Episode 3: Doctor Gamer 2018 - Jyaijyaaan! Hibiki Hates Music-nya?
Woz opens his book as he narrates to the readers in the dark room.
"According to this book, in September of 2018, the ordinary junior-high school student, Tokigawa Zento, embarks on a path which leads him to become the king of time, Oma Zi-O."
(Oma Zi-O appears briefly with the statues of Zento and the previous Riders in 2068.)
"In the timeline of 2017, he is victorious in defeating Another Build. After which he obtains the powers of Build, which creating a timeline where Kamen Rider Build never existed."
(Zento appears with the Build Ridewatch, changes to Sento giving him the said Ridewatch, then to 2017 where the Riders and Precure takes on Another Build as Zi-O in Build armor defeats him. Sento and Zi-O does the Build gesture before the fight. Zi-O, Geiz, and the Precure were in the Time Mazine and went back to 2018.)
"Thus he takes his first step down the path to becoming Overlord. He then comes to find the Genius Gamer M and-"
(Shows Zento playing a handheld game with Hibiki and Kanade behind him, next is Zento chases a group of doctors, Then shows Zi-O in Build armor with Geiz in Drive armor. Changes to M using the Gamer driver and activates his Gashat.)
Woz slams the book shut again as he almost spoil it again.
"Oh, pardon me. I suppose that is still in the future, for you."
(9 to 5 clock shop: 7:00 am)
Zento woke up and goes downstairs for breakfast, he sees Tsukuyomi and Geiz at the dining table eating theirs as he said good morning.
"Morning." Tsukuyomi said, but Geiz was silent as they kept eating.
"Morning." Zento greets them.
Zento grabs a toast from the toaster and butter but no butter knife, he sees it next to Geiz and asked politely.
"Can you pass the butter knife?"
WHOOSH!
Geiz obliged, only to throw the butter knife through the toast with enough velocity to stuck it to the wall.
"HOLY CRAP!" Zento exclaimed.
"Here you go." Geiz said as he resumes his breakfast.
"Uh, thanks." Zento said sheepishly, he knew Geiz wants to kill him but this takes the cake. He pulls the knife and tries to get it off the wall, he succeeded but flung back slightly as he was jumping on one foot. The door opens as his uncle comes in.
"Zento, dancing already? The butter's over there." He said.
"Thanks."
"Coffee's ready, too. The bean are from Santos, Brazil."
Zento went back to his seat and tries the coffee, but it was cold when he took a sip.
"It's kinda cold." Zento said.
"Because you overslept, time waits for no man." Genjiro point out to him before remembering something. "Oh, that's right, Geiz-kun and Tsukuyomi-chan are going to start school today, yes?"
"Yeah." Zento said as he was curious about something. "Wait, how old are you two anyway?"
"Geiz and I are 16 years old." Tsukuyomi answered.
"So, you're the same age as me." Zento mumbled.
"Ta-da! Lunches for everybody!" Genjiro said, giving them homemade lunches. "Do your best out there today."
"You're overdoing it..." Zento said before this happen.
BOOOOM!
They heard a loud noise as Geiz and Tsukuyomi jumps out of their seats in their combat stance.
"Nani?!" Tsukuyomi said in shock.
"What's going on?!" Geiz exclaimed.
Zento and his uncle looked at each other before laugh at their reactions.
"Hahahaha! It's just Hibiki's dad playing loud music again." Zento said, Geiz was skeptical about it.
"Huh?"
"Dan-kun always plays his music too loud that the neighborhood could hear it." Genjiro explain to him.
"Mou." Tsukuyomi groans and slumps back to her seat.
(Kanon Plaza)
The local were doing their own business, kids play, people walking around without the care of the world. Then time stopped as everybody was frozen in time and glitching, Heure walk to a table of a cafe as he hears footsteps and glaces to see a girl. She has medium brown hair down to her upper back, wears grayish jacket and skirt, wore high heel boots, and a feather ear ring.
This is the second Time Jacker, Hora.
"Looks like things didn't work out." Hora said before saying more. "With that Kamen Rider Build you slapped together."
"Well, someone interfered." Heure tells her.
"Interfered?" Hora repeated, wanting to know who it is. "Who?"
"Zi-O." He answers.
"He actually came back? That old geezer is such a pain." Hora whined.
"No, not him. A young Zi-O, from 2018." He told her before explaining more. "He's no quite that strong yet, but you should be on guard anyway. You're looking for your own candidate to be king, aren't you, Hora?"
"Don't worry about me." She assures him while taking a mini windmill from a boy and blowing it. "I've already got quite a scheme cooking."
(Apartment Building - Year 2016)
Outside of the apartment building, a Ambulance was called out as people nearby were witnessing two paramedic taking a little boy to the Hospital. The boy's father was with him as they were putting him in the Ambulance truck.
"Huh, it's Keisuke."
"Did something happen?"
"Keisuke, are you okay?" The Father asks his son, Keisuke.
"It hurts..." Keisuke groans. "Please help me, Dad..."
Then time stopped as Keisuke's father was the only one not frozen as he sees everyone around him froze and glitch including his son. He wondered who did it until he sees Hora appeared suddenly leaning on the truck looking at him.
"Who are you?" He ask before stressing out. "What's going on?!"
"I'm Hora, a Time Jacker." She introduce herself. "And I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. But there's good new, too."
She then turns him into Another Rider with messy pink hair and the chest plate reveals the name.
[eX-AiD!]
(Cue Over Quartzer by Shuta Sueyoshi feat. ISSA)
{Instrumental}
(The song start as it shows Zento, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Hibiki, and Kanade look upon all the previous Kamen Riders doing their rider kicks.)
The Heisei Kamen Riders have perdured for decades. And now, they pass their legacy on to the next generation! Along with the Magical warriors known as the Pretty Cure, to make a path to the future!
(Changes to the Time portal, the Time Mazines flies through as the Katakana word for 'Rider' slams onto Zi-O helmet.)
{Oh, yeah. Ohh...}
IWAE! For the birth of a new King!
{Isshun de tsukamitoru no sa Are you ready?} {Are you ready?}
'Gonna grab a second, so are you ready?' (Are you ready?)
(Zento reaches out to the clocks on the wall before swinging it down, as the background spins in synch with his arm with his name behind him.)
{Atarashi rekishi wa soko ni Feel it! Feel it!} {Crazy baby!}
'It's a brand new history. Can you feel it feel it?' (Crazy baby!)
(Geiz wipes something off his face before throwing away his torn coat as the background spins behind him as it shows his name. Changes to Tsukuyomi walking straight showing her name before the camera changes to her side as the background spins again.)
{Hikari wo kate ni kasokushite.}
'Making our bound the guiding light.'
(Scene changes to Hibiki running on a track field with her name being shown. Following Kanade attending in her Sweets Club finishing her new cake with her name in the back. The background glitches as they were transported to 2068 showing the statue of Zento along with the previous Kamen Riders with Oma Zi-O walking towards them.)
{Konomama Shout it out! Shout it out!}
'Now it's time to shout it out, shout it out!'
(Oma Zi-O look at the camera with his crimson eyes glowing. Scene changes to Zento and the others standing over the RideWatches and the Notes as they look at the camera.)
{Ima wo susume yo.}
'And move forward through the present.'
(Then changes to Woz in a dark background as flaming scraps of appears fall around him with his name in the background. He looks at the screen with flames light up his face as he he holds the Oma Advent Calendar book in his hands.)
{Mado hi mo ikudo tonaku Asu no tobira tatake.}
'No matter how often you feel lost., make sure you knock on future's door.'
(Scene change to Heure quickly speeding up pulling one of his eyes and sticking his tongue before moving aside. Behind are Ora and Swartz with their backs turn, hiding their face. Changes to Queen Aphrodite, the Fairy Tones, and Hummy in Major land. Next is Mephisto along with the Trio de Minor and Siren in Minor land. Then to Woz showing the book as flames coming off as it zoom in seeing Oma Zi-O obliterating the rebels to dust. Lastly to the RideWatches dials turning before activating.)
{Mitsumeta sono saki ni.}
'Once you've got your sight on what's beyond.'
(The Rider statues were cracking as the stone cascades off revealing the armor underneath. Quickly changes to Geiz turning the dial and activate his RideWatch. To more Riders, then to Hibiki and Kanade holding their Cure Modules, then more statues.)
{Tobikonde mitara}
'Just jump in and'
(Changes to Zento, who turns the dial of his Zi-O RideWatch as the statue of Zento crumbles.)
BELIEVE YOURSELF!
(Oma Zi-O stands behind the rumble as the camera zooms close with the rumble hiding his helmet only letting the red eyes glow through it.)
Now, Over Quartzer!
(Zento shouts "Henshin!" before spins his driver as the world spins behind him.)
{Toki no ame Surinukete Tomo ni.}
'We'll slip through the raindrops of time, together.'
(His transformation complete as the Katakana slams into his visor. Zi-O and Geiz drives down a road while Melody and Rhythm flew in the air, explosions and lasers blasting as they pass. Changes to a downpour of rain as the Time Jackers walk away from a destroyed clock. Then back to the Rider and Precures as the four pass through the frozen rider kicks.)
You, Over Quartzer!
(Time resumes as the Rider kicks, causing explosions. Then Zi-O drives through the fire.)
{Mirai wo koe yo!}
'Go beyond the future!'
(Zi-O jump into his Time Mazine, piloting inside of it. Changes to the Kanon Town's Clock Tower with mask woman standing on top of it before glanced to her left watching Zi-O. Next is Zento staring straight at the camera, he put out his right arm as the background stop spinning. Same for Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Hibiki, and Kanade.)
{Kako no ishi wa Uso wa azamuke nai.}
'The lessons of the past can't be clouded by lies.'
(Changes to the staircase as Zi-O, Geiz, Melody, and Rhythm rushes in. The Rider's helmet Words creating a path while the Precure flown with a piano rainbow path. Explosion and lasers are blasting at them.)
{Kanjiro so Nexus Future.}
'Now feel the Nexus Future.'
(Tsukuyomi walks down the stairs as the Time Jackers were shifting and glitching before the disappear, leaving Tsukuyomi by herself. Scene changes to Zi-O swinging his Zikan Girade with Melody behind him doing the same thing with her Belltier.)
Now, Over Quartzer!
(Then changes to Geiz , reading his Zikan Z-Ax in bow mode as he shoots it off. At the same time behind him is Rhythm unleashing an attack with her Belltier.)
{Mabayui sekai.}
'A brighter world is coming.'
(The scene flashes title cards of the past, Zi-O and Geiz back to back before attacking each other. The two clash their weapons as it clashes sparks and lights up the screen. The rest of the title cards flash as it reveals the current title with another title appear beneath it.)
Kamen Rider Zi-O: Melodious Quartzer
{Misete!}
'Take me there!'
(Cue music end)
Episode 3: Doctor Gamer 2018 - Jyaijyaaan! Hibiki Hates Music-nya?
(Hibiki's House)
Hibiki and Hummy, who's staying with her, were having their morning with loud music provided by Hibiki's father earlier and turns it off and scolded him again. Hibiki had her breakfast and turns on the TV watching the new, now showing the Horoscope.
"You have very bad luck today! You need to be careful about doors! You'll fight with your friends and it'll be the worst day ever!"
Hibiki turns off the TV, she was skeptical about that Horoscope prediction.
"What kind of horoscope is that? How terrible." She sighs.
"Just start the morning on a good tempo and rhythm. That's how you begin a passionato day." Hibiki's father said to her.
"Hey, I told you not to use musical terms during everyday speech." Hibiki told him.
"What you hate is what you actually like." He told her as she sighs again.
"That again? I don't get it. Why can't you be more like Zento?" She told him.
"Tokigawa-kun? Huh, I sure love to meet him personally." Her father said with a bit of excitement.
"I'm sure he'll love that too." Hibiki said and imagines Zento and her father, thinking that they'll get along well. A little too well don't you think. That thought send her chills considering Zento and her father, she puts down the remote and heads out to the door.
"I'm off!"
"Have a nice day!"
Hibiki was walking to the 9 to 5 clock shop to get Zento, considering now Tsukuyomi and Geiz were now living with him and Geiz tried to kill him she better check on him. When she made it to the shop, she saw Zento, Geiz and Tsukuyomi walking out of the shop as she shouts and waves to Zento.
"ZENTO!"
They turn to see her waving and walking towards them as Zento give her a wave as well.
"Morning, Hibiki." Zento greets her.
"Morning." Hibiki greets back and turns to Tsukuyomi and Geiz. "I can't believe you two are going to the same school as us."
"So did I, never would've guess it." Zento said.
"We're not actually attending classes. Man you're dumb." Geiz said, Zento and Hibiki turns to look at the two.
"Eh?" Hibiki thought out loud.
"You're not?" Zento ask them.
"Well, it's not like we can just explain that we're from the future, can we?" Tsukuyomi points out before explains more. "Saying that we're in junior-high is just a convenient excuse to do what we need to around here."
"And that is...?" Zento ask before Geiz interrupts.
"Don't forget. I came here to wipe out. All I'm doing now is watching for any sign that you're on the path to becoming Oma Zi-O." Geiz said his explanation.
"Oh, I see." Hibiki understands.
"And you even have uniforms, must be hard work for you two." Zento said as Geiz grabs his face to face him.
"I can end you now, if you prefer." Geiz suggested before Hibiki and Tsukuyomi separates the two boys.
"Okay, that's enough." Tsukuyomi said.
"No fighting." Hibiki scolds Geiz.
"Zento, just go about your usual routine for now." She assure him, then from Hibiki's bag, Hummy came out and look at Tsukuyomi.
"Why are you keeping an eye on Zento-nya?" Hummy ask.
"Because we need to prevent Zento to become the Overlord." Tsukuyomi answers.
"I've been wondering about that, why did you guys came from the future in the first place?" Hibiki ask them and turns to Tsukuyomi. "How is Zento involve in this? All this time traveling and changing history, what's up with all that? You owe me an explanation."
Tsukuyomi was reluctant about telling here about the future, but she was involved so she had no choice even if she kept quiet about it Hibiki will kept bothering her about it.
"It's best to show you." Tsukuyomi said as she shows the video of 2068, Hibiki was shocked when she watched it. It's like her dream few days ago, she couldn't believe it but it's true.
"So it wasn't a dream after all." Hibiki mumbled.
"Wait you have a dream about me being Overlord." Zento ask, she nods in response as they look at her.
"How strange, could it be a precognition?" Tsukuyomi ask.
"A vision of the future, how did Hibiki have that?" Zento ask but Geiz interrupts him.
"Doesn't matter, all it matter is whether or not you become Oma Zi-O." Geiz said as he walk ahead.
"Geiz." Tsukuyomi said as she follows after him. Zento and Hibiki watches them leave before they remembered about school.
"Well, best not to be late." He said.
"Right." Hibiki agreed.
They continued to walk to school along with Hummy in Hibiki's bag, who was admiring the town she had just arrived in.
"Nyapu! You see music everywhere! This is they city I've always dream of-nya!" Hummy exclaims with hearts in her eyes.
"You gonna love this town." Zento agreeing with Hummy. "Nice, peaceful, and the music just delightful."
"How is it?" Hibiki ask bitterly as she sighs. "Why was I born in this city?"
"Eh!?" Zento said and turns to Hibiki. "Hibiki, you don't like music? How could you not like music, we even listen to record you and Kanade fond of."
"Well, you see-" Hibiki was about to explain but they heard a voice behind them.
"Hibiki-san, Zento-kun, Good morning."
They turned to see who greeted them, it was a boy a year older than them wearing the same uniform as Zento. A pretty boy with yellow hair and yellow eyes, has a popular vibe to his pretty boy status.
This is their senpai, Ouji Masamune, the school's idol group's 'Musical Princes' and leader. As he stood there, the girls in the area gathered and surrounding them as Hummy hid back in Hibiki's bag.
"It's Ouji-sama!"
"Kya!"
"Ouji-senpai, good morning." Hibiki greeted.
"Top a morning to ya, Ouji-senpai!" Zento greeted cheerily.
"Zento, no need to be formal. Call me Ouji." He tells Zento.
"Alright if you say so, Ouji." Zento said as Ouji turns to Hibiki.
"Where's Hojo-sensei?" He ask Hibiki, making the girls scream in excitement
"Kya!"
"He talked!"
"I'm so jealous of Tokigawa right now!"
Zento laugh nervously and Ouji look at the surrounding girls.
"Hey, can you all quiet down a bit?" Ouji ask the girls before turning back to Hibiki. The girls screams in excitement again.
"Kya! He got mad at us!"
"Since when you're buddy-buddy with Ouji-senpai?" Hibiki whispers to him.
"Long story." He whispers back before Hibiki replies to Ouji.
"Papa left already." She answers.
"I see. I must hurry then." He said before remembering something. "Oh yeah, you're coming to our concert today, right?"
"Uh...That's..." Hibiki mutters, trying to make up an excuse.
"You can't come? Your father is conducting, though." Ouji said and Hibiki look away.
'That's why I don't want to go.' Hibiki thought.
"Hojo-sensei has superb musical sense. I'm really happy to be studying under him. But I'm too nervous in front of him." He said, slightly embarrassed.
"If you're that nervous, then try these groucho glasses?" Zento suggest, wearing groucho glasses out of nowhere thus making them laugh.
"Pfft! Hahahaha!"
"Wait, Zento now's not the time!" Hibiki exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, don't you have to practice for the concert, Ouji?" Zento asked.
"Ah, you're right. Later." Ouji said before rushing to school, followed by the group of girls. They see him off with the flock of girls, Zento chuckles seeing him being surrounded by the girls since he was popular. He see Hibiki was deep in thought then sees Kanade walking up to them.
"Good morning! You're good, Hibiki." Kanade said as she stopped besides Hibiki.
"Morning." Zento greeted her.
"Oh, Kanade. Good morning. What do you mean I'm good?" Hibiki ask before Kanade looked forward.
"I'm so jealous that you speak to Ouji-senpai." Kanade answers before turning to Zento. "Zento, how are you friends with Ouji-senpai?"
"He's a regular customer at my uncle's shop, even though he just calls for his radio to get fix." Zento answers her. "He came to the shop, we talked and we got along really well."
"I see." Kanade said.
"Eh? Do you like him, Kanade?" Hibiki questioned as Kanade looked at the ground with a blush on her face.
"Like? More like he's nice, smart, and good at the piano..." Kanade said and look up to see Zento snickering with a mischievous grin on his face.
"You love him~!" He teases Kanade as she blush even redder.
"Shut up!" Kanade said before she turns to Hibiki, only she walk away from them as she goes toward the school.
"I hate music." Hibiki called out as she and Zento catches up to her. Hummy comes out of Hibiki's bag and looks up to her.
"That's not true-nya. The G-Clef inside your heart only shows up in those who love music-nya!" Hummy tells her, but she didn't listen and continues walking.
"I hate it, okay?" Hibiki said only for Hummy to shook her head in denial.
"Hibiki, you need to be more honest to yourself-nya!"
"Hai hai."
"Well..."
Zento stares at Hibiki thinking about why she hates music, it didn't make sense to him. The G-Clef only appear in those who love music like Hummy said, even she denies it Hibiki does love music deep in her heart. He notice Hibiki stop walking and hears music coming from the school.
"Hibiki?" Kanade asked, but didn't get a response from her before noticing a smile on her face along with Hummy noticed as well. She look at the school then to Hibiki a few times before she grabs her hand.
"Come with me!" She said, taking Hibiki towards the school with Hummy in the bag.
"What are you-?"
Zento sees them off and know what Kanade is doing then smiles ad he was about to follow them. But then he stopped and feels something was watching behind him.
"My ultra instinct is detecting something." He mumbles making a reference from an anime. He turn around and sees Tsukuyomi and Geiz hiding around the corner spying on him.
"Normal, they said..." Zento sighs as he went to school and they follow him.
(Private Aria Academy: Hallway)
Zento manage to catch up to Hibiki and Kanade at the music room. He walk behind them and sees Hibiki's dad through the window, along with Ouji and some other boys rehearsing for the concert later today. They just finish practicing and Ouji look over to Hibiki's dad.
"Sensei, how was it?"
"Once more time from the beginning."
"Eh? Is there someplace we need to work on...?" Ouji asked, but Hojo-sensei gestures to the piano as Ouji practices again.
Zento notice that Hibiki had a sad look on her face, which makes him wonder why she looks so sad.
"Hojo-sensei seems different from when he's teaching class." Kanade said as she notice the sad look on Hibiki's face as well. "Hibiki?"
"What?" Hibiki said snapping back to reality and looks at Kanade. "Kanade, why did you bring me here anyway?"
"I saw that expression on your face! You may say that you hate music, but you love it from the bottom of your heart." Kanade told her with a smile on her face.
"Nyapu! Nyapu!" Hummy agrees.
"Don't decide that by yourself." Hibiki said walking away as Kanade and Zento follow her.
"Hey, you stopped playing music after that piano recital in 3rd grade right?" Kanade ask her.
'She stopped in 3rd grade? A piano recital, huh.' Zento thought.
"Why are you bringing that up?" Hibiki ask.
"What happen back then?" Kanade ask.
"What happened-nya?" Hummy ask too, but Hibiki didn't respond as she gives Hummy to Kanade.
"Just leave me alone!" Hibiki said and runs to her class.
Zento watch the whole thing and was curious about that day, what happen on that day? Before he goes to class, he glanced behind and see Tsukuyomi and Geiz spying around the corner again and sighs again.
(After First period)
First period was music class, which Zento, Kanade and Hibiki were in until it was over. Hibiki walk out of the class follow by Zento walking behind her.
'Papa's class first thing in the morning? That's the worst!' Hibiki thought as she walks to her next class.
Zento stay behind as he notice Hummy hiding near the door and sees Kanade came out from the door.
"Kanade. Zento." Hummy quietly asked, causing then to lean towards her.
"How did Hibiki come to hate music-nya?" Hummy asked, but they shrugged in response.
"I don't really know myself. She's been like that since the piano recital." Kanade said.
"This is getting to be quite a mystery." Hummy said.
"Well, that the lead we got." Zento notes before seeing Hojo-sensei by the door.
"Minamino-san!" Hojo-sensei calls out as she looks up before stands up.
"Yes?" Kanade ask.
"Are you coming to the concert today?" He asked as she nodded.
"Yes, I plan too." She answers.
"Are you coming with Hibiki?" He asked.
"That's a good idea! I'll be sure to invite her."
"I'm so happy!"
'This is the first time I've seen him that happy.' Kanade thought as he continued.
"Minamino-san, please take care of Hibiki."
"Hai."
Before he leaves he notice Zento right beside Kanade.
"You're Tokigawa-kun, correct?" Hojo-sensei ask.
"Yep. Tokigawa Zento, it's a pleasure meeting you personally." Zento said with a smile.
"Likewise, Hibiki talks a lot about you." Hojo-sensei said before asking him. "Are you also going to the concert?"
"Sure am." Zento replies. "I can't wait to see your guy's music."
"I'm sure that you'll love it. And I hope that you get along with Hibiki." He said.
"Will do." Zento said as Hojo-sensei walks away.
"We've got to do something..." Kanade whispers to Zento and Hummy.
"Nyapu?"
"I'll ask her why she hates music." Kanade confirmed but Zento and Hummy look slightly worried about it.
"But she'll get mad at you." Hummy tells her.
"Well, I get a feeling it's related to her dad." Zento said, making them look at him.
"Why is that-nya?" Hummy ask him.
"She looks uncomfortable whenever we're in his class, so I think it leads to that conclusion." Zento explains to them.
"I guess." Kanade kinda agrees with him.
"Great, for no-WHOA!" Zento said before glance to his left and sees Tsukuyomi and Geiz looking through the window, thus freaking him out.
"What's wrong?" Kanade ask as she turns where he's looking and jump in shock when she sees them.
"Nyapu?" Hummy said before seeing them as well.
'Creepy!' They all thought at the same time.
(Time skip: Staff faculty room)
At the faculty room, Hojo-sensei was at his desk looking at his picture of his wife, Maria, and little Hibiki. He didn't notice that the Principal coming towards him. The Principal is a old man with glasses, wears a yellow dress coat with a light brown overcoat, light brown pants, white collar, and a purple ascot.
"Is your wife abroad again?" The Principal asked.
"Ah, Principal! Yes, she's on a tour in Paris." Hojo-sensei tells him.
"The world famous violinist and the genius musician Hojo-sensei. Your daughter doesn't seem to play music, but she's the top athlete at this school. Your family is very fortunate." He compliments as Hojo-sensei rubs the back of his head constantly.
"Well, thank you very much." Hojo-sensei said, laughing nervously.
(Gymnasium)
It was lunch time, Zento was looking a place to hide from Tsukuyomi and Geiz due to them spying on him too much. Everywhere he goes to, they follow even when he went to the restroom, Geiz appear in the stall which was totally weird and creepy. Luckily, he give them a slip by making them look at the other direction and manage to hide in the supply closet for now.
"Jeez, can't a guy just eat lunch in peace...?" He mutters to himself.
He sat down on one of the benches as he was about ready to eat his, but then he notice he's not the only one in the supply room. He saw one of his classmate, Owada playing a handheld game on the other bench.
"Whoa!"
"Ah!"
They both jump in shock seeing each other in the room as Owada calm down.
"Oh, it's just you Tokigawa. Don't scare me like that" Owada tells him.
"Huh? Owada, where were you today?" Zento ask him. "Did you cut class?"
"I was playing this." Owada said and shows him the game he's playing, Mighty Action X. "It's this crazy hard game that no one can beat."
"Interesting." Zento said as he was intrigue in this.
"I get right up to the end, but I still can't beat it."
"You're that good with video games, huh?" Zento said, he play video games too. Just not at a pro level. "You can be in my royal chief of cyber security!"
"Royal what...?" Owada said confused before get the idea. "Tokigawa, are still on that being king?"
"That's right." Zento replies as they heard the gym teacher outside.
"Oi, is someone in there?"
"Dang it, they're gonna find out that I cut class." Owada said worrying about being caught.
"Don't worry, you wait here." Zento reassures Owada as he went out of the room and sees the teacher above him.
"Tokigawa, is it just you?" the gym teacher asked.
"Yes, sir, I wanted a little privacy while I ate." Zento answers him.
"You know you're not allowed in the supply room unless it's for class." The teacher scold him. "Come by the office later."
"Hai." Zento said as the teacher walk away and he went back to the supply room. "The threat has passed."
"Sorry to make you lied for me." Owada said feeling guilty for him covering for him.
"It's not really a lie, I went in here for privacy that's it, Now you can focus on your game." Zento said as Owada continues playing.
But then, Owada's game glitches as the screen glows pink and blinds both Owada and Zento. They look at the game in confusion.
"What the...?" Zento said as notice someone or something appeared right next to him.
A monster with spiky pink hair with black wires, grey monster-like face with a mouth and sharp teeth, black see through visor with orange lines and orange eyes seen in it. Faded pink body suit with black spots, black wire circuitry runs from the chest to the thighs, green faded forearms and forelegs with the same black spots. Silver shoulder armor with spikes and razor blades on it's arms, bronze bands and sneakers, shin guards. Chest armor and black chest plate that says Ex-Aid and on it's back is the same face and spiky hair only the eyes says the year 2016 and Ex-Aid.
This monster is Another Rider Ex-Aid.
Another Ex-Aid toss Zento away as he went for Owada and grabs him by the collar. He then does something with his hands and makes Owada unconscious then drops him.
"Owada?! What did you do to him?!" Zento said as Another Ex-Aid turns to him. "This thing's just like Another Build!"
Zento takes out the Ziku-driver and straps it on his waist.
[ZIKU-DRIVER!]
Then takes out his Ridewatch and activate it.
[ZI-O!]
He inserts it to his driver and raise his left hand to his right side and spun it.
"Henshin!"
DING! DONG!
[RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER ZI-O!]
The clock appear next to him as the bands surrounded him then it dissipates, he's in his armor and the Katakana went to his visor. Zi-O went to punch the Another rider, only he disappeared instantly and almost crash to the supplies.
"Whoa! He's gone...?" Zi-O said as he stops, only to stub his toe and look around where he went then turns to Owada. "Hey! Hey, Owada! Are you alright?!"
Zi-O checks if he's alright, but no response and still unconscious. Then Geiz and Tsukuyomi appears as they open the door and sees him.
"There you are." Geiz said as they went in but stops when they see Owada unconscious.
"What happened?" Tsukuyomi asked.
"Another Rider happened." Zi-O answers them.
(After school: Kanon Town hospital)
They get a teacher and called the ambulance to take Owada to the hospital, Zento was next to him in an hospital bed with the doctor . Hibiki and Kanade came, heard what happen to Owada, and sees Zento as they run toward him.
"Zento, what happened?" Hibiki ask him.
"Owada went to a coma." Zento answers her.
"The same symptoms.." The doctor said.
"What do you mean?" Zento ask the doctor.
"We've been seeing a lot of patients lately with these same symptoms." The doctor tells them before explaining more. "And it's hard to treat, because we have no idea what's causing it."
"No way..." Kanade muttered as Hummy peeked from Hibiki's bag and felt sad seeing Owada like this.
They came out of the room, Geiz and Tsukuyomi were waiting in the halls as Zento explains to them what happen.
"This is no sickness. It was an Another Rider that did it to Owada and the other patients." He tells them.
"Why though?" Hibiki mumbles.
"We need to find it before there are more victims."
"How are you intend to do that?" Tsukuyomi ask.
"Do you have any leads, Zento?" Kanade ask too.
"I do have one lead." Zento said as he heads out to get it, but Geiz stop him.
"Wait." Geiz said as Zento and the other turn to him. "You need to stay out of this."
"Why-nya?" Hummy suddenly ask Geiz from Hibiki's bag.
"Because if he finds the Another Rider, he'll use Zi-O's powers again. Which mean he might end up steal the past Rider's power." Geiz explains.
"Steal? What do you mean I steal their power?" Zento ask.
"How did Zento steal the rider's power in the first place?" Hibiki ask as well.
"When he obtain the Build Ridewatch, not only he obtain his powers, he faded from existence." Geiz explains to them, much to their surprise. "That's when you started down the path to become Oma Zi-O."
Zento was surprised, getting the Build Ridewatch would led him on the path of Oma Zi-O. But he wouldn't accept it, he will be a great and beloved overlord. He will change his future and achieve his dream of being King.
"Anyway, stay out if this." Geiz told Zento.
"I can't do that! I won't standby and watch other people get hurt like that! Do you get what I'm saying, Geiz!" Zento tells him, then Geiz approach him and grabs his collar as Owada's game console drop from his pocket.
"Of course I do... More than you could possibly imagine!" Geiz said as he remembers the battle between the resistance and Oma Zi-O.
Seeing his comrades die before him, causes him a lot of pain. He lets go of Zento and turns away from them, Kanade and Hummy were little confuse of what Geiz said but Tsukuyomi and Hibiki do. Zento looks at the gaming console and grabs it from the ground and look at the others.
"This is our only clue leading to the Another Rider." Zento tells them as they look at him in confusion.
(9 to 5 clock shop)
They went back to Zento's house and gathered in main room looking at the gaming console. Zento was messing around with it, Geiz was leaning on the front desk while Tsukuyomi was researching, Hibiki and Kanade were sitting by the stair and Hummy was by Zento looking at the console.
"So Tsukuyomi, got anything about this unbeatable game?" Zento ask her, she looks it up and found some info about it.
"There is. 'A game that can't be beat.' Any players who try it suffers from a strange curse." Tsukuyomi read as they gather around her looking by her shoulders. "That's why no one can finish it. There are rumors about it online, like an urban legend."
"That Another Rider was responsible for there 'curses'. And this games has something to do with it." Zento said.
"But the question is, how?" Kanade ask him.
Zento thought hard about it, then came to one conclusion. He just have to play it the unbeatable game.
"Alright, I'm gonna play this game and find out!" Zento said much to their surprise especially Hibiki.
"Huh?! Zento, if you play it you might suffer from it too." Hibiki warns him, but he tries it anyway.
(Later)
"Game Over!"
"AGH!"
Zento plays the game but gets a game over. No matter how he getting close, he loses over, over, and over again. Zento was rage quitting so much that the others find it annoying.
"I can't beat it..." Zento slump down on the floor.
"Is it that hard to beat?" Hibiki ask.
"I guess...how about you try it Hibiki?" Zento ask her.
"Well, I can try." Hibiki said, she grabs the game and plays the game.
(Later)
"Game Over!"
"AAAAAGGGGGHHH!"
Hibiki failed to beat the game and rage quit like Zento earlier.
"Why is this game so hard!" Hibiki exclaimed.
"Could be you two are bad at video games?" Tsukuyomi asked, making them mad.
"NO WAY! HOW ABOUT YOU TRY IT AND FIND OUT!?" They said simultaneously.
"I never played one with tactile controls." Tsukuyomi said.
"Tactile controls? The future must be awesome." Zento blurted out as he and Hibiki were awed.
"Hmph, how could an amateur like you uncover the secret behind an unbeatable game in the first place?" Geiz ask.
"Amateur!? I'm good at games, this one just so hard to beat." Zento said, then at that moment he got an idea. "But what if we find a hard-core gamer to beat this game!"
"How are we going to find a gamer like that?" Kanade said as Hummy and Tsukuyomi nods agreeing with her.
"We get out and search for one!" Zento answers as he turns to Geiz. "Thanks for that, Geiz!"
Geiz was surprise by his sudden thanks and baffled.
"I gave you advice! No it wasn't advice!" Geiz denied.
"Aw, don't be like that Geiz-kun." Hibiki teased.
"Quiet you!"
"Here we go." Tsukuyomi said as she tells them what she find out from her tablet. "The genius gamer who can beat even at hardest games."
"That was fast!" Zento said.
Hummy climbs on top of the counter and give them a cheer.
"Alright, we search for this genius gamer-nya!" Hummy said cheerfully.
"Okay." Hibiki and Kanade said together.
They split up and went to each arcade in the city to find information about the genius gamer.
"The gaming genius. His handle is M. His real name is unknown, he's won multiple tournaments. But there's no contact info..."
But as they search, they could find one clue about who M is or where he could be. Zento, Hibiki and Kanade were by the stairs as they were tired from their search, taking a break to catch their breath.
"We got nothing." Hibiki whined.
"I should have known it won't be that easy!" Zento groaned.
"Jeez." Kanade sighs, then she turns to Hibiki. "Hibiki, are you free later?"
"Eh, why?" Hibiki ask her.
"Want to come to the Musical Prince's concert?" Kanade ask.
Hibiki was surprised, she thought about it before answering Kanade.
"I don't want to go." Hibiki declines.
"Why?"
"Why must I go, anyway?" Hibiki said before Zento but in their conversation.
"Why not, it could be nice from our endless search for the genius gamer." He suggest.
"If you go with us, Hojo-sensei will be very happy." Kanade said.
"Papa?" Hibiki questioned.
"Hojo-sensei has been worried about your dislike of music." Kanade said to her.
"I don't know about that." Hibiki responded as she looks at the ground before look up. "Don't just invite me out of the blue like that."
"Hibiki, there must be something going on. You said you hate music but the truth is you love music." Zento said.
"Yeah, we used to sing together when we're little. You were humming in front of my family's shop!" Kanade points out.
"Well..." Hibiki was hesitating, so Kanade took that opportunity to get some answers.
"Hibiki, what happened during that piano recital 5 years ago? Tell me." Kanade ask her.
"Tell us-nya!" Hummy said.
"Come on Hibiki, please." Zento begs.
"Yeah, yeah, that's enough of that." Hibiki said as she give Hummy to Kanade and ran off. "Here, see ya later."
"Hibiki!"
"Wait!"
Kanade called out to her as she and Hummy watch her run home while Zento chases after her.
"See? I told you she'll get mad-nya." Hummy said to Kanade.
"It's okay, I'm not giving up yet." Kanade said.
(Kanon Clock Tower)
Little did they know, Siren was watching them from afar in the clock tower as she sees Hibiki running along with Zento follows her. She finds it amusing as she laughs.
"This development is like a sorrowful song. Wonderful." Siren declared.
"Wonderful~!" The Trio sang gleefully until a happy melody began to play from the Clock tower, causing them to clutch their heads in pain.
"This place is a nice hideout, but this music is unbearable!" She cried in pain before an announcement was broadcast across town.
"Our city's idols, the Musical Princes, will be holding their concert at the Music Hall at 6 pm."
Siren gets up after the announcement was done along with the melody and gets an idea.
"Concert, huh? That means instruments will be assembled. There may be a note!" She said excitedly. "We'll hijack this concert and make everyone sad!"
Eye-catch 1: Shows the 5 Fairy Tones with Hummy who smiles, as it changes to Hibiki and Kanade playing music playing music on their Cure Modules with two more Fairy Tones while Zento throws his Ridewatch in the air and catches it with Geiz and Tsukuyomi standing there as Suite Precure title appears.
~Suite Precure~
Eye-catch 2: Kanade is trying to keep Hibiki away from her cupcakes but Hummy snatches one followed by Hibiki snatches one then Zento snatches one as well making Kanade mad as she chasing them while Geiz and Tsukuyomi watches from afar as Kamen Rider Zi-O title appears.
[Kamen Rider Zi-O]
(Kanon Plaza)
Zento was sitting on the bench because he barely keep up with Hibiki and catching his breath.
"Man, Hibiki sure can run." Zento said to himself as he look up to the sky. "Why is she is so reluctant on going?"
"Tokigawa-kun?"
Zento looks and see Hojo-sensei in front him, much to his surprise.
"Hojo-sensei, what are you doing here? I thought you're at the Music Hall to rehearse for the concert." Zento ask him.
"Well, I was on my way there, then I saw you feeling down so I was wondering why." Hojo-sensei replied to him.
"I was trying to get Hibiki to come to the concert but she avoids it all day." Zento tells him.
"I see." Hojo-sensei said as he ask Zento something else. "Tokigawa-kun, do you like music?"
"Of course, music makes our day enjoyable. In fact, since I was a kid I use to make music with my good old harmonica." Zento answers, he took his harmonica out from his pocket and blow on it.
(Cue Ultraman Orb OST - Orbnica)
Zento plays such soothing music that everyone passing by hum to it including Hojo-sensei. Zento was enjoying it too, having fun as he play the last note thus ending the song.
"Wow, that was very good." Hojo-sensei applaud for him. "That's what it means to be an musician."
"What do you mean, I just played my harmonica?" Zento questions.
"But do you enjoy playing it?" Hojo-sensei ask back.
"Well, I course I do-" Zento answers as he realize what Hojo-sensei was saying and gives him a goofy smile. "Ooh, now what're saying Hojo-sensei. It's not real music if you're not having fun, right?"
"Yes, music makes everyone happy but not just the audience, the musician too." Hojo-sensei explained. "I wanted Hibiki to learn it, but I suppose she hasn't yet."
"Well that explains it, you told her something like 'That's wasn't real music' and tell her to find the answer by herself during the piano recital back then, right?" Zento ask him.
"Yes that's right." Hojo-sensei replies.
"You explaining that to Hibiki back then was a bad idea." Zento tells him. "But I suppose you wanted her to learn that by herself, so I'll keep it to myself just for now. But that doesn't mean I can give her a hint or two."
"Why?" Hojo-sensei asked.
"Because I'm her friend and I like to help as much as I can, you know?" Zento said with a smile on his face.
"I see, I guess I'll see you at the concert." Hojo-sensei said as he was about to leave.
"Alright, I'll see you there." Zento said, seeing him leave. "Now then, let get Hibiki."
Zento gets up and runs to find Hibiki.
(Hojo Household: Hibiki's room)
Hibiki finally got home and went straight to her room, slamming the door in the process.
"I hate this!" Hibiki said as she dived onto her bed.
'I loved papa back then...I wanted them to congratulate me, so I practiced as hard as I could...'
"But.."
DING DONG!
Her thoughts were interrupted by her door bell. She quickly gets up and dried her eyes.
"Who is it?" She wondered out loud, as she walk to the door and tried to open it but only to find out that it was locked.
"Huh? Why can't I open it?" Hibiki ask herself and began to tug on the door handle, then remembered what in her horoscope this morning.
'You need to be careful around doors.'
"This is the worst day ever!" Hibiki sighs.
Kanade and Hummy were outside of Hibiki's front door as she rang the doorbell again, but got no answer.
"Hibiki! It's Kanade! Are you in there?" She called out.
"Who cares, just go inside-nya." Hummy said.
"WAIT!"
The two look back and see Zento running towards them.
"Zento, where have you been?" Kanade ask him.
"I was looking all over town to find her, this is the last place I think she'll be." Zento answers her.
They open the front door and went inside.
"Excuse us..." Kanade and Zento said at the same time.
"Open up already!" Hibiki yelled from upstairs, startling them. They ran up to Hibiki's room to see what's happening.
"Hibiki!?"
"What happened!?"
Kanade tries to open the door but couldn't.
"Huh? It won't open." Kanade said.
"Nani?!" Zento exclaimed.
"The lock's broken." Hibiki told them on the other side of the door.
"What? I even brought cake too." Kanade said.
"How did the lock broke anyway?" Zento retorted.
"Cake?" Hibiki said as she was cheered up when she heard the word 'cake'. But before she realized what Kanade was trying to do. "You wanted to make me talk about the piano recital using that cake right?"
"That's not true!" Kanade lied unconvincingly, but Hibiki saw it a mile away.
"I knew it. I won't tell you!" Hibiki said.
"Smooth Kanade." Zento retorts.
"Wait! I really don't know why! You didn't make one mistake during the recital and everyone was clapping!" Kanade exclaimed remembering the piano recital.
"Yes, but..."
"But what?"
Kanade, Zento, and Hummy stood there waiting for a moment before Hibiki answers.
"Forget about it." Hibiki said, shutting them out once again.
"Mou, where did the usual Hibiki go?" Kanade said slightly annoyed at the moment.
"How can the honor student Kanade even understand how I feel?"
"Of course I can't!"
"You won't tell me anything!"
"Nothing will change even if I do tell you!"
'And so they fight once again.' Zento thought watching their argument from the sideline.
"Oh, is that so? Then forget about it! Just keep on hating music!" Kanade exclaimed.
'Oh boy.'
"Yeah, yeah, I'll do that!" Hibiki said back.
"Wait a minute-nya! It's very important for the Precure to have hearts that loves music-nya!" Hummy said suddenly as she came close to the door.
"Really? Then I'll stop being the Precure!" Hibiki told them, shocking Kanade and Hummy.
"What!?" Hummy exclaimed.
"If Hibiki's quitting, then I will too!" Kanade told Hibiki, who really didn't care.
"Go right ahead!"
'Well that's not good.' Zento thought, seeing this drama go down.
"Later." Kanade said as she turns away from the door and headed out. But stopped when she heard Hummy voice.
"Wait-nya! What will happen to this world without the Precure-nya!?"
Kanade thought for a moment before looking over her shoulder at the door Hibiki was behind.
"This is the last time I'll ask you from the bottom of my heart. If the reason you started hating music is because that piano recital, I want to find a way to fix that. Because I loved how you play the piano! I want to listen to it again." Kanade confessed, Hibiki sighed as she look down at her feet.
"Kanade...Alright, I'll tell you." Hibiki replied, paused before she explains.
(Flashback: 5 years ago - Year 2013)
At the Music Hall, the 9 year old Hibiki was plays the piano on front of the stage.
"Papa promised me to go to the park with me that day. But I had to take the place for a kid that was absent for a piano recital. I didn't have enough practice, but I played without making a single mistake. I wanted Papa to congratulate me, but.."
When the recital was over, Hibiki ran over to her dad with a smile on her face.
"Hibiki, you weren't really playing music today." Hojo-sensei told her, causing the smile on her face to disappear.
"Eh? What do you mean?" Hibiki asked.
"Please think about that yourself." He said as he turn and walk away, not noticing the tears forming in Hibiki's eyes.
Hibiki was standing in the rain outside by the stairs, then 9 year old Kanade came with a umbrella and shield her from the rain.
"Good job." She congratulate Hibiki, but no response as she notice a sad look on her face. "Hibiki?"
"I don't want to play piano or music anymore!" Hibiki declared as she suddenly hugs Kanade, causing her to drop the umbrella and Hibiki cries on her shoulder. All Kanade could do is comfort her.
(Year 2018)
"Papa is a genius in the music world. He probably didn't want someone like me without talent to play!" Hibiki finishes.
Zento was standing there thinking about what happen back then. From what he heard from her father, he wanted her to learn to have fun playing music. On the other hand, Hibiki thinks she had no talent in music, sure the music was perfect but she was missing on important thing.
"That's not true!" Kanade said breaking Zento's thoughts.
"It is true!" Hibiki shot back.
"Then go ask him yourself! Ask him what he mean that time!"
"No..."
Then are you going to lock yourself up in this room forever?" Kanade ask her.
"Well, the lock is broken..." Hibiki told her.
"That's just like you right now." Kanade said as she take hold of the door handle. "You can't come out because of the lock, you stopped playing music because of your papa. But you never once thought of opening the door yourself. Open that door in your heart and conquer your own feelings!"
"I am!" Hibiki claimed, she takes hold of the door handle on her side.
"You're not!" Kanade said back, then suddenly both girls pushed down the handle, much to their shock the lock was fixed and they able to open the door again.
"It opened!" They said in disbelief, Hummy and Zento smiled at this.
"Your feelings harmonized-nya!" Hummy said happily.
"Well, that a relief." Zento said. "I thought Hibiki will be a shut-in for the rest of her days."
"Zento! Don't joke about that!" Hibiki said before she opens the door and took the box of cupcakes from Kanade, eating the cupcake really quickly before looking at her friends. "I'm betting my pride as a woman on this! Let's go where Papa is!"
"Yes! That's my Hibiki!" Kanade smiles.
(Kanon Music Hall)
As they went to the Music Hall they check the rehearsal room and hears cheerful music from the inside, they went in without being notice and see Ouji practicing on the piano.
"How was it?" Ouji asked, turning to Hojo sensei who didn't said anything. "Sensei, was something wrong?"
"That performance wasn't really about playing music." Hojo-sensei told him thus shocking Ouji.
"Huh? That again!" Hibiki said with a annoyed look on her face, angry white eyes and showing fangs. Everyone within the room look at her when she said that, but she carried on nonetheless.
"Hibiki." Hojo-sensei said now noticing her.
"What do you mean?" Hibiki ask her father.
Hojo-sensei was about to tell Ouji to find the answer himself but then he made eye contact to Zento, who mouth the words 'Give them the same question you ask me'. He thought about it for a second before turning back to Ouji.
"Ouji-kun, if you are aiming to become a musician, then you must find the answer yourself." Hojo-sensei tells him.
"W-what does that mean?" Kanade said quietly.
"You understand now? Papa is like this." Hibiki tells her.
Zento was confused, Hojo-sensei said the same thing to Hibiki until he notice that he was looking at him and giving the 'it's okay' gesture to him before turning back.
'I hope you know what you're doing Hojo-sensei.' Zento thought.
"Sensei, it's about time. We must head for the stage." One of the boys said even though Hojo-sensei ignored them.
"Ouji-kun. What is music?" Hojo-sensei asked, surprising Ouji, Hibiki and Kanade. Zento understands that he's doing but that's not enough to make them understand, he took out his harmonica and plays it.
(Ultraman Orb OST - Orb Origin)
Everyone in the room look at Zento as he plays his harmonica and walks away. Hibiki and Kanade confuse on what he's doing as well as the rest, Zento look at Ouji and Hojo-sensei as he smiles as he plays more on his harmonica and walks away. Hojo-sensei nods at him while Ouji was still confused of why is he playing the harmonica.
The concert was ready to start, Kanade somehow convinced Hibiki to stay for the show with Zento seated next to them while Hummy hiding in Hibiki's bag. The curtains rise up, The Musical Princes was about to start, Ouji was still unsure and still thinking about what Hojo-sensei said and Zento playing on his harmonica earlier. But before he could start, Ellen walk on stage surprising him and the audience.
"That's.." Hibiki and Kanade said at the same time before Zento finish their sentence.
"Siren?!"
"Hey, you!" Hojo-sensei called as he place his hand on Siren's shoulder, which she shove him back as he was knock to the floor before she look to the audience.
"I am the songstress of Minor Land, Siren!" She announced as the Trio de Minor appeared behind her. "Welcome to my concert today!"
"Welcome~!" The Trio sang.
The boys on the stage watch them as Siren turn to them, looking for a Note. When she look at the cello, a Note was found as she clapped in excitement.
"Found you!" Siren said cheerfully, she jump and lands on Falsetto's head in her cat form. "That Note is mine!"
"Wait-nya!"
Hummy suddenly appeared above them as the Fairy Tones support her as she lands on top of them.
"Sorry-nya." Hummy said as she and the Fairy Tones went for the Note. But..
"Hummy!" Siren called out before she could do this.
"Come out, Negatone!"
Siren sends dark energy into the Note as it turns red, the cello emits dark aura around it as it transforms into a giant skeletal cello monster, the Cello Negatone.
"NEGATONE!"
The Cello Negatone sends the Melody of Sorrows to the audience making them said, the boys on stage collapse influence by the song. Hibiki and Kanade weren't about to let them get away with that, they stood up and face them confidently.
"Using music to bring sadness to everyone..." Kanade said as she and Hibiki held out their Cure Modules.
"We'll never forgive you!" They said together.
"Dodo!"
"Rere!"
The pink and white Fairy tones quickly jump and into their Modules ready to go.
"Let's Play! Precure Modulation!"
They activated their modules as pink and white clothes wrapping around them forming their dress, then their hair change color and put into a high twin and pony tail, headbands with a big bow appear on each of them, frilly wristbands appear on their wrist. High shoes with pink stocking appear for Hibiki while Kanade got high heel boots, each with neatly tied bow. Pair of earring appear matching their color, completing their transformation.
"Playing a frantic tune, Cure Melody!" Cure Melody said before striking a pose.
"Playing the tranquil melody, Cure Rhythm!" Cure Rhythm said before she too strikes a pose.
"Resonate!"
The two then clap before they say as one striking a pose together.
"Our musical suite! Suite Pretty Cure!"
Melody and Rhythm jump and attack the Cello Negatone with a series of kicks but no effect as the Negatone slams them to the wall. Siren and the Trio watched as the Precure slide to the ground. Zento ran onto the stage while the song was affected him a little, he even didn't bother as he ran to the Precure.
"Melody! Rhythm!" He shouts to them.
"Negatone! Make them the rapid strumming of sorrow!" Siren order the Negatone.
The Negatone was charging up for a attack, Zento took out his Ziku driver and was about to transform. But then he saw Hojo-sensei gets up and stood between the Precure and the Negatone, thus surprising them especially Hibiki.
"Stop that!" Hojo-sensei shouted. "You're not playing the music!"
"He tells that to the Negatone too?" Melody said in disbelief as Falsetto steps forward with Siren on top of his head.
"Why aren't you affected by the sorrow?" Siren said in disbelief.
"My ears only listen to fabulous tones!" Hojo-sensei told her.
"I guess so." Siren mutters.
Hojo-sensei sits down at the piano and began to play a cheerful melody.
"This is real music!" Hojo-sensei declared.
Siren and the Trio cover their ear attempting to block out the music he's playing.
I hate happy music!" Siren cried in pain.
Hojo-sensei carries on playing, Melody watch as sees him smiling reminding her of what Zento did with his harmonica before the concert starts.
"Papa looks like he's having fun...I see! You can't make everyone smile without having fun yourself. But back then, during the piano recital, I wanted to go to the park with Papa. I played without having fun. Papa wrote the song for the music to have fun, too." Melody realized quietly as Rhythm and Zento smiled.
"That's what he wanted you to understand." Rhythm said. They look at Zento and sees him nods his head confirming that they're right. But Siren interrupted the moment.
"Negatone! Stop that music!" Siren ordered the Negatone as it ran towards Hojo-sensei, who now noticed this and flinched. But Melody and Rhythm got up and protected him, who looked at them in surprise.
"We'll take care of the monster!" Melody tells him without looking back.
"You two?" Hojo-sensei asked as Rhythm look back at him with a smile on her face.
"Yes! We may look like this, but we're quite strong!" Rhythm said.
"All right! Time to run everyone!" He said as Zento came by his side ready to help him.
"I'll help you sensei!" Zento said, Hojo-sensei nods in agreement and help the boys get away.
Melody and Rhythm grabs the Negatone's arm as they swing it around and around until they threw him onto the ground.
"Now that I understand my Papa's feelings, I feel much stronger!" Melody declared.
"I feel stronger too, now that you cheered up, Melody!" Rhythm said.
The Precures clapped their hands and took two steps back and forth, joining their hands and spinning each other around for their finisher.
"Precure Passionato Harmony!"
They raised their hands together in the air, gathering energy as it forms to a G-Clef. Then aimed at the Negatone and shoots, making it asleep and reverted back to the cello. Melody and Rhythm hold cello and smiled happily.
"Nyapu! Nyapu!" Hummy said as the Note came out from the bat and went to the pink Fairy Tone and jumps in glee.
"Dodo! Dory!"
"You may have taken the Note but I'll be back for the encore performance! Remember that!" Siren said as she and the Trio were about to flee. But then..
"AAAAHHHHH!"
The Precure and the Minors look at the audience and sees Another Ex-Aid was among them as it approaches a teenage boy in the seats.
"Another Rider!?" Melody shouts in surprise.
"Why is it here?!" Rhythm shouts too.
"Well, well. This has taken to an interesting turn." Siren mutters as she look at the Trio. "Let's go!"
"Yes ma'am~!" The Trio sang as they leave the scene.
"Hey, wait!" Melody calls out until Rhythm put her hand onto her shoulder.
"Leave them be Melody, right now we need to protect the audience." Rhythm told her.
"Alright." Melody said as they leap forward and kick Another Ex-Aid, knocking him down to the floor.
"Why are you putting them into a coma?!" Melody said as Zento came back and sees Another Ex-Aid.
"You!" Zento exclaimed, Another Ex-aid gets up as he's ready to attack but then something shot him and sees Tsukuyomi with her Faiz phone X along with Geiz at the exit.
"You're not going anywhere!" Geiz shouts as he takes out his Ziku driver along with Zento. But Another Ex-aid start to pixelate and disappears.
"He's gone!" Melody exclaimed.
"Well, this is quite a spectacle you put yourself, my Overlord."
They see Woz appears at the other exit as he walks toward them.
"Woz?!" Zento shouts.
"I am pleased to see you doing well." Woz said.
"We don't have time for that right now! We need to find that Rider!" Zento points out. Then he sees a boy laying on the floor. "Oi, are you okay?!"
Tsukuyomi walk toward him and checks on the boy.
"He's unconscious like the rest." Tsukuyomi tells him.
"We need to take him to the hospital!" Melody said.
"Hospital?" Woz repeats before opening his book. "According to this book, you take the boy to Seito University Hospital."
"Seito University Hospital?" Zento said.
"Then let's go there!" Rhythm tells them.
"Nyapu!"
(Seito University Hospital)
They took the boy to the Seito University Hospital where the doctors and nurses take care of him for the time being. Meanwhile Zento, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Hibiki and Kanade, who are back to civil form, stood in the lobby thinking about what happened at the concert.
"Another victim." Tsukuyomi mutters.
"How horrible." Kanade adds.
"Yeah." Zento agrees but then he thought what Woz told them earlier. "But why Woz tells us about this particular hospital?"
"Did you hear? The new doctor was absent without notice again."
"I hope he wan't playing video games all night again."
They look and see nurses passing through talking about something interesting to hear.
"I hear Dr. Emu is obsessed with video games."
"Yeah, I heard that..."
"M..." Zento whispers, thinking that name he heard are similar.
"And he's a gamer?" Tsukuyomi ask.
They all look at each other for a moment then nod in agreement to follow the nurses to find more information.
"Excuse us." Zento said to the nurses as they ran in front of them. "You're talking about M, right?"
"Oh, you mean Dr. Emu?" One of the nurses ask.
"It can't be..." Hibiki said.
"Could it.." Kanade adds.
"Could he be the Genius Gamer M!" Hibiki and Kanade ask together.
"Looking for the pediatrician?"
They all look back and see a group of doctors and nurses walking towards them. Walking in front is a brown haired young man in a doctor coat, blue dress shirt with a white collar, blue stripe tie, black dress pants and shoes, and a stethoscope around his neck.
This is the genius surgeon, Hiro Kagami.
"Kyaaaa!"
One of the nurse screamed in excitement as she shoves Zento a little while the other nurse walks towards Tsukuyomi to explain who the young doctor is.
"That's Dr. Hiro Kagami, the genius surgeon. Isn't he cool?!"
"Well, don't you think?!"
"He's looking this way!"
"Our eyes just met! They did!"
"I can't believe how close he is!"
"So cool!"
The nurses said in excitement, making Tsukuyomi uncomfortable while Hibiki and Kanade watch in curiosity.
"This reminds me with Ouji-senpai." Hibiki said.
"Yeah." Kanade agreed.
Zento gets up and Tsukuyomi pushes the nurses aside looking at the Hiro's group.
"Excuse me! We're trying to find out about a game that can't be beaten!" Tsukuyomi shouts to Hiro as he suddenly stop upon hearing what she said.
"What...?"
Hiro turns around as his group split away so that he could look at Zento and the others.
(Outside the Hospital)
Hiro explains them about they're getting patients with the same conditions. He tells them that the pedestrian was looking into it before he disappeared related to the unbeatable game. They went to the pedestrian's desk to get a note he left and giving it to Geiz for some reason before Zento took it from his hands as he thanks Hiro for his help on this case. They're currently outside of the hospital and Zento was sitting in a bench looking at the note while the other were standing.
"Uten, uten, oben, oben..? Rechts?" Zento read the note as he was confuse about what it said. "What language is this?"
"No idea..." Tsukuyomi said.
"Ugh, what's with this note..." Hibiki groans upon reading the note from Zento's shoulder along with Hummy.
"Do you know what it is Geiz-kun." Kanade ask him.
"It's German." Geiz tells them.
"German?" Zento repeated. "Why?"
"From a time when Japanese medicine used a lot of German terminology. Let me see." He explains before taking the not from Zento. "Unten unten, oben oben, rechts, links. recht, links. "
"What does it mean?" Tsukuyomi ask him.
"Yes tell us." Hibiki said.
"Up, up, down, down, right, left, right, left." Geiz said to them.
Some were confused of the message but Zento took a moment before he realize it.
"Those are game inputs!" Zento said to them.
He takes out the games console and plays the games using the inputs from the note. Down down, up up, left, right, left, right. When he put the inputs, he look at Geiz for the next step.
"Then you press all the buttons at once." Geiz told him.
Zento press all buttons at once. When he does, the screen glitches.
"It stopped scrolling!" Tsukuyomi exclaimed.
"No, we got it!" Geiz said as he took a seat on the bench.
"Then what happens?!" Kanade ask.
As the screen glitches, it started glowing as it glows brighter.
"It's glowing!" Hibiki shouts.
"Now, I know we can do this!" Zento said as he smiles.
The screen glows brighter as the area became digitized and changes into a different location.
(Game Area: Warehouse)
Zento and the other were transferred to the game area. Unfortunately, the bench Zento and Geiz was sitting at disappeared and they fell on the ground.
"Whoa!"
"Oof!"
Zento and Geiz gets up and look around the area.
"Where are we?" Tsukuyomi asked.
"Are we inside the game?" Zento ask them. "Awesome!"
"No, not awesome! We're in a video game!" Kanade exclaimed.
"This is so cool!" Hibiki shouted.
"How are we here-nya!" Hummy ask.
"Games are like any other computer program, they have back doors. That Emu guy must have been searching for this." Geiz explains, then something caught his attention. "Guess we're intruding."
"Eh?" Zento said as he and the others look where he was looking.
In front of them Another Ex-Aid appeared and he's not very happy.
"And look who's come too play." Geiz said as he take out his Ridewatch and Ziku driver.
"You understand, right? Even we beat him now, He'll keep coming back." Tsukuyomi point out to Zento and the girls.
"Yeah, but just standing here won't help either!" Zento said as he takes out the Ziku driver and his Ridewatch.
[ZIKU DRIVER!]
"Yosh, I'm betting my pride as a woman on this! Let's go Kanade!" Hibiki said as she brings out her Cure Module.
"OK Hibiki!" Kanade said as she brought out hers.
[GEIZ!]
[ZI-O!]
"Dodo!"
"Rere!"
Zento and Geiz insert their watches into their drivers and press the crown button to make them tilt while the Pink and White Fairy Tones went to Hibiki's and Kanade's Cure Module. As the holographic clock appear behind Zento and Geiz, they took their position to do their transformation sequence as Hibiki and Kanade does the same.
"Henshin!"
"Henshin!"
"Let's Play! Precure Modulation!"
DING DONG!
BEEP BEEP!
[RIDER TIME!]
The boys spin their drivers while the girls activate their Modules. Japanese letters formed and shout out of the Clocks as the boys were surrounded by giant watchbands equipping their armor. The girls were surrounded by pink and white cloths to form their dresses, their hair change colors and put into a high twin and a pony tail, equipping them with their accessories with High hell shoes and boots completing the girls transformation. The boys finish their transformation as the band dispersed and the letters were slam into their visors.
[KAMEN RIDER! GEIZ!]
[KAMEN RIDER! ZI-O!]
"Playing a frantic tune, Cure Melody!" Cure Melody said before striking a pose.
"Playing the tranquil melody, Cure Rhythm!" Cure Rhythm said before she too strikes a pose.
"Resonate!"
The two girls then clap before they say as one striking a pose together.
"Our musical suite! Suite Pretty Cure!"
Zi-O, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi look at the Precures in confusion while they still posing in awkward silence.
"You girls do that every time you transform?" Geiz questions them.
"W-Well it's on instinct." Rhythm said in embarrassment.
"We can't help it!" Melody shout at them, who is more embarrassed than Rhythm.
Another Ex-Aid roars as he charges to them as they were snap back to him and ran to battle. They punched and kicked at Another Ex-Aid but didn't faze him as he block and punches each of them while Tsukuyomi hides in a game block near by. They push him back with their punches but unfortunately he stopped near the block where Tsukuyomi hid and kicks the block to pieces hitting them with it as the words 'HIT!' appeared for each hit (no pun intended). Another Ex-Aid leaps toward them while Tsukuyomi tries to find another hiding place.
The Kamen Riders and the Precure attack him on both sides before he jumps high dodging them and jumps again with a kick before landing and repeat it again. Another Ex-Aid jumps as he dodges them and hitting them before he grabs onto Geiz. Zi-O then gets Another Ex-Aid off of Geiz as they resume their fight while Melody and Rhythm standby, tired from fighting.
"Man, that Another Rider is tougher than the last one." Melody said as Rhythm agreed with her.
"If I catch you slipping, I'll take you out right now!" Geiz shouts as he takes out a black dial, red Ridewatch from his holder, he turns the dial and activates it.
[DRIVE!]
He inserts it to the left slot and repeat the process and spins his driver.
BEEP BEEP!
[RIDER TIME!]
[KAMEN RIDER! GEIZ!]
[ARMOR TIME!]
Another EX-Aid roars and charges towards Geiz as Japanese letter shot out from the driver and a giant holographic wheel appeared behind him with 'Armor Time!' floating around it. The Drive armor materialize within, Geiz charges at Another Ex-Aid as the Armor surrounds him and equips into him before he punches the Another Rider with Japanese letter for Drive slams into his visor.
Geiz is now in a red and black armor with white stripes resembling a race car. A pair of wheels on his shoulders and race cars on his forearms. His helmet has a aerodynamic spoiler equip to it as an antenna and has a 'R' logo on the forehead.
This is Kamen Rider Geiz: Drive armor.
[DRIVE! DRIVE~!]
"Whoa..." Rhythm mutters in awe.
"That's amazing!" Melody said.
"Alright, I'll do it too!" Zi-O said, he takes out his Build Ridewatch and turns the dial then activate it.
[BUILD!]
Zi-O inserts it to his belt and repeats the process.
DING DONG!
[ARMOR TIME!]
"Alright."
The Build armor materialize in front of him and then kicks it as it scatters around him. He charges in to the battle while the armor donned on him.
[BEST MATCH! BUILD!]
Zi-O and Geiz attack Another Ex-Aid to the chest but then he dodges the next attack and jump high in the air.
"Not so fast!" Geiz shouted as he shoot shift cars from his forearms and hits him in the air as Zi-O attacks with his drill crusher.
The Precure came in joining the fight along with them attacking Another Ex-Aid in all directions. Another Ex-Aid was knock down to the ground from their attacks, the Kamen Riders and the Precure are ready to finish him.
[FINISH TIME! BUILD]
[FINISH TIME! DRIVE!]
Zi-O jumps in the air as he and Geiz spun their drivers.
[HISSATSU! TIME BURST!]
Geiz use high speed attacks on Another Ex-Aid and knocks him high. The Precures clapped their hands and took two steps back and forth, joining their hands and spinning each other around for their finisher.
"Precure Passionato Harmony!"
They raised their hands together in the air, gathering energy as it forms to a G-Clef. They shot to at Another Ex-Aid sending him to where a graph slams him in between as Zi-O slides down with the drill crusher in front of him.
[VORTECH! TIME BREAK!]
Zi-O hit the Another Rider as he slides down and lands with Geiz, Melody and Rhythm. Another Ex-Aid hits the ground with sparks coming out of him and explodes behind the heroes. As the explosion dissipates, Another Ex-Aid turns into a middle-age man unconscious. They turn around and see the man on the ground in shock.
"What? A person?" Zi-O wondered.
"How is it possible?" Melody said out loud.
They wonder about the man that was Another Ex-Aid, but then someone walk between them and the man.
"I didn't think anyone else would find their way into the game."
They take a closer look at the mysterious person, he is a young brown hair man in a doctor's coat in a pink shirt with white digital ones and zeros, grey jeans, red and blue sneakers and a stethoscope around his neck.
This is the doctor gamer, Emu Hojo, otherwise known as Genius Gamer M.
"I see, you must have seen my note." Emu concludes.
"Note? That mean-" Tsukuyomi realizes.
"Can't be." Melody said, bewildered by his sudden appearance.
"But he's here." Rhythm adds.
"Exactly, that's..." Geiz concludes before Tsukuyomi finishes it.
"Hojo Emu!"
"Eh? Is he related to you Hibiki?" Rhythm ask her because they have the same last name.
"No, I don't remember any relatives with his name in it!" Melody answers her.
"He's Genius Gamer M!" Zi-O said.
Emu bring out a neon green driver with a pink panel with an handle with it and slots where you can insert game cartridges, the Gamer driver.
He straps it on and faces them.
"Sorry, but this is as far as you'll go." Emu Tells them.
He then takes out an neon pink game cartridge with a black handle with a button on the side and has a picture of a pink game character called a Rider Gashat, Mighty Action X. He presses the button thus activating the Gashat.
[MIGHTY ACTION X!]
A video games screen with Might action X appeared behind Emu as it pixelating the area. Emu then thrust his right hand holding the Gashat to the left before does a semi-circle rotating his arms back to the right side of his face.
"Dai-Henshin!"
He then flips the Gashat and lift it up before placing it into the Gamer driver.
[GASHATTO!]
Then he grips the panel and fold it open, revealing a screen and a figure inside.
[GACCHAN! LEVEL UP!]
A roulette formed around Emu showing few game characters as it spins while a pink screen formed out from his driver. The roulette soon stopped in front of him showing a image of a goggle wearing, pink spiky haired character as soon as he touch the icon. The icon was 'Selected' as the other icons faded away as the 'Selected one closes in along with the pink screen.
[MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY MIGHTY ACTION X!]
He is now in a pink-colored bodysuit with black lines on his sides going down to the thighs angling like a circuit. Black arm sleeves from the elbow down with green armor bands on the upper arm and wrist with silver armor plates on the forearm and hands. Same thing on the legs, black sleeves with green bands and silver plates on the knees and shins. He has green sneakers with black and pink strips and pink shoulder armor. His chest armor is silver with a green collar with a game pad with colorful buttons on his right side while the lefts displays a health meter and a icon of a hammer and sword beneath it. On his back is a silver mask consist of white goggles, black lens, and three small pink sculpted spike hair curved to the right. His helmet is the same only more human-sized with ear like pads on the side of the helmet, orange eyes with white pupils on the lens, and four pink spike hair curved to the right with the same sculpted hair on top of the helmet.
Emu Hojo transformed into Kamen Rider Ex-Aid.
Zi-O, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Melody and Rhythm along with Hummy were shock upon his transformation. The Genius Gamer they're searching for is a Kamen Rider, what are the chances at that. But more to their surprise is that Ex-Aid charges at Zi-O and Geiz, punching and kicking them with the words 'Hit' appeared.
- The screen closes in a Time portal with Geiz Ridewatch on the left, Drive Ridewatch in the middle, and Zi-O Ridewatch on the right.
(Cue P.A.R.T.Y. ~Universe Festival~ by DA PUMP)
Party! P-Party! Party! Party! P.A.R.T.Y.!
(Song starts with a piano rainbow path leads to the sight of Kanon Town.)
Party! P.A.R.T.Y.!
(Screen panning to the Plaza with the locals, to Private Aria Academy, then to Concert Hall.)
Ooh woah!
Party! P.A.R.T.Y.!
(Changes to Hibiki's house and finally to the 9 to 5 clock shop.)
{Kimi wa SUTAA Maybayuku SHAIN} {O-O-O-O-O, O-O-O-O!}
'You are a star with a blazing shine. (Ooh woah woah, ooh woah woah!)
(Show Hibiki walking down the street before looking up.)
{Jibun ja Kizukenai} {O-O-O-O-O, O-O-O-O!}
'You cannot notice yourself.' (Ooh woah woah, ooh woah woah!)
(Next is Kanade walking before looking up as well.)
{Kokoro RERAKKUSU shite Asu wo IMEEJI Yukue, jiyuujizai} {Jizai}
'Relax your mind and picture your future. Whereabouts and freedom.' (Freedom)
(Zento walking in front of the screen with a determination look as the screen zooms to his face.)
{Akirame kake chatta Yume ni REBENJI Rounayaku nannyuo no PURAIDO}
'Giving up and challenging in your dreams again. The pride of young and old, men and women.'
(Scene changes to 2068, where Oma Zi-O was walking far in the desert then came closer, then closer, then close to his helmet where his visor glows brightly as it flashes the screen.)
{Every Body SHAFFURU shiyou, Sedi rensa suru SUMAIRU Let's Party ENJOI shinakya mottainai datte, jinsei wa ikkai}
'Everybody. Let's shuffle! Generations all linked with smiles. Let's Party! Don't waste it and just enjoy it because you only live once.'
(Scene changes to Hibiki and Kanade transform to Melody and Rhythm, then Geiz transforms, then Zento transforms to Zi-O as Hummy appear with the Fairy Tones and the Notes. Changes to Zi-O in Build armor, then to Geiz in Ghost armor, then shows a Kanon clock tower where Woz appear with his book open as he slams it shut.)
{REINBOO wa sora dake janai Mune ni mo kakaru ze} {Party P.A.R.T.Y.}
'Rainbow aren't just only in the skies but also in our heart.' (Party! P.A.R.T.Y.!)
(Show the piano rainbow path in the sky as Melody and Rhythm flies with it holding hands and see Zi-O driving on his Ride striker as they travel together.)
{Donna MIRAKURU mo oki houdai}
'Any miracle can happen.'
(Melody appeared along with Rhythm as Zi-O and Geiz appear behind them, then they pose as the song ends.)
{YUNIBAASU FESUTIBARU} {Party P.A.R.T.Y.}
'Universe Festival.' (Party! P.A.R.T.Y.!)
(Cue P.A.R.T.Y. ~Universe Festival~ End)
Jikai Kamen Rider Zi-O: Melodious Quartzer
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid charges at Another Ex-Aid as Zi-O battles the Bugster grunts, Zi-O's Time Mazine appeared briefly.
Woz: We reached this point my Overlord.
Hummy: We must stop them-nya!
Zento and Hibiki are in the Time Mazine as Zento takes out his driver, Hora appeared in 2017 activating the Another Ex-Aid Ridewatch.
Tsukuyomi: We should guide Zento so that he doesn't become an Overlord.
Hibiki: I'm betting on my pride as a woman to prevent Zento becoming the Overlord.
Geiz and Kanade appeared in 2017 with Emu and Hiro. Geiz in his Rider form rode past Another Ex-Aid, then changes to Geiz and Rhythm fights the grunts.
Zento: I believe in Geiz and Tsukuyomi. Along with Hibiki, Kanade, and Hummy!
Kanade: Okay!
Zi-O and Heure fight with their Time Mazines, then Emu appeared with Zi-O: Ex-Aid armor showing briefly.
Emu: Go for the finisher!
Zento: That's why I'll fight!
Hibiki and Kanade: Our harmony will resonate in our hearts!
Next Time: No Continues 2016
IWAE! Chapter three is done! Whew, sorry for the delay but I was busy with life and school before finishing this chapter. Anyway, Ex-Aid made his appearance in this fanfic. The next will be focus on the Another Ex-Aid case, the concert will be postpone until the end of the next chapter.
I was thinking of new story ideas for a while, I'm thinking about a Kamen Rider x RWBY crossover, Beyblade burst, Zero-One crossover, and Kengan Ashura crossover.
RWBY Vol. 7 is good so far but don't how it turn out in the latter in the series, Zero-One is Amazing especially with the plot so far with the ecret behind the daybreak incident and the purpose of the Progrise keys and ZetsumeRise keys with it's secrets.
I've been watching Kengan Ashura anime and it was Awesome with the animation and their fights. Along reading TheCrimsonSurfer's Ashura of Remnant made me think of writing one but not there yet.
Please post any question, comment, and suggestions.
'Till then, IWAE for Zi-O!