I do not own any characters from the Justice League Unlimited series or from Kamen Rider OOO. They belong to their creators. I will only claim ownership of any original characters, monsters, Core Medals, Combos and Greeed that appear in this story. This story is set as a cross-section between the JLU and KR OOO. For the moment, this is a one season story but it may develop into a full series if interest in this idea grows and if the reviews are plenty for it.
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Justice League: OOO Unlimited
So far on Justice League: OOO Unlimited…
With the defeat of Maki both Eiji, Ankh and Uva were transported to another universe through the power of the dark void. In the void, both Eiji and Uva receive two new sets of medals with each getting half of each set. Uva goes into hiding while trying to comprehend his new powers. Eiji and Ankh meet a group of heroes called the Justice League but the combination of Eiji's fear, his guilt and the new medals cause him to transform into his Greeed form and go berserk once more. But, thanks to the Core Medals and his memories of Ankh, he was able to regain control and transform back into OOO.
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Sitting at a table in the galley of the Watchtower sat the young man known as Eiji Hino. Wearing nothing but a pair of baggy brown cargo pants, a black t-shirt two sizes too big and a pair of tan shoes, the young man sat there just poking at his breakfast. Letting out a sigh, he used his free hand to brush a strand of his short messy brown hair out of his eyes. The bags under them could easily show that he had not been sleeping well for the past week. Having now been on the Watchtower for a week, Eiji was given the grand tour of the basic layout of the base and even shown how to operate a few of the towers' systems. But in all that time he had yet to turn into Kamen Rider OOO even once since he had regained control of his mind and body; the fear of loosing control once more constantly gnawing at the back of his mind.
As he sat there in a depressed state, both Flash and Wonder Woman wandered into the galley while on their break from monitor duty. Noticing their depressed friend made them feel sorry for the young hero. He had sacrificed so much to save his world, to the point of becoming a monster himself, and yet he still believed that he failed. To him, he lost his world when he was transported to their universe and had let his best friend die without even being able to save him. Now his friend was stuck as a ghost and there was no sure way that they would be able to bring him back.
"It really just hurts to see him like that. He always puts on such a friendly front but, when he's alone, he gets into a really depressing state of mind." Diana said as she and Flash went through the small walk way to get their breakfast. Early morning monitor duty didn't usually leave time to grab a bite to eat for those who weren't early birds.
"I know, it just bites." Flash replied before taking a quick sip of some coffee from his cup. He was then hit with an idea as he stopped in the middle of the galley. "Hey I know, why don't we try and cheer him up?"
"And how are you going to do that?" Diana asked, now curious as anything was better than seeing Eiji all depressed. But as soon as she opened her mouth the Flash was off in a blur and already at the table sitting in front of Eiji. With a content sigh, Diana made her way over, attempting to try any plan that Flash had in helping Eiji. "Well, anything plan is better than no plan, I guess."
As he slowly took another bite of his fish Eiji felt the quick windy motion of something moving past him real fast and looked up to see the Flash just sitting there in front of him, already inhaling a portion of his eggs and toast. "Oh, ohayou, Flash-san." Eiji greeted with a fake smile, trying not to show his depressed state.
"Ah, come on Eiji, I told you that you don't have to use any honorifics with us. We're all friends here." Flash replied as Diana took a seat next to him, smiling warmly at the young Rider.
"Good morning Eiji."
"Ohayou, hime-sama." This just made Diana smile a bit more as Eiji always referred to her as Princess in his native language. Sur, she would prefer him to just call her by her name but she didn't want to push the matter as she wanted him to do so on his own terms.
Flash just laughed a bit at hearing Eiji refer to her as Princess and thought of how it would be fun to tease her about it. He then returned his gaze to Eiji and sighed.
"Alright man, why so glum? Those nightmares of Maki still making hard to sleep at night?"
"Flash?" Diana deadpanned as she looked at him incredulously.
"What, he obviously is." Flash defended himself. "Look Eiji, you obviously need some cheering up and Granny Flash always said that the best way to cheer someone up is by telling some funny stories."
"Please you two, I'm perfectly fine. You don't need to worry about me." Eiji retorted with another fake smile until he saw the looks in their eyes. "Guys, I'm serious. I don't need any cheering up. See?" With that he put on the biggest smile he could but it still wasn't convincing enough.
"Fail…so come on Eiji. You're obviously bummed. So tell us about some of your better adventures. You now what they say, for every bad memory you have there is always a good one that is ten times stronger." Flash said while finishing off his plate. Diana had also finished her breakfast and was still sipping at her coffee while paying close attention.
Eiji took a moment to think about it and then finally let out a sigh. It was obvious that the others could see right through him. So, after taking a moment to think about the Flash's offer he just looked back at them, the depressed look in his eyes still there.
"Alright then. I guess I could use a bit of cheering up. But I must warn you that some of my best memories could get a bit long."
"Cool…hey, wait just a sec. I'll go get us some snacks to munch on while we swap stories." And with that the Flash was off in…well, a flash.
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OP Theme: Anything Goes! (By: Maki Ogurou – Kamen Rider OOO OP Theme)
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Chapter 3:
Depression, Training & Therapy
Author: Toku Warrior
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Just on the outskirts of a small mountain town in Washington, the surrounding forest was eerily quiet. Many of the animal inhabitants were carefully steering clear of a small patch of overgrowth as their woodland home had recently been invaded by a powerful new creature. But this so called myth didn't scare off any would-be hunters. Walking through the forest, a small group of three hunters quietly made their way while looking for any type of tracks that would either land them a nice big buck or a nice fat boar. The hunters, all dressed in camouflage clothing, each sported their own weapon of choice. Two of them each had a standard hunting riffle while the third had a carbon steel bow with a quiver of arrows strapped to his back.
"Hey Earl, do you really think that there's a demon out here in these woods?" one of the riffle carrying hunters asked the hunter with the bow.
"You idiot, you actually believe that hogwash?" Earl snapped. "Look, that hullabaloo bullshit is just a stupid story that them there fuzz made up to keep us hunters out of these woods."
"But Earl, ya know that it's not huntin' season. And you now how easily Pete here get's the spooks." the other riffle carrying hunter said, making a small joke at the other riffle hunters' expense.
"That's not true Floyd. In case you forget, it was you who ran screamin' for his mama at the sight of the there Grizzly last spring." Pete quipped angrily.
As the three hunters argued back and forth they suddenly stopped in their tracks as they al heard an eerily sounding moan coming from all over the woods. It sounded like some ungodly creature that was writhing in agony as every few moments a loud grunt of pain would shout out. The hunters looked around, each one a bit on edge as the wailing got louder and louder.
"W-w-w-w-What's…t-t-t-t-that?" Pete squeaked, his teeth chattering as he grip on his gun tightened, he knees knocking together.
"How in the hell would I know?" Floyd replied, also obviously scared stiff. Earl just huffed as he got his act together.
"You bunch of tadpoles, that's probably just someone pretendin' to be Big Foot or something. For all we know it could be the fuzz."
"Or it could be Old Ted." Floyd added, still somewhat scared.
"That old coot? He's just a harmless hermit!" Earl spat as he spit out a bit of his chewing tobacco juice onto the forest floor.
The moans suddenly got louder and louder as the three of them came upon some brush and then found their way to a small creek. Looking around, they could see a bunch of very old trees in every direction and the only animal life that they could see was the occasional fish swimming in the creek. As they moved closer to the creek they suddenly heard the snapping of twigs and branches coming from behind them which caused them all to turn around and aim their weapons.
"W-w-who's there?" Pete demanded in a frightened state, his finger on the trigger.
The rustling got louder and then suddenly, as fast as it had all started, it stopped. The tension in the air was as thick as molasses as the hunters gripped their weapons even tighter. After a moment had passed they all let out a sigh of relief and turned around back towards the creek only to get the fright of their lives. But before they could even scream and before their minds could begin to describe what they were seeing, a metallic change slot appeared in the center of each of their foreheads. A black hand with clawed finger tips, an emerald green armor covering on his back of the hand and two long silver scythe-like claws held up three silver coins and flicked them at the coin slots in their foreheads. Entering their bodies, the hunters looked down at their stomachs as a gaping dark void appears as a set of mummified hands began to rip their way out of the hunter's bodies.
The three hunters screamed out in fright as they wet their pants at the site of three bandaged mummy-like creatures now standing before them. Then, as if acting upon some unknown desire, the three mummies took the hunters and mounted them on the trees behind them, pinning them to the tree trunks.
"Good, now grant their darkest desire and become stronger!" the voice commanded from the background which the mummies obeyed. As the mummies went to work the shadow figure stepped forward from the shadows as the blood curdling screams from the hunters echoed throughout the woods. "Pheh, who needs to do things the old fashioned way when I can just have the Yummies devour the parent instead. Not only will be stronger but it will give them more desires to choose from which means I'll get even more Cell Medals."
The monstrous being was covered in black insectoids armor with soft emerald green skin underneath. Its right forearm had a bright green armor plate on the top with long curved antenna jutting out from the sides by the elbow. This metal plate also connected to the two long silver scythes extending past its right hand. His other arm also had the two antenna-like protrusions coming out by the elbow but they were a much darker green in color, like his underskin. The top parts of his outer thighs armor also had an emerald green metal plate for decoration and the front tips of his feet were the same color as his underskin as well. His shoulder armor was pitch black and look like an elongated beetle shell which had a long curved antennas jutting out from the front and curving behind his back, each one nearly four feet in length. The ends of the two long antennas also changed to a bright emerald green color at the last three feet of length.
The front of his armored gut and the center of his armor chest were more of a yellow-green color with emerald green insect-like legs acting like a chest plate, covering most of the lighter green center. In the very top center of his chest was an obsidian black orb which resembled the same black orb in the center of his bright golden buckle which was strapped to a silver segmented belt with a golden underlining. The monster looked at the three Yummies as they finished devouring the hunters, taking on all of the darkest desires and all he did was laugh. His head was like that of an insect with four long curved serrated antennas protruding from his forehead and curving over towards the back. The side of his head was wrapped in light green armor which connected with his single emerald green eye lens that looked like a curved oval compound eye. His bottom jaw was silver in color while the center held a set of gold fan-like mandibles.
The three Yummies bodies were soon covered in emerald green cocoons as they started their metamorphosis into even more powerful creatures. The monster looked at them as they changed and then looked up to the sky. "Ah, this world is just so full of fresh morsels; all ripe for the picking. And when I'm done, they will all tell tales of how I, Uva, am the greatest nightmare that they have ever seen." Uva threw his head back and laughed out loud as the cocoons started to crack. "Soon OOO…soon, you will meet your end at my hands and then I will claim all of the black and gold medals and become the most powerful being in existence!"
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— The Watchtower —
Walking down the hallway towards the galley, Batman was accompanied by Dr. Fate who was using an enchanted charm so as to allow Ankh's voice to be heard since the ghostly Greeed had still yet to gain a corporeal body. As they walked on Ankh was explaining the history of the Core Medals to them as well as the history of the king from eight hundred years ago from their original world. Both Batman and Dr. Fate had become interested in the subject of the Core Medals as Fate was interested in the type of alchemy used to create them and Batman was interested at possibly being able to implement similar abilities that the Cores granted to some of the external weaponry for the tower.
"So you chose Eiji at first because he seemed gullible enough a person?" Fate asked.
"Yep. In fact he's still a gullible idiot but he's also considered me more than just a pile of medals. He's not all bad but he needs a swift kick to the back of the head to get him to see what's actually going on in front of him sometimes. And don't get me started on him and those purple medals of his."
"You make it sound like you don't like those medals very much." Batman noted as he could easily sense the animosity in Ankh's voice. The Bird Greeed did not like those medals for some reason.
"And for good reason. When my old body tried to claim all of my medals, Eiji used the power of his purple medals and destroyed three of mine that acted as my bodies' core conscience. Without those medals I won't be able to have a full body again." Ankh complained. Granted, Eiji was his friend but he still wished he would have done something different than destroying his Core Medals.
"I see. Maybe I can discover a way to return to you your full body. Of course, restoring your life and making you corporeal once more would have to come first." Fate added. He wanted to see if he could bring Ankh back. The Core Medals were a complete wonder to him at which he request Eiji lend him both Ankh's shattered medal and one of the spare Condor or Kujaku medals so that he could scan them with his mystic arts. If there was anyway to either replicate Gara's alchemy or to transfer Ankh's core conscience to another one of his Cores then it would be worth a shot.
"I sure hope so. What I wouldn't do for a chance to have another ice pop."
Fate started to laugh as they came to the door of the galley and, upon it opening for them; they were all surprised at the sound of the Flash and Diana laughing loud and hard, the speedster holding his ribs in pain as Diana wiped a tear away from her eye. They all then looked to see Eiji smiling a real smile instead of one of his fake ones.
"For real? You mean Kougami and Gotou actually tricked you with the bike just to strike a deal with Ankh?" Flash said loudly as Ankh and the others headed over to the table.
"Yeah, it was kind of embarrassing when I had that thing laying down on its front, trying to get it to change into its bike mode. I even went a little crazy as I just sat on top of it and held out my arms like I was holding a pair of bike handles." Flash and Diana laughed even harder while Ankh snorted as the recalling of one of the few times he folded his hand to Kougami. "Oh, Ankh, you're all just in time. We're swapping funny stories."
"Baka! Don't tell them that story! Do you have any idea how embarrassed I was for having to give into Kougami like that? Not to mention that he even predicted the final outcome with that damn birthday cake!" Ankh shouted and now, with the exception of Batman, they all started laughing.
"Ah, Kougami-san and his birthday cakes. I swear, he thought even the most simple things in life deserved a birthday. Gotou also showed me those videos of us getting embarrassed after Date-san became the first Kamen Rider Birth. It was one of the few times that I felt tempted to take Date-san's Cell Buster and use it on both Gotou-san and Kougami-san."
After a few more minutes of laughing everyone had decided to calm down and then they all looked at Eiji who just smiled softly at the good memories he had of his friends and home world. Even Ankh had to admit that they had some pretty good times but he would never utter such a statement out loud.
"Those were definitely some strange times." Ankh replied in a slight sarcastic tone.
"Yeah, but they were still fun. Though nothing like the time when we had you take Shingo's place so that Hina could cele—"
"Oi, shut the hell up already! I don't want anyone here to know about that one! Do you understand?" That was one thing Ankh would never able to live down. Getting embarrassed by Kougami was bad enough but having Hina get the upper hand on him was even worse.
"Hai, hai. Wakata, wakata." Eiji replied with a smile and then he looked back at Diana and Flash, his eyes now a bit brighter than before. "Flash, hime-sama…arigato."
"Hey, what are friends for?" Flash replied while placing a hand on Eiji's shoulder.
"Eiji, we will always be there if you want to talk about any problems that you might have. We just want you to find a path that suits you and not one that you feel uncomfortable with." Diana added with a small smile. Eiji also smiled at that comment and nodded his head slightly.
"She's right. The sooner you figure out what it is that you want to do the faster you will start to heal." Fate said as he stood next to him. "And do not worry about Ankh, my friend. I will spend as much time as possible in figuring out a way to restore him."
Eiji smiled softly again as he nodded. He was lucky that he wound up in a world which had people like them that were willing to go out of their way to help him. And he was also grateful to Ankh. If he hadn't knocked some sense into him back when they were falling down towards Themyscira then who would have died that day. And lord knows he really wanted to at that point in time. But the needs of those who would need his protection in the future outweighed his own problems. As long as he could help protect the innocent, then he would have at least something to fight for. First he just needed to find a way to get his heart back into the fight.
As Eiji and the others got up and put their trays in the wash bin, they turned to look at the opening of the galley door to see J'onn walk in. Noticing the person he was looking for, J'onn walked over to Eiji and looked him in the eyes.
"Eiji, I was wondering if you would like to have a therapy session with me."
"What do you mean by therapy?" Eiji asked, a tad confused.
"By going into your mind and slowly facing your fears one step at a time. Of course it would be at any time of your choosing and we won't push the matter. But with therapy you might be able to get over these nightmares of yours over time."
Eiji thought about it for a moment and wondered about the consequences of such a therapy. After finding no problems with the option he looked back and J'onn and nodded.
"Arigato, J'onn-san. But how would we start?"
"Very slowly at first. We would just go through each fear one by one until you felt comfortable enough to get past them. Then, once you feel that you can face them, we'll tackle the bigger ones."
"You know what they say, 'A man with no fear is both a foolish man and a dead man'." Flash added. This seemed to get the point across as Eiji turned to the door and followed J'onn.
"Hai." Eiji replied and with that he went with J'onn for his first therapy session.
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— 5 Hours Later, League Meeting Room —
Sitting at the table, all six of the League members sat there discussing their current point of interest which, once again, happened to be Eiji. Dr. Fate had returned to his home and surprisingly, Ankh had gone with him so as to help fill in any gaps that the mystical sorcerer might miss.
"So J'onn, how did his first session go?" Superman asked. He had been in Metropolis taking care of a few things with some assistance from Supergirl.
"Actually, it went rather well. He was able to overcome many of his minor fears quite easily. We should be able to move on to the much bigger fears sometime within the next couple of weeks." the Martian replied. He would not go over what fears he had helped Eiji face as that was just between the two of them.
"That's good. At least he's finally making a little bit of progress. I couldn't even stand to look at him the whole week because of how depressed he was looking. I thought if I looked at him then I'd start feeling depressed." John added in which they could all understand.
"It's understandable John. But at least now he knows that he has friends here that he can talk to. The more he opens up to us then he more we can help him in finding the right path he should take." Diana told them all. They all seemed to think about this for a moment until Batman spoke up.
"You all do know though that we can't just let him stay up here forever. At some point he's going to have to go down there and try and accept this Earth as his home."
"That's true which is why I've been thinking on ways he can do that. First, though, is he'd need a place to stay. In this world he has no type of cash with which he can use for a hotel and I doubt this Earth is exactly the same as his." Superman said with some concern in his voice. "I've told Kara about him though and she seems to really want to meet him."
"Well that's no surprise. Eiji and Ankh are like aliens to this place and we don't have many friends or allies that are aliens. With the exception of you, Kara and J'onn, the rest of us are from Earth. I myself feel like an outsider at times so it's nice to be bale to have a new friend who you can relate to in some way." Diana said. She wanted to see Eiji happy and, for some reason, she felt that she should look out for like a big sister would for a little brother.
"Well how's 'bout you let him stay with your folks for the weekend?" Flash asked Superman which the man of steel thought about for a moment.
"That could work. My folks would love the company and Eiji is close to Kara's age so it would give her someone to relate to. And we wouldn't have to worry about Ankh as much as he would mostly likely stay with Fate so that he can help in finding a way to restore his body."
"You're forgetting one small problem about that idea." Batman interjected in his usual monotone voice.
"And that would be…" John began.
"We'd have to tell him who we really are." Batman answered which they all got the meaning of.
"Well, he already knows Diana, John and J'onn as they don't really have secret identities. And I've been planning on telling him for the past few days now. I mean, we already know his but that's because big green here went swimming in his mind when he went lights out after fighting that Yummy on Paradise Island." Flash said in Eiji's defense.
They all thought about this little problem for a moment. On one side, revealing themselves to Eiji would ease some of the tension that they would have around him at times when they were just talking as friends but the other side of the argument was if he could be trusted with such a secret. And given that he still was prone to losing control again in the future was another problem.
"Why don't we think on this over the next few days while J'onn continues his therapy with him?" Diana suggested which they all seemed to agree with.
"Sounds like a plan." Superman replied at which they ended the meeting. At that Batman got up and headed for the door with a small look of determination on his face. "Something wrong Bruce?"
"Not really. But I think it's time Eiji got some exercise and got back into trying to be OOO for a while. So I'm going to take him to the hollow deck for a couple of hours."
"That sounds like a good idea. How about we all go? I'd like to see what he can really do in a fight." Diana suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement as Batman went to look for their young friend.
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— Monolith of Fate, Home of Dr. Fate —
"You really think that this is going to work?" Ankh asked out of boredom as he watched Fate float in the air in a meditative position.
"Of course I do. We have gone over all the bit of information that you had stored in your memory and I've channeled and read the small ripples of energy that your Kujaku medal gives off. So I do believe that, in time, I can restore you. It will take some but it should work. I just need to work backwards from Gara's alchemic settings that are being used to bind such powers to the Core Medals. From there it's a simple process of trying to reconstruct your Medal."
"Makes me wish I didn't leave the other half back in my home dimension." Ankh said in a low tone.
"Perhaps; but the residual energy that you and Eiji have surrounding your bodies which came from the void might lead me to a gateway to your world. All be it a small link though I wouldn't have the ability to move something large, such as a human, through it. Though I should be able to move something small like a Core Medal." Ankh perked up at that thought. If Fate could find a way to get the other half of his Core medal to this reality then they'd have a better chance at restoring him.
"Here's to hoping you'll succeed."
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— Watchtower Training Room, 20 minutes Later —
Walking out of the changing room, Eiji walked into the center of the hollow deck training room wearing some new training clothes. Wearing a pair of black boots that wrapped around the end leggings of his new pants, he also wore a pair of light tan pants that rose above his hips and covered a bit of his waist, a thin black belt keeping them on. Gone was his baggy t-shirt as it was now replaced by a skin tight black shirt that was custom made for training, allowing the skin to breathe but to also allow sweat and moisture build up to escape with being trapped against the shirt. On the front of the left side of his shirts' lapel was a symbol that Flash had taken the time to sew on himself, that being the three ringed symbol of the multi-king. This would be Eiji's new training outfit when he was using the training room.
Looking up at the long one-way glass window above him, Eiji's hands wandered all over his new outfit in delight. He didn't like clothes that made his body feel restricted and he preferred free flowing movement. But this new suit, though skin tight in most areas, felt like it was apart of his body. Though he would still have to find a store some day that sold nice baggy clothes and a few tie-dye shirts. Wonder Woman looked him over from the control room and then back at the others.
"Well, at least it seems to fit him." Diana said as she stood behind Batman who mand the controls for the simulator.
"Yeah, kid may not look like it but he does have a build that most girls would find nice on a guy." Flash added. Superman gave him a bit of a glare as he thought of some of the female heroes that they knew like Kara and Barbara. He'd have to probably keep an eye on them if he decided to take Eiji to meet his folks.
"You would never have guessed what he's been through without seeing some of the scars he's gained over the past year from his world as well." John also added as Batman started up the simulator and put it on a low level.
Looking down at Eiji as the hard light constructs appeared, Batman leaned over and spoke into the microphone. "Alright now Eiji, just take your time and don't over do it. This is only meant as a warm up so the difficulty isn't very high."
"Okay-desu." He replied, raising his hands above his head to signal he was ready. "But how do you want me to start out? Should I go Greeed or just use OOO for now and mix-n-match medals?"
"For the moment use the medals. When it comes time to raise the difficulty for full colored combos and when you've overcome more of your bigger fears, we will consider training you in your Greeed form. We don't want you losing control early on. That also means no using your purple medals for the time being, understood?" Batman replied, making sure that Eiji knew what to expect for the moment when the training started.
"Hai."
And with that the hard light hologram finished forming into a downtown version of Metropolis. In front of Eiji was a National Bank while to his right was a department store. He noticed a few cars around him and even a drug store with a fire hydrant in front of it. Looking over a few street intersections he noticed a small park just past the traffic light that lead to a big statue of the city's hero, Superman. 'Sugoi ne.' he thought until he noticed part of the bank wall open up to reveal six metallic robots with heads shaped like horseshoes. 'Well, I guess this is taking it slow.'
That was when he got the shock of his life when the six robots shimmered with hard light and took on the forms of six super villains. Eiji, to say the least, was shocked by the type of technology that this world had but then found himself laughing at how a few of them looked. The first robot looked like a muscular biker with a skull for a head that was covered in green atomic flames. This was Atomic Skull. The second looked like a woman that would kick a puppy if given the chance. She was dressed in red and black and long flowing red hair with small amounts of flames coming from her hands. This was Volcana.
The third looked like another woman with pale blue-white skin with her body fit snuggly in a tight black suit. The front of her suit had a lightning bolt pattern that showed off some of her cleavage which caused the young Rider to blush a bit. She also wore black boots and gloves and her hair was slicked back and pointed upwards in spikes and was light blue in color. Eiji had to admit, for a super villain, she was definitely pretty. This was Live Wire and her name spelled it all as electricity crackled around her whole body.
The fourth robot took on the form of a weird looking Superman with a pale skin complexion. His suit was a duller blue color and the 'S' on his chest was reversed. This was Bizarro. The fifth robot took on the form of a woman that wore a dull blue outfit that reached up to collar bone, leaving her shoulder bear and showing off a bit of cleavage. She also wore dark blue gloves and boots and her skin was a snow blue color that accented her short spiky ice blue hair. She had a crazy murderous look on her face as he walked closer. This was Killer Frost. The sixth and final robot looked like a big hulking brute from hell as he had brown skin and wore a green suit that had no sleeves and ended in a pair of skin tight shorts. Around his waist was a silver belt and he wore green gloves with silver metal trimming. His face was huge and somewhat disfigured and he had long black hair slicked back down to the middle of his back. This was Kalibak, the son of Darkseid.
Eiji grew a nervous look when seeing Kalibak and looked up at the control room. "Um…are you sure he's good for starting slow?" Eiji asked which got him a reply from the Kalibak hologram ripping up a stop sign and using it like a club, swing it at Eiji fiercely.
Eiji jumped back only to get knocked to the ground by a swift kick to his back from Volcana. Fire then formed in her hands as she let loose a stream of flames right where Eiji lay. Acting quickly, the young Rider rolled out of the way and then performed a hand spring to push himself back up. Landing back on his feet he pulled out the OOO-Driver and placed in up against his waist, the belt forming and fastening the driver to his body. He then summoned three Core Medals from his body and caught them in mid-air as they dropped down in front of him. He slid them into the respective slots and then tilted the driver into position before grabbing the O-Scanner, preparing to transform.
"Guess I should take out fire lady first." he said to himself as he slid the scanner past the medals before pulling it up and resting the scanner in front of his chest. "Henshin!"
"SHACHI – UNAGI – CHEETAH!" the scanner called out as the familiar energy symbols swirled around his body as the suits combined symbol appeared before him, slamming into his body as his transformation finished.
The Volcana drone, not showing even the slightest emotion, fired another blast at Eiji, in a surprise turn of events, ran past her and then stopped behind in the matter of less than a second. Watching from the control tower, the League watched as they studied the medals and their abilities and also on how Eiji used them in different battles. The type of medal used would decide the type of battle he could fight. Volcana turned around only for Eiji to grab her by the shoulder and then lift himself up, his legs moving at rapid speeds that no normal person could keep up with while he constantly kicked her in the gut hundreds upon hundreds of times before letting go and performing a double kick to her chest, sending her flying right into a parked car, her body denting into it as the vehicle crumbled from the force of impact.
Eiji was about to capitalize when he was instantly sent sprawling into a newspaper machine face first. Getting up slowly while holding his head, he looked behind him to see a bit of smoke coming from his back and then looked up in the sky to see Live Wire floating there above him, electricity crackling around her hands as she prepared another strike As he prepared to move he was suddenly struck in the back again by another fireball courtesy of Volcana as she got out of the wrecked car.
"Ah, come on, play fair." Eiji complained as pushed himself back up. He then thought of something as Live Wire fired another round of electrical blasts at him. Using the Cheetah medal, he quickly dashed to the side and then shot out his Denki Unagi Whips to ensnare Volcana before sending a powerful surge of electricity through her body. The villainess screamed as she fell to the ground before her hologram shimmered, leaving a smoking drone to fall to the ground. Eiji then ran around again and up a building before stopping at the roof.
Looking to his left, he noticed both Bizarro and Killer Frost coming at him from the air, Frost using her ice powers to create an ice ramp. He then looked back down to the ground and noticed Atomic Skull looking right up at him. Turning to his right he noticed Live Wire almost within striking distance and then looked below her and got an idea. Seeing the fire hydrant in front of the drug store, he summoned another Core Medal and switched it out with the Unagi medal before swiping the scanner over the belt again.
"SHACHI – GORILLA – CHEETAH!" the Unagi symbol in the center of his chest was replaced by the Gorilla symbol as his shoulder armor became more rugged and his forearms were covered in huge silver gauntlets known as the Gori Bagoun.
Acting quickly, he waited until Live Wire was just the right distance before launching the Gori Bagoun off of his forearms and right into the hydrant, the water erupting up into the air and hitting Live Wire dead on. She let out a shriek as she fell to the ground and hit concrete. Her body shimmered as the hologram faded and left the lifeless robot in her place. 'Well, two down and four to go.' He then ejected all three medals and summoned three new ones which he then slotted into the driver before using the scanner again, activating another mix-n-match combo.
"TAKA – KUJAKU – BATTA!"
Eiji's body now resembled a near perfect TaJaDor combo with the exception of the use of the Batta legs instead of the Condor talons. The Brave feathers on his helmet still remained the same like they did with his TaToBa combo but that didn't bother him much. Back in the control room, the League watched as they were speechless by the different powers that Eiji could use.
"Man, this kid is like a one man army with those coins." Flash said enthusiastically.
"Tell me about it. And he's not even using a full combo yet." John added.
"I know. And he seems to be able to think on his feet, using the surrounding area to his advantage when he can't fully gain one with the medals." Diana said, adding her two cents in.
"Well then, since he seems to be doing better than we hoped, how about we raise the difficulty a bit once he gets down to his last three opponents." Superman suggested. He really wanted to see Eiji at his best.
"Wouldn't that possibly force him to use a full combo though?" Diana asked.
"That's the whole point. We need him to get used to the difficulty and to know when he should and shouldn't rely on a full combo. He said that full combos exhaust him so we need to see if he can tell the difference." Batman added. After looking at one another for a moment they were soon brought back to the battle at hand as the form of Killer Frost slamming into the glass window due to Eiji's use the TaJya-Spinner startled them slightly. Her hologram form shimmered as she became a robot once more before sliding down to the ground below.
"Oh, you know that one had to hurt." Flash chided playfully while a big grin appeared on his face.
Now down to only three opponents, Eiji had to weigh in his options. He had both Bizarro and Atomic Skull in the air and he had to worry about Kalibak down on the ground. Thinking that now would be a good time as any, he landed back on the roof only to roll out of the way as both Bizarro and Atomic Skull fired at his feet with their own separate attacks.
"Whoa, that was close!" Eiji shouted. He noticed that his opponents got a long stronger and faster as Bizarro's speed increased, the big pale brute already I front of him and slamming a fist into his chest, sending the young Rider flying through the sky and right into a brick wall. Eiji slowly dislodged from the wall before landing face first on the road below. "Ah…itai, itai, itai…" Eiji complained as he rubbed his armored face a bit. "That's it, looks like I'm going to have get serious now." With that he removed the Batta medal and let it go back into his body. He then summoned another medal and slid it into the slot before passing the scanner over it.
"TAKA – KUJAKU – CONDOR…TAJADOR!" the O-Scanner stated as Eiji's body was covered in flames, the chest emblem taking on the form of a phoenix and his masks' brave feathers extending out to full Brave Mode while the red visor slid down over his face.
Extending his wings out, Eiji flew up high into the air and started to fly circles around Atomic Skull. The skull-faced villain could hardly follow the Riders' movements so he fired blast after blast of atomic energy at the flyer who just swerved and flew around the blasts, one of them just barely missing him as he soared above it, allow it to slam into the face of Bizarro instead. The pale brute fell down to the building below while clutching his, giving Eiji the perfect opportunity to take down Skull. Flying low and fast, Eiji delivered a powerful right hook to Atomic's face, causing him to stagger backwards a bit. Eiji then turned around again and landed another punch to Atomic's face with his left hand covered in flames.
Slightly dizzy from the one-two punch to his face, Atomic took a moment to get his bearings while Eiji took to the air. Taking hold of the O-Scanner once more, he slid it across the driver, activating one of TaJaDor's finishing attacks.
"SCANNING CHARGE!" Eiji's legs transformed into the familiar fiery talons as he came down in a flaming drop kick. The attack connecting, Eiji ripped out bits of circuitry as his talons ripped through Atomic's body, his hologram shimmering before the robot body exploded in a roar of flames.
Looking to see that one of his fellows was gone, Bizarro flew after Eiji in a rage with his fist cocked back behind him. Acting quickly, Eiji used a burst of flames from beneath his feet to propel him upward as he summoned the peacock energy feathers and shot them out like miniature missiles. The feathers connected with Bizarro as he was blasted down to the ground hard, his body slamming down into a parked city bus.
Eiji then lifted his body up into the air and then retracted his wings as he ejected the medals and summoned three different ones. The three medals placed themselves into the slot as he slid the scanner over the belt once again.
"SHACHI – UNAGI – TAKO…SHA-SHA-SHAUTA! SHA-SHA-SHAUTA!"
Replacing his Blazing Combo with his Marine Combo, Eiji threw out his Denki Unagi Whips and wrapped them around Bizarro tightly, the electricity surging through the brute's body. Bizarro hollered in pain as Eiji slid the scanner over his belt again while turning his body into liquid, jumping high into the air while wrapping Bizarro up with the whips once more.
"SCANNING CHARGE!"
Eiji's Tako legs quickly split apart like those of an octopus and began to spin around like a drill as he lifted a groggy Bizarro of the ground and into the air. Coming down hard and fast, Eiji shouted as his drill like legs slammed into Bizarro's body, causing it to explode in a raging fireball. "Ahhhhhhhhh…..SEEEEEEYAAAAA!"
Back up in the control room, everyone watched Eiji with wonder in their eyes while Batman took notes on a few possibilities that could prove useful with the aid of Eiji's ShaUTa combo if they ever had to go on an underwater mission. That and he knew that Aquaman would want to test out this form personally whenever he got a chance to take some time away from Atlantis.
"I got to admit, I am impressed with what I've seen so far." Superman said as they all watched Eiji land safely on the ground only to be suddenly hit by a car and flung right into and through the Superman statue in the park. "Hey, I liked that statue." They looked down to see Kalibak toss the car down onto the ground after having used it on Eiji like a baseball bat and with Eiji acting as the ball.
"Is it me, or did that seem like the Kalibak drone was almost at full strength?" Flash asked, a hint of concern hanging in his voice.
"That's because I increased the level the moment Eiji took out Bizarro. When he fought Live Wire, Volcana and Frost the level was at level 1. I pushed it up to Level 2 when he took out Atomic Skull and then at Level 3 which he didn't even seem to notice when he defeated Bizarro. So now I have it set just under Level 4." Batman replied in an emotionless tone.
"Bruce, are you trying to force him to lose control or something?" Diana asked, shocked that he would secretly increase the levels with every opponent defeated.
"No, but he needs to be pushed in order to persevere. Besides, he seems to be enjoying the work out. See?" Batman retorted as he pointed down at the demolished statue to show them that Eiji was slowly getting up.
His back was going up and down heavily as his breathing got heavy. Eiji was completely exhausted due to the use of TaJaDor and ShaUTa back to back. It was something that he didn't have to do often but he did have to once or twice. He then noticed that, for some strange reason, he was starting to enjoy the battle. Maybe it was the adrenaline coursing through his veins or maybe it was the fact that he was slowly becoming more Greeed like. But that couldn't be as even though he still had his Greeed abilities, he noticed that his five senses were actually getting stronger, better than they had ever been when he was a normal human.
"Man, just what is happening to me? It's like I'm actually evolving into something else." he said quietly to himself. As he got back up slowly, using a piece of statue rubble for support, his breathing started to soften as his body relaxed more. 'Strange, I used to get more fatigued than this. Either I'm getting too used to the combos or I really have changed.'
His head snapped up to the sound of Kalibak landing down on the ground in front of him with a thud before letting loose a powerful backhand against his head, sending Eiji flying into a tree, causing it to topple over and crash down on top of him. Slowly making his ways towards his prey, Kalibak grabbed a huge piece of stone in his hand, intending to squash his opponent like the bug he was. Eiji, seeing his opponent coming towards him, tried to think of a combo that could deal with such a brute but also still move around freely.
'Oh boy, I better think of something fast. Now, let's see. I already used TaJaDor and this guy would swat me before I even got airborne. And it seems that ShaUTa won't work against him that much. I don't have all the medals to access GataKiriBa and I was told not to use PuToTyra until I mastered my Greeed mentality. SaGoZo could probably stand up to him but that form's too slow. So who else could I use?' Eiji was in real trouble and Batman was close to ending the simulation himself when he noticed Eiji's head snap up, as if he had an idea. 'That's it! I haven't used that form in a while.'
Acting quickly, Eiji let loose a powerful stream of water into Kalibak's face, causing the huge warrior to cover his eyes as he backed away in surprise. "Take a bath and cool off for a second." Eiji quipped and then paused, wondering where that had come from. 'I must be hanging around the Flash to much.' Pushing the tree trunk off of his body, Eiji rolled out of the way and crouched down while removing his blue medals. As the medals went back into his body another set of medals popped out and, grabbing them in mid-air, Eiji slid them into the driver before passing the scanner over once more. "Let's see you try this combo on for size."
"COBRA – KAME – WANI…BURAKAWANI!"
Eiji's armor changed once more and this form really looked different from the others. His legs were covered in a dark orange armor that resembled the pattern of a crocodile's hide. The lower leg armor look similar to the head of a crocodile with teeth like points pointing inwards towards his calves. His thighs also had some armor on them in them, acting like extra padding. His shoulder plates and forearm armor were made up of curved hexagonal armor patterns that resembled a turtle's shell. His head had a small golden jaw line and a strange turban like design on the top of his head that resembled a coiled snake's body, the very top resembling the hood of a cobra. The snake coil turban also had a small red gem set in the center of his as his new violet colored eye lenses were framed by what appeared to be snake fangs.
This was Eiji's secret weapon next to PuToTyra. This was his BuraKaWani combo which held the secret Soba Venom, a special liquid that would instantly heal any injury he sustained while in battle. The League looked on in astonishment as this was one combo that Eiji had neglected to tell them about. True, he and Ankh did mention Gara, the creator of the Core Medals, but he never mentioned what the three single tanish-brown medals did.
Kalibak, now filled with rage, was treated to a surprise as Eiji performed a tornado kick, his lower legs releasing energy in the form of crocodile jaws biting down on the monster. Kalibak grunted with every blow as Eiji delivered kick after kick non stop. He then performed a powerful side kick that sent Kalibak flying right into a pile of rubble. Kalibak, though, would not take such punishment without returning it ten fold as he got up and ran right at Eiji, his fist cocked back and ready to deliver a devastating blow. Acting quickly, Eiji dug his heels into the ground and brought the two pieces of his forearm armor together, forming the Gora Shielduo. Kalibak let loose a vicious punch right into the shield which proceeded to erect an energy shield that not only deflected Kalibak's punch but also caused him to hurt his hand, the brute shaking his hand out as he wincer in pain.
"It seems that the emotion and pain circuits for the drones are really effective. They seem almost like the real thing." John noted as he watched the battle with great interest.
"They should because they weren't cheap." Batman added coldly.
"Only you would say something like that Bruce." Diana said while fighting back a small laugh.
Back down on the battle field Eiji jumped up into the air and came back down upon Kalibak with a deadly drop kick, the energy of the Saw Deadscythers cutting into his body and knocking him back several feet. Eiji then brought the Gora Guarder up into its full shield mode and used it like a club, the energy shield sending Kalibak flying across the park and back into the rubble of the destroyed Superman statue. But he wasn't down yet as Kalibak slowly tried to get back to his feet. But Eiji had had enough for one day and decided that the fun should end now as he took the O-Scanner and passed it over the medals, activating his final attack.
"SCANNING CHARGE!"
With the power of the three Core Medals, three orange energy circles formed in front of Eiji which he then started to run up to before jumping into them. His body slid around like he was in a tube slide as he rode the energy. At the other end of the energy circles Kalibak looked up to only see Eiji's body exit with his legs kicking at him wildly upon contact, the energy from the Saw Deadscythers slicing through his body, destroying him as the hologram shimmered away.
Landing down on the ground in a crouch, Eiji breathed heavily as the world around him started to shimmer as well before it vanished, leaving him alone once more in the towers' training room. Slowly standing up he looked up and faced the control room window, a bit winded by the constant use of three full combos but not overly exhausted.
"So…pant…pant…how'd I do?" Eiji asked as he reset the driver back to its horizontal position, undoing his transformation and returning to his human form, the three Core Medals once again returning to the inside of his body. He was still having a hard time getting used to that sensation but he figured the weirdness of it all would pass sooner or later.
"You did just fine for your first training session. I'll schedule for another session three days from now so you should have plenty of time to rest until then. The next time, we'll focus more on the other combos that you didn't use." Batman said through the intercom. "Now hit the showers and go get something to eat and then take the rest of the day to relax your body."
"Hai." Eiji replied as he was bent over, his hands on his knees as he panted a bit. He then stood back up and hit the showers which he was glad to do so. The nice warm water washed away all his fatigue
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Back in the meeting room, the others went over all the data that Batman had collected on Eiji and his fighting style. The use of his mix-n-match forms were good for ever changing battles but the topic at hand was his full combos.
"So, ShaUTa would be good for aquatic based mission while BuraKaWani could be used for areas stricken by drought or a desert region." John said while going over the notes.
"True, and it seems TaJaDor would be very useful in air battles and others that involved fighting villains that can hit hard and fast at the same time." Diana added as she remembered the scene with TaJaDor taking down Atomic Skull.
"So, besides ShaUTa, BuraKaWani and TaJaDor what other forms do we need to get information on?" Superman asked as he set his set of notes down on the table.
"Well, we do know that both his Greeed form and his PuToTyra combo would be perfect for conditions involving extreme cold and against any of our enemies that are extremely dangerous. He has another one based on those silver medals that he can use as well as one for the yellow medals too." Batman replied.
"What about the green one?" Flash asked.
"I won't work. He has only one medal of that set so he would need two more to make a combo." Batman added on. After going over a few more notes they decided to bring up another topic. "So, what do we do about Ankh?"
"Well, Fate contacted me earlier and said he might be close in getting his body back. We can deal with him when the time comes." Superman said calmly. He knew that if Eiji stayed than Ankh would too. Besides, Eiji had his Core Medals so Ankh wouldn't go too far without them.
"And then there's the fact that Uva is out there somewhere and we have no idea where?" Diana added and she knew that they would need to find him soon. After another few minutes of talking they came up to their final topic.
"So…are we gonna tell him?" Flash asked.
"I think it might be a good idea. I mean, he seems to have what it takes to make it in this world and he looks like he's slowly building the determination to strive and create a new life here. If we ask him to join then I'm sure he'd accept easily…Ankh might take a little more work." Superman replied with a small chuckle.
"But should we really reveal out identities to him?" Batman asked Flash and Superman seriously. They three of them thought about it for a moment as it was a serious matter.
"Well," Flash began. "I think I will. I mean, I trust him. Besides, we know his so if we tell him our identities then he'll trust us even more knowing that we trust him with our lives."
"That's true. And decided earlier while watching him train that it might be good for him to get out some so I'm gonna ask him later if he'd like to stay over at the farm for the weekend. Good lord knows the kid could use some fresh air." Superman added in and then he turned to Batman. "What about you Bruce?" Batman just narrowed his eyes as he stared at them all.
"I'll think about. In the mean time, he should get some rest. His next training session is in three days and he has another therapy session with J'onn tomorrow. Speaking of which, how much in a scale of length has he conquered them so far?"
"Quite a few really. He still has a long way to go as I can sense a lot of fear in him and a bit of doubt as well. But he should be fine in the upcoming months as long as he keeps up a regiment of having at least one therapy session a week." J'onn replied
"Good. Well, I think that's going to have to be it for today." Batman said as he got up to leave.
"Going somewhere Bruce?" Diana asked calmly.
"Gotham." was his answer.
"Who got out of Arkham this time?" Superman asked him knowing full well that Batman wouldn't leave unless it was urgent.
"…Bain." He said while looking back at them before he turned around and exited the room, leaving the others to worry about his well being.
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Looking out of the observation window in the hallway, Eiji just stood there while watching the Earth float in a vast see of stars. To him, this was one of the most peaceful places to be on the tower. He realized that he had thoroughly enjoyed his time in the training room and that shocked him a bit. He wasn't a violent person but he seemed to have the feeling that he was starting to enjoy such things to use as a work out. A real battle like that he would never like but to have one just for training didn't seem so bad. He would have to describe the other Greeed to Batman some time later to see if they could be put into the system for future training simulations.
Eiji just let his mind wander a bit as he guess that this would be his home now. This Earth was going to be his new world and he would do whatever he could to protect it. Little did he realize that he would soon get a surprise that he would have never expected.
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— Metropolis General Hospital – Later that Night —
Inside the hospital a young nurse was making the last of her rounds for the evening before she went home and she made her last stop. Opening the door she entered the room of a patient who looked like her was asleep. Checking his vitals and then his pupils for any reaction, she then looked at his chart while standing next to his bed.
'Let's see…name unknown, age unknown, and race: Asian, male and then no other information. Patient is currently comatose after being found in the park after a strange electrical storm in the sky.' she thought as she set the chart down and then looked in the chair next to his bed. Set in the chair was a lack backpack with a silver metal plat on the front which was latched to keep the bag closed. Set in front of the bag was a strange looking belt with a huge silver buckle with a strange half-n-half color orb in the center and golden knob on the right. Set on top of the bag was a small red type of coin but was really only half of one. She just looked at the strange items and then smiled as she looked at the young man asleep in his bed. 'Well, I hope you wake up soon so we can locate your family for you. Sweet dreams.'
With that she left the room and closed the door behind her. Inside the room the sounds of the medical equipment were the only things making noise as the young man slept. But if the nurse had stayed only a moment longer she would have heard a single word escape his mouth.
"H….Hino…"
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Next time on Justice League: OOO Unlimited…
Eiji is taken by Superman to visit the Kent Farm. There he meets a beautiful young woman with powers of her own. As Eiji and the young woman start to get to know each other, Uva and his Yummies attack the city and Eiji is forced to deal with them. As the battle escalates a powerful ally appears to assist Eiji in his fight and Dr. Fate gets one step closer to finding a way to revive Ankh.
Chapter 4: The Farm, the Beautiful Alien Girl & Warrior Re:Birth
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Toku Warrior: Yeah, that was an extremely long chapter. But I figured some nice combo action would be good for you all. We get to see Eiji suffering from his depression and then decide to take J'onn up on his offer on therapy. And then we got to Eiji both kick butt and get his butt kicked as well. But who could that be in the hospital bed. If that belt description or the title of the next chapter wasn't a clue then you guys need to re-watch OOO.
My next chapter won't be up for while though as I won't be able to write anything until sometime next week at the earliest. Sorry guys, but I work at night so I sleep a lot during the day. I can only write on my days off. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and that it was up to par with what you are expecting out of this series. Please remember that reviews are a good thing and I'll see ya'll on the next update.