Freezing: At Mach Speed
Chapter 3: Troubled Friends
The day goes on as night begins to fall. Kaho Hiiragi is laying in her bed, looking up at the ceiling as she has her stuffed toy around her arms.
She sighed heavily as she looked at her hand. "Am I really here just for being a punching bag?" She said to herself.
She closed her eyes as she remembered the times she wished she could do something...
The time where she should've won that test, to trying to help Kazuya from Miyabi...
Their were several times she just felt so weak... she wanted to change... she wanted to become stronger... not only to fight against the Nova but also to protect her friends...
"What should I do? How can I get stronger? I don't want to be like this anymore... I... I want to be strong... like Satellizer... like Cody..." Kaho said to herself softly as she looked out the window and squeezed her stuffed toy.
She stared out there for awhile before shutting off her light and falling asleep.
But... outside stood someone... a young man in stood there, around what looked like the age of 18...
He wore a nice tuxedo that seemed to be out of fantasy, His cuffs had a golden gem on them while the brioche on his chest had a pink diamond in the shape of a heart on it, and he had a white top hat on his head. He grinned as he held up a pink Stigmata in his hand.
"Oh... sweet maiden... Worry not... For I shall grant your wish... And you too will shine like a diamond..." He grinned as his eyes glowed brightly a bit.
He chuckled as a gust of wind picked up in front of him... and as the wind stopped this mysterious man disappeared from view as his laugh filled the night sky.
The only thing left was a rose sitting on the roof on where he left...
One thing was certain... something was about to happen...
(Insert opening - Chance to Shine by AKINO )
The tune starts off small until the vocals start.
(Kimi ga warau, Kaze ga mieru)
We then see Cody sitting in the middle of a vicious battle field looking down as rain poured on him.
(Tsunai da sora, Toki no muko)
We then get a close up of Cody holding the Signal Bike Mach in his hand. Until Rana walks up and places her hand on his shoulder so he looks up at her.
(Sekai no hate de matteru)
Rana then smiles as the clouds slowly start clear up above them. It then makes Cody smile back as the sun shines on them both.
(Maiagare, Oshiminai yuuyake ni)
The camera then quickly pans up showing the title card brightly before it disappears.
(Inochi wa mezame utaeba)
We then see Japan's West Genetics Academy. Where we see Cody Aldrich smiling and holding up Signal Bike Mach next to Rana Linchen as she then grabs a hold of Cody's arm. As well as Kazuya Aoi standing next to Satellizer El Bridget as they both smile. And as they bump each other they both blush heavily.
Then the screen flashes images of the Nova attacking, Rogue Pandora, and even Mashin Chaser too.
(Kitto todoku)
Cody and Kazuya then slowly look at the camera with determined faces.
(You will get your chance to shine)
We then see Cody transform in Kamen Rider Mach as he charges into battle with Rana and Elizabeth.
(Akiramenai, de)
And as they battle more Pandora show up to help them. From the other students like Chiffon, to Cathy, and even Elizabeth too.
(Janpushite, Hashiridashite)
Cody uses several Signal Bikes as they give him his Signal Koukan. From it curving into enemies, splitting apart and even stopping them in their place.
(Omoi wa kitto kanau)
We even see him turning into Dead-Heat Mach as he charges into battle at blinding speeds.
(One day you will get your wings)
Kazuya sends out an Anti-Freezing Wave. Freezing all of their enemies as they take them down. It then cuts to Kazuya in the past as a child holding onto his sister Kuzuha, smiling happily.
(Hajimari wa ima)
It's then cut to Satellizer at a young age cowering from Luis in the dark before it shatters showing a confident Satellizer.
(You can fly through blue blue skies)
We then see several other Pandora with their limiters as well as Gengo Aoi, E-Pandora, and more.
(You can touch the blue blue sky)
We then see Rana is standing above Cody holding a box of food as he quickly gets up to chow down on them with her. And as they eat there camera then finally pans back up into the sky to show the title card one last time.
It hasn't been long since the scuffle with Miyabi... although new rumors popped up from it...
Some of the rumors stated that Cody is secretly in love with Elizabeth, to Kazuya being a beacon to summon Cody (who's now a robot?) up for help and many more others came...
Luckily they were able to stop the rumors a bit but most people don't believe it.
But today was going to be an interesting day. Today was a special field test for the Pandora and Cody.
Most of the students of their class were confused onto why he is doing this field test when its mostly for Pandora? But thanks to Rinna, he was able to have this access to test out the Mach system more.
Each Pandora was given a few targets as they took down as many as they can before time ran out.
As well as giving them a score. So far Satellizer has been at the top of the list.
And last one running right now before Cody was Kaho. She stood at the starting line taking a few deep breaths.
"You can do it Kaho!" Yelled out Cody.
"Give it your best!" Arthur yelled out too.
"Remember that you have the skill to do this!" Kazuya yelled out as well.
Kaho smiled as her friends cheered for her. While she knew she isn't the strongest Pandora in the school. She did have the will to do this.
Alright... Let's do this! Kaho thought, confidently.
She summoned her Volt Weapon she dubbed as Duel Blitz, a pair of twin wakizahi's. She twirled then as she smiled out, ready for this test.
Hmph... Well I'll be... she's finally showing more confidence in herself. I guess those three are exactly the friends she needed to grow out of her shell... Yumi thought as she pressed the start button.
The light went green as Kaho ran out of the starting area. She sliced through a few of the targets. Mostly Nova cut outs and robots that came to either shoot her down or fight her back.
She was able to cut through the cut outs with ease as she dodged the bullets from the robots. She quickly moved towards them as she dice through the six that were targeting her.
I can do this! Kaho thought as she charged at another batch of enemies.
As she attacked the batch, Cody, Kazuya, and Arthur were cheering her on. Doing their best to help her confidence and pride.
And a few of the students knew this too. They knew she low self esteem and they felt like she can do better.
But they didn't want to help her out... they still wanted to keep their score so that they didn't fail or redo this test.
So for now... they just kept quiet...
Kaho on the other hand was doing quite well. She sliced through as many of the targets as she could.
Hmm... Let's see how she can handle a turn of events? Yumi thought as she raised the difficulty level a bit.
Kaho sliced through another robot as she charged at the one next to her.
"You're mine!" She yelled out. But the robot dodged her attack as it countered her by kicking her in the arm.
She groaned from the impact as she backed off.
I can't lose my focus now... I have to win! Kaho gritted as she charged back in, but the robot predicted her movement as it dodged out of the way of her charge.
And as she moved past the robot from its dodge, the door behind the robot opened up as she charged straight into it.
"WAAHH!" Kaho screamed out as she fell into a trap pit. The buzzer then went off showing her time was up.
"Aww... I thought I had it..." Kaho whined as she crawled out of the trap.
Cody and Kazuya helped her up out of the ring as Arthur gave her some water.
"You always need to be focus on your target Miss Hiiragi. Although you had more confidence than last time you did this test, you were still distracted by thinking this is a game..." Yumi explained.
Kaho sighed she saw her score being pretty low...
"Hey... cheer up Kaho!" Arthur said with a smile as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah. There's always next time right?" Kazuya stated as they both tried to cheer her up.
"Yeah... I guess so..." Kaho softly said with a light smile on her face.
Cody smiled back as he lightly patted her shoulder.
"Hey... don't be so down Kaho... You have a special gift in you. I can tell." Cody said to her.
"A... gift? But... how can you tell Cody?" Kaho asked as she looked up at him.
He chuckled as bit as he lifted up Signal Mach.
"Cause I can see something special in a person from a mile away." He stated as he walked into the testing field.
Yumi grinned as she brought up a special program for him.
"Are you ready for this one Cody? Rinna made this program specifically for you." Yumi asked.
"Does a bear shit in the woods Miss Yumi?" Cody retorted with a chuckle.
"HEY! Language!" Kazuya shouted out.
Cody and a few others turned to him, surprised a bit at the sudden outburst.
"Um... s-sorry... I'm not much for that kind of language..." Kazuya said softly out of embarrassment.
Cody and a few other laughed due to that context.
"I'll keep that in mind Kazuya! Now... Let's... Henshin!" Cody shouted out as he changed.
RIDER! MACH!
Cody's armor formed around him as he moved his arm to stretch a bit.
"Tsuiseki!" Cody shouted out but he was cut off quickly before he could finish it.
"Do your little battle cry later Cody. Test now." Yumi stated with a grin.
Cody stopped in his tracks before groaning from her stopping the best part.
"Ugh... Fine..." Cody answered as he got ready for the test.
The bell went off as Cody rushed into the battle. He struck at the cut out and robot he came across for a bit.
When a few more bots popped up, they took fire at Cody but he was able to dodge them in time.
He was about to fire back until another blast of shots came from his side, he saw a few more bots to his left as he took cover behind a barrel.
The bots fired upon the barrel as they tried to shred through it to get to Cody.
Should've figured there would be some tricks to this... Cody thought as he switched out his bike for another one.
"Guess it's time to use him in this sort of situation..." Cody said to himself as he placed the new bike in the belt. This new one was blue with a spread pattern symbol on it.
SIGNAL BIKE!
SIGNAL KOUKAN! KAKSARN!
The spread symbol then appeared on his shoulder indicator. He took a few quick breaths as he jumped out of his protection.
He took a few regular shots at the bots, knocking them back a bit. He then spun around before aiming his gun into the air before shooting off one shot.
SHOOTER!
It flew into the air above Cody and the targets as everyone watched, confused on what he did?
"Wait for it..." Cody said to them before slamming his fist on the button.
KAKSARN!
The energy bullet glowed before several energy shots flew out of that single point as it rained down upon the area, destroying most of the bots before Cody run towards them, cutting them down.
"Woah..." Kaho gasped out.
"Man... he sure is full of tricks no isn't he?" Arthur stated as they all watch.
Cody then got to one area that looked like a dead end. But instead a few lights emerged in front of him...
But instead of regular robots... something else appeared... They looked very mechanical but they were just as tall as an soldier, but had gun like barrels on their finger tips.
And each one had a different head... one was similar to a bat, while the other one was similar to a spider and the last one similar to a cobra.
They also had plates on their chests like a license plate, but there was nothing on it. It was completely blank.
"What are those things?" Arthur asked out of confusion.
Could this be the "special program" Yumi mentioned that came from Miss Rinna? Kazuya thought as he looked up as Yumi.
"Ugh... she really had to bring these along with her? Even though they're just training modules... they're still nasty..." Cody grunted in frustration.
These new things charged at Cody as he parried and deflected their attacks. Each one was attacking differently.
The Cobra one was more of close range, wanting to fight him as close as it could get.
The Spider one thought, was more stealthy, wanting to get behind and strike at Cody.
And finally the Bat one was definitely a long range shooter. It kept firing off several shots at Cody.
He on the other hand was having a hard time with these things. There were just too many of them...
"Cody..." Kazuya said worried about this test.
Cody grunted as he got pushed back by his opponents. He looked at them all, knowing he was out numbered...
Guh... Signal Bikes won't seem to cut it here... But I still have the others! Cody thought to himself as he kicked away one of the cobra enemies.
"Minna! Ikuzo!" Cody yelled out.
Just then several high pitched car honks can be heard. Just then several small tracks flew out behind Cody as they started to strike and attack the enemies.
"What in the world?!" Kaho gasped out.
As they looked closely, they saw several colorful cars racing along the tracks and attacking the odd robots.
"Everyone! Meet my other friends! The Shift Cars!" Cody yelled out as some of the Shift Cars pushed the opponents back.
"Come Mixer!" Cody yelled out as he charged in, striking at a few of them.
A small cement mixer trunk races towards Cody as he catches it, he then switches out his bike with the Shift Car.
SHIFT CAR!
TIRE KOUKAN! MAZERL!
The indicator change again, but this time it showed the cylinder from the cement mixer on it.
Cody then aimed as he fired off a few rounds at the few robots.
SHOOTER!
MAZERL!
But as soon as the bullets hit, they turned to cement as it froze the robots in place, unable to move.
"I'm not done yet!" Cody yelled out as another car flew into his hand. This one looked like a green tow truck.
SHIFT CAR!
TIRE KOUKAN! HIPPARE!
The symbol changed again to the hook on the tow truck. Cody then grabbed the front end of his weapon and pulled on it.
ZENRIN!
And once Cody swiped at the air, a wire and hook shot out of it as it wrapped around the stuck robots.
He then swung them around a bit before smashing them on the ground, destroying them.
"And for the finale!" Cody said as he took out the car before switching it to another one.
SHIFT CAR!
TIRE KOUKAN! SHINOBI!
The indicator changed one last time to that of a shuriken. But it was over as he lifted it up before hitting the button and closing the belt.
HISSTASU!
FULL THROTTLE! SHINOBI!
Cody growled a bit as he jumped into the air, several energy shurikens appear next to him as he spun in the air, but as soon as he straightens out for the kick, he gains four clones with four more shurikens surrounding them.
"Woah! Sugoi!" Kazuya gasped, surprised.
Cody let out a battle cry as him and his clones kicked the robots, destroying them and finishing his test.
He then sighed in relief as he lifted up his helmet to let out the steam and relax a bit.
He looked at the score... only to be right under number 3.
"Aw... Damn it..." Cody said in frustration as he changed back to normal.
Yumi smiled as she typed in the results on her notepad. "Shouldn't have showed off Cody... Otherwise you could've been at number 1..." She smirked at him as he stuck his tongue out at her playfully.
"Alright Class is dismissed..." Yumi said as the test finally ended.
Cody sighed for relief as Kazuya and Arthur helped him out of the arena.
"That was really amazing Cody!" Said one of the girl classmates.
"Agreed! It was so cool!" Said the one next to her.
"You're so strong too!" Said the third one.
Cody chuckled lightly as he gained a small blush from the compliments. "Heh... well thank you three." He said to them.
They all giggled a bit before they went out of the room. Kaho on the other hand looked at Cody and Satellizer as they left the room.
She sighed lightly as she slowly walked of the room as well. Yumi saw this and frowned slightly...
She knew Kaho well... She came here only about a few months ago. She did her best in the studies and rose up to being a class rep.
But as for combat... she lacked quite a lot... She sometimes either hesitated or simply ignored others.
Yumi knew that Kaho just wanted to show everyone that she too can be strong... But due to her arrogance she hasn't moved from her rank at all...
So much so that she kinda made a shell and was trying her best to not show her true feelings...
But thanks to Cody, Kazuya and Arthur... she is starting to change a bit...
"Let's just hope that she can handle the pressure..." Yumi said softly as she went out of the room as well.
In the cafeteria...
Lunch started as everyone grabbed what they wanted. Most of the people were watching Cody walk to the table with his friends while carrying a large amount of burgers on his plate. So much so that it looked like a pyramid to them...
"I'm still surprise you can eat that much Cody... Didn't they say, eat too much and you can get fat?" Kazuya asked him as he saw Cody scarfing down some burgers.
"T-True..." Is what he could say as he swallowed some of the food already.
"But due to the Mach system, I need to have a lot of energy to burn. So I have to eat a lot otherwise I'll run out of energy and the system will start putting a huge toll on my body." He explained as he started to scarf more food down.
Kazuya and Arthur sweatdropped at this info as they kept watching.
Kazuya turned to talk to Kaho... only to see her looking down at her food... not even one bite from it...
"Kaho? Is something wrong?" He asked her. She blinked a few times before looking up at them.
"Uh.. what? Oh! Y-Yeah! I'm fine! Just... not very hungry right now is all..." Kaho answered as she chuckled lightly.
"Well... okay then..." Kazuya said as he went back to eating.
"Also what were those things you fought Cody?" Kazuya asked.
"Oh, those were kinda of the first proto-types of fighting against the Nova as well. They were known as Roidmudes." Cody explained.
"Roidmudes huh? So... new robots?" Arthur asked.
"Not exactly... They were a bit more special than any other regular robot. They were able to have feelings, emotions and even evolve. And produced around 108 of them." He explained a bit as he looked at them.
"Woah! Then how come they weren't used?" Kazuya asked.
"They were dismantled after Krim, Rinna and my parents found out that my uncle... Professor Banno started using humans experiments to use on the Roidmudes. He dissected them and studied each body as he programmed each Roidmude to look and even act like the ones he killed off..." Cody said coldly as he looked down.
All three of them gasped out of shock and horror.
"My god..." Kaho got out as he listened.
"But luckily they stopped his research, destroyed all evidence of them and took him to the authorities... I heard that he died in prison as well... To I thank god for that one..." Cody said as he slowly ate some fries.
"But... then how come you fought against them then?" Kazuya asked, confused on who they're still around.
"Well... Those are more of the training modules of them. Only can be summoned by a special program and they don't have sentience unlike the real deal. So after that, they all worked on something new were they decided to have just a human use it. They went through several suits... From one based around phones, to one about bugs, to even one on trains, flashdrives, and even switches. Until they all finally perfected it with my system. Which is just a byproduct and replica of a system me and my sister made." Cody explained.
"I gotta say Cody... Your abilities are amazing! I never seen anything like it before! I mean... We already know what you can do... but with those Shift Cars and Signal Bikes? You're a one man army! I bet you could even give Chiffon a run for her money?" Arthur whistled as he pointed to Signal Mach that was on the table.
"Heh... Well I don't know about that at least..." He lightly chuckled.
"Oh come on... Don't be so modest! You can easily get as strong as her now right? I mean, you barely need to work hard on it at all!" Arthur stated.
"Well... when you kinda put it like that... it is true I think?" Cody said softly.
That answer kinda hit Kaho where it lived... She then quickly stood up as she glared at them.
"You think you're strong? You think you don't have to work for it?! Are you really that ignorant?! So many people are trying their best to achieve what they want. But then people like you come along with everything you needed in the palm of your hand! I bet you haven't earned something once in your whole life have you?!" Kaho snapped out.
This surprised them as they all looked at Kaho. She is usually a carefree girl...
"Kaho..." Cody was cut off by her.
"Don't you dare say anything else Cody! I don't want to hear it!" She yelled as she stormed out of the cafeteria.
Everyone looked puzzled to why she gave that outburst? This was new to them.. including other students who knew her well...
On the rooftops...
Kaho panted as he got up on one of the roofs... She panted from running for awhile before reaching this point...
She then slowly slid down until she reached the floor, she then curled up as some tears began to fall from her face.
"Why... Why is he becoming so important?" Kaho said to herself as she whimpered.
"He barely had to work for getting here... He just gained that belt and now everything is easy to him!" She said to herself.
"I wish I could have that kind of power too..." She said softly to herself as more tears dropped from her face.
The wind slowly picked up a bit near her... and as that did a voice came from nowhere...
"A wish eh? I can help grant that wish to you if you want?" Said the booming yet calming voice.
Kaho looked as she stood up to find the one talking to her.
"Who... Who's there?" She asked as she looked around the rooftop.
"Oh... just a gentleman who's here to grant a very beautiful maiden her wish..." Replied the voice.
Kaho blushed a bit from the sudden compliment.
"You... you can make me stronger?" She asked the voice.
"Yes... I can..." The voice replied as it whispered in her ear.
She gasped from being startled as she turned to the one who was talking to her.
"Who... Who are you?" She asked this man in front of her.
He chuckled at the question. "Heh.. I'm afraid I can't give my name just yet... But... I can give you your desire for being stronger now..." He stated as he brought out his hand to show the pink stigmata in his hand.
It glowed faintly at Kaho as she looked at its beauty.
"This... this will give me the strength I want?" Kaho asked him.
"Yes.. It can..." He said softly to her as he slowly approached her.
Kaho bite her lip as she began to decide on this matter... If she took this... she would gain the strength she wanted for so long! But... at the cost of what she believed in... good, hard and honest work to achieve your goal...
But before she could make up her mind, this stranger wrapped his arm around her, bring her close to him.
She blushes heavily as she looked up at him confused.
"Relax... my maiden... This will help you decide..." He said to her. He then slowly leaned into her causing Kaho to blush a bit more.
Is... is he going to kiss me?! Kaho thought as he got closer to her.
And surely enough... he did... But something felt off... while the kiss made her blush even more, something felt wrong...
Her body was going limp... she could barely move and everything started to grow dark around her.
Yes... give into your dark desires... The young man thought as his eyes glowed golden.
Kaho's eyes were clouded slightly as she stopped moving from his grasp.
"Perfect... now that her mind is a haze... it will be easier to install this beauty..." He said as the pink stigmata glowed brightly before the whole rooftop glowed into a bright pink color.
The next day...
Cody, Kazuya and Arthur were in the testing area for the final part of the test. Although Kazuya was looking worried.
"I'm still worried about Kaho you guys... She didn't come to the rest of the class yesterday..." Kazuya said to them.
"Yeah.. I hear ya man... I hope she's okay?" Arthur replied worried.
"I think she would've been if you didn't bring up that comment Arthur..." Cody retorted.
"What? Its the truth isn't it?" He replied.
"Not in the slightest..." Cody replied softly.
I just hope she can understand it too... Cody thought to himself.
Just then the doors open as Kaho came in. But... something felt off...
Her uniform was slightly changed. Her skirt was changed into long purple pants and her shirt was exposed a bit, showing her stomach and was wrapped up to show a bit of her bust to some of the guys. Even her hair was changed. From the cute short hair with a clip, it was now changed into a punk like style as it stuck straight up. And finally a small necklace around her neck with what looked like a pink stigmata in it.
A lot of the students gasped at her change as she walked up to where Cody was.
"Ka...ho?" Cody gasped as he looked at her with shock.
"Kaho what happened to you?" Asked Kazuya.
"Heh... isn't it easy to tell? I changed myself... no longer am I what I was yesterday... no longer a weakling!" Kaho replied as she first point to Satellizer then to Cody.
"And... you two are going down..." Kaho finished as she gained a sadistic grin.
Kaho... what on earth happened to you? Cody thought as he saw her walking away.
Yumi then walked in as she tapped a few things on the tablet.
"Okay class! today is the final day of the test. this will be a battle royal. Each one of you will have a unique shielding around you when you fight. When the energy of that shielding reaches zero, you lose. Okay take a number and wait for you turn..." Yumi explained as every fighter took a number.
31 huh? Cody thought as he looked around to see who he'll be facing?
But as soon as his eyes laid on Kaho, she slowly turned around and with a wicked grin she showed him her number...
"32..." Cody whispered to himself.
He... He was going to fight her? While he didn't want to fight a friend... But maybe he can figure out what made her change like this?
Several battles went on. Some winning, some losing, and some draws even.
But... their fight came up...
"Alright! Miss hirragi and Mister Aldrich. You two are up. And remember, you either must have your opponent surrender or either be render unconscious." Yumi said as she got the field set up to a new battlefield.
Cody looked back at Kaho who was licking her blades before dropping into the arena.
Kaho... I promise I'll figure out what did this to you... He thought as he changed into his armor before dropping down in there as well.
"Kaho..." Cody was cut off as she raised her hand to him.
"I don't want to hear it... Just so you know, I plan to make this as painful as possible..." She stated as she got in a stance.
He didn't say anything as he got into his own stance as well, ready to fight.
Everything went silent in the arena. So silent that you could hear a pin drop to the ground... Even the air felt tense as they both waited for the battle to start.
"And... begin!" Yumi yelled out. and in a matter of seconds Kaho appeared in front of Cody as she slashed at him.
Sparks flew off the armor as Cody grunted in pain. Making several people including Satellizer gasp in shock and surprise.
"So fast... I didn't see her move..." Arthur muttered out as they watched.
Cody grunted as he swiped at her to strike back, only to be greeted with air.
W-What the? More sparks flew off his body as he turned around to see Kaho grinning from ear to ear.
He then shot at her but she deflected the blast away as she charged in and started throwing several kicks at him.
Cody had to block from her ongoing assaults as he tried to find some pattern.
"Don't think planning something can save you!" Kaho stated as she glowed with energy.
She then disappeared and in an instant she reappeared behind Cody.
Cody gasped in pain as several more sparks and even bits of his armor flew off his body.
"Cody!" Kazuya yelled out of worry.
An Acceleration? No... that was too fast for a single acceleration... a Double Acceleration maybe? How can Kaho use that kind of power? Satellizer thought as she watched the fight go on.
"Grr... Kaho... what has gotten into you? Hell.. how do you have this kind of power?" Cody asked her as she fired more shots at her.
"Heh... Sorry... can't tell you that just yet..." Kaho replied as she dodged his shots as she used her new power to move past him.
"But I can tell you that I'm now stronger than you!" She stated as she slashed at him again.
Cody groaned out again as he gets pushed back into a wall. He groans as he climbs out of the indent as he looks at her.
Why... why is she acting like this? Something is wrong... He thought as he stood back up.
"Kaho... why are you doing this? What has you so troubled?" He asked her.
Kaho growled a bit, she hoped that he would just fight her, but he's only asking her why she is acting like she is now?!
"Fine... you want to know why? This is why..." She said softly before attacking him again.
"I'm jealous of you!" She yelled as she struck him again.
Cody grunted as he finally blocked her attack, he then kicked at her but she moved out of the way.
"Jealous of me? Why?" He asked again as he shoot off a few rounds.
"Isn't it obvious?!" She yelled again as she deflected his shots.
She ran up to him, blades raised as she swung them, only to be blocked again as Cody held them together so they can talk.
"Then tell me..." He said to her, wanting to know more.
"Fine... the reason is because of you and your power..." She growled.
"Me and my power?" He asked confused.
"Yeah... you gained this power without having to work for it... You haven't earned your right to be here, yet here you are and rising within the ranks of the system..." She explained as she glared fiercely at him.
Everyone watched and listened as they continued with their conversation.
Yumi also listened onto their talk... She was going to stop but she decided not to. Knowing that Cody had this covered.
"You barely have to work for anything... you barely have to do anything! All you need is that stupid belt and those toys and you'll be able to become number 1 in no time!" She yelled as she broke the hold and started wailing on him. But Cody is holding his own as he just blocked her strikes.
"You are everything I hate! You aren't earning your place! You haven't tried to earn this power! You were only given it! So why?!" She yelled again as she kept striking at him.
"Why are you becoming so strong?!" She screamed as tears began to streak down her face.
"Kaho..." Cody said softly as he looked at her with surprise.
He had no idea she felt like this... One reason why she is being so aggressive... She likes to see people achieve their status, thrive on it and show others what hard work and dedication can do...
He slowly looked down as he looked at his hand before slowly looking back up at her.
"I can understand and relate Kaho..." Cody said to her as she looked at him.
"To tell you the truth... I wasn't just given this power... At first Rinna was completely against it... She was going to modify it for a Pandora... the strongest one in the world..." He explained as everyone started to listen, especially Kaho.
"She... She what?" Kaho asked confused.
"You heard me. The Mach system at first wasn't even going to be for me. Heck, the system is so advance that other people who tried out for it, both Pandora and Limiters were either hospitalized cause of the strain or they just couldn't even make it work. So I took it and worked as hard as I can to control this. Even now I could gain that strain and even possibly lose my ability to even walk from it." Cody explained as he leered at her.
Kaho's eyes widen with shock as she moved back a bit. "Y-You mean... You could... not even walk again from that system?" She asked him, surprised.
Cody nodded. "I could be fully paralyzed to the point where I can't even move my jaw... That's how dangerous the system is and why Rinna didn't want me to use it at first..." He told her.
"So... day after day... week after week I trained myself. My body, mind and will. To the farthest I can go. And even then I almost lost to the strain. But the one thing Rinna told me is that the system deprives from a certain state of mind... And for Mach it's pretty much acting like I care about nothing but treating this like a game." Cody explained as he tapped the driver.
Kaho was taken back by this information... He didn't just gain it out of nowhere? He... He actually took his time to use this system and earn it.
"So... you... weren't just given it like a toy.? You were... are... working your best to use it?" She asked him out of shock.
Cody only simply nodded.
Then... it was all just a figment of my imagination? Just my fears thinking that he is like my brother? Kaho thought to herself as more tears streaked down her face.
"Cody... I am so-" She was then cut off as the pink stigmata around her neck began to glow brightly.
"Hmph... seems that I need to take action then eh?" Boomed out a voice from the stigmata.
Just then Kaho screamed in pain as the stigmata glowed more. A gust of wind picked up as it started to cover her body and shine brightly.
"KAHO!" Cody screamed out.
The gust then died down as everyone saw the new Kaho Hiiragi. Everyone looked in shock and worry as they saw her new form.
Most of her was the same... but her clothes have been replaced by what looked like sleek like grey armor with some wires wrapped around in some parts of her body, her fingers also have been covered and now look like gun barrels, two large pink spikes are sprouted out from her back as some honeycombs like shapes glowed on her thighs, forearms and neck, and finally the pink stigmata is now a small pink gem on top of the blank license plate that Cody fought against.
Cody's eyes widened at this new form.
"NOW! Ladies, Gentlemen, and Mach... Introducing to you all the first ever Roidmude Pandora! Enjoy the play..." Said the voice as it cut off with static.
Kaho slowly looked at Cody before rushing at him, wailing on him with power and speed.
"Cody!" Yelled Kazuya and Arthur.
"Miss Yumi you have to stop this now!" Kazuya yelled to Yumi.
She nodded as she began to shut down the system, but only to be greeted by static on her device as a odd symbol appeared on it.
The symbol looked like a masked man with a top hat, mustache, tie and a cape. But it was golden and the eyes had a diamond in the middle of them with the name "Lupin" below it.
"Tsk tsk tsk... I'm sorry Lady Yumi Kim. But I'm afraid I cannot let you interfere with this... For you see... Sides stealing that young maidens heart... I'm also planning to steal that young man's title." Said the voice.
"Grr.. just who exactly are you?! I promise you that you will pay for hurting my students!" Yumi growled to the tablet.
"For now... Just call me... Lupin, the Gentleman Thief..." Said Lupin before the voice transmission got cut off.
Yumi growled in anger as she slammed her fist on the tablet, she now cold only watch these two fight and pray.
Cody... please save Kaho... Yumi thought to herself as she watched the fight go on.
Cody on the other hand was having a difficult tie fighting back, especially now that he knows she is being controlled.
"I don't want to hurt you Kaho... But... I don't have much of choice here!" He yelled as he knocked her back.
He quickly switched out his bike for a Shift Car to even the fight. But this Shift Car was similar to a red sports car.
SHIFT CAR!
TIRE KOUKAN! HAYAI!
The Symbol indicator then changed to a standard "S" on it. Cody then rapidly slammed his fist on the button to activate its power.
TOTEMO! HAYAI!
Cody glared at Kaho as she built up some energy before disappearing, and in a split second so does Cody.
"What the? Where did they-" Kazuya was about to finish before he saw Cody striking Kaho to the ground.
"Woah! That was fast!" Arthur stated.
Cody and Kaho kept disappearing and reappearing with each blow they parried.
Cody grunted as he kept striking her but to no vial as she didn't budge much, but luckily the same went with her assaults as well.
Grr... Shift Speed isn't working! Should I use Formula? No... I'm not ready for that kind of speed yet... So... Then I just need to slow her down! Cody thought to himself as he parried her attacks.
"Come Gravity!" Cody yelled out.
Just then a small track appears as it rushes in and knocks back Kaho.
Cody grabbed it quickly as he switched it out with Speed.
SHIFT CAR!
TIRE KOUKAN! TSUBUSU!
The symbol then changed into that of a weight. Cody then grabbed his weapon as he pulled it down.
ZENRIN!
Cody then moved his arm around before slamming his weapon onto the ground, and once it hits he quickly pressed the button on his belt.
TSUBUSU!
Just then a surge of ripples shot out from the weapon's blow on the ground. as it did, it hit Kaho immediately.
Kaho looked up at Cody as energy built up in her as she prepared to move and strike.
But as soon as she moved, she only moved around at snails pace, she barely could walk in this odd pressure.
Cody sighed for relief, glad to see that it worked.
"Meet the power of Rolling Gravity... As you can tell by his name, he can control gravity. I just increased the gravity around you to at least a couple tons of pressure." Cody said with a smirk.
Kaho then gave a surprised look at him.
"Of course it won't kill you. I also made the gravity under you to weight slightly less. So you won't be crushed by the increased gravity on your body. Now... I'm going to free you Kaho!" Cody exclaimed out as he switch the cars again with that of a yellow dump truck.
SHIFT CAR!
TIRE KOUKAN! ARABULL!
The indicator then changed to what looked like a landslide on it. He then quickly lifted it back up as he pressed the button one last time to end this fight.
HISSATSU!
FULL THROTTLE! ARABULL!
Cody then screamed out a battle cry as he charged towards her, as he does a yellow tire with a drill on it flew towards him.
But the tire just passed by him and on his arm was the drill that was attached to the tire.
Cody then thrust his arm forward as the drill struck at the pink stigmata gem.
It clashed with it as it drilled the gem, but so far it wasn't cracking. He growled in anger as he rapidly pressed the button again to gain more power.
KYUNI! ARABULL!
The drill then started to spin faster as it started to crack the gem bit by bit.
"Come back to us... KAHO!" Cody screamed as he twisted his wrist so that the drill popped off the gem, it flew to the ground before fully cracking and shattering into dust.
Kaho screamed out in pain as the armor plates and wires started to decay and disappear on her body.
Cody quickly grabbed her as the arena finally shut off and the controls went back to Yumi.
She quickly phoned in a medical call as she rushed in to check on Kaho's vitals.
Several hours later...
Cody, Kazuya and Arthur were all waiting in the lounge, waiting for the news on Kaho's condition.
And after a bit more, both Yumi and Elise walked towards them. They all looked up with worried looks on their faces.
"So... is she going to be okay?" Kazuya asked them.
Elise sighed a bit before looking at him. "Yeah she will be fine. But whatever that stuff was, drained her out of a lot of her plasma and energy. She'll be out for awhile..." Elise explained to them.
They looked down with some relief but worry as well... Especially Cody.
Yumi knelled down as she placed her hand on him. "Don't beat yourself up Cody... You saved her. Be thankful that she is still alive..." Yumi told him.
Cody sighed and nodded slightly to them. He knows he did well... he just wished that this didn't happen to her.
"Okay... Go back to your rooms. You can visit her in the morning." Yumi told them.
They all then got up as they went back to their rooms. But once they left Yumi turned to Elise.
"Spite him saving her... We seem to have a big problem now more than ever..." Yumi said to Elise.
"Yeah... This.. Lupin guy can do something like this? Imagine what he could do if this happened to a top year ranked Pandora... or worst, giving it to some of our enemies?" Elise stated out of worry.
"Agreed... All Genetic schools now need to be on watch for this Lupin fellow..." Yumi said as Elise went back to check on Kaho.
Yumi sighed as she turned to the window as a storm was raging on outside.
Lupin... Why does your voice sound so familiar? Yumi thought as she tried to piece this puzzle together.
A/N: HELLO MINNA! I do hope you all enjoyed this chapter? So yes! As you all can tell... Kamen Rider Lupin is in this story too! He is going to be a villain along with Chaser who you all shall see soon.
And his story is going to be way different than Zoruko Tojo. In fact way different... If you all know my stories, then you all should know I leave some minor future hints within my work... I can't tell you all who he is and more, as well as to why he can do this. But it shall be explained sometime in the future.
Also I'm going to be working on the Freezing fic a bit more than my SDS fic. Its just that since this story is becoming quite the hit, I rather work on this for now until I feel ready to work on my SDS fic again. So until next time, later minna!