Episode 1: Blast Off!
(Author's note: Had to reupload because apparently posting the story on mobile messes up the link somehow and it bothered me)
A 17-year old Japanese student with a black pompadour walked down the street of Canterlot. His appearance was something similar to Japanese delinquent/yankee. He wore a white t-shirt beneath a black short jacket with matching baggy pants. The young man's distinguished look made him stand out amongst the crowd of American students.
The young man was named Gentaro Kisaragi, Canterlot High's newest transfer student. He recently moved to the United States because of his grandfather's new job at an auto shop that a family friend owned. His grandfather thought it was finally time they settled in one place after moving around Japan for the last few years. His only concern was transitioning from one country to the next. Fortunately for Gentaro, his English was decent enough to form comprehensive sentences. It's all thanks western media like Hollywood flicks and rock'n'roll music.
As Gentaro walked to school, another boy walked in front of him. He was also Japanese like him. Canterlot has a decently-sized Asian-American population in it since it's a Pacific coast state like San Francisco. The boy had brown hair and wore a white buttoned shirt with blue jeans. He was flickering with a switch of some kind.
A girl with green hair was waiting for him on the bridge. She approached him and showed him a letter.
"Kengo, would you please read this?" the girl asked as she attempted to hand him the letter. The Japanese kid now known as Kengo grabbed the letter. He flipped it around and saw a heart-sticker on the backside.
"Don't waste my time," Kengo rudely spoke as he tossed the letter out of the bridge. Gentaro saw the rude display in front of him. His natural instinct stepped in when he saw the crying girl.
"Hey!" Gentaro shouted. "Why did you throw away that letter!? She poured her heart out writing it for you and all you did was throw it away like trash! Even if you reject her feelings,at least have the courtesy to read it before doing so!"
Kengo was unphased by Gentaro's rant. Gentaro handed his backpack to the girl that just got rejected by Kengo.
"Hold this," Gentaro said right before jumping out of the bridge. The bridge wasn't high enough to be suicidal to jump off but unfortunately, the water was shallow enough for his legs to land on. So Gentaro landed on hard concrete. He screamed out, "Ow!"
Gentaro ignored the pain and started looking for the letter. Kengo scoffed and said, "What an idiot."
"What was that about?" a girl asked as she approached Kengo. She had violet hair with a magenta and purple highlight. She wore a blue buttoned shirt with a magenta ribbon on it. She also wore a purple skirt with light pink stars on the left side.
"It's nothing, Twilight," Kengo said as he walked away from the scene.
Twilight quickly noticed and tried to catch up. She said, "Hey, wait up!"
After catching up to Kengo, Twilight asked, "So do you think that the Zodiarts are on the move?"
"After taking a look at the cosmic energy readings last night, it's a high chance that they are about to take action. We may need to use the Fourze Driver soon."
"It might take us a while before we find someone compatible with it," Twilight said before sighing.
"That won't be necessary."
Twilight immediately understood the implications of Kengo's sentence.
"Are you insane? With the way your body is, you won't even last a few seconds when you become Fourze."
"Well, do you think you can handle Fourze's power?"
"No, but I won't let you do something reckless."
Kengo and Twilight were in class. Twilight was reading a book on astrology while Kengo looked out of the window. Without anybody noticing him, Kengo opened the window . A small robot rolled into the classroom. It jumped on top of Kengo's desk before it transformed into a burger. With a flick of a switch, it played a holographic projection on his desk.
"So any updates on the Zodiarts?" Twilight asked, still slightly occupied with her book.
"Burgermeal has nothing to report as of now. It looks like we're going to have to wait until the Zodiart makes his first move," Kengo said.
"That's risky but I suppose that's the only way for us to find it."
The teacher walked into the classroom. He had a brown sweatshirt with a tan shirt and purple tie beneath it.
"Alright class, listen up, we have a new transfer student from Japan," the teacher said in a grumpy voice. Students already began to whisper among themselves and suddenly Gentaro walked into the room. Without saying he began to write down his name in Japanese kanji across the board.
"Name's Gentaro Kisaragi, and I plan on becoming friends with every single one of you!" Gentaro proclaimed. He began to walk down the room, waving and greeting himself to his new classmates.
"Hmph, what an idiot," Kengo scoffed. Gentaro took a seat right next to Twilight.
"Nice to meet ya, I'm Gentaro," the new student introduced himself. He extended his hand. Twilight gladly shook it.
"Twilight, Twilight Sparkle," she said with a smile. Gentaro noticed Kengo sitting behind Twilight and reached down his pocket. He pulled out a letter with Kengo's name on it. He slammed it on the desk.
"It looks like you dropped this, Kengo Utahoshi. You better read it, it might be important," Gentaro said.
"So you've kept the letter? What a pain…" Kengo muttered as he looked away.
"So what if I'm a pain? That's what friends are for."
"Since when did we become friends?" Kengo questioned.
"Just now," Gentaro said. "I don't like you right now but that doesn't mean I can't accept you for who you are."
"How preposterous."
"Can you two wrap up your little gossip?" the teacher said.
"Sorry, Mr. Cranky Noodle!" Gentaro apologized.
"It's Doodle," the teacher corrected.
"Sorry, looks my English isn't perfect," Gentaro said with a smile. Kengo stood up from his seat and walked to the door.
"Going to the infirmary again?" Cranky Doodle asked.
"Yeah, I'm feeling under," Kengo said.
"Well, no need to take the hall pass if you're going to skip homeroom. So go ahead."
During lunch, Gentaro decided to go look for Kengo in the infirmary. He opened the door to the infirmary and announced his arrival. He said, "Yo, Kengo, are you in here?" Gentaro opened the curtain to one of the infirmary beds. Both beds were empty. He spoke, "He's not here. Maybe he went out to eat lunch."
Gentaro went to the cafeteria to continue his look for Kengo. He scanned the area to see any sign of Kengo but couldn't find him. Gentaro sighed and said, "He's not here either."
Since Kengo was nowhere to be found, Gentaro decided to have lunch while he was here. He walked through the cafeteria, greeting himself to every student he walked by. None of the students around him cared enough to greet him back. They only spared him a quick glance before going back to their conversations with their friends. As Gentaro shifted his eyes forward, a girl with puffy pink hair stood in front of him. She wore a blue jacket with shirt sleeves over a shirt with a cupcake print on it. She wore a pink dress that had three balloons, two blue and one yellow printed, on it.
"You must be new here!" the girl shouted in excitement.
"I am. Name's Gentaro Kisaragi," the delinquent said.
"I'm Pinkie Pie. I'm sure we'll become very good friends!"
"I sure hope so. It's my goal to become friends with everyone in this school!" Gentaro loudly proclaimed.
"Now that's a goal that I can get behind," Pinkie said. "Ooh, I just had a great idea. Why don't we throw a big party so that everyone gets to know you?"
Gentaro smirked, he could tell that he'll get along with her. Pinkie decided to tag along with Gentaro for lunch. The two of them walked through the cafeteria, trying to find a nice spot to eat. Gentaro glanced at Pinkie's tray and noticed an absurd amount of sweet pastries on it.
"Isn't that too much sugar?" Gentaro asked.
"Hehe, you'll find out that I can't have too much sugar," Pinkie said.
Gentaro decided to sit on a table with a chair rather than the typical benched lunch tables you see everywhere. Pinkie quickly gasped when she realized the spot Gentaro was sitting on. She didn't sit and nudged his shoulder for attention.
"Hey, let's find somewhere else to eat," Pinkie said, she had a concerned look on her face.
"Huh? But this is the only spot in the cafeteria where we could sit next to each other," Gentaro said.
"Yeah but this isn't our spot to claim."
"Huh, what do you mean?"
"You see, Canterlot is a very divisive school. People typically stick to their own clique," Pinkie explained. She began to point out the various cliques around the cafeteria. "You have the nerds, the eco-kids, the student council, and the party animals."
"I see," Gentaro said. He thought, "Man, schools aren't this split in back in Japan. Looks like I have my work cut out for me if I'm to become everyone's friend."
"So why stick with me even though I look like a delinquent? I'm sure you have your clique to hang out with," Gentaro said.
"Hey, I don't judge appearances. As this school's biggest and busiest party planner, I have the responsibility of planning parties for all sorts of people," Pinkie said. Her happy expression quickly turned one in terror. "By the way, we should move. Like right now."
"Like hell I am. Whoever wants to sit here will have to-" Gentaro was interrupted as he grabbed one by the collar and lifted it off his seat. The new transfer student was tossed across the cafeteria. He knocked away a few chairs and a table as he crashed into them.
"Gentaro!" Pinkie shouted in concern. The cafeteria went silent when they heard and saw Gentaro crashing into the tables.
Gentaro looked up and saw a male student around his height. He wore a blue varsity jacket with the letter C on it. He was another Japanese student like him but was probably born and raised here. Behind him was an entourage of other students who dressed similarly to him.
"Hey, what was that for?" Gentaro questioned as he got up.
"I had to clean up the litter that someone left on our spot but it looked like I missed the trash can."
"Huh, was the piece of trash on my shoulder or something?" Gentaro asked as he looked and patted his clothes.
"I think he's calling you trash," Pinkie said. Gentaro gritted his teeth. glared at the person who threw him as he stood up
"Like hell I am! I'm Gentaro Kisaragi!" he proclaimed.
"I don't care what your name is. When you walk through the doors to this school, you enter my domain. Only fitting that you're called Trash," the student said. With a snap of the finger, three students walked out of the crowd behind him. "Sort him out."
"Heh, I like a good fight," Gentaro said with a confident smile.
One of the jocks tried to throw a punch at Gentaro but the delinquent was quicker to jab him in the face. A few students gasped and screamed as the fight broke out. A second student clenched his fist and pulled it back. He let out a powerful swing that Gentaro narrowly missed. Gentaro quickly kicked him with enough force to send him flying and hitting a pillar. The third student charged towards him but was quickly grabbed by the delinquent. Gentaro head-butted him and tossed him into the table.
"Wow, he's good," Pinkie thought out loud. Two more students left the main boss' side. They approached Gentaro only to be interrupted by a female voice.
"Stop this fight this instant!" a female voice demanded. Gentaro and everyone turned to a purple-haired student. She wore a light-blue shirt with a purple skirt. On the side of the skirt were three diamonds.
"Who's she?" Gentaro muttered.
"That's Rarity, the student council president," Pinkie Pie said.
"What's the meaning of this, Shun?" Rarity questioned the jock that just threw Gentaro.
"Well, this piece of trash thought he could just loiter in our spot so I properly threw him out," Shun replied.
"That doesn't give you the right to toss him across the cafeteria and make a mess out of this place!" Rarity scolded.
"Of course I have the right to do so! I'm the king of this school!" Shun snapped back. Gentaro stood on the side with a confused expression.
"I thought she was the president, shouldn't she have more power or influence over a regular student?" Gentaro asked.
"Rarity may be president of the student council but Shun is king. His popularity and influence outshine everyone in this school, including the entirety of the student council," Pinkie explained.
"A king? A king doesn't look down on others and treat them like nobodies!" Rarity snapped as she glared at Shun, leaning forward. "You know nothing about being a king."
"Oh, and what do you know about having authority?" Shun asked as he leaned towards Rarity. "Just because people gave you the title of president doesn't mean anything. I worked all hard to earn the title of King of the School. The only thing you did for your title was making empty promises to get the blind majority to follow you."
Gentaro sensed strong tension between these two. The tension was strong enough to give him goosebumps. Before the situation explodes even further, Gentaro got up and said, "Hey, why don't we continue this outside?"
"The trash still wants a fight? Looks like we still have to educate him," Shun said as he approached Gentaro.
"We're not done here!" Rarity shouted. "I'm not gonna let you continue this pointless brawl."
"We're going to have it whether you like it or not," Shun coldly brushed off. "Come on, trash. Let's see what you're made of."
Gentaro and Shun took their fight outside in an area between two buildings. Despite being a good fighter, Gentaro was no match for the entirety of the football team. Gentaro managed to leave a few bruises on a few members but their numbers overwhelmed the new transfer student. Two of them held down Gentaro as Shun charged towards him. He tackled him to the ground. Pinkie Pie watched the beat down unfold from behind the jocks. They didn't care about her presence since they focused on the one who humiliated three of their members in front of the cafeteria. Two members picked Gentaro up and continued to hold him down.
"Is that all you got?" Gentaro taunted.
"Does he have a few screws loose?!" Pinkie thought.
"You still haven't learned your place?" Shun asked. "Looks like I haven't been clear with it. Miura, you keep watch."
"Right," a Japanese student spoke before leaving the group. Shun smirked before tackling Gentaro again, this time launching him towards a tree.
"Come on, get up!" a jock shouted as he picked up Gentaro again.
The same two students picked up Gentaro and held him down on the ground. Gentaro glanced to the left and noticed a dark cloud coming towards him. Seven blue lights appeared inside the clouds.
"Stars?" Gentaro muttered.
Everyone else in the vicinity also noticed the dark cloud. A large, bulking humanoid creature walked out the cloud. It wore large red armor with a blue line connecting the individual blue lights across his body.
"A monster!" Gentaro shouted.
Shun realized that the monster would be dangerous for his team to stand up against. It wasn't worth dealing with it.
"Come on!" Shun barked as he ran away with his team following soon after.
The monster ignored Gentaro and Pinkie, and walked past them. Pinkie, however, ran up to the front of the monster. She didn't realize that the monster was the real thing.
"Nice cosplay you got going there! It looks super-detailed and realistic! What's your secret? I need to know!" Pinkie exclaimed. The blue lights across the monster began to glow brightly. Pinkie dStilloesn't realize that she's in danger. "Imagine how sick my Halloween cost-"
Gentaro shoved Pinkie out of the way of the blast. The blast left a small crater on the ground.
"Is he part of the club?" Gentaro asked rhetorically.
"I don't remember someone that big being in the club," Pinkie answered anyway.
"Well, whoever he is, I'll sort him out," Gentaro said as he grabbed a metal pole that was left lying there. "Come on, big guy!"
Gentaro swung the pole at the monster but whatever attack he threw at the monster, it didn't leave a dent on it. The monster didn't even flinch at all. It grabbed the pole from Gentaro's hand and bent it. Gentaro showed a panicked face as the monster threw a punch. Luckily Gentaro blocked it but the force of the punch knocked him away.
"Gentaro!" Pinkie shouted. She turned back to the monster as it charged for another attack. She cried out, "Goodbye cruel world!"
Powerdizer
A robotic voice spoke out of nowhere as a metallic arm shielded Pinkie from the blast. The arm belonged to a mech. It was yellow with black construction lines across its shoulder. Its feet and hands were tires. Twilight soon arrived at the scene shortly after.
"Looks like we arrived just in time," Twilight said. She observed the monster and said, "I see the Orion constellation on the monster, this is definitely a Zodiart."
"It seems so. You better get back," a voice from inside the mechanic spoke.
Gentaro noticed that the voice inside was Kengo. He and Pinkie watched as the mech attacked the monster now known as Orion. The impact of the Powerdizer's punches was enough to actually hurt the monster. Sparks flew as the monster took damage. Orion attempted to throw a punch at the mech but it quickly punched it back. Kengo kicked the monster and pulled back the Powerdizer's fist to throw one powerful jab to send him flying. However Orion was still conscious and took the opportunity to retreat.
Steam from the Powerdizer escaped from the back. The cockpit inside generated an immense amount of heat, too much for a normal person to handle for a long period of time. It was already taxing on Kengo because of his weaker body. The cockpit popped open, revealing a Kengo covered in sweat. Gentaro was helped up by Pinkie, and Twilight approached them.
"Are you alright?" Twilight asked.
"I'm fine," Gentaro groaned as he tried to regain his balance. "I've been hit harder before."
"So who was that nasty meanie?" Pinkie asked.
Before Twilight could give the two an answer, Kengo said, "None of your concern. Come on, Twilight, we have to lock this up before more people notice."
The cockpit closed and Kengo left with Twilight He transformed the mech into a vehicle before droving off. Twilight quickly chased after the Powerdizer. The mech was parked in a large storage shed in the back of the school. Twilight and Kengo covered it beneath a large, blue tarp. Twilight closed the door to the shed with Kengo's help. As Twilight locked it up, Kengo lost his balance and fell down.
"Kengo!" Twilight shouted as she helped him back up.
"That thing is still out there..." Kengo panted. "The Powerdizer isn't enough. We need to utilize the powers of Fourze."
With Twilight's help, Kengo reached one of the school's side buildings. When he entered the building, he limped against the wall as he pulled out a key. Kengo used it to unlock a door with a bunch of warning tape across it. Inside the room were a row of shelves with boxes of vanilla folders and other files. On the side was a locker and when Kengo opened there was a huge bright, space inside.
Kengo and Twilight entered the locker. The space inside was just one long hallway. When they reached the end of the light tunnel the duo entered another room. The room was white with a circular table on the side with a small indoor balcony. Kengo leapt a bit and floated across the room. Twilight soon followed him as he entered the room.
"You can't be serious about using the Fourze driver. Your body won't be able to take it," Twilight said as Kengo approached the table. On the table was the Fourze Driver, a device with four slots and a mini screen in the middle. On the side was a lever.
"It's the only option we have against the Zodiarts," Kengo said. He grabbed four switches and inserted them into the Fourze Driver. A robotic voice spoke when each switch was inserted:
Rocket
Launcher
Drill
Radar
Kengo unplugged the Fourze Driver and walked out of the room with it. Before he exited the room, Twilight stood in his way.
"I'm letting you do something this reckless, Kengo," Twilight said.
"Get out of my way," Kengo harshly spoke as he walked passed Twilight. As he entered the main room, he saw two intruders jumping around.
"Weeeeeeee! Pinkie shouted as she flew across the room. She jumped off a wall and continued to stay on air as long as possible. "See? I told you stalking those two would lead to something interesting!"
Twilight walked into the room. She was shocked to see Pinkie and Gentaro jumping around the room.
"Woah!" Gentaro yelled as he attempted to land on his feet. He jumped again and asked, "I wonder what makes this place so floaty?"
"I don't know! But whatever it is causing it will make throwing parties here much more interesting!"
Kengo sighed as he jumped to a switch on the wall and pulled it.
Gravity Control
Just like that, the room was restored to normal gravity. Pinkie's face was planted on the ground while Gentaro managed to land safely on his two feet.
"You okay, Pinkie?" Gentaro asked. Pinkie raised her hand with a thumbs up while still being face-planted on the ground. Gentaro smirked as he sat down on the table. "Heh, this place is cool. It's like a secret base."
"Did you follow us?" Twilight asked.
"Of course we did. You can't just have a fight like that and not have our interest," Gentaro explained. He glanced at Kengo and quickly ran up to him. The transfer student snatched the Fourze Driver off his hands.
"You stupid-!" Kengo shouted as he attempted to grab the Fourze Driver. Gentaro easily dodged Kengo.
"I overheard your story. You need this to fight those monsters, right?"
"Give it back! That's mine!" Kengo demanded. As he forced his body to quickly approach Gentaro, he felt exhausted and tired. Kengo fell down on his knees.
"Kengo!" Twilight shouted as she helped him up.
"See? No way you're up for this," Gentaro said.
"So are you!" Kengo snapped.
"We'll see," Gentaro said before he walked out. Pinkie followed him but before she left, the pinkette turned around and waved goodbye with both hands with a big smile.
"See ya later!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Me and Genny will find and hunt that monster!"
"Wait!" Kengo said as he got out of Twilight's grasp. He immediately fell into the ground again. Twilight sighed as she helped him back up and helped him sit down.
"I need to make sure that those two don't damage the Fourze Driver. Just rest for now, Kengo," Twilight said as she left.
Kengo clenched his fist and slammed it onto the table. He shouted, "Why was I born with such a weak body?!"
Gentaro and Pinkie walked out of the school. They began their search for Orion, the monster that attacked them earlier. Gentaro has no idea where to begin to look.
"Now, where to look for that monster?" Gentaro asked, speaking his thoughts out loud.
"Maybe he has a secret lair or a dungeon somewhere around the school," Pinkie suggested. "Ooh, do you think the monster has some valuable loot?"
"Try to take this seriously. I want to prove myself to Kengo that I can hunt down those monsters for him."
"Why do you want to do that? He didn't look very happy that you stole that doohickey from him."
"He doesn't realize it but we're friends," Gentaro proclaimed. Pinkie smiled at Gentaro's clear devotion to help Kengo. It was pretty admirable in her eyes. The two wandered the school for a bit with no luck finding a clue about the monster's whereabouts.
"This sucks," Gentaro groaned as he looked out of the school's window.
"I know, honestly the monster should just attack right now and make our job of finding him a whole lot easier," Pinkie said. Gentaro heard an explosion in the distance and saw smoke rising in the next building over. "I think I may have spoken too soon."
"Pinkie, what is that building over there?" Gentaro asked as he pointed in the direction of the smoke.
"That's the gym," Pinkie said.
"Come on, let's go!" Gentaro shouted as he ran to the location.
"Wait up!" Pinkie exclaimed.
Orion blasted the gym building once more, blowing a huge hole in the wall. Students inside ran outside of the entrance but as soon as they ran back inside as soon as they saw Orion. The Zodiart ran inside the building. The Orion Zodiart began to attack any student he came across, shoving or throwing them to the side. A student in a varsity jacket fell on the ground while trying to run away. The stars across Orion's body began to blow blue. Before he could blast the student into smithereens, a soccer ball hit his head. Orion turned around and saw a girl with rainbow-colored hair charging at him.
The girl's hair was tied to a ponytail. She wore a white tanktop with a cloud on it striking a rainbow-colored lightning bolt. Over her shirt was a blue jacket with short sleeves with short jeans.
"Hey, why don't you pick someone your own size!" the rainbow-haired student shouted. She jumped and kicked Orion in the chest but the monster didn't flinch at all. The student with the varsity jacket took the opportunity to bolt it out of the scene while the monster was distracted.
"Hm, maybe you should take your own advice, Rainbow Dash!" Orion snapped as he grabbed her by the color and threw her against the wall.
"Hey, didn't your mother teach you anything 'bout manners?!" Gentaro shouted as he arrived. Pinkie stayed back for her own safety. Gentaro held up the Fourze Driver but he had no idea how to use the device. "Crap, I have no idea how to use this thing at all!"
"Maybe it's a bomb you throw at the monster and blow it up!" Pinkie shouted.
"No, it's not a bomb!" Twilight shouted as she arrived. "It's a transformation device!"
Twilight ran up to Gentaro. She snatched the Fourze Driver off his hand. She threw the device onto Gentaro's waist and a belt wrapped around it.
"Flick the red switches and wait for the countdown to count to one. Then pull the red level once it's doner," Twilight explained.
"Alright, let's see, flick the red…" Gentaro said as he flicked the switches. A robotic voice started counting down.
3…
Gentaro looked down to see a humanoid figure blinking from the Fourze Driver's screen.
2…
Rainbow Dash quickly turned her head at Gentaro as Orion approached him.
1…
Pinkie and Twilight lean in on anticipation.
"Alright, I pull the lever…" Gentaro muttered as he did as he said.
An explosion of smoke surrounded the area, with everyone within its radius covering their face. An energy field surrounded Gentaro as his appearance transformed. Gentaro had a rocket-shaped helmet with orange eyes. His chest, legs, and arms had black lines across them. Two vertical, orange lines went across Gentaro's chest and legs. Gentaro also wore grey shoulder pads. On his arm and legs were four distinct symbols: an orange circle on his right arm, a black square on his left arm, a blue X on his right leg, and finally a yellow triangle on his left leg.
"It worked!" Twilight shouted in excitement. She had a wide grin across her face.
"What in the world?" Rainbow groaned as she got up. She quickly distanced herself from Orion and Gentaro while making sure she has some visibility of what's going on.
"Uh, so how do I look?" Gentaro asked.
"I have a mirror!" Pinkie exclaimed. She tossed Gentaro a small mirror and he caught it. Gentaro looked at his face and saw the rocket-shaped helmet. He tossed the mirror back to Pinkie and looked at his suit. "Huh, how come I look like an astronaut?!"
"Because you're using cosmic energy and the suit is made with space-travel in mind," Twilight explained.
"Okay, that makes some sense but that doesn't explain why I'm a Kamen Rider!"
"What's a Kamen Rider?" Twilight asked.
"The franchise we're crossing over with," Pinkie answered.
"Huh?" Twilight asked as she looked at Pinkie with a confused expression. She looked back at Gentaro. "No, that doesn't matter. You're Fourze, the superhero powered by cosmic energy!"
"More like Kamen Rider Fourze!" Gentaro proclaimed. "Heh, that has a nice ring to it."
"Are you going to waste my time or are you going to get out of my way!" Orion shouted.
"I'll fight you mano-a-mano!" Fourze exclaimed. Fourze and Orion charged towards each other with the Kamen Rider delivering the first blow. The punch actually left an impact on Orion as it stepped back.
"Alright!" Fourze shouted in excitement.
Orion slapped Fourze against the wall, breaking through it and entering the next room over. Gentaro was quick to recover as he immediately jumped through the hole in the wall and punched Orion. The Zodiart stumbled against the wall but Gentaro grabbed it and threw it against the other wall. He tackled it and punched it in the guts. He repeated the same action by tossing Orion against the other wall and punching Orion in the face this time.
"Nice! Gentaro is actually hurting him!" Pinkie exclaimed. Gentaro grabbed Orion by the shoulders and threw him onto the ground again, but this time destroying a shelf. "He's causing a lot of damage to the school though."
"He is," Twilight said. "Gentaro, use the Rocket Switch to take that monster outside!"
Orion got up and punched Fourze, knocking him back a few feet. Fortunately, the suit absorbed the impact and damage.
"Which one is it?" Fourze asked.
"It's the orange switch!" Twilight pointed out.
"Huh, this one?" Gentaro wondered as he pressed on the orange switch on his belt.
Rocket on
An orange light-construct of a rocket began to form over his right arm. He turned into a solid physical thruster ignited and Gentaro had a hard time controlling it. "Woah! This thing is going wild!"
Orion charged at Fourze. The Kamen Rider spun around while aiming the Rocket at Orion. He allowed the rocket to propel him towards Orion and charge into him. Twilight and Pinkie jumped out of the rocket's path as Gentaro and Orion flew out of the window behind them.
"Gentaro!" Pinkie and Twilight shouted as they ran to the exit. Rainbow Dash was watching the whole fight unfold from a distance. She got out of hiding.
"Who knew that Canterlot had it's very own superhero," Rainbow said with a smirk. "Although, this school also has it's very own monster as well."
Rainbow Dash couldn't help but think that the monster sounded like someone she knew but the voice was somewhat distorted. The fact that it even knew her name made it even more suspicious
Gentaro and Orion landed on the pavement outside. The Kamen Rider quickly got up. He struggled to control the rocket since the thruster didn't turn off. He used all of his strength to prevent it from sending him flying somewhere else. Gentaro aimed the rocket horizontally and it carried him towards a tree. He grabbed on the tree to prevent himself from flying away. He spun around it. Orion charged towards Fourze but the Kamen Rider used the momentum of the spin to use the rocket for a powerful punch. The monster was launched a few feet away and quickly got up. The Kamen Rider decided to turn off the rocket since the thruster is too powerful for him to control. With a flick on the orange switch, the rocket disappeared
"Oh, I feel a bit dizzy now," Fourze said, swaying his body in a sickly motion.
Gentaro tried his best to stay focused on the fight as Orion charged at him. Fourze ducked under one of Orion's attacks and countered it by punching his stomach. Twilight and Pinkie soon arrived and kept their distance away from the fight. Gentaro began to beat down Orion since the giant monster was slow to react to his attacks.
"Okay, let's see what else I got," Gentaro said. Gentaro flicked the blue switch.
Launcher on
A blue, boxed light appeared over Gentaro's leg and a missile rack appeared on the side of his left leg. He lifted his leg to look at the Launcher attached to his leg.
"Nice!" Gentaro exclaimed. When he stepped on the ground, five missiles were fired from Gentaro's leg and blew up the area around Orion. Twilight and Pinkie shielded their faces as the smoke blew in their direction. Gentaro muttered, "Now I've done it…"
One of the switches on the Fourze began to ring like a phone. Fourze flicked the switch on the left side of the Driver.
Radar on
A wrist-mounted device was attached to Fourze's left arm. There was a very large satellite dish sticking out of it. The device displayed Kengo back at the secret base with a headset on.
"Use the Radar to target him or else you're going to blow up the school," Kengo said. Orion attacked Fourze while he was distracted. Fourze blocked the punch with his right arm. He then kicked him with his left leg. "The switch uses radar technology to lock onto a specific target."
"Got it," Fourze said as he was struggling to free his arm from Orion, who was trying to pull on him. Orion used all of his strength to toss Fourze into the air. A propulsion-device on his back helped maintain his balance as he landed. Fourze looked at the device and pressed a button to initiate the lock-on device. After a few seconds, Orion was locked on the radar device. The Kamen Rider shouted, "Eat this!"
Five missiles were fired from the Launcher on Fourze's leg. Two missiles blew beneath Orion and launched him into the air. The remaining three blew up in his face.
"Now close in on the target. Switch Launcher with #8: chainsaw," Kengo ordered. Fourze nodded and pulled out the Launcher Switch with one that had #8 printed on it. He inserted it in the empty socket.
Chainsaw
The Kamen Rider flicked the switch of the device.
Chainsaw on
The Launcher disappeared in a flash of light and was replaced with a blue chainsaw attached to Fourze's left foot.
"Well ain't that cool!" Fourze exclaimed before charging towards Orion. "Let's do this thing!"
Fourze began to attack Orion with the Chainsaw attached to his foot. The chain sliced through Orion's armor, sparks flying upon impact. Fourze front-flipped and used the momentum to do a devastatingly powerful kick. Orion staggered backward and growled in pain and frustration. Pinkie jumped in excitement and raised her fist in the air. Twilight couldn't help but smile over the success of Fourze.
"Haha, Gentaro has this fight in the bag!" Pinkie proclaimed, spectating the fight in the distance with Twilight.
Fourze slashed Orion with another kick with the chainsaw. Orion growled and the blue orbs across his chest began to glow. The Zodiart fired multiple projectiles from the blue orbs throughout his body. The Kamen Rider was caught off guard and blasted back by a barrage of projectiles.
Pinkie and Twilight gasped as Fourze was being blasted back. Fourze quickly flicked the Chainsaw Switch off so he could maneuver more easily. The Rider rolled out of way and avoided a second wave of projectiles. Orion shifted his body towards the Kamen Rider and fired a third bombardment. Fourze easily rolled out of the projectile's path.
"Like that's going to work again!" Fourze exclaimed. Orion charged up his projectile attack again and Fourze flicked the Rocket Switch.
Rocket on
The Rocket appeared over Fourze's arm and he launched himself in the air, narrowly avoiding Orion's blast. He realized there was a fourth switch on the Driver that he could use and flicked it.
Drill on
A large drill covered the bottom part of Fourze's left leg.
"Nice!" Fourze exclaimed. "Let's finish this!"
"No, wait, Kisaragi!" Kengo shouted before Fourze flicked the radar off.
"Not now!" Fourze shouted as he pulled the lever on his belt.
Rocket + Drill: Limit Break
The drill began to spin and Fourze pointed the Rocket towards Orion. He extended his left leg while pulling back his right. Fourze used the Rocket to propel him towards Orion. He narrowly dodged Orion's projectiles.
"Rocket Drill Kick!" Fourze cried out as he drilled through Orion. When Fourze landed on the ground, the Drill on his leg spun around and he had to wait before the Drill powered down. Orion, now with a huge hole in his chest, blew up behind Fourze.
"He did it!" Pinkie exclaimed as she jumped in excitement.
Twilight sighed in relief now that the Orion Zodiart is destroyed. The two girls approached the tired out Kamen Rider. Fourze flicked the switch to deactivate the Rocket and Drill.
"You did it, Gentaro!" Pinkie shouted as she jumped in the air with two hands ready to be high-fived. Gentaro didn't leave Pinkie hanging and returned the favor as she landed.
"So what do you think? Do you think I can handle whatever it is that Kengo can't?" Fourze asked.
"Well, to me, you're more than qualified. However, knowing Kengo…" Twilight spoke before a robotic voice interrupted him.
Powerdizer
The yellow mech from before approached Fourze. Twilight finished her sentence, "...he's going to have a hard time accepting you as the user of the Fourze Driver."
"Huh?" the Kamen Rider asked before he was grabbed by the mech. He shouted, "Hey, what's the big deal?! I stopped the monster from destroying the school!"
"Yeah, he's practically a superhero!" Pinkie shouted.
"Quiet! The Fourze Driver is meant to be our last resort and we have this idiot doing more damage than good!" Kengo snapped.
"Hey! Without me, that monster would've destroyed part of the school!" Fourze shouted back as he broke free from the Power Dizer's grasp.
Steam was released from the mech as the cockpit opened. Kengo jumped out and approached Fourze. He flicked the red switches and pulled out the Driver, transforming Gentaro back to normal.
"You're not fit to become Fourze," Kengo said as he walked away. He suddenly got a headache and fell on his knees.
"Look who's talking. Your body probably can't handle a fight," Gentaro said.
"At least I wouldn't have done it so catastrophically stupid," Kengo said. He got up and said, "Because if you, we have no lead to who that is."
"What do you mean?" Gentaro asked.
"That was a Zodiart, a life form created from cosmic energy, channeled through the Astro Switches. All you did was destroy the energy form."
Gentaro looked confused and he could only reply with, "You think you can make yourself clever by saying a bunch of technobabble?"
"To simplify Kengo's words, the monster you fought is a human who transformed by using a Switch. It's the same technology that allowed you to transform into Fourze."
"Huh? If the monster is a person who transformed into it then that means Gentaro killed someone!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"What?!" Gentaro panicked. "Ah man, I can't go to jail! This is only my first day here! Hey, do you guys think I can convince the judge I did it in self-defense?"
"No, you didn't kill him, you only destroyed his energy form," Twilight explained as she pinched her nose. "Even though you destroyed his energy form, as long as he had the Switch, he can transform into the monster."
"So he's still out there?" Pinkie asked
"Oh, thank God," Gentaro sighed in relief.
"Yeah, and you blew it," Kengo said. He opened his briefcase, which had a built-in computer. He had the Power Dizer transform. He commanded the vehicle leave the area. Kengo closed the briefcase before walking away
"Hold on, Kengo," Gentaro said.
"I don't remember giving you permission to say my name," Kengo said.
"Don't worry 'bout that stuff," Gentaro said. "So we've got to find the culprit behind this, right?"
"You think you can find him?"
"Yeah, I do. I'll get things done one way or another, you'll see. Don't forget, I'm Gentaro Kisaragi. I'll become friends with everyone in this school."
Gentaro patted his heart and pointed at Kengo.
"I don't waste my time with idiots," Kengo said before leaving.
"Hey, wait up!" Twilight quickly caught up with him.
"Hm, you'll see. I'll find him and you'll learn to become my friend," Gentaro said. Gentaro's stomach growled and he realized he never had a chance to eat. "Man, I could really go for lunch."
"Hm, luckily the school is currently in lockdown mode right since there was a whole big monster attack. Why don't we sneak our way out and eat at a fast-food joint."
Gentaro smirked and said, "Sounds like a great plan."
"Why can't you just let Gentaro use the Fourze Driver?" Twilight asked. She and Kengo walked home together after sneaking out of the school during a lockdown.
"Well, it should be obvious why I'm not letting him use it. You saw how reckless he was with the Launched Switch," Kengo said.
"You have to take into consideration that he had zero training before using the Fourze Driver."
"That's a fair point but this isn't his burden to bear. He should learn to stick his nose somewhere else."
"You let me help you so why are you being so hard on Gentaro?" Twilight asked.
"Because it's simply because I can't stand him."
The two reached Twilight's home and the two parted ways. When Twilight walked down the hallway to her room, she noticed the door was opened. When she opened it, Twilight saw a young boy sitting down at her desk. He had messy green hair and wore a purple shirt with blue jeans.
"Hey, Twilight," the boy greeted her nervously. Twilight pinched his cheeks and pulled them.
"Spike, what're you doing in my room!" Twilight snapped.
"I was only using your computer to watch Netflix!" Spike shouted.
"Don't you have your iPad for that?" Twilight questioned.
"Yeah, but mom took it away, and I'd rather watch it from your profile since I'm not restricted to kids," Spike said.
Twilight sighed. She e glanced at the screen. "So what're you watching?"
"Oh, just a documentary."
"I never took you for the type to watch them."
"I don't usually watch them but this one caught my eye. It had a superhero on the cover but it wasn't no action movie."
On the screen was a hero wearing black spandex with green chest armor. His helmet was molded after a grasshopper with red eyes. Since the documentary was paused Twilight caught the title.
"Kamen Riders: A Hidden History," Twilight read the title. "Wait, didn't Gentaro mention something about them."
"Who?"
"Never mind that, leave my room, or else I'll snitch on you."
"Oh, alright, let me add this to your watchlist so I can watch it another time," Spike said before leaving. He poked his head out of the door. He said, "There's also a package on your bed from Celeste."
"Huh," Twilight muttered as she looked at a box on top of her bed. She opened it and inside was a circular jewelry case. Inside the case were six gems: a violet star, a red lightning bolt, a blue balloon, a purple diamond, an orange apple, and a pink butterfly. The box also contained a headband with a unicorn horn on it. A letter from Celeste read:
For you and your friends, Celeste
Alrighty, I sooo did not write this fanfic because a certain Transformers comic did a crossover over with MLP in which reignited my interest in the series. Okay, it did and I've rewatched some of my favorite episodes from S1-4 and the first two Equestrian Girls movies. Note that I did not finish the series. I dropped out of the series because I pursued different interests. A few buddies and I plan on watching it from beginning to end. If you've been with me since 2015, you'd know that I wrote an MLP/RvB story but I decided to delete it because it was a pointless isekai fanfic. A part of me wanted to write a proper MLP story but couldn't just find the inspiration to do so. Fast forward five years later and now I finally regained my interest in an MLP story because of Transformers/My Little Pony comic, which is a hilarious read even to those who haven't been caught up with the franchise.
I can say I'm basing this off Equestrian Girls but I'm only half-right. It's based on an MLP webcomic called Friendship is Magic by Mauroz in which's a high school AU where the Mane Six are essentially magical girls. It's funny because it came out before EG: but anyway give it a read, it's pretty interesting and I get 2000s anime vibes from it. So some elements of that story will be carried over but not all. I'm attempting to make a hodgepodge of both the webcomic and Equestrian Girls. I also got the inspiration to use the element's from Mauroz's from another FanFiction based on Kamen Rider called Friendship is Timeless, which crosses over with Den-O. Cool fanfic and something you should give a read if you like my story.
Alright, let's talk about the Kamen Rider aspect of the story for a brief second. You may have noticed that Yuki and Miu are absent in this story but that's because I decided to drop their characters. I only did so just to streamline the cast a bit because I didn't want to write too many characters. I decided to cut the Kamen Rider Club in half and replaced it with the Mane Six. I kept Gentaro because he's the main character, Kengo since he's plot-relevant, Shun because I like his character, and finally it should be obvious that Meteor is also in the story.
Hopefully, future chapters won't be close to canon as this chapter. As of now, it is what it is. The same can be implied to chapter 2 but I have something up my sleeve to spice it up.
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