Kamen Rider Aikusha
(A/N: I don't own the Kamen Rider franchise or any anime you may find. But I do own some the original stuff, including the original characters.)
2: Green and Pink
On January 30th, in the year of 2000, young Noriko visits a recovering Masaru with her uncle, Takeshi Seki. They were bringing a large and lovely fruit basket, along with other get-well gifts for the boy who just showed up in young Noriko's life almost 4 weeks ago.
Takeshi Seki was a tall Japanese man, 43 years of age, with an average build with green eyes and black hair. He's the incredibly wealthy president of a corporation that sponsors video games, tokusatsu hero shows, etc. called Redir Nemako Corp.
When Takeshi received word of the mysterious boy, Masaru Shiranai, and Noriko's daily visits with the boy, he decides that today would be good as any to experience the boy.
"Noriko-chan," asked Takeshi, "Have you any stirring feelings for this Masaru-kun?" Noriko said, "I'm worried about him. Also, I promised to watch over him." Takeshi nodded, "I see."
Meeting one of the doctors involved in helping Masaru recover, Noriko said, "I'm here to see how Masaru-kun is doing again. Also my Uncle Takeshi wants to meet him too." The doctor nodded, "Go right ahead."
On their way to Masaru's room, Noriko said to her uncle, "the doctors say that they're afraid he's suffering an incredible amount of amnesia; aside from his name, along with the Japanese language and some basic knowledge, he doesn't remember anything else. Plus, there aren't any known relatives. They may arrange an orphanage, but I don't know what'll become of him if I'm not there."
"Okay," Takeshi nodded, "I had a feeling that that you have a strong level of worry and protection for this boy."
Noriko blushed like a tomato, when people say things like that they're making fun of people who may have feelings of attraction to certain people. She quickly shook her head and thought to herself, 'It can't be like that! Could it?'
Opening the door, they saw Masaru up and about, reading some manga (comics) that the doctors or nurses have probably brought him to bide the time there. Up until that moment when Noriko and her uncle entered the room, he was reading 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'.
Noriko ran up to Masaru's bed and asked, "Are you alright, Masaru-kun?" "Yes, Seki-san" nodded Masaru.
Placing the fruit basket on the nightstand next to the boy, Uncle Takeshi introduced himself, "Greetings, I am Takeshi Seki, Noriko-chan's uncle." Masaru bows his head, "Nice to meet you, Ojisan."
Takeshi said, "Noriko-chan tells me that she'd like to take care of you." Noriko sputtered and blushed like a cherry, "TAKESHI-JISAN!" Masaru gulped and said, "I don't wish to trouble Seki-san and her family. I feel that as soon as I'm done with school, I'll get a job."
Noriko stared at the boy, who looked like he was about to give up hope, and said, "No, it wouldn't be any trouble at all! But the whole thing is going to be like I'm going to be your babysitter. Plus, my uncle is rich! I'm sure we can think of something. I don't want you to feel down because you can't recall whom you were nor where your parents are, I want you to be happy."
Masaru blinked in surprise, then he struggled out "I guess…" "What?" asked an intrigued Noriko. Masaru said, "I'll accept your offer… Koromi-san." Relieved, Noriko said "It's 'Noriko', and thank you."
"Hey, Masaru-kun," said a smiling Takeshi, "How would you like to watch some TV? I've got an interesting television show franchise revived for this millennium." Masaru shrugs, "I guess I'm ready for anything."
They turn on the television; Masaru first saw a lone armored warrior fighting shadow monsters among ancient ruins on the screen, and then when the battle was done, the armored warrior fell through a green vortex before laying to rest in an ornate sarcophagus. As the stone lid closes, a woman's hand with an ornate golden bracelet was seen rubbing on it mournfully.
Listening to the music, Masaru follows the beat——
Karappo no hoshi, jidai wo Zero kara hajime you! (An empty star, start all history from Zero!)
Densetsu wa hikareru mono! (You have to try to avoid legends!)
Ima… Akuseru wo Togihanate! (Now… unleash the accelerator!)
Kuuga! Atsuku yomigaere! (Kuuga! Fiery mad revival!)
Kuuga! Hokori no enaji! (Kuuga! The deep energy!)
Kuuga! Tsuyoku naru tame ni! (Kuuga! To become strong!)
No fear! No pain! Ai no mae ni tatsu kagiri! (No fear! No pain! As long as I try to save love!)
No fear! No pain! Osoreru momo wa nanimo nai! (No Fear! No pain! There's nothing to fear!)
Kanzen doku Solo! (Body running Solo!)
Ore ga tomete yaru! (I will stop you!)
Chou henshin! Kamen Rider Kuuga! (Super Transform! Masked Rider Kuuga!)
The revived Kamen Rider show had featured mystical beings of evil that are from far before man's history, the hero was a happy-go-lucky young man with a sunny personality, and he was pulled into it by destiny to wield the weapon used to battle these entities.
As the commercial break started, young Noriko sighed "Being separated from one's mom and dad is really sad," then she holds onto Masaru's hospital blankets on the sides, "But I promise you that I will care for you until you're ready."
Noriko blinked in surprise at the sight of what Masaru was doing; he was juggling some of the round fruit from the basket like a professional without letting a single one slip out or fall out of his reach.
"Where'd you learn to juggle, Masaru-kun?" asked the amazed Noriko. Masaru shrugged, "Right here, just around the same time Yuusuke did on the show, which by the way is starting to look really awesome." Takeshi clapped in gratitude, "I'm so glad you're enjoying it, Masaru-kun!"
The two males gave each other a thumb's up with a beaming smile, reminiscent to Yuusuke's.
'He has learned to juggle so perfectly just by watching an actor juggle on television in a few seconds when it could take a person a few years?' thought Noriko in shock. Then she placed on a smile, 'Still, it's better to see him happy rather than depressed.'
Today on January 2nd, 2010 at midnight, Noriko slowly gets up, she pants out "That was the day when he first discovered 'Kamen Rider' and became a total fan of it, also the day he can also master almost any technique if it's displayed, and just yesterday he learned he was one."
Then she thinks back of their years together——
During their first year together, they were 9 years old and in 4th grade. Ever since he skipped ahead two full grades in elementary school, he was known by the alias 'Masaru the Mystery' for nobody, not even himself, knew of his origins nor any links and his amazing ability to do almost anything.
The faculty felt he should skip grades but he denied it because he felt that wasn't ready yet; they had no choice but to comply. Masaru helped Noriko when she asked to follow him by giving her his notes. Because of his unorthodoxly acquired influence on his life and everyone else's, his class playfully referred him to as the 'genuine Yuusuke Godai'. On the adventurous occasions they get into, even on school field trips, Masaru helped everyone pull through.
Noriko's elementary school friends said that she and her uncle's company's involvement with the revived TV show were raising a new legendary hero.
In 2001, when he was turning 10 and they were heading for 5th grade, Masaru collectively picked up on the skills he studied and improved phenomenally. The elder students tried picking on him, but he didn't let them get to him and got them to properly grow up.
When the next Kamen Rider show, Agito, came on, his unbelievable talents and the cornucopia of them in him broaden further at the announcement of 'Awaken the Soul'. Inspired by the show and patient, he grew a small garden in a gardening box and the amount of produce he got from it was huge, that shocked Noriko a lot.
With Masaru becoming adjusted to everything and trying everything he could possibly try, Noriko believed that there was nothing Masaru could not do.
In 2002, he would often gets challenged, from games to races; what with people who are familiar with him being a Kamen Rider fan watching 'Kamen Rider Ryuki' tell him that there are times you cannot avoid fighting. In fighting games, he had to adjust to everyone's aggressive attitudes toward him, trying to make him tougher.
He and Noriko are given cell phones by Takeshi in 2003, so they'd never be apart.
When Masaru adopted a darker outlook against jerks, bullies, and certain thugs, Noriko was worried that he got tired of what he learned from the previous Riders. But he explained that he was feigning arrogance and coldness in hopes to develop strength of his character. In response, she decides she should too by looking into the darker parts of the world for a bit.
Once getting into high school, Masaru's unbridled charisma and being a Kamen Rider series fan has formed a club of superhero lovers with him as president. Noriko's feeling of puberty kicking in hard forced him out of her room.
In 2004, the time of KR Blade, Masaru assisted in the studio division were the Tokusatsu shows were made as a part-time job. Surprisingly, according to Noriko, for a 13-year-old, he wasn't disheartened but inspired and he gave that joy and hope he felt to the actors and crew who worked there.
No one would believe that Masaru's ability to acquire new talents by observing or reading and they dismissed them as muscle memory from his past coming to surface, no one except a select few including Noriko and himself. Masaru began to feel that he's able to acquire and assume all these skills from fictional characters, other people, etc., for a reason.
Masaru and Noriko are introduced to Uncle Takeshi's training facilities underground, helping Masaru's unexplainable need to put him into great shape. Noriko felt an unexplained need to help him so she trained alongside him.
Masaru is introduced to video-sharing websites in 2005 and saw the missing Kamen Rider shows of the past. That was before Uncle Takeshi brought out them on DVD. He increases his training sessions' difficulties out of inspiration from 'Hibiki'; training himself his hardest diligently. He even picked up some music lessons, according to 'hit the beat and keep your beat'.
A couple of guys in school got him to sneak peaks at harem genre anime and manga, like 'Ranma 1/2' and 'Tenchi Muyo', and several DVD's full of ecchi. But instead of being tempted, Masaru ignored them but paid attention toward the other factors.
At age 15 in 2006; time of Kamen Rider Kabuto, Masaru was ready for transference from junior high school to high school. He took a lot of Souji Tendou/KR Kabuto's grandmother's quotes to heart and found the meanings behind them all. Chiaki's annoying habit of trying to best him has had him proclaim that one of them shall be "Walking the Path of Heaven to Rule it All!"
Masaru is introduced to Rangers Strike, a Carddas trading card game featuring tokusatsu characters, etc. and his surprising talents are proving over incomparable again and again.
Seeing Masaru mature enough, Noriko allowed him to own harem anime and manga too. Seeing the stupidity and/or the mistakes of the protagonists of said stories, he had learned that the opposite sex could be a very sensitive species, i.e. Noriko when she gets mad and unleashes her alternative medicine techniques.
In 2007, the year Kamen Rider Den-O is introduced to the world, the boy turned 16; Masaru picks and buys his Honda black motorcycle with small amounts of white cowl (the very same one that yesterday transformed into his Machine Aikusha vehicle), out of instinct and feeling. Noriko asked why he picked that vehicle out of many others; he just shrugged and said, "It feels precious to me somehow."
Noriko hoped that he wouldn't suffer any bad luck or something similar to multiple personalities like KR Den-O, thankfully he didn't.
In 2008, year of Kamen Rider Kiva; shockingly, both she and Masaru skip ahead past the 12th grade together, much to her delight. As expected from Masaru's talent acquirement, he picked up on Wataru Kurenai/KR Kiva's violinist skills.
In college together in 2009, Masaru helped her on her way to becoming an excellent college student, since his education is leading to a guarantee to graduating summa cum laude some time soon. His help had put her on score beside him. Seeing the crossover episode with the Super Sentai franchise's 'Shinkenger', Masaru shows interest in all the other superheroes too.
The sudden coming of Kamen Rider W that year was a surprise too, especially with him being the first Rider to transform through what many fans dub 'Fusion Dance'.
He began feeling that there are strong connections to his sudden appearance and the occurrences of his growing list of abilities and skills arising.
Today he turns 19, and just yesterday he just become a genuine Kamen Rider.
Noriko looks at an old childhood Halloween photo of her dressed in a costume similar to one of Cardcaptor Sakura's and Masaru dressed like Kamen Rider Kuuga, and she sighs "For 10 years he's lived with us but he never knew who he really was or where he came from. But now, it's confirmed that he's a Kamen Rider for real."
Then she gets a dreamy look on her face, thinking, "At least he's not a cyborg like those Showa Riders. The doctors confirmed that." She shakes her head, "What the heck am I thinking?! He's just a boy I'm looking after!" Then she pitifully groans, "Whom am I trying to kid? I'm in love but I can't admit it."
After calming down from the built-up excitement last night, Masaru woke up early to study his new real-life personal Kamen Rider gear.
Marveling at the number of cards that is stored in the Aikusha Booker, "No way," says an amazed Masaru "there must be a space suppression unit in this device to store these cards into or something."
The cards' backs had different colors and obviously different functions; the red ones are his Rider Cards, the silver being his Hero Cards, the blue being Version Cards, black being Mix Cards, and Yellow the Other Cards.
He picks up a Rider Card with no picture and a black background, he waves it over his Booker only to here the disembodied mechanical male voice simply say—
"Error."
Masaru slightly frowns, "Darn it, why won't it work?"
Then he remembers KR Decade's cards; "Something must be need to be done for the blank cards. Otherwise, they wouldn't work."
Suddenly the blank background on the card reveals a marking——
"Hmm…" thinks Masaru, "this blue marking here should mean Mars or male, but it's connected with the female sign and they're both positioned within a symbol for H2O. This kanji stands for 'fight'."
Then he realizes, "'Ranma 1/2'."
Looking out at the dawn of the new day… Masaru says, "I've got to travel to a different world."
While Masaru was heading off for college, Noriko pops up in front of him shouting "Tension Relieving Spook!"
Masaru jumps back slightly, "Would you stop that?" Noriko giggles, "Stop pretending to be scared, I know that yesterday's experience would've hardened your senses."
Masaru sighs and says, "It did. But it did relieve me of some of the confusion I've had."
Noriko smiles, "Happy birthday, Masaru-kun."
After they were finished with college, they walk to the gymnasium that exists below the grounds of the main Nemako Redir Corp. building, where Noriko's Uncle Takeshi lives.
Masaru starts a conversation, "I've thought about the battle yesterday, someone wants to kill me." Noriko nods, "Yeah, that is odd. The biggest question is who they would want to kill you and why." "Well," says Masaru, "I'm positive that whoever it is isn't Chiaki Kanto." Noriko chuckles, "That's for sure, even a cowardly idiot like him would not have that sort of power."
"I have to travel to different universes," says Masaru.
Noriko becomes shocked after the young man says it and immediately shrieks out "NO!"
Masaru's went wide in surprise, after calming back down he asks her "Why not?"
Noriko knows she has to think of a good excuse, so she asks him, "Do you even have the cards necessary to be able to do so?" Masaru holds up a card reading 'Portal', "Yes." Shocked, Noriko quickly asks, "What do you hope to gain from this preposterous idea?" Masaru answers simply, "Answers."
Noriko realizes what he just meant be 'answers'; when they first met, he was without any memory of his past or any family connections.
On their way to her uncle, despite her pleads begging him to not leave for other universes Masaru wishes to go through with his possible fate.
The two stop by in the underground training facility they've trained in together for years. There they also find Uncle Takeshi (who has gained a few grey lines in his hair) setting up a buffet for some reason.
Takeshi looks at the two and says with a bright smile, "Good day to you, Masaru-kun, Noriko-chan."
Although hesitant at first, Noriko decides to have the both of them tell her uncle about the adventures from yesterday.
"So," states Uncle Takeshi, stating what they explained to him "the green Kamen Rider-like person that has copied the forms and powers of the fictional Kamen Riders that saved the city yesterday was Masaru-kun all along, and he achieved this transformation with this black book device to fight the monsters including that Black Decade. Now Noriko-chan is trying to talk Masaru-kun out of his decision of traveling to other universes because he believes that by doing so would give him answers and restore his memories."
Noriko says, "That's pretty much it." Uncle Takeshi smiles and says in English, "Cool beans."
Noriko shrugs, "See, my uncle thinks we're crazy." Then she notices Masaru pulling out his Aikusha Booker and saying, "He's just asking for proof." Noriko says "No, that's too risky!"
Masaru pulls out a silver-backed Hero card and says, "He should believe with Kamen Rider V3 appearing before him." Noriko says, "No, wait!"
As he waves the card over his Booker's symbol—
"Hero Monster Call: Destron's Kame Bazooka!"
"What?!" gasps the two pre-adults, discovering that another card stuck to the face of the card that Masaru intended to go for. The card turns into a bright green light——
The light died down, revealing a mostly green turtle-like humanoid appeared before them! It has a red belt with a particular silver buckle with a scorpion emblem around its waist, black boots, and a cannon turret or bazooka on its back shell!
"Kame Bazooka!" called out the Turtle Kaijin.
Masaru gulps, "Oops!" Noriko nods, "Very much."
Kame Bazooka turns his attention to Takeshi and runs up to the table!
"Masaru, transform!" shrieks Noriko in great worry. Masaru nods, "Right——" but then to their next shock, "EH?!"
Takeshi is in no danger whatsoever from the accidentally summoned kaijin, Kame Bazooka sits down in a chair across the table from Takeshi eating pizza. Takeshi is conversing with the turtle monster like he sees there's nothing wrong with the picture.
Masaru asks "Okay, why aren't you scared, O-san?" Takeshi simply answers, "I've always known about your Rider System all along, Masaru-kun." The two near-adults reply in surprise, "You did?" The 53-year-old multi-billionaire says, "You see, I kind of borrowed it from Noriko-chan for a little while when she wasn't looking when you both were 10 and tested the cards myself."
"What universe is my uncle from?" asks an irked Noriko (sweat-dropping). Also irked (and sweat-dropping), Masaru shrugs, "I don't know, but he must be either almost omniscient or he's very good at reading people."
Masaru asks him, "Who else knows about my Aikusha Booker?" Uncle Takeshi answers, "I've had a crew witness and analyze such events, including the TV actors and actresses for the TV shows we sponsor, the producers, the executive, the chairmen, and one courier." Noriko's mouth gapes in shock, "In other words, the entire company and television studios know about this?" "Hai."
Masaru asks, "Does main actors of the show, 'Kamen Rider Decade', know about this too?" "Hai," nods Uncle Takeshi, "also when I've told them about Noriko and Masaru being together a lot, they've called me yesterday and said they believed that it was you who was fighting the genuine monsters out there the other day."
"Also," says Uncle Takeshi, "Hiroshi Fujioka-san suggested that it's from another universe since it's incredibly advanced. Toshiki Kashu-san suggests that if you were also from another universe, that we all should keep silent about these incidents should they hurt you. But as of now, please enjoy your birthday as much as possible, Masaru-kun." Kame Bazooka nods, "I agree with him, master. KAME."
Noriko asks, "What the hell are those Monster Cards for anyway? Did you use them when you making movies? I thought they were all special effects and people in costumes!" Uncle Takeshi shakes his head, "Oh no, don't worry; it was all special effects; if they weren't that'd unleash a greater amount of public damage and innocent lives. We just took the calculated abilities of the other-universal/fictional Riders and Kaijin we've created and posted them on the Internet."
Masaru asks Kame Bazooka, "Uh… can you please tell me what your functions would be?" Kame Bazooka answers, "Your Monster Call cards are for training and back-up, as are the Hero Call cards. Kame." Masaru says, "So the Monster Cards call upon certain kaijin for assistance or training purposes, or even transform the user subjects into the kaijin family they most fit under that are on the cards. So, technically if the United Nations used these, they'd be more ready for the kaijin more easily." Kame Bazooka and Uncle Takeshi, "Bing-Pon, Bing-Pon!"
Masaru returns the Kaijin on command, "I can understand the training purposes." Noriko asks, "Why?" Masaru answers her question; "With the right amount of training with said characters, one may become badass and less cowardly. Some would think that fighting monsters who nothing but killing is worse than fighting humans with killer intent, but with veteran combatants that were classified as fictional as teachers you can get pretty tough."
A young boy's voice is heard, "And really cool!"
Everyone turned to see a young boy 10 years of age with brown hair and eyes. Masaru gasps, "Hanto-kun." "Hanto-kun?" blinks Noriko in surprise.
The young boy, known as Hanto Suzumura, gasps and hides for cover.
Masaru asks the kid, "How did you get down here, kid?" Hanto steps into view and admits, "I wanted to know more about you after overheard you and Noriko-nee-san talk. Yesterday, I saw her fight alongside that green Kamen Rider called Aikusha like she was his teammate or something of the like. That's when I figured that Masaru-Aniki and that Aikusha are the same person. So I tailed you."
Noriko and Masaru look at each other and then shrug, "That's reasonable."
Later… Masaru tests another Hero card——
"Hero Call: Den-O Imagin-tachi!"
Out popped out the famed hero Imagin from 'Kamen Rider Den-O'; the hot-blooded and cocky red oni Momotaros, the coolheaded and crafty blue turtle Urataros, the narcoleptic Herculean gold bear-man Kintaros, the childish and powerful purple dragon-boy Ryutaros, the gentle and polite black-clad bumbling butler Deneb, the magnificent if not haughty white swan Sieg, and the quiet yet polite dark-blue oni Neotaros a.k.a. Teddy.
Momotaros poses and shouts out, "Ore… SANJOU!"
Masaru blinks slightly, "I appreciate the dramatic entrance and all, Momotaros-san. But I'm bringing you and your comrades-in-arms for training purposes." Noriko places her hands to her hips, "So what?" "Seriously I saw that coming."
Urataros tries his wiles on Noriko, "Mind if I reel you in?"
Masaru shudders a bit, "Uh, no thank you, Urataros-san." Noriko blushes, "Well, maybe if you were in Masaru-kun maybe."
Kintaros pops his neck in and calls out, "You'll cry!"
Masaru gulps, "I think I better save you for later, it is my birthday after all." Noriko sweats bullets, "I wholeheartedly agree."
Dancing around a bit, Ryutaros 'innocently' asks, "Do you mind if I train you? I can't hear you!"
Masaru sighs, "Uh… I don't think anybody's said anything." "Would you please save the training for later, Ryu-chan?" pleads Noriko.
"I have this to say…" starts Deneb dramatically, before politely bowing "Hello, nice to meet you!"
While a lot of other people face fault or fall to the ground in stress, Masaru bows politely "Nice to meet you for real too, Deneb-san." Noriko bows too, "Konnichiwa, Deneb-san." Hanto and Uncle Takeshi bow politely too, "Konnichiwa, Deneb-san."
"Advent," dramatically says Sieg as he poses, "at the top."
Masaru bows, "Good day to thee, Prince Sieg." Noriko curtsied, "Your highness."
Neotaros, a.k.a. Teddy, bows politely in greetings "A pleasure to meet you."
Masaru and the others bow politely in return.
Hanto realizes and asks Masaru, "Why don't we have a possession testing and see what we would look like?" Masaru sweat-drops, "I shudder at the thought of someone like Momotaros-san or Prince Sieg possessing Uncle Takeshi."
Momotaros' voice is heard somewhere, "Just so you'll know, the old man jumped at me to possess him." The two boys turn to Uncle Takeshi, who currently has a rather rough and cocky expression on his face, a muscularly pumped body, and spiked-up hair with a single red strike at the side.
Noriko says, "I'll leave things here for you three boys, I'll be out getting a present for Masaru-kun." Before she leaves, she shouts at Masaru, "And no thinking of leaving for other dimensions!"
Later… Noriko is picking up a nice copy of the latest in several of his interests and hobbies, as well as a pair of cakes; one in the resemblance of the past Kamen Riders (specifically Kuuga through Decade) and one depicting several imaginary girls, each different from the other, including one resembling her (since he's a harem genre fan).
She is listening to the song of 'Konna Ni Chikaku De' ('So Close…') and singing along with it when she meets eyes with someone new——
It is a mature woman clad in a white overdress over a white dress and wearing a wide-brimmed fedora over her short blonde-colored hair. She is looking at Noriko with eyes full of concern…
"Noriko-chan," says the mysterious mature woman, "just to force him into staying and not going will only bring disaster to him, you, and your world." Noriko gasps and carefully asks, "Who are you?" The woman says, "You may call me Natsuki. Please return to Masaru-kun."
Noriko suddenly feels like she's experiencing Narutaki from 'Kamen Rider Decade', she looks around for anything else disturbing and discovers that the woman, Natsuki, has just vanished in a field of light.
Noriko shakes her head, "That just can't be happening to Masaru-kun!"
Back with Masaru and the others below, earlier Masaru had to return the Taros to their card(s) in order to recharge. Now, he and young Hanto are getting ready for a bike ride…
Masaru asks Hanto, "Would you like it if we went to the amusement park?" Hanto nods, "I'd love to!"
The two males take the elevator up, while Noriko runs through the doors and nearly drops the two carefully packaged cakes and her presents for Masaru.
Noriko puts down the stuff and looks around desperately for Masaru, she runs up to Uncle Takeshi and asks, "Where's Masaru-kun?" Uncle Takeshi simply replies, "He and Hanto-kun are riding out to the amusement park, Noriko-chan. Why?"
Noriko gasps, "Oh no!"
The two boys are having a ball at the amusement park…
While eating anpan, the two talk about Kamen Riders and the possibility of going to different versions of their worlds or perhaps the possible conclusions of the continuities——
"Wow," exclaims Hanto, "do you think we'll meet up with the Shinkengers too?" Masaru pats the young boy on the back, "We'll see. But if by some possible chance we'll travel to a universe where we once believed was an anime or something similar to some person's fanfiction, what do you think we should do?" Hanto says "I'm a game fan, so I guess something like 'Yu-Gi-Oh' or 'Pokémon' would be really cool to go into." Masaru shrugs, "Yeah… I guess."
"You want to see something based off cards?" asks a dark voice from behind the two boys.
Masaru and Hanto turn to find an entity similar to Kamen Rider Chalice, with the exception of the armor having more black than normally and with a sickly purple visor, heart emblems, and accents. The Black Chalice pulls out an onyx-colored Chalice Arrow in its blade mode at the two.
Masaru looks at Hanto and says, "Kuso."
They dodge the attack, which slices the bench they were sitting on earlier in half, and run like hell.
They both run for cover within an alleyway, Hanto asks, "Why didn't you take him?" Masaru answers while taking his Booker out, "Because Kamen Riders have superhuman strength when in their Rider forms, there were civilians who shouldn't see me, Chalice is technically if not precisely 1 second faster than I in rider form, it's possible that he has the other Rouze Cards containing an entire army of Undead with him, and the enemy is an even eviler version of Black Joker who happens to be after me."
Masaru opens his Aikusha Booker to reveal information about Kamen Rider Chalice——
(Kamen Rider Chalice— height: 204cm (6'8"); weight: 109kg (240.3 lbs); punching power: 320AP (3.2t); kicking power: 520AP (5.2t); maximum jumping height: 45m (147.7 ft); top running speed: 100m/4.8s (47 mph); senses: 30km radius (radius of 18.7 miles); Defense Rating: 7; Spinning Dance: 36t (normally) 41.2t (maximum))
Hanto gulps, "Looks like we're going to need those other summons cards." Masaru looks around, "Oh goodie, only him. I can transform now."
The Aikusha Driver appears around Masaru's waist and he calls out "Henshin!" before setting it into place. The energy projections wash over him, transforming him into Aikusha; as soon as his eyepieces flash, he runs into battle!
Black Chalice pulls out the Remote Tapir card, along with a large deck of cards from his belt's side, which Aikusha imagines to be all the other Undead with the exception of the Heart Suit cards. Acting fast, Black Chalice swipes it through his Chalice Rouzer——
A duller and more demonic version of the original's voice calling from the Rouzer, "Remote."
Black Chalice throws the Rouze Cards up into the card and fires a beam of energy from his Rouzer and it branches out to each card in midair before colliding with them.
Kamen Rider Aikusha finds himself outnumbered, 38 to one.
KR Aikusha gasps, "Oh shoot!"
He then quickly searches through his cards for backup, 'Hopefully 10 minutes will be enough for the Undead.'
Black Chalice shouts to his army "Stop him before he could summon help!"
The Jaguar Undead rushes at him and knocks him into the air, "NOOOOO!!" cries KR Aikusha, seeing his Rider Cards fall out of his hands.
"Hero Call: Kamen Rider Dark Kiva!"
"What?" asks KR Aikusha.
"What?!" reply those of the evil Undead platoon below that can speak.
"What?!?" gasps a shocked Black Chalice.
"What?!" gasps Chiaki, who is somehow nearby.
"What?" gasps a shocked Hanto.
The card changes into the bat-like insignia of Kiva appears, then a grownup male of 20-something with wavy neck-length black hair (not to mention handsome features) appears from the symbol, holding a black Kivat with red wings and yellow eyes (Kivat the II), Taiga calls out "Henshin!" and sets the elder Kivat into the buckle place of his belt.
FLASH!
The young man that was summoned transforms into dark and crimson armored king of the Fangire; Kamen Rider Dark Kiva!
(Kamen Rider Dark Kiva— height: 205cm; weight: 112kg; punching power: 20t; kicking power: 35t; top running speed: 100m/1.2s; maximum jumping height: 250m; Senses: 60x; Defense Rating: 10; Snaking Death Break: 40t; Darkness Hell Crash: 65t; King's Burst End: 180t; King's World End: 400t)
As he landed on the ground, his armored hand moved as if it was lightning he caught all the cards single-handedly, and then catches the new Rider.
Looking at his summoned ally, he says to him "Cutting a little close there… but thanks, Taiga-san." KR Dark Kiva says, "Better late than never, new guy."
After Dark Kiva sets Aikusha to his feet and hands him his cards, the green Rider haunches over a bit, "I nearly forgot about the Jaguar Undead. That hypersonic knee to the gut was a definite killer."
KR Dark Kiva says, "I'll deal with them all in one blow. Just get down."
KR Aikusha sees the white Jacorder appear and the red energy snake around and stab through each Undead in the belt buckle, which not only opened revealing their categories but also shattered to bits, and continued onto the next. Before he could move onto the Kings, the Undead shattered along with their belts.
KR Aikusha says (feeling surprised himself), "Even the immortal Undead have their weaknesses and limits. That is if they're truly the Undead from 'Kamen Rider Blade'."
The three remaining Category King Undead, Caucasus, Tarantula, and Giraffa; and Black Chalice begin to panic.
The Caucasus Undead, a.k.a. King, quivers in fear, "Impossible! All the Undead slain in one blow!"
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva says, "Get ready for Black Chalice, I've got some false kings to dethrone."
The Caucasus Undead shivers, while trying to defend himself, asks "Who are you calling 'false kings'?" The other truly dying Category Kings attempt to follow.
But before anyone would strike, a pink blur came along and slashes him all over and then——
SHUNK!
The dark and demonic version of Chalice is staring down on his Chalice Rouzer, which is completely destroyed. The other Undead vanish, due to KR Dark Kiva laying waste to all three of them with a single Darkness Hell Crash. KR Aikusha returns the summoned Rider back to the card to see what made Black Chalice stop in his tracks… he sees another Kamen Rider——
A female Kamen Rider; her pink armor over the white bodysuit is designed after a swallowtail, her white eyepieces are heart-shaped, a rose-colored scarf is around her neck with its tails dangling down her shoulder blade, violet swallowtail butterfly wings case the eyepieces and give her helmet antennae, she has a pink short battle-skirt of sorts, on her left forearm is a heart-shaped shield mounted on it, her rose-colored belt's buckle appears to be a red heart-shaped device, on her right side of her belt is a holster full of cards hanging from it, and the empty holster on the other side appears to be for her weapon.
Her weapon in question looks sort of like a pearl-white blaster that converts into a small sword, which the blade is stabbing into the Joker Belt, is shaped after a swan in flight and has a ruby heart on the breast.
She swipes a red card with a heart-shaped symbol on its back from her card holster and over her weapon, which says in a semi-mechanical female voice——
"Venus Finisher: Venus Slash!"
The blade glows a bright red before shifting to a blinding white light, the armored woman did a wrist motion upwards, "Venus Slash!"
The demonic rider, Black Chalice, has become vaporized.
The onlookers stood amazed, while without another word the female Rider walks toward what appears to be a modified rose-colored Honda DN-01 with her insignia on the sides and rode off on it.
KR Aikusha looks into his Watcher for the information about her.
(Kamen Rider Venus— height: 172cm; weight: 60kg; punching power: 3.5t (normal), 7.5t (max); kicking power: 7.5t (normal), 15t (max); top running speed: 100m/2.9s; maximum jumping height: 150m; Senses: 15km; Defense Rating: 6; Finisher Power: 15t (normal), 30t (max))
"Kamen Rider Venus, who are you?" asks Masaru.
Back in Uncle Takeshi's underground training facilities under his main building, a garage door opened to reveal Masaru and Hanto riding the elder male's motorcycle in.
Uncle Takeshi asks, "How did it go?" Hanto replies, "We've had fun at the park, until some evil Rider clone came after him and later summoned an army of monsters called Undead to overpower him. Thankfully fate was on our side when he was knocked into the air, one of his cards came out and overpowered them in one attack." "Then a female Kamen Rider named Venus came along and slew him before running off."
"Seki-style Laughing Pressure Point."
A thumb is seen pressing against the side of Masaru's neck. SQUEAK! Masaru's eyes widen in shock as he felt the jolt going throughout him!
He places a hand onto the part of his neck that was struck, attempting to hold back the effect, and… fails——
He bursts into laughter!
Stuck in the fit of uncontrollable laughter, Masaru struggles to say to her "Noriko, you did it again! Only… this time… be the first… in the whole… year!"
A clearly miffed Noriko growls, "You went out there where danger was waiting for you! And what's worse is that you brought a kid there!" Finally recovering, Masaru states, "I didn't know that that Black Chalice were going to be there."
"Be light on me, Norikoromi. Just be glad we're still alive," says what sounds like a disembodied voice of Masaru.
Noriko isn't looking at Masaru directly, Masaru asks her "Wait a minute, how on Earth did you know that Hanto-kun and I were in danger?" then he looks around, "And who the heck spoke in my voice?"
Noriko gasps in shock, she looks at Masaru, "That wasn't you?" Masaru nods. Uncle Takeshi is standing perfectly still and says, "It was another Masaru-kun that said that second bit, and he's sitting before me."
As Uncle Takeshi said; another Masaru Shiranai, dressed in a suit of clothes that give everyone the impression that he's been in a huge battle.
"Who are you?" asks Masaru (the original).
The other Masaru answers, "I'm you, from a future."
"If you are what you say you are…" inquiring Noriko, "What alternative medicine technique am I thinking of using on the Masaru-kun with me right now?"
The Future Masaru says, "Wrestling Cure Crashing."
Noriko gaps in shock, she recomposes herself and says "Okay, you're Masaru-kun and from the future." Masaru asks, "Which future exactly."
Future Masaru painfully looks at Noriko and says, "A future where you're dead."
Noriko grows pale upon hearing the news, Uncle Takeshi closes his eyes mournfully, and Hanto gasps in horror.
Masaru gasps in shock, as he looks at Noriko he realizes, "It would be a major mistake if I left you behind here!" Nervous, Noriko asks the future Masaru, "Just how far into the future am I dead exactly?" Future Masaru says, "About 2 months."
Noriko gulps "Do I have to go? You know, on an adventure through other universes?" The future Masaru nods grimly, "If Masaru were to stay, stronger enemies even Masaru couldn't overcome would come to kill him. If you were to stay, you would be lonely and nearly suffer the same fate as the Romanoff's in Russia; Takeshi would be set up to blame and everyone will destroy Redir Nameko Corp. and all connected to it in mass panic. Then this world will have its own Shocker. All thanks to the chaos in courtesy of Black DiEnd."
Masaru asks, "When does he come?" Future Masaru answers, "Today. Some birthday, huh?" Masaru says, "And I was just about to leave until Black Chalice arrived to kill me." Then in a perfect if not unexpected unison, both Masaru and his future self say "By the time the 19 stars align with Venus and Jupiter among the infinities, I'm going to be heading down on an adventurous journey that is vital to my life in many fields. If I make the wrong decisions alone it will end for others terribly."
Noriko pulls out an old photo and looks at it, reminiscing, "As a child, I've wondered if any of the fictional characters and objects and places I've enjoyed would be like if they were real." Future Masaru says, "This would be your chance to witness and meet them first hand. But you may have to expect slight differences."
"It's decided then," declares Masaru "We're going together."
Future Masaru smiles slightly, "I'm glad to have changed the past." Hanto asks, "Wait! Can I come with them too?" Future Masaru says "Your future values are vital to my counterpart of this present, as are several others." Uncle Takeshi comes around with a suitcase, "So my niece and Masaru-kun won't be alone?"
"To put it in a matter of speaking," answers Future Masaru, "Yes. There should be the one who speaks, and he will, will be one who is unknowingly heading into danger will mention something about Masaru being the world's truest Kamen Rider, and be useful as a tool monkey until he finds his own weapon. Another, well… he's a really old and wise if not badass person. The third just happens to be Hanto-kun."
Everyone notices the Future Masaru is disintegrating. Noriko asks "Why are you disintegrating, Mirai no Masaru-kun?!" Masaru says, "Because he has used Kamen Rider Kabuto's Hyper Clock Up system to travel back in time, it's a branch type. Now that the future me has changed the past, he won't exist anymore because in a way I have prevented your death." The Masaru from the former future nods, "Affirmative."
Even when the Future Masaru completely vanished into nonexistence, Masaru remains cool as a cucumber.
Masaru frowns, "Black DiEnd…" he then heads for the TV to turn on the news. Out on the street, close to Noriko and Masaru's college grounds, comes a black-colored Kamen Rider DiEnd with a sickly purple visor coming out from a watery-like white energy field. Hanto asks, "What are the incredible power levels of DiEnd?" Masaru takes his Booker and shows it to the young boy——
(Kamen Rider DiEnd— height: 194cm; weight: 88kg; punching power: 6t; kicking power: 8t; top running speed: 100m/5s; maximum jumping height: 30m; Senses: normal; Defense Rating: 7; Dimension Shoot: 60t)
Masaru says, "If Black DiEnd can bring out such demonic Riders, we should expect the worst from him." He gets on his motorcycle and rides off through the door for Black DiEnd.
Hanto asks Uncle Takeshi, "How are we going to get to their location of the battle?" Uncle Takeshi walks over to a tarp-covered object and removes the tarp, revealing a cyan-and-silver round electric car, "This electrically-powered vehicle is new since New Years Day, I've always wanted to try out this beauty as soon as I've first laid eyes on it."
Hanto asks, "Can we go now?" Remembering why they were heading out in the first place, Uncle Takeshi says "Right away." They get into the car and drive off after Masaru.
Noriko pulls out a motorcycle of her own, "Again, good thing I've practiced alongside Masaru-kun too."
Black DiEnd is pressing the people on campus grounds for Kamen Rider Aikusha, threatening them that he'll kill them if they don't reveal where he is.
Picking up a third person to threaten, the demonic and dark Black DiEnd growls out to her "Where is Kamen Rider Aikusha?" The girl asks, "Why on Earth do you even want to know what we don't even know?" Black DiEnd says "He was first seen close to these grounds, little girl, with another one like you."
Masaru's voice calls out "You've got the wrong girl, you damned clone of a robber!"
Black DiEnd drops the girl and turns to see Masaru setting his Aikusha Booker into the Driver's slot——
"Henshin!" calls out Masaru.
The transformation's energy field pops out and forward, sending Black DiEnd flying backwards as soon as it touched him, then it washes over the motorcycle and its rider, transforming both into Kamen Rider Aikusha riding his Machine Aikusha motorcycle.
KR Aikusha turns to the students and asks, "Are you alright?" One of them says, "He threatened to kill us unless you arrived." KR Aikusha says, "Now that I am here, get everyone out of here!" The people on campus ran away.
Takeshi's electric car pulls onto the scene, Hanto looks outside the window and says "It really is a Black DiEnd!" Uncle Takeshi says, "People will have a different opinion when he's just going to help them."
Black DiEnd loads up some cards into his weapon that greatly resembles the Transformation Loading Gun DiEndriver and fires it into the air, summoning Black versions of fictional Riders past, including Black Chalice and Black Decade, along with regular versions of the Kaijin from last 10 years of Kamen Rider shows.
KR Aikusha frowns, "So that explains where he came from, but the question is you personally, Black DiEnd. Who sent you?" Black DiEnd demonically chuckles, "Now that is a secret."
KR Aikusha knows he is need of an army too, he draws a card——
"Momotaros-tachi, let's go!"
"Hero Call: Den-O Imagin-tachi!"
The card turned into balls of light, really the hero Imagin getting ready to come into being…
Chiaki shows up, "Why, if it isn't the world's truest Kamen Rider——" only to get in Momotaros' path while being summoned, just to get possessed.
Momotaros took charge over Chiaki's body, as seen with the red Oni's image appearing around the body before transforming, resulting in Chiaki Red; who has a better-defined musculature, red irises in the eyes, slicked up spiky hair with a single red streak, and an aggressive expression on his face. His clothes also took on an unruly shape.
Chiaki Red growls out "Stupid bastard, why couldn't he tell that he was heading into incredible danger?!" Urataros nods, "So true." Kintaros grunts out, "Such a pitiful man." Ryutaros laughs, "He suits Momo well!" Chiaki Red grabs the young Imagin by the shoulders and roars out, "What the hell, you brat?!"
KR Aikusha says, "Relax, additional gear is on the way." Chiaki Red asks, "You mean the Den-O Gear?" KR Aikusha nods and waves a card over his Booker——
"Hero Equip: Den-O Rider Pass!"
Chiaki Red catches a small black box in his hand and smirks, "Alright!" But then his other 6 Imagin partners jump into Chiaki's body——
The mixture with Urataros makes a better appeal than one may expect; Chiaki Blue has straight and calm hair with a single blue streak going through it, a black-rimmed eyeglasses over his blue eyes, and increased charm, and a very calm and mature if not crafty expression on his face. His clothes turned into a blue tuxedo complete with cane and top hat.
Chiaki Blue puts a hand to his chin and says casually, "This young man's persona and brain would both be better off with mine, but his comeliness and wealth is a plus for me."
Then he shifts to Chiaki Yellow, formed from Kintaros; with a ponytail with a golden yellow streak through it, yellow eyes, and a noble and firm persona. His clothes transformed into a yellow battle gi.
"Such a weak will," grunts Chiaki Yellow before popping his neck, "what he really needs is true manliness and also a heart that's true!"
Then comes the cheerful Chiaki Purple from mergence with Ryutaros; with one long purple streak of hair on the left side of his face and wearing a brown cap on his head, dancing like a hip-hop breakdancer!
Chiaki Purple asks "Mind if I start things off first?" then he twirls around and hand stands before flipping to his feet finishing, "I can't hear you!"
Chiaki Green (from Deneb) takes over; his hair grows past shoulder length with two locks of hair in front on each side of his head, with the one on the right being neon green with a darker green streak within it.
Chiaki Green politely says "I'm so sorry, Ryuuta. But someone else more responsible and can live with us for the 10 minute limit."
Chiaki White, with the feather boa around his neck and hair styled in cornrows and has several white highlights with one longer white and black lock on the left side of his face, took over and says "It should be the currently newest Imagin brother of ours."
Chiaki Navy, with short calm hair and long navy blue locks and bangs in front, wearing a proper-looking blue jacket says, "I am ready."
The possessed Chiaki whips the materialized Den-O Belt around his waist and waves the Rider Pass over it, transforming him into the black-and-white plain-looking Plat Form of KR Den-O.
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Plat Form— height: 180cm; weight: 80kg; punching power: 1t; kicking power: 3t; top running speed: 100m/10s; maximum jumping height: 10m; Senses: normal; Defense Rating: 5)
He waves it over the SetTouch in the Terminal Buckle again——
"Strike Form."
The armor is equipped with an outer shell of armor similar to that of the NEW Den-O.
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Strike Form— height: 195cm; weight: 102kg; punching power: 6t; kicking power: 7t; top running speed: 100m/3.5s; maximum jumping height: 45m; Senses: 15km; Defense Rating: 9; Strike Spurt: 50t)
KR Den-O Strike assembles the DenGasher into its sword mode, "Going for 30 seconds, Masaru-san." KR Aikusha nods, "Let's go."
KR Den-O Strike charges alongside KR Aikusha, saying "Counting down. 30… 29…"
During that time, while Masaru and Neotaros were slicing a lot of the enemy Black Riders and Kaijin down like they were wheat, Noriko arrives on the scene.
Noriko asks, "What did I miss?" Uncle Takeshi shakes his head, "Not a lot." Hanto says, "That Kamen Rider alongside Masaru-niisan are really Momotaros-tachi using Chiaki Kanto's body." Noriko gasps, "Eh?! That jerk Chiaki?! You're kidding!"
Teddy finishes his countdown "3… 2… 1." KR Aikusha calls out, "Change positions with another!"
A golden winged emblem appears onto the buckle of Den-O, an elegant tune is heard and Den-O waves the Pass over it——
"Wing Form."
The armor explodes off and new white armor takes place, as the bodysuit underneath turns gold before black back plate hovered behind him as well as a white chest plate in front him with white wing-like shoulder-guards hovering, flanking him. The armor then snapped onto his body with a loud clank. A blue swan then slid over his faceplate before the neck of the bird folded back and the wings snapped onto the helmet to form a visor.
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Wing Form— height: 193cm; weight: 90kg; punching power: 4t; kicking power: 8t; top running speed: 100m/3.8s; maximum jumping height: 50m; Senses: 10km; Defense Rating: 7; Royal Smash: 40t)
KR Den-O Wing poses dramatically and calls out, "Advent, above everything." ("Korin, man o jishite")
With Sieg in charge, Aikusha knows that the prince Imagin will want to fight dramatically as though he was going to impress an audience. So he says to his regal 'teammate', "You've got less than 8 minutes, so please pick an opponent and change places… please." KR Den-O Wing nods regally, "Yes, my higher lord."
Noriko giggles, "'My higher lord', that's rich!"
KR Aikusha charges through the rampaging Black Riders, while summoning the other Hero Card Riders to deal with them and got blocked by the Grasshopper Grongi after he summoned his 8th teammate.
So far, he got out Kamen Rides Decade, TheBee (in Masked Form), IXA (in Save Form), Drake (in Masked Form), Kiva, Gatack (in Masked Form), Kuuga (in Mighty Form), and Super-1. KR Super-1 says, "We'll help the Imagin allies, you'll deal with the source, sir." KR Aikusha nods, "Thanks."
Teddy and Sieg jump out of KR Den-O's body, then a green buckle ornament with a gold 'V' took place of the Wing Plate——
"Vega Form."
The gold bodysuit turned dark green as new black armor attaches itself to the Rider, along with really thick chest armor, taking place of the Wing Form's armor. Multi-barreled cannons form on Den-O's shoulders. A panel on his new chest armor opens up to reveal a decoration similar to Deneb's face. Finally, a drill slid over the face, spinning, before it split apart into a star-shaped visor with round red eyes. A cape hung from his back as well.
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Vega Form— height: 198cm; weight: 100kg; punching power: 7t; kicking power: 10t; top running speed: 100m/8s; maximum jumping height: 20m; Senses: 30km; Defense Rating: 8; Splendid End/Grand Strike: 35t)
KR Den-O Vega raises a hand in the air, with KR Zeronos' signature weapon, the Combination Armament ZeroGasher in Saber Mode, falling from the heavens and is caught in his hand. He waves it around and a mighty gust blows away a lot of lesser foes like they were merely dust!
Noriko is impressed, "So that is what Den-O would look like if he got Deneb." Hanto smiles, "So awesome!"
"I have this to say for starters…" increasing the feeling of drama in the air, along with something KR Aikusha anticipating something annoying yet honest from Deneb… "a portal opened up above me to grant me Yuuto's primary weapon."
"HUH?!" exclaimed everyone else in unison confusedly. A few on-looking innocents sweat-drop, while some of the more sane ones face-fault, and the rest fall to the ground (anime style)! A lot of the Black Riders were reacting with self-destructing frustration!
"Uh…" says KR Aikusha, "I know you mean well, Deneb, but people around here are smart enough to understand since they've watched the show." KR Den-O Vega says, "But… we should always be honest. It's not nice to deceive others." "Just finish off Black Zeronos and a few others before they do so to Chiaki," sighs KR Aikusha. KR Den-O Vega salutes "Roger!" and then waves the Pass over the buckle——
"Full Charge!"
KR Den-O Vega then unleashes a golden V-shaped wave of energy in the air against Black Zeronos and several other Black Riders and Kaijin, reducing them to subatomic particles. Then he ejects himself, changing KR Den-O into Plat Form again so he could let the others have a turn with the body and join the battle.
KR Den-O presses the purple button and shifts to Gun Form.
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Gun Form— height: 197cm; weight: 98kg; punching power: 6t; kicking power: 10t; top running speed: 100m/4s; maximum jumping height: 42m; Senses: 10km; Defense Rating: 8; Wild Shot: 30t)
"Do you mind if I shoot you?" asks KR Den-O Gun almost innocently, "I can't hear you!" ("Kotae wa kiitenai!")
Uncle Takeshi throws a stick on the ground to Kuuga, who grabs it and shifts to blue Dragon Form (height: 200cm; weight: 90kg; punching power: 1t; kicking power: 3t; top running speed: 100m/2s; maximum jumping height: 30m; Senses: 10x; Defense Rating: 4; Dragon Splash: 21t) and turns the stick into his staff weapon for his current form, the Dragon Rod.
Aikusha attempts to get closer to Black Chalice while Gattack combats his Black counterpart, Ryuutaros gets knocked outside of the body as it is taken over by Kintaros——
"Axe Form."
After switching forms, KR Den-O Axe gruffly calls out "Nakerude!" ("You'll cry!")
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Ax Form— height: 185cm; weight: 93kg; punching power: 8t; kicking power: 5t; top running speed: 100m/7s; maximum jumping height: 30m; Senses: 13km; Defense Rating: 9; Dynamic Chop: 30t)
"My strength has made you cry," he pops his neck and then presents some Japanese tissues, "wipe your tears away with these." ("Ore no tsuyosa ni, omae ga naita. Namida wa kore de fuitoke.")
As KR Den-O Axe overpowers a lot of the Kaijin foes, KR Aikusha finally gets in close and personal with Black DiEnd. He growls at the bastard, "I won't let you kill Noriko-san nor anybody in her world!" Black DiEnd says, "After I kill you, her world will be left alone."
Having enough, Noriko pulls out a red heart-shaped device, "You're not going to be killing anybody!"
Recognizing the device, KR Aikusha gasps in shock "Noriko's a Kamen Rider too?!"
Everyone around them looks at Noriko Seki in surprise. She marches forward and places the heart-shaped device over her abdomen, then the sides of the device produce a familiar belt in a series of pink energy triangles.
"That belt!" gasps Hanto, "She's Venus?!"
Black DiEnd hisses, "My superior never informed me of you! Who the hell are you?" Noriko answers "I'm just this Kamen Rider's babysitter, remember that!" She then stops and calls out "Henshin!"
Shooting from the translucent red heart on the buckle comes a giant red heart-shaped energy field that first knocks Black DiEnd back even further before returning to Noriko while getting a little bigger. All projectiles aimed and fired at it are redirected back to the shooters. While white lines flow from her belt (via Fiaz), the onlookers watch in awe at the sudden cherry blossom petals circling her in the wind (via Hibiki).
As the field gets big enough fit a person through it, it hovers toward Noriko and then as it phases past her before finally disappearing. The effect has just changed Noriko into what looks like a woman of metallic pink fluid, then the projections of reflected light replicates and flows into her body like a magnet drawing in iron dust, finally in a flash of light the effect of which changing her into a different shape.
The metallic fluid covering her still then hardens before shattering, revealing the new form that was underneath it——
It's Kamen Rider Venus!
The eyepieces and tiny orb on her forehead flash brightly, signaling that she's ready to battle.
KR Aikusha sighs in awe, "That explains everything."
KR Den-O quickly shifts to Rod Form——
"Rod Form."
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Rod Form— height: 187cm; weight: 102kg; punching power: 4.5t; kicking power: 9t; top running speed: 100m/9s; maximum jumping height: 20m; Senses: 10km; Defense Rating: 7; Solid Attack: 30t)
KR Den-O Rod asks KR Venus, "Hey… mind if I reel you in?" (literally; "Omae… boku ni tsuraretemiru?")
KR Venus shakes her head, "Sorry, but in my book the host you're possessing leaves much to be admired."
Black Kabuto walks towards her, ready to subdue her.
"Oh no you don't, Black Kabuto!" says KR Venus as she waves a Venus Card over her Venus Belt's buckle, which said with a mechanical female voice before saying in another realistic-sounding one——
"Venus Hero Change: Kamen Rider Kabuto!"
The Black Riders gasp in shock, "Nani?!"
As the Belt turns into Kabuto's belt and the Kabuto Zector, she says (with a new voice) "Henshin."
"HENSHIN."
Then in a field of blue hexagonal energy, her armor transforms——
She's transformed into an apparently normal Kamen Rider Kabuto in Masked Form.
(Kamen Rider Kabuto, Masked Form (female version)— height: 180cm; Weight: 109kg; Punching Power: 8t; Kicking Power: 10t; Maximum Running Speed: 100m/9s; Maximum Jumping Height: 21m; Senses: 10km; Defense Rating: 8; Finisher Power: none)
Getting ready, KR Venus/Kabuto calls out "Cast Off!" as she pulls the horn back.
"CAST OFF!" calls the Kabuto Zecter.
Sure enough, the outer armor flies off and into the enemies, knocking them off their feet. While the others duck for cover!
KR Aikusha sees that Venus/Kabuto's armor's feminine form is now more feminine looking and more fitting. Once completed the eyes and a little light in the base of the horn light up, signaling his readiness for battle. This is the female version of Kamen Rider Kabuto in Rider Form.
"CHANGE BEETLE!"
(Kamen Rider Kabuto, Rider Form (female version)— height: 185cm; Weight: 72kg; Punching Power: 3t; Kicking Power: 7t; Maximum Running Speed: 100m/4.2s; Maximum Jumping Height: 42m; Senses: 10km; Defense Rating: 6; Finisher Power: 19t)
She taps the trusty button and calls out "Clock Up!"
"CLOCK UP!"
In a blur, KR Venus/Kabuto terminates the Black Riders with ease, save for Black DiEnd.
"CLOCK OVER!"
She then reappears and changes back to KR Venus. Then KR Den-O changes to Sword Form.
(Kamen Rider Den-O, Sword Form— height: 190cm; weight: 87kg; punching power: 5t; kicking power: 7t; top running speed: 100m/5.2s; maximum jumping height: 35m; Senses: 20km; Defense Rating: 6; Extreme Slash: 30t)
Dramatically posing, KR Den-O Sword calls out "Here… I come!" (actually, he's saying "Ore… sanjou!")
"BLACKAMENRIDE – BLAST!" shouts the weapon as Black DiEnd fires at the group, scoring a hit on KR Venus and a quite number of hits on KR Aikusha!
Uncle Takeshi cries out, "Noriko-chan!" and furiously throws a rock upside Black DiEnd's head!
KR Aikusha and Venus get up, he says to her "I think it's time to send this bastard back where he came from!" She nods in agreement, "Yeah!"
"Oi, Team Den-O-tachi!" calls KR Aikusha, "Finish off the Black Riders so Venus and I will finish Black DiEnd off!"
"Okay!" nods KR Den-O Sword. Urataros nods, "Fine by me." Kintaros sits down and states, "They'll weep!" Ryutaros cheers "Yeah!" Sieg nods, "Yes, my higher lord." Deneb salutes, "Roger!" Neotaros nods, "Yes, sir!"
As the other Riders did a number on the Black Riders, the Den-O team powers up KR Den-O's finisher——
"Full Charge!"
"Hissatsu!" calls out KR Den-O, "Ore-tachi no hissatsu waza…" as the rainbow energy coated blade comes whooshing down to the targets "Den-O Stars Version!"
The summoned team neutralized the Black Rider and Kaijin army.
Not reaching for their respective cards, KR Aikusha and Venus leap up into the air, both with an energy field before them; a card-shaped one that unfolds into Aikusha's insignia and a pink heart-shaped one that sprouts angelic wings for KR Venus.
They dive into their respective energy fields and then unleash flying side kicks with their right feet through the insignias (which are then absorbed into another insignia on the sole of each Rider's boot), thrusting towards the Black DiEnd——
"Aikusha Rider Kick!" "Venus Kick!"
Before Black DiEnd could fire or unleash another card of his, KR Aikusha's Rider Kick shatters the evil weapon as KR Venus' Venus Kick makes impact on Black DiEnd, both Riders surf on him like a skateboard down the ground before slowing to a stop on the concrete sidewalk.
The two walk away casually, with Venus' energy insignia glowing on Black DiEnd's chest, where her respective Rider Kick made impact, and then it explodes.
KR Aikusha says to his summoned side, "Okay, boys I'd say your cards need a recharge. Get back in the card form." FLASH! His summons return to his Booker as his Rider Cards, leaving a wiped Chiaki, who apparently knows everything now.
"Ugh…" groans Chiaki, "I do hope that wherever that transformation device was made has it mass produced… as well as have lots of hot chicks."
Back at the underground training facilities, Masaru asks a summoned Miyuki Tezuka (Kamen Rider Raia) if Noriko's world's future is safe. The answer he got from him was 'yes', thanks to Noriko and him. Now Masaru is talking with Noriko about her Venus Belt and Venus Cards.
Masaru asks, "Where, when, and how on Earth did you get your own Rider Gear?" Noriko says, "From the moment I've touched it after we've seen the Agito movie, I've found this next to your Booker while I was safekeeping for you. It was just a blank red cube at first, but then over the years it changed shape and matured into this. That was when I was sure it was meant for me for some reason. When I looked at your Booker and analyzed its functions, it confirmed my thoughts that it was something similar to yours; a multifunctional transformation unit. I first became Venus when we weren't together 2 years ago. That's all I know, I swear."
Masaru wraps her up in a hug, "It's alright now." Noriko sighs with relief, 'Even though he may be from another dimension, I want him to be with me forevermore.'
Looming over the two, Chiaki looks at the cards, "Momotara? Uratara? Kintara? Ryutara? Denebi? Siegfreya? And Neotara? The female counterpart of Kamen Rider Den-O must have zero sense too."
Noriko waves the 7 Venus Cards over her Venus Belt unit and huffs, "Say that to them, yourself."
"Venus Hero Call: Den-O Imagin-tachi!"
Feminine versions of the original Den-O Imagin appear before everyone.
The female Momotaros, Momotara, who sports a small ponytail of wild red hair, slightly smaller horns, and a slightly feminine build and face calls out in a tomboyish voice, "Ore… SANJOU!"
Masaru blinks slightly, "Definitely a female version of the original." Noriko places her hands to her hips, "Yeah."
The female Urataros, Uratara, who has a feminine build calmly asks, "Mind if I reel you in?"
Masaru blushes slightly, "Uh, no thank you, Uratara-san." Noriko whispers to herself, "Well, maybe if you were in me, then maybe Masaru-kun would be enticed."
The female Kintaros, Kintara, has an Amazonian build, a smaller horn, a more feminine face, and a long golden ponytail trailing down the back. She calls out, "You cried!"
"I think I nearly did," says Masaru. Noriko sheds a few tears, "Please don't."
The female Ryutaros, Ryutara, is slightly shorter than the others, like she is the youngest amongst them, and has a more feminine look. She playfully dances and asks, "Do you mind if I hug you? I can't hear you!"
Masaru shrugs, "I wouldn't mind a hug." "Would you please save the training for later, Ryutara-chan?" asks Noriko.
The female version of Deneb, Denebi, is bustier than expected. "I have this to say…" politely says Denebi, "Hello, nice to meet you!"
While a lot of other people face fault or fall to the ground in stress, Masaru bows politely "Nice to meet you for real too, Denebi-san." Noriko bows too, "Konnichiwa, Denebi-san."
The princess version of Sieg lives up to the shape and beauty of a fairytale princess fused with an elegant swan. She calmly and dramatically says, "Advent, at the top."
Msaru bows, "Good day to thee, Princess Sieg." Noriko curtsied, "Your highness."
Neotara, who is slightly similar to Momotara, bows politely in greetings "A pleasure."
Masaru nods, "You too, Neotara-san."
"I'm all set!" says Uncle Takeshi, who is pulling a black suitcase ready to traveling. Hanto, carrying a green backpack, says to the two "I'm glad I might be able to help."
While Chiaki was getting his just desserts from the female Den-O Imagin, Noriko cringes, "Please tell me that the other you must've been joking when he said we needed a butt monkey to use for our Imagin cards." Masaru gulps, "Hopefully the moron will shape up during this journey."
Noriko summons back her Imagin girls as Masaru waves his Portal Card over his buckle——
"Portal!"
ZAP!
And so, begins the multiversal adventures of the Rider fan ascended to true Kamen Rider, his friend and 'babysitter' becoming Rider, the eccentric billionaire uncle, the boy, and the jerky acquaintance…
ZAP!
The group ends up in a neighborhood district…
"Wait a minute!" says Noriko, "If we're in another universe, shouldn't we be like we're from it?"
Masaru pulls out a Rider Card named 'Adapt' and waves it over his Aikusha Booker——
"Adapt."
The group is then bathed in green energy pixels until their outer appearances and garments have altered to fit this universe's environments——
Masaru is now clad in a white karate/jujutsu dougi, Muay Thai bandages, kung fu pants, and worn out shoes.
Noriko is clad in a pink-colored dress styled after a sailor fuku.
Uncle Takeshi is clad in a dark-green uwagi and hakama complete with a blood-red obi.
Hanto is in a golden-yellow Chinese shirt and pants of silk.
Chiaki is in a brown hakama and uwagi complete with a purple oni.
Noriko giggles, "I was kind of hoping that you would be dressed like Joe the Haze." Masaru says, "I'm better off looking like Ryotaro Nogami."
The group looks around to find out their location, which seems to be a small little neighborhood, and Masaru gasps at the dojo in front of him——
"'Tendou Dojo of Anything-Goes Martial Arts?'" gasps Masaru, "This is like a dream… guys… we're in the——"
"RANMA NO BAKA!" shrieks a woman's voice.
BOOM! Everyone looks up to see an unfortunate young man in a Chinese shirt with black hair with a pigtail sent flying into the air with a panda and a man with long hair and a moustache in an uwagi and hakama.
Masaru finally says "This is the universe of 'Ranma 1/2'."
"The universe of 'Ranma 1/2'?" replies Noriko and Chiaki in unison. Hanto asks, "What the heck is 'Ranma 1/2?'"
Over on the streets, Masaru spots something just as interesting——
An odd Kaijin bearing a black aura and the likeliness of a spider being pounded on by a black-striped golden entity with a wolf head ornament on his forehead.
"Iron Cloth Punch!"
Cloth wrapped around the guy's fist and he punches the lights out on the Kaijin, which immediately transforms into a human.
Masaru takes out his Booker and got the info——
(Kamen Rider Ryoga— height: 190cm; weight: 102kg; punching power: 15t; kicking power: 12t; top running speed: 100m/6s; maximum jumping height: 24m; Senses: 6 times normal; Defense Rating: 8; Lion's Roar Shot: 39t)
"Ryoga… Hibiki… a Kamen Rider named Ryoga?" gasps a surprised Masaru.
"They have Kamen Riders here too?" Noriko's mouth gapes as she asks. Masaru puts a hand to his chin, "Must be an alternate universe."
To be continued…
Next on 'Kamen Rider Aikusha'; "Who're You Calling a Destroyer?!"— the interdimensional exploration crew have traveled into the 'Ranma 1/2' universe, which has Kamen Rider elements and other thing unheard of in it. They take up residence at the Tendou Dojo, so Masaru would get stronger for future battles. An unheard of female character named Kogane came to honor a contract that Tendo made, only to find out that it's impossible since he has no son. When Masaru reveals himself to be Aikusha, Ranma attacks him and labels him as the destroyer. If that's not bad enough, Kick Hopper and Punch Hopper in the version of this universe's Kamen Rider style appear to rough them up. Will Aikusha get stronger? What's going to happen? What other universes will he travel into? Love and Justice connects everything.