Parasite Eve II: Armegeddon
In this chapter, the person whom Koizumi mistook as the one who kidnapped Yukari several chapters ago will finally be revealed, and this would serve as a connection to Kyuu as he attempts to rescue "new Eve" from Neo-ZECT's clutches, as well as starting a series of heated battles between the Class Q leader and the impostor from hereon.
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Kyuu initiated his transformation to Kabuto, and then to Hyper Kabuto, and with TheBee fighting the fake Ryoma, he activated the Perfect Zecter to summon the Scorpio Zecter and Sasword is de-armored and there the fake Ryoma is wide open as Ryoma sabs him on his gut, but then backs away as the fake starte to convulse, and then he began to initiate a transformation, as his body changed in size and appearance, his clothes ripped up, and finally revealed himself as a scorpion-type ANMC and began to attack Ryoma though TheBee blocked his path and uses the "Rider Sting", but was blocked and tossed aside as the ANMC is heading straight for the Prince of Tennis.
"Hey, eight legs! Over here!"
Turning around, he saw Hyper Kabuto standing there and is holding the Perfect Zecter as the Scorpio Zecter docks onto it and is ready for an attack.
Perfect Zecter: "SASWORD POWER…"
As the Scorpio ANMC goes straight for Hyper Kabuto, the armored Class Q leader toggles the Perfect Zecter and presses a button and there he initiated a new move which powers up the weapon and Tachyon energy is charged onto it, and is ready for the attack.
Perfect Zecter: "HYPER SLASH…"
As the Scorpio ANMC charged towards his target, Hyper Kabuto then slashes his opponent with a strong slice, and the mutate quivered in pain for half a minute before he exploded. This is because the "Hyper Slash" siphons energy from the Scorpio Zecter, causing the blade to drip venom in the same fashion as Sasword's Rider Slash, and this energy venom is stronger than the Scorpio ANMC's thus he is overwhelmed until his body couldn't take any more of it and succumbs.
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At DDS, two weeks later, Kyuu was talking to Class Q and the other sections about the recent events which drew some relief but a new set of theories on what to expect ahead of them, while others pointed out that though Koizumi no longer harbored any grudge towards the Class Q leader, they still have no idea who impersonated Kyuu though Kazuma studied the footage that Tezuka gave them and the youngest Class Q member is a bit baffled at the mysterious person who resembles Kyuu though the impostor's appearance contradicts his impression.
"He resembles a young adult and his age says it all…and with his skin color and hair color…I wonder how Koizumi mistook this guy for Kyuu…"
NEXT LEVEL by YU-KI
(Opening Song from Kamen Rider Kabuto)
Kimi ga negau koto nara subete genjitsu ni naru n' darou
Erabareshi mono naraba
Bousou hajimete 'ru sekai wo moto ni modosu ni wa mou
Jikan ga nai
MOVING FAST Kokoro no tokei ni hashirase ashita no sono saki e
Kimi no tonari tatakau tabi umarekawaru
Me ni mieru SPEED koete 'ku MOTION
Ittai jibun igai dare no tsuyosa shinjirareru?
Kousoku no VISION minogasu na
Tsuite koreru nara...
Hikari ga sagashite iru atsui kumo no aida kagayaku
Erabareshi mono dake wo
Kimi ga souzou shite 'ta mirai ga arukidashita michi ni
Mirai wa nai
TAKE A CHANCE kokoro ga motome-tsuzuketa shunkan koko ni aru
Dare mo inai jikuu hitori shinka shite 'ku
Mitaiken eria de hajimaru riaru
Zettai jibun dake ga kono jidai wo kaete yukeru
Saikyou no LEGEND minogasu na
Tsuite koreru nara...
[Instrumental]
Kimi no tonari tatakau tabi umarekawaru
Me ni mieru SPEED koete 'ku MOTION
Ittai jibun igai dare no tsuyosa shinjirareru?
Kousoku no VISION minogasu na
Tsuite koreru nara...
Dare mo inai jikuu hitori shinka shite 'ku
Mitaiken eria de hajimaru riaru
Zettai jibun dake ga kono jidai wo kaete yukeru
Saikyou no LEGEND minogasu na
Tsuite koreru nara...
Ch. 52: Yokoshimana Torappu
At Neo-ZECT, Hidenari Oda and Rena Mamiya are not pleased with the recent events as they have lost the Scorpio ANMC and the Scorpio Zecter, thus one of their trump cards has been detached but then a shadowy figure shows up to reassure them that all is not yet lost as he claimed that their plans will push through, which brought some relief in the two.
"Oda…Miss Mamiya…please do not lose hope, and have faith…everything will go on as scheduled…"
"Easy for you to say…"
"And what makes you think our plans will push forward…?"
"Well…up until now the authorities, DDS and ZECT has not made any moves to invade our base…as we still have our ANMCs with us…plus with "Eve" in our clutches…and with the Hopper Riders still in our control…it is more than enough to keep our enemies at bay and we will continue our next phase."
"Geez…"
"Splendid…but what about the boy…if you wished me to, I'll deal with him…as my Parasite powers can match against his…just give me the word and I promise you he won't live to see that "promised day"…and I will have his power to add it to mine…"
"No need, Miss Mamiya…I already sent our "agent" to deal with Kyuu Renjou…"
"Your "agent"…?"
"Wait…you don't mean…?"
The shadowy figure said nothing but you can see a grin on his lips, and this puts Oda and Mamiya at ease, seeing what their ally meant, as the scene shifts to another person in silhouette, except that he resembles Kyuu, but his white hair is seen, along with a red glove that displayed a small flame blazing within his palm before leaving. By then the shadowy figure gives the other person some instructions.
"You know what to do…find Kyuu Renjou and kill him if possible. The important matter is to retrieve the three Zecters from his possession, nothing else, though it'll be a bonus if you do kill him. Bring us the Zecters and you'll be rewarded…do that AND kill Kyuu Renjou and your reward will be doubled."
The person said nothing as he continued to leave the premises while a Zecter, which resembles the Beetle Zecter, was hovering and following the Kyuu look-alike as Mamiya glanced a the person, who appeared to be a few years older than Kyuu though he is still a teenager himself, while Oda asked the shadowy figure why brought him into Neo-ZECT.
"He plays a major role…and though I can't say he can be trustworthy, he's can be trusted enough to do some assignments for our faction…at least we have someone who can replace Sasword…"
"But why does he have to resemble Kyuu Renjou?"
"Part of my creation…and remember…his appearance fooled Drake into attacking the REAL Kyuu Renjou, though ZECT filmed it…but nevertheless…he WILL defeat that boy…believe me, he will defeat him…"
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The scene shifts to Seigaku Academy, where Ryoma is shown entering the tennis court as he rejoins Seigaku Team after he managed to answer a series of home study to make up for his more than six months of missing school, and passed them after two weeks of answering them. His teammates are ecstatic at the events and the tem is in high spirits.
"Alright, Ryoma!"
"Our team is complete again!"
"Way to go, shorty…!"
"Better not scare us like that again, boy…sss…"
"Looks like we can now get back to business…our training is never the same without you, Ryoma…"
"Thanks, Fuji-sempai…"
"Would you like a sample of my latest Inui special tonic…"
BLAG!
SPLAG!
KA-PLAG!
WHA-KA-PLAG!
POW!
PUNCH!
KICK!
RACKET-BUTT!
Ryoma and the rest of the Seigaku team members ganged up on Inui after hearing him entertaining the idea of making another of his feared "Inui special drink" and made their moves to disable him before he brings them inside the court, and Coach Ryuzaki had to physically intervene to save one of her "charges" while berating Inui for his suggestion, but then Fuji noticed that Tezuka isn't here right now, and Momoshiro had to ask where is Tezuka right now.
"He will come…he's working on some loose ends right now…"
The scene shows that Tezuka is at ZECT HQ right now as Yamaki and Riku Kotobuki are there and managed to persuade the "council" to let Tezuka off the hook given that Sasword is no longer a threat and that the idea of Ryoma joining ZECT would sound promising, something the council felt a bit of a risk, and Mishima was seething silently as his seemingly insecurity towards Kyuu increases yet he willed himself not to intervene and opted to let the council take care of that matter.
A few minutes later, the Seigaku captain is off the hook, and he gets to continues to play his role as a ZECT agent and surprisingly he is still welcomed in ZECT and allowed to keep the Wasp Zecter provided that he keeps an eye on Kyuu, as the Class Q leader still has the three Zecters (Beetle, Hyper and Perfect) in his possession, though the Seigaku captain has a feeling that Mishima is up to no good.
"Mishima is still not giving up…I have a feeling he is determined to get the three Zecters away from Kyuu…perhaps he is jealous of Kyuu's accomplishments since he defeated both Mitochondria Eve and the Ultimate Being several months ago…Mishima…are you really that jealous over the Renjou boy only because he has Parasite powers which he acquired in a surgical accident…?"
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At Edo Mountain, an hour later, Class P remains in critical condition while Nagisa and Honoka are transferred to Tokyo Hospital a few weeks ago after their conditions were stable enough but are far from being out of danger. Ken Kitazawa then volunteers to go out and buy important items to help fasten the three PPGZ members' recovery, and while he is in the Osaka-Kobe border though, he did run into some trouble with some stray ANMC until an unexpected interference from Fuzzy Lumpkins saved him from trouble.
"Hah! Mutants are off-limits! This is my territory! Buzz off!"
As the ANMCs tried to get their paws and jaws on Lumpkins, they couldn't as his brute strength is enough to keep them at ay which allowed the boy genius/scientist to get away to safer grounds as ZECT Troopers arrived to take care of the matter, though Lumpkins didn't want anyone else to take the "fun" away, so after taking out the ANMCs, he and the ZECT Troopers started fighting against one another.
"Thank goodness…but I hope those troopers would take care of Lumpkins…he's really a bother…!"
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Several minutes later, about 25 minutes, while on his way back, Ken Kitazawa happened to saw Golem # 9 driving along the road carrying "new Eve" with him and the Class P leader recalled what Kyuu told him in case he sees someone carrying "new Eve", call his number and inform him of where she is last seen, and now he hid himself so he won't be seen.
"If anyone can beat that guy…it's Kyuu Renjou…! I hope he can beat that guy knowing that he has all three Zecters with him…"
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At DDS, Kyuu gets a cellphone call from Kitazawa and was told of the place and who has "new Eve", and in turn the Class Q leader told him to stay out of sight but keep an eye on Golem # 9, and then boards a taxi telling the driver to take him to the Kobe-Osaka area at once. Kyuu wasted no time in heading to where Golem # 9 is seen and hoped to stop him and rescue her, while Ken gives Kyuu the coordinates before being told to leave as Kyuu intends to face Golem # 9 alone.
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At Shibuya Police HQ, Riku Kotobuki received a text message from Mishima, which it stated that he is making a BIG mistake meddling with the "council" on decision matters and promised him that his "dues" will come forth, as well as stating that his days at ZECT will soon be over. Undaunted, Riku personally called ZECT but no one is answering, which led him to think that Mishima is bluffing.
"Really…? We'll see about that…I don't think that ZECT would go that far…unless…if my suspicions are right…if what I suspect is true…then I should prepare myself in case that event becomes a reality…but nevertheless…I don't think they would stoop to that level…but then again…I'd better be ready for some contingency plans if that scenario goes ugly…"
By then his niece Ran Kotobuki came and seeing that he is alone, approached him and asked her uncle what is the connection between him and ZECT, which he remained mum on the matter, feeling that now is not the time to "spill everything", at least not yet, much to her chagrin.
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Several minutes later, Kyuu arrived at the Osaka-Kobe border and found "new Eve" slumped on the ground and carefully looked around to see if there are any other people around him, and seeing that he is alone and that Golem # 9's presence isn't here, he went near her to see is she is breathing or not, and thankfully, she is.
"Thank goodness…but why would Golem # 9 would abandon her here…unless she is not needed anymore…wait…if she is the source of the ANMC…why would they discard her?"
Ken Kitazawa arrived and told Kyuu that Golem # 9 has left the area about two minutes ago and checked her pulse, which is faint but she is alive and told her that she should be brought to Edo Mountain to have his father, Professor Kitazawa, check on her, but then a thought hit him.
"Kyuu…do you think…she's the catalyst of the ANMC? If so, why would they abandon her here…?"
"Unless they found a new method of bringing up the ANMC without her aid…but right now we'd better help her and maybe have your dad check on her…we might get the answer we need…"
"No argument from me…"
Just as the two DDS students are about to help her, the atmosphere tensed when Kyuu's "Parasite Energy" tingled, and someone walked towards them and this surprised the two young detectives at seeing who the intruder is and Kyuu is equally surprised at seeing the stranger walking towards him. He then realized why Koizumi went after him in the first place and pinned the blame on Yukari's abduction on him.
A tan-skinned boy, nearly taller than Ryu, showed up and he resembles Kyuu, only that he is slightly slimmer, white-haired, wearing a leather jacket, leather pants, and sports a red glove on his right hand. He then stood and eyes Kyuu as he slowly removed his shades and placed it on his jacket's pocket while pointing a finger at the class Q leader.
"Kyuu Renjou…hand me the Zecters…and if you do…I'll let you go…"
"So you're the one whom Drake mistook me for you…and what if I refuse?"
"Then I'll beat you up…"
"Kitazawa…go!"
"What…? But I…"
"Just go!"
As the Class P leader reluctantly backed away, Kyuu stood up and slowly went in the middle of the road just as the intruder did the same thing. Then the intruder raised his red glove-covered right hand and a flame was produced, which Kyuu's "Parasite Energy" registered that the intruder also possesses "Parasite Energy" as well.
"Who are you?"
"Simply…K'."
To Be Continued…
Lord Of The Speed by RIDER CHIPS feat. Yuuki Sato
(2nd Ending Song from Kamen Rider Kabuto)
Unmei no gate toikakete iru
Left of right? kimi wa doko wo mezasu
Kono sora no shita de saikyou na no wa
That's my pride jibun no mi
Itsudatte massugu ni hashire lord of the speed
Chikyuu to iu na kono hoshi ni kiseki ga okoru
Zetsubou... (who's got the real?) soreijou (they've never seen)
Kiki no sukuu sonzai
Daremo tomerarenai jikan wo nukisatte yuku
Saisoku no... (you've got the speed) soreijou (they've never seen)
Tsuyosa ayatsuru mono
Ame no hitotsubu (just change your form)
Ai suru hito e (got to cast off)
Otosanai to chikau nara kumo no kanata e toberu darou
Unmei no gate ima hirakareta
Dead or alive kimi wa tadori tsukeru
Saki wo yuku mono to sore wo ou mono
That's my pride tada hitori
Michi naki michi dake wo hashire lord of the speed
Nijuuyon jikan to iu ichinichi sugoshiteite mo
Dare de mo (who's got the real?) kitsuka nai (they've never seen)
Ichibyou ga aru darou
Kehai wo kanjite furikaeru sonna shunkan
Saisoku no (you've got the speed) kaze no naka (they've never seen)
Kiseki ga okotteru
Fuan na yoru wo (just change your form)
Ai suru hito e (got to cast off)
Misenai koto chikau nara donna asa demo tsuretekuru
Unmei no gate toikakete iru
Left of right? kimi wa doko wo mezasu
Kono sora no shita de saikyou na no wa
That's my pride jibun no mi
Itsudatte massugu ni hashire lord of the speed
Finally…the impostor who abducted Yukari several chapters ago is revealed, and it appears that he resembles Kyuu, but in a slightly different fashion. A clone perhaps?
And with him possessing the same Parasite energy as Kyuu, this is going to be one heck of a slugfest.
Preview:
Kyuu vs. K', and it'll be a riot as both get to display their Parasite energies, but with Kyu having the Beetle Zecter, Kabuto can make quick work out on him, right…? But what if he has a trick up his sleeve…? If you look above, he has a Zecter that resembles Kabuto's…
Note:
The name K' is pronounced as "k-dash", and that name is taken from a character of the same name from the video game, King Of Fighters '99, and he is owned by SNK-Playmore Japan.