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Chapter 10: The Faiz Gear Stolen! Kazuto's Secret Revealed
In the city, Kiba is seen walking into a dark alleyway and waiting for him was his partner Leo.
"Yo, Kiba, it's been a while. How's school life been treating you?" Leo asked.
"You know how it is, Leo." Kiba stated as Leo shrugged before Kiba folded his arms. "But what's with the sudden meeting? Shouldn't you be still searching for this Enigma?"
"Still searching, but this Phantom has proven to be a pain to find. I also wanted to confirm something to you face to face." Leo said as he looked at Kiba. "So is it true. That the Kaixa Gear now has a new user?" He asked and Kiba nodded.
"Yes. Now the only one left is Delta." Kiba said. "But anyway, why exactly did you want us to meet here?"
"Oh don't get the wrong idea. I'm not the one who wanted us to meet here. He is." Leo said and Kiba raised an eyebrow in confusion before he heard footsteps from the shadows of the alleyway.
Kiba looked and to his surprise it was Shadow Moon as he walked out of the shadows as he headed towards them.
"Shadow Moon?" Kiba said as Shadow Moon stopped in front of them.
"It's been a long time, Orga, Psyga." Shadow Moon said.
"It really has. So find telling us why you wanted us to meet?" Leo asked.
"Yes, of course. I bear a message from our lord. I'm afraid to say that both Rey and Arc have both been defeated and destroyed." Shadow Moon told them, which surprised the Dark Riders in front of him.
"What?" Kiba asked while Leo narrowed his eyes as he had a good idea who was responsible for that.
"And let me guess, it was Kiva...And Decade, wasn't it?" Leo asks and Kiba narrows his eyes to hear the latter's name.
"Indeed. Along with Diend as surprising as that is." Shadow Moon told them, which surprised them once again.
"Diend too?" Kiba said.
"So he made an appearance as well. Guess we shouldn't be surprised by that." Leo stated.
"Indeed. Normally, our lord would share this message himself and in person, but he is busy with his plans. So he sent me as his envoy." Shadow Moon said.
"Makes sense. I mean you are the boss' right hand man after all." Leo said and Shadow Moon glared at him.
"Leo! You know you should show proper respect for our lord, especially with Shadow Moon here." Kiba told his partner.
"It is alright, Orga." Shadow Moon said as he calmed down. "But I'm also here to warn you, that you might need to accelerate your plans here. Because both Decade and Diend had no doubt moved to the next world after defeating Rey and Arc."
"And what you're saying is, it will only be a matter of time before those two get here, right?" Leo asked and Shadow Moon nodded.
"Indeed. As patient our lord tends to be, even he cannot afford to wait. Especially since Kaixa had appeared in this world. He will be satisfied with either Faiz or Kaixa's belts." Shadow Moon told them.
"Of course, Shadow Moon. We will get it done, for our lord." Kiba promised him.
"Good. But to help you with that, our lord wanted me to give you this." Shadow Moon said as he brought out a metal case in his hand.
Both Kiba and Leo look at it before the former takes it out of Shadow Moon's hand and opens it, and both him and Leo saw it was a long tranquilizer dart that was colored black with Dark Decade's symbol on the side.
"A tranquilizer dart?" Kiba said as he picks it up and looks at it.
"It may appear that way, but it's much more than that." Shadow Moon said before he explains. "It is one of our lord's special side projects. Not only will it fire from your guns, it holds a special chemical made by our lord to be used specifically for Orphnochs such as yourselves along with Faiz and Kaixa."
"Really?" Leo said as he took the dart from Kiba's hand and looked at it himself. "What can it do exactly?"
"Honestly, he didn't tell me but he did say the results are more than satisfying and it's something that both of you will look forward to. But given the limited time he had, he was only able to make that one and only dart. So I strongly suggest you use it wisely." Shadow Moon told them.
"Got it." Leo said as he put the dart back into the metal case and Kiba closed it.
"Thank you, Shadow Moon. Did our lord have a specific target in mind?" Kiba asked and Shadow Moon shook his head.
"No, he told me that you're free to use that however you wish. Just be sure to choose your target wisely, and don't miss." Shadow Moon told them and Kiba and Leo nodded. "Now with that done, I must go and report this to the others."
"Alright, please tell our lord that we're grateful for this gift." Kiba told him.
"I will. I wish you the best of luck." Shadow Moon said as he turned around and walked into the shadows as he disappeared in the darkness.
"Man...I don't know, but that guy always gets on my nerves." Leo said as he rubs the back of his neck before he looks at the case that contains the dart that Shadow Moon has given them. "Anyway, who should we use that dart on? Want to try it on Kaixa and see what happens?"
"Actually, I prefer someone else instead." Kiba said as he looked at the case as he already had the perfect target in mind.
(Play Justiφ's by ISSA)
(Instrumental) (The song started showing a pixelated Faiz, and changes to the Auto Vajin, and showed two rows of images of Faiz wielding his Faiz Edge and Phone in Gun mode, and changes to Faiz riding on his bike.)
(Hirogaru uchuu no naka Can You Feel) (Kazuto was in a net cage, and grabs a fallen half cut apple, before breaking out of the cage and leaves.)
(Chiisa na hoshi no hanashi wo shiyou) (Kazuto was seen with Haruhiko, Mai, Reina, Koito, Ruru, and Kurumi, on a beach, looking at the sun set, in which he smiles being with friends.)
(Tell Me The Truth shinjiteta mirai ga) (Then change to Kiba and Leo standing side by side. Then changes to Kiba showing both his Horse Orphnoch form and changing to Orga, and then changes of him bowing to Dark Decade.)
(Kuzure sarou to shiteru) (Then changes to Leo smirks, as his Lion Orphnoch Form appears and then changes to Psyga.)
(Kanashimi wo kuri kaeshi) (Kazuto was seen walking with his friends to school, and then flashes of his past appeared beside him.)
(Bokura wa doko e yuku no darou) (Then it changes to Kazuto facing several Riotroopers, and he soon transformed into Faiz, and charges at the Riotroopers.)
(Ima hitori no mune no naka) (Faiz was seen fighting against an Orphnoch, and changes of him riding the Auto Vajin.)
(Me wo samase The Time To Go) (Then changes showing pixels of Kaixa and Delta, then changes of them wielding and using their main weapons.)
(Tsuyoku aru tame ni) (Faiz was seen drifting on his bike, making a sharp turn.)
(Mata mamoru koto to tatakau koto) (Then it changes to Smart Lady, blowing her hands which blue butterflies appeared flying, and showed one with a broken wing.)
(JIRENMA wa owaranai hashiri tsuzukete mo) (A young Kazuto looks at the burning lab where his parents had died, and soon the current Kazuto visited the now ruined building, then changes to Faiz standing with the Auto Vajin in the on top of a building in the night, with his eyes and Photon Streams glowing brightly.)
({The} end Justi-φ's the means!) (Then the song ends, with the title logo.)
Kazuto and his friends were in their clubroom as Arisu had an announcement to make to them and to the other members of the club.
"Alright everyone, today we're having a new student joining us today." Arisu said and the new student was Minato wearing the school's uniform.
Minato made a few alterations to the uniform, instead of the usual white blazer he was wearing a black hoodie and was wearing black and yellow sneakers instead of the usual shoes.
Kazuto, Kiba, and their friends smiled as they already knew he would join them.
"Hello everyone, my name Yoshida Minato. A pleasure to meet you." Minato introduced himself.
After that and when most of the students left Kazuto and his group of friends stayed in the clubroom where they were speaking with Minato.
"Man, I'm still surprised that Sensei has managed to get you to enroll here." Mai said.
"Yeah, I'm still a little surprised myself. I guess I'm lucky that Kazuto has some connections here." Minato said as he rubs the back of his head.
"Well I wouldn't say that. But I'm still glad she was able to pull that off. At least this way Smart Brain won't launch any attacks while you're here." Kazuto said.
"Yeah, I'm grateful for that too." Minato said.
"But I'm still amazed that you also have special abilities." Reina said.
"It's a little something I've picked up after you've left my hometown." Minato said. "Do you guys want to see?"
"Yes! Show us what you can do!" Ruru said as she raised her arm up.
"Okay then." Minato said as he opened his hand and raised his fingers up. "Also a bit of warning, you should probably take a few steps back."
His friends complied as they took a step back, and then a ball of light appeared above Minato's hand, others had to slightly cover their eyes on how bright it was but was amazed by it.
"I know it's pretty amazing. It's called Photon Manipulation, basically I can control light based energy and use it in a variety of ways." Minato said as he throw the ball of light into his other hand and repeated as he throws it back and forth between his hands, and then placed both of his hands between the ball of light and extend it into a line, and then grabs onto and swings it like a whip as it snaps on the air above them which created a small sparkle of light as it rains down on them.
"Amazing…" Haruhiko said in awe as he and the others, minus Kazuto, were amazed by this.
"Yeah, it always amazes me too." Kazuto said which got the others attention as they turned to him as Minato dismissed his light object. "What?"
"You know, there's something that's been bothering me for a while. How do you and Minato know each other?" Mai asked.
Kazuto flinches as Minato blinks in confusion.
"Wait...So you don't know?" Minato asked and the others, except for Kiba and Kazuto, blinked in confusion.
"Know what?" Mai asked.
"That Kazuto…" Minato started before Kazuto interrupted him.
"I met him through my parents!" Kazuto told them to get his friends' attention. "They...often took me to some Orphnoch facilities so I could interact with them, to make them feel comfortable being around humans their own age."
"Is that ture?" Reina asked Minato, and now that he has a good idea on what's going on here he nodded in agreement.
"Yes, that is very true." Minato told them.
"Hmm...Well if you say so." Mai said as she sounded half convinced.
But Kiba had a narrowed look on his face as he looked at Kazuto, as he could tell that he was still afraid of exposing his Orphnoch secret to their friends and this gave Kiba a good chance to initiate his and Leo's plan to use their master's gift to them.
(Later)
It was now after class in Hosea Academy, and Kazuto and his friends had gotten a new Phantom case. They planned to meet at the Academy's gate, but Kazuto decided to have a private chat with Minato as they were in a secure location outside with no students in the area.
"Thanks for wanting to talk with Minato. I know this was a little sudden." Kazuto told him.
"It's no problem. And I already have a good idea what you want to talk about." Minato stated and Kazuto sighed when he heard that.
"Guess I shouldn't be surprised by that. You always did have a sense for these things." Kazuto said.
"But I'll just cut to the chase. They really don't know do they? About you being an Orphnoch yourself?" Minato asked and Kazuto lowered his head before he nodded.
"Yeah…and truth be told I rather it would stay that way." He mutters.
"Why though?" Minato asked. "I mean, Arisu-sensei, wasn't afraid of you when you transformed in front of her. And there's also the fact that Reina accepted me despite the fact she discovered that I'm an Orphnoch myself. I mean, do you really think that they're so shallow?"
"No of course not!" Kazuto exclaimed which made Minato flinch before Kazuto calmed down as he rubs the back of his head. "Sorry about that. But it's still hard for me to reveal that secret. You should understand that as well."
Minato looks down as he places his hand on the back of his neck.
"Yeah, I guess that's true. But Kazuto, listen…" Minato said and Kazuto turned to him. "I know you have your reasons for wanting to keep this a secret, but one day they might find out and you'll have to brace yourself in what comes next after that."
Kazuto flinches before he lowered his head as he knows that he's right. Seeing the expression he was making Minato sighed as he rubs the back of his head.
"You know what, forget I said all that. It's not my secret to share, so I have no say in this. Sorry." Minato said.
"It's fine. You were just sharing your personal thoughts to me." Kazuto told him. "But anyway, we should go. We shouldn't make them wait for us any longer."
"Yeah, with you on that." Minato said in agreement as they walked together to meet up with their friends.
"Also, Minato." Kazuto calls out as Minato turns to him. "I know I'm a little late. But I'm really glad to see you again."
Minato smiles at him. "Yeah, me too."
"But care to explain what happened? I tried to search for you and Yuri for a while, but I couldn't find either of you." Kazuto said and Minato sighed as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Well...It's a little complicated, and I'm not sure about Yuri. Also I sort of met this one guy who happens to know you." Minato told him and the last part really gottne Kazuto's attention.
"What? Who?" Kazuto asked and Minato was hesitant for a while before he answered.
"I didn't get a name, but he offered me this really bizarre deal." Minato told him.
"What sort of deal exactly?" Kazuto asked.
"Well, it sounded impossible but he told me that he was able to…" Minato said before…
"Hey guys!" They looked and saw Ruru and Mai waving at them as they and the others were waiting for them.
"We'll talk about this later after we're done with the Phantom case." Kazuto told him.
"Yeah, that would be the best actually." Minato said in agreement as they left the school's grounds with their friends as they were talking with each other.
"So mind telling us what you two were talking about?" Mai asked Kazuto.
"Oh nothing much. We were just catching up in private." Kazuto told her and Mai narrowed her eyes at him.
"Private how?" Mai asked and Kazuto flinched as he waved his hands.
"It was nothing like that! We don't swing that way! Honest!" Kazuto told her.
"And you're sure?" Mai asked and Kazuto nodded several times before she simply closed her eyes and turned away from him. "Alright, if you say so."
Kazuto sighed in relief as the others eye on them as Ruru had a cheeky grin on her face.
"Now that is just adorable. Don't you guys think so too?" Ruru asked.
"Well I wouldn't say that, but I can sort of see those two working together." Haruhiko said.
"Yeah, I agree." Reina nodded with a smile on her face.
As Kiba was listening in to their conversation he couldn't help but smile at them, but then he spotted Leo standing on top of a rooftop as he was looking down at them as his eyes were mostly set on Kiba. Kiba frowned as he nodded at Leo and he smirked as he nodded back at him before he left to get everything ready on his end.
Kazuto and his friends Phantom task was requested from a local fish market, apparently they were having trouble with some fish type Phantoms that usually attack both the fishmongers and customers alike.
With Reina, Kazuto, and Minato's abilities they were able to seal and drive away the fish Phantoms but it sort of became a bit messy as a result.
After being thanked by their clients and receiving their payment Kazuto's team left the fish market as they were covered in black ink.
"Man...this is gross…" Mai mutters as she checks her hair and sees it was covered in ink. "And those damn squids got ink on my hair too…"
"Well...At least you didn't get any in your mouth." Minato said before he gagged as he could still taste ink in his mouth. "I'm gonna have to brush my teeth and tongue for hours to get that taste out."
"Let's just hope that will be the last fish related Phantom case we'll have to deal with for a while." Kazuto said as he flick his hands to shake the wet ink off of them.
"Agreed." The others said in agreement.
But as he was walking, Kazuto noticed how light his bag was which was odd before he opened it and to his shock the briefcase that contained his Faiz Gear was missing.
"What the…" Kazuto said which Mai noticed as she turned to him.
"Kazuto, what's wrong?" Mai asked.
"My Gear it's gone!" Kazuto said which surprised her and the others.
"What?!" Minato said.
"Maybe you've forgotten it at home?" Ruru asked as she shrugged.
"No! I always make sure I bring it with me at all times! Just how could this have happened?" Kazuto said as he rubs the side of his head.
"Maybe someone had stolen it while we were dealing with those Phantoms." Kiba stated.
"But who, Smart Brain?" Minato asked.
"Possibly. But right now our top priority is getting my Gear back." Kazuto said.
"Alright, we'll help too." Mai said as the other nodded in agreement.
"Thanks." Kazuto said.
With that they quickly split up, Kazuto was with Mai, Haruhiko, Ruru, and Kiba, while Minato was with Reina and Kurumi to look for Kazuto's stolen Faiz Gear.
They first looked for it at the fish market but couldn't find it, and Kazuto wasn't able to find anything even with his enhanced sense of smell.
After their search they left the fish market to look and search the area around it.
But as they were searching Kazuto couldn't help but feel disappointed in himself on how he let someone take the Faiz Gear.
"Damn it...How could I have been that careless. I shouldn't have made sure it was on me the whole time." Kazuto mutters as he rubs the side of his head.
"Hey, Kazuto," Mai said, which made Kazuto turn to her as she held his hand. "Don't worry, it will be fine. We'll find it no matter."
"Mai…" Kazuto mutters before he smiles and nods. "Thank you. That really helps."
"You're welcome." Mai said as she let go of his hand as they continued to walk together with Haruhiko and Kiba following behind them.
"Man...How is it guys like Kazuto have all the luck with girls?" Haruhiko said with a hint of jealousy.
"Now, now, Haruhiko. There's no reason to be so down about it." Kiba assured him before Haruhiko gave him a narrow look.
"Like you're any better. Don't think I notice how close you are to Koito-san." Haruhiko told him, and Kiba's cheeks turned red before he turned away from him.
"D-Don't be ridiculous, it's nothing like that!" Kiba told him before Ruru gave him a teasing stare.
"Oh come on, you know you can't deny it Kiba-chi." Ruru tells him while Kiba glares at the Phantom.
"You better not make me repeat myself!" Kiba warned her and Ruru was frightened as she hid behind Haruhiko.
"Wah! He's scary!" Ruru said in fear.
"I'm sorry, Kiba. I know she could be annoying, but she doesn't mean any harm." Haruhiko told him.
"Hey!" Ruru said as she was offended by being called annoying.
"It's fine…" Kiba mutters as he turns away from them as he lowered his head. Despite their teasing it still felt nice to talk to them like this as friends, but Kiba tightly clenched his hand and bit his lip.
'Come on, Kiba, you can't think like that. You have a mission and you need to fulfill it.' Kiba thought.
Kiba then looks up and sees a familiar white figure flying at them, and he knows who was heading towards them.
"Everyone! Take cover!" Kiba told them, and the others blinked in confusion before they looked up and saw the white figure flying at them as he fired at them, they managed to avoid his gunfire and quickly took cover to nearby objects.
"What the heck is happening?!" Ruru asked in fear.
That's when the white figure landed on the ground, they looked and saw it was Psyga wearing his Flying Attacker on his back.
"It's him again." Kazuto said as he and Kiba walked out of their cover and faced Psyga as he did a two finger salute to them.
"Yo! It's been a while. Did you miss me?" Psyga asked.
"More than I want to punch you in the face." Kazuto stated as he was about to bring out… "Damn it...I'm still missing my Faiz Gear…"
"Don't worry, I'll handle him." Kiba said as he brought out and put on his Orga Gear.
"Kiba, are you sure?" Kazuto asked and Kiba nodded to him.
"I'll be fine. You just make sure to protect Haruhiko, Mai, and Ruru." Kiba told him and Kazuto nodded at him.
"Alright, just be careful." Kazuto said as he runs to his friends to protect them, while Kiba smiles at him before he glares at Psyga.
Kiba soon brings out his Orga Phone and pressed on it's transformation code.
STANDING BY
"Henshin!" Kiba said as he inserted the Phone into his belt.
COMPLETE
Kiba transforms into Orga as he faces Psyga, and the White Rider brings out his thumb and swipes it in front of his neck.
Orga sighed in annoyance as he shook his head before he charged at Psyga to battle.
Orga punches at Psyga and he parries his punches before Psyga catches Orga's next punch in his hand and punches at the Black Rider and he catches his punch in his hand as well as the two Riders were in an arm lock.
"Honestly, it won't kill you to give me a heads up." Orga told him.
"Hey, you shouldn't forget this was your idea." Psyga reminded him. "By the way, did you manage to steal it?"
"I did." Orga nodded.
"Good boy. Now let's keep this act up, shall we?" Psyga asked as he pushed Orga away.
Psyga quickly brings out his Phone and pressed on '1-0-6' and 'Enter'.
BURST MODE
Psyga fired at Orga using his Phone, and Orga quickly brought out his Stlanzer and inserted his Mission Memory into it as it changed into its sword mode and used it to deflect Orga's gunfire.
Psyga then inserts his Phone back into his Belt and removes his Mission Memory, and inserts it into the Attacker's handles.
READY
Psyga removed the Attacker's handles and wields them as tonfas with blue energy blades, these were Psyga Tonfa Edges.
Then both Orga and Psyga charged at each other as they clashed their weapons a few times as Kazuto and the others watched, and as he was watching Kazuto couldn't help but feel frustrated right now.
"Damn it...If only I have my Gear…" Kazuto mutters as he looks at his hand as he had another option available to him but…
"Kazuto-kun, is something wrong?" Mai asked as Kazuto turned to her.
"N-No, it's nothing…" Kazuto mutters as he lowered his hand and head. 'Dammit...Just what is wrong with me?'
"Oh no, Kiba-chi!" Ruru said as Kazuto turned back to Orga as he saw the Black Rider rolling on the ground as Psyga simply walked to him.
"Pathetic. I expected more from you." Psyga said as Orga looks up at the White Rider as he readies one of his Tonfas to slashed him with it...
That is when Psyga was fired upon, and everyone looked and saw it was Kaixa armed with his Phone in gun mode as he was riding on the Side Basshar as he stopped.
"Minato!" Kazuto said in relief as Kaixa stepped off of his bike.
"Looks like you need some help." Kaixa said as he and Psyga looked at each other.
"So we meet again. I have to say that armor looks good on you." Psyga said which made Kazuto and the others blink to hear that.
"Wait, Minato, you've met that guy before?" Kazuto asked.
"I'll explain later, alright." Kaixa said. "Guess I made the right call of not taking your deal."
"You really think so? I really did give you the once and a lifetime deal of becoming human again." Psyga reminded him and Kazuto was surprised to hear that.
"Wait? What?" Kazuto gasped.
"Well don't get me wrong. I was tempted at first, but thankfully I still have a good friend who reminded me that despite not being human anymore, as long as I have my human heart that's more than enough for me." Kaixa told him and heard that stunned Kazuto as he looked down.
'A human heart…' Kazuto thought.
"Mai-oneesama! Everyone!" Kazuto and the others look and see Reina and Kurumi running to them.
"Fine then. Let's see what that heart is made out of." Psyga said as he charged at Kaixa to attack him with his Tonfa Edges.
Kaixa was able to dodge Psyga's attacks, and counters by punching at the Whtie Rider and he was able to avoid his punches and Kaixa was able to land a kick on his chest forcing Psyga to stumble back.
As Psyga stops stumbling he glares at Kaixa.
"Big mistake there…" Psyga darkly told him.
Kaixa drew out his Blaygun and inserted his Mission Memory into it.
READY
The Blaygun's blade appeared beneath it as Kaixa assumed his stance with his weapon.
Then both Kaixa and Psyga charged at each other as they clashed their weapons several times before their next clash brought their weapons in a bladed lock, but Psyga was using one of his Tonfas and Kaixa soon saw Psyga swinging his other Tonfa at him, but he was able to dodge that by jumping away from him.
Psyga then inserted his Tonfa Edges back into his Flying Attacker and used it to fly up and fired at Kaixa, and he was able to deflect most of his shots with his Blaygun before he dodged the next barrage of bullets by rolling on the ground.
Kaixa then fires at Psyga with his Blaygun but he easily dodge his gunfire.
"Damn. This isn't going to get me anywhere." Kaixa said in frustration.
"Minato!" Kazuto calls out as Kaixa turns to him. "Used the Side Basshar! It has a battle mode like Auto does!"
Kaixa turned to the Side Basshar and nodded to Kazuto.
"Got it!"
Kaixa got on his bike and pressed the button on it.
BATTLE MODE
Then the bike's side car moves to the back of it as it splits apart and changes the Side Basshar into a giant walker as it stood on large two legs and has arms that were the bike's wheels with one having a large claw hand with guns between them with a four-barreled Photon Vulcan and the other having six missile launchers on the other that were the bike's exhaust pipes.
Kaixa and his friends were amazed to see the Side Basshar's Battle Mode.
"Nice! Now let's see what else this bad boy can do!" Kaixa said as he controls the Side Basshar for battle.
Kaixa then fired with the Basshar's Vulcan and Psyga was able to dodge them as he charged at Kaixa and he swung the claws at the White Rider which he dodged by flying backwards.
Kaixa then fired 6 missiles at Psyga which split into 8 more micro missiles. Psyga was able to dodge some of them and shoot down another group of missiles, but didn't notice another pair of missiles heading towards behind as they exploded on his back and the remaining missiles exploded around him.
"How'd you like that!" Kaixa said as he looked at the smoke cloud.
But to his shock, he saw that Psyga was still flying as he flew out of the smoke cloud and charged at Kaixa. Kaixa was about to attack him, but was too late as Psyga grabs onto him and pushed him off of the Side Basshar as Psyga skids Kaixa on the ground before he stops and grabs Kaixa on the neck as he lifts him up as he struggles to break free from his hold.
"You made another big mistake there…" Psyga told him as he punched Kaixa hard in the stomach as he groaned in pain and continued to punch on him several times as Kazuto and the others watched in worry.
"Minato…" Reina said in worry as she covered her mouth with both of her hands.
"Minato…" Kazuto mutters as Orga was still too injured to move and seeing the options he has left, Kazuto had no choice but to fight using his Orphnoch form.
"Mai…" Kazuto calls out to her as Mai turns to him. "If anything happens, you take Minato, Kiba, and the others and run and don't look back."
"What? Kazuto-kun, what are you-?" Mai said as Kazuto charged at Psyga. "Wait! Don't!"
As Psyga was about to punch at Kaixa again, Kazuto called out to him.
"Hey!" Psyga turned to him as he saw that Kazuto was about to change into his Orphnoch form.
"About time." Psyga said as he threw Kaixa to the ground and pulled out his Phone in gun mode.
Psyga soon fired his gun/Phone and what fired from it wasn't a beam but the tranquilizer dart that Shadow Moon had given him, as it stabbed into Kazuto's neck which made him stop running.
Kazuto flinches as he feels something injecting into his bloodstream from the dart. Kazuto quickly removed and placed a hand on his neck, but then Kazuto felt light headed and felt a burning pain around his body as he fell on his knees and placed his hands on his arm and head.
"W-What is this…? What did you do?!" Kazuto asked as Psyga simply shrugged.
"Beats me. It was just a gift from my boss, he didn't exactly tell me what it does. Only to say that it's something to look forward to." Psyga told him.
Kazuto was confused to hear before his vision started to turn red as he roared in pain as he fell on his hands.
"Kazuto!" Mai said in worry as she was about to run to Kazuto to check on him.
"No!" Kazuto shouted which made Mai stop running. "S-Stay away from me…!" Kazuto told her as he showed everyone that his face was transforming into his Orphnoch form as he grits his teeth as fangs begin to form among them.
Seeing Kazuto morphing face surprised everyone.
Kazuto roared as his head and swung his arms to the side as he transformed into the Wolf Orphnoch which surprised his friends as they saw this.
"No way…" Haruhiko mutters in shock.
"Kazu-chi was a…" Ruru mutters.
"An Orphnoch…?" Mai mutters.
Then the Wolf Orphnoch slams his hands to the ground as he begins to growl and change form, several blades begin to appear around his arms and the blades on his shoulders change form as well and then his his legs change to a wolf's legs and after that the Wolf Orphnoch howl like a wolf as he stands on his wolf like legs.
This is the Wolf Orphnoch's Dash Form.
Seeing him transformed into the Dash Form surprised his friends once again.
"He can change his form too?" Reina asked.
'That form is…' Orga thought as he looked at the Wolf Orphnoch's Dash Form as it reminded him of his battle against the Faiz of his world when he changed into that very form.
The Wolf Orphnoch was panting as he looked around the area as his vision was now red, and the first to come to his sight was Kaixa and he roared as he pounced at him.
"Kazuto?!" Kaixa said as the Wolf Orphnoch attacks him with the blades on his arms and Kaixa's dodges under it as the Wolf Orphnoch cuts down a lamp post that was behind the Rider.
As the Wolf Orphnoch lands on his feet he turns back at Kaixa and dashes to him at high speed and grabs Kaixa by the shoulders as he pushes him back and smashes him to a wall behind him as the out-of-control Orphnoch holds him in place.
Kaixa groaned as he tried to break free from the Wolf Orphnoch's hold on him as he was holding his wrists to try to move them.
"K-Kazuto...snap out of it! It's me, Minato! Your friend!" Kaixa told him but the Wolf Orphnoch didn't listen as he just growled at him as he spun him around and attacked Kaixa with a few punches and slashes.
Kaixa dodges and parries a few of his attacks, but the Wolf Orphnoch manages to land a few good hits on him before his next attack sends Kaixa rolling on the ground.
"Minato!" Reina said as she was about to move in and help him.
"No! Stay away!" Kaixa told her as he stood back up. "I don't know what that dart did to him, but it looks like Kazuto doesn't have control over himself."
"Yeah, I'm seeing it too." Psyga said as he watched to enjoy this sight. "So not only does that dart force him to change into Dash Form, it also sends him on a beast-like rampage that he has no control over himself and can't distinguish friend or foe."
The Wolf Orphnoch growls as he looks at Kaixa and the others around him, before he sets his sights on Psyga.
"Uh-oh." Psyga said as the Wolf Orphnoch charges at the Dark Rider to attack him, but Psyga was able to dodge his attack in time and lands a kick on the Wolf Orphnoch's back sending him flying but the Orphnoch manage to recover and lands on his hand and feet as he skids background and soon growls at Psyga. "Looks like I was right about that last part. Could've at least given me a warning, boss man."
The Wolf Orphnoch howls as he charges at Psyga, and the White Rider aims his Gun at the Orphnoch and fires lasers at him but the Wolf Orphnoch dodges it by jumping on the wall of a nearby building and jumps to Psyga to attack with the blades on his arm but Psyga dodges it and kicks the Wolf Orphnoch on the head sending him rolling on the ground before he manages to stop and stood on his knee, foot, and hand.
The Wolf Orphnoch raised his head as he glares at Psyga and the latter huffed as he pointed his gun at the berserk Orphnoch to fire at him before he notice energy shots heading towards him and dodges them, and soon saw it was Kaixa armed with his Blaygun that fired at him.
"Don't you dare!" Kaixa warned the Dark Rider.
Psyga shrugged as he inserted his Phone into his Belt.
"Fine. It's your problem to deal with now." Psyga said before he uses his Flying Attacker to fly away.
Kaixa clicks his tongue as he turns back to the Wolf Orphnoch as he is now growling at him with the intent to kill in his eyes.
"Kazuto, come on! You're stronger than this! Fight it!" Kaixa tells him and the Wolf Orphnoch roars as he charges at Kaixa to attack him.
Kaixa manages to dodge his attack by rolling on the ground, and the Wolf Orphnoch turns to him and is about to charge at him but then Orga stops him by grabbing hold of him with his arms over the berserk Orphnoch's arms.
"Inui, snap out of it!" Orga told him as the Wolf Orphnoch struggles to break free.
The Wolf Orphnoch roars as he uses his legs to jump backwards with Orga still behind him as the Black Rider crashed into a wall behind the both of them, and Orga grunted in pain as he let's go of the Wolf Orphnoch and the latter uses that chance to grab onto Orga's arm and throws him over his shoulder and slams him to the ground.
Orga was about to stand back up, the Wolf Orphnoch jumped on top of him and was going to slash him with his claws but Kaixa was able to stop as he rams his shoulder on the Wolf Orphnoch which also forced him off of Orga.
"You okay?" Kaixa asked as Orga stood back up beside him as they faced the berserk Orphnoch.
"I'm fine. But I'm still worried how we're going to stop him without hurting Inui." Orga said as the Wolf Orphnoch was growling at them.
The Riders' friends can only watch in worry for both them and the Wolf Orphnoch.
"This isn't good. Despite being an Orphnoch, it's still Kazuto. Just how can we stop him?" Haruhiko said in wondering.
Mai looked at the Wolf Orphnoch before she nodded and ran to him.
"What? Mai-senpai, what are you doing?" Haruhiko calls out.
The Wolf Orphnoch roars as he charges at Kaixa and Orga and both Riders are ready to defend themselves but to their shock, Mai moves in front of them and faces the Wolf Orphnoch.
"Mai! What are you doing?! Get out of the way!" Kaixa told her.
"Kazuto-kun, stop it! You need to snap out of it!" Mai calls out but the Wolf Orphnoch didn't listen as he was going to slash at her but Mai refused to flinch or move as she calls out to him one more time. "Kazuto-kun!"
The Wolf Orphnoch flinches as he stops in place as his claws were a few inches away from Mai's face, and the others were surprised to see this.
The Wolf Orphnoch continued to look at her face before he started to backaway and placed his hands on his head.
"Kazuto!" Mai was about to move closer to him.
"No!" The Wolf Orphnoch shouted at her as she stopped in her place. "C-Can't control...myself...S-Stay away from me!"
The Wolf Orphnoch jumps to the top of a nearby building and leaves by running and jumping from rooftop to rooftop as the others watch him leave.
"Kazuto-kun…" Mai said in worry.
"You know, that was really reckless." Kaixa said as he and Orga walked to her as they changed back into Minato and Kiba respectively as the others walked to her as well. "But thanks to that, maybe we can still…"
"You both knew didn't you?" Mai asked, and Minato to stop as Mai turned to both him and Kiba. "You knew that Kazuto-kun was an Orphnoch himself, right?"
Both Minato and Kiba were silent before they nodded.
"Yeah, we did." Minato said.
"Then why? Why would he keep this a secret from me and the others? And why didn't you say anything?" Mai asked.
"Because, it was mostly because he was afraid. And it wasn't exactly our secret to share." Minato said.
"Afraid?" Reina said in confusion.
"Yeah, he was mostly afraid if you'd treat him differently if you knew the truth." Kiba said.
"But why...I mean after all we've been through together, why would he be afraid?" Haruhiko asked.
"Well, ask yourself this. If you were in Inui's shoes, would you share your secret so casually?" Kiba asked and Haruhiko flinched as he wasn't sure himself. "You see? It's not exactly an easy secret to share, and given your past experiences with other Orphnochs, it only helps further add to his worry."
Haruhiko lowered his head in some shame, while Mai tightly clenched his hand.
"Even so...When I find him I'm going to punch him so hard, he'll be sorry to be afraid!" Mai said which made everyone sweat drop.
"I'm not sure about that last part. But we need to find Inui before he hurts himself or anyone else." Kiba said.
"Agreed. Best that we split up and look for him." Minato suggested and the others nodded in agreement.
"I'll call Koito-san and get her to help us." Haruhiko said.
"Do it." Kiba said.
With that they soon split up to look for the berserk Wolf Orphnoch.
As Kiba was now away from Mai and the others, he soon arrived in an alleyway and stopped in front of a trash can.
Kiba then brought out a device and pressed on its button to reveal that the trashcan was a hologram as it disappeared and showed Kazuto's stolen briefcase that contained his Faiz Gear. Which means that he was the one who stole it and hidden it away in this alleyway.
Kiba picks up the briefcase that contains the Faiz Gear and looks at it as he somehow feels hesitant of stealing this and then the memories he made with Kazuto, Mai, Haruhiko, Reina, Minato, Ruru, and Koito flashed in his mind as he tightens his hold on the case.
"Just what am I doing…?" Kiba said as he shook his head. "Focus, Kiba! Remember you have a mission to fulfil." He told himself but yet he was still hesitant.
"What's wrong, Kiba?" Kiba flinched before he turned around and saw that Leo was standing behind.
"Leo? What are you doing here?" Kiba asked.
"You were taking a while, so I was starting to get worried. But care to tell me what's wrong? You're not having second thoughts about this are you?" Leo asked.
"N-No, of course not." Kiba told him before Leo walked in front of him.
"Then you won't mind if I take it off your hands?" Leo asked as he grabbed onto the case's handle. "I mean, we are going to deliver this to the boss together."
Kiba was silent as he looked at the briefcase as his eyes were shaking, and Leo was about to pull the case out of his hands but…
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
Kiba's eyes widened as he heard and recognized that beeping, and when Leo heard it he brought out the communication device as he pressed a button to answer it.
Then an holographic screen appeared and in it was their lord and master, Dark Decade wearing his hood and jacket.
"Master…" Kiba mutters.
"Hello, Kiba, Leo. I'm not interrupting something, am I?" Dark Decade asked.
"No, of course not, boss." Leo said as he let go of the briefcase as Kiba held on to it. "But anyway, what's with the sudden call?"
"There's been a change of events that has acquired my attention. In fact, it's gotten so big I'm willing to wait on getting the Gears." Dark Decade told them which surprised Leo and Kiba.
"What are you sure?" Kiba asked and Dark Decade nodded.
"Indeed. I know that this is sudden, especially after you've just used that gift I gave you, but if you want you can still bring me one of the Gears." Dark Decade told them.
"W-Well…" Kiba said as he was a little hesitant to answer before Leo spoke up for both him and himself.
"Fine, if that's how you want to play it, then we'll stay here for a bit longer." Leo said which surprised Kiba as his partner turned to him. "If that's alright with you, Kiba?"
"N-No, I'm fine with that as well." Kiba said as he tried his best to hide his relief.
"Well, that's certainly good to hear. But there's still the issue about Faiz." Dark Decade said which really got their attention.
"I don't suppose you have an antidote for your little gift do you?" Leo asked.
"Oh don't be silly. Of course I do. You think I would make a chemical weapon that dangerous without one?" Dark Decade said as he pressed a button from his side, and then a case teleports from the communication device as it floats in front of them.
Kiba took it and opened the case to see a dart inside, similar to the one Shadow Moon delivered to them.
"And there you have it. Another masterpiece of my genius. It works about the same as the other dart. All you have to do is loud it into your Phones and fire it, simple and yet effective." Dark Decade told them.
"Yes, it does...But how am I going to explain this to the others?" Kiba asked.
"Oh knowing you two, I'm sure you're able to figure it out. Anyway, I need to end things here, I have other matters I need to take care of. I'll contact you two when I'm done." Dark Decade told them before he ended the transmission.
"Yeah, like that would be so easy." Leo said with a hint of annoyance.
"Leo…" Kiba mutters at him and Leo raises his hands.
"Hey, don't take it seriously. It was just a joke. So how do you want us to handle this?" Leo asks as Kiba looks at the antidote in deep thought as he raises he turns to his partner.
"That depends. Are you willing to act in another plan?" Kiba asked and Leo raised an eyebrow to hear that.
After spending a lot of time looking for the berserk Wolf Orphnoch, Kiba had called his friends saying that he may have found a way to help him.
They soon arrived in front of an alleyway as Kiba was waiting for them.
"Good you're all here." Kiba said before notice Koito was with them. "Haruhiko told me, but I'm surprised that you wanted to help."
"It's not like I have anything better to do." Koito shrugged.
"But anyway, is it true? Do you really have a way to help Kazuto?" Minato asked.
"I do." Kiba nodded before he turned to the alleyway. "You can come out now."
"Good...You're here…" They look and to their surprise, they see a wounded Orphnoch approaching them.
The Orphnoch that was with him was wearing african style armor, and chest as the face of a lion and the helmet was based on a lion as well.
This is the Lion Orphnoch.
"An Orphnoch?!" Haruhiko said in some fear as Minato stood in front of his friends to protect them but the Lion Orphnoch raised his hand in front of them.
"Wait, wait, he's not with Smart Brain! And he doesn't harm humans as well." Kiba assured him and Minato lowered his guard.
"Really?" Minato asked and Kiba nodded.
"Yes. And he's a good friend of mine too." Kiba told him.
"But how are we supposed to trust him?" Haruhiko asked.
"Because, I trust him with my life. Also if it means anything…" Kiba said before he changed into the Horse Orphnoch, which surprised his friends as he changed back into his human form. "I'm also an Orphnoch as well."
"Well...That certainly explains a few things." Koito said.
"Not only that, he was able to help me get this back." Kiba said as he showed Kazuto's briefcase which surprised them.
"Kazuto's case! You've found it!" Minato said in relief as Kiba hands the case to him as Minato opens it and saw that the Faiz Gear is still in there.
"Yeah, thanks to my friend." Kiba stated as he turns to the Lion Orphnoch.
"Look, I understand you may not be willing to trust me. And I apologize for not appearing before you in human form, but I only want to help." The Lion Orphnoch told them.
They turned at each other before they nodded.
"Alright, please tell us how you can help?" Mai asked.
"Well, Kiba, had told me about the chemical weapon your friend was injected with. He told me after he helped me being chased by Smart Brain soldiers." The Lion Orphnoch told them.
"Wait, you're going hunted by them?" Minato asked and the Orphnoch nodded.
"Yes. And for good reason. You see I was the head of Smart Brain's chemical department. The dart that this Psyga had fired at him…" The Lion Orphnoch paused as he lowered his head before he raised him and continued to explain. "It was my design."
Hearing that surprised them except for Kiba.
"It's what?" Haruhiko gasped.
"I design that horrible weapon. Smart Brain forced me to make it in case any Orphnochs like Kiba, myself, and your friend ever went rogue. But thankfully I was able to destroy it and erased the blueprints for it. But it would appear that Smart Brain was able to recreate it." The Lion Orphnoch told them.
"So that guy must be working with Smart Brain. That would explain how he got it." Minato said.
"Yes, and as soon as Kiba told me what happened, I was able to prepare this." The Lion Orphnoch told them as he handed them the metal case, and Mai accepted it as she opened and saw the dart that was inside. "It's the anti-serum for the virus weapon. It should be able to cure your friend, and bring him back to his senses."
"Thank you." Mai told him as she closed the case.
"Now we need to take you somewhere safe so you'll recover." Kiba stated but the Lion Orphnoch raised his hand at him.
"I'll be alright. Just go and help your friend…" The Lion Orphnoch told them.
"Are you sure?" Minato asked and the Lion Orphnoch nodded.
"I am. I know how to take care of myself." He told them.
"Okay, but thank you again." Mai said as she and the others left to go find the Wolf Orphnoch.
As they were now gone, the Lion Orphnoch sighed in annoyance as he changed into the Dark Rider known as Leo.
"About time. I was starting to wonder if they were ever going to leave." Leo said as he stood up. "But I have to admit, it was fun fooling them like that. Now all that's left is to leave things with Kiba."
Leo then took his leave as well.
The Wolf Orphnoch was seen in the forest as he was hiding amongst the trees as he was panting and hugging himself as his whole body was still burning hot.
But that's when his enhanced hearing had heard the sounds of footsteps approaching him as he raised his head and listened more closely as he could hear voices as well.
"Are you really sure about this, Haruhiko?" Said Minato's voice.
"Well I'm 50-50 at best, but wolves tend to hide among trees when they hunt their prey or to hide from other predators." Haruhiko said.
"And since he's running on pure wild instinct it would stand to reason his behavior will be that of a wolf's." Kiba said in understanding.
The Wolf Orphnoch was surprised to hear their voices before he started to growl and placed his hands on his head.
As the Riders and their friends were walking through the forest they heard a wolf's howl throughout it which frightened Kurumi and Reina as they flinched, as they looked around the trees around them.
"Looks like your useless trivia was on the mark, Haruhiko." Minato said.
"Thanks, but don't call it useless." Haruhiko said.
"Be ready for anything." Kiba told them.
That is when they saw something jumping on the trees before it landed in front of them and it was the Wolf Orphnoch as he was on all fours as he was growling and glaring at them.
"Well...I didn't expect that he'd find us this quickly." Haruhiko said in worry and in fear.
"Please tell me if you know anything that can help us, stop a rampaging wolf monster?" Minato asked.
"Alus...no…" Haruhiko said before he gulps.
"Just remember, that's still Kazuto, we need to restrain him, not hurt him." Kiba told them.
"We know." Koito said. "Break, break, break, break, break into the tune of creation. Tune, tune, tune, tune, control the key."
Koito sends an sonic wave at the Wolf Orphnoch to restrain him but he easily dodges it by jumping above it and heads towards her, and Kiba quickly changes into his Orphnoch form as he runs in front of him and grabs onto the Wolf Orphnoch as the both of them were in an arm lock.
"Inui, please! We're only here to help!" The Horse Orphnoch tells him, but the Wolf Orphnoch roars as he manages to throw Kiba to the ground.
Minato changes into the Hawk Orphnoch and brought out his wings as he flew at the Wolf Orphnoch to restrain him, but the berserk Orphnoch was able to dodge the Hawk Orphnoch as he jumps over him and kicks him to the ground as he rolled on it.
As the Wolf Orphnoch lands on his feet he growls as the Hawk and Horse Orphnochs had stood back up as the Wolf Orphnoch growls at them.
"Kazuto-kun!" Mai calls out and the Wolf Orphnoch flinches as he turns to her as she slowly approaches her. "It's alright. I only want to help you."
The Wolf Orphnoch felt a powerful headache as he placed his hands on his head.
"Just calm down, okay. I have something that can help you." Mai said as she brought out the dart that the Lion Orphnoch has given them.
But the moment he saw it and thought it was some sort of weapon, the Wolf Orphnoch's killer instinct kicks in as he pounces on her and pins on the ground.
"Mai!" The others shouted in worry.
Mai struggles to break free from the Orphnoch's hold, as the Wolf Orphnoch raises his claw hand ready to slashed her with it.
"Kazuto-kun…" Mai mutters as she tightly holds the dart. "I'm not going to lose you...Not...like this!"
Mai stabs the dart into the Wolf Orphnoch's neck, and as the anti-serum enters his bloodstream, he could feel an intense burning pain throughout his body as he got off of Mai and backs away from her as she and the others could watch in worry before the Wolf Orphnoch's vision turns dark as he fell to the ground.
Everything was dark to Kazuto, but somehow he could hear voices.
"Is he going to be okay?"
"Well his breathing and pulse is stable, but only time could tell at this point."
Kazuto's eyes flinch as the source of those voices notice.
"Wait! I think he's waking up."
Kazuto opened his eyes and saw his friends around him and saw Mai seated beside him.
"Kazuto-kun! You're awake!" Mai said in relief.
"Mai…? Everyone…? What happened...I…" Kazuto looked at his hand and saw he was back in human form. "I'm...I'm back to normal...but how?"
"It's...sort of a long story. But it's good to have you back man." Minato told him.
"Good to be back." Kazuto said with a smile before he noticed that his head was resting a soft sensation and noticed that he was resting on Mai's lap, which surprised him as he quickly sat up. "Wow! What the heck!"
"Sorry, but I just wanted you to be comfortable." Mai said as she rubs the back of her head.
"Y-You didn't have to go that far…" Kazuto said as he turned away from her, and Mai frowned at her.
"Oh yeah, I almost forget about something." Mai stated and Kazuto blinks as he turns back to her.
"What?" Kazuto asked and Mai answered by slapping him on the face.
"That was for keeping your little secret a secret for so long!" Mai exclaimed at him, and Kazuto flinched before he lowered his head in shame.
"I-I'm sorry...But I couldn't help but be afraid...Because, I'm mostly afraid of myself." Kazuto said as he looked at his friend. "Afraid that I might lose control and hurt someone who was close to me. Thinking that it would make them fear me. And I couldn't bear that…"
That is when Mai hugs him which was much to his surprise.
"Then you should've just told us and let us bear that burden with you. You didn't have to be afraid to tell us, it still doesn't change the fact that you're our friend." Mai told him.
Kazuto was further stunned to hear that before he turned to Haruhiko, Reina, Kurumi, Koito, and Ruru, and they smiled and nodded in agreement while Koito shrugged as she turned away from him.
"M-Mai...I…" Kazuto said as he was on the verge of tears as Mai hugs him closer.
"It's alright. Just let it out. There's no reason to hold it in." Mai assured him.
Kazuto then begins to cry on Mai's chest as she still continues to hug him in comfort.
After curing Kazuto and bringing him back to Haruhiko's home to rest, Kiba was in the usual meeting spot for both him and Leo as the both of them were speaking to Dark Decade through a holographic screen projected by their communication device as they gave their report to their lord and master.
"I see. So all's well and ends well." Dark Decade said.
"And it would appear you're happy about this result, boss." Leo said and Dark Decade chuckles.
"What can I say? I always have been a sucker for cheap happy endings. But I'm glad to see you were able to use my gifts well." Dark Decade told them.
"There's no reason to thank us, my lord. But how should we proceed from here?" Kiba asked.
"Your mission is still the same. Leo, you are to continue your mission to find Enigma. Kiba, you are continue to keep watch on Faiz and Kaixa, and if they encounter Delta, I want to know about it immediately. Understood?" Dark Decade said.
"Yes, my lord." Kiba bowed his head.
"Got it, boss man." Leo said.
"Good. You're both dismissed then." Dark Decade told them.
"That's nice to hear. I need to go back and get some rest." Kiba said as he was the first to leave as he yawned and stretched out his arms.
As Leo and Dark Decade both watch him leave, the leader of the Dark Riders says this to his servant.
"So Leo, tell me? Were you able to figure out my little ploy here?" Dark Decade asked and Leo nodded.
"Yeah, this was nothing more than a test for Kiba, right?" Leo asked.
"Indeed. I wanted to see for myself if he wasn't going to let his personal feelings get in the way of the mission." Dark Decade told him.
"And he failed didn't he?" Leo asked and Dark Decade nodded. "So what do you want me to do? Do you want me to kill him?"
"No." Dark Decade shook his head. "Kiba still has his uses for me. But once that time comes, I'll do it myself. For now, keep an eye on him while continuing your search for Enigma."
"You got it, boss." Leo told him before he ended the transmission and left the area to follow the orders that Dark Decade had given him. "Now, how will things play out from here?"
To Be Continued…The Reunion
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