Asa mo yoru mo koi kogarete hoshi ni naru yo kimi mamoru tatakai wa yukue shirazu
(From the sky the camera falls down on the nation of japan and then close up to the Skywall, where the red light beams down on Chifuyu, as she reaches out. Scene changes to Sento the light going up his body, Sento brings his clenched fist close to his chest before reaching out. In the background Stalk looks on.)
ashita to kinou no kousaten de majiwaranai kimi to boku ima iku yo boku wa nagareboshi
(Sento stands with everyone looking on with a serious face. Scene changes to Chloe in tears as Sento reaches out before a Shadowy hand grabs Sento's hand. Scene changes to Build, Cross-Z, and Akats standing ready to fight.)
IS Infinite Build
sekai ga kuchihatete mo kawaru koto no nai mono ga aru
(Camera flashes to Ichika's face then Cross-Z, then to Cross-Z jumping off a building and flying into battle. Scene changes to Cecilia taking aim with her rifle and firing off a shot)
namida wo koraete demo mamorubeki mono ga bokura ni wa aru
(The shot passes Rin, who swings at the camera, Charlotte blocks incoming fire before firing back)
nanmannen nan okunen mae kara no messeji ga tainai de uzukidasu narihibiku
(Changes to Laura swinging her cannon and aiming before firing off a shot, the shot flies past Akatsu as she thrusts with her blade, under the helmet Houki let's out a tear.)
shagareta koe de asu wo yobu kizu darake no te de kimi mamoru
(Grease drops towards Cross-Z with her weapon at the ready, Cross-Z spins around and thrusts his blade at Grease, their weapons let out a shockwave of energy as the two steare each other down. Scene changes to Tajimi and Phantom Task behind her. Looming over all of them is a Mech hidden in Shadow, a beam charges up before firing at the screen.)
I continue to fight I continue to fight
(Gentoku walks forward with Yamada behind him. Camera changes to an up close look at Gentoku up close, looking at one half of Gentoku's face is with a creepy smile. Camera switches to other side to see a dulled out Gen with purple crack veins creeping up his face. Stalk Revels in everything.)
asa mo yoru mo koikogarete hoshi ni naru yo kimi mamoru tatakai wa yukue shirazu
(Sento Drives his bike before swerving to park as he looks over the ridge. Looking over a hill, Sento looks on at Hokuto's army. Stalk flies in with new armor covering her.)
ashita to kinou no kousaten de majiwaranai kimi to boku sadame wo kirisaku nagareboshi
(Camera flies past the cast in different poses looking at the camera M's face shows anger, as camera changes to Sento also with a serious face, before Chifuyu drops in besides Sento. Sento and Chifuyu reach out to each other, but a shadow creeps up Sento's hand. Sento brings his hand close to his eye, the camera focuses on his eyes to see a shadow in both eyes.)
hakanaku kiete nakunaru koto sae kowakunai
(Still focusing on the eye, appears an all black boots, hand, chest piece, then belt with a Red Trigger upon it. Then to Normal Build as his helmet folds out, the camera pans back to look down upon the entire cast. Camera changes to a Full Bottle being tossed before being paused in frame.)
Construct 73: The Trigger
Ichika: In the last construct Stalk appeared pulling Grease and his cronies out of the fight. All before battling us and dropping a bomb on us, that the Sakura Full Bottle is essence of Kasumi collected into a full bottle.
Houki: In my rage, I strapped on the Sclash Driver and transformed into Akatsubaki Sakura Charge. Later after the proceeding fight, it's decided to keep the bottles safe for them to be separated. But Grease finds out of the location of said bottles, we're all enroute.
We are Sento
Hopping off my bike I rush to the cleaning center. This is far too quick!? I note to myself as I rush inside. "Seriously… Where on Earth did those three idiots go…?" I hear as I arrive to see M, or rather Madoka on the scene pocketing the Gorilla and Diamond Bottles. "Wait! How did you find those Bottles?!" I ask strapping on my belt, Madoka looks at me while she takes out her own belt.
M:(straps on belt) I'll tell you if you beat me.(opens Jelly) Not like that will happen though.
The belt activates. "Sclash Driver! Robot Jelly!" The Belt exclaims, M takes his stance and points to me before saying. "Henshin." Pressing down the crank steam exudes from the belt. "Crush! Flow! Overflow! Robot in Grease!" The beaker constructs around M and materialises her suit. The liquid blasts away leaving her in her suit. I take out a Best Match pair, giving them both a shake before opening them and inserting them into my belt. "Harinezumi! Shoubousha! Best Match! Are you Ready?!" I crank my belt and shout. "Henshin!" I jump off the stairs towards Grease as the armor materialises onto me. "Firehedgehog! Yay~!" I engage with Grease, we exchange fists as we move into the docking platform. Open area, good. We both attack each other keeping our distance, but Grease puts me on the defensive. "Twin Breaker!" Grease summons her weapons, she begins barraging me with beams. I take the brunt of the attacks, Grease comes in close taking out a bottle pair and swings at me. I lean back and swing my arm hitting Grease's hand knocking out the Bottles out of her hand. Those are! I rush over and pick them up. "Thanks! I'll be using these!" I say shaking the bottles and opening the caps. Into the Driver they go! "Phoenix!" I duck under Grease attacking me, I turn to face her before putting into the next bottle in. "Sojiki!" I crank the belt. "Build up!" I exclaim. "Are you Ready?" I put out my hand and blast Grease in flames, she jumps through the fire and charges at me. Using the vacuum cleaner I pull Grease in before creating a fireball, I slam it into Grease launching her back. I fire a stream of flame at Grease which she dodges. "As expected of Build. You're making this fun!" Grease says as two bottles are placed in the Twin Breaker. "Single! Twin! Twin Finish!" Grease fires, materialising a tv screen that blocks my attacks, before smartphones appear on the TV and then slam into me. I need to get this outside! "Build up!" I shout taking out my can. "Rabbittank Sparkling!" The armor attaches on as I charge Grease. "Funnels!" I shout as the Funnels attach onto my hands, I launch up close to Grease which surprises her as I send a volley of punches at her before kicking her out into the open.
Grease:(heavy breathing) Well… Not bad… Looks like strength can't be measured by just Hazard Levels…
Build:(walks over) Well, I'm glad I could teach you that lesson.
"Capitan! Sorry to keep you waiting!" I hear as the Trio arrive. Oh no… 4 on 1 is not a good look to me… "You're late! Where'd you guys go?" Grease asks them, the trio take out their bottles. "Well, just leave things to us." Red says to Grease. "Don't be too surprised now." Blue says. Wait? Did something happen to them? I look over to Grease who seems to put together what they said. "No… Don't tell me you idiots..." Grease mutters as the three shake their bottles and insert them in, they transform into their suits but now their bodies are darker with trace bits of their color here and there on the suits.
Castle:(jumps down) As of today, we're no longer Hard Smash… We're Hazard Smash!
Grease:(clenches fists) You… Idiots…
Build:(steps back) Hazard… Smashes?
Grease:(grabs Owl) Hey!(looks at others) Do you morons have any idea what you've done?!
Stag:(looks at Grease) We'll talk later, you can shout at us all you want then. First off… Let's get those bottles!
Their faster than before, Stag appears next to me hitting me to the ground. Before I can respond, Owl flies in and slams against me. All before Castle uppercuts me, I try and block but my Funnels shatter and I'm sent flying. What's going on?! "We're not the same as before!" Castle says. That much is obvious. "Let's go!" The Trio go in to fight me, as Grease goes to take a breather. Damn it! No rest for me!
We are Obosver
"You guys are too fucking reckless… You morons..." Grease mutters as two figures arrive on the scene. "Dragon Jelly!" "Sakura Jelly!" Ichika and Houki run into the scene. "Henshin!" The two shout as they transform. "Dragon in Cross-Z Charge! Burraaah!" "Akatsubaki Sakura Charge! Burraah!" The two throw their fists at Grease who catches both of them. "Look, I'm super irritated right now." Grease says as she proceeds to battle the two riders. Build gets knocked down as Grease knocks back Cross-Z and Akats. "You two! I can't believe you used it again! You idiots!" Build reprimands the two.
Akats:(stands up) Just shut up! Come on!
Cross-Z:(stands up) Bring it!
The two two hit Grease. "Is that all? Come on." Grease mocks, Cross-Z grabs Grease and runs into a wall with her. "I want to become stronger! Stronger! Stronger!" Cross-Z shouts hitting Grease. Grease kicks back Cross-Z. "Oh, shut up!" Grease shouts. "Stronger!" Cross-Z shouts as his body begins to charge with electricity. Roots grow out of the ground and grab Grease, she looks down only to have her body fung around hitting the infrastructure around them. Grease aims his shoulder cannons at the roots and blasts them. The roots shatter as Grease falls, but before she hits the ground Akats charges in and kicks Grease away. She begins to pulse with electricity.
Build:(gets up) This is bad! Ichika! Houki! Get out of the suits!
Castle:(walks over) Hey, don't look away!
The Trio ready themselves before they combo attack Build. Stag rushes around Build hitting him in multiple directions, as Owl flies in and dive bombs Build, all before Castle charges in and rams into Build. Build flies back and hits the ground bottles dropping to the ground and Build's armor disappears. "The Bottles dripped, get them!" Owl exclaims as they pick up the bottles, Sento grabs a bottle and tires to keep it close. "Hey, hand that over!" Stag says grabbing Sento's hand and pulling the bottle out, just before kicking Sento in the stomach. Grease noticing an objective complete, backs off to the Trio. "All right, let's go morons..." Grease says.
Castle:(confused) What? But we could snatch more Bottl-
Grease:(removes jelly) We got more than we came for. Let's not test our fate here!
"Helicopter!" Opening the bottle, Grease incerts the bottle into her belt. "Discharge Bottle! Uncrushable! Discharge Crush!" Grease puts up the palm of her hand as helicopter blades materialise, Grease is lifted up into the air with Stag and Castle grabbing on, Owl flies after.
Cross-Z: Hey, come back! Those fuckers!
Akats:(floats) Come on! After them!
Sento:(getting up) Don't go!(stands up) You're bodies are at their limit! Stop pushing it!
Cross-Z and Akats:(in synch) Shut up!
With that, the two fly off into the air after Grease and the Trio.
We are Sento
I watch as the two fly away. I need to send a message to find the two. Their bodies are going to be in tatters. I send a quick message to Sawa and Chloe to recover the two. This day can't get any worse… "Oh~ my..." I hear. Spoke too soon. I turn to Stalk stepping out. "I knew it was going to turn out like this." Stalk says to me. Great…
In the air…
"Where are they?!" Cross-Z shouts looking around, Akats is silent. "Hey? What- Argh?!" Cross-Z and Akats are shocked with energy before they fall to the ground. The smash into the pavement, leaving a crater in their place. As the dust settles the armor protected most of the two. It's just then that Chloe and Sawa arrive on the scene just as the armor of the two fades away.
Chloe:(runs over) Ichika! Houki! Are you okay?!
Chloe kneels down and reaches down to the two of them. Shaking the two bodies, they suddenly glow. Chloe pulled away her hand in confusion. "What was that just now?" Sawa asks, Chloe looks at her bracelet. "This is..." Chloe mutters before she places a hand on the two, their bodies glow as the wounds on their bodies fade. "Their wounds… are healing..." Sawa says, just before the two sit up in confusion. "W-What the?!" Sawa exclaims in surprise, just before Chloe collapses.
Back with Sento
Stalk:(leans on pillar) Their rampaging as I expected. I'll tell you how to stop their power. The Forbidden item that Katsuragi made… The Hazard Trigger.
The Hazard trigger is red, silver, and white. The shape of a trigger, with a plug on the bottom. The body is red with silver pipes and white hazard markings. At the center of the trigger is a glass window to a gauge, at the top of the trigger is a blue button covered by blue glass.
Stalk then tosses the Trigger to me. "This… is the forbidden item?" I ask, Stalk reverts to Tabane as she walks to me. "Yup! Insert that bad boy into the Build Driver, and you'll tap into even greater power." Tabane explains to me. "You'll even be able to stop those two from going berserk." Tabane says smiling at me. The forbidden part is what concerns me...
Sento:(glares at Tabane) If it's forbidden, then there's some kind of price to it, isn't there?
Tabane:(points at Sento) Bingo! The longer you have it equipped, the more likely you are to lose your sense of self.
Sento:(stares) So basically, this is my own Bearserk trigger?
Tabane:(smiles) Oh, you're getting all the points right. For a good example look at the Hokuto Trio. They got much stronger using the Hazard Trigger. You can see the results for yourself.
Sento:(looks at Trigger) They got darker, so my armor would become pitch black then… Great. You may as well call me Lancelot.
Tabane:(chuckles) Although, the Trio, since they are Smashes, the effect wasn't filtered at all, so they've got a higher price to pay.(walks over to Sento) If you beat them…(creepy smile) THEY DIE!... So… You can see why it was forbidden.
Sento:(looks at Tabane) Why give this to me?
Tabane:(walks past) Same reason why I kept you alive.(looks at Sento) You're the only one who can stop those two. Banjou is a Natural Fighter, but he rages at the drop of a hat. You could say he represents a sort of Magma like fighter.(walks up stairs) Raw unrestricted power. Houki is a natural fighter, she represents nature, as if the Sakura motif wasn't obvious. Then we have you, using science to grow stronger. You represent nurture. And what I want is the three of you to push each other on to get stronger.
Sento:(follow Tabane) But what does that have to do with your actual goal. There has to be a reason to all of this.
Tabane:(shu~ gesture) We'll have to get into that some other time… But. Sigh~ I fear that time may be longer than I realise. See, Phantom Task is mobilising their forces to turn this Civil War into a World War.
Sento:(shocked) What?! When is this happening?! Where?
Tabane:(looks at Sento) Cool you jets. There's a good amount of time between now and when they will attack. They start in England, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the US. All the main players in the world. Phantom Task is going to light a fire under their asses, when that happens they are going to point it at Touto and Hokuto. A frame job, and if they do enough damage they'll drag them and others into the war. You've got your work cut out for you, Phantom Task has their hands in the pockets of multiple politicians in all those countries. They pull the strings to make allies on both sides.
Sento: Why are you telling me this?
Tabane:(sighs) Because, if this becomes a World War. Then making you three stronger will become so much harder… Plus, I want to stick it to Squall.(looks at Sento) Oh, Squall is the Leader of the Phantom Task Squad here in Japan. They've caused trouble for you and the Academy in the past…
Sento: The Rogue IS's…
Tabane:(nods) You've got your work cut out for you.(turns) Don't worry, I won't try and pull anything till you finish with your work. Ciao.(leaves)
I'm left alone, the words of Tabane settle in my mind. They're dragging this conflict to other countries… Why do they want to drag out this fight? Possibilities begin to flow through my head. That's when I get message from Sawa. They what? Chloe did what? I try to process while I read the message.
Barber Kiryuu... We are M…
M:(looks at the Trio) Why the hell did you let them experiment on you?
Akaba:(walks over to M) Well, Boss, we did it for you-
M:(backhands Akaba) Don't put this on me. I didn't ask any of you to undertake experiment!
Aoba:(sighs) Does it really matter?(grabs milk) You don't even remember us, you're a soldier. And so are we.(walks past M) Don't act like you actually care.
"Wait… Ao." Kiba says… That cuts deep… "Did they really erase your memory?" Akaba asks, before he reaches into his shirt and pulls out dog tags. "When we became weapons, we gave up our names. We took up the nicknames Akaba, Aoba, and Kiba, and you with M." Akaba says before looking at me. "But you never even called us by them." Akaba stands up and walks over to me. "Is that because you remember us?" Akaba asks.
M:(sighs) Look. It's just a pain to remember… And hey.(looks at Aoba) I may not care… But I am your commanding officer. I need to have some loyalty from you guys… I'd prefer not to be stabbed in the back.
Stepping out of the barber I walk out into the open yard, finding trash bags, toys, and other assortment of items strewn across the ground. "Excuse me." I hear as I turn to a Hokuto scout. "I'm here to send a message to Codename M." The Scout reports, I look at him. "That's me." I tell him, he stands and salutes.
Scout: Mam! Apologies I-
M:(sighs) I don't care… Out with it, why are you here? What's the message?
Scout:(at ease) Mam, important orders from HQ. You and your team are on standby for now. Operations in other countries are about to begin, so you are on standby for the time being.
M:(raises an eyebrow) Standby? Wait… Does this have something to do with that plan Phantom Task is working on?
Scout:(shrugs) I don't know Mam. That's above my pay grade.
"Sigh~ Fine, orders received. You can go." I tell the Scout, he salutes me again before heading off. I look down at the plastic tricycle on the ground. More of this is going to spread. I look off in the distance, seeing the smoke rise above the buildings. There's going to be more bloodshed then… I look down at the ground and kick a rock. What should I do?...
IS Cafe… We are Sento...
I pour myself a cup of coffee as I hear what unfolded. "A healing power?" I ask Chloe who's eating with Sawa and the twins. "Yeah, this bracelet started shining." Chloe explains, Sawa jumps in. "I was so surprised! Their wounds closed up, and then they woke up right away and then Chloe-chan passed out instead. Right!" Sawa says looking over to Ichika and Houki.
Houki:(looks at Sawa) Wait… That happened to us?(confused) I don't remember…(looks at Ichika) What about you?
Ichika:(eating ramen) Hell if I know.
Sento:(pondering) Maybe something's happening insider her body… Perhaps has something to do with the purification ability…(grabs food) I'll look into it later.
Ichika: Why aren't you saying anything? We weren't able to control ourselves… Talk about sad.(looks at Sento) If you've got a problem, let's hear it.
Sento:(sighs) It's fine as long as you understand. Just look out for each other alright? If you two hadn't shown up, we would've lost even more bottles.(heads downstairs)
Walking into the lab I place the coffee and sandwich down next to the computer. "Thank you." Chifuyu thanks as I grab a seat and sit next to her. "What have you got?" I ask her, she pulls up a video of Katsuragi. "This what I got when I typed in Hazard Trigger." Chifuyu says before playing the video.
Katsuragi: This Hazard Trigger is an expansion that will boost the Rider System's output dramatically. But it carries a significant risk. If used in combat for a long period, the stimuli overwhelms the brain, causing loss of rationality. The User will as a result be overcome with an impulse to destroy everything in sight.
I stand up in shock accidentally knocking over the coffee as it spills across the ground… "It's crazy to think." Chifuyu says. I reach into my pocket in a panic and take out the Trigger. I was joking… But… This really is a beaserk trigger. The image of Build going bearserk and going will. "All this on top of those two..." I say, before Chifuyu puts her hands over mine.
Chifuyu:(looks at Sento) Calm down. Perhaps Katsuragi has someway to limit its power inside his data. We just need to find it. Besides we have more pressing matters to handle.
Sento:(nods) Right… Right… Thanks. As for the other stuff, I've already talked to Gen about the implications.
Chifuyu:(backs off and crosses arms) So. I assume you got clearance?
Sento:(thinks back) After a bit of an argument… Yeah. I got permission. I'll be leaving tomorrow.
"Where to?" Chifuyu asks me. "England, it looks like that's where Phantom Task will strike first." I say as I pick up the cup of coffee that dropped to the ground. "Okay then. Till you handle that, I'll hold onto the Hazard Trigger." Chifuyu suggests before reaching a hand out to me. "I'll look into the Hazard Trigger find out what I can, you just focus on Phantom Task okay?" Chifuyu says to me, I nod as I hand her the trigger. "Thanks. I know I can count on you. Handle those two for me as well huh?" I ask, Chifuyu nods before she leaves to get more coffee. I stand alone in the room before I look down at the puddle. "Ha~ great." I mutter before snapping my fingers to summon the cleaning Guardians.
England… We are Observer
Down a dark hallway, a woman walks down it. Her steps echoing through the halls, in her hand she carries her phone reading news. The headline reads, 'Terror attack shakes Parlament!' the woman smiles as she approaches a door. The door opens, the woman steps into lab with engineer working on an IS. "How are the Preparations?" The woman asks, one of the engineers steps back and walks over to the woman. "Mam. The Hidden Fang will be ready by the next attack." The engineer reports the woman walks over to her IS. Putting her hand against the cold metal she smiles. "Excellent."
Construct 73 Complete
Next Construct…
A trip to England, returns a familiar face to the field of battle.
Cecilia:(smiles) You have no idea how good it is to see you again.
An attack on the government, with the past of the Alcott family intertwined?
"There's evidence pointing to your family having a connection to the attacks."
Cecilia: What?!
With a hand Build. An evolution of the Blue Tears to the next Generation.
Build:(excited) Go on! Show them the evolution of the Blue Tears!
Cecilia:... Build up!
Blue Tears… Generation 4?
Construct 74: London Bridge is Falling