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.
A/N: Due to having to cover many events set for this chapter, I had to make this one a 2-parter. Trust me, if I didn't do that then this chapter would have well over 16,000 words and I doubt any of you would want to read that much material in one chapter. Chapter 3 pushed the envelope by having just over 11,000 words in it but I don't want to bog down my readers with extremely long chapters.
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Justice League: OOO Unlimited
So far on Justice League: OOO Unlimited…
One – Both Superman and the Flash reveal their true identities to Eiji.
Two – After conquering a major fear, Superman takes Eiji to his childhood home where he meets Supergirl.
And Three – Uva and his three Yummies begin their assault on Metropolis while the League is away.
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— Kent Family Farm: About 45 minutes prior to Uva's attack on Metropolis —
Running down the road at nearly the speed of sound, a blur came to a stop at the front door of the Kent's home. The blur revealed itself to be a young girl in her late teens with long blonde hair that reached the middle of her back and a pair of beautiful baby blue eyes. Her hair had a black hair band keeping it in place as she walked through the door and ran up to her room. Once there she dropped her book bag onto the ground and got changed into a pair of short cut off jean shorts and a plaid shirt with which she ended up tying the bottom ends into a knot. The look was a bit out of style but she liked it. She then slipped on a pair of boots that she would wear for chores and headed back downstairs.
Walking into the kitchen she noticed Martha putting away some dishes before getting ready to head to the living room. "Hey Ma, I'm home!" the young blonde exclaimed as she wrapped up the elder matriarch of the Kent family in a gentle hug.
"Kara, I know that school ends in two weeks but why on Earth are you home so early?"
"Oh, the teachers decided to give us a half day. Apparently there's some last minute plans that they need to go over for the graduation ceremony so they gave us the rest of the day off." Kara explained as she got a glass of water.
"Oh, I see."
"Yeah, so I came straight home to help Pa out in the field. I figure this way, if we can get all of the chores done early then I can go and hang out in town for a few hours before dinner."
"Well it's the thought that counts; though I don't know if there are that many chores left to do." Kara was a bit confused at that last part.
"What do you mean? Is Clark here?" she asked excitedly. Clark had approached her about joining the League and she nearly toppled him over in a Kryptonian style bear hug at the offer.
"He was earlier. Anyway, Jonathan is about back with a guest of ours who's going to be staying with us for the weekend."
"A guest? You don't mean I have to act normal around this person, do you?" Kara hated restraining herself in front of her families guests as she preferred to go all out in just about everything she did.
"Oh no, Clark brought him here with him. He figured the boy could use a breathe of fresh country air after being cooped up in that tower for nearly a month. And he's also around your age…well, maybe a year or two older than you. You remember what Clark told you about that strange armored warrior that appeared in the skies above the Amazon island, don't you?"
"You mean he's here? And he's actually around my age? Alright, someone in the hero biz that I can actually relate to in some way!" Kara shouted as she ran out the back door and looked around the yard.
She quickly noticed the old tractor parked next to the barn which meant that Pa Kent was done with it for the day. She then heard a strange sound of some kind of metal striking wood. Heading around to the back of the barn she noticed Pa Kent standing there while leaning against a shovel as he watched a strange armored warrior bring down a weird looking battle axe down onto another fire log. She then looked behind them and noticed just how big the pile was and she figured that they must have been at it for a while now.
Walking forward, she soon noticed Jonathan look right at her but his attention was soon drawn back to the warrior as he dropped the axe on the ground, the weapon sinking back into the Earth via a purple void of energy while a feral roar was let out. The warrior then took the last of the fire wood and chucked it onto the pile but soon noticed that he was being watched by a very cute blonde. 'Kawaii….' he thought as he missed the pile and almost hit Jonathan.
"Whoa, watch it Eiji, you almost got me there." Jonathan called out, snapping Eiji back to his senses.
"Ah, gomen!" Eiji said in a panic as he went to check on Mr. Kent. Jonathan just pushed his hands aside, saying he was okay.
"It's fine son, you were just distracted. Trust me, I've seen the effect that Kara can have on guys your age when they see her for the first time." This caused both Eiji and Kara to blush a bit but Eiji was glad that his face was hidden behind his mask.
"Pa, you know that that isn't true." Kara said in a mock scoff.
"Oh please, you saw the way that those highschool jocks starred at you when you first enrolled into Smallville High. They couldn't keep their eyes off you." He then looked back over at Eiji who looked at him. "You should've seen Clark's face when he found out about that."
"Something tells me I already know what happened." Eiji replied with a smile as Jonathan set the shovel down on the ground and cracked his back.
"Well Kara, can I trust you and Eiji to finish the last of the chores in the barn while I go rest for a bit? Getting old is not fun."
"Sure Pa, go get something to drink and lay down for a bit. We can handle things here."
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OP Theme: Anything Goes! (By: Maki Ogurou – Kamen Rider OOO OP Theme)
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Chapter 5:
The Farm, the Beautiful Alien Girl & Warrior Re:Birth (PART 2)
Author: Toku Warrior
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Once Mr. Kent went inside, the both of them headed into the barn with Kara asking Eiji dozens of questions. The questions ranged from how he got his armor, to how he summoned it, how old he was, what his name was, where he really came from and if he also had any other forms of that armor of his. She quickly grabbed a few bales of hay and easily tossed them up onto the rafters which Eiji just imitated and did the same. After a few minutes had passed they had finished the last of the chores and were now up in the loft, starring up into the sky. Deciding to fully relax, Eiji disengaged his armor and allowed the medals to return to the inside of his body; the sight of seeing them going into him kind of startling Kara a bit.
"Doesn't that hurt?" she asked calmly.
"No, not really. It just gives me a weird sensation and makes me shudder a bit. But I've gotten used to it. Kara looked at him and noticed he wasn't bad looking. For an Asian guy he seemed to have taken good care of himself and she instantly began thinking of who she could set him up with.
"So Eiji, what are you going to do now?"
"I'm not entirely sure." he replied. "I mean, I still want to help people but I don't know if I can truly continue on as OOO. I don't even know if I truly saved my world or not." Eiji developed a sad look in his eyes.
To him, he was an alien to this world though that was an understatement to beings like Clark, Kara and J'onn who really were aliens. Kara looked at him and she found that she could relate to him. He wasn't from their universe and he didn't know if he could ever get home. Plus with the belief that he had failed everyone back in his home universe he was just completely depressed. She placed a hand on his shoulder as he turned to look at her. What he saw was a small beautiful smile that seemed to sympathize with his pain. She knew what it felt like to lose your home and find yourself living on a new world.
"Hey, you know what Eiji?" she asked which caused him to look at her quizzically. "You might think that you don't deserve to be a hero anymore but from what I can see, you more than anyone deserves the title of hero. You gave everything to save your world and not many heroes can say that. Only a handful of us can say something like that and not many of us survived those battles. Clark and I both came close to biting the proverbial bullet in many different battles with the fate of the world at stake but we still pulled through. And I know you can too."
Eiji just looked at her and then smiled softly as he thought about what she said. He began to cheer up some as his spirits lifted. "Thanks Kara-chan, I needed that."
"Hey, what are friends for?"
"To bail you out of a tough situation at times." Eiji replied jokingly with a laugh.
"True…but there's an old saying to that one mister." Kara shot back while laughing.
"Oh, and what's that?"
"While a good friend will post your bail for you after you get arrested for getting into a fight at a bar, a true friend is the one who will be sitting in the cell with you saying 'Damn that was fun'." she said which caused Eiji to burst out laughing. Kara joined in the laughter and they were so caught up in the moment that the shock of Eiji's Greeed senses going off completely scared the crap out of him. Kara noticed his body stiffen as his irises glowed an eerie violet color as he looked around the barn and then outside the loft window. "Eiji, what is it? What's wrong?"
"I can sense it…I can sense him. He's close…about a city away at the most." Eiji said as he realized who he was sensing.
"Who can you sense?" Before Eiji could reply, Martha came running into the barn and called out to them.
"Kara, Eiji…pant…quickly…on the TV." Martha stated to them out of breathe. The two of them followed her into the house and looked at the television and what Eiji saw horrified him. He saw three different insectoid Yummies attacking and killing people and Eiji could just barely hear and sense the building up of Cell Medals. Then he noticed him in the background.
"Oh my god, that's Metropolis." Jonathan stated as he recognized the buildings.
"What are those things?" Kara demanded angrily as her brow furrowed and her nose wrinkled in pure rage in disgust at the scene of carnage taking place.
"They're called Yummies, monsters that are created by the Greeed to collect Cell Medals for them." Eiji told them.
"Greeed, you mean like the monsters from your dimension?" Kara asked which Eiji nodded to in reply. Eiji then began to think of the outcome if no one stopped Uva and his Yummies and, finally, Eiji had come to a decision. It had to be done and it had to be him. If he didn't fight then who would stop Uva? With that he ran for the front door while fastening the Driver to his waist again. "Hey, Eiji, where're you going?"
"Kara-chan, you told me that I know what it means to have to give it all for the world, that I deserve the title of Hero. You remember, right?" She nodded her head and then got the hint. "Well I think it's time that Kamen Rider OOO came out of retirement and dealt with this problem head on." And with that he headed outside while Kara went to her room. Seconds later she joined him outside in her Supergirl costume with Jonathan and Martha seeing them off.
"You two be careful. We'll see if we can contact Clark." Martha told them. The two of them nodded as Eiji summoned his purple medals. He hadn't retrained himself with PuToTyra yet but with Uva attacking a city with three Yummies under his command, Eiji needed to go into the battle at full power.
"Try getting a hold of Louise first. She might be able to get in touch with him." Kara suggested as Eiji slid the medals into the driver and then passed the O-Scanner over them.
"PTERA – TRICERA – TYRANNO…PUTOTYRANNOSAURUS!"
Eiji's body was once again covered in the form of PuToTyra as ice formed on the ground around him. Letting out an angered roar while throwing his head back and flexing his fingers, the ice shattered away as the Ptera wings and Tyranno Tail formed. Like a pair of rockets they were off in a burst of speed, Supergirl being much faster than Eiji; but going just slow enough so that he could keep up. With Eiji being more of the expert on the Greeed and the Yummies she didn't want to head into battle half-cocked without a clue on how her opponents fought.
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— Metropolis General Hospital —
The Doctors and nurses were all gathered in front of the big screen TV in the receiving area alongside a few patients watching the horrifying events unfold on the screen in front of them. It had been too long since their city had faced a threat so terrible and most super villains never attacked the populace. They mostly either robbed banks, museums and what not with only a few innocent at the most ever getting injured. But for monsters to attack people directly for no apparent reason at all was not all that common in their city.
"The city of Metropolis is currently under attack from the force of some strange creatures that appear to look like…giant insects." the TV reporter announced from a safe location as the cameraman made sure to get all of the horror on film and broadcast it live. "At the moment Superman is not in city as he is with the rest of the League in an effort to save those on a volcanic island. And there are also no other current heroes in the vicinity and the police and the military don't seem to be able to hurt these creatures."
The people all looked on in shock as a city bus exploded from being hit by an emerald lightning strike. As they all watched the TV none of the hospital staff noticed the door to the comatose man's room open by itself. Inside the room the man lay there as his eyes darted faster and faster under his eyelids until they suddenly snapped open. Looking around he soon heard the sounds of horror and panic and quickly pulled all of the medical equipment off of him before slowly removing the I.V. unit. Turning off the life monitor he slowly made his way to the door and saw the destruction taking place on the news broadcast.
'What in the world is going on?' he thought to himself until he noticed one of the beings attacking the city on the TV. "It can't be…Uva…so the Greeed are still alive." He then went back into his room and noticed his stuff in a chair and quickly changed back into the clothes he had been wearing before he had left on his mission.
After a couple of minutes the young man was now dressed in a pair of dark grey jeans and black combat boots. He also wore a white short sleeved shirt with a black military-style vest over it. He wore wrist length bike gloves on his hands, the left one housing a Cell Medal in a storage slot. He then swung the belt around his waist until it fastened onto him and then he grabbed his bag and opened the window before looking down. 'Good, I'm only a couple stories up.' He quickly leapt out of the window and ran into the parking lot. He noticed a motor bike parked there and decided that he would simply borrow it for the time being but would do his best to return it to the owner some day.
It only took him a few seconds to hotwire the bike and then he was off and out of the parking lot, heading down the road as fast as he could go. He soon noticed a couple of police cruisers heading towards a direction at full speed and with their sirens blaring. Thinking that this was his best bet at locating Uva he decided to follow them in hopes of finding his target.
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— Downtown Metropolis —
Finally reaching the city of Metropolis both Eiji and Supergirl started looking for any areas that had towers of black smoke coming from them. After looking for a few moments they both finally spotted Uva and his three Yummies easily taking out any and all militaristic force that came at them. Watching the scene in horror and noticing all of the innocent people that were either injured or dead tore Eiji up inside. He felt a passion starting to bun within him that he hadn't felt for weeks.
"Alright then, let's go take these guys down nice and hard." Kara said coldly as she slammed a fist into her palm. As she started to move out she was soon stopped by Eiji who grabbed her by her arm. 'Hey, what gives?"
"Kara-chan, let me take care of Uva. You deal with the Yummies."
"Why?"
"Because Greeed and Yummies are on a totally different field of power when compared to one another. Uva has eight of his nine medals and he also has ten other medals that were granted to him while we were stuck in that void. And to add to the fact that he also has two of my purple medals in him so that would make him practically an unstoppable killing machine." Kara thought about it and knew that Eiji probably knew best when deciding what to do about the Greeed. Then she realized something.
"Wait, you said he's a Greeed and that he only has eight of his nine medals."
"Hai."
"But you also said that he ahs two of your medals as well." Eiji knew what she was getting at and decided to be honest.
"Uva was born as a Greeed. I, on the other hand, was a human that decided to willingly become one in order to obtain power so that I could protect people. But now both Uva and I seem to be evolving into something entirely different." She looked at him, a bit confused, but he just ignored it. "Look, I'll tell you everything later once the battle is over but for right now we need to stop him and save these people."
Kara just nodded and accepted his answer. She didn't fully know him but the tone in his voice had a ring of sincerity in it and her gut told her to trust him. "Alright then, so which one is Uva?" Eiji pointed down as they saw Uva send another surge of emerald green electricity at the barricade of police cruisers, causing them to explode. "Got it, stay away from thunder head." She then launched herself downward as Eiji followed her. "Let's go!"
(Insert theme: POWER to TEARER – PuToTyra combo theme)
As Uva slowly lurched towards the officers in front of him, one of his Yummies grabbed a small girl by the throat and began to squeeze the life out of her. "Yes, cause them more pain. Show them the true meaning of fear as we show them what a real nightmare i—" Uva started to say until a sound caught his attention.
"Let her go now!" Kara shouted as she rammed her fist into the gut of the Spider Yummy, causing it to double over, its grip around the girls neck loosening as it dropped her. Looking at the girl, "Quick, get to safety!" Kara order which the girl obeyed as she ran for her life, a policeman scoping her up in his arms as he took her away from the battle.
Kara then lifted up her fist so that the Yummy could look her in the eyes. "This is for picking on an innocent child!" With that she cocked her other fist back and delivered a powerful left hook to its face, the force shattering one of its compound eyes as it was sent flying across the street and into a downed tank. The other two Yummy charged at her so as to avenge their brother but she wouldn't let them tag-team her that easily. Letting loose a stream of eye laser fire, she used her heat vision on the Beetle Yummy and hit it dead in the chest, the attack ripping sparks off its body as it hit the pavement hard. The Scorpion Yummy jumped up and came down on top of her with its sword in its hand, the tip secreting a deadly toxic venom.
Rolling to her left she was able to stay out of the monsters' range of attack and then flew at the Yummy with enough force that the impact sent it flying into a building. Uva looked at her, a bit shocked to say the least, as he saw her look at him with a murderous look in her crystal blue eyes. "Kisama! Who the hell do you think you are, hurting my Yummies like that?" Uva demanded. Kara stood there firm as she locked eyes with the Greeed.
"The name's Supergirl. If you're looking for Superman then, sorry, but my cousin isn't home at the moment but my friend and I will be more than glad to greet you." Kara spat as she got ready. Eiji told her to leave Uva to him so she prepared for any of the Yummy that might try and surprise her but she also prepared herself in case Uva came after her.
"Friend, HA, and who would that be little girl?" Uva asked which he suddenly got his answer when he heard a very familiar thud resonate behind him as something landed on the ground. Turning around he got the shock of his life as an armored fist slammed right into his face.
"That would be me Uva!" Eiji shouted as his strike sent Uva right into a light pole. As Uva slowly got up Kara quickly joined up with Eiji as they noticed the three Yummies starting to reemerge and none of them were very happy. "Supergirl, the only way to defeat the Yummy is to completely destroy them."
"You sure there isn't any other way." She asked but she could really care less.
"No, there isn't. A Greeed could reform but a Yummy is an obedient puppet that serves the Greeed that created it. Their only role is to terrorize the weak and collect Cell Medals for the Greeed." Kara nodded in understanding as the three Yummy lunged at them again.
Kara took to the air and spun around while firing her heat vision again; the blast connecting with all three of them and sending them down to the ground with sparks flying everywhere. The people, police and military watched on as the Kryptonian diva and the unknown armored warrior went on to battle the current threat to their city. Eiji quickly leaned forward and drove his right arm into the ground, a purple energy crack forming as he drew out the MedaGabRyu, and then went on the attack. Uva too charged at OOO with his dual scythe claws extended to full length as Eiji brought his axe down in a powerful vertical strike which Uva parried with his claws and then delivered a powerful thrust kick into Eiji's mid section. Staggering backwards, Eiji looked up to see Uva already jumping into the air and coming back down towards him, emerald electricity surrounding his claws. Acting quickly, Eiji summoned his Tail Guard and formed the Tyranno-like tail, swinging the powerful appendage around and slamming it into Uva, sending the Greeed flying right down the street and through the doors of a coffee shop.
As Eiji dealt with Uva, Kara was busy trying to stay alive against the Yummy. While she may be impervious to many things there were still some things that could hurt her and it appeared that Yummies fell into the category of things that you don't want hit you. The Scorpion Yummy brought down its sword in a vertical slash which Kara caught between her hands and then forced it down a bit before removing a hand and slamming her fist right through the blade, shattering it. Staggering back while looking at its broken weapon, Kara performed a missile drop kick into its chest, sending flying backwards about a good thirty feet before it stumbled to the ground.
As she got up the Spider Yummy came up behind her and quickly shot out a gooey substance from its mandible-like mouth, binding the 'Girl of Steel' in a web-like adhesive. As she struggled to break free she suddenly had the wind knocked out of her as she doubled over, due to a knee strike dealt to her stomach by the Atlas Beetle Yummy. Grabbing her by her blonde hair the Beetle Yummy then began to pummel her in the face repeatedly until he drew blood from her mouth. Kara's vision got a bit blurry as her eyes swirled around in her head from the vicious attack. The Spider Yummy then protruded a pair of dual venom claws from its right forearm; the blades dripping droplets of acidic venom onto the ground, causing holes to appear in the pavement.
Kara got her bearings and saw the blade inches away from her throat and struggled to try and break free but the web-like adhesive was too strong for her to break at the moment as the Beetle Yummy was also holding her down. She needed her full strength for this fight but she couldn't break free while dividing it to try and buck off the monster and tear through the adhesive at the same time. The Spider Yummy finally got within striking distance and pulled back its arm as it prepared to slice her head clean off. But it wouldn't get the chance to as a powerful blast of black and purple energy slammed into it as they all heard a phrase being uttered from the other side of the field.
"PUTOTYRANNO HISSATSU!"
Kara watched on as the Spider Yummy screamed in agony as it was knocked backwards before it exploded, a score of Cell Medals falling to the ground. As the Beetle Yummy starred over at the scorched area where its brother had once stood it was then knocked back into a far building behind it by a pair of golden spear-like spikes that extended from OOO's shoulder armor, piercing its thick exoskeleton as it was pinned against the wall. The Yummy fell to the ground as Eiji retracted the spears, giving Kara the time she needed to use her full strength to break free of her sticky bonds.
"Thanks OOO. I owe you one." Kara said which Eiji nodded to in reply until he was tackled down to the ground by Uva, the MedaGabRyu being knocked from his hand and back down to the ground. "OOO!"
Kara flew over to help him but she quickly dodged backwards, performing a hand-spring backflip while trying to avoid the extended tail of the Scorpion Yummy. Having forgotten about the two remaining Yummies, Kara flew right at the Scorpion Yummy and grabbed its tail in mid flight, pulling it up into the air as she swung it around like Wonder Woman would do with her own golden lasso. Letting go as her speed accelerated, the Yummy was thrown right into the other one, taking them both down for the count.
(End Song: POWER to TEARER)
Landing back down on the ground Kara was suddenly shocked at the sudden surprise attack from the Beetle Yummy at it rose from the ground beneath her feet. 'Damn it, I didn't know that this thing could burrow underground!' Kara complained to herself mentally. The Yummy wrapped her in a bear hug, squeezing the life out of her before letting go and ramming its shield covered left arm into her gut in a backhand strike, sending her into a parked 2005 Sedan. As she got up she noticed the two Yummies running right for her. She then looked back at Eiji and noticed him fighting with Uva, blocking the Greeed's attacks blow for blow, with moves that seemed like a mix of Jujitsu and Kung Fu. Blocking a right hook from Uva with his left arm, Eiji quickly rolled his arm around Uva's until he gripped his elbow and then began to freeze the insectoid Greeed in his place on the ground. Seeing that Eiji was busy with Uva she knew there was no way for him to get to her in time to help her fend off the Yummy.
The Scorpion Yummy jumped into the air and then came down on top of her in a drop kick. Just as it was about to make contact with its attack, its body was suddenly pelted by strange golden energy-like projectiles, the impacts ripping sparks off its body as it fell to the ground. The Beetle Yummy halted in its tracks as the Scorpion Yummy got back up and looked at its new attacker. Both Eiji and Uva stopped their battle as well to see who had suddenly entered the fray while Kara just starred on in shock. Standing there was a man with a black back pack next to his feet, his body clad in dark grey jeans, a white short sleeved shirt, black military-style vest, black combat boots and a pair of biker gloves. In his hands was a strange gun of some type and around his waist was an even stranger looking belt. Kara and the people of Metropolis looked at the newcomer with confusion in their eyes but Eiji and Uva both knew who it was.
(Insert Song: Reverse/Re:Birth – Kamen Rider Birth's Theme)
"It can't be. It's not possible." Uva said as he backed away. He knew that he could probably fight with OOO on even ground and maybe even if Supergirl backed him up. But with this newcomer he knew he needed to change his game plan. Thinking fast, Uva shot emerald lightning bolts at the ice encasing his feet, shattering his icy cast, before making his escape by jumping onto and over dozens of buildings.
Eiji could care less as he saw a face that he thought that he'd never see again. There, standing in front of him was possibly one of his greatest friends and his partner Rider in battle. "G…G…Gotou-san!" Eiji shouted which Gotou replied to with a smile.
"Oi, Hino, I was wondering where you went off to." Gotou replied as he looked at the two remaining Yummy. "And it seems that are problems followed us both here." Taking his gun in his left hand, he removed the single Cell Medal from the holder on his left glove and dropped the coin into a slot on the top left side of the buckle. "Henshin!" He then turned the golden knob on the right side with one well placed swipe of his hand, causing a strange pop-like sound to sound off.
His body was instantly covered in a glowing green sphere of energy as armor-like structures appeared out of thin air and formed onto his body. After a few seconds passed the transformation was complete as his two elongated eye lenses glowed reddish-orange for a brief second. His entire body was covered in a dark black body suit while his arms, legs chest and head were covered in armor. The armor on is forearms, thighs and lower legs were a solid black color with silver metal platting on the top areas, completely covering the front of the shins and the backside of his forearms as well as a small portion of the sides of his thighs. His boots were also made of black armor platting and both the wrist and ankle areas had gold metal bands to separate the arm and lower leg armor from the feet and hands.
His shoulder armor was completely metallic silver in color and the inner base was more box-like while the outer sides of the shoulder armor were more rounded. His torso armor was also black in color at the base but his right chest plate had an emerald green metal covering with ventilation slits in them. His left chest plate was set slightly on top of the green chest plate but also wrapped under his underarm and around the side of his ribs and connected to the back part of the armor. The chest armor was also toped off with a small golden collar band that split slightly in the center. Both the center knee area of his shin armor, side thigh armor, his silver platted forearm armor and the outer sides of his shoulder armor each had a singular two-tone orb on them that resembled the orb in the center of his driver. The top half was a transparent prism color while the bottom half was an emerald green color. Another orb, like the others, was also situated over the area of his heart within the silver metallic breast plate.
His helmet was shaped a bit differently that those of most Kamen Riders. The lower sides of his helmet were pitch black but the upper sides and the back of the helmet were covered in silver metallic metal. His lower jaw was gold in color and his silver mouth plate had three horizontal slits cut into it. The forehead area of his helmet was casted in the same fashion as the orbs on his armor with the top half the transparent prism color and the lower half which was nestled above the two eye lenses was an emerald green color. His two eye lenses were black as well but curved upwards like a pointy horseshoe. This was Kamen Rider Birth, the secondary Rider of the OOO team and one of Eiji's closest friends.
Kara starred on in awe at the new Rider and she knew that the League was going to have a really long day once they met this guy. Acting quickly, Gotou took the Cell Bullet Pod and dug it into his bag, filling it with Cell Medals before attaching it to the top of the blaster, loading the medals inside. He then took the pod and attached it to the bottom base of the Birth Buster, the small container now acting like a secondary hand grip for the gun. Gotou then ran at the two Yummies as he opened fire on them, the Cell Medal bullets ripping sparks off of them as he got closer. Once he was close enough he used the back of the gun and drove it into the face of the Scorpion Yummy, causing it to stagger backwards. The Beetle Yummy, though, was not as distracted and lunged at Gotou who just rolled out of the way. He reached down to grab more Cell Medals but soon noticed that he was no where near his bag.
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— Watchtower Control Room —
Located back in the Watchtower, the rest of the Justice League had finally returned from their mission and had come to check in with J'onn. As the door opened to allow them entry they suddenly stopped at the sounds of battle coming from the main monitor.
"J'onn, what's going on?" Wonder Woman asked in concern.
"It's Uva, he's attacking Metropolis." Superman and the others nearly had a heart attack until they looked up at the screen. While there have been confirmed fatalities due to Uva and three Yummies that he created, further loss of life was avoided do to a certain intervention."
"Who intervened with Mister Bug-Man?" Flash asked quickly until he saw the answer for himself. Fighting the Yummies were none other than Supergirl and Kamen Rider OOO using his PuToTyra combo. Kara had shown she could handle the Yummies on here own and Eiji was dead even in strength against Uva.
As they watched they saw the scene where Eiji saved Kara with his MedaGabRyu in bazooka mode and then went back to fighting Uva. But what shocked them the most was the appearance of another Kamen Rider and, apparently, it was someone that Eiji knew. Batman watched the live feed very carefully and studied not only how the three of them fought the Yummies but also how Eiji had suddenly started fighting more seriously than he did in the training session. He was also curious about this second Rider as well and could easily tell his Rider System was more tech based, unlike Eiji whose system was more based around mystical power.
"Once the fight's over and they make a retreat back to the Farm we'll all head down there. I'm sure you've all got questions jut like I do." Batman said which they all agreed with. As far as they knew, things with the Riders and the Greeed's just got a whole lot weirder.
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— Metropolis Battle Front —
"Shimatta!" Gotou cursed under his breathe as the Scorpion Yummy got back to its feet and kicked him upside the head, sending him to the ground hard.
"Gotou-san!" Eiji shouted as he shot out his wing stingers and pinned both of the Yummies to the building next to Kara.
Kara flew over and helped their new friend to his feet and then flew him over next to Eiji as he retracted his wing stingers. The two Yummy fell to the ground hard as Kara went and retrieved both the Birth Buster and Gotou's bag. Taking his bag he took out a few Cell Medals and then inserted one into his Driver before turning the Grab Accelerator Knob on the right once more.
"BREAST CANNON!" the driver said as the orb on his chest disappeared as the parts for the Breast Cannon formed in front of his body, fastening itself to his armor. Gotou then turned to Kara and as he slid another Cell Medal into the Driver.
"Get these people as far back as possible. We don't want anymore casualties!" Birth ordered and Kara, even though not knowing who this guy really was, listened as Eiji seemed to know him and he even knew about the Greeed and the Yummies.
"On it!" She then flew over to the crowd of people and starting shouting at them, telling them to clear the area.
Gotou slide a few more Cell Medals into his Driver while Eiji rammed his hand into the ground once more and withdrew the MedaGabRyu. After sliding in five of his own Cell Medals into the axe then the lifted the handle in the back which in turn closed the Tyranno head on the front, making it look like it at the medals.
"GULP"
"CELL BURST!" Birth-Driver after Gotou turned the knob to activate the power of the Cell Medals.
Acting quickly, Eiji pulled down the lower handle and switch the axe to bazooka mode as he pointed and aimed at the Beetle Yummy while Gotou took aim at the Scorpion Yummy. The two Yummies saw what was about to happen and tried to make a run for it but, unfortunately for them, they were a bit too late in their escape.
"Fire!" Gotou shouted as he pulled the two triggers, firing a powerful blast of Cell Medal energy at the Scorpion Yummy, striking it in the back as it tried to run away. The Yummy howled in agony as the blast enveloped it in crimson colored energy before it fell to the ground and exploded in a score of Cell Medals.
The last of the Yummies opened it wing carapace and extended it wings before taking flight. Eiji, used to such tactics from the Bird Yummies, raised the MedaGabRyu Bazooka and aimed carefully and then pressed the trigger.
"PUTOTYRANNO HISSATSU!"
The powerful bazooka sent out a bursting stream of black and violet energy straight at the Atlas Beetle Yummy as it tried to flee. The blast quickly slammed into the Yummy, causing it to explode in mid-air as its Cell Medals fell to the ground below. After a few seconds passed, Eiji returned the MedaGabRyu to its axe mode while the Breast Cannon returned to it storage pocket. Eiji then tossed the axe back into the ground and then raised his arms out to his sides. In that instant all of the scattered Cell Medals started to flow off of the ground and through the air until the converged onto Eiji's body before entering him. After a moment the medals were all gone and then Eiji headed over to Gotou's back pack and set his open hand above the opened bag, dumping in Gotou's share of the Cell Medals.
(End Song: Reverse/Re:Birth)
"There we go, there's your share of the Medals, Gotou-san."
"Hino, why are you taking in Cell Medals again?" Gotou asked in concern of his friends' well being.
"I'm just gathering enough Cell Medals so that if my new friends here can find a way to revive Ankh then he'll have Cell Medals to use so that he can keep his body intact."
Gotou thought about it and understood Eiji's reasoning but he just hoped that all of those Cell Medals wouldn't cause his friend any problems in the long run. After looking around they noticed Supergirl fly over to them as well as noticed some of the uninjured officers and military personnel walk over to them too. Kara softly landed in front of them and then looked battlefield before them and sighed heavily. She was sore in places she didn't even know she had but she had to admit that she liked having new friends that were both heroes and around her age as well.
"Nice work you two." Kara commented them as she patted the both of them on the back. Each one chuckled a bit as Eiji scratched the side of his armored head with his finger.
The three of them were then thanked by all of the policemen but OOO apologized for them not getting there sooner. Because they had only learned about it from the TV reports, many people had lost their lives to the Yummies and Uva. The police still thanked them for saving who they could and then the military came up to them. One of them, an older man who had the rankings of a General, looked at the three of them with scrutinizing eyes before saluting them and then walking off, his soldiers right behind them. That was when they were all surrounded by reporters and both Eiji and Supergirl recognized one instantly as Louise Lane of the Daily Planet.
"Supergirl, remember me? Louise Lane of the Daily Planet. I just wanted to ask you a few questions regarding those monsters and why the three of you showed up and not the Justice League." Louise asked in her usual reporter fashion though she already knew the answer. She might as well try and give the media something to keep them all entertained and, besides, Clark would give her the whole story later.
"Hey Miss Lane, it's been awhile. The Justice League couldn't make it due to them trying to evacuate a small island village at the base of an erupting volcano in the Pacific Ocean. We saw what was happening on the news and, seeing as Metropolis is my cousins' home turf, I thought I'd help him out here while he was away."
"Well that was nice of you. So are all three of you members of the League now?"
"No ma'am, we're not." Kara replied.
"Justice League?" Gotou asked Eiji in a whisper.
"Long story short, we're in a parallel universe now so this Earth has superheroes but no Greeed or Kamen Riders. They best of the heroes formed a group called the Justice League and they fight to protect both the Earth and the rest of the universe." Eiji explained to him quietly.
"Wakata, explain the rest of the details later." Gotou replied.
"Hai." Louise then looked at the other two people standing behind Supergirl and just smiled softly.
"So, Supergirl, since when did you start hiring body guards? Louise joked which Kara laughed at.
"No, they're not my body guards. They're some new friends I made recently. They're called Kamen Riders but I don't think they've been heard of out in the public eye before now."
"Really?" Louise then looked at the two Riders and smiled. "So guys, you two got any fancy names to go with those cool suits?"
"Yes ma'am." Gotou replied. "I am Kamen Rider Birth and my friend here is called Kamen Rider OOO."
"I see," Louise said as she jotted down the information, a young red headed kid about their age taking pictures for her. "Well OOO, Birth, it's a pleasure to have some powerful heavy hitters such as yourselves helping out Metropolis. I hope I get to see you two again someday."
"Hai." Eiji replied and then he looked at both Kara and Gotou. "I think it's time we left. Who knows how Superman is going to react to this." Eiji suggested as he lifted himself in the air with his Ptera wings. Kara floated up in the air and then noticed Gotou swing his bag over his shoulder before sliding a Cell Medal into the slot on his Driver. The then turned the knob and grabbed his Cell Buster before looking up at his two companions.
"CUTTER WING." In an instant, a boomerang-like cutter blade appeared and attached itself to his back armor, granting him the power of flight. With that the two of them flew off as fast as they could so as not to lead any form of military back to the Kent Farm.
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— Kent Farm —
After about a few good minutes of flying the three heroes landed just outside the barn and began to relax their bodies. The moment they touched down Eiji fell to his knees as his body could no longer hold out against the immense power of the PuToTyra combo. Releasing the transformation, Eiji breathed heavily as his armor vanished. Gotou did the same as he too banished his armor before removing the Birth Driver from his waist and stuffing it inside his back pack. Kara saw how winded her two friends were and rushed over to them, placing her hands on their backs so as to try and give them some comfort.
"You guys okay?"
"Yeah…pant…pant…I'm just a bit exhausted from overusing PuToTyra a bit." Eiji said and then he looked up at Gotou. "Gotou-san, daijoubu desuka?"
"Hai, I just woke up from a coma during the attack so my body is low on energy." Gotou replied as he slowly stood while Kara helped Eiji.
"Well then come inside and I'll get you something to eat. Once you've had some of Ma Kent's cooking you won't ever want to eat anything else but her cooking." Kara said with a giggle. Gotou smiled and nodded at the friendly gesture as she followed them inside. He figured while they rested he could get the full story from Eiji on what they were all doing in a parallel dimension
Of course all their plans changed once they got inside. Before they could even register what was happening a quick blur of black and grey rushed past Kara and Eiji and pinned Gotou against the wall. They both turned to see Batman keeping Gotou against his spot against the wall with his forearm pressed against the young man's throat.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Batman asked coldly. Kara looked behind them and noticed the rest of the League Founders there as they just watched.
"Batman-san, what are you doing?" Eiji demanded as he lifted himself from Kara's shoulder.
"Eiji, this guy's an unknown to us so we're just being cautious." John told him sternly.
"Well Gotou-san is a friend of mine from my home dimension and I will not let any of you treat him like an enemy. Besides, he saved Kara's life from a Yummy." He then looked back at Batman who still had a struggling Gotou against the wall. "I said to let him GO, NOW!" With that shout Eiji quickly transformed into his Greeed form and rushed at the Dark Knight, grabbing him by the shoulder and yanking him away from Gotou before throwing him into Wonder Woman and Superman.
"Eiji, what do you think you're doing?" Superman demanded. Both of the Kent's were shocked at Eiji's latest transformation as he looked just like one of those monsters that they had just seen on the news.
"Protecting one of my only friends from you. You all said I was your friend and that you wanted my friendship. Well this is a lousy way of showing me that you're my friends!" Eiji shouted. Batman was about to move forward when Kara got between them.
"Kara, get out of the way." Batman told her coldly, his voice like ice.
"No, you all listen and you listen good. Those two did a great thing today. They helped save hundreds of people back in Metropolis while you all were out saving people from an erupting volcano. Eiji and I were having a hard time against the combined might of Uva and his three Yummies and then we get a big helping hand from his friend, Kamen Rider Birth. And now you're all pissy about it?" Superman and the others looked at her and then, after a few tense moments, they all let out a deep sigh.
Eiji looked at them and then looked at the Kent's and suddenly saw the terror on their faces. They were afraid of him because he was a Greeed like Uva. He then looked away from their gaze, his depression returning as he started to feel ashamed of himself.
"Hino, what's the matter?" Gotou asked him out of concern. Even if he was in his Greeed state he could easily read his body language.
"Kara-chan," Eiji began, getting her attention. "I think it might have been a mistake for me to even come here today. All things considered, I think I did more harm than good." J'onn looked at Eiji and also noticed the depressed sound in his voice.
"That's not true Eiji. You acted like any hero would. You fought off those monsters and even saved me, even though you were still in a battle with Uva." Kara retorted quickly. Eiji then shifted back to his human form and looked at her, then at the Kent's and then at the League.
"I'm sorry, but after today, I think I should probably leave. Maybe I can find a new way of life here while dealing with Uva in secret." The next thing that happened was never expected from any of them as Martha quickly stormed over to him and gave Eiji a firm slap across the face. "K-Kent-san…why…"
"Now you listen to me and you listen good young man. Don't you ever doubt yourself like that again. So you have a part of you that scares me and my husband, so what. I've seen things far worse than that form." She then turned to Batman and waked up to him and looked him dead in the eye. "And as for you mister, you had best watch the way you treat him. You may have your own way of doing things but what you've done today may have hurt your cause in helping him." She then looked over to Superman, "And Clark, I'm surprised at you. I never would have thought that you'd turn your back on a soul in need."
"But Mrs. Kent—" John began but found himself quickly cut off.
"Don't you 'Mrs. Kent' me Mr. Stewart. You know darn well what you and your friends almost did. You all told me that you wanted to help this boy and now your attacking probably the only other person that comes from his world. A person that's a good friend of his no doubt. Just what is the matter with all of you? Did the that Thanagarian invasion harden those caring hearts of yours?"
Martha was about to continue with her rant until she felt a hand place itself on her shoulder. Looking behind her she noticed Gotou stepping beside her as he smiled, silently thanking her for coming to their defense. His looks then hardened somewhat as he turned to face the League, his eyes mostly fixed on Batman.
"My name is Shintarou Gotou. I used to be employed by the Kougami Foundation back on our Earth and I am also the second Kamen Rider Birth, succeeding my predecessor and mentor, Akira Date, the first Kamen Rider Birth." Gotou then walked forward until he was almost nose to nose with Batman. "Also, for future references, if you ever treat either me or Hino like that again then I will personally make sure that you regret it…Koumori-san." Gotou added with a bit of animosity in his voice while adding the bat insult for good measure.
"Try me and see what happens." Batman replied in monotone, not even a bit afraid of this new person. He didn't care if he was a Kamen Rider.
"As you Americans always say, 'Whenever you feel froggy'." Everyone just looked at the two of them and then they all notice a smirk appear on Gotou's face as he lifted the Birth Driver out of the bag and held it in front of him. "If Hino is going to be staying with you then I hope you don't mind an extra guest. Because if he stays then I stay as well."
The rest of the League watched as Batman and Gotou read one another by studying each others body language and how they reacted to one another. After a moment had passed Batman grabbed the Birth Driver and stuck it under his cape; a small knowing smirk appearing on his face. It was a rare smirk but one he figured Gotou deserved since he was standing up to him knowing full well that he wouldn't last more than a minute against him.
"Welcome to our reality, Gotou-kun. I'll be going over the data I can get from your belt with you in your spare time when you're not using it during training sessions in the simulator back at the Watchtower." Batman said as he turned and looked at both Eiji and Kara. "I apologize for my recent outburst but we've had…recent experiences that taught us that some people that looked trust worthy really aren't so dependable at all."
"All is forgiven." Eiji replied as a smile returned to his face. It seemed that Gotou had picked up a few of Date's traits in intimidation and it seemed to impress Batman somewhat.
The rest of the League started to relax as Martha got dinner ready with Clark's help, the Boy Scout having changed into something more casual. The League joined the Kent's for dinner as they all swapped stories of past adventures and even Eiji and Gotou got to tell a few tales. But when it came to events that concerned Doctor Maki and the Purple Medals they both would stay quiet about the issue. AS they finished up their meal Gotou's eyes snapped wide open as he went to get his bag and brought it back to the table.
"Oi, Hino, you mentioned that Ankh was a ghost now but you still had half of his shattered Core Medal, right?"
"Yes, I did. Dr. Fate is currently looking into ways of either reverse-engineering Gara's alchemy or possibly transferring Ankh's conscience to another one of his Core Medals. This way, Ankh can become corporeal once more and have a body."
"Well, I may have something that might be of some use to you." Gotou said as he pulled out the other half of Ankh's shattered Core. Eiji and the League starred at it and Eiji was practically giddy.
"Gotou-san…where did—"
"I got it from Hina-chan. She found it next to Shingou's body back at the construction site where you and Ankh fought with Maki. I was holding on to this while I was searching the area in the sky where the Greeed Monolith had been when an energy vortex appeared and swallowed me up. The next thing I remember is waking up in that hospital bed back in Metropolis. If the flow of time is on a shared link with that of our own reality then I've been in this world for about three weeks…most likely arriving just a couple of days after you did."
Eiji took the medal and looked it over. He knew that he had to get this half of Ankh's medal to Fate as soon as possible and he figured that they were now just one step closer at reviving Ankh. Eiji looked back at Gotou and then at the others in the room who smiled knowingly that it was almost time. Eiji looked back at the medal as his thoughts went back to Ankh. 'Ankh, we may have just found what we need to help you. Just wait a bit longer.' Eiji thought as both Kara and Gotou placed a hand on his shoulders, the two of them also starring at the shattered medal in Eiji's hand. Things were just getting started for the OOO team and business was about to pick up.
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Next time on Justice League: OOO Unlimited…
Eiji reveals to Ankh the one thing that may help restore his body which is the other half of Ankh's shattered Core Medal. As Dr. Fate tries to restore Ankh to life Gotou goes with Green Lantern and Flash to look for any last minute recruits for the new League. Eiji and Gotou are also asked to join as well as Ankh. Just as the week comes to a close before the curtain can rise on the new League, Eiji will have to go on one last pre-mission to save the innocent as he finds himself in Gotham City by accident; and going head to head with both Killer Croc and Bain.
Chapter 6: The Dark City, the Gauntlet and the Silver Combo
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Toku Warrior: Alright guys, that was the second installment to the 2-part saga of the Birth Arc. What did everyone think of Gotou standing up to Batman? I hoped you all enjoyed this arc, heck, I lost count on the hours I spent writing it. As for the next chapter, if you can't guess which combo is going to debut just by the chapter title alone then someone doesn't love food like a certain Greeed did.
Well, please R&R and I hope you all like how the story is turning out so far. I'm trying to stay in character with most of them as best as I can but I will be changing Eiji's persona slightly over time due to the Core Medals. But that's to be expected. Until then, catch ya on the flip side.