Rise Of Xivix

By: DisasterMaster445

Once again I have to apologize for the lack of updates on this fic. My senior year is a lot more hectic than I was expecting, and it's a wonder I'm able to update any of my fics. Last time Nate and Kit were thrown into their first battle together. Xivix's minions are far stronger than his father's were, and they nearly killed Nate, if not for the timely intervention of Kit and the newly reinstated Adam. The three Riders managed to kill the powered up monster, but only by using all three of their Final Vents. The four humans they were protecting were actually four of Nate's friends from Ventara. They've already found four of the new Riders that they'd need to team up with them, but they didn't have the Decks to give out, and with Nate currently out, they don't know they have who they need. In the end, Adam and Kit took the unconscious Nate and the four humans back to the human realm.

Chapter Three: Ask and Thou Shalt Receive

After an extremely strange day the day before, Kendrick Allen let himself fall into bed in his small apartment, hoping against hope that he'd wake up and the monsters and the Riders would be a dream. He woke up the next morning, stepped into the bathroom, and tied his long black hair back into a ponytail. He washed his face and stared into the mirror. He could see yesterday's events replaying in his strange blue eyes. Not a dream.

"Damn it." He muttered. He stalked back to his bed and sat down, sliding his feet into his Vans and tying them tight. He got back up and went into his kitchen, heading straight for the fridge. He opened the door, not finding anything appealing. Spoiled milk sent out a sour smell that made him shut the door again.

"Guess I better hit the store." Although he didn't think something so normal should be able to happen after the day he'd had before, he went to the front door, grabbing his jacket off the hook. He put his arms through, stuck his hands in his pockets, and walked out. He felt a rectangular object in his pocket, but didn't think anything of it. He kept his wallet in that pocket, right?

In the store, Kendrick grabbed a cart and started loading it up with the things he'd need to last awhile in his tiny apartment. As he was walking past the glass doors he kept seeing red flashing out of the corners of his eyes. When he'd look through the doors, there'd be nothing there. He felt a tingling at the base of his skull that he attributed to his nerves being on edge. He didn't realize that it was a warning…

At the same time that Kendrick's senses were tingling, Nate, Kit, and Adam were in Ventara trying to overcome more mirror monsters.

"Kamen Rider." They said together. All three transformed and started to fight. It seemed like there were twice as many monsters as the day before, and the Riders were fighting kinda stiff from the day before.

Sword Vent. The three of them loaded the cards together. Adam and Kit each grabbed their dragon-tail shaped blades out of the air as Nate pulled his trident apart.

"Let's kill some monsters!" Nate yelled, eager to make up for fainting the day before. He wasn't fighting well, still messed up from the day before. He'd tried finding his friends after he awoke, but the mirror twins kept him from leaving.

Adam and Kit shared a look before leaping into the fray themselves. Nate would have to learn that he'd have to fight smart, no matter what was going on.

These monsters wouldn't die. The Riders would strike them down, but they'd piece themselves back together and continue fighting. Soon, all three Riders were fighting back-to-back in the middle of the huge group of monsters. They were fighting valiantly, even Nate, but they weren't doing much good. Nate loaded another card.

Blast Vent. The wall of water formed around all three Riders before blowing all the monsters away, giving the three fighters time to breathe. The monsters started coming together again, making two of the giant beasts.

"Son of a bitch…" Adam growled. He slipped another card from his Advent Deck. Attack Vent. Dragblacker, the beast for the Onyx Deck, appeared, coiling around one of the beasts. It breathed black flames that flew back from its mouth, covering its body. The monster was encased in black flames and metal, immobilizing it.

"I like the way you think." Kit complimented. He loaded a card as well. Attack Vent. Draganzer appeared, executing the same maneuver as his dark copy. Nate smiled.

"Guess I'll hit 'em while you keep 'em in place." He twisted his neck till it cracked. He drew another card.

Kendrick got to the checkout, pushing a fully-loaded cart to the front of the line. He got all his items rung up, totaling over a hundred dollars. He went for his pocket, grabbing for the rectangular item from before. However, what he pulled out wasn't his wallet. It was an Advent Deck. The symbol was black, in the shape of a dragon's head. On either side of the main head was another head. He put it aside for a few moments, not knowing what it is. He patted his pockets down, looking for his wallet, but couldn't find it. In the end, he got thrown out because he didn't have any money.

"What the hell? I know I had my wallet." The doors open again, and Kendrick prepared to give the manager a piece of his mind. However, the man just threw the Advent Deck at Kendrick's head. The long-haired boy picked it up, rubbing his head and wondering what it was. He happened to look at the windows, seeing the epic battle taking place in the other world.

Final Vent. A huge geyser lifted Neptune into the air. The middle of the water glowed, and Icemech emerged. It crossed its flippers and leaned forward, causing the water to begin moving; a deadly wave aimed at both monsters. Neptune reached behind him, pulling his trident apart.

Neptune leapt high from his perch on the water just as Icemech flew out of the wave. It slashed out with its flippers, spinning like a hurricane to catch both monsters with its blade-like arms. The water doused the monsters, but also freed them from their watery prisons. Lastly, Neptune came down from the air, flinging his sword between them to embed itself in the ground. Foam began to froth around the blade and more water surged, sending the two monsters toward one another. Neptune whirled, swinging his halberd wide, planning on slicing both to pieces. His blade sank deep, but both monsters survived, each knocking him aside with a giant hand.

"Nate!" Dragon and Onyx were at his side as he landed, and they helped him up. "I'm fine." He promised. "I think if you can hit them with your Final Vents you should be able to end it."

"I don't understand it." Adam said. "They shouldn't be this strong." Kit nodded. "But it doesn't matter. They are, and we have to beat them." They each pulled out another card.

"I don't want to use my Final Vent yet." "Me neither." The mirror twins agreed. They loaded the cards they drew. Strike Vent. Their dragons appeared again, along with dragon-shaped gauntlets on their right hands. They punched out and launched a twin burst of flame; one stream red, the other black. Draganzer and Dragblacker backed their Riders up with their own blasts of crackling flames. The inferno caught both monsters, and they screeched with pain.

"Good job." Nate said. "It's not over yet." Kit declared.

Kendrick stared on as the three Riders from the day before used powerful attacks that barely fazed the two monsters like the one they fought before. It was then that he remembered just what the thing in his hand was. There were cards in it, just like the Riders' Decks. He put his hand up to the glass, wondering how he could help. The glass rippled around his hand as it pushed straight through. His strange eyes widened and he pushed further through until he left his world behind.

Before he could blink he was standing in another place, and the battle he'd seen was playing out just before his eyes. The one that fought with water was attacking with his sword and halberd, and the two that looked alike were standing back, working on something. The metallic voice from before rang out again.

Final Vent. Both of them leapt up as two dragons came down from the sky and swirled around them. The two Riders came down at the creatures with flying side-kicks and the dragons breathed intense flames that increased the speed of the attacks. There were two massive explosions where the two made contact with the creatures. It looked like the fight might've been over, but the monsters rose up with surprising speed, knocking the two back. Red and black rings surrounded them, forcing them to power down.

"…..Uh-oh." Neptune said. The two beasts rippled before coming together like they were magnetized. Now there was just one monster, far taller than anything anyone present had ever seen before. The beast kicked out, sending Neptune flying. Blue rings circled him and he powered down as well.

"I've gotta help." Kendrick decided. His hand tingled and he looked down. Dark blue sparks erupted around the Deck and his hand, traveling to his waist and forming a belt with an open slot. He slid the Deck in and it began to spin around, making a powerful whirring noise. Dark blue rings formed around him and he transformed. The lights and sounds drew the attention of the Riders and the monster.

His bodysuit was black, with black armor accented with dark blue. His helmet was exactly like Dragon Knight's, but without the red lenses over the eyes. This left his demonic blue eyes glaring out of the helmet, only protected by the slats that crossed the helmet. There was a dragon's head engraved on the forehead of the helmet. His black breastplate came up at the shoulders, making a dragon head as a shoulder pad on either side. His card-reader, the Flay Visor, was over the right breast.

"I feel…powerful." Kendrick declared. He addressed the monster. "I don't know if you can understand me, but here goes. I am Kamen Rider Flame." That was it for an introduction. He just leapt into battle, going full-out. He loaded his first card, copying what he'd seen the day before, and also going off a bit of instinct.

Sword Vent. A black sword appeared in his hand. It had a D-guard, and the blade curved back, like a fang. He whirled and cut, already an adept fighter. However, against an enemy that size, he really couldn't do much damage.

"This isn't working." He looked back at the other three, nursing various wounds, and realized there'd be no backup. He was the hero on this one. He drew another card.

"Here goes nothing." He decided. Blast Vent. There was a terrible, robotic shriek and a large shadow passed. The humans looked up. There was a giant black three-headed dragon hovering overhead. Its armor had blue flame lines running up it. Each head had two bull horns, and one rhino horn. It had two long tails, each ending in a deadly point. The first ended in a giant crab claw, the second with the end of a scorpion tail. Its huge black wings had a turbine in the center and a cannon on top, where the claws would be.

It screeched again, and angled its wings at the monster. The two turbines spun faster and blasted black flames until the monster broke apart and disappeared. Flame powered down and the other Riders stumbled over.

"That was amazing." Kit said. "Not really. We weakened it." Adam said, not knowing what to think of this new Rider. Nate was staring at the boy with the strange eyes.

"Either way," Kit began. "We need somebody like you on our team. What's your name?" Kendrick stiffened at the word team. "My name's Kendrick." He said uncertainly. "But I go by Drew." Kit threw out his hand, but Drew made no move to take it.

"Listen, usually I'm the first one to jump in and help somebody, but I think Riders have way too much power. I don't want to be part of any team. I mean, I'm gonna take out as many of these things down as possible, because I don't want anybody to get hurt, but I'm not a member of your team." Drew left them speechless as he turned on his heels and walked back to the windows that would take him home.

"Give me the money!" A masked man yelled. He was currently holding up a store, not too far from where Drew was emerging from the fight. He waved a gun in the face of the terrified store owner, an older Chinese man. The man opened the cash register, literally flinging the money in it at the man.

He took it and ran. A few quick turns later he was in an alley, pulling off his mask. He ran his hand through short, spiky black hair. He was of an average build, and was fairly unnoticeable. One of those people you could see and completely forget, which worked well for his chosen profession, robbery and thievery. The only thing that really stood out about him was his eyes. They were bright red, full of intelligence, and also full of rage and murderous thoughts. The thoughts of a madman who embraced his madness. He wore a black leather jacket over a red shirt paired with black jeans. He reached behind a trashcan and pulled out a backpack he'd hidden there before his little heist. He unzipped it, and then his jacket pockets, and proceeded to pull wads of cash out and stuff them into the bag. He was doing this when he was interrupted.

"A successful job. Very nice. But I can tell you want more." The man whirled and saw a redheaded man. Xivix's human form. He reached for his gun, but it wasn't there. The man laughed.

"I think you're looking for this, Mako." He held the gun in his hands, looking at it in distaste. "How'd you know my name? And how'd you get my gun?" Xivix laughed again.

"I know more than that, Mako Takashi." He began. "I know all about your psychosis, and your…urges. You want to kill, and I can provide that outlet." Mako was interested. "See, what I plan is this: I'm going to enslave the people of this monkey-world. You want infamy? Here's your claim. You get to be one of the men to sell out your people to my invading armies." Mako was positively beaming by now.

"How would I go about that?" His smile was horribly creepy. He didn't even ask for clarification, just where to sign. Xivix was impressed. "I knew there was a reason you stood out to me." His smile grew as well, but his looked fatherly, or proud, instead of evil.

"This is all you need." He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out an Advent Deck. It was black, with a gold crocodile head as the symbol. Mako couldn't grab it fast enough. He held it reverently, almost worshiping his tool of destruction.

"Here's what I want you to do."

"I just don't understand how he couldn't join us." Nate couldn't let the subject go. "Darius was totally ready to be part of the team!" Adam sighed. "You've gotta remember that the guy you knew is dead. This is someone else entirely. He'll have a different personality, hell, even a different fighting style. He's not the same guy." Nate was pretty silent after that.

"Don't worry. I knew a guy, Chris Ramirez, who didn't want to be part of the team either. But eventually he realized he'd have a better chance of surviving if he joined up." He grew somber. "He got Vented." Nate knew what this meant, of course, but wanted more information.

"Chris got out when Master Eubulon became active again. He was healed and he's a Marine right now. But you said Master Eubulon was killed, and the Advent Key was destroyed. If someone gets Vented, they'll stay Vented…"

The three of them had been quiet for quite some time, pondering what Kit said, when Adam stood up just as Nate's neck buzzed.

"Time to go." Kit said. They got up and started for the mirrors. They walked through, but didn't instantly arrive like they usually did.

"They shattered all the mirrors on that side. We'll have to go in somewhere else and run for the fight."

Drew had already had that idea, and was in the middle of fighting a relatively small group of minions. Not even enough to make one of the giant fighters. He had just finished the last one off with just his Sword Vent, when he head a voice.

"That was just the appetizer. I'm the main course!" Drew turned. Standing a few hundred feet away was another Rider. This one wore a red bodysuit with charcoal gray armor. The armor was scale-patterned and thicker than most Riders'. There were little ridges on the back of the helmet and the neck, and also the back. The helmet was based on a crocodile, with bright red eyes. It was really menacing.

"Who the hell are you?" "I'm called Kamen Rider Faust." He said simply. "But all you really need to know is I'm the guy that's gonna kill you!" He rushed Drew, pulling a card and loading it into the Croc Visor on his left arm so fast that the younger Rider could barely see it.

Strike Vent. Faust stretched his right arm out beside him while he kept running. A spear formed in his hand. It was a long staff that ended in a bar. Jutting from the bar was the two blades. They were serrated, and shaped like crocodile tails.

Flame leapt back as Faust kept advancing, first stabbing with his spear, then slashing. While he jumped, Flame pulled his sword in front of him, blocking an attack. The two blades had passed on either side of the sword, but the bar hit, just barely keeping Flame from getting skewered.

"You're not too bad kid." Faust complimented. "But I'm better." He gave an extra hard push with his spear, knocking Flame off balance. He thrust his spear again, getting past the sword. Flame threw himself backward at the last second, saving himself. He loaded a card.

Claw Vent. The black claw on his beast's tail appeared in place of his sword. He went on the offensive, being just as aggressive as Faust was. This time, it was Faust that leapt clear for air. That was what Flame was waiting for. He opened the claw and went for the kill. He got the claw around the spear and closed it, snapping the weapon in half. It sounded like a shotgun blast, and the release of energy knocked them both back. Flame was up first.

"I thought you were gonna kill me!" He taunted. Faust started to laugh. It was an evil sound that sent chills up the fiery Rider's spine. "You should know, as a fellow Rider. I have more cards." He loaded another.

Smoke Vent. Flame's vision was cut off by black smoke that from Faust. "You can't see, can you? Now I can kill you at my leisure." "Gotta find a way to make sure we're on equal ground again." Flame muttered.

"We were never on equal ground." Faust said. Attack Vent. Flame was slammed by something large and powerful, and he was thrown to the ground as the Smoke Vent vanished. When Flame stood up he was speechless.

He faced a large mechanical crocodile with charcoal colored armor. Its eyes and what was under the armor was blood red. The ridges on its back whirled loudly, and Neptune realized they were saw blades. Its long tail flicked around, spinning as well, like a drill. Its mouth full of six-inch fangs seemed to smirk as it disappeared into the ground.

Bite Vent. Flame had to think fast, because the beast's head was coming at him again, this time in the form of a gauntlet around Faust's right hand he was using to try and take a bite out of him. He ducked his head, and then drove it into Faust's breastplate. The move caught him off-guard, and he stumbled back a little. Both drew another card.

"It's time to end this brat." Faust declared. "Agreed." Final Vent. Faust's beast, Kishin, rose back from the ground, greeting Flame with another evil grin. Flayvern, Flame's beast, flew down from the sky and landed behind its master.

Flame leapt up onto Flayvern's back, and the three-headed dragon took flight again. Flame jumped off, spinning into a tornado kick. Flayvern nose-dived behind its master, breathing black flames and shooting its cannons. The blasts began to circle around Flame.

Faust jumped onto Kishin's whirring tail, once more holding his spear. The tail began spinning faster, launching Faust into the air on a collision course with Flame, spear pointing straight up. They collided in a massive explosion that sent them both crashing to the ground in a stalemate.

"What the hell?" Both looked up. Kit, Adam, and Nate had finally arrived, and had just witnessed the collision of power. Faust turned away.

"This isn't over." He declared as he vanished.

Well, there it is. I'm amazed to find that I wrote this in about five hours in total. So we see the arrival of two new Riders, one good, and one evil. Mako is the closest thing to true evil in a human that's been seen in this universe. Except maybe Strike. He was pretty evil. But I think Mako might beat him. Drew is also pretty strong. He'll be an asset to Nate's team, if he ever joins. Next time, we'll see what Xivix has to say about Faust leaving the battle before it really began, and Drew will tell the other Riders about his battle. This will be his next chance to join. Will he, or will the third time have to be the charm? Guess you'll have to find out next time.