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Kamen Rider Kabuto: The Flower of Rin-ne
Chapter 6: The Slash of The Scorpion Rider
Inside a dojo called the Kurogane Dojo, the main training room, was a young man training with a sword.
He had long brown hair tied in a ponytail, and violet eyes, and is wearing a Kendo uniform. This is Tetsu Kurogane.
The sword he was training with is the size of that of a wakizashi, and the handle is colored purple with an orange spot silver black ended blade. This is the Sasword Yaiver.
Tetsu stop after he did one overhead slash, he breaths in and out, before looking at the Sasword Yaiver.
"Hey Tetsu!" He looked and saw a mechanical scorpion that is colored silver and black color, and has a purple stinger. This is the Sasword Zecter.
"If you're done, you should hurry and get ready for school." Sasword told him.
"I know Sasword, you don't have to remind me." Tetsu said, he gone to a room to take a shower and to change clothes.
(Play Next Level by YU-KI)
(Instrumental) As the song begins the screen is covered by insect wings which soon falls apart revealing Kamen Rider Kabuto in Masked Form. The next shows Kabuto in Rider Form arrives being by Worms. He gets ready for battle as the next scene shows him riding on the Kabuto Extender.
(Kimi ga negau koto nara. Subete genjitsu ni naru darou. Erabareshi mono naraba.) Kabuto continues drive in a wide open area in which he is soon replaced by Souji, Hiyori, Madoka, Lan, and Muginami walking in different paths. The next is a meteor crashing into a city.
(Bousou wo hajimeteru.) The next scene shows how many Worms can disguise as normal people. The scene soon shows lights in the sky by a tower.
(Sekai wo moto ni modosu ni wa mahout. Jikan ga nai.) Scene shows Souji on his bike, getting off, and walking away. Meanwhile a ZECT van was going to a Worm attack scene.
(Moving Fast. Kokoro mo. Tokei hashirase.) Hiyori looks at her family photo. A child Madoka was looking at the ocean. Lan was working at Hiroshi's restaurant but was clumsy carrying the dishes. And a child Muginami was feeding a young weak Villagulio.
(Ashita no sono saki e) Souji was standing back-to-back with Kabuto Masked Form. Next, a child Souji and Hiyori was crying at their parent's funeral.
(Kimi no tonan tatakau tabi. Umarekawaru. Nani mieru. Speed koeteku motion.) Kabuto uses Cast Off and transform into his Rider Form. He shows off his Clock Up as he ran past the frozen explosions.
(Ittai jibun negai. Dare no tsuyosa. Shinjirareru.) Hiyori cried as green slime dropped from the ceiling.
(Kousoku no vision minogasu-na. Tsutie koreru nara.) Kabuto starts fighting in Clock Up before the screen is covered by insect wings and soon the logo.
Today is a busy day at, Be with Hiroshi restaurant, with Hiroshi taking orders, and while Souji does the cooking.
"Souji! I got two orders of Katsudon bowls, and beef ramen!" Hiroshi told them.
"Got it!" Souji said, as he preps the food, and soon brought them out on plates on the main table, Hiroshi grabs them and place order from another customer.
"Got one order of golden fried rice, and fried shrimp!" Hiroshi told him.
"On it!" Souji grabs the order, and gone back to the kitchen, to whip up the order.
After a while, the satisfied customers left the restaurant, with happy full stomachs, of Souji's cooking.
Souji sighed before he took a sit on a chair while whipping off some sweat.
"Thanks for the help Souji. I'm sorry to call you to work on your day off." Hiroshi told his nephew.
"Don't worry about it. You needed the help, while Hiyori and Mado-chi are in school right now, doing their club activities." Souji said.
(With Hiyori and Madoka)
Madoka and Hiyori were in the gym the kendo team used for practice, and are helping with them, by sparring.
Madoka and up with the team's captain, as they clashed bamboo swords.
"Come on Madoka! Kick her butt!" Hiyori cheered.
"Hiyori don't forget this isn't a match, we're helping them to improve!" Madoka exclaimed, before she and the captain pushed each other back.
"I know, but it doesn't hurt have a little competition." Hiyori said.
As they continue, Hiyori then saw a couple of members gossiping while looking at a tablet, being curious she decided to see what they're looking at.
"Hey, what are you guys watching?" Hiyori asked.
"Oh Tendou! You're just in time look!" They showed her the tablet that had a picture with Tetsu wearing a gold medal, with other two men beside him, wearing a silver and bronze medal.
"Who's he?" Hiyori asked.
"He's name is Tetsu Kurogane! Of the kendo team, from Chihiro high school! He's really famous in the world of Kendo! He won the national championship, for 3 straight years, even though he was a freshman! God I hope I can meet him one day!" She squealed, and the others followed.
"Oh is that so…" Hiyori sweat drop, as she looks at the picture of Tetsu, and saw there was a look in his eyes, and can't help but wonder about him.
Souji was seen sparring with Maito, in his usual gym. The reason he was there with him, it was because Maito wanted to spar with to see how good Souji is.
Maito punches at Souji two times; who parried his two punches, then Souji counters with a reverse round house, but Maito blocks it before pushing it back.
"Dang you're pretty good, Souji." Maito said.
"You're not bad yourself." Souji said, before he punches Maito a couple of times, and he blocked his punches.
"So who you think, the other Riders will be like?" Maito asked before he punches at Souji, who parried them.
"Not sure, I forget to ask Haruka-san about that." Souji kicks at Maito, who dodges them. "But Obaa-chan said this…You shouldn't believe in rumors and what people said about until you see them for yourself."
"Well I have to say, your Obaa-chan sounds like a wise woman." Maito stated.
"You don't know the half of it." Souji said.
(With Hiyori and Madoka)
School was now over, Hiyori and Madoka wearing their school uniforms are heading back to their respective homes.
"So Madoka have anything plan this weekend?" Hiyori asked.
"Yeah, I have to go to the base, and test with Midori." Madoka said.
"Oh I see…You know I still can't believe all of this, that they're alien life living among us, down here in hiding and out in space. I mean it still so unreal despite I witness these things first hand." Hiyori stated.
"Yeah I know what you mean. I'm still having a hard time believing in all of this as well." Madoka said.
As they were walking a teenager, wearing a black long tail coat, under a white shirt, and wearing black pants, and white shoes.
"Hey there you two." He waved to them.
"Who are you?" Hiyori asked with a narrow look on her face.
"Hey don't be hostile." He raised both his hands, before he snaps his fingers, and soon more guys wearing his uniform come out and surrounded, Hiyori and Madoka. "Me and my boys, just want to chat with you. And don't think about resisting either, it won't end well with that."
Seeing they are surrounded and out number, Hiyori and Madoka have no choice but to comply with them, by nodding to them.
"Alright then, just follow us please." He and his crew then lead them to somewhere.
Watching them in hiding, was Tetsu wearing a black school uniform, with Sasword Zecter on his shoulder watching them, and decided to follow them.
Haruka was seen exiting a store, with a bag of items in her hand. She was about to get inside her van, but stop when she saw Hiyori and Madoka surrounded and being led by a group of men.
This had made Haruka a little suspicious, before she heads into her van, and called Souji and Maito.
After they were done, Souji and Maito exited to the gym, and head to their bikes, until they heard ringing and saw their Zecters flying to them.
"Souji, Maito, we're receiving a call from Professor Haruka." Kabuto Zecter told them.
"Must be important, put her through Kabuto." Souji told his Zecter.
"Got it." Kazuto Zecter nodded, before putting Haruka on the line.
"Souji, is Maito, with you?" Haruka asked through Kabuto Zecter.
"Yeah I'm here too." Maito said. "So what's up?"
"It's Hiyori and Madoka, I think they're in trouble." Haruka told them.
"Nani?! What kind of trouble?" Souji asked, in worried about them.
(With Haruka)
"I'm not sure, yet." Haruka said through a communicator on her ear, as she was following them in her can. "But they are being led by a group of male teenagers, but my gut is saying there's something off about them. I'm following them right now, and just in case you two should join up with me. The Kabuto and TheBee Zecters, will lead you two to me. So get moving."
(Back with Souji and Maito)
"Got it." Souij and Maito nodded, before they rushed to their bikes before their Zecters took off a head of them, and they soon followed.
'Please be safe, Hiyori, Mado-chi.' Souji thought.
Hiyori and Madoka were led to a close down amusement park.
"Okay, you brought us here. Now what do you want?" Hiyori asked.
"Oh nothing much…" He said before he transformed into a Sepultura Worm. "Just your identities."
Hiyori and Madok soon saw the rest of his crew, transformed into Worms, the rest were Sails Worms, well two had changed into a, Musca, and Lanpyris Worm.
They were about to run, until the Musca Worm spew acid from it's mouth near their feet, and the Lanpyris Worm channeled plasma energy from it's ball like arm and smashes it on the ground, making cut shape crack by their feet.
"Don't think, you two can get away so easily." The Sepultura Worm told them.
"J-Just what do you want from us?" Hiyori said.
"Oh nothing, you see me and my boys here, wanted to make a business here on your little mud ball you call a planet. The kind of business of helping our brothers and sisters to blend in here, and we decided that you two will be perfect." The Sepultura Worm explained to them.
"Sorry but we're not interested." Hiyori told them.
"Y-Yeah, same with me!" Madoka told them.
The Sepultura Worm laughs. "Hahaha! Did you honestly think we were going to give you choice? Get them."
The Worms move slowly to Hiyori and Madoka, who were now back to back, they stand their ground despite knowing they would be no much against them, until...
"Stop!" They all look and saw Tetsu walking to them.
"It's that Tetsu guy…" Hiyori said.
"Who are you supposed to be?!" The Sepultura Worm exclaimed.
"Glad you ask because…" Tetsu brought out the Sasword Yaiver. "I'm your worst nightmare! Sasword Zecter!"
"STANDBY!"
The sword let out a trilling pulse sound.
"You got it!" Sasword Zecter crawls up to his shoulder which surprised to Hiyori and Madoka, as it jumps onto and attaches into his sword.
"Henshin!" Tetsu shouted.
"HENSHIN!"
Purple hexagons of energy formed around his arm, and onto his entire body, before finally being enclosed in the armor.
The torso armor was purple and over the heard is a circular orange core which some sort of fluid inside of it. From the top and bottom, orange tubing extended from the circle and travel down around his side or across his back to connect to the spiked shoulder plating and receptacles for the tubes mounted underneath them, from there, the tubes travel down his arms into his gauntlets, and has a silver belt around his waist, the helmet is purple with a scorpion's tail rising up from the top, his mouth plate is decorated with silver mandible-like pieces on both sides while a green line cybernetic visor.
This is Kamen Rider Sasword – Masked Form.
"Another Rider?!" Hiyori and Madoka gasped.
Sasword charges and the Sepultura Worm signaled some of the Salis Worms to charge at the Scorpion Rider as well, but Sasword dodges their attacks and slashes through as he run, before he gotten behind them and soon exploded.
Sasword slashes a few Worms away from Hiyori and Madoka.
"You two got to safety." Sasword told, they nodded before they run to somewhere safe.
Some of the Salis Worms charge at Sasword, the Scorpion Rider easily dodges their attacks and slashes through them, and soon saw the Musca Worm spew it's acid at Sasword, dodges by barrel rolling, but then the Lanpyris Worm attacks with it's right arm on his back, sending him rolling on the ground.
Sasword soon recovered and stands back up, before he engage combat with a few more Salis Worms.
Hiyori and Madoka found a safe spot and watches Sasword battle against the Worms, and soon heard two motorcycle engines; they look and saw Souji and Maito with their Zecters near them, as they drive and stop to them.
Souji soon took off his helmet and gotten off his bike, and rushes to Hiyori and Madoka.
"Hiyori! Mado-chi!" Souji checks on them. "Are you two alright?"
"Yes we're fine, Onii-chan." Hiyori nodded before pointing to Sasword. "But that guy needs your help, along with Maito-san!"
"Eh?" Souji said as he, Maito and their Zecters, look to where she pointed, and soon saw Sasword. "Another Rider, Kabuto Zecter…"
"Yes, that's Sasword!" Kabuto Zecter nodded.
They then saw Sasword being slashed by the Sepultura Worm, and his arms were then grab by the Musca, and Lanpyris Worms, and gotten a good hold of him, as he tried to break, before the Sepultura Worm, bashes him with his arm shield.
"He needs back up! TheBee!" Maito said as he reveals his Rider Brace.
"Agreed, Kabuto." Souji said.
"You got it!" Their Zecters said, as they fly to their partners and they caught them.
"Henshin!"
They inserted them into their Henshin Devices.
"HENSHIN!"
Souji and Maito, transformed into Kabuto and TheBee, Kabuto then looks to Hiyori and Madoka.
"You two stay here, where it's safe, okay." Kabuto told them, they nodded, before he and TheBee charges to assist Sasword.
The Sepultura Worm rises it long claw hand in the air, and was about to slash Sasword, until the Worm, and the other two who were holding Sasword, were fired upon, by Kabuto's gun, and TheBee shoulder bashes the Sepultura Worm away, and punches, the Musca and Lanpyris Worms, next, TheBee then looks at Sasword and offered his hand.
"You alright?" TheBee asked his fellow Rider.
Sasword looks at his hand, before standing up without taking his hand.
"I'm fine, and thanks for the help." Sasword said.
"No problem man." TheBee told him.
The three Riders, then saw the Sepultura, Musca, and Lanpyris Worms, standing side by side facing the Riders, and the remaining Salis Worms then join them.
Kabuto switch to his gun's axe mode, TheBee raising two fists, and Sasword readies his sword, before both parties' charges at each other, and engage combat, Kabuto fighting the Sepultura Worm, TheBee against the Lanpyris Worm, and Sasword fighting against the Musca Worm, while fighting against some of the Salis Worms.
Kabuto was slashing through the Salis Worms with his axe, while easily dodging their attacks, before they exploded.
Kabuto then saw the Sepultura Worm coming at him with a slash, he easily dodged the Worm's attack, and counter slashes at the Worm, but it blocks his attack with his arm shield, Kabuto tried slashing at the Worm again, but his attack got bounce off because of it's shield, and then the Worm slashes at Kabuto's chest, making take a few steps back.
Kabuto then saw the Sepultura Worm, coming at for another slash, but Kabuto blocks it with his axe, and brought the Worm in arm locked, and were even ground until…
"Cast Off!" Kabuto flips the horn of his Zecter.
"CAST OFF!"
Kabuto's Masked Form armor parts flew off, hitting the Worm pushing it back, as Kabuto's horn raised up.
"CHANGE BEETLE!"
Kabuto then changes to his weapon's kunai mode.
"Clock Up!" Kabuto pressed his Clock Up button.
"CLOCK UP!"
Kabuto and the Sepultura Worm, engage combat in Clock Up speed, clashing into each other.
TheBee punches and kicks, the Salis Worms around him, until he saw the Lanpyris Worm, coming at him with it's charge up right hand, TheBee blocks it with his forearms, but was sent flying when it hit, before he landed on his feet.
"Ow…!" TheBee groaned in pain as his arms are still shaking. "Man that some punch…"
"Maito, be careful with that one." Haruka told him through his communicator, as she was in her van. "That Worm's right hand emits strong levels of plasma energy. Your armor in Masked Form, can take about two or three more punches, but I would advise, not to be hit."
"Got it, in that case, I need more speed and mobility. Cast Off!" TheBee flips his Zecter.
"CAST OFF!"
TheBee Masked Form armor pieces, flew off, and hit some of the Salis Worms, destroying them.
"CHANGE WASP!"
TheBee charges at the Lanpyris Worm, the six of the remaining Salis Worms with it, got between them, facing the Wasp Rider.
But that didn't stop TheBee, before punches the first two, and backhanded one and uppercut one, to the ground. Then he kicks the next two, and did a round house kick sending them to the ground. Then TheBee punches one of the next two in the gut hard and swipes kicks it to the ground, and fast punches the other one, and landed an uppercut sending to the ground, and soon the Salis Worm he defeated then exploded.
TheBee then come face to face, with the Lanpyris Worm.
"Clock Up!" TheBee pressed his Clock Up button.
"CLOCK UP!"
TheBee and the Lanpyris Worm then clashed against each other in Clock Up speed.
Sasword was slashing through the Salis Worms coming at him, easily dodging their attacks, as he slashes through them, and then overhead slash the last remaining Salis Worm, and soon the Salis Worms exploded.
Sasword then saw, the Musca Worm spewing it's acids, and Sasword dodges it by rolling on his shoulder.
Sasword then pushed down his Zecter's stinger down in a hole in front of it, on his sword, making his Masked Form armor pieces to open up.
"Cast Off!" Sasword shouted.
"CAST OFF!"
Sasword Masked Form armor pieces and orange wire cast off, of him.
Sasword's armor was much lighter and less bulky, the chest plate looking like a scorpion with silver legs while it's claws as his shoulder plates, his helmet boasts large green lenses and smaller purple mandibles on his mouth plate while his arms are free of all the tubing and armor in favor of the lighter silver bracing.
This is Sasword Rider Form.
"CHANGE SCORPION!"
"Clock Up!" Sasword pressed the Clock Up button on his belt.
Then Sasword and the Musca Worm clashed each other in Clock Up speed.
(In Clock Up dimension)
Kabuto was dodging the attacks of the Sepultura Worm, with ease, and was going to slashed with his kunai, but the Worm blocks it with his shield, and counter slashes at Kabuto, who dodges it's attack by jumping backward, before the two run sideways while facing each other.
TheBee was dodging the attacks from the Lanpyris Worm's right hand, and TheBee counter punches, a few times, until the Worm pushed him back with a kick. TheBee then saw it jumping at him going for another punch TheBee dodges it by rolling to his side, as the Lanpyris Worm punches into the ground making a crack in the ground, before TheBee jumps to the Worm and landed a punch, making the Worm stumble back.
Sasword attacks with his sword against the Musca Worm, but the Worm easily dodges his attacks, when Sasword misses a downward slash, he flips his sword around and slashes on the Musca Worm's chest, and horizontal slashes past it, and overhead slash the Worm on it's back, which made the Worm stumble back before it's back it a small bill board, and Sasword pins it on that very broad.
"CLOCK OVER!"
(In standard dimension)
The other Riders exit out of their Clock Up one at a time; Kabuto were in weapons lock with the Sepultura Worm with his kunai, and the Worm's claw hand. TheBee is holding the Lanpyris Worm's right hand in submission hold while still standing.
Sasword brought his sword to the Musca Worm's neck.
"Before I kill you, tell me one thing, do you anything about a white scorpion type Worm?" Sasword demanded, but the Musca Worm didn't say anything. "Answer me!"
While the Worms fighting against Kabuto and TheBee, manages to break free and fight against the Riders, the Musca Worm then saw Hiyori and Madoka, and saw a nearby clock pole by them which gave the Worm an idea.
The Musca Worm spewed acid at Sasword's face, which he dodge, but when he did it hit the pole of clock, which melted the pole and made it fall, Hiyori saw it coming and pushed Madoka out of the way.
"Look out!" Hiyori said, before she was going to move of the clock's way but was too late…
A loud crash sound was heard, as Kabuto was facing against the Sepultura Worm waiting for it's next move, TheBee landed a right hook on the Lanpyris Worm's face, making it stumble back, they stop when they heard the crash.
"Hiyori!" Madoka shouted in worry.
The Riders, look and saw, Madoka with an unconscious Hiyori in her arms, with blood bleeding out from her head.
"Hiyori!" Kabuto gasped and was about to run to them, before dodges from an attack from the Sepultura Worm. "Get out of my way!"
Kabuto slashes at the Worm's shield arm, and kicks it away, before he heads to his sister.
"Oh no…" TheBee said, letting his guard down, when the Lanpyris Worm, punches him with it's plasma charged right hand, sending rolling on the ground as he reverts back to Maito.
"Wait don't, tell me that…" Sasword mutters, while realizing that he had fallen to the Musca Worm's plan, before the Worm slashes Sasword away with it's claw hand, and soon flies away leaving the area, and then the other Worms then retreated as well.
Kabuto then checks on her sister.
"I'm sorry Souji-nii…Hiyori she…" Madoka said with tears forming on her eyes.
"Don't worry about that alright." Kabuto told her before putting his hand on her shoulder. "Right now, we need to take to the nearest hospital; I'll use Clock Up-!"
"Don't do that Souji!" Haruak told him with his communicator. "If you move her with an injury like that in Clock Up, it might worsen her condition."
"But Haruka-san…" Kabuto said.
"Just take her to my van, there's a clinic not too far from here. We can take her there." Haruka told him.
"Alright got it," Kabuto said, before picking his sister up in his arms. "Mado-chi, help Maito, he might need some help as well."
Madoka whip away her tears.
"Right!" Madoka nodded before going to Maito.
Kabuto then rushes to Haruka's van, while Madoka was helping Maito up with his arm over her shoulder to the van as well.
As they were gone, Sasword had watched them leave, before he looks down on the ground, feeling responsibly for what happen to Hiyori.
After getting Hiyori and Maito in the van, Haruka had brought them to the clinic that was nearby, with Souji and Madoka following behind, when they got there.
They met with the owner/doctor of the clinic, and requested for treatment for Hiyori and Maito, which he accepts without questions seeing their injuries.
Souji and Madoka sitting on were seen sited on chairs and waiting by the door to Hiyori's room, as the doctor is treating her injury.
"Madoka! Souji!" They look and saw Lan, running in the hall way to them. "I heard what happen to Hiyori. Is she okay?"
"We're not sure. The doctor is still treating her." Madoka told her.
The doctor soon comes out, that made Souji stand up and facing him.
"Doctor, how is she?" Souji asked.
"She'll be alright, bad bump on the head but fine." The Doctor told him.
"That's a relief…" Souji sighed in relief. "Thank you doctor."
"Don't worry about it young man. I won't ask, how your sister got that bump, but she's going to have to stay here, until she's better." He told him.
"Got it, and thank you again." Souji told him, before the doctor leaves.
Souji sits back down on his chair, and the girls saw he was still down.
"Souji-nii, I'm sorry, if I only saw it coming sooner…" Madoka started.
"It's not your fault Mado-chi, I was there with her. I should have kept a better eye on her, or taken her and you away from there." Souji said.
"Hey guys!" They looked and saw Maito and Haruka walking to them.
"Maito, your better?" Souji asked.
"Yeah, I have pretty tough body, and I was wearing. So I'm good and ready for round 2 against that Worm that sucker punch me!" Maito said.
"Good because I have a feeling that we'll be seeing those three again, now they reveal their identities." Haruka said.
"Excuse me." They all looked and Tetsu walking to them, with Sasword Zecter on his shoulder, before he jumps to one of the chairs, greeted by his Kabuto and TheBee Zecters.
"Hey there, Sasword!" Kabuto and TheBee Zecters greeted their fellow Zecter.
"Good to see you two again." Sasword Zecter said.
"Well, didn't expect to you see here." Haruka walks to Tetsu. "Any reason why, Tetsu?"
"Two, reasons." Tetsu walks to Souji. "I'm sorry for letting that happen to your sister, if I've only known sooner, I would have stopped it."
"It's alright you didn't know." Souji said.
"That's exactly it; I should have finished that Worm off first, but I didn't." Tetsu stated before turning to Haruka. "And, the second reason I'm here."
Tetsu brought out the Sasword Yaiver, and handed it to Haruka.
"I'm sorry, Haruka-san. But I think you need to choose someone else to be Sasword." Tetsu said giving the sword to Haruka, this had surprised everyone, including Sasword Zecter.
"Are you sure, Tetsu? I highly doubt that I can find someone else that's good as you." Haruka stated.
"Well you gonna have to." Tetsu said before leaving.
"Tetsu wait," Sasword Zecter chased after him, and jumps on his leg and crawl on his shoulder. "Tetsu, you can't up quit, not with your sister's-."
"Don't finish that!" Tetsu exclaimed. "I'm sorry Sasword, I'm really am. But you need someone better than me."
Tetsu pushed Sasword Zecter off his shoulder to the ground, and the Zecter watch his partner leaves.
Haruka sighs while looking at the Sasword Yaiver.
"Hey, Haruka-san, just what is his story?" Souji asked.
"Follow me." Haruka said before walking, and the others followed.
Everyone was in Haruka's van, she had brought up Tetsu's background profile on her computer.
"His name is Tetsu Kurogane." Haruka said.
"Oh yeah, I think I heard about that guy. Didn't he win the national Kendo tournament, three years in a row?" Maito asked.
"That he did. Not only that his family owns a dojo, that's been passed down for about a 100 years." Haruka said.
"100 years!" Lan gasped.
"That sure is a long time." Madoka said.
"Given his background with kendo and swordsmanship, I thought he was the perfect fit for Sasword, because it's specialized in close quarters sword combat." Haruka
"But that's not the only reason you chose isn't it." Souji said.
Haruka sighed heavily.
"No it's not actually." Haruka then brought out a news report about a murder 5 years ago, and has a picture of Tetsu. "5 years ago, Tetsu's older sister, Yuna, has been murder right in front of him. And current police reports said that the murderer was never found. But we in ZECT know better than them. According to Tetsu's report of the incident, he said he saw a giant white scorpion murder his sister, and then it up and disappeared."
"A white scorpion? Wait you don't mean…" Souji started.
"Yes, indeed I do. Given that the Worms evolved into insect and arachnid, like forms. Tetsu's sister, have been killed by a scorpion type Worm." Haruka explained which surprised everyone except for Sasword Zecter. "And so I figure, with that rage and vengeance of his, would be a good drive for him fighting against the Worms. So that one day he'll found this scorpion Worm, and get vengeance for his sister."
The others were speechless and wasn't sure what to say about that.
"Guess you kids think I'm pretty heartless of choosing Tetsu, like that." Haruka stated.
"No I don't." Souji said which slightly surprised Haruka. "Me, and Maito choose to remain as Riders with our own wills, it was our decisions, same with Kurogane."
"Yeah, I still choose to remain a Rider, with my own decision, and I still want to help in any way I can." Maito said.
"You two…" Haruka then smiles. "Thank you."
Souji then looks back to the picture of Tetsu on the computer and had got an idea.
(Later, with Tetsu)
Tetsu was seen in his family's dojo in a Kendo uniform, mediating, while having flashes of her sister, and her being murdered by the scorpion Worm, and then it vanishes in Clock Up, which snaps him out of his meditation, and sighed while rubbing his hand down on his face.
"What do you want?" Tetsu asked, as he sensed Souji behind him, and is holding two bokkens in his hands. "I already said I was sorry for what happen, to your sister."
"Yeah, but that's not good enough for me." Souji said as he throws one of the bokkens to Tetsu, who grabs it.
Tetsu turns around as Souji was coming at him with an overhead slash, which he quickly reacted by blocking it.
"What are you doing?!" Tetsu demanded.
"To teach you a lesson!" Souji stated, before pushing Tetsu back, and goes for another slash, which Tetsu blocks. "Haruka-san told me what happen to your sister."
"I figure she did," Tetsu said before pushing Souji back, and goes for his own slash, which Souji blocks and the two were in sword lock. "So are you to rub salt in my wounded pride, because I choose to be a Rider, just out of revenge?"
"No I'm not!" Souji said before pushing Tetsu back and the two circled each other. "In fact I understand, if Hiyori was killed by a Worm, and was never caught, I would have been the same way, if I was in your shoes."
"Your point!" Tetsu shouted, before he, and Souji charges at each other and classed swords.
"My point is I want to know, did you just want to be a Rider all just to avenge your sister?" Souji asked.
Tetsu gritted his teeth, and lowered his eyes to the floor.
"No it's only one of the reasons…" Tetsu said, before pushing Souji back and continue attacking Souji, who barely blocks his attacks. "I wanted to be a Rider for not just revenge! But to protect people from the Worms, and defeat them! Because my tou-san and nee-san had told me once that strength is only to be meant to protect the weak! So I choose to be a Rider so, that no one will have to witness the same pain I felt that day!"
Souji manages to block and pushed back one of Tetsu's attacks, and gone for vertical slash, and was going to hit Tetsu until he slash at his sword, which had sent it flying in the air before it hit on the ground, and Tetsu brought his sword to Souji's neck.
"But despite that," Tetsu said before lowering his bokken. "I let my angry, and my vengeance blinded me of what I'm supposed to do, and that's protecting the weak and innocent."
Tetsu drops his bokken, and turns away from Souji.
"I don't have right to be a Rider, after that happen." Tetsu stated.
"Obaa-chan once said this…" Souji got this attention. "Angry can be a dangerous ally, it can blind your judgment, and used correctly it can make you stronger."
Tetsu sweat drops, on what he said.
"In other words, it's alright to have angry, because everyone has it. But unless you let it control you instead of you controlling it, then you're always doomed to fail every time." Souji said.
Tetsu was silent while thinking of what Souji said. Then something smashes through the doors sending them flying to Souji and Tetsu, who dodges it, by rolling on the ground.
They look and saw, the Worms they battled, entering the Dojo.
"You three again?!" Tetsu gasped.
"Know you come here." Souji stated, which made Tetsu turned to him. "I figure these guys wanted some pay back, after you disturbed their little plans for Hiyori and Mado-chi."
They marched to them until, Kabuto and Sasword Zecters come in and slashes the Worms, and then TheBee in Rider Form comes in front of them coming out of Clock Up.
"CLOCK OVER!"
TheBee punches the kicks the Worms away, and eyed the Lanpyris Worm.
"You ready for round 2, because I am." TheBee said, as he and the Worm engage combat.
"Tetsu!" Souji brought out and tossed the Sasword Yaiver to him, which he catches.
Tetsu looks at the Yaiver for a while and looks to Sasword Zecter crawling in front of him.
"Sasword Zecter…Do you still want to be my partner?" Tetsu asked.
"Of course I do." Sasword Zecter nodded. "I wouldn't think anyone else to be my one and only partner."
Tetsu slowly smirks before he lowered his hand to the Zecter which had crawls on it.
"STANBY!"
Tetsu looks and Souji, and they both smiled at each other, before Souji catches Kabuto Zecter in his hand.
"You ready?" Souji asked.
"Of course!" Tetsu nodded.
"Alright then. Henshin!" Souji inserted Kabuto Zecter onto his belt.
"Henshin!" Tetsu inserted Sasword Zecter into the Yaiver.
"HENSHIN!"
Souji and Tetsu transformed into their respective Rider Forms, before saying.
"Cast Off!" They flip their Zecters.
"CAST OFF!"
They armor pieces flew off of them, changing into, their Rider Forms.
"CHANGE SCORPION!"
"CHANGE BEETLE!"
TheBee punches the Lanpyris Worm outside, and chases after it, leaving Kabuto and Sasword with the Musca and Sepultura Worms.
"You got the big one, I want the fly." Kabuto told Sasword with his attention to the Musca Worm.
"Got it." Sasword nodded, before he and Kabuto charges, at the Worms.
(Cue Full Force: By RIDER CHIPS)
Kabuto and Sasword pushed the two Worms outside, and engage combat with the Worms.
All three Riders and Worms pushed each other back, and then the Riders said.
"Clock Up!" They pressed their Clock Up buttons.
"CLOCK UP!"
Both parties soon move as blurs clashing into each other.
(In Clock Up dimension)
Kabuto dodges the Musca Worm's slashes with ease and counter punches each time.
TheBee was seen fighting on floor outside of the house/dojo, landed some punches on the Lanpyris Worm, one punch made it spin back, the Worm roars as it punches with it's right hand, which TheBee parried and grabs onto the arm, and punches the Worm.
Sasword slashes at the Sepultura Worm, who blocks his attack with it's shield arm, and pushes Sasword away, and gone for a vertical slash with it's claw hand, Sasword slashes at his claw using the same move he used on Souji, to pushed it's claw hand away over the Worm's head, and slashes passed the Worm, and slashes it on the back, followed with an overhead slash.
Kabuto kicks the Musca Worm away, and then walks to the Worm. The Musca Worm spewed it's acid on Kabuto, who dodges it, as he continue walking, and pressed on Kabuto's button.
"1"
The Musca slashes at Kabuto with it's claw hand, who easily dodges and parried it's attacks, and followed with a back handed punch, and pressed the second button.
"2"
The Musca Worm charges at Kabuto ready for another attack, stops it by spin kicking it on the head, with his back turned on the Worm as it was stun, by his kick. Kabuto pressed the third button.
"3"
Kabuto flips his Zecter's horned back.
"Rider…Kick." Kabuto pulled his Zecter's horned back.
"RIDER KICK!"
Kabuto landed his signature spin kick on the Musca Worm destroying it, and raises his finger into the air.
TheBee landed a straight punch on the Lanpyris Worm, sending it to the ground. As the Worm slowly got back up, TheBee brought his Zecter close to him ready to pressed it's button.
"Rider Sting!" TheBee pressed on his Zecter's button.
"RIDER STING!"
Energy flows into TheBee's Zecter before he charges at the Worm, and the Lanpyris Worm roars before charging at the Wasp Rider as well, attacking with it's right hand, as they got close to each other, TheBee dodges the Worm's right hand by lowering himself forward and landed his attack first, destroying the Worm.
Sasword slashes the Sepultura Worm on it's chest, the Worm counters attacks with it's claw hand, but Sasword blocks it with his sword, and pushes it back and counter slashes onto and through the Worm's shoulder, making it stumble back a few feet.
"Rider Slash!" Sasword said; before he pulls out his Zecter's tail and inserts it back in.
"RIDER SLASH!"
Purple electricity began to form around the blade of the Sasword Yaiver, as he pulls his sword back with one of his hands on the bottom of the hilt, before purple liquid oozed out of the Sasword Yaiver.
Soon Sasword charges at the Sepultura Worm, the Worm was about to counter attack but was too late, as Sasword slashes through the Worm and turns around and slashes passed it again, followed by two more, and followed with a spin slash showing his back against the Worm before it exploded.
(End of song)
"CLOCK OVER!"
The Riders exits Clock Up, after they had destroyed the Worms.
(Next day)
The doctor had called Souji, and told her that her sister had woken up. Souji immediately told his friends and they rushed to the clinic with them behind him, and Souji enters her room very loudly, which startled the nurse inside.
"This is a patient's room, please be quite!" She told him.
"Oh I'm sorry about that." Souji told her, with his friend sighing behind him.
Souji heard laughter and saw Hiyori who had bandages tied around her head, laughing, which made Souji smiled before he walks to her sister and hugged her, and she hugged back as well, with everyone smiling behind them.
After a while of talking in the room, standing outside of Hiyori's room, was Tetsu with Sasword on his shoulder, wearing a violet shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, with a black shape of a katana on it under a black vest, and wears black jeans with boots with violet highlighting.
The reason he was here, because he heard from Souji that she had woken up, and he also wanted to see who she was doing, but wasn't if he has the right to see her.
"Come on, Tetsu. Go in and talk to her." Sasword Zecter told him.
"But Sasword, I'm still not sure about this. What if she hates me?" Tetsu said.
"You don't have to worry about that." Tetsu was startled as he saw Madoka by the door. "Hiyori isn't the kind of person to hold a grudge, so it will be fine. So come on!"
Madoka pulled Tetsu inside, they look and saw him with her.
"It's you…" Hiyori said.
"H-Hello…" Tetsu slightly bowed his head before walking closer to her. "Listen about what happen yesterday, I'm sorry for letting that happen to you. But if you still have bitter feelings towards me I won't mind that you-."
"Oh don't worry about it." Hiyori told him, which surprised Tetsu. "All water under the bridge. And Onii-chan and the others told me about what happen to your older sister, so I won't blame for looking for answers."
"Really? You're not going to resent me?" Tetsu asked.
"Of course I won't. I'm not that kind of person." Hiyori told him.
Tetsu sighed in relief before saying. "Thank you."
Hiyori smiles, before they started talking with each other again.
To Be Continued…
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