out like this!" the Mandrake Wretched snarled, as she bonded with all the plants surrounding her, with her lower body resembling a mutated Biollante.
"Oh balls." said Ryujin, shocked to see this turn of events.
(Cue: "ALONE" by MY FIRST STORY)
Aguilord's optics shone, as he noticed a glowing area in the middle of the Biolante area's body. "I think that might be a weak area." said Aguilord "Can you try damaging her plants?"
"Gotcha!" said Ryujin, as he inserted an Altar Key into the bottom of the Inferno Blade's handle
[FINISHING BREAK]
Ryujin then unleashed a stream of flames from his sword, burning the Mandrake Wretched's monstrous body. Aguilord then took out an Altar Key, and inserted it in the back of his crossbow
[FINISHING BREAK]
"Tempest Shot!" said Aguilord, as he fired a wind magic crossbow bolt at the core of the plant construct, fatally wounding it. Ryujin then inserted another Altar Key into the right side of his belt.
[FINISHING BREAK]
"Kouenryu Shugekiha!" said Ryujin, as he got a running start, and then jumped, doing a flying drop kick with a flaming construct of a dragon's head roaring as his kick connected, with the flaming dragon clamping it's jaws down on the Mandrake Wretched.
"Embrace the Darkness, and Rest In Peace." said Ryujin. The Mandrake Wretched now had purple glowing cracks forming on her body, as a halo of dark and light energy formed over her head.
"I'll be...w...waiting for...the both of you...IN HELL!" the Mandrake Wretched bellowed as she then exploded.
"We make a good team." said Ryujin
"Yeah." said Aguilord, smiling a little bit under his helmet. "I guess we kinda do."
DraconicStreaker drove up to Ryujin, and the dragon-themed Rider hopped on. Suddenly, an eagle-themed XTurismo hover-bike appeared, and Aguilord climbed onto it.
"Whatever happened to ordinary motorcycles, quads and cars? Jeez Louise..." DraconicStreaker mumbled, as the two Riders drove off.
Meanwhile, a woman who resembled Rias Gremory crossed with Velvet Crowe was watching this from afar, and she took notice of this.
"So, there are actual monsters out there." she murmured "Maybe, I should brush up on my research on Monsters and Kamen Riders too." on the back of her hand was a purple-colored scorpion marking.
Later, it cuts to Taishiro who had manifested a LegenDriver of his own. It was golden yellow, reddish brown, and orange.
"Looks like it's gonna be my time to shine soon." said Taishiro, with a smirk forming on his face.
(End of Chapter 2)
(Cue: "I May Fall" by Casey Lee Williams and Jeff Williams)
(it cuts to Ryujin on his motorcycle speeding through a track, before he is joined by new Riders one by one)
There's a day when all hearts will be broken
When a shadow will cast out the light
And our eyes cry a million tears
Help won't arrive
There's a day when all courage collapses
And our friends turn and leave us behind
Creatures of darkness will triumph
The sun won't rise
When we've lost all hope
And succumb to fear
As the skies rain blood
And the end draws near
I may fall
But not like this – it won't be by your hand
I may fall
Not this place, not today
I may fall
Bring it all – it's not enough to take me down
I may fall
(End of ED)
Next Time, on Kamen Rider Ryujin, the gang start their combat training in order to face off against any more Wretcheds that attempt to attack Humanity. However, an assassin for hire is turned into a Bat Wretched, and is draining farm animals dry of their blood. However, Kenji and Shintaro get a new ally in the form of Taishiro, who has gotten a LegenDriver of his own, and is ready to fight against the Wretcheds with his friends. Will he be able to help Kenji and co. in saving Humanity? Find out in Chapter 3: The Valiant Lion, REGAL!
