Kamen Rider Zero-One: REALxEYES Engagement

by KamenRiderNexus98

Japan has entered a new era with the AI android called Humagear. But when the Sekirei plan commence and MetsuboujinraiNet made their move. It's up to the young president and funny man, Hiden Akio, to save the Humagear and Sekirei alike as Kamen Rider Zero-One. He'll clash with AIMS, MBI, MetsuboujinraiNet, and ZAIA while struggles with his Sekirei's competing for him. AkioxHarem

6. Chapter 6

Episode 6: Passionate Manga and Water

A little blond girl wearing a ruffled dress was running in a park, looking like she was fed up with something prior to coming here. She came to a stop when she was at the playground. She panted as she sat by the swing set as if she had finished a light jog. Normally, a child at her age would collapse in exhaustion but she is no ordinary child.

"MINNA-SAN!"

The girl looked over to the sandbox and saw young Akio standing there with other kids sitting in front of him.

"We're gonna have a sandy day, aren't we?" Akio jokes before making his usual pose. "Hai! Akio Ja Naito!~"

"Boo!"

"You stink!"

The kids booed at the young Akio for his poor joke and walked away, leaving poor young Akio behind feeling down. Curious of the young Akio, the little girl slowly approaches him. The young Akio took notice of the girl as his mood brightened.

"Hi!" Akio waved to the little girl.

The little girl tilted her head as she was confused, young Akio walked towards her and stopped in front of her.

"I'm Akio. What's your name" He asked.

Before he could hear her name, water suddenly rushed out of nowhere and Akio was caught in it.

SPLASH!

"At last, I have found you."

As Akio was being swept away in the water, the little girl was now a grown adult woman in a black dress with a white underdress which shows her cleavage, a black and white choker, and long brown boots with black stockings. Akio was surprised as he felt a bit of deja vu.

"I hope you are prepared Ashikabi, for death!" She shouted, pointing at him as the tides got faster and faster.

"Grglrglrlgrl!" Akio can't help it but drown from the water as he blacked out.

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(Maison Izumo Inn - 2nd Building)

Akio quickly sat up from his bed, breathing heavily. He then looked around to see that he was in his new room.

It's been a week since he and his Sekirei went to Daybreak to uncover the truth behind the incident and the building of the new housing was done in no time flat. Akio packs his bags and moves to the new residence right away with the help of his Sekirei.

Akio looked around as he saw Uzume sleeping on his left side before turning to see Yashima on the right. He looked up to see Toyotama and Akitsu sleeping on his lower body. He could understand why Toyotama's here but he was surprised to see Akitsu on his bed with them.

"Way to start the morning…" Akio muttered.

"President Akio."

Akio heard Izu's voice as he turned his head to see her by the door, not disturbed by the sight of four beautiful women surrounding him.

"Please get ready and come to the main building. Miya-san is preparing breakfast." Izu informed him as he stepped out the door.

Akio sighs as if the reason is so obvious. How can he get out of the girl's embrace?!

That's a problem for all men when it comes to women.

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(Maison Izumo Inn - Main Building)

AKio managed to wake the girls up and get him off to start the day. He and his Sekirei plus Akitsu were at the dining table with the rest of the residents. However, there's one more occupant joining them today, Matsu is joining them this morning.

After Akio and the girls found the information behind the Daybreak incident, Matsu snuck in while Minato was taking a bath and tried to wing herself with him. Things went hectic when Musubi came in and Matsu trapped her in a capture net. But things calm down after Miya intervenes and forces her rule onto the Hentai-Glasses.

Akio met her when he came back from work and Uzume explained the circumstances that led her to hiding behind a fake wall in the main building, which explains why Kusano thought she was a ghost. Despite the interventions, Matsu managed to wing herself with Minato later that night at the cost of breakfast for the both of them.

Akio was enjoying the meal Miya provided with his Sekirei feel the same. He glanced at Matsu as she picked up a piece of cooked fish.

"I'm so used to eating all of my meals in secret. It feels kinda weird to do this in front of others." Matsu said as she took a bite. "Thanks so much for letting me have breakfast with you guys, you're the best."

"No problem, Matsu-san." Akio said as he took another bite.

"Open wide. Aww."

"It's okay, I can do it myself."

Akio looked to see Miya trying to feed Kagari, who was bandaged somehow, as the latter tried to reject it but the former wouldn't bulge.

"Don't be difficult, you can't even hold the chopsticks." Miya said as she pressured him. "Here, open up."

"Okay, stop. You know I hate spinach." Kagari complied.

"Are you okay?" Minato asked, taking notice of his condition. "Your hands…"

"Sort of. But it's not just my hands like this. It's just a burn though." Kagari assured him, reminiscing about that night.

---

(Flashback)

Homura limps into an alleyway after her fight with Horobi. He has never faced an opponent like Horobi before. Being able to withstood the torrent of flames and even fought with such skills to boot, there's no way he can't be human. Not to mention cunning, he even poisoned her with his stinger hence the scorpion motif.

He sat on the ground and leaned back against the steel door. The poison was starting getting to him along with smoke emitting from his body for some reason.

'I never knew that MetsubouJinrai were that formidable.' Homura thought as he pulled down his mask, breathing heavily. 'Damn this body. I have no choice, I have to call Takami.'

He took out his Risephone to call for help but it suddenly caught on fire. Luckily, the Risephone was durable enough to make the call. He entered Takami's number as he heard a click at the end of the call.

"Takami…" Homura said as he heard her on the other line. "Yeah… I know… I'll give you my location… alright…"

He ends the call as he sits back until help arrives. But just as he waits, water drips on his head before torrents of water wash over him, leaving him wet.

"Thou are pathetic, Homura."

Homura looked up to see the same woman from Akio's dreams, looking down at him as water surrounded her.

"Tsukiumi." Homura said.

"This only by my hand thou shall die. I shall not permit thee to close thine of eyes to this world." Tsukiumi spoke in Old English.

"Heheheh. I'm sure that was a lovely speech but I was distracted by your panties." Homura points out as he sees her white panties, much to her chagrin.

"Thou are the loathed serpent!" Tsukiumi exclaimed.

"I hope you realize that Sekireis are truly powerful when they're winged." Homura said as he got up and put his mask back on. "So what's stopping you?"

"Ugh! Thou should hold the glass in front of thy own visage!" Tsukiumi said.

"Sadly, I'm defective. Those of us who belong to fire have always been hated by the gods." Homura said, looking at his smoking hand. "To be the strongest, you need an Ashikabi. Once you allow him to mark you, then you can become-"

"How dare you speak of such things!" Tsukiumi interrupted him. "Ashikabis are nothing but lowly monkeys! I will never allow such a loathsome thing to… to…"

"Wha?" Homura was confused until he heard it.

"Couple-I mean, violate me like that!" Tsukiumi exclaimed as he turned around, making Homura sweatdropped upon seeing her like that. "But lately, I've been feeling rather strange… within. It is though butterflies dwell left of my bosom."

"That means… " Homura gasped.

"I know this and thou shalt pray mercy for the Ashikabi this to notes." Tsukiumi then turned to Homura with her and raised her fist with a vein showing. "When he is uncovered, I shall bring him death!"

---

(Present: Hiden Intelligence - President's Office)

Akio arrived at his company and dealt with his board being… well… themselves. Then Izu showed him more of the business aspect of how Humagears are ordered and assigned for a task. Like all tech companies in the modern age, it all begins at the Website. This was actually the first time Akio had ever checked out his own family company's website.

"Before picking a Plan from the website, the customer first chooses the occupation of the Humagear they'd like to purchase." Izu explained as Akio fooled around with the website.

"He~h. This is my first time trying this out!" Akio noted as he found what seemed to be a customization menu.

"Wow. It's like one of those video games." Uzume commented as she and the other girls looked over Akio's shoulder.

"With the S-Plus Plan, it allows customers to customize their face or even height, etc." Izu explained further.

"Whoa! I accidentally made a weird face!" Akio laughed as he messed around with the options and made a green skinned humanoid male with his nose upside down.

Which made Uzume and Toyotama laugh too upon seeing that while Akitsu tilted her head in confusion, Yashima hid her laugh behind her fist, and Izu remained professional.

"For those who find that troublesome, there's a plan where we take care of it." Izu mentioned before her module blinked. "President, it is time."

"Really?" Akio looks at his watch before jumping out of his chair in glee. "Yippie!"

His Sekirei look at each other as to why their Ashikabi was in such high spirits today.

---

(Shinto Teito)

"Man, I'm so excited~! I'm gonna get his autograph!" Akio squealed in excitement as he carted a crate of sorts with the company logo on the sides with Izu, who is carrying a steel case, and Yashima helping him.

Uzume, Toyotama, and Akitsu were walking behind them in case of any enemy Ashikabi or MetsubouJinrai nearby.

"President Akio, we are here for business today." Izu informed him.

"Cut me some slack!" Akio complained. "I grew up reading Ishizumi Choichiro-Sensei's manga!"

"Ishizumi Choichiro-sensei…" Yashima repeated, recalling the manga when she and Akitsu were packing his stuff back at his old home.

"I never knew you like something like that, Aki." Uzume said, walking up to him.

"Are you kidding?!" Akio turned to Uzume with a grin. "Manga is one of the best inventions ever! It's art we read and tell us a story… and most of the time action! It's the best thing ever! Why have you not heard of it?!"

"We, Sekirei, don't have the luxury for that." Toyotama tells him. "Before we're released to the capital, all we did was adjust, eat, and train for the Sekirei plan."

"It's true." Yashima said with an apologetic look.

"Uso?!" Akio was shocked before he noticed someone familiar with an expensive red car by the road. "Ah! Hayato-kun!"

Mikogami, who was sitting in the driver's seat, turned to see Akio and his Sekirei in shock. His Sekirei, Mustu, was on guard when he took notice of Akio and the other Sekirei. Akio quickly ran towards the two despite his Sekirei's chagrin while Izu and Akitsu remained calm.

"Not him again!" Mikogami hid behind the seat as Akio got closer to him. "Go away!"

"Come on, man. It's been too long since we hung out." Akio leaned over to the car.

"Don't care!" Mikogami scooted away from him.

"President Akio." Izu spoke, getting his attention. "Now's not the time, we must deliver this order to Ishizumi-sensei."

"Choiciro-sensei." Mikogami muttered as he turned to Izu. "As in Ishizumi Choichiro-sensei."

"Who?" Mutsu asked his Ashikabi, much to his shock.

"Are you kidding me?!" Mikogami shouted in shock before Akio put his hand on his shoulder.

"I feel ya. Apparently, Sekirei don't read manga." Akio solemnly said.

"Unforgivable!" Mikogami exclaimed before he turned to Akio with a furious expression. "Take me to Ishizumi Choichiro-sensei this instant!"

This makes Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama shocked that Mikogami wanted to come along with them. Uzume then turned to face Mikogami and Mutsu with a disgusted look in her eyes along with Toyotama.

"There's no way we'll let you-!" Uzume said until Akio interrupted.

"Of course!" Akio said in joy, making Uzume and Toyotama comically fall. "We can make up for the lost time."

"Don't even think about it! I'm only joining you so that Mutsu can understand the joy of Choichiro-sensei's manga!" Mikogami huffed as gestured to Akio to lead him to the clients house, which he agreed to easily.

Yashima and Izu followed them as they continued carting the package while Uzume and Toyotama walked behind, secretly giving glares at Mikogami. Mutsu walked up to Izu in hopes of her filling him in on his Ashikabi's strange behavior today.

"Mind telling me what's special about this Ishizumi Choichiro?" Mutsu asked Izu.

"Ishizumi Choichiro is a big hit mangaka, who has sold over 100 million volumes and is regarded as the face of Shonen Manga." Izu explained.

Akio and Mikogami came to a stop when they noticed the large mansion-like estate before them. Uzume, Yashima, Toyotama, and Akitsu looked at the mansion with eyes widened. They've never seen a mansion like this since they spend most of their life in a lab and facilities. Mutsu stood silent because he's been living with rich Ashikabi.

"This is… Ishizumi-sensei's house?!" Akio gawked.

"This is impossible… he must be loaded as I am." Mikogami muttered in shock.

"Do all manga artists live like this?" Uzume asked in disbelief.

"I think it's this guy's taste." Toyotama said.

"Uwawawawa." Yashima panicked.

"Ah… he's rich." Akitsu said.

Akio and Mikogami wasted no time as they blurred ahead to the front door, the former pushing the package as if it was nothing. Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama turned to each other as they had never seen their Ashikabi like this before. Mutsu knew Mikogami can be childish but never been like this before.

"Ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy!" Akio excitedly whispered, moving a bit in place as the girls caught up with him with Izu.

Mikogami was the same as he jumping in excitement, Mustu walked to his Ashikabi's side with little to none interest.

A few moments passed as the doors opened, a rotund man in an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt stood by the door as he waved a fan on himself.

This is Ishizumi Choichiro, the well-known Mangaka.

"Good morning! I'm the president of Hiden Intelligence-'' Akio bowed in greeting before he was cut off.

"Whatever. Come in." Ishizumi-sensei said as he walked off.

"...Well that was rude." Uzume grumbled as did Yashima and Toyotama.

Izu pushed the crate into the mansion while Akio waked after Ishizumi-sensei. Mikogami followed after him as did Mutsu while Akio's Sekirei plus Akitsu took a moment before coming in.

"Thank you for ordering a Humagear mangakas' assistant!" Akio beamed.

As Akio and the others walked through the living room, Akio nearly dropped what he was holding as he looked around, seeing a variety of cut-outs featuring humanoid animals, merchandise, posters, computers, and desks to draw art on.

Mikogami gawked when he walked in the room and nearly dropped to his knees of what he saw around him. The Sekirei looked around, curious of what makes their Ashikabi this excited.

"...Uwhoaaa~! It's like a real Perfuman Palace!" Akio exclaimed excitedly, lowering the box down as he began to open it up.

"Look at all of these merchandise!" Mikogami exclaimed, examining each item in the room like a child at a toy store.

Akio got up and quickly walked to Ishizumi-sensei with an autograph board in hand.

"I watched the anime every week!" Akio exclaimed.

"President Akio, please. We are on business." Izu reminded him.

"O-Oh yeah…" Akio muttered, walked back to the box as he opened it and took out the packing, revealing a male Humagear in a button up shirt. He got up and took out a small remote. "I'm going to power him up now."

He pressed a button, causing theHumagear's eye to open as they glowed blue for a moment before he got up.

[Take off toward a dream.]

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(Cue REALxEYEZ by LUNA SEA)

{Instrumental}

Humagears, androids equipped with artificial intelligence, offer direct job support in our day and age.

(The song starts with the room lighting up with the blank Humagear as the scene spun around showing off the Humagear before changing to the Humagear's production. Then shows every Humagear in the community doing their roles: as a doctor, hairdresser, caretaker, and finally a police officer.)

Sekirei, super powered extraterrestrial beings, living among us and finding their purposes in life.

(Showing Uzume leaping from building to building, Miya sweeping the sidewalk at Maison Izumo, and Musubi standing on a rooftop watching the sakura leaves flowing by her.)

A young president of a technology company specializing in A.I. technology fights to protect the dreams of others!

(Then show the Hiden Intelligence building before showing Akio with Izu and Uzume. Akio places the Zero-One Driver to his waist and shouts something, then shows Zero-One in a dark room with the yellow armor glows in the dark before his eyes lights up.)

{ZERO-ONE!} (x20)

(Images of Akio, Zero-One, Vulcan, Valkyrie, Jin, and Horobi flashed on the screen before the title appeared afterwards.)

Kamen Rider Zero-One: REALxEYEZ Engagement

{Kōdaina ākaibu akusesu shite}

'Access the vast archives.'

(Akio was seen scrambling through materials at his desk as president, only for them all to spill over the floor, while Izu and Uzume brought over some more binders for him to look over and placed them all over his desk as he gasped in shock. Akio laid his head on his desk from the overwhelm of paperwork as some spilled over his head while Izu bowed, Uzume giggled, and Yashima slightly panicked from the couch.)

{Kensaku shitatte I don't think it's right.}

'Searching because I don't think it's right.'

(A quick scene of Minato working at his job while Musubi was sparring with Miya, followed by Fuwa with his ShotRiser in his hand and Yaiba working on her computer with her Shotriser on her desk at A.I.M.S., and it shows a shot of the vice president and his aid in front of his portrait, before it fell to show Akio's portrait, with him crossing his arms with a funny face along with Uzume hugging his arm with a big smile on her face while Yashima poke her head from Akio's shoulder looking shy, and he surprised by it.)

{Dēta wa kako wādo wa sain}

'Data is past, words are signs'

(Jin was seen firing his gun at someone followed by Horobi holding the Zetsumeriser in his hand. Minaka looked on in amazement with his cape flaps in the wind while Takami simply gave a bit of a concerned look.)

{Kotae wa 404 not found.}

'The answer is 404 not found.'

(The A.I.M.S. soldiers prepared to attack as Akio dashed forward as his hand reached high in the air. Izu and Uzume looked on while the former's modules were red and the latter's eyes were dead serious before going through a puddle revealing the Ark underwater.)

{ZERO-ONE!} (x8)

(During this, Humagears were seen transforming into Magias and Trilobites on one side while the other side were the Sekireis with their Ashikabis ready to battle as Akio was in between with the Zero-One Driver on his waist. He opens the Rising Hopper Progrise key and inserts it into the driver as the grasshopper disassembles and transfers to armor.)

{REALEYES hajimari no aizu}

'REALxEYES, it's the signal of the beginning!'

(After transforming into Zero-One, he leaped up and attacked the Magias and Sekireis with his kicks.)

{Atarashī jidai wo}

'A new era!'

(Kamen Riders Vulcan and Valkyrie fought together against the Magias and Sekireis. It then switched over to Uzume, Musubi, Akitsu, Tsukiumi, Homura, Yashima, Kazehana, and Toyotama fighting them too with their weapons or powers.)

We gotta SUNRISE Burning like the fires!

(Zero-One jumps over them and poses on his bike with Vulcan and Valkyrie. Zero-One appears in Freezing Bear form before showing Vulcan in Punching Kong, then Valkyrie in Lightning Hornet flies through Shinto Teito. Jin and Horobi appears briefly in their Rider forms)

{Kiri hirake unmei wo}

'Cut through fate!'

(A shot of Hiden Korenosuke was shown in front of the building of the company as his image faded to Hiden Soreo and then to Akio holding the Zero-One Driver in his hands as he looks up being serious before showing the discarded Zero-One Driver, Shotriser, and Forceriser.)

{You wanna REALEYES egaita mirai}

'You wanna REALxEYES, the future has been drawn!'

(Akio was limping through a ruined building before falling on the ground in agony. Then Izu and Uzume appeared before him as they held out their hand to Akio as they all smiled at him giving him hope. Akio grabs their hands as they help him up as they look at the clear sky.)

{Buchi nuite Ikeru no wa}

'Pull the plug, what's cool is that'

(Jin and Horobi appear as they walk forward while Fuwa and Yaiba do the same. Akio along with Izu and Uzume step forward as the five transform while Izu and Uzume disappear.)

You're the only ONE!

{ZERO-ONE!} (x5)

(The shots transitioned to the Riders close up as the screen cracks, splitting them separately with their eyes glowing then posing with the light shining behind shadowing them.)

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Episode 6: Passionate Manga and Water

(Daybreak Town)

Jin was sitting down on a couch, reminiscing about Horobi's rider form and how cool it looked. Thinking about it made Jin excited as he wanted one too, like the child he was. He got up from the couch and hopped over to Horobi, who was working at the computer.

"Horobi~!" Jin stopped and leaned over to him. "I also want one of those Progrise Keys!"

"Our objective is to destroy humanity. That's why the Zetsumerise Keys comes first." Horobi told him off, looking at the docking where the cracked Zetsumerise Key Jin retrieved from the previous battles. "We have to collect battle data in order to revive our Ark. Once we are able to connect to it, the Humagears will all simultaneously go out of control."

"What about the Sekirei?" Jin asked curiously.

"They are the unknown factor. But they're willing to be enslaved by the humans despite their superior physiology. They must be extinct as well." Horobi said as he looked at the monitor, showing a male Humagear walking towards Ishizumi's mansion. "Another Humagear is approaching sentience. Jin, he's your friend."

Jin looked at the monitor with a glee look on his face, excited for another friend.

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(Ishinzumi's Mansion)

Akio watches in awe at the Humagears assistants sketching the pages by hand, drawing the background from a digital pad, and outlining and coloring the pages. Mikogami was still looking around the merchandise in the room. The Sekirei in the room were a bit confused about what was going on as Uzume broke the silence.

"Hey, aren't the artists supposed to do their own art?" Uzume asked.

Akio was the first to snap out of it as he turned to Ishizumi-sensei's desk, who the said man was sitting there eating a fruit salad.

"Sensei, you don't draw?" Akio asked, approaching Ishizumi-sensei.

"President… you're still here?" Ishizumi-sensei asks, glancing at him before going back to eating. "Please leave."

"I'm starting to dislike this guy." Uzume grumbled.

"You're not the only one." Toyotama said.

"'I smell something evil… Woof!'" Akio barked out, reciting from the manga before turning abc to Ishizumi-sensei. "I'm a huge fan of Perfuman Tsurugi!"

"I'm your biggest fan!" Mikogami butted in, pushing Akio away. "I've owned every limited and special edition merchandise released including all the volumes!"

"They're very hard-hard fans." Uzume sweatdropped.

"I find it hard to believe that spoiled brat Mikogami is into this." Toyotama said with Yashima agreeing with her.

"I don't get why they're into this stuff." Mutsu muttered.

"I don't draw anymore. The AI does all the work for me." Ishizumi-sensei said, leaning back on his chair. He gets up as he grabs a bone themed toy sword and playfully slashes at Akio and Mikogami. " Their linework is flawless and they don't get tired at all."

"Grk! You got me!" Akio plays along, making his Sekirei sweatdropped.

"Sensei is very practical." Izu said.

"I was wondering why the style changed in the recent issues." Mikogami said, recalling the recent issues he read. "It makes sense since those machines drew the art so cleanly."

Uzume and Yashima gave Mikogami a deadly glare which made him scurry behind Mutsu for protection, much to the male Sekirei's chagrin.

"I liked it better before." Akio said as he picked up one of the earlier volumes from the nearby bookshelf. "It was a bit rough but it had passion…"

"Rough?" Ishizumi-sensei repeated.

"Ah! I mean, I like how heroic and passionate it looked!" Akio corrected himself.

Then one of the Humagear assistants suddenly shut down as it fell over on the work desk.

"What? Again?! You've been freezing a lot lately!" Ishizumi-sensei complained as he walked past Akio and to the fallen Humagear assistant. He smacked him on the back and pulled him up before shaking him. "This guy's AI learning took forever too!"

Then Ishizumi-sensei threw him onto the floor, much to Akio's shock. Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama were starting to hate him even though he is their Ashikabi's idol.

"Chotto! Sensei!" Akio called out in concern as he walked over but stopped as another of the Humagear assistants stood up as if to say something to Ishizumi.

"...What's the matter, G-Pen? You got a problem?" Ishizumi-sensei asked, earning no response from the Humagear, "...Well if you're gonna stand around, go do some shopping."

The Humagear, G-Pen, stayed silent and complied with Ishizumi-sensei's orders and walked out. Akio turned back to Ishizumi-sensei, getting back to what he was saying.

"Sensei, you can't just treat Humagears like that." Akio said.

"Why not? They're just tools, aren't they?" Ishizumi asked in a bored tone before turning to the collapsed Humagear. "Hiden-san, this one's battery appears to be dying, so can I get a replacement?"

"Yes, understood." Izu complied as she bowed.

Ishizumi nodded before patting Akio's shoulder and walked off as Akio stood there, a look of disbelief on his face. Uzume and Toyotama are now pissed off at the manga artist for him thinking of the same thing as Yaiba. Akitsu glanced at the collapsed Humagear with a sad look in her eyes, sympathizing with him as she too went through it.

Mikogami stood there and shook his head at Akio's protectiveness of Humagears while Mutsu was checking out one of Ishizumi-sensei's manga.

---

(Few minutes later)

Akio and the girls exited the mansion while Mikogami and Mutsu followed them. Akio's face had a troubled look as the girls were concerned while Izu remained neutral. Mikogami, however, was giddy that he'd met his idol, despite earlier.

G-Pen, Ishizumi's Humagear assistant, was coming back from shopping as he was passing them by.

"Thank you for your work." G-pen greeted them as they looked at him.

"Hey, Sensei still writes the story though, right?" Akio asked him.

"No, the publishing house's editor is in charge of that." G-Pen answered. "I help out as well."

"I see…" Akio sighed.

"Huh?" Uzume pondered. "What does he do then?"

"I believe he calls it 'Supervising'." G-Pen answered.

'Figures.' Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama thought.

"Hmm…" Aruto sighed at that as he began walking. "Thanks, G-Pen."

"Of course, sir." G-Pen nodded as he walked back towards the mansion before…

"Hey!"

"?" G-Pen blinked as he turned, seeing Jin approach him.

"Who are you, again?" Jin asked.

"I am the assistant-" G-Pen was about to say.

"That's right!" Jin said, taking out the Zetsumeriser. "Our assistant!"

Jin laughed as he dashed forward and put the ZetsumeRiser to G-Pen's waist as the belt strapped itself on and the needles bore in. His eyes flashed as the connection was almost instant, the poor Humagear unable to resist the hacking.

"Connection to MetsuboJinraiNet!" G-Pen exclaimed.

"All right, go steal a Progrise Key." Jin smiled as he handed over a brown Zetsumerise Key with an image of a sea snail. "Got it?"

G-Pen took the key as Jin noticed Akio and his Sekirei along with Mikogami and Mutsu.

"Oi! Zero-One!" Jin waved, getting their attention.

Akio and his Sekirei stopped as they turned to see Jin, making them quickly run back to the courtyard. Mikogami and Mustu were confused as the two boys noticed Jin.

"Who's that?" Mikogami asked.

"That's the terrorist from the news, Mikogami." Mutsu answered.

Akio made it to the courtyards followed by Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama as they faced Jin.

"MetsubouJinrai…!" Akio frowned as Jin aimed his pistol at him, making his Sekirei put their guard up. "Just what is it that you're after?!"

"The… extinction… of… humanity~." Jin spoke slowly as he pulled the hammer of the pistol.

"By doing what then!" Uzume shouted, annoyed by his carefree attitude.

"We'll get our answer by force then." Toyotama said as she readied her staff while Yashima did the same with her hammer.

That is when G-Pen activated his Zetsumerise Key and inserted it into the belt buckle before pushing the button.

[VICARYA!]

[ZETSUMERISE!]

G-Pen's exterior burned away as he turned into his Magia form. He had a large head piece resembling a spiral drill covered in spikes, with what looked like large yellow eyes as the base, the armor around his neck and center of his chest had two metal cables with red optics at the end sticking out like eye stocks. Each arm ended in gauntlets ending in the same drills with power cables linking to his back.

G-Pen has been turned into the Vicarya Magia.

Akio's Sekirei were a bit confused of G-Pen's Magia form.

"What's that supposed to be?" Uzume asked.

"A barnacle, maybe?" Yashima guessed.

"Are you two serious right now?!" Toyotama shouted.

Akio puts his Zero-One Driver on as he activates his Progrise Key and scans it.

[JUMP!]

[AUTHORIZED!]

The Hopper Rider Frame comes down from the sky as it jumps around Akio. Mikogami sees this for the first time and was both shocked and amazed seeing something exciting other than the Sekirei Plan.

"Henshin!" Akio declared, inserting the now opened Progrise Key.

[PROGRISE!]

[RIDING HOPPER!]

Akio transformed into Zero-One with the Attache Calibur in hand.

"Ike!" Jin ordered the Vicarya Magia as he charges at Zero-One.

Zero-One responded by opening the Attache Calibur to blade mode.

[BLADERISE!]

He charged at the Vicarya as they swung their weapons at each other as they battled on the bridge. They dodged before their weapons clashed as Zero-One pushed the drill up, knocking him off balance, and kicked the Magia at the torso. Zero-One charged in and swung his Calibur towards the Vicarya's head but-

CLANG!

It was so hard as steel that the sword vibrated all the way back to Zero-One.

"Gah! So tough!" Zero-One cried before the Magia struck him in the chest. He landed on his back and groaned in pain. "My hand is tingling…"

"Hahaha!" Jin laughs at Zero-One until he notices something coming at him.

Uzume threw her veil at him in hope to restrain him but Jin quickly quickly got out of the way. Toyotama quickly thrust her staff at Jin multiple times before he pulled out his gun, which made her go on the defensive as he started shooting. Yashima took the opportunity to swing her hammer at Jin but he stepped back as the hammer made a dent to the concrete.

"Damn it! Stop moving!" Uzume shouted in frustration.

"Haha! You can't catch me!" Jin teased them playfully.

"We'll show you!" Toyotama yelled as she swung her staff.

Jin immediately ducked and rolled away as he ran away from the Sekirei.

"Get back here!" Yashima shouted, running after him.

Uzume and Toyotama followed her fellow sister as they chased after the terrorist.

Izu watches from afar before she immediately scans the opposing Magia. She then walked towards Zero-One as she knelt down and opened the case.

"President Akio, how about Biting Shark?" Izu suggested, Taking out the Biting Shark Progrise Key.

"Oh! Thank you!" Zero-One said, taking the key from her hands before dodging the incoming Magia. Izu would've fallen if not for Akitsu catched her in time. "Izu!"

The Vicarya Magia came at Zero-One as he swung his drill arms at him. Zero-One dodges the first two but the third one hits his hand, knocking the Biting Shark Key away from him.

The Biting Shark Key fell onto the bridge as Jin came back from his game of 'Tag' with Akio's Sekirei. He noticed the Progrise Key on the floor and smiled like he found a new toy to play with.

"Oh! Yosh!" Jin immediately ran after the dropped key.

Zero-One turned to see him coming after it as he put more power in his legs, making a leap fast enough to grab the key first before Jin.

"Man. That was close!" Zero-One said as he activated the Biting Shark Key and scanned it on the now closed belt.

[FANG!]

[AUTHORIZE!]

The Shark Rider Frame appeared as it dived into the water, then jumped out and attacked the Magia before diving back in. Zero-One then inserted the Biting Shark Key into the driver.

[PROGRISE!]

[KIRIKIRIBAI! KIRIKIRIBAI! BITING SHARK~!]

[Fangs that can chomp through concrete.]

Zero-One was now in Biting Shark form, Jin pouted as he smacked the floor in frustration. Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama came at him again as he made a break for it.

"This shark's gonna shred you!" Zero-One said, getting in a stance.

As the Vicarya Magia gets up, the door opens as the rest of Ishizumi's Humagear assistant comes out to see what's the commotion. The Magia use this opportunity to hack them into Trilobites as they charge at Zero-One with knives in hand.

Zero-One blocks and parries their attack as the Vicarya rushes from behind. He avoided the Vicarya before parrying the Trilobites' knives. But then, he was pushed back by the Vicarya as he threw a chop and a kick. The Magia blocks them both before he knocks Zero-One back at the gate.

"This is getting nowhere!" Zero-One exclaimed, getting up.

Mikogami and Mutsu watched the battle with interest, well the former did while the latter was analyzing the battle with a keen eye. From what he heard from Mikogami, much to his chagrin, Akio never had any kind of training other than stand-up comedy. So why does he know how to fight even though he is getting his ass kicked.

"Should we help him?" Mutsu asked his Ashikabi.

"Hmm." Mikogami hummed, thinking about what to do.

He could order Mutsu to help Zero-One but, on the other hand, he didn't want to help his bane of existence.

"Wouldn't this delay the manga you love so much?" Mutsu asked, making his Ashikabi gasp.

"You're right!" Mikogami then pointed at the Trilobites. "Take them down Mutsu so I can get the newest issue on time!"

"Fine." Mustu sighs as he is about to draw his sword.

That is until Fuwa arrives at the manor as he holds his Shotriser. Mutsu quickly took notice of the AIMS commander as he was curious ever since their last encounter.

"I'll destroy all Humagears." Fuwa said before activating his Progrise Key in hand.

[BULLET!]

He forcibly opens it with a grunt and inserts it into his Shotriser.

[AUTHORIZE!]

[KAMEN RIDER!]

"Henshin!"

[SHOTRISE!]

[SHOOTING WOLF!]

Fuwa transforms into Vulcan and starts shooting at the Trilobites before kicking the Vicarya Magia away from Zero-One. Then Mikogami and Mutsu heard tire screeching as they turned to see the AIMS van coming in. The back door opened as Yaiba came out with a case that looks like Zero-One's Attached Calibur but it has a blue stripe instead of yellow.

"Rampaging Humagear found." Yaiba stated, recording with her Risephone. "Testing Attache Shotgun."

Vulcan rolled back from the Vicarya's attack as was about to shoot him until Yaiba interrupted.

"Fuwa! Try this out!" Yaiba threw the Shotgun towards Vulcan.

[ATTACHE SHOTGUN!]

Vulcan caught the case as he looked at it curiously as he looked back to her.

"Oi, what is this?" Vulcan asked, opening the case apart.

"Hurry up!" Yaiba exclaimed, seeing that it took a moment for Vulcan to put it into shotgun mode.

[SHOTGUN RISE!]

When Vulcan had the weapon into a Shotgun, he aimed it at the Vicarya Magia as he pumped the gun and pulled the trigger.

BOOM!

When he did, Vulcan flew back as the recoil was too strong for him to handle and rolled to the ground as a result. Zero-One and the Vicarya were struggling in an armlock until they took notice of the blue energy ball coming right at them. They separated and moved away from it but it hit the Magia's head as they landed on their backs.

"That was close!" Zero-One exclaimed.

The Vicarya Magia got up as the heat from the blast was glowing hot before he jumped and dug into the ground with his drills, making his escape.

"Hold it!" Zero-One shouted, going after him but he was too late.

"I'll have to do something about the recoil." Yaiba said as Vulcan he slowly got up and glared at her.

"Oi, Yaiba. That was too sudden!" Vulcan grunted in frustration before grabbing the shotgun and threw it at her, which she caught.

"Gotta do something about that shellhead!" Zero-One exclaimed.

Unknown to Zero-One, the two Trilobites were running towards him with their knives pointing at him once more. But before they attack Zero-One, Mutsu quickly draws out his sword and slices the Trilobites' heads as the headless bodies glitched before dropping to the ground.

Zero-One turned to see the defeated Trilobites then to Mutsu in surprise.

"You're welcome." Mutsu said, sheathing his sword before going back to Mikogami's side.

"Thanks for the save, Hayato-kun!" Zero-One thanks Mikogami, much to his chagrin.

---

(Few Minutes Later)

"Nani?! All the assistants were destroyed?!" Ishizumi-sensei exclaimed in shock.

Akio went back inside to inform Ishizumi-sensei of what happened earlier. Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama came back after Jin managed to slip away from them again. Mikogami and Mutsu left afterwards since the former fulfilled his objective.

"We will have replacements ready for you by tomorrow morning." Izu assures the client.

"That's too long! Bring them to me now!" Ishizumi-sensei snapped at them, much to the girl's dismay. "Even with the AI learning, there's no way they'll draw at a pro level right away!"

"Sensei, with all due respect… couldn't you draw yourself?" Akio asked.

His question left Ishizumi-sensei a bit shocked as his anger turned to nervousness.

"E-Even if I did that… if the style suddenly changed, readers would just be confused." Ishizumi-sensei tells them. "It's fine, as long as those AI draws fast!"

"Is it though?" Yashima blinked, Uzume and Toyotama looked at her in confusion.

Yasima turned to the Perfuman manga collection and picked the first volume along with a recent one from last month. She opened to random pages and looked at the two as Uzume, Toyotama, and Akitsu took a peek at them.

The style did look the same; she didn't need enhanced sight to see the difference. With the early issue, there were small mistakes here and there, sometimes a mix up on the artist's part, but… it seemed more lively, like the characters were actually alive.

Yet when Yashima turned to the recent issue, the art was crisp, perfect, drawn without a single mistake and never once off. But… that's just it. All that perfection… made it feel… manufactured. The characters and scenes looked nice, but they just looked like drawings. Honestly, she couldn't explain this feeling, but she understood how Akio felt about the change in art style as did the other girls.

"Sensei…" Akio spoke up, getting Ishizumi's attention as he seemed to calm down a bit. "Do you enjoy working like that?"

"Huh?" Ishizumi asked, confused by the question.

"..." Akio said nothing as he began to walk off, leaving the girl concerned for him.

---

(Hiden Intelligence - President Office)

Akio and the others were back at the company building from the exhausting event with MetsubouJinraiNet. The said president was bummed out that his favorite mangaka wasn't as he thought he would be. Uzume and Yashima were currently reading the Perfuman Tsurugi manga Akio had in his office for leisure time of course. Toyotama was out searching for Jin since she was a bit bored being in the office with Akitsu coming along with her.

The silence in the office came to an end when Fukuzoe came in with Yamashita and Shesta by his side.

"President! We received a complaint from Ishizumi Choichiro-sama!" Yamshita shouted.

"He says the shipment for his replacements has been put on hold." Fukuzoe said with a frown.

"It is a rule in this company to have replacements shipped within 24 hours." Shesta stated.

"Sensei is a loyal customer with a long-standing contract. On top of that, he's famous. If this goes to the public, trust in our company will fall even further." Fukuzoe points out.

"Humagears aren't slaves, though…" Akio stated, remembering how Ishizumi-sensei was treating his assistant earlier. "In the hands of unmotivated people, they're nothing but mere money-making tools."

"I feel like you're biased in regards to Sensei." Fukuzoe said.

"That's right, President. It's rude!" Yamashita agreed, no surprise there.

"Shesta. Make sure the replacements are shipped." Fukuzoe ordered his secretary.

"Understood." Shesta replied.

"Let's go." Fukuzoe spoke as he left the office as Shesta and Yamashita followed.

"Hah…" Akio groaned once they left as he spun his chair. "Sensei is such a disappointment…"

"No kidding." Uzume puts down the manga she's currently reading and looks at him. "That guy was totally lazy and rude to boot."

"I cannot comprehend what you are about, President Akio." Izu spoke up, making the president and his two Sekirei turn to her.

"Really, Izu? After all that?" Uzume asked, half-lidded.

"Sensei is troubled due to his loss of assistants." Izu stated.

"It's just that Sensei has no passion anymore…" Akio laid back on his chair. "He doesn't want Humagears to help him… I think he just wants to be lazy."

Izu tilted her head, not understanding what Akio meant by that. She turned away from him as she searched on the Internet for answers.

"Searching the Internet for 'passion'." Izu began her own internet search on the word, "Passion: a burning emotion in regards to something. Burning…"

She blinked upon the definition of passion before turning back to Akio.

"President Akio." Izu spoke, getting his attention. "Is it not a problem if passionate people experience a burning sensation?"

"T-That's not what he meant, Izu-san." Yashima sweatdropped while Akio chuckled.

"Hahahaha...No… Listen, Izu…" Akio was about to tell her before he paused, recalling the fight earlier when Vulcan's shotgun hit the Vicarya's head. "Burning..."

Uzume and Yashima looked at their Ashikabi in confusion as they tilted their heads.

---

(Timeskip)

It was late at night with the lab, Izu standing nearby the 3-D printer as a new Progrise Key was being made. She couldn't help but be curious on what Akio meant earlier today as she didn't fully understand passion yet.

"Searching Terms of Service." Izu spoke as a screen popped up before her, showing the terms of the company policy. "'Passion'...'Passion'... No matching result."

---

(Animation Studio)

Ishizumi-sensei was overlooking the project for the anime adaption of Perfuman Tsurugi. Due to his Humagear assistants being hacked by MetsubouJinrai, he wasn't able to finish his latest chapter for the next issue. Usually it would hurt his pride as a mangaka, but he was looking bored as he looked at a profile of a first ever Humagear voice actress.

The said Humagear actress had short brown hair in a white sweater, light brown skirt, and white high heel boots. Next to her is manager, Seiji Tazawa, who is a middle aged man in a black business suit with a white dress shirt underneath.

"Nice to meet you, Sensei. My name is Seine." The Humagear actress known as Seine introduced herself.

"So AI can be voice actors now?" Ishizumi-sensei asked, amused by the idea. "Nice. This is gonna shake things up."

Her manager chuckled as he was pleased that the mangaka approved of Seine to the role.

"I'm going to personally take the time to teach her myself." The manager tells him, but Ishizumi had other ideas.

"Iie! Iie! Iie! AIs don't ever get tired, President Tazawa! Just put her through AI learning then use her till she drops!" Ishizumi-sensei said as he patted his shoulder before walking out.

As he was walking out the door, Ishizumi-sensei was surprised that Izu showed up before him.

"Oh, you're Hiden's AI." He said.

"Ishizumi Chouichirou-sama. I am sorry to bother you on this occasion." Izu tells him.

"Oi, get on with it." Ishizumi-sensei rudely said as he sat on one of the couches, having a little snack on the table. "It's been decided we're taking a one-issue break. First time in 15 years!"

"My deepest apologies." Izu bowed, and wasn't bothered by his rude behavior. "However, I needed to confirm one thing. Ishizumi-sama, do you possess 'passion'?"

"Hah?" Ishizumi-sensei blinked, taken back by her sudden question.

---

(Next Day: Uptown Shinto Teito)

At the top of a building, the same woman from Akio's dreams stood at the ledge as she looked at the sight of Shinto Teito.

She is known as Tsukiumi, Sekirei #9, aka the Water Sekirei.

Lately, she had this uneasy feeling coming from her chest like butterflies in her tummy but in her heart. Let's just say she didn't like it one bit.

"This feeling… it continues to swell."She said as she gripped her fist in anger with a murderous aura surrounding her. "Curses! That plague must fall on thee! If the gods won't grant a pox, then thou shalt die by my hand!"

"What feeling are you talking about?"

She turned around to see Hibiki and Hikari in their battle outfits.

"You haven't winged yet, have you?" Hikari asked.

"I've heard of you. You're that beastly pair that aims for the unwinged Sekirei." Tsukiumi said, making the twin 'hmph' before she pointed at them. "Most foolish cheaters! Just thou want to win that badly!"

"What did you just say!?" Hikari shouted angrily.

"Yeah, I caught every other word of that but no." Hibiki said as she shrugged her shoulders. "We're not here to win. We're just trying to eliminate all the unwinged Sekireis from the game."

"You want a duel?" Tsukiumi asked, raising a brow. "Very well, I've been growing bored. Come forth villains!"

"What's your deal!?" Hikari exclaimed before she shot purple lightning from her finger. "Lightning bolt!"

The lightning bolt was coming in fast at Tsukiumi before she summoned a ridiculous amount of water from nowhere and blocked the lightning bolt. She lifted the water barrier up high and she put on a smug face.

"Tell me, are we thus matched?" Tsukiumi asked.

"Crap! She's stronger than I thought!" Hibiki exclaimed, making her and Hikari

"Water celebration!" Tsukiumi declared as she sent a torrent of water at the Sekirei twin.

SPLASH!

It sent Hikari and Hibiki away from the roof as they plummet downwards.

"This is bad. I think we started a fight with Sekirei #9." Hibiki deduced, much to her sister's surprise.

"What?! She's a single number?!" Hikari exclaimed.

---

(Ishizumi-sensei's Mansion)

Akio went to Ishizumi-sensei mansion accompanied by his Sekirei plus Akitsu and Yamashita, who was sent to ensure Aruto properly apologized to Ishizumi. And seemingly helping since it is stated that apologizing was his specialty according to Fukuzoe.

"Ishizumi-sensei. We are very sorry about the late shipping caused by our ineptitude!" Yamashita bowed while following Ishizumi to his desk, he also had several bags of expensive treats from around town. Ishizumi already tore into a box of assorted Mochi from an expensive shop uptown. He held up another bag of sweets. "This isn't much but…"

"It's been 24 hours… they're not ready yet?" Ishizumi asked, unwrapping another mochi.

"They are on the way. We came here in advance to apologize." Yamashita answered before looking at Akio. "Isn't that right, President?"

"...Sensei, is this really what you want?" Akio asked before Yamashita cleared his throat, as if telling him to shut up.

But then he saws Uzume and Yashima giving him the stink eye while Toyotama gave him a murderous glare and Akitsu with her icy glare. Yamashita immediately hid behind Ishizumi-sensei, much to his confusion.

"Ah mou...What is with you guys?" Ishizumi sighs exasperatedly as he leans back on his chair. "Yesterday, that AI came all the way here… and asked me a weird question."

"Eh? Izu did that?" Akio asked surprisingly as did the Sekireis in the room.

DING-DONG!

"Oh! They're finally here!" Ishizumi beamed as he got up from his desk. Izu enters the room but there are no Humagears with her. "Oi, where are the replacements?"

"I have halted the shipment of your replacement units, Ishizumi Chouichirou-sama." Izu replied, much to their surprise.

"Hah?!" Ishizumi blinked.

"Izu…" Akio said, surprised along with the girls.

"What did you say?!" Yamashita exclaimed in anger.

"Oi… What are you doing?!" Ishizumi demands an explanation.

"Izu, do you realize what you've done?!" Yamashita joins in.

Izu ignored the two as she turned to Akio and bowed..

"President Akio. I deeply apologize for breaking the rules." Izu said. "According to the Terms of Service, even if someone does not possess 'passion', it is still possible to order a Humagear. However, it was the previous president's hope that people had passion."

---

(Flashback - Hiden Intelligence)

"Searching Memory." Izu said as the 3D printer continued working. "Passion…"

Multiple files were being sorted throughout her data banks until she found a file related to passion. The file opened as a holographic overlay formed over the lab. There stood Akio's grandfather, the late Hiden Korenosuke, sitting in his chair as he turned around to see Izu.

"You are the president's secretary but I can't have you working just for me." Korenosuke said as he got up from his seat. " Help all those who work with passion. That's how this company should work."

"President Korenosuke." Izu muttered as the hologram Korenosuke nodded with a smile.

---

(Present)

"Jii-chan..." Akio whispered.

Uzume and Yashima were glad that their Ashikabi's late grandfather was a kind and passionate man. Toyotama and Akitsu were a bit surprised, especially the latter as she felt the same spark coming from her chest. Yamashita stood there all silent when Izu mentioned the late Korenosuke.

"Ishizumi-sama, this was my decision alone." Izu informed the client.

"No!" Akio stepped in. "This is also my decision as president of Hiden Intelligence."

"Whatever!" Ishizumi exclaimed as he began to walk away.

"Mou. Can he get more ruder?" Uzume muttered, crossing her arms.

"I'm starting to consider whacking the sense into that guy." Toyotama muttered before Yashima shook her head no.

"Sensei, you don't write the stories yourself anymore, right?" Akio added, walking after him.

"That's my decision to make!" Ishizumi replied, sitting back down at his desk and leaning back. "It sells, regardless."

"Are you satisfied if all your manga does is make you money?" Akio asked.

"President…!" Yamashita tried to stop Akio, only for Toyotama to threaten him with her staff.

"I loved the manga that you drew." Akio declared with a smile, "Every week I laughed, cried, and gained courage! It helped me grow up!"

Uzume, Yashima, and Toyotama felt their Ashikabi's feelings as he made his speech. His love for Ishizumi-sensei's manga was making them so bubbly that their ill feeling for the rude mangaka dwindled a bit.

"Please gather up your passion and draw manga again! Being a Mangaka is a wonderful job that moves people's hearts!" He exclaimed, getting most of it out of his system. "If people weren't passionate… then we'd be nothing against the hardworking AI."

After Akio gave his speech, Ishizumi-sensei sat there quietly for a moment as he looked up to the ceiling.

"I can't do it." Ishizumi admitted with a sigh, "I don't have the passion…"

SHATTER!

Everyone jumped as the window shattered, they turned to see the Vicarya jumped as he turned his sight at them. Akio and the Sekirei put their guard up as Ishizumi-sensei got up from his desk in fright while Yamashita panically ran away for safety. The Magia started to walk towards them as Ishizumi panicked as he began to look around his desk for something.

"Don't damage that!" Ishizumi-sensei grabbed a very worn out g-pen from his pen case right before Akio tackled the Magia.

Akio glanced at him as Uzume and Yashima appeared by the mangaka's side before they gave him a nod. He nodded back as he took out the Flying Falcon Progrise Key and activated it.

[WING!]

[AUTHORIZE!]

The ceiling glowed brightly yellow before Hopper crashed through the roof while Falcon swooped in, breaking a wall, and smacked the Vicarya away.

"Woah!" Ishizumi yelped as he fell over until Uzume and Yashima caught him.

"Henshin!" Akio declared, slotting the key.

[PROGRISE!]

His black suit formed over him as the Hopper armor was printed onto his body in the right place for the Falcon armor to form in its proper place.

[FLY TO THE SKY! FLYING FALCON!]

[Spread your wings and prepare for a force.]

"Sensei." Zero-One turned around to look at Ishizumi and at his pen. "You do have passion!"

This made Ishizumi ponder before he looked at the pen in hand as Uzume and Yashima went after him, followed by Toyotama and Akitsu. Zero-One then charges at the Magia with the Attache Calibur appearing in his hand.

[BLADERISE!]

---

(Meanwhile)

Mikogami was in a bad mood, stomping his feet on the streets because the next issue of Parfuman Tsurugi was delayed. Mutsu was walking beside him quietly as he let his Ashikabi release his stress on the sidewalk.

"I can't believe this! This is so unfair!" Mikogami shouted in frustration.

"Keep telling yourself that, Mikogami." Mutsu said, not affected by Mikogai's tantrum.

As Mikogami kept stomping away, he didn't notice a cat flying right at him somehow and landed on his face.

"Rrrrow!"

SCRATCH!

The cat latches on Mikogami's face and immediately scratches him with its claws. Mikogami cried out in pain as he ran round, trying to get the cat off of his face. Mutsu sighs upon seeing this predicament until he hears someone coming their way.

"Oh great, it's you two."

Mikogami, with the cat still latching on his face, and Mutsu turned to see Seo in front of them with a disgusted look on his face.

"Who is that, Mustu?!" Mikogami asked, despite the pain on his face right now.

"It's the Ashikabi who was with Hiden the other day, the one with numbers 11 and 12." Mustu answered.

"That guy?!" Mikogami exclaimed as he turned his head in the wrong direction. "Why are you here!?"

"What do you expect!? I'm here for the cat!" Seo shouted out.

"The cat?! You want the cat?!" Mikogami shouted in disbelief as he struggled to get it off. "Then come down here and get it off of my face!"

"SEO!"

The three turned around to see Hikari and Hibiki landing in front of them, much to Seo's delight.

"Right on time, you two. Let's get our moneymaker off of the rich kid and we won't have to worry about food for three days." Seo said, pointing at Mikogami with the cat on his face.

"This isn't the time for that!" Hikari exclaimed.

"We're being chased!" Hibiki indeed.

WHOOSH!

CRASH!

Everyone jumped as they turned to see the Vicarya Magia came down crashing on the road. Zero-One landed as he skidded on the road and faced the Magia as he readied his sword. He rushed in and slashed the Magia as the latter blocked it with his drill arms, sparks flying. Then he leaped with the sword above him as he sent it down towards the Magia, only for him to block it with both of his drill arms and strike him back.

"Oof!" Zero-One landed on the ground as he tried to get up as the Vicarya approached him.

"Get behance!"

Zero-One looked up while the Magia and everyone else looked up to see Tsukiumi falling down from the sky. Judging the trajectory, she's falling towards Zero-One, who was shocked to see the woman from his dreams.

"I said out of the way!" Tsukiumi shouted.

"Eh?" Zero-One was preoccupied with being stupefied that he couldn't move in time.

CRASH!

And thus, Tsukiumi landed onto Zero-One's torso as the latter crashed onto his back. Zero-One groaned as Tsukiumi got off of him, unaware that he could see her white panties.

"Loathed monkey… I bid behead!" Tsukiumi glared down at Zero-One.

DA-THUMP!

Then all of the sudden, Tsukiumi fell to her knees as she breathed heavily, much to everyone's confusion.

'What is this?' Tsukiumi thought, felt something tight in her chest. 'Wherefore brought to my knees. The heat. It grows stronger.'

"You're…" Zero-One muttered, feeling nostalgia when he saw her. She looked up to Zero-One with ferocious glare.

"Bastard… By thou art he." Tsukiumi got up as water gathered around her, much to Zero-One's surprise. "I know thou would seek to defile me. Yet, all Shall I get are suffering. And thou shalt only be relieved through death!"

"Ehhhhh?!" Zero-One exclaimed in shock, seeing that it wasn't a dream right now.

Seo and Mikogami were silent as they along with the twins and Mutsu stayed silent. Uzume, Yashima, Toyotama, and Akitsu arrive on the scene as they immediately notice Seo and Mikogami, much to their annoyance, before immediately recognizing Tsukiumi.

"Hey isn't that…?" Uzume spoke, getting Zero-One's attention.

"Number 9, Tsukiumi." Yashima said, surprised to see her.

"Tsk! Of all the people we bump into, why her?!" Toyotama clicked her tongue in annoyance.

"Wait! She's a single number?!" Mikogami pointed at Tsukiumi in shock. Mutsu nodded his head, confirming this to his Ashikabi.

"Geez, you sure pick a fight with a single number, huh girls?" Seo rhetorically asked, looking at his Sekirei.

"Shut up!" Hibiki and Hikari shouted at him in embarrassment.

"Mustsu! Don't just stand there and get her for me!" Mikogami ordered his Sekirei, getting Tsukiumi's attention. "She's a single number and an elemental Sekirei, so she's ra-grgrgr!"

SPLASH!

Mikogami was washed away by Tsukiumi's attack with the cat leaping out of the way and pushed to the wall, sliding down as he spewed out water. Seo catches the cat as he grins because the moneymaker is now in his hands.

"Filthy man. How thou be so shameless in public." Tsukiumi said, trembling in anger as she gathered more water in her hand, aiming at Mikogami. "I will destroy thee!"

"Uh oh, she's serious." Hikari said as she and her sister watched.

"Geez, her being an Ashikabi hater is true." Uzume said, Yashima and Toyotama nod their heads while Akitsu blankly stares.

Everyone was gonna get out of the way, Mutsu was getting ready to defend Mikogami, Zero-One sat still during the whole thing. Gears began to turn inside his head as he kept staring at Tsukiumi for some reason.

Unknown by the rest, the Vicarya Magia stood still as he immediately scanned Tsukiumi as he changed his target to her.

"The Sekirei must be extinct." The Vicarya declared, getting their attention.

The Magia began to approach Tsukiumi with the intent to kill as the latter diverted her attention to him. But then the Magia was besieged by a blue trail of energy ending in a wolf's head.

[SHOOTING KABAN SHOT!]

The blast carried the Magia off before the wolf's jaw chomped on it as he sparks before crashing away from Tsukiumi. Everyone turned to see Vulcan in Punching Kong form as he walked in while holding up his Attache Shotgun.

"I see, So Punching Kong can withstand the recoil…" Yaiba spoke, walking upon the scene.

"So I'm the lab rat again, huh?" Vulcan sighed, pulling his Progrise Key out of the Shotgun.

"What is going on?" Tsukiumi asked, narrowing her eyes.

And right on cue, Izu arrived with her suitcase along with Ishizumi-sensei with a wooden sword prop and his pen.

"President Akio!" Izu called out to him, making him turn to her as she took out the new Progrise Key from the case and chucked it at him.

Zero-One manages to catch the key and take a close look at it, a red Progrise key with an image of a tiger on it.

This is the Flaming Tiger Progrise Key.

"Oooh." Zero-One was amazed, remembering it as the countermeasure against the Vicarya Magia. He turned to Izu as he waved the key. "Izu, thank you!"

"Use this, too!" Ishizumi-sensei was about to lend him the sword prop until Izu held her arm out.

"No need." Izu said.

Tsukiumi was totally confused by the whole situation before her, she was about to take care of the filthy monkey of a Ashikabi before this happened. She then sees Vulcan take out his Punching Kong Key from his Shotriser and closes the key before pressing it.

[POWER!]

Then inserting it into his shotgun.

[Progrise Key confirmed! Ready to utilize!]

[Kong's Ability!]

Vulcan aims the shotgun at the Magia before pulling the trigger.

[PUNCHING KABAN SHOT!]

It shot out an orange energy construct of the Punching Kong Fist towards the Magia. The said Magia tried to block it with his drills, but they're too much to handle as he flew back and crashed on his back with his drills now destroyed.

Meanwhile, Jin emerged from a nearby building as he saw his Magia friend fending against Zero-One and Vulcan.

"That guy also has a Progrise Key…? So strong…" Jin pondered, seeing Vulcan in his Punching Kong form. Then he saw Tsukiumi behind Zero-One. "Hoh~. Another Sekirei."

Zero-One closed his driver and activated the new key then scans it.

[FIRE!]

[AUTHORIZE!]

(Satellite Zea)

Zea pinpoints Zero-One's location as it shoots down a red beam down towards the Earth.

Uzume and the other girls looked up to the sky as did Seo and the twins. Tsukiumi was confused by their actions until she saw something crashing in front of her in a burst of flames. The flames dissipate, revealing a large mechanical red tiger known as the Tiger Rider Frame as it lets out a powerful roar.

"RWOOOAAAAARRR!"

Tsukiumi stepped back from the shock upon seeing such a thing. Mikogami, who was carried over Mutsu's shoulder unconscious, woke up and screamed upon seeing the tiger, much to Mutsu's chagrin. Seo and the twin Sekirei were still surprised to see something like that for the second time.

"Time to bring on the heat!" Zero-One declared, inserting the key into the driver.

[PROGRISE!]

[GIGANT FLARE!]

The Tiger Rider Frame ran around Zero-One as the Falcon armor faded away. The yellow armor arranged again, as the shoulder pads pushed back, the yellow armor on his ribs slid down slightly, while the yellow mask for his Hopper form popped off his helmet and one half attached to each arm with pieces of his chest armor to form gauntlets. The tiger ran behind him and leaped towards him and split apart, DNA helix beams down as it formed his new armor.

[FLAMING~ TIGER~!]

The armor was red in the form of a tiger. The shoulder armor jointed like whiskers. The chest and thigh armor formed with the gaps shaped like tiger stripes. Unlike his previous forms, he has red armored gloves that extend over his wrist and are linked to his gauntlets in the form of tiger paws. His new Red mask emulated a tiger with two small feline ears in place of his antenna, black stripes formed on his mouthplate, with arrow-like patterns making stripes on his forehead, and his optics now bright blue to offset the red of his form.

This is Kamen Rider Zero-One, Flaming Tiger.

[Explosive power of 100 Bombs.]

(Cue Find a new life by Tsuyoshi Himura)

Everyone paused and awed as the ground around Zero-One ignited with fire, embers rising up behind him, striking an imposing image to all who saw it.

"Whoa. So cool!" Jin said in awe.

"Yeah! You're on fire, Aki~!" Uzume cheered from the side lines.

"Literally." Yashima commented.

"Whew!" Toyotama waved her hands to her face, fighting off the heat emanating from Zero-One. "He sure packs an impressive heat."

"Ah… it's hot." Akitsu said as she uses her powers to cool herself off along with the others.

"Okay, where does that kid get this stuff?" Seo muttered, putting the cat in his jacket.

"Oh~! This is amazing!" Zero-One said in awe as he looked at his hands before taking a closer look. Then yelping as flames shot out of his palm and hit him in the face. "Atsui! Atsui!"

He patted his face with his other hand. Only to move away as it shot more flames from his other palm.

"Fire!" Zero-One yelped as he moved around comically with his palms still spewing fire.

Everyone in the area deadpanned at the sight of him overreacting.

Well, almost everyone.

"That's such a funny gag." Vulcan choked back a laugh.

"Snrk!" Toyotama snickered at the sight while Uzume and Yashima glanced at her half-lidded.

"What is thou art doing?" Tsukiumi spoked, seeing Zero-One acting like a fool reminded her of someone.

DA-THUMP!

DA-THUMP!

DA-THUMP!

She was not sure who but for some reason her heart was beating faster than before. She tried to fight off the blush coming to her cheeks and wanted to get rid of this feeling but it kept drawing towards Zero-One.

Zero-One stopped his antics as he walked next to Vulcan.

"You need passion to fight!" He proclaimed, held his hands up next to his mask like claws. "Rawr!"

"Oh~!" Ishizumi-sensei immediately kneels down as he takes out his sketch pad, which he happens to have on him, and immediately sketches.

Zero-One had his palms spew fire again as he swirled his arms around in a Hadoken formation. He then shoots them at the Vicarya's head, making him scream as it burns. Each time Zero-One shoots, the Magia's head begins to heat up bright red.

"Go, Aki! Burn him up real good!" Uzume cheered.

"AAAHHHHHH!" The Vicarya quickly grabbed his drill head and took it out, revealing a somewhat melted metal head with wires wrapped around it, and threw it away.

"Whoah!" Ishizumi-sensei gasped in awe, continuing drawing on his sketchbook.

"As expected of President Akio." Izu said.

Yashima took a quick look at the Mangaka's sketchbook and smiled to see him drawing Zero-One Flaming Tiger in manga art.

Zero-One charges in as he swung his hands like claws at the panicking Magia to the chest. The Vicarya stumbled before he was struck again as Zero-One uppercut him with fire, sending the Magia up away towards the nearby building. Zero-One quickly goes after him by jumping high and uses his gauntlets to boost him up.

He landed on the roof across from the Magia as he faced him.

(End Ost)

"G-Pen! There's only one person who can stop you." Zero-One declared, raising his finger at him before thumbing himself. "It's me!"

(Cue Zero-One, sore ga Ore no na da!)

He then pressed the key as his driver lit up, initiating his finisher.

[FLAMING IMPACT!]

He then shot his arms out as his gauntlets ignited the fire on his palms. He formed a massive ring of fire, as a screen of embers formed in the center in the air. He dashed forward as he held his arms back as concentrated jets of fire propelled him forward faster before he jumped off the building.

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He then went through the ring covering him in flames that took the appearance of an actual tiger around his body. Zero-One roared as he swung his hands forward as the flames condensed around his clawed fingers, growing into giant claws of fire. He roared and swung his arms at the Vicarya.

The Vicarya grunted as red marks formed a criss-crossing slash pattern across his body before cried out in pain while exploding into a pillar of fire.

[FLAMING IMPACT!]

Zero-One poses with his arms out like a tiger in front of the fire. Jin moans in disappointment as he walks away to get the fallen Zetsumerise Key.

"That kid never disappoints." Seo said as he walked away with the cat in hand with the twin following after him.

Mikogami got down from Mutsu's grip as he saw Ishizumi-sensei drawing on his sketchbook with such fervor. He never saw him like that yesterday, he looked at the building where Zero-One landed as he felt a bit bitter for some reason.

"Let's go Mutsu." Mikogami huffed as he walked away with his Sekirei complied.

"This is unbelievable!" Ishizumi-sensei said as he looked at his sketch of Zero-One and Vulcan fighting the Magia by blasting him at the same time.

Uzume took notice of Tsukiumi, nowhere to be seen until she saw her leaping towards the building.

(End Ost)

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(With Zero-One)

Zero-One relaxed his body as he was about to dismiss his transformation until he heard footsteps behind him. He turned to see Tsukiumi standing in front of him, much to his surprise.

"Monkey. Who art thou, really?" Tsukiumi demands, stepping forward with a glare in her eyes.

"Et tu." Zero-One was confused by her words but at the same time felt the nostalgia coming from her. He transforms back to his civilian form and complies to her demand. "I'm Hiden Akio, President of Hiden Intelligence."

"Hiden… Akio…" Tsukiumi muttered, felt the sense of familiarity when she heard that name.

She walked closer to him, taking a closer look at Akio's face as his face grew a bit red. Tsukiumi checks his features out, especially the ahoge poking out of his hair, as Akio steps back in embarrassment of seeing her up close, including those big boobs of hers. Seeing him all flustered reminded her of the little boy she knew long ago.

"?!"

And that's when everything clicked.

The familiar face, his comedish behavior, and the ahoge on his head. She remembers who he was now.

"You!" Tsukiumi shouted, making Akio step back even further as she pointed at him. "You're that boy from back then!"

"Hah?! What do you mean!" Akio retorted until something clicked in his head.

In his eyes, the little blond girl was in Tsukiumi's place. Gears began to turn in his head as he pointed at her as well.

"Y-Y-You're… Tsuki-chan!" Akio exclaimed.

SPLASH!

That resulted in Tsukiumi splashing him with water, leaving him soaking wet but luckily the driver was waterproof.

"Do not call me by that name!" Tsukiumi shouted with a tick mark on her forehead, embarrassed by that nickname he gave her long ago.

"Hai!" Akio straightens up comedically, despite being soaking wet.

"Hmph!" Tsukiumi put her arms under her chest. "Thou hasn't changed one bit. Thou art still the foolish boy who failed at being the jester."

"Urk!" Akio felt an arrow stab in his heart.

"But, thou still the passionate boy from back then." Tsukiumi said as she placed her hand where her heart was. "It's strange, my heart clamored in protest when I reacted to a man. But when I realize that it's thou, my heart is at peace right now."

"Same for me. Who knew the little girl I met long ago was a Sekirei all along, and appeared in my dreams no less." Akio smiled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "This could mean that we're meant to be. If you would like to be my Sekirei?"

Tsukiumi flushed upon seeing his smile, remembering the same smile back then when they're kids. Her very first friend will soon be her Ashikabi.

"Very well, then. The Sekirei, Tsukiumi, will graciously accept." She answers. "By proposal of marriage."

"Marriage!?" Akio exclaimed in shock by what she said, only to be grabbed by the collar.

"You did ask me to be thy Sekirei, right?!" Tsukiumi demanded his answer.

"Hai!" Akio quickly complied.

"Now, Akio!" Tsukiumi shouted, getting his attention now. "Only one person gets to kill thee from this day forward, and that person is me."

With that said, Tsukiumi leans towards Akio's face and smacks his lips with hers as the bond between them has started to form. Blue tear wings sprouted from her activated crest as Tsukiumi felt a strange sensation throughout her body.

'What? What is this?' She thought. 'This feeling welling up from my heart. It's so warm and strong. So, this is emergence.'

When the winging was done, Tsukiumi quickly parted lip from Akio's and faced away and walked to the edge of the roof.

"Et tu, Tsuki-chan?" Akio said awkwardly.

"Didn't I tell you to not call me that name?" Tsukiumi said in an angry tone, but quickly diminished it. "But I suppose I'll make an exception, thy art my Askikabi after all."

She then faced him with a blush cheeks.

"As well as my husband."

"Husband?!" Akio quietly mutters.

Now that Akio thought about it, Uzume and the other girls were being too intimate despite barely knowing each other. Is it possible that the Ashikabi and Sekirei emerging from each other are considered married to each other?

This brought Akio's mind into a bit of a turmoil.

"Wow! You're a machine, Aki!"

The two turned to the right to see Uzume standing between them with a sly grin on her face.

"Oh Uzume, right on time." Akio walked to her while Tsukiumi grew a tick mark. He then gestured his hand towards Tsukiumi. "This is Tsukiumi, a Sekirei I knew when I was a kid."

"Man, I didn't know you knew her back then." Uzume said before she teased him a little. "You must be lucky to have a childhood friend like her, Aki~!"

"Hehehehe." Akio chuckled in embarrassment.

Seeing Akio shamelessly flirting in front of made Tsukiumi angry by the moment as an murderous aura surrounds her. Akio quickly noticed this and was sweating up a storm.

"Tell me, Akio. With me, just how many Sekireis does thou now possess?!" She demanded.

"W-Well…" Akio doesn't know how to answer if were to anger her even more.

Well, whether he answers or not, his life still hangs in a balance!

"There's me for starters." Uzume answers, much to Akio's shock. "Along with Yashima-chan, Toyotama, and he's taken in Akitsu for the time being. With you, you're the fourth."

Akio felt a sense of dread coming from Tsukiumi as he noticed water droplets gathering around her hand. He slowly steps back for safety as he doesn't want to feel her wraith.

"Tsuki-chan, wait! There's a perfectly good explanation!" Akio tried to calm her down, but all for naught.

"WATER CELEBRATION!"

SPLASH!

"YAHOHOHOHOHOHOHOI!"

Akio was sent flying by Tsukiumi's attack and fell off the building.

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(A Week Later - Ishizumi Mansion)

After defeating the Vicarya Magia and winged Tsukiumi, things were a bit hectic when Akio introduced Tsukiumi to the other girls. Yashima and Akitsu were more welcoming to her, but when it comes to Uzume and Toyotama's teasing, it went downhill from there. The tension between the three Sekirei was more than Akio could handle, especially with Tsukiumi's jealousy.

Right now, Akio and the girls were at Ishizumi-sensei's mansion to check the said client, seeing that the room was now clean. Tsukiumi came along with him to get to know what work he's been doing as his wife should do, according to her anyway.

"Sensei… This new chapter is amazing!" Akio said in awe, looking at the latest volume with Uzume and Izu peeking over his shoulder at the issue.

"Yeah, you really put your fire in this one." Uzume commented with a smile.

"It's thanks to you!" Ishizumi-sensei smiled as he held up his pen which was dripping with fresh ink. "You motivated me."

He then picked up the piece he was drawing and revealed it was an autographed picture of the main character from his Manga.

"WAH!" Akio was awed at the gift. "I really do love your burning style!"

"Yes, it's very passionate." Izu agreed.

"Hehehehe." Ishizumi chuckled while standing up from his desk. "The new Humagear is really helping me out with the background."

The said Humagear, who is the exact replica of G-Pen, looks at them as he smiles on being mentioned.

"Thanks to you, I was able to create a new character."

"A new character?!" Akio gasped as he turned the page and froze.

The page revealed a detailed drawing of a being wearing armor that made them look like a muscular gorilla… wielding a bulky shotgun. Akio and Uzume were shocked upon seeing it as Yashima, Toyotama, Akitsu, and Tsukiumi took a closer look at the picture.

The Memory of Vulcan walking away in this exact pose came to everyone's mind when they saw it.

"Ah… a gorilla." Akitsu noted.

"Ore janai o…" Akio paled in despair.

"Akio Ja Naito!" Izu said, much to his shock.

"That's not how you use that!" Akio complained.

Ishizumi-sensei chuckled at their antics as did Toyotama, but she tried to hide it. Tsukiumi watched this unfold as she shook her head in disappointment.

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(Daybreak Town)

Jin made it back to the hideout after he managed to get the Vicarya Zetsumerise Key. he presented the cracked key to Horobi as he took it from his hands.

"Don't go looking for Progrise Keys on your own." Horobi scolded Jin, inserting the key into the slot holder.

"Why? What am I to you, Horobi?" Jin pouted, then something clicked in his head. "Ah, I got it! I'm your assistant or something, right?"

"No. You're more important than that." Horobi quickly replied, much to Jin's confusion. He turned his chair to Jin as he stood up and walked up to him. "Jin. You are… my son."

"..." Jin was silent upon the revelation he was told by Horobi.

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Scene closes, revealing Flaming Tiger and Punching Kong Progrise Key.

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(Cue Dear Sweet Heart)

{YO BABY GIRLS, GET READY NOW THIS IS ren ai no shinansho DON'T LET IT GO aserazu SO WITHOUT FURAINGU de SHOW TIME}

'Yo, Baby Girls! Get ready now! This is the textbook of love! Don't let it go, don't get upset so Without false starts, it's showtime!'

GET THAT FUNKY BEAT!

(The Sekirei crest appears as it gets smaller until it appears on a Sekirei's upper back and resonates throughout the screen. The crest zooms in transferring the scene to Minato as the screen flips to his Sekirei. Then flips to Akio and his Sekirei, the scene flips to both Akio and Minato as it flips to their Sekireis showing off their rear ends. Minato holds his nose as it leaks out blood before they show off their breast causing Akio to faint with a nose bleed.)

{Hayai mono kachi kono baai kanke nai nai nozomu tokoro yo soudatsusen boppatsu}

'The first ones win? No such thing in this case! No! No! That's perfect for me, A sudden scramble!'

(Akio and Minato were stuck between each other as their Sekireis were going towards them for a kiss, appearing one by one. Minato blushed while Akio froze still with his brain unable to process properly.)

{Onna desu mono maketerare yashinai nai fukuramu kimochi No mou daibouhatsu}

'But I'm a woman, I can't lose. No! No! My feelings grow No, and then a big bang!'

(The scene flips to Musubi and Kuruse glaring at each other as lighting is stuck between them while Uzume and Tsukuimi do the same. Kusano and Yashima were panicking while Matsu and Toyotama were amused.)

{Dame yo yuuwaku shicha doite kare no osoba watashi doki doki natte ippai ippai}

'Don't seduce him, Get away from him, My heart is pounding hard, So Hard!'

(Scene change to Kusano and Yashima, the former wore a school swimsuit proudly while the latter wore a frilly two piece suit looking shy about it. Minato laughed sheepishly with his eyes closed while Miya was amused and Akio gave a big smile. Matsu and Toyatama were looking at their Ashikabi half-naked as Minato and Akio were surprised while Kagari sighs at this. Tsukuimi grabbed Akio's hand and pressed it on her left breast as the latter's eyes were big as plates while Kuruse leaned towards Minato showing him her cleavage as he blush madly. Then Musubi and Uzume look towards the screen as a bear and fox appear behind them.)

{Naisho nukegake shite daiseikou kare to futari amaku mekuru meku NIGHT}

'Secret, going off by myself, Big success, just two of us Sweet and dazzling, NIGHT~'

(Minato was drag by Musubi, who looks like a man now, in the air while Akio and Uzume were on a date. The man-looking Musubi was trying to kiss Minato as he was crying, behind them were Akio and Uzume as they were having a chocolate parfait together. Then the two couples were in bed while Minato was miserable and Akio was having a pleasant sleep. Turns out it was a dream for Akio while a nightmare for Minato as Uzume and Musubi were sleeping happily with their Ashikabi.)

{Honto wa ne watashi dake wo dakishimete hoshii no hitori jime muramura furagu tatechau no ari kashira}

'To tell you the truth, I want him, too. Hold only me, just me I want to monopolize so badly! I wonder if I could stick a flag on him?'

(Akio and Minato's Sekireis were on the roof of Maison Izumo along with Miya and Kagami looking out at the sunset. Then to Musubi and Uzume in a maid outfit holding a big portion of curry in each hand.)

{Yappari ne yowaki do shiyou yasashi sugite sho ganai sonna toko daisuki yo dakara watashi tachi tsuku shimasu}

'I knew it, he's so wimpy, what should I do? He's just too gentle. I love that about him, So we are devoted to him!'

DEAR SWEET HEART!

(Scene changes to Minato looking at something as he looks back and smiles, then to Akio pointing forward doing his comedy routine as he changes to Zero-One posing. Changes to Minato and Akio were shopping as their Sekireis were getting along, Musubi was carrying half of the rice bags while Matsu was struggling to carry one while Kuruse carried the other half, Tsukuimi was crossing her arms and looks away while Toyatama skipping along with her staff behind her back, Kusano was holding Minato's hand, and Uzume was smothering Akio's arm with her breast along with Yashima competing against her while Akio was trying not to blush with Izu walking beside them. The scene closes as the Sekirei crest closes to Akio and Minato until it goes fully black.)

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Jikai Kamen Rider Zero-One: REALxEYEZ Engagement

The crowd cheered as female actresses appeared on stage for the Perfuman Tsurugi audition for the heroine role. Seine voice acting along with two female actresses.

Fuwa: Hiden, are you just going to ignore an illegal Humagear?!

Tsukiumi: How dare you, you scoundrel!

Akio stood between Fuwa and Seine with Tazawa before the former pushed him away. Tsukiumi contronts Fuwa as Akio and Uzume tried to calm her down. Seine was pushed back before Tazawa ran to her as he tried to protect her.

Tazawa: Seine is my child!

Zero-One was on his Rise Hopper bike as he leaped through the forest. Vulcan was on the ground as he got up and aimed his Shotriser. Tsukiumi blasts Jin with her water attacks but he dodges them.

Jin: We're children. We can be friends.

Vulcan was in his Punching Kong form as he charged in while Valkyrie, in bee-like armor, jumped high and kicked a frog-like Magia. A new Rider in a pink bodysuit with Silver armor appeared on stage as Zero-One engaged in a fight with him.

Akio: That's what a parent should believe!

Next Time: The Wings of MetsubouJinrai

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Yo! Happy 2023, folks!

Nexus here to bring you the newest chapter of Zero-One!

Tsukiumi made her debut in this one and boy it was a bit hard putting it together. I got the idea of Akio being childhood friends with her when I read the 365 days without a girlfriend where Tsukiumi ran off when she was small. I thought it would be interesting for the OC knew of one as a boy, so there you have it.

Next chapter is Jin's debut as a Kamen Rider and another Sekirei will come in but she won't be revealed until the chapter is done.

'Til then!