Kamen Rider Voyager

by maxpower02

The Demon King People, the Maojins. For 657 years they have lived among us, leaving behind a path of carnage and destruction at their wake. One man has dedicated his life to stop them with the power of Voyager, traveling around the world and fighting the Maojins wherever he go. Join him in his journey as he seeks to stop the Maojins from unsealing and reviving their leader!

2. His Name is Kamen Rider

A/N: Hello everyone! It's been a while since I updated this story, since for the past month I've been spending my summer with my family in Indonesia. Now I'm back in Japan, in front of my trusted laptop, and I'm ready to continue with Kamen Rider Voyager! A big thank you to xXRocketShark216Xx for being this story's first reviewer, your advices for this story will truly help me in the long run! It's true that the grammar in this story is not very perfect – being Indonesian, English is obviously not my mother tongue. But I'll try my best to improve on it in each chapter! And of course, the reason why the protagonist (his name will be revealed in this chapter!) could survive as long as he is will be revealed slowly as we go on.

Let's roll on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kamen Rider, TOEI does.

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Previously, on Kamen Rider Voyager

A series of mysterious tornadoes has struck Ho Chi Minh City, attracting the attention of Pham Vu To Quyen (Steffi), Nguyen Thanh Thao Vy (Vy), and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (Kim), three young women with a huge interest in the world of "cryptids," mysterious creatures that has been showing up all over Ho Chi Minh City of late. The culprit behind the tornadoes was one of the "cryptids" that the trio are investigating, the Ace of Wands that is the Eagle Maojin. A mysterious man suddenly shows up to fight the Maojin, transforming into a warrior called Voyager.

After a thrilling fight, Voyager easily defeats the Eagle Maojin and seals the fiend back into his card form, but after the fight Voyager was immediately arrested by the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department, who are still uncertain whether they could trust Voyager with the task of protecting the city or not.

Will Voyager gain the trust of the HCPD? Or will he face incarceration? Find out now!

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"Wonder where she is now?"

Sitting inside a silver Bentley Continental GT, a 19-year old young woman slowly glanced out of the vehicle's window as it navigated its way through the torn-apart District 4, still recovering from the battle between Voyager and the Eagle Maojin a few hours ago. A worried expression could be seen on her face, as her black eyes scanned the surroundings for a certain someone that she's been searching for the past hour.

Wearing a black and white striped shirt and a pair of blue denim jeans that covered her athletic figure complete with black sneakers, the young woman has shoulder-length straight black hair, with a slight bang over her forehead, lightly tanned skin, and a cute face that would make any men fall for her, complete with a pair of black-framed glasses that adds more to her charm.

"Ne, Thao, are you sure that we're in the right place?" the young woman asked her driver.

"I'm positive," replied Thao, the 20-year old young woman who is now currently manning the vehicle, "The readings of Tran's cellphone signal indicates that she was last seen here in District 4."

Vo Hieu Thao was the young woman's personal assistant and, having lived with the young woman since childhood, her closest friend. She has a medium build, white skin, and dark brown, shoulder length and curly hair. Like the young woman, she also has a bang over her forehead, only Thao's bang being larger and more prominent. Right now she's wearing a black T-shirt with the words "Saigonese" written on it, navy blue shorts, black sneakers, and a pair of large-framed glasses on her face. An informal look for a personal assistant, and even Thao herself found it rather awkward. But the young woman insisted Thao to drop the formalities around her – she was her closest friend after all.

"Man," the young woman sighed, "I wonder where Tran ran off to this time…"

Suddenly the young woman noticed someone lying unconscious on the nearby sidewalk. It was another young woman, around 22 years of age. Sporting an athletic build, white skin, and short brown hair, the woman wore a pale blue medical robe and black rubber sandals.

"There she is!" the young woman exclaimed as she saw the lying woman, "Thao, pull over."

The Bentley pulled over right next to the lying woman, with the young woman quickly emerging from the passenger door, frantically going towards the lying woman's side before she knelt down next to her. The young woman quickly checked the lying woman's pulse and breathed a sigh of relief after finding out that the lying woman is still indeed alive.

"Tran?" the young woman called out as she places the lying woman's head on her lap, "Hang in there, we'll get you back home as soon as possible!"

"Uuuuh…" slowly the lying woman lets out a groan as she opened her eyes, the young woman being the first thing she saw. Immediately a brief smile emerged on her face, "Minh? Is that you?"

"It's me," Minh, the young woman, lets out a warm smile as she picked up the lying woman, "Come on, let's get you back home."

Tran, the lying woman, lets out a weak nod as Minh led her to the parked Bentley, with Thao already folding the car's passenger seat to allow Minh to place Tran on the backseat.

"Back to the mansion, Minh?" Thao asked as Minh secured her seatbelt.

"Yeah," Minh replied, taking a sip from her water bottle before continuing, "Tell the guys back home to prep up the equipment, we need to know whether Tran's condition had improved or deteriorated during her little adventure."

"I'll make the call once we stop at a traffic light," Thao said, placing her phone on a port built onto the car's dashboard, which will enable her to perform wireless calls without having to take her hands off the wheel.

As Thao and Minh continued chatting along the journey, Tran slept gently on the backseat, still tired from whatever ordeal that she's been through prior to her being found. As she moved slowly in her sleep, Tran placed her right hand on her chest, revealing an ominous-looking tattoo drawn on the back of her right hand, shaped like a card with an image of a black Tyrannosaurus rex on it, the word "STAR" emblazoned vertically next to the T. rex image.

The eyes of the T. rex glowed orange briefly as it lets out a soft, yet terrifying growl…

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KAMEN RIDER VOYAGER

Episode 2: His Name is Kamen Rider

OP: Eiyuu no Uta – THE ALFEE

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Ho Chi Minh City Police Department Headquarters, District 1

An untransformed Voyager found himself cuffed to a metallic chair inside a spacious room painted entirely in white. In front of him were a metallic table and two more metallic chairs, with Voyager's belt buckle and card holder resting idly on the former and Leo and Hako sitting on the latter, the two police officers looking at Voyager suspiciously. But to be honest, Voyager couldn't blame them – whenever he traveled to a city in any country and fought the Maojins there, he would always get the same treatment by the local law enforcements there. Getting arrested, being asked a multitude of questions, before being released with a stern warning to never step foot into that city ever again. Even though he had good intentions, the idea of having a man wearing an unusual suit of armor fighting monsters is too much for the law enforcements of any city that Voyager had set his feet into.

Which is why, today Voyager has been expecting the same kind of treatment and result from the two police officers in front of him. Get questioned, probed, and then kicked out. It's as simple as that.

"We've searched through all of your belongings," Leo spoke first, "And we didn't find any definitive ID regarding you. No ID card, no passport, nothing."

"So be a cooperative boy that you are and tell us," Hako continued, "Who are you?"

Voyager chuckled, "I'm what you call a wanderer, an explorer, an adventurer of the world. I'm Voyager."

"We know that," Leo said sternly, "You practically shouted that during your fight today."

"Oh really?" Voyager's eyes went wide as an awkward smile etched itself on his face, "Man, you guys must have watched a lot back there!"

"We sure did," replied Hako, "From your transformation, to you battling it out with the Unrecorded Lifeform, and finally to the point where you made that thing blew up with a single kick. Now, seriously, tell us. Just tell us any information about yourself that we need. Your name, your age, your nationality. All of it."

Voyager rolled his eyes, knowing that if he resist even further, the officers in front of him would treat him even harsher, "Fine. But promise me, don't laugh."

"Why so?" Leo asked.

"Because," Voyager replied, a smile appearing on his face, "My name is Krishna. I'm 677 years old, and I'm from the Majapahit Empire in the Indonesian Archipelago."

A brief yet tense moment of silence washed over the room after Krishna had introduced himself. While the young man maintained a calm and relaxed persona, the two police officers in front of him looked at each other, exchanging looks of suspicion and disbelief. Both Leo and Hako were thinking the same thing – how could someone from 677 years ago could possibly live in the present day? Maybe Krishna's hiding something or making this up, and it's up to Leo and Hako to uncover the truth about this man before they could decide whether to trust him or not.

"Don't screw with us," Hako's stern voice broke the silence as she shot a glare of disbelief at Krishna, "I mean, really? 677 years old? Majapahit Empire? To be honest…you looked 20 to me."

"Didn't the Majapahit Empire disappeared from the face of the Earth a few hundred years ago?" Leo added.

"It did," Krishna nodded, "One of the greatest empires in Southeast Asia…and it crumbled into nothing. I was alive to see all of that in its full glory. I've also experienced a lot of things during my life…the European Crusade, World War I, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, the independence of Indonesia…heck, even the war in your country with the Americans? I've been there, done that."

"Yeah?" Hako lifted her eyebrows, still not believing any word that Krishna is saying, "Any proof of that, ancient boy?"

Krishna sighed, "I thought you guys have when through my belongings. What did you find other than my Driver and my card holder?"

"A wallet," Leo replied, "Want me to fetch it from Evidence?"

"Do so," Krishna nodded.

Leo immediately stood up and left the interrogation room, leaving behind Hako and Krishna to their own devices. Another awkward silence fell over the room, with Hako still shooting a suspicious glare at Krishna, the man in question being unfazed as he acted as relaxed and calm as ever.

"You know," Krishna broke the silence, a mischievous smile on his face, "For a girl as pretty as you, you should get a boyfriend easily."

"Shut up, Casanova," Hako scoffed, "I have work commitments."

"I see," Krishna nodded, his naughty grin still on his face, "To be honest, I haven't seen that much girls with large breasts like yours."

"Say that again and I'm going to teach you the definition of police brutality," Hako glared at Krishna, wiping away the mischievous grin from the young man's face.

"Okay okay," Krishna sighed, "I was only joking."

Hako was about to speak again when the interrogation room door flew open, with Leo stepping inside the room, a worn out-looking leather wallet in his right hand.

"You mean this wallet, right?" Leo asked as he once again sat in front of Krishna, showing the wallet in front of the young man's face.

"That's right," Krishna nodded, "Now go through it and take out any photographs or coins that you find."

Leo immediately did what Krishna had told him to do, going through the wallet for any photographs or coins. Much to his surprise, Leo found a number of old-looking black-and-white photographs, some of them tinted yellow due to old age. He also found a number of ancient-looking coins, some of them he had never seen before while others he had seen on all of those History textbooks that he studied through all night during high school. As an equally astonished Hako looked on, Leo took out and placed all the photographs that he had found on the table, with the coins being stacked neatly next to them.

"My God," Leo gasped as he saw the photographs in front of them, "All of these photographs…they seemed old…but all of them…"

"…has Krishna in it," Hako added, her face clearly has shock written all over it.

"Told you so," Krishna grinned, "And just to make sure, you're free to send those coins to your lab team to analyze their age. The result will astonish you."

Leo nodded, "Alright then. Hako, could you bring these coins to the lab, please?"

"Sure thing," Hako replied, picking up the coin stacks before making her way out of the interrogation room.

With Hako gone, another moment of silence washed over the room, but this time less awkward compared to the first two. Leo cleared his throat, a part of his mind starting to believe what Krishna had told him, but his instinct told him not to trust Krishna just yet. Apparently Krishna could sense that Leo still has his doubts on whether to trust him or not, so he decided that it's time for him to convince Leo even further.

"Even though the coins are indeed from ancient times, you probably still won't believe me," Krishna said, breaking the silence once again, "You'd probably think me as an ancient coin collector or something."

"How do you know that?!" Leo gasped, surprised at how Krishna managed to guess what's going on in his mind quickly.

"Just my intuition," Krishna chuckled, before putting up his serious demeanor once again, "So how about this. After this interrogation, you're going to take a blood sample of me. Run it against every existing database in the world…I believe you police have one, right? Since recording started probably around…let's just say early 20th century, coinciding with the time blood banks were first founded. Since my blood hasn't been recorded in any database known to man, it'll come up negative."

"You got yourself a deal," Leo said, "I'll take some of your blood in the infirmary after the interrogation process."

"Thanks," Krishna smiled, "Then you'll believe me, right?"

Leo lets out a smile as well, "You're a good man, Krishna, I believe that. Even though your origins are dubious, I could clearly see your intent to protect people during your fight with the Unrecorded Lifeform. It's just…the jurisdiction of the city's safety is at the hands of the police. The public would question our effectiveness should someone other than the police are doing a better job than us in the field."

"It's okay, I get that a lot," Krishna said, letting out a slight chuckle, "The duty of the police is to protect a city's citizens, right? But sadly in the cities that I visited during my journey, the police couldn't handle the Maojins no matter what equipment they had, what strategy that they've came up with, or what amount of personnel that they have. I was the only one who could defeat the Maojins, and that irked the police a lot. They see me as someone who could replace them, not someone who they could work together with. That's why…"

"…they arrested you and they kicked you out of their city, isn't that so?" Leo guessed.

Krishna nodded.

"Don't worry," Leo said, "I believe in you. The arresting you part is just part of the protocol, but I do see you as a solution to our problems. You see…these…Maojins, right?"

"Yeah. Maojins," Krishna said, "But if you use Unrecorded Lifeforms as a code for them, you're okay to stick with them."

"Right," Leo nodded, "For the past few months, these Unrecorded Lifeforms have wreak havoc all across Ho Chi Minh City. They destroyed property, killed innocents, and caused wanton destruction all over the city. And the police got their hands full in handling them. Bullets won't affect them. Explosives could barely faze them. It's like we're facing an unstoppable force here. And then you showed up. A simple man in an armor who managed to blew up one of these creatures with a single kick. If I'm the one calling the shots here, I would ask for your cooperation on the spot without having to go through the hassle of arresting you. Especially in front of my sister like that…"

"Your sister?" Krishna lifted his eyebrows.

"The girl who recorded your fight," Leo continues his story, "She's been interested in researching these Unrecorded Lifeforms, to show the people of our city that there are creatures other than humans who walk among us. To be honest…we the police often cover up our campaign against the Unrecorded Lifeforms since it would cause mass hysteria in the general public, but they're getting more and more suspicious in every passing day. We can't use excuses like…school riots, training exercises, or even terrorist attacks to cover up what we're doing here. Again, since I'm not calling the shots here, I couldn't do anything. And I sincerely hope that my sister's exploits would expose this threat to the people of Saigon. But of course because of the higher ups I need to act like the police doesn't want my sister's group to be too nosy about this. But I do really hope that your appearance would finally change things, especially after my sister has defended you so much during your arrest."

Krishna's mind soon replayed the moment when he was arrested, when Steffi tried to vouch for his innocence, but he ended up getting arrested anyway.

"You owe her a lot of explanation, huh?" Krishna smirked.

"I do," Leo sighed, "If only the higher ups would be more transparent about these issues…"

At the same time, the interrogation room door flew open as Hako stepped inside, the young woman clearly looking surprised at how well her partner and Krishna are bonding with each other.

"Whoa," Hako gasped as she saw Leo and Krishna conversing with each other, "You two got along quite well, huh?"

"Hako," Leo called for his partner, motioning her to sit next to him, "Guess what? Maybe we could trust this man after all."

"Eh?" Hako blinked as she sat next to Leo, "How come?"

Leo told Hako in detail about the discussion that he had with Krishna, with the young woman nodding several times in understanding. She too, like Leo, believes that the police should be more transparent about the Maojin problems, and also sees Krishna as a solution to the problem instead as a nuisance for the police. Like her partner, she also believes that with Krishna won't replace the police, he will merely lend his strength to them in hopes that together they would vanquish the Maojin threat.

"Sorry about what happened to you," Hako said after she heard what Leo had told her, "Not all police officers are as understanding as we do."

"It's okay," Krishna nodded, "It's only natural for them to think that I'm a competition instead of a helper. It's their duty to protect the people and I have no right to question that. And I'm sorry about the whole…you know."

"Apology accepted," Hako smiled, "Things were kinda tense between us earlier, so it's kinda appropriate for you to crack things up with jokes…but remember, no more dirty jokes, okay?"

"You got my word," Krishna said, giving Hako a thumbs up to which the young woman replied with a thumbs up of her own too.

"So anyway," Leo said, his eyes glancing at the buckle and card holder in front of them, "Care to explain these?"

"These are the devices that I use to transform into my warrior form," Krishna explained as he picked up the buckle, "This is the ScanDriver. It's my primary transformation device. It serves to channel the power of the Maojin Cards that I have so that I could use them to their full potential in battle."

"Maojin…Cards?" Hako asked.

Krishna continues his explanation, "Maojin Cards are the sealed form of the Maojins. When you defeat one, its remains will be sealed inside a card. If I have it, I could use their powers in battle. But if another Maojin has it…well, let's just say you'll be facing the Maojin in that card again soon enough."

Both Leo and Hako nodded. That explains why even though a few Maojins were successfully taken down with great effort, they'll always come back since the police didn't even bother to pick up their remains.

"How much do you know about these Unrecorded Lifeforms?" Leo asked.

"Unfortunately, despite fighting them for a while, I don't know that much," Krishna sighed, disappointed that he couldn't help the two officers in front of him despite his experience, "But one thing's for sure. They're ancient creatures, beings from our own planet, who seek destruction in order to revive an important figure in their hierarchy."

"Wait, I think this rings a bell," Hako said suddenly, "A teacher in the academy once told me that Japan had faced something like this before during the years 1999 and 2000. His best friend, Kaoru Ichijo, has dealt with a similar race of creatures in Japan, a race of creatures who would destroy everything and kill anything to please the highest member of that race's hierarchy. Could the same thing is happening here in Vietnam?"

"Probably," Krishna nodded slowly, "When I came here, my partner told me that the Maojins from all over the world are converging here in Southern Vietnam. Something important to them must be attracting them here."

"Wait, did you say partner?" Leo asked, clearly surprised by what Krishna said, "But we only saw you fighting that creature by yourself."

"That's because I told my partner to park my motorcycle somewhere safe," Krishna replied, before letting out a worried sigh, "And then you guys arrested me. Man, Karin must be worried sick right now…"

"Don't worry," Leo placed his hand on Krishna's right shoulder, patting it to ease the man's worries, "You'll get in touch with your partner soon. Would you like some hot chocolate to calm yourself down?"

"That'll be great," Krishna nodded.

"Super," Leo smiled, before he turned his attention towards Hako, "Hako, could you make some hot drinks for the three of us? I'll have coffee and this lad here will have chocolate. You can make yourself tea if you want to."

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Outside the interrogation room, Steffi, Kim, and Vy waited anxiously in their seats for any progress in the interrogation. They had followed Leo and Hako's squad car to the HCMCPD HQ building and once they got there they demanded that they could be given an opportunity to see Krishna, but unfortunately they were told to wait until the interrogation process is over. So, in order to kill time during the entire interrogation process, the trio had decided to stick around at a waiting room located near the interrogation room, hoping that they could see Krishna after he had finished his interrogation.

For the past hour or so, Vy has been playing with her Nintendo DS, while Kim has her eyes fixed on a K-drama marathon playing on a nearby television. Steffi, on the other hand, lied herself down on the waiting room's rather sizeable sofa, her thoughts still occupied in trying to comprehend today's events. Sure, chasing cryptids and investigating strange happenings in the city were something that Steffi usually does, in between her other daily activities, of course. But something about the warrior that defeated the Eagle Maojin earlier today struck a familiar cord in her mind. Even though she had never met that warrior before, there's a sense of familiarity that emanates from the warrior that reminded Steffi of something from her past. But what was it?

And then it hits her.

"Guys," Steffi said as she sat up on the sofa, attracting the attentions of Kim and Vy, "Do you guys still remember about that dream of mine?"

"That dream?" Kim lifted her eyebrows, "You mean the dream that made you form our Supernatural Investigation Group?"

"Yeah," Steffi nodded, "In case you guys had forgotten about it, I'll remind you guys again…"

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A younger-looking Steffi stood inside the burning ruins of a building, with debris scattered everywhere around her with bodies lying among them, all of them burnt and bloodied, some of them even multilated. As a frightened Steffi looked around at her surroundings, her mind instinctively searched for the people that she cherished the most – her parents and her older brother.

"Mama? Papa? Anh trai?" Steffi called out, using the Vietnamese for older brother as she called out for him, "Where are you?"

"They're all dead."

Gasping in shock, Steffi turned around to see a black humanoid themed after a bat slowly walking up towards her. Blood red teeth adorned the humanoid's mouth, while its eyes are glowing in a sickly reddish-orange color.

"I've killed everyone in this building…including that family of yours," the humanoid said as it approaches Steffi, killing intent emanating from its eyes, "And now…you're next."

"Don't listen to him!"

Suddenly something…or someone crashed through the ceiling above both Steffi and the bat humanoid, creating a small cloud of dust that obscured their view for a few seconds. As Steffi coughed away the dust surrounding her, she noticed glimpses of white light glowing in front of her, still obscured by the dust. Thankfully the dust cleared away a few seconds later, allowing Steffi to see the being in front of her in full view.

It was another humanoid, this time more refined in shape and covered entirely in a shining white glow. Its head was vaguely shaped like a unicorn's, complete with the iconic horn, with two glowing orange bug-like eyes, while a jagged, disc-like object is seen on the humanoid's back.

Slowly the humanoid turned its head around, its orange eyes looking at Steffi's black eyes. The young girl could easily feel the calm and reassurance that the humanoid is projecting towards her.

"Don't worry," the humanoid said in a male voice, his voice surprisingly similar to Krishna's, "Your family is safe. I've taken them out of the building before I came here. I can assure you, you'll see your family soon enough."

Steffi nodded slowly.

"Now be a good girl and stand back. This might get dangerous," the humanoid continued.

Steffi obliged, immediately stepping away from the two humanoids as she made her way towards a nearby pillar, hiding behind it. She then slowly peeked out unnoticed, still amazed at the glowing white humanoid that had just saved her life.

"Who are you?!" growled the bat humanoid, clearly angered that someone had ruined its fun, "How dare you interrupt my party?!"

"My name is Voyager," the glowing humanoid introduced himself, pointing his thumb at himself before pointing at the bat humanoid with his index finger, "My light shall judge your evil!"

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"And until this second, I still believe in the bottom of my heart, that the warrior in my dreams is real and is out there, saving lives and protecting the innocent," Steffi finished her story, "And that is why I formed our Supernatural Investigation Group…inspired by this warrior of my dreams and the Kamen Riders in the world, I'm determined to do all that I can to help them in their mission to protect peace in this world, at least here in Vietnam. And to be honest…I still couldn't believe that the two of you would willingly jump into this mess of an organization that I made."

"Hey, that's what friends are for, right?" Kim smiled, "We know that you couldn't do this by yourself. In order to help out with your cause, you'll need my street smarts and Vy's brains, right?"

"That's right," Vy added, "The three of us have been best friends since junior high and we'll do our best to support you no matter how ridiculous your goal is, because we know that you're doing all of this with good intentions. You wouldn't be yourself right now without our help, right?"

"Thanks guys," Steffi blushed, touched by her friends' selfless actions towards her, "Actually, I'm telling you guys about my dream because…I think the guy that we saw today…he's that warrior from my dream."

"Really?" both Kim and Vy gasped, their eyes going wide.

Steffi nodded, "I think so. But I need to make sure whether that Voyager guy is really the one from my dream or not. Because even though his voice and the vibes that he's giving off are familiar to me, he looks completely different from the one in my dream."

"That's true," Vy added, "You did say that the warrior in your dream was themed after a unicorn, while the one that we saw today was based on a Japanese rhinoceros beetle."

"Could it be that he's able to change forms?" Kim wondered.

Before anyone could say another word, the interrogation room door flew open, with Hako stepping out of it. Immediately the policewoman was hounded by Steffi, Vy, and Kim much to her surprise.

"Hey girls," Hako grinned uneasily as she found herself surrounded by the trio, "You three are still here?"

"Yeah, we were waiting until the interrogation is over," Steffi replied, "Speaking of which, are you done interrogating that Voyager guy?"

"Unfortunately no," Hako shook her head, "But the good news is, we're going to finish soon. I'm just heading out to the pantry to make ourselves some hot drinks. You girls want some?"

"Nah, we're good," Kim replied, her eyes glancing at a nearby vending machine, "We've got our refreshments stocked up neatly in this room."

"Glad to know that you're all doing well here," Hako smiled, "Sorry for making you three wait though…but as soon as we're done with Voyager, you three are allowed to see him."

"Thanks, Hako," Steffi winked, which Hako replied with a wink of her own as the policewoman left the trio.

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Outside the HCMCPD HQ complex, a shadowy figure slowly emerged out from the nearby bushes, its fiery red eyes staring at the police department building in front of him. A familiar looking ancient lighter was on the figure's right hand, the figure's thumb opening and closing the lighter repeatedly.

"The time has almost come," the figure said, revealing himself as the fiery redhead known as Devil, "In a few minutes, this city will be nothing but ashes."

Despite his conspicuous attire, Devil managed to blend himself perfectly with society, to the point of him being able to enter the HCMCPD HQ grounds without raising any suspicion. To the police officers stationed around the building's premises, Devil was just another ordinary citizen who probably came to the police department building to report a crime or to testify against a criminal suspect detained inside the building.

Little did they know, Devil has a different intention, a much more malicious one.

As he approached the HCMCPD HQ building, Devil took a quick glance at the night sky above him. Today was a full moon, with the celestial object emanating a haunting white glow that contrasts the pitch black sky, a beautiful sight indeed.

"With the moon as the witness, today shall be this city's last," Devil spoke to no one in particular as he looked up at the moon above him, before he turned his attention towards the police department building in front of him, "And your fiery judgement begins…now."

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"AAAAAARRRRGGGGH!"

A loud woman's scream echoed throughout the HCMCPD HQ building, startling everyone inside. Steffi, Vy, and Kim were caught off guard by that scream and were clearly shocked by it.

"What the heck was that?" Kim gasped, "It's like a freaking banshee was set loose here!"

And then without warning, the building's fire alarm began to blare, sending every police officer in the building into high alert. Immediately police officers began to swarm the corridors around the waiting room, all of them heading towards the same direction. Knowing that something bad is happening, Steffi decided to ask a nearby police officer as he marched past the waiting room.

"Excuse me, what's going on here?" Steffi asked.

"There's a fire alert at the pantry," the police officer replied, "Every police officer in this building are required to respond to it immediately."

"Thanks," Steffi said, earning a nod from the officer before he went off towards duty.

"Well? What happened?" Kim asked as Steffi returned to her group, her face indicating sheer worry.

"There's a fire at the pantry," Steffi replied, her voice sounded grim, "And Hako's in there…"

"Hako?!" Kim and Vy gasped.

Steffi nodded, "I'm going there to help her. You girls coming?"

"Of course!" Vy replied, punching through the waiting room's emergency console and grabbing a fire extinguisher from it, "We'll bring this with us so that we could help the police officers in putting out the fire."

"Nice. Let's go!"

As Steffi, Kim, and Vy ran out of the waiting room, at the same time the interrogation room door flew open once again, revealing a panicking Leo who was shocked by the sight of Steffi and her friends in front of him.

"You three are still here?" Leo gasped.

"No time to explain, bro," Steffi said, "There's a fire at the pantry and Hako's in there. We figure that we could lend those police officers a hand."

"But…"

"Don't worry," Steffi interrupted, knowing that her brother is concerned for the group's safety, "We'll be able to take care of ourselves."

"I know, I know," Leo nodded, "It's just…Hako…she's still inside the pantry…what if she got burned or something…"

"Your partner's going to be fine," Krishna said as he came out from the interrogation room, patting Leo on his shoulder, "I'm coming too. Something tells me that this is no ordinary fire."

xxx

The HCMCPD HQ's pantry was located at the back of the building, which required a 5 minute walk through the corridors to reach it. As soon as Leo, Krishna, and Steffi's group reached the pantry's entrance, they were greeted by a policeman being thrown across the corridor by a powerful force.

"Holy fuck!" Leo swore as he and his group ducked, the policeman flying over their heads as his body slammed itself against a nearby wall, knocking the policeman out. Leo's eyes glanced at the unconscious policeman's body, before he glanced at the cracks that the impact had created on the wall. A feeling of shock soon overwhelmed the young officer's body and mind, as he immediately knew that he's dealing with something bad here.

"Look!" Steffi gasped, pointing at the pantry as everyone looked at the direction that she's pointing at.

What they saw inside the pantry was shocking. While the pantry fire has been reduced into several small clusters of flames that pose no threat whatsoever, it's the sight of Hako literally beating her fellow officers into submission that surprises Leo, Steffi, Kim, and Vy the most. Krishna, however, kept his calm, as he knew exactly what's going on here.

"Hako!" Leo called out as he barged into the pantry, "What are you doing? Control yourself! This isn't you!"

Tossing away two badly bruised and beaten police officers, Hako slowly turned around towards Leo, her face contorted unnaturally into an expression of permanent anger while her eyes glowed an unnatural orange, glaring daggers at her shocked partner.

It was then Krishna noticed something on Hako's right wrist. It was a glowing orange tattoo, shaped like a card with a Komodo dragon on a fiery background etched on it.

"I don't know what's going on here," Leo spoke again, trying to talk sense to his enraged partner, "But can we settle this the civilized way? With words instead of fists?"

Hako could only let out a feral growl in response to Leo's words, her fists clenched tightly as she opened her mouth, a strange orange glow appearing from her throat. Seeing the incoming danger, Krishna immediately tackled Leo to the ground.

"Watch out!"

Steffi, Kim, and Vy ducked out of the way as Hako let loose a stream of flames from her throat, scorching a good portion of the corridor in front of the pantry. As she stood up, Steffi looked at Hako in sheer disbelief, her mind still unable to comprehend the fact that a few seconds ago Hako had literally breathed fire.

An equally distraught Leo was helped back to his feet by Krishna, the young police officer still not believing what had just happened.

"Hako…" Leo muttered as he saw his partner continuing her rampage, punching through several cupboards before knocking aside several other police officers who tried to restrain her.

"It's no use trying to talk to her," Krishna said, "She's already being possessed by a Maojin."

"Possessed?" Leo's eyes went wide.

Krishna nodded, "Even though Maojins could live without a human host, they couldn't achieve their full strength and potential without one. So they usually transform themselves into their card form and attach themselves to the nearest human that they could find, in this case, your partner. Usually their presence is indicated by a tattoo resembling their card form etched on the part of body where the Maojin had latched itself onto."

"Is there any way that we can save my partner?" Leo asked.

"Don't worry," Krishna gave Leo a reassuring smile, "I'll put all of my best effort in bringing your partner back. Now, stand back, because this might get dangerous."

Upon hearing Krishna's last few words, a moment of realization dawned upon Steffi.

"There's no mistake!" Steffi thought, "That man is indeed the warrior from my dream!"

Immediately after taking Leo out of pantry, Krishna confronted the possessed Hako, a look of determination on his face.

"Yo!" Krishna called out, gaining the attention of the possessed Hako as she tosses aside a police officer that she had just knocked out, "Leave these people alone. It's me that you wanted, right? Isn't that so…Ace of Swords?"

The possessed Hako lets out an evil smirk, before a distorted laugh escaped her mouth, her voice sounding like a mix of her usual voice and a deep, demonic male voice.

"As I expect from the man bearing the title of Voyager," the possessed Hako chuckled, "I was only tasked with laying this city to waste, but having Voyager presented himself to be slaughtered…my fellow Fire Tribesmen are going to be impressed! I, the Ace of Swords, the one who will end the bane to our existence!"

"Heh, good luck with that," Krishna smirked, "Now hand over the girl to me and then we can have our battle."

The possessed Hako chuckled again, this time in a much more sinister way that sends chills down the spines of everyone watching with the exception of Krishna, "You think I'm going to hand over this girl easily? No way. I'm using this girl's body for my advantage. I wanted to see the look on the faces of this city's people when a beloved policeman of their city, a symbol of peace and justice of Ho Chi Minh City, becomes the one who will reduce their beloved city into ashes. Oh I could imagine the satisfaction of seeing their terrified faces!"

"I won't let you have your way with this city!" Krishna yelled as he prepared to take out his ScanDriver from his jacket pocket, only for the possessed Hako to shoot a small fireball at him from her right hand, startling Krishna as the fireball struck the ground near his feet.

"Ah ah ah, can't have us fighting here, right?" the possessed Hako lets out an evil grin as her eyes glanced at the unconscious police officers around them, "There are a lot of people here in this room and if we fight…you don't want to have any collateral damage, do you?"

Krishna was taken aback by the possessed Hako's words. Throughout his crusade against the Maojins, collateral damage is something that he does best to avoid, especially after what had happened 108 years ago…

"Besides, it'll be a waste of time if we fight here," the possessed Hako continued, firing a couple of fireballs at the nearby wall. The wall broke apart upon being hit by the fireballs, creating a hole sizeable enough for the possessed Hako to step through, "Now if you excuse me, I have a city to burn."

As Krishna and the others watched on, the possessed Hako steps out from the hole that she had just created, before making a dash towards the HQ complex's car park. There, she picked out one out of the many police cars being parked there, ripping out its door with ease before taking control of the vehicle for herself. As the possessed Hako hotwired the car into life, its wheels began to set fire due to the Maojin influence inside Hako, while the car's engine began to emit smoke as well.

Seconds later, as Krishna, Leo, Steffi, Kim, and Vy stepped out from the hole that the possessed Hako had created, they were treated with the sight of a burning police car speeding out of the complex, heading straight towards downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

"Shit, she's gotten herself a ride and now she's heading straight for the city," Leo bit his lower lip in frustration, "How are we supposed to catch her? She's driving like a madman!"

"Don't worry," Krishna said, "My instincts told me that my partner has finally discovered my location. She should be here with my ride in any second."

Suddenly, as if on cue, a black Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R leaped into the HQ complex, surprising the policemen at the gates who were already surprised by the possessed Hako's burning police car crashing through the complex's gates on her way out. The motorcycle sped through the HQ complex towards the direction of Krishna's group, pulling itself to a stop once it got near them.

The motorcycle's rider was clad in dark colors, similar to Krishna, with a black T-shirt, black leather jacket, dark blue denim jeans, and black boots. The rider also wore Krishna's jet black helmet. But unlike Krishna, the rider has a shorter and rather chubby build.

"Man, I've been looking for you everywhere!" the rider said, revealing herself as a 20-year old woman as she took off her helmet. The young woman has lightly tanned skin and shoulder-length straight black hair tied into a ponytail, with a large bang over her forehead. A pair of rectangle-framed glasses completed the woman's look.

"Sorry about that, Karin," Krishna said sheepishly, "I have some business that needs to be done with the coppers here."

Karin sighed, "You always found new ways to get yourself arrested, huh?"

"Is this your partner?" Leo asked.

"Yes," Krishna smiled, "Karin, meet…what's your name again? We didn't have our proper introduction during the interrogation process."

"Pham Minh Tuan," Leo introduced himself, "Just call me Leo."

"Pham Vu To Quyen," Steffi introduced herself, nudging her brother with her elbow playfully, "This guy's sister."

"Nguyen Thanh Thao Vy," Vy introduced herself.

"And I'm Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan," Kim introduced herself.

"Nice to meet you all," Karin smiled, "My name Karin, and I'm pretty sure you've met my partner Krishna."

"Nice to meet you guys," Krishna said, letting out a smile as well before immediately assuming his serious demeanor again, "We have an emergency here."

"What is it?" Karin asked.

"A Maojin has possessed the body of a policewoman here and she had just stolen a police car and headed downtown," Krishna briefed Karin about the current situation, "Do you think I could catch up with her? You can't miss her, she literally set her car on fire."

"Wait, you mean that burning car that I saw on my way here is a Maojin?!" Karin gasped, before she immediately hands Krishna her helmet, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go! She couldn't have gone far."

"Righty-o," Krishna nodded, accepting the helmet from Karin and putting it on his head before he sat down on the motorcycle's seat, "Thanks for taking care of my motorcycle, Karin. You can go back now."

Karin nodded as her body glowed white, before she literally disintegrated into white particles much to the shock of Leo and the others. The particles turned themselves into a card, the unicorn-themed High Priestess card to be exact. Karin's card form flew immediately into Krishna's waiting hand, before the young man pockets her immediately into his jacket.

"So your partner is…" Steffi said, still shocked from what she had just saw.

"Long story," Krishna cuts in, sliding down his helmet's visor, "You guys coming?"

"Of course!" Leo replied, "Hako's my partner and I'll do anything to make sure that she comes back safely."

"We also need to film this battle too," Steffi added, with Kim and Vy nodding in unison, "I mean two cryptids in one day and we've got to see you fight twice? We'd be kicking ourselves if we miss that!"

Krishna smiled underneath his helmet, "Right. Leo, are your police cars equipped with tracking chips?"

"Yes, they are," Leo answered.

"Good," Krishna said, "I hope the fire hadn't melted it, so that you guys could track down where the possessed girl is going."

"Besides, if that chip gets damaged, I could always call on my fellow police officers out there to help us track down my partner," Leo added.

"Excellent," Krishna smiled as he revved his motorcycle's engine, "Catch with you guys up later."

And with that Krishna rode away from the HQ complex, leaving behind Leo, Steffi, Kim, and Vy to themselves.

"We better go as well," Steffi said, "Should we fetch our car?"

"No, we'll use a squad car of mine," Leo told Steffi, pointing at his beloved Subaru, parked among the HQ complex's many police cars nearby, "Besides, we're gonna need some police equipment if we want to track Hako down."

As Steffi and her friends settled themselves into Leo's squad car, the police officer in question took out his walkie-talkie, establishing communication with every available police cars on patrol throughout Ho Chi Minh City.

"This is Officer Pham Minh Tuan reporting to all available on-duty police cars throughout Ho Chi Minh City," Leo spoke to his walkie-talkie, "Requesting assistance in tracking down an Officer Dao Ngoc Phuong Anh, she's currently driving a…you won't believe me if I say this…a burning police car somewhere in the city. If any of you came across a burning police car somewhere in the city, please let me know. And if Officer Phuong is present, you are welcome to engage in order to stun. But be warned – Officer Phuong is armed and dangerous, I repeat, Officer Phuong is armed and dangerous. Over."

xxx

Binh Thanh District

At another part of Ho Chi Minh City, a large skyscraper stood proudly at the heart of the city's Binh Thanh District. Its futuristic, metallic appearance, gleaming underneath the moonlight, indicates that the structure had been recently built, about two years ago to be exact. Standing at a staggering 200 meters, the Lotus Industries Tower (LIT) is the headquarters of Lotus Industries, one of Vietnam's top technological companies that develop and manufactures advanced weapon and defense technologies for the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) members. It was the second tallest building in the city, only being dwarfed by the more famous Bitexco Financial Tower.

This massive skyscraper has 55 floors and 3 levels of underground parking, with the first 5 floors being used as a shopping mall and convention center, while the next 47 floors were used as office spaces. The final top 3 floors were used as the personal residence and office of Le Thao Minh, Lotus Industries' 19-year old chairwoman, a surprising feat considering her age, but not too surprising since her family had started up the company from scratch.

Living along with Minh in the LIT penthouse floors was Vo Hieu Thao, Minh's 20-year old personal assistant and childhood friend, who had lived with her since the two of them were still young, since Thao's family had worked under Minh's ever since Lotus Industries was founded. Rounding off the inhabitants was 22-year old Tran Phuong Trang, a close friend of Minh's and Thao's. Tran has been suffering from a rare form of brain cancer since she was young, being taken underneath Lotus Industries' care by Minh's late father who hoped that the company's technology would be sufficient to halt the cancer's progression and eventually cure it. When Minh's father died mysteriously and the company's chair position went towards Minh, she was more than determined to continue her father's noble mission in saving her friend.

Right now Tran was up and awake at her room on the lowest floor of the penthouse. It was a decent-looking room, medium in size with a pale brown paintjob and a window that overlooks the Ho Chi Minh City skyline. A number of sophisticated medical instruments were seen around Tran's bed, all of them designed to monitor her condition 24/7. A flat-screen TV was present in front of Tran's bed, to keep the young woman from being bored. Minh even bought her an XBOX and a DVD player just in case Tran couldn't find any good programs to watch on her TV.

But despite all of that, Tran never felt quite entertained in her room. Despite her condition, her spirit is quite adventurous, meaning that she could only find true happiness by exploring the city, finding new places, getting to know its people and enjoying its sights. Thankfully both Minh and Thao are quite understanding of her and allowed her to go out by herself once in a while, on the condition that she has her iPhone with her at all times. That way, both Minh and Thao could keep an eye on her easily, especially with the many appointment with doctors that Tran had to attend on a single week.

And tonight was one of those nights when Tran felt that she could have some fresh air outside.

Gently unhooking herself from the equipment on her bedside and pocketing her iPhone into her medical robe, Tran slowly snuck out of her room and into the vacant corridors of the penthouse. With only three people inhabiting the three-floored penthouse, things could get pretty silent during nighttime when everyone's asleep, and tonight was no exception. At this time Minh's fast asleep in her room on the penthouse's third floor, while Thao is probably in her own room located next to Tran's. The elevator that separates the penthouse from the rest of the world is located near Tran and Thao's room, with the latter being her only "obstacle" in sneaking out of this penthouse.

As Tran tip-toed her way past Thao's room, she could hear faint cheering from inside it.

"Shit!" Tran cursed in her thoughts.

She should have known better. Its mid-week, meaning that UEFA Champions League football is currently underway. Thao's a big supporter of Spain's FC Barcelona, with posters of players such as Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez being displayed in full force on her room's walls. Right now Barcelona were playing Borussia Monchengladbach of Germany in this season's Champions League group stage and there's no doubt that Thao's probably up all night watching her favorite heroes from the Camp Nou.

Cursing herself for not realizing that, Tran slowly made her way past Thao's room, when…

"Where are you going?"

Tran gasped silently as she saw Thao standing in front of her room, clad in her beloved red and blue Barcelona home jersey. It's half time now with M'gladbach holding a slender 1-0 lead after the first 45 minutes and as the players took a 15 minute break so does Thao, who decided to get some beer to drink from the nearby kitchen when she caught Tran red-handed sneaking outside of her room.

"It's late now," Thao added, "You should be in bed now."

"I know," Tran replied, "Just got bored and needed some fresh air, that's all."

"Do you have your phone with you?" Thao asked.

Tran took a quick peek into her robe's pocket, before letting out a nod, "Yeah. Minh's gonna freak out when she knows that I've been sneaking out, isn't she?"

"Don't worry, I got you covered," Thao said, "An hour and a half. No longer than that."

"Thanks," Tran said sheepishly, "What's the score, by the way?"

"What score?" Thao blinked, before she realized what Tran was talking about, "Oh that. Barca are 1-0 down at half time now. A real shocker that was. But then again, I still believe my Blaugrana boys will bounce back from this!"

"Have fun then," Tran said as she slowly made her way towards the elevator, "All the best for your team, ne?"

Thao nodded, before bidding Tran goodbye with a wave as the short-haired young woman entered the elevator before disappearing from Thao's sight.

xxx

Tran stood silently inside the elevator as it descended down the LIT, the calming melody of the elevator's background music the only sound in her ears right now. But just as the elevator had descended past the LIT's 30th floor, a burning sensation suddenly began to emerge from the back of Tran's right hand. Slowly Tran took out her right hand from her robe pocket, gasping in horror as she saw the tattoo engraved on the back of her right hand glowing an eerie orange.

"Going out again, I see?" suddenly a sinister male voice echoed inside Tran's head.

"What do you want?" Tran asked, her annoyed tone indicates that she's all too familiar with the presence inside her head right now.

"If that's so, please let me out again," the voice replied calmly and sinisterly.

"No," Tran shook her head, "I've already let you out this afternoon. I'm just going out for some fresh air, that's all. I don't want to raise any suspicion if I let you out again."

"Tran, Tran, Tran," the male voice said, "Do you still remember our agreement? I'll keep your cancer at bay and in return, you will allow me to go out whenever I want to."

Tran sighed. Even though her cancer has ravaged through her body badly, the presence inside her body has been keeping the cancerous cells inside her body in check, allowing her to live well into her early twenties despite her condition. And she knew all too well, what would happen if she refused the demands of the presence within her.

"Another one of my kind has been awakened," the voice said again, "And I'm also sensing…the person responsible for your friend's sorrow…he's here."

"The person…responsible…for…Minh's sadness?" Tran asked, knowing all too well about what the presence is talking about. Despite her strong-willed nature, Minh sometimes confides to Tran about how much she misses her departed father and how she would do anything to find out the truth about her father's death.

"That's right," the voice snickered, "Now let me take over and I promise you…your friend will be a happier person than she is right now."

Tran nodded reluctantly, before seconds afterwards a black and orange glow erupted from her body, causing the elevator's lights to flicker on and off several times. Black liquid seeped out from the tattoo on the back of Tran's right hand, the liquid slowly but surely engulfing the young woman's body. As Tran was covered from head to toe with the black liquid, an orange glow began to emanate from where her eyes was, the black liquid covering Tran's eyes retracting away to reveal a piercing orange visor-like eye, with silver highlighting around it.

Black grid lines began to appear on Tran's chest, head, shoulders, forearms, shins, thighs, waist, ankles, feet, and hands, before the lines materializing themselves into black armor as the liquid covering Tran's body solidified itself into a black bodysuit. Tran's head was now covered in a Tyrannosaurus-themed helmet, metallic in appearance but at the same time organic in nature. The helmet was pitch-black in color, with an orange visor-like eye, silver highlighting, a pair of horn-like protrusions on the ears, and a silver mouth-guard with serrated teeth etched onto it. The armoring on Tran's shoulders resembled Tyrannosaurus skulls, colored black with orange "eyes" and silver highlights. Tran's chest armor was circular in shape, with five orange bulbs forming a star-pattern on it. Serrated black armor with silver highlights adorn Tran's forearms and shins, while her thighs were also covered in black armor, with black, skirt-like armoring with orange and silver highlights protected Tran's waist area. A pair of sinister black boots adorned Tran's feet, while her hands were equipped with razor-sharp nails on her fingers.

As the elevator reached the ground floor of the LIT, what emerged from it was no longer Tran, but a black and silver monstrosity, emitting deep breathing noises as it stepped out of the elevator.

"It's good to be out again," the transformed Tran said, this time with the same sinister male's voice as the one inside the young woman's head.

The transformed Tran slowly walked out of the LIT, vanishing into the darkness of the night.

xxx

District 4

"And if Officer Phuong is present, you are welcome to engage in order to stun. But be warned – Officer Phuong is armed and dangerous, I repeat, Officer Phuong is armed and dangerous. Over."

"This is Officer Mai Thy Dinh Vu patrolling Nguyen Tat Thanh Road, copy that. I'll be on the lookout for the suspicious vehicle that you've described."

Patrolling inside her trusted Subaru Impreza (the standard model for HCMCPD's police cars), 20-year old Mai Thy Dinh Vu kept her eyes on the lookout for any signs of Hako's burning police car, just as Leo had told everyone on duty to do so. Deep down, she felt concerned for her friend's wellbeing – Thy did graduated from the academy around the same time as Hako, and the two had been quite close since their academy days. Especially when Leo told her that if she encountered Hako, she's welcome to engage her or even stun her and the fact that Hako is armed and dangerous right now…something's going on with Hako and Thy's more than determined to get to the bottom of this.

"Hako…what's going on with you right now?" Thy thought as she traveled along the quiet Nguyen Tat Thanh Road, "I hope you're okay…"

Thy was just your average young woman, with a medium, rather athletic, and healthy build, not too fat but at the same time not too skinny. Her skin is an exotic light tan with shoulder-length black, curly hair. Like Leo and Hako, she's currently wearing the typical olive green uniform of the HCMCPD.

As Thy approaches a four-way intersection, suddenly a large explosion erupted from a nearby building, attracting the police woman's attention.

"Not again," Thy sighed. She had been stationed to District 4 early this afternoon after Voyager's fight against the Eagle Maojin, and she had practically overseen the area's ongoing rehabilitation process from the damage caused by the Maojin's tornadoes. And now it's barely the start of the second day of the rebuilding and already there's another incident on the district.

Driving towards the source of the explosion, Thy was immediately taken aback by what she saw.

A burnt-out police car was left lying on the roadside, already being reduced into a blackened frame. Burnt bodies were seen lying everywhere, while the survivors of the explosion were seen running away from a familiar figure standing in front of the exploded building, now reduced into a burning inferno.

It was Hako.

Thy watched on in disbelief as Hako fired a volley of fireballs from her hands at the fleeing survivors, striking down and killing a couple of them, before the possessed police woman turned her attention towards a nearby newsstand, abandoned by its owner a few moments after the explosion. Opening her mouth, the possessed Hako lets loose a stream of flames that incinerated the newsstand into ashes much to Thy's horror.

"What's gotten into you, Hako?" Thy bit her lower lip anxiously, not sure on what should she do next. At one side she doesn't want to hurt her fellow police officer, but on the other hand she needs to act quickly before the possessed Hako could cause more casualties.

Suddenly Thy noticed two young boys, both aged around 8, huddling up together near a piece of debris. The two of them were trying to be brave for each other, but Thy could easily see that they were frightened by what had happened in front of them.

Unfortunately the possessed Hako also noticed the two boys, a wicked grin forming on her lips. With her hands ignited, the possessed Hako slowly went towards the two boys, ready to incinerate them into the afterlife.

"Two more offerings for the awakening process," the possessed Hako smirked as she aimed her lit hands at the two frightened boys.

"Hey!"

Thy immediately jumped out of her squad car and pushed the two boys away from the incoming fireballs, causing them to burn the debris piece instead. Rolling on the ground with the two boys in her arms, Thy lets out a sigh of relief as she releases her embrace, allowing the two boys to regain their composure.

"Get out of here, it's dangerous," Thy said, "Don't worry, I'm with the police. I'll take care of this. It's my duty anyway."

"Thanks, Miss," one of the boys said, a grateful smile on his face.

Thy lets out a warm smile in return, "Anytime. Now go!"

The two boys nodded before they ran off from the area, leaving Thy with the possessed Hako.

"Hako? Can you hear me?" Thy called out, attracting the attention of the possessed Hako, "Snap out of this! This isn't you!"

"Who are you?!" the possessed Hako growled, her distorted voice sending chills throughout Thy's body, "And why are you ruining my fun?!"

"You don't remember?" Thy's eyes went wide, but she's not giving up in talking some sense into Hako, "It's me, Mai Thy Dinh Vu! The two of us graduated from the academy at the same time! I'm your friend! Please snap out of this, Hako. I know that you're in there!"

The possessed Hako chuckled darkly, "The person that you call Hako is not here. I'm the Ace of Swords, the strongest of all Fire Tribe Maojins, the one who will burn this city into a wasteland. And you, insignificant human, shall feel the wrath of my flames!"

The possessed Hako shot out a fireball from her right fist, forcing Thy to roll out of the way.

"Please, Hako, listen to me!" Thy pleaded again, "This isn't you. You're a kind person, a friendly personality, someone that brighten up one's day. You're not a rampaging monster who kill and destroy everything in front of you. Whoever's possessing you right now, you can fight it!"

"SHUT UP!" the possessed Hako yelled, this time spitting out a fireball from her mouth that headed straight towards Thy, forcing the police woman to perform an acrobatic leap to avoid it.

Knowing that she couldn't get into Hako the conventional way, Thy decided that she must go for desperate measures. Slowly the police officer reached for her waist holster, taking out her trusted pistol.

"Hako, I'm sorry, but I had to do this!" Thy thought as she loaded her pistol.

The possessed Hako attacked again, shooting out a fireball from her left fist towards Thy. Seeing the incoming attack, Thy rolled out of the way as the fireball impacted the ground near her, before she fired off a couple of shots at the ground underneath the possessed Hako's feet, shocking the possessed police woman considerably.

"Those are my warning shots," Thy said as she stood up, pointing her pistol at the possessed Hako, "Try to attack me once again, and I'll put one through your body."

The possessed Hako growled, her glowing orange eyes glaring daggers at Thy. Once again charging up her hands with fire, the possessed Hako prepares to shoot another fireball at Thy…

…only to find out that an unseen force is preventing her to do so. The possessed Hako's body literally froze from head to toe, as if something invisible is preventing her to move, with the tattoo on her right wrist flickering on and off.

"Urgh!" the possessed Hako groaned as she tried to shoot out her fireballs, but to no avail, "Are you fighting back, woman?! How dare you!"

Thy lets out a brief smile, knowing that Hako is starting to fight back whatever's possessing her right now. But that moment of relief wouldn't last longer…

"You bitch!" the possessed Hako growled, slamming her left hand against the flickering tattoo on her right wrist, which somehow allowed whatever's possessing Hako to regain control of the young woman's body, "Much better."

With her wrist tattoo now glowing once again, the possessed Hako prepares to blast a shocked Thy with a fireball from her right fist, only for the noise of an incoming motorcycle to interrupt her. Suddenly without warning Krishna's Suzuki Hayabusa appeared out of nowhere, slamming itself against the possessed Thy's body and sending the young woman flying into a nearby wall.

"Sorry about that," Krishna said as he took off his helmet, "I hope you'll have no hard feelings against me when you're back to your normal self." The young man then turned his attention towards Thy, "You okay?"

"I'm good," Thy said, holstering her pistol once again, "Thanks."

Krishna nodded, just as Leo's police car came into the scene. Immediately Steffi and her friends assumed their positions on the sidelines, with Vy once again taking out her trusted camera to record the inevitable battle. Leo went towards a still shocked Thy, patting the young woman on the shoulders.

"You okay there, Thy?" Leo asked.

Thy nodded, "Yes, I'm fine. I've managed to save a few people here before trying to talk some sense into your partner. What's going on here?"

"Long story short, Hako got possessed by an Unrecorded Lifeform," Leo replied, before pointing at Krishna, "And that man…he's the only way to get her back."

"Eh?" Thy blinked, "How come? How could he save Hako?"

"Trust him," Leo smiled, "He'll try his best. I'm certain that he'll return Hako to us."

The possessed Hako slowly stood up, shaking her head groggily, her glowing eyes glaring at Krishna. The young man took out his ScanDriver from his jacket pocket and places it against his waist, securing the device on his waist.

"It's you and me now, Ace of Swords," Krishna said, taking out his Thunder Kabuto card, "Let's settle this!"

The possessed Hako lets out a guttural growl before roaring out wildly, fire bursting out from her entire body seconds afterwards. Enshrouded by a veil of fire, Hako's muscle mass began to expand as her head transformed itself into that of a Komodo dragon's. Her hands began to transform into a more reptilian design, with all five fingers armed with razor-sharp claws, while her feet had become reptilian as well, with three toes also armed with sharp claws. A muscular tail bursts out from Hako's rear end, slamming itself against the ground several times. Soon the fire engulfing Hako's body dissipated away, revealing a Komodo dragon-themed humanoid in her place.

The Komodo Maojin was masculine and muscular in design, colored fiery red with patches of yellow on the chin, neck, torso, and crotch. His reptilian head had a regal-looking headpiece on it, colored gold with two curved horns and a red gem embedded on the center of the headpiece. His eyes were reptilian, colored orange with the signature slit-shaped black pupils. Black armor adorn the Komodo Maojin's torso, gauntlets, and anklets, with swirling golden flame-like designs on them. The Maojin's claws were fiery orange in color, while his scales were chainmail-like in design, which, along with the torso, gauntlet, and anklet armors, provided the Komodo Maojin with some degree of durability against the elements or attacks. Pairs of curved golden spikes adorned the Maojin's back, running through his backbone, while a golden, pincer-shaped spike was present on the tip of the Komodo Maojin's tail. Last but not least, a red loincloth supported by a golden belt was present on the Maojin's waist.

"Finally you have the courage to show yourself, Ace of Swords," Krishna smirked, opening the tab on his ScanDriver.

READY!

Inserting the Thunder Kabuto card into his ScanDriver, Krishna performed his usual transformation pose, placing his right hand over his right hip and crossing his left hand in front of his face.

"Henshin!" Krishna yelled, slamming the ScanDriver's tab shut.

ACE HENSHIN! THUNDER KABUTO!

Leo, Thy, Steffi, Kim, and Vy watched on in awe as a purple ring of energy bursts out from the ScanDriver, splitting into two halves as Krishna's Voyager form came into view, all to the tune of the uplifting music played from the ScanDriver during the transformation process. After the armor pieces had assembled themselves, the eyes on Voyager's helmet flashed three times before purple lines adorn the warrior's bodysuit.

"My name is Voyager!" Voyager declared, pointing at himself with his right thumb, "I shine light in the darkness…" he then pointed at the Komodo Maojin with his right index finger, "…and I vanquish evil!"

(Cue BGM: Specium Zepellion no Theme – Takao Konishi from the Ultraman Orb OST)

Voyager charged forward, punching the Komodo Maojin twice on his chest but much to the warrior's surprise, it didn't faze the kaijin at all. Voyager then performed a spinning heel kick onto the Maojin's lower jaw, before giving the creature a good knee-jerk on his right chest. But again, much to Voyager's surprise, his physical techniques did nothing other than annoying the Komodo Maojin.

"My turn," the Komodo Maojin said, smirking evilly.

The Komodo Maojin swiped his right claw towards Voyager, forcing the warrior to back away in order to avoid it. This, however, left the Komodo Maojin open to attack, allowing Voyager to land a couple of kicks onto the Maojin's torso, before following up with a couple of chops onto the Maojin's shoulders. Voyager was then forced to dodge another attack from the Komodo Maojin in the form of a swipe from the kaijin's left claw.

"Shit!" Voyager cursed as he stood up, having rolled away from the Komodo Maojin's attack only to realize that his hands were hurting from his attacks on the Maojin's thick hide.

"Giving up already?" the Komodo Maojin taunted as he made his way towards Voyager, "We're just getting started here!"

Immediately both Voyager and the Komodo Maojin grappled with each other, neither of them yielding as they were apparently equal in terms of strength. As this was going on, Vy captured everything unfolding in front of her in its full glory on her camera, as the rest of her friends watched on.

"Yesterday marked a significant day for our city," Steffi said, acting as a narrator for Vy's video, "The cryptid problem that has been plaguing Ho Chi Minh City of late had finally found its match, a mysterious warrior calling himself Voyager. Yesterday Voyager defeated an eagle-themed cryptid who had laid waste to District 4 with its tornadoes and this midnight, Voyager is currently engaging a Komodo dragon-themed cryptid who threatened to burn the entire city with its flames. Will Voyager once again come on top and save the city? Stay tuned to find out!"

The Komodo Maojin finally had enough of Voyager grappling with him, sending out a pulse of intense heat from his body into Voyager's. The intense heat emanating from the Komodo Maojin's body was too much for Voyager, forcing him to let go of his grapple on the kaijin's body. The purple and silver warrior slowly backed away from the Komodo Maojin, faint white smoke billowing from his arms and chest.

"Krishna, are you okay?" Karin asked as Voyager had shaken off the heat stinging his upper body.

"I'm good," Voyager replied, "But I couldn't get a dent on this guy and touching him is a horrible idea. Maybe an Overcharge would crack this tough egg open?"

"Can't hurt to try," Karin said.

Nodding at his partner's words, Voyager took out his navy blue and gold Overcharge Card from his card holder, before inserting it into the slot on his right hip.

THUNDER OVERCHARGE!

Voyager leapt into the air, assuming a flying side kick position as purple electricity surged from his ScanDriver and into his right boot.

"Lightning Smash!" Voyager called out as he went straight for the kill.

But much to Voyager's surprise, the Komodo Maojin crossed his arms in front of his face, forming a solid X that easily deflected away Voyager's Rider Kick, forcing the warrior to perform a backflip before gently landing on the ground on both feet.

(BGM ends)

"Is that the best that you can do?" the Komodo Maojin scoffed as the excess energy from Voyager's Lightning Smash finisher was harmlessly dispersed by his gauntlets.

"Shit!" Steffi cursed from the sidelines at this turn of event, "Yesterday that kick was more than enough to destroy the eagle cryptid…but this time the Komodo cryptid stood up to it like it was nothing!"

"That guy's armor sure is tough," Kim commented.

Leo on the other hand bit his lower lip in anxiety, as an equally worried Thy watched on next to him.

"Come on Voyager…" Leo thought, "You're better than this! You have the power to save Hako, I believe that!"

"I had enough of this," the Komodo Maojin growled, flames began to form inside his mouth, "Take this!"

"Oh crap," Voyager cursed as he rolled out of the way, avoiding a stream of intense flames fired from the Komodo Maojin's mouth, the flames hot enough to melt the iron manhole cover on the ground.

But the Komodo Maojin didn't stop there. Charging more and more heat energy into his mouth, the Maojin breathed more flames at Voyager, which the purple and silver warrior managed to dodge. The same thing couldn't be said about the objects behind Voyager, though, as the flames managed to melt down a lamp post, scorch a wall, and completely reduce a nearby shop window into a gooey mess.

"Damn," Voyager muttered, "At this rate, I'm as good as toasted!"

Roaring loudly, the Komodo Maojin let loose yet another stream of flames, this time heading straight towards Steffi and her friends!

"Steffi!" Leo called out.

"Get out of there!" Thy added.

Unfortunately Steffi and her friends were too shocked to even move, leaving them open for the incoming fire stream. It was then Voyager decided that he would intervene, jumping straight into the path of the flames, shielding Steffi and her friends as the flames struck Voyager's back, burning the warrior badly.

"Gotcha now!" the Komodo Maojin laughed.

"Voyager!" Steffi called out in horror as Voyager fell to one knee, smoke billowing out from his back.

"Don't give up, Voyager!" Kim added, trying her best to encourage the burnt warrior in front of them.

"Stand up, Voyager!" Vy yelled, her camera focused at the weakened Voyager.

"You heard us!" Steffi shouted, her voice raised to the heavens, "Don't let that lizard-thing defeat you! For Hako's sake, for our sake, and for the sake of the people of our beloved city, stand up! Don't give in so easily! Don't let such an attack bring you down!"

As Steffi, Kim, and Vy kept on yelling out words of encouragement at Voyager, Leo and Thy noticed that the Komodo Maojin was slowly making his way towards the weakened Voyager, ready to finish the warrior off.

"Thy, it's our time to become this city's heroes," Leo whispered to Thy, making sure that their conversation is out of the Komodo Maojin's earshot.

"How?" Thy blinked.

"Follow my lead," Leo said, taking out his pistol.

Realizing what Leo's trying to do, Thy immediately took out her pistol as well, and followed Leo as they sneaked their way towards the Komodo Maojin.

"Hey lizard-breath!"

The Komodo Maojin turned around to see Leo taunting him, his pistol pointed at the kaijin.

"Eat this!"

Leo immediately fired his pistol, the bullet bouncing off against the Maojin's chest armor. Seeing the police officer's futile attempts made the Komodo Maojin laugh, a distorted cackle escaping his mouth.

"Is that the best you can do, human?" the Komodo Maojin chuckled.

"Nope," Leo smirked, "This is. Thy, now!"

Emerging out from a nearby debris, Thy fired her pistol at the Komodo Maojin, with Leo doing the same thing as well. The bullets bounced off against the kaijin's chest armor, but a few of them actually managed to graze through the Komodo Maojin's chainmail-like scales, causing him to wince in pain.

"You see that?" Steffi said, pointing at Leo and Thy firing upon the Komodo Maojin, "You're not alone now. The city won't let you fight these creatures by yourself. They…they have accepted you as their savior. They want to work with you, not against you! Now it's time for you to repay the trust that the city has given to you!"

Voyager chuckled underneath his breath upon hearing that, "Your brother must have told you about what happened during our interrogation on our way here, haven't he?"

Steffi smiled warmly, "He told us everything. Don't worry, we won't kick you out of this city…because we need you, Voyager."

Encouraged by Steffi's words, Voyager slowly stood up, ignoring the burning pain raging throughout his body. Underneath his helmet, Krishna replied Steffi's smile with a smile of his own, finally glad that he's been acknowledged.

"Now get out there and be a hero that you are," Steffi said.

Voyager nodded, "Will do."

As Steffi and her friends cheered on, Voyager leaped back into the battlefield and just in time because Leo and Thy had just ran out of bullets, meaning that they couldn't distract the Komodo Maojin for much longer.

"Crap!" Leo cursed, "Looks like we're done for here."

Thy nodded nervously, bracing for the worst as the Komodo Maojin prepared himself to fry the two police officers in front of him with his flame breath.

"Yo, hothead!"

The Komodo Maojin turned around to receive a swift jab onto his face, causing the kaijin to stumble back. Rubbing his sore jaw, the Komodo Maojin glared in anger as he saw Voyager standing in front of him, having delivered that finesse shot with his right fist.

"Oh, ready for another barbeque, I see?" the Komodo Maojin taunted, "Then I'll grant you that wish!"

(Cue BGM: eternal traveller - Project DMM)

"On the contrary, my friend, you're the one who's going to be barbequed!" Voyager taunted back, pointing his right index finger at the Komodo Maojin, "Yo, Karin, can we use that again?"

"It's been a while since you used that, huh?" Karin replied, "Aren't you afraid that you've lost your touch with that after not using it for a while?"

"Don't worry," Voyager said, taking out a Maojin Card from his card holder, the card having an image of a purple centaurus beetle flying through several lightning clouds with a purple horizontal line on its left hand side, the words "THUNDER CENTAURUS" emblazoned in white on said line, while the back of the card was gunmetal gray in color, with a stylized 2 superimposed on a shield engraved on it, "Using hand-to-hand combat lately hasn't made my swordplay dull!"

Voyager quickly inserted the card into the slot on his left hip.

TWO EQUIP! THUNDER CENTAURUS!

Voyager raised his right hand into the air, prompting a purple bolt of lightning to appear from the skies above and struck Voyager's waiting hand.

"Jancuk!" Voyager swore in Indonesian as a sudden stinging sensation overwhelmed his right hand, "Forgot how painful that was."

"You'll get used to it," Karin said rather sarcastically.

As the smoke covering Voyager's right hand cleared away, it revealed a brand new weapon in the warrior's hand, a silver curved sword with a purple cutlass-like hilt, its blade resembling the horn of a centaurus beetle. Purple tribal linings could be seen on the sword's silver blade, the lines resembling lightning streaks. The spectators of the battle let out gasps of awe as they saw the weapon, noticing the incredible power that it's giving off.

"Haven't used this in a while," Voyager chuckled as he gave the sword's blade a good wipe with his left hand, "Introducing, my Kaminari Blade."

"Big deal, you just got yourself a sword," the Komodo Maojin scoffed, "That doesn't make a difference!"

The Komodo Maojin once again unleashes his flame breath, but this time Voyager was ready. Immediately he thrusts his Kaminari Blade towards the incoming flames, the weapon's silver blade absorbing the heat of the incoming attack much to the Maojin's surprise.

"The Hell?!" the Komodo Maojin gasped.

"My turn," Voyager smirked, "Hiyah!"

And with that Voyager performed a diagonal slash onto the Komodo Maojin's chest armor with his Kaminari Blade, the weapon's red-hot blade actually cutting through the kaijin's thick armor like it's made out of butter!

"What the fuck?!" the Komodo Maojin cursed as it stepped back, his chest armor slightly melted from Voyager's slash.

"Using your heat against you," Voyager said, "Looks like your time is up, lizard boy."

Before the Komodo Maojin could say anything else, Voyager slashed him repeatedly on his torso armor, melting away more and more of the kaijin's thick armor, forcing the Komodo Maojin to perform his crossed arm guard once again. But this time, with a simple slash of the Kaminari Blade, the Maojin's thick gauntlets were easily shattered much to the kaijin's horror.

"No!" the Komodo Maojn gasped, his gauntlets dropping to the ground like melted ice cream while his chest armor has been severely damaged, exposing his slightly delicate flesh, "This is impossible! I can't go out like this!"

*STAB*

The Komodo Maojin's eyes went wide in shock and horror as Voyager stabbed the Kaminari Blade's curved blade deep into his exposed chest, causing black blood to gush out of the stab wound like a water fountain.

"Your reign of terror ends here," Voyager calmly said, taking out an Overcharge Card and inserting it into the slot on his left hip.

THUNDER OVERCHARGE!

"Lightning…Assault," Voyager announced calmly as purple electricity surges from the ScanDriver towards the warrior's entire upper body, before the electricity channeled themselves into the Kaminari Blade.

"Noooooo!" the Komodo Maojin yelled in agony as purple electricity surged throughout his entire body, before seconds afterwards he exploded in a huge blaze of glory, his threat on Ho Chi Minh City ended permanently.

(BGM ends)

As the smoke and fire from the Komodo Maojin's destruction cleared away, Voyager slowly crouched down towards where the Maojin had last stood. There, he saw an unconscious Hako, with a Maojin Card lying next to her. The card depicted a Komodo dragon against a fiery background, with a red line on the card's left hand side. The words "INFERNO KOMODO" were emblazoned in white on said line, while a small fiery icon was seen on the card's top left corner. The back of the card was gunmetal gray in color, with a stylized A superimposed on a sword engraved on it.

Smiling, Voyager slowly picked up the Maojin Card and places it into his card holder, before the warrior felt that something…or someone watching him from a distance. Slowly looking up, Voyager saw a black armored warrior standing in a distance, it's features obscured by the remaining fire from both the Komodo Maojin's destruction and his rampage inside Hako's body, but Voyager knew all too well about the Tyrannosaurus-themed warrior in front of him.

"Star…" Voyager muttered, "Can't believe he's here."

"The vanguard of the Maojins," Karin added, "The one who will ruthlessly execute whoever gets in the way of the Maojins' goals…but I think he's just watching our battle."

"True," Voyager said, "If he decided to engage us now, we're in no shape to fight him…but something tells me that we're going to fight Star soon enough…"

Shooting out one last hateful glare at Voyager with his visor-like eye, Star slowly retreated back into the shadows, having witnessed enough.

Voyager, on the other hand, slowly picked up the unconscious Hako, carrying her bridal-style to the sidelines where Leo, Thy, Steffi, Kim, and Vy had been waiting for him. Slowly Voyager handed Hako over to Leo, who proceeded to carry her with both hands.

"Take her to the nearest hospital," Voyager said, "She'll be fine, but she needs to be checked for any signs of injury. And her mental state…that'll need a lot of repairing."

"She probably knew what she had done…" Leo said, caressing Hako's hair as he saw the peacefulness in her unconscious face, "But she couldn't do anything to stop herself."

"That's why she's going to need your help in order to get back to her own feet," Voyager said, before he notices Thy, "And I owe you my gratitude for helping me in battle today. What's your name?"

"Mai Thy Dinh Vu," Thy introduced himself, "A good friend of Leo and his partner in the police force."

"Nice to meet you," Voyager smiled underneath his helmet, "The city needs more good police officers like you two."

"Thanks," Thy blushed slightly.

"No, thank you," Voyager said as he opened the ScanDriver's tab, pulling out the Thunder Kabuto card before sliding the tab shut, causing his armor to disintegrate into purple motes of light, "My name's Krishna by the way."

"Nice to meet you, Krishna," Thy said.

"Right," Krishna turned his attention back to Leo, "About that blood test thing…"

"You don't need to," Leo interrupted, "I've seen you fight today and I believe that you're the answer that Ho Chi Minh City needed in handling these Unrecorded Lifeforms. I'll try to pull some strings with the higher ups in the HCMCPD, but hopefully if I could convince them that you're an ally to them and we should work together in preventing these Maojins from fulfilling their goal, I believe that the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department and Voyager would make a great team."

"Don't call him that," Steffi suddenly said, surprising everyone, "Call him…Kamen Rider Voyager."

"Kamen…Rider?" Krishna blinked.

"You know…because you ride a motorcycle and you wear a kickass armor," Steffi grinned, "And you kinda remind me of those masked superheroes who are protecting Japan right now."

"A hero of justice who protect the innocent on his motorcycle," Leo smirked, "I've heard of those from my colleagues back in Japan. The two-in-one detective Double, the ringed magician Wizard, Ryugen, who protected the city of Zawame after the mysterious Helheim Incident, as well as a close friend of our city's police commissioner, Shinnosuke Tomari, Kamen Rider Drive. Can't believe I'm saying this, but the people of Vietnam just got themselves their very own Kamen Rider."

"Kamen Rider Voyager…that sounds cool," Krishna commented, before taking out Karin from his jacket pocket, "What do you think about that?"

"I think that sounds cool too," added Karin, "You should accept it. You've been fighting for the innocent for a very long time and that alone makes you worthy of that title. Besides, the girl gave you motivation to fight today, you should thank her for that."

"How could I forget about that," Krishna chuckled, before giving Steffi a pat on her shoulder, "Thank you for your kind words today. I wouldn't be able to fight with such motivation without your words."

"Ah, that's nothing," Steffi smiled, "My words are just as it is, I guess."

Krishna smiled back, pocketing Karin once again as he made his way towards his motorcycle, "Well then, I guess it's time for me to go then."

"Wait, where are you going?" Steffi asked.

Krishna smiled once again, this time in a much more mysterious manner, "The world is round, right? I believe our paths will cross once again. Until then, see ya."

And with that, Krishna puts on his helmet, before riding away from the scene, leaving behind Leo, Thy, Steffi, Kim, Vy, and an unconscious Hako, the former five looking at Krishna in sheer awe and bewilderment.

"I believe we'll meet again soon, Krishna!" Steffi thought as she saw Krishna vanishing around a corner.

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As the Sun began to rise over Ho Chi Minh City, at Calmette Bridge, Star slowly staggered himself into a stop, the black armored Maojin clutching his right hand as a black and orange glow overtook his entire body, reverting back into his human host, Tran.

"That's…it…" Tran panted as she leaned herself against the bridge, her entire body drenched in sweat, "You're…done…for…today."

"But you saw him, right?" Star asked from inside Tran's head, "The one who made your dear friend suffer so much."

"I saw him," Tran nodded weakly, "The one who killed my friend's father…Voyager…"

"That's right," Star snickered sinisterly, "Your friend has trained herself for the day she encounter her father's murderer. And with her father's murderer in this city…I believe she will avenge him soon."

"But are you really sure about this?" Tran asked, "I mean…that Voyager person just saved the city. I don't think he would have the nerve to kill Minh's father."

"But he did," Star replied, "Do you trust me, right?"

Tran nodded weakly.

"Then never question anything that I say," Star said, his tone dark and wicked, "Understood?"

Tran was about to answer when suddenly Minh's Bentley appeared out of nowhere, pulling over next to her.

"Tran!" Minh called out as she steps out from her car, "You made me worried again. Thao said that you went out for some fresh air but you didn't came back after an hour and a half."

"Sorry," Tran said slowly as Minh helped her to her feet, "But…I saw someone today."

"Who was it?" Minh asked as she helped Tran into her Bentley.

"I saw…" Tran said, pausing for a moment as she was unsure what she's doing right now is for the best, before finally making up her mind, "…your father's murderer."

Minh's eyes went wide upon hearing that.

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TO BE CONTINUED…

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Next time on Kamen Rider Voyager, episode 3 – Burning My Soul! Unleash the Inferno

With the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department finally on the same page as Krishna, a Maojin Counter Unit was formed, funded and armed exclusively by Minh's Lotus Industries and with Leo, Hako, and Thy as members, as well as having Steffi's Supernatural Investigation Group as their civilian liaisons organization. The first case of the MCU involves a Maojin that has been attacking fishermen boats in Saigon River. Will the MCU and Voyager team up together to defeat this Maojin? Or will the Seahorse Maojin drive Ho Chi Minh City's fishermen out of business? With Star, the vanguard of the Maojin now involved in the war between Voyager and the Maojins, a new, burning form is required for the side of good to have the upper-hand.

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Maojin Card of the Day

Thunder Centaurus

Class: Two of Shields

Tribe: Thunder

Properties: Arms Voyager with the Kaminari Blade, a curved sword themed after a centaurus beetle's horn that is Thunder Form's signature weapon. The Kaminari Blade is capable of inflicting massive damage on enemies with its precision slashes and is able to channel Voyager Thunder Form's electrical abilities. The blade of the Kaminari Blade is also capable of absorbing a Maojin's elemental-based attack, allowing Voyager Thunder Form to even up the odds in battle.

Maojin of the Day

Komodo Maojin

Class: Ace of Swords

Tribe: Fire

Motif: Komodo dragon

Host: Dao Ngoc Phuong Anh (Hako)

Abilities: strength, pyrokinesis (breathing fire, firing fireballs from hands, heat pulse to repel and burn anyone holding his body, and also the ability to set things on fire while inside a human host), large claws capable of slashing and bashing enemies, high endurance, and armor capable of repelling all but the strongest of attacks.

Destroyed by: Kamen Rider Voyager Thunder Form's Lightning Assault

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A/N: There you have it! The second chapter of Voyager done and dusted. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Once again a huge thank you for xXRocketShark216Xx for his kind review and criticism, hopefully I've improved since the first chapter lol also don't forget to check out his work Kamen Rider Gadget! I learned a thing or two by reading his story and trying my best to implement what I've learned from reading his story in making my own. And yeah, I've teased the human identity of the secondary Rider for this series, y'all just need to guess who is it :p

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