Previously, on Kamen Rider Kyoryu
18 year old Krishna Sadhana starts to abuse his newfound identity as Kamen Rider Kyoryu to cause mischief around him, prompting Anne to take the young man to her parents' grave and lecture him on what it means to be a Kamen Rider. Elsewhere 17 year old Alda Galuh Fitria Dewi was accidentally killed by a group of girls bullying her, before she was inexplicably revived as the Unicorn Aroka, who shortly and brutally murders her assailants. She, along with Anggy Tamara, who had also transformed into an Aroka, the Crocodile Aroka to be exact, were taken in by Wrath, a Centipede Aroka and a member of a group of powerful Aroka known as the Executive Aroka, who are essentially generals in the Aroka's quest to cause as much death and destruction on our world. Krishna meets another participant of the Battle Royale, Christina Apriani, who transforms into Kamen Rider Raigen, and soon he received a hostile welcome from her, which continues despite Krishna saving her from the powerful Galatia, the Seahorse Aroka. Meanwhile the Astinapura Corporation has discovered a Dino Rider Key, a sign of something big to come, as Christina challenges Krishna for a one-on-one Rider duel…
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The morning Sun slowly rises over the harbor area of Tanjung Priok in North Jakarta, a sign of a beginning of a new day. But since dawn, before the Sun had made itself known, Christina Apriani had been busy.
The user of the Raigen System had been busy since 2am, running several vigorous laps around the Tanjung Priok Harbor, followed up by a grueling session of push-ups, pull-ups, and sit-ups. The memory of her near defeat at the hands of Galatia yesterday stung her repeatedly every time her body starts to show signs of giving up. Christina was determined to be stronger, to let that humiliation to be the last one she'll ever suffer in the Battle Royale. There is no way in the world that she's going to let that rookie Krishna bailing her out again. A very experienced A-ranked Rider saved by a mere E-ranked one, who managed to promote himself to D after that win against Galatia. It was more than enough to put a scar on her dignity. A scar that she would like to heal by defeating Kamen Rider Kyoryu in her duel with him later that afternoon.
Christina collapsed on the ground, clad in only her light blue sports bra, black tracksuit trousers, and white running shoes, her body drenched in sweat. As she struggled to fight against the mounting fatigue, Christina gazed on the morning sky, once again remembering her humiliating near-loss yesterday…
Flashback begins
"Kamen Rider Raigen," Galatia greeted, brandishing his broadsword, "You may not be my target, but striking down an A-ranked Kamen Rider pleases me as well!"
"What do you Aroka knew about the Battle Royale?" Christina taunted, parrying an incoming slash from Galatia, "Oh, that's right, it ends with us kicking your sorry asses."
"You are going to regret those words, girl!" Galatia growled, executing a merciless flurry of slashes with his broadsword.
At first Raigen managed to parry the slashes with her Raijin Slayer, but within seconds Galatia's mastery of swordplay got the best of her, and eventually the Seahorse Aroka managed to slash Raigen right on the chest, causing sparks to fly as Raigen was sent stumbling back.
"I…will…not…be..beaten…that…easily!" Christina growled, a burst of electricity coming out from her armor with her last two words.
"Really? Humor me," Galatia taunted.
Letting out a rage-filled scream, Raigen charged forward, electricity dancing on the blade of her Raijin Slayer. Immediately Raigen slashed Galatia twice on the chest, but despite the energized slashes, Galatia didn't flinched at all. Raigen slashed Galatia again, aiming for the seahorse on the Aroka's right shoulder, landing a direct hit. The seahorse's head slid off from its place, delighting Raigen, but instead Galatia glared at the navy blue Rider with his eye.
"Really? Is that the best that you've got?" Galatia taunted yet again, as if that slash didn't affected him at all, "You know what? You had your turn. It's my turn now."
Galatia lets out a loud heave as he lifted his broadsword into the air, before executing a powerful slash on Raigen's chest! Raigen stepped back, the slash leaving a mark on her chest armor, with Christina panting heavily underneath her helmet. She had barely sidestepped that slash, if it had hit her head on, her transformation will be undone from the immense damage inflicted.
"Shit…" Christina panted, "Gotta be more careful."
Galatia roared, charging towards Raigen with his broadsword. Raigen saw this coming and tried to lift her Raijin Slayer, but Galatia slashed first, swiftly disarming Raigen, before another slash struck Raigen right on her left shoulder, bringing the Rider to her knees. Galatia swiftly kicked her to the ground, before stepping on her chest, suffocating Christina.
Flashback ends
As soon as the thought of Krishna saving her from Galatia came into her mind, Christina quickly shook her head, trying to get that moment out from her memory. Remembering that time and time again will worsen the scar on her already wounded pride. Quickly Christina grabbed a bottle of isotonic water and poured its contents all over her sweating body, hoping that it'll cool her down for a while before she proceeds to her next exercise routine.
Slowly Christina approaches a disused warehouse located deep into the harbor, overlooking the proud Jakarta Bay. Silently, looking around to ensure that nobody's there, Christina opens the warehouse's doors, entering the abandoned building before turning on the warehouse's dim lights, revealing a red and black punching bag hanging in the middle of the warehouse.
Within minutes Christina attacked the punching bag repeatedly with a series of jabs, uppercuts, hooks, and kicks. Side kicks, roundhouse kicks, the poor punching bag was left without mercy as Christina performed a variety of martial arts techniques on it, determined to sharpen herself before the afternoon's duel. Hours went by as Christina continues to brutalize the punching bag, sweat drenching her forehead as she looks to wrap up her training before breakfast. Preparing herself, Christina then executes a powerful jab at the punching bag, literally puncturing it and causing its sand contents to pour out.
"Huh, guess training's over then," Christina muttered as she saw the sand piling up underneath the broken punching bag, "Reminder, buy a new punching bag after the duel."
Suddenly a ringing noise was heard, prompting Christina to approach a nearby stack of boxes. She has placed her ATS PDA there and it is now ringing like crazy. Christina thought that an Aroka is on the attack right now, but was relieved to find out that someone is trying to call her through the PDA. Immediately Christina picked up the PDA and answered the call.
"Good morning, Christina Apriani here," Christina greeted.
"Good morning, Raigen," replied a male voice from the other side, "Training again, I see?"
"Yes, Mr. Vice-President," nodded Christina, as she is now currently in a conversation with the Vice-President of the Astinapura Corporation, "How did you find out?"
"Don't play dumb," chuckled the middle-aged man from the phone, "We know where you are. The Prehistoric Drivers are installed with trackers that allowed us to watch your progress."
"Figure that you would spy on me," Christina laughed, "By the way, where's the President? Usually when the Corporation wants to talk with me, the President would personally do that."
"The President is busy today, he's scheduled to meet the Indonesian Police today regarding the Aroka issue," replied the Vice-President, "By the way, the reason that I called you….is regarding your training. I have seen the battle footage against the Seahorse Aroka and to be honest, I can tell that you are slipping off."
"Am not," argued Christina, "It's just yesterday is not my lucky day."
"You are still lucky that you're alive, Christina," the Vice-President said, "That newcomer using the Kyoryu System…you should thank him for saving your life. From his battle footage I could see that he's doing quite well."
"He's just a rookie," scoffed Christina, "Beginner's luck. We'll see who's luckier when I defeat him in today's duel."
"You challenged Kyoryu to a duel?" asked the Vice-President.
"At the Kelapa Gading Jogging Park," replied Christina, "And this afternoon, I will prove myself as one of the Battle Royale's most formidable contestant."
The Vice-President chuckled, before Christina hangs up her PDA. She then once again bathed herself in isotonic water before leaving the warehouse behind her.
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OP: Gaim no Kaze – JUST LIVE MORE
(Instruments) The four main Riders of the story stood side by side on a rooftop somewhere in Jakarta, all of them brandishing their weapons, ready to engage in battle.
(Got it move…WOW…) Weapons from the Riders of the story attacks a stone monolith somewhere in the Spirit World, causing it to transform into the Kamen Rider Kyoryu logo, its background changing from the Spirit World to a sunny Jakarta skyline.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) Shots of the Riders' armors were shown, before the four main Riders poses inside an armory.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) Kyoryu points his Shakunetsu no Taiyo at the viewers, while a reflection underneath the Rider shows Krishna pointing the same weapon.
(Sabaibaru You got move) Krishna is shown frantically running towards the camera only for a fence to bar him.
(Gendai wa sanagara sengoku) Kyoryu is shown standing in front of the fence barring Krishna, walking away confidently with his weapons in hand as Krishna dissolves into dust behind him.
(Dare ga kachinukeru) Christina is watching an all-girls futsal match, looking surprisingly emotionless amongst the cheering crowd.
(Kagi wa hirake rarete shimatta) The scene shows a few shots of the futsal match before it changes back to the crowd, where Raigen has replaced Christina as she quickly stood up, ready to accept battle.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) Kyoryu and Raigen clashed their weapons together, before it shifts to Krishna and Christina still locked in combat, their poses exactly the same as their Rider forms' poses.
(Doko ni aru?) Anggy, Alda, and another girl, all of them clad in black, are seen walking away from a burning building.
(Do tsukau?) The four main Riders were shown one by one at same armory from before, each of them posing with their respective weapons.
(Kindan no…) Krishna is seen holding his Tyrannosaurus Key, posing himself to transform as he inserts the key into his Prehistoric Driver…
(…kaijitsu?!) A quick shot of Krishna turning his Tyrannosaurus Key followed by two other people turning their Dino Rider Keys in their respective Prehistoric Drivers were shown.
(`Ima' to iu kaze wa nani o tsutaeru tame) Shots of Kyoryu's four forms were shown, each of them using their respective weapons to show off their skills to the viewers.
(Omae no moto ni fuku) Alfian holds a locket containing a photograph of a French-Indonesian young woman, his face indicating sadness as he clenches his fist and slams the locket onto the ground.
(Tsuyoku tsuyoku Blown' up) Ragnarok is then shown slashing through an army of Aroka Soldiers, the reflection underneath Ragnarok shows Kyoryu and Raigen struggling to beat their enemies.
(Ashita ga yume ga) A shot of a crying young woman is then shown, before the footage was shattered like glass by a punch, the punch being done by a Pachycephalosaurus-themed Rider.
(Mada mienakute mo) Krishna stood in the middle of his detective agency office, his team working hard to solve a case, his arms folded, a few seconds later it was replaced by a mysterious girl clad in a high school uniform standing in the same office, a supernatural aura emanates from her as she points at the viewers.
(Soko genkai seiippai ikite iru to ierunara) The armor pieces of Tyrannosaurus Phase were shown, before it was cut to Kyoryu slashing at the viewers with his katana. The armor pieces of Allosaurus Phase were then shown, before it was cut to Raigen taking on Alda's Unicorn Aroka form in Destroy Mode.
(Utsumuku na yo [kao agero]) The Pachycephalosaurus-themed Rider and Ragnarok are shown working together side-by-side, taking out several Aroka Soldiers.
(Doko madede mo [Mageru koto naku]) The armor pieces of both Pachycephalosaurus Phase and Giganotosaurus Phase are then shown followed up by armor pieces from Kyoryu's auxiliary forms being laid on the same shot.
(Shinjita michi o yuke) The Crocodile Aroka, brandishing her broadsword, charges into battle with a reflection of Anggy screaming underneath the kaijin, making her way towards Kyoryu who remained still.
( JUST LIVE MORE!) The Crocodile Aroka lifts up her broadsword and prepares to slash Kyoryu, only for Kyoryu to suddenly retaliate with his Shakunetsu no Taiyo, a blinding flash of light was created by the collision of the two weapons.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) The final shot shows Kyoryu riding a modified Honda CBR1000RR around the HI Roundabout, ready to take on the Aroka somewhere in Jakarta.
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Act 3: Pulverize and Destroy! Strength of a Triceratops!
Krishna stared blankly at his newly acquired Triceratops Key, lying lazily on the agency's lounge sofa. The rest of the team is with Anne at the agency's back room, installing what Anne described to them last night during dinner as a "portal linking our world with the Spirit World." During dinner as well Anne told the rest of the team what she told Krishna and Handoyo a few days ago regarding the Aroka and the Spirit World, and much to her delight, everyone has agreed to help as well. As the morning starts off with the team using an unused storage at the back of the agency to build the team's Spirit World portal, Krishna has decided to excuse himself from working for the time being.
Flashback begins
"Why?" asked Anne as Krishna asked her permission for him to be excused.
"I have a lot of things going on in my mind," Krishna replied, "But mostly, I need to clear my thoughts for this afternoon's duel with Kamen Rider Raigen. If what you said about her was true, I'm in for the fight of my life. And I just started fighting!"
Anne sighed as Krishna left the back room, before turning her attention towards the rest of the team who are busy setting up the portal.
Flashback ends
"Better train myself," Krishna said as he got up, pocketing his Triceratops Key before grabbing his Prehistoric Driver and Tyrannosaurus Key as he left the agency.
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A few minutes later Krishna was at the backyard of the Casa del Kelapa Gading, already clad in his Kyoryu armor. In front of him were a set of scarecrows that he had built himself, serving as target practice. Keeping the Shakunetsu no Taiyo at its holster for the time being, Krishna decides that he must first brush up his punches. Stepping up towards the nearest scarecrow, Kyoryu let loose with a barrage of punches, varying from jabs, to hooks, to uppercuts, all of them smacking against the scarecrow's hay body. Kyoryu kept on punching and punching, before suddenly, as he prepares an uppercut aimed at the scarecrow's head, his right fist ignited into a ball of fire, energizing the uppercut much to Krishna's surprise.
"Wait! I didn't ask for that!" gasped Krishna.
But it was too late. Kyoryu had already executed the flaming uppercut, setting fire to the scarecrow before the force of the punch severs the scarecrow's head from its body. Since the scarecrow was made out of hay and wood, the resulting attack has caused a small fire to break out.
"Oh shit!" cursed Krishna, trying to extinguish the flames burning the scarecrow by stepping on the burning head and by flailing his arms in front of the scarecrow, hoping that the resulting wind would put out the fire. He was wrong – it got worse.
Suddenly a misty burst was let loose from behind Kyoryu, extinguishing the flames burning the scarecrow, but the fire had already turned the scarecrow into ash. Kyoryu turned around, to see Ranty smiling at him, a fire extinguisher in hand.
"Anne sent me here," Ranty said a few minutes later as Krishna, now untransformed, enjoyed a glass of lemonade that Ranty had brought with her, "She said that the team's Kamen Rider should have something to eat and drink first before engaging his challenger. And there he is training and almost setting fire to the entire backyard."
"Whoops," Krishna giggled as he chomped down on a sandwich, "Guess I miscalculated Tyrannosaurus Phase's pyrokinetic ability."
Ranty laughed, "That's alright. Next time, make a scarecrow from something less flammable."
"I don't think that's possible!" laughed Krishna.
"Well, from what I saw, you're doing great," Ranty said, "Mind if I watch you train again?"
"Sure thing," Krishna smiled, finishing up his sandwich and lemonade.
"Nervous?" Ranty asked, which Krishna replied by shaking his head.
Ranty watched on as Krishna transforms into Kamen Rider Kyoryu once again, resuming his training as he switches to kicking attacks. As Kyoryu repeatedly kicked the scarecrow in front of him, Ranty gripped her hands tightly onto the fire extinguisher, fearing that Tyrannosaurus Phase's fire powers would activate suddenly…
…which did after a few minutes, with Kyoryu accidentally setting another scarecrow on fire again after performing a powerful side kick on its chest.
"I got this!" Ranty said as she sprayed the fire extinguisher all over the burning scarecrow, with Kyoryu scratching his helmet sheepishly behind her.
"And we haven't seen me doing my swordsmanship practice yet," Krishna laughed.
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Pride, Envy, Gluttony, and Sloth all bowed down before their mysterious leader, who is communicating with them as usual through the pool in their hideout. Wrath is nowhere to be seen, so do the other two Executive Aroka codenamed Lust and Greed. In fact, ever since they came into the human realm and resided in their hideout, they haven't seen Lust or Greed yet, and Wrath seldom stays in the hideout – he preferred to reside in his personal mansion at Cibubur.
"My generals, it has come to my attention that Galatia has failed," the being inside the pool spoke.
"Forgive me for my agent's failure, Leader," Pride bowed apologetically in front of the pool, "I did not calculate that the user of the Kyoryu System has gotten into grips with the gift that he has received."
"But thankfully I have good news," the being spoke again, "Kyoryu is to challenge another Rider this afternoon…Kamen Rider Raigen."
"The other Rider that Galatia almost defeated?" asked Envy.
"Exactly. I want you to send one of your agent to interrupt the fight," the being said, "Hopefully that Aroka would bring us not only Kyoryu's head, but also Raigen's."
"I got just your guy," Sloth chuckled.
As Sloth chuckled, a monstrous humanoid steps out from the shadow, bowing in respect to the four Executive Aroka. The humanoid was mostly brown in color and was based on a bison. The Bison Aroka was clad in thick brown fur that kept it warm just like the animal that it was based on, with a red and blue underpants made out of leather covering his crotch. Like the Unicorn Aroka, the Bison Aroka's feet resemble hooves, while sharp claws adorn the Bison Aroka's fingers. The kaijin's arms were muscular, so does his pectoral muscles and abdomen, giving the Bison Aroka an intimidating look. But the most striking feature of the Bison Aroka was his head. The Aroka's head was covered in silver metal; black nails are seen adjoining the numerous metal plating covering the Bison Aroka's head together. Even the Aroka's horns were made out of metal, while his red eyes are made out of camera lenses, which zoom in and out as he gazed upon the four Executive Aroka in front of him. Another peculiar feature in this Aroka was a large cannon made of metal that rests on the Bison Aroka's right shoulder, while two metallic exhaust pipes are seen extending out from the Aroka's shoulder blades.
"E-le-gi-tron re-a-d-y to s-e-r-ve y-o-u a-ll," the Bison Aroka introduces himself in a robotic, monotone voice, "I wi-ll n-ot dis-a-pp-o-i-nt M-a-st-e-r Sl-o-t-h! I wi-ll c-ru-s-h t-h-o-se pes-k-y Ri-de-r-s wi-th m-y o-wn tw-o h-and-s!"
"Does he always talks this way?" asked Gluttony.
"Unfortunately yes," Sloth nodded, "But don't underestimate him – despite his stammered speech, I can guarantee that he will get the job done. Elegitron, let's give Kyoryu and Raigen a surprise that they won't forget."
"Af-fir-ma-ti-ve," Elegitron nodded, walking away from the four Executive Aroka, ready to execute his mission.
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First Police Inspector Febriani Kusumastuti lets out a slight yawn, placing her head on her folded arms. For the past weeks she and her 5-man team have been investigating the string of strange and violent murders that has broken out throughout Jakarta. These murders left no clues for the police with the exception of the victims' corpses, all of them killed brutally albeit in different manners. Some were mutilated, others beheaded, while some were brutally stabbed. The deaths of Novi Fitriani, Hasyim Karyadi, and a group of high school girls at Cengkareng fell into the third category, and like the other murders no clues were found at the scene of the crime. With the body count piling up, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police are struggling to solve these murders, leaving Febriani and her team with countless of sleepless nights.
The room where Febriani and her team were assigned to was a medium-sized one, and like Krishna's detective agency, it was a conference-type room, only much smaller, but somewhat cozier thanks to the reclining seats and the air conditioning. The cool breeze from the AC has caused Febriani to become even sleepier, taking off her glasses as she prepares to take a nap…
…only for a voice to interrupt her.
"Taking an early nap on the job, I see?"
Febriani groggily woke up to saw her superior, Police Commissioner Ardian Kemala. At 37 years old, Ardian still looked fit and intimidating despite his age, with his tall and muscular physique, dark brown skin, and his buzzcut hairstyle. Meanwhile, 23 year old Febriani has rather tanned skin, an athletic yet rather plump build, and shoulder-length black hair. The two police officers are wearing their standard uniforms – light brown shirt, dark brown trousers for Ardian and dark brown skirt for Febriani, and badges that show the ranks of the two.
"Can't blame me," Febriani laughed, "Didn't have any sleep in like two days."
"Must be working in overdrive to solve those cases, huh?" Ardian said which received a nod from Febriani, "I understand your burden. The culprit of those murders has left no clue whatsoever from the crime scenes, our only lead are the victims' corpses. All of them are killed in a way inhumanly possible. The stab wounds on Miss Fitriani and Mr. Karyadi were all deep stab wounds inflicted by someone very strong. So strong, that their stab wounds went through their bodies. Literally."
"True," Febriani said, "Do you think…that a monster is behind these murders?"
"You're silly," Ardian scoffed, "You do know that monsters don't exist right? But then again…there is a possibility. Someone or something unknown to us is committing these heinous crimes. It's up to us to do what we do best, in order to prevent more victims."
"Speaking of which, why are you here anyway?" Febriani asked, "It is uncommon for you to come by here yourself, usually you sent that aide of yours."
"The Police General requests the presence of your team in his room right now," Ardian replied, "The information that he is about to give to you is so classified, not even my aide is allowed to know."
"Okay," Febriani nodded, quickly drinking a glass of water to kill off her sleepiness, "And the rest of my team?"
"Already there," Ardian smiled, "They're waiting for you, Febriani."
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Febriani was escorted by Ardian to the Police General's office, where the rest of her team awaits. Other than Febriani's team, also waiting in the room were two elderly-aged men, and a 24 year old man clad in a business suit. The office is just like your run of the mill office of a superior officer – a simple table and chair office with, complete with a reclining seat for the Police General, a large bookshelf that contains the Police General's reading material, a plasma TV, a lounge sofa and several chairs, where the members of Febriani's team were sitting right now. Another chair was used by an elderly man clad in a business suit, sitting next to the Police General on his recliner, while the young man in the suit has opted to stand up and lean himself against a wall, folding his arms in a slightly cocky manner.
Police General Ahmad Sutopo watches on as Ardian escorted Febriani into the room, his trained eyes (for a 59 year old man) scanning the room, looking right at the seven people in front of him. Like Ardian, Ahmad's physique was unaffected by his aging despite his short white hair, at 180 cm tall he still sports his athletic physique that he had trained since the first day he'd enrolled in the Police Academy around 40 years ago. Like Ardian, Febriani, and the other members of Febriani's team, he is wearing a police uniform, but with more badges compared to the seven policemen and policewomen in front of him. Next to Ahmad was 57 year old Hatta Alamsyah, none other than the President of the Astinapura Corporation himself. Hatta has a slim and athletic figure, thanks to years and years of training to maintain his stamina in running Indonesia's largest corporation, and his face indicates an Oriental descent, light brown skin and all. His greased black hair showed minor signs of graying, while a mustache, not unlike Tom Sellick's, sat nicely between his nose and lips. And finally, the young man standing next to Hatta is Alfian Haris Fauzan Al-Fachrizy, head of the Astinapura Corporation's Research and Development Department, also known as Kamen Rider Ragnarok (but unknown to Ahmad, Ardian, Febriani, and the members of her team).
"You do know why I gathered you all here, right?" asked Ahmad, his tone indicating seriousness.
"No," Febriani shook her head, her team doing the same as well, "Why?"
"As you know your team is currently investigating a string of brutal murders that has been happening all around Jakarta in the past few weeks," Ahmad starts his explanation, "And until today we could not find any evidence on the culprit of those murders….until yesterday."
Ahmad then gives Febriani a photograph, which she immediately examines. After a few seconds looking at it, a shocked look was seen on Febriani's face.
"What's that?" Febriani asked, showing the photograph towards Ahmad, Hatta, and Alfian as she points at a blurred image of a grey knight standing amidst a wrecked shopping mall.
"An Aroka," this time it was Hatta who spoke, "Creatures from a realm parallel to ours, the Spirit World, where the spirit of the death goes before going to the afterlife. Yesterday a small squad of policemen was dispatched to the Pulo Gadung Trade Centre, to find that the place is being attacked by a group of these creatures, led by the grey knight in the photograph, identified as the Seahorse Aroka."
"What does this has to do with the mysterious murders that we're facing?" Febriani asked, "We don't want any more victims!"
"We believe that these creatures are the mastermind behind those murders," this time it was Alfian who answered that, "The victims of the murders that your team are investigating, they all have died in ways inhumanly possible. An Aroka has enough strength, brutality, and supernatural powers to commit those murders. That is why in order for these murders to stop, the Astinapura Corporation recommends the Jakarta Metropolitan Police to do more research in these creatures."
"These Aroka may sound dangerous, but thankfully, we have a solution to that problem," Hatta continued, showing two blurred photographs of Kyoryu and Raigen fighting Galatia yesterday, "These were taken from the Pulo Gadung Trade Centre's CCTV cameras. They are what we call, Kamen Riders."
"Kamen Riders?" asked a member of Febriani's team, a slim bodied and athletically build 22 year old young woman with rather tanned skin and long black hair that extends to the small of her back, Second Police Inspector Rere Sara, "What are they?"
"Masked heroes fighting for justice and the safety of the people of Jakarta," Alfian answered, "We created these heroes with our technology so they could fight the Aroka head on. These creatures can't be killed by conventional human weapons. They needed to be killed with high class technology, our technology."
"So what are you going on about?" asked another member of Febriani's team, a plump bodied 19 year old woman who was the team's newest addition, First Bhayangkara Mia Suminar. Mia has fair white skin and curly shoulder length black hair that is now being kept underneath a dark brown hijab, the same shade of dark brown as her skirt, "Why are you gathering us here in the first place."
"The Astinapura Corporation has offered their help in our investigation," answered Ahmad, "They are providing us with funding to form a special investigative team to track down, research, and hunt these Aroka, and also providing us with the technology necessary to create…the Jakarta Metropolitan Police's own Kamen Rider."
"That's right," Hatta added, "As we speak, we are developing a Prehistoric Driver exclusively for the Jakarta Metropolitan Police. We have already found a necessary material to activate it – the Dino Rider Key."
As if on cue, Alfian shows the photograph of the newly discovered Velociraptor Key, much to the awe and curiosity of Febriani and her team.
"The Velociraptor Key, coded 'VW-11'. A Wind Class key, enabling its user to move at blinding speeds and perform aerokinesis, the manipulation of wind," Alfian explained, "We are planning to name your Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Raptor. Inspired by both the Velociraptor, and the F-22 Raptor, one of the world's finest fighter jets. We are hoping that Kamen Rider Raptor would become an invaluable asset for the Jakarta Metropolitan Police in handling Aroka-related cases."
"Interesting," Febriani nodded her head in interest.
"We are also considering mass-producing Raptor's Prehistoric Driver and its Velociraptor Key," added Ahmad, "With the Astinapura Corporation's research, technology, and funding, of course. We are hoping to create an army of mass-produced Kamen Riders working underneath the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, thus enabling us to eliminate the Aroka threat once and for all."
"I see," Febriani said, finally understanding what she and her team are dealing with, "So who will be the user of this Kamen Rider Raptor?"
"We will send someone into your team," Alfian said, much to the disappointment of the team, "That person will use the Raptor System, and your team will assist him or her."
"So we're the Rider's support group then?" asked Febriani, which Alfian answers with a nod,
"I see."
"I thought that one of us is going to use the Raptor System?" said a disappointed Rere.
"Yes, eventually," Ahmad replied, "But for the first few months, let someone from the Astinapura Corporation use it. He or she will train the police officer chosen to wield the Raptor System later on."
"So, are we clear?" Hatta asked, receiving nods from Febriani and her team, "Alright. Dismissed."
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Wrath drove his Cadillac Escalade through the streets of Cibubur, all morning he has left Anggy and Alda by themselves in his mansion as he sets out to find more newly born Aroka to recruit. But much to his dismay, it has been a slow morning, and with Anggy and Alda waiting in the mansion, he must come home early to tend to them. Calmly Wrath navigated through the crowded streets of Cibubur, before making a turn towards a quiet alley, which leads to his mansion.
Inside the mansion, Anggy and Alda were busy chatting happily in the living room, all while watching SpongeBob SquarePants on Wrath's plasma TV. Since their arrival in the mansion, the two young women had bonded with each other quite well, united by the fact that they had suffered premature deaths in their young lives, before being inexplicably revived by a mysterious force, which also turns them into monstrous humanoids. They both also harbored grudges against people who had forsaken them and they have avenged themselves by killing those people. And finally, they were both taken in by a mysterious young man in emo clothing, claiming that he is their guardian angel, who then took them to his mansion. Anggy's parents had died and she has killed her uncle and cousin, and she feels that by abandoning the rest of her family, she is ready to start her life anew. Alda, in the other hand, is still in the care of her kind grandparents, but she and Wrath managed to convince them to let her go, under the pretense that she's going to participate in a "summer camp" program. But right now the two women have a question that had been bothering them for a while – why are Wrath's intentions for them?
Their question is about to be answered soon enough, as Wrath has arrived from his morning stroll, grinning widely as he enters his mansion.
"Hello girls!" Wrath greeted as he approaches both Anggy and Alda, who are sitting on the mansion's couch, "How's my two favorite girls doing?"
"We're fine," replied Anggy, before glaring coldly towards Wrath, "We just got here yesterday night. We are not your favorite girls."
"Fine," Wrath sighed, dropping his grin as he threw himself against a beanbag near the couch the women are sitting on.
"Why?" asked Alda as Wrath drunk a glass of water to refresh his exhausted body, "Why did you take us here?"
"Come again?" Wrath asked back instead.
"We have been waiting to ask you this," Anggy replied, "Why are you taking us in? Why do you take us here? And…to quote Alda's question when I first talked to her yesterday….who are we?"
After Anggy had asked that, her body started to glow green as Alda glowed white, before in a flash of green and white lights Anggy had transformed into the Crocodile Aroka, while Alda assumes her Unicorn Aroka form, in Aegis Mode. The two Aroka looked at each other and themselves in confusion, before turning their attention towards Wrath.
"Who are we?" Anggy asked again.
Wrath lets out a slight sigh. He reaches for the remote and turns off the TV, as his body starts to glow black. And, much to Anggy and Alda's surprise, Wrath's body began to undergo a grotesque transformation, before he had fully transformed himself into his true form, the Centipede Aroka.
"You…." gasped Alda.
"….you're just like us…." continued Anggy.
"The three of us has something in common," Wrath said, his mandibles clicking every time he spoke, "We all have died some point in our lives….and we're all been revived by this mysterious force…with these monstrous forms as a price. You and I are Aroka. Creatures from the darkest reaches of the Spirit World."
"Aroka?" both Alda and Anggy asked in unison.
"Yes," Wrath nodded, "We all die for a reason…and the three of us are revived by the Aroka for the same reasons. To serve our God Deus, to strike terror into the hearts of mere humans, to sire more of our kind, and to cause as much death and destruction possible, to herald Deus' revival."
"Death…and destruction?" asked a confused Anggy.
"You two may have not realized it, but your grudges have caused your revival as an Aroka. The Aroka knew everything, even the personal problems that you two didn't knew," Wrath continues his explanation, before pointing towards Anggy, "Like your boyfriend cheating on your cousin. The Aroka knew about that before you do, and that is why you have been revived as one of us. The killings that you did are not purely your deeds as a former human. It is the deed of your Aroka side, thirsty for blood and destruction"
"Is…that…so?" gasped Anggy in sheer shock and disbelief, "So when I killed my uncle, my cousin, and my ex…"
"Your grudges has manifested themselves in your Aroka form, allowing you to take vengeance," Wrath lets out an evil smirk, before turning his attention towards Alda, "Your desires to be belonged, to be free from oppression, to punish whoever caused misery in your life. That's what revived you as an Aroka. And those desires…were quenched in the blood of your friends whom you have slaughtered."
"Are…you…serious?" stammered a shocked Alda, tears began to form in her eye.
"I've known a lot about you, Alda Galuh Fitria Dewi," Wrath lets out a snicker, "On how your father used to beat you up, how your friends bullied you…deep down you didn't want to hurt them, right? You just wanted them to realize the errors of their ways. But somewhere in that heart of gold of yours, are specks of black, which demanded the blood of the ones who had done wrong to you. And those specks of black manifest themselves in your Aroka form."
"How…how did you know that?" Alda cried, prompting Anggy to hug and comfort the 17 year old.
"Believe it or not, your Aroka side told me," Wrath gave the answer, "Normally when deceased humans are revive by the Aroka, their human side were eradicated completely except for their memories, replaced with the sheer animalistic fury of the Aroka. The Aroka observes their potential hosts, enabling them to know their potential hosts' pain, desires, grudges, and sadness. And when those hosts died, the Aroka will receive a gateway to posses them, reviving them as puppets…serving our almighty God Deus."
"You're sick, you know?! You're the sickest person I've ever known! Even sicker than my uncle, my cousin, and even my ex!" growled Anggy, her eyes glaring at Wrath as she continues to embrace the now crying Alda.
"But the eradication was not done instantly – the revived puppets still retain their humanity. By surrendering their humanity to their grudges, desires, and the things that made them to be revived as an Aroka, they will become fully mature Aroka. That's where I came in," Wrath explains, fully aware of the sheer anger directed towards him by Anggy but deciding to ignore it, "I am an Executive Aroka, generals answering to our Leader, an extension of Deus' will. I recruit new Aroka like you two and accelerate the eradication of their humanity, turning them into full fledged, bloodthirsty Aroka ready to serve our God Deus. My job is to erase such human emotions like what you two are showing to me like now and to make you two fully embrace your Aroka side."
"This is mad," Anggy gritted her teeth in anger as Alda slowly wipes away her tears, "We will never become monsters like you!"
"It's your choice," Wrath smiled, his smile dark and evil, "Either surrender your humanity and join me, or live out your pathetic second lives, branded traitors by our almighty Lord Deus and our Leader? Remember; do not waste your second life away as you did with your first one."
Anggy went silent, slowly reverting into human form with Alda doing the same. The two young women looked at each other, as if conversing with each other in their minds. Wrath looked on as Anggy and Alda stood silently, looking at each other, before after a few seconds, the two young women turned their attention towards Wrath.
"Well, what's your decision?" asked Wrath, his mandibles clicking in enthusiasm, expecting that the two will accept his call to discard their humanity.
"We have decided…" Anggy answered, representing herself and Alda, closing her eyes for a moment after saying that before letting away a sigh. Suddenly Anggy's eyes shot open, anger flaring from them as she glared towards Wrath, "You can forget that, asshole. We will never work for you or your Leader or your so-called God. We've killed too much already. We don't want to shed any more blood. We just wanted to live peacefully, something that Alda here has never experienced at all. We also wanted to start anew by ourselves, not by becoming someone's puppet."
Wrath gasped in shock as Anggy and Alda turned their backs on him, going towards their rooms and packing up their bags. The Centipede Aroka reverted into his human form, slumping to the floor in disbelief as he saw Anggy and Alda leaving their rooms, taking one last glare at the speechless Executive Aroka, before making a hasty run towards the door.
"Let's get out of here," Anggy said, which Alda replied with a nod.
Soon the two young women left the mansion, slamming the door behind them. Their decision is final – even though they were revived as monsters, they refuse to surrender their humanity. Instead, Anggy and Alda will do their best to appreciate the new life that they have been granted with. They have killed too many people and they wanted to start anew. And perhaps, to think a way of preventing these Aroka from claiming more innocent lives.
Wrath knelt there silently, watching as both Anggy and Alda, his two new recruits, abandon him in his mansion. He knew that it was impossible to recruit them directly into the ranks of his species, but as an Executive Aroka, he refuses to give up that easily.
"Those two bitches will work for the Aroka whether they like it or not," Wrath thought as he took out his cell phone, dialing a number quickly into it, "Hello?"
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"Yes, I will do it, Master Wrath. I will show those two girls the advantages of being an Aroka," a dark being said before he hangs up his cell phone, pocketing it into his jeans pocket. The dark being then lets out a whistle as he walks away from an alleyway, revealing a smoking skeleton behind him, clad in raggedy clothes. Black acidic ink drips down from the skeleton onto the asphalt underneath it, smoke coming out as the ink came in contact with the asphalt…
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It is 11.50am. The Sun is shining brightly on the sky, giving the city of Jakarta its typical hot tropical afternoon. The Kelapa Gading Jogging Park was quiet as usual – in the mornings it was typically crowded with joggers, but in the heat of this afternoon, the park was almost deserted as people preferred to stay indoors inside the many malls scattered across the Kelapa Gading District, where it was cool.
Krishna arrived at the park on his Honda CBR1000RR, clad in a green tank top and dark green cargo pants. Seeing that his opponent hasn't arrived yet, Krishna decided to do some warming up, a few laps halfway around the park, some push-ups, and some shadowboxing. All of those underneath the watchful eyes of a blind American tourist, around 50 years of age, sitting on a park bench near Krishna. As Krishna continues his shadowboxing routine, he notices the elderly American near him. Pausing for a while, Krishna decided to approach the elderly man, trying to strike a polite conversation before his battle.
"Hot day, huh?" Krishna asked, wiping away his sweat as he sat next to the man.
"Yup," the American nodded; strangely he was unfazed by the searing heat.
"Waiting for someone?" Krishna asked again.
"Nah, just basking in the sun," the American grinned, "And you?"
"Yeah," Krishna nodded, "Someone challenged me to a fight here. Looks like I came here first, so might as well prepare myself for it."
"Ooh, a fight. Sounds exciting," the American said, his grin strangely attached to his face despite the heat, "Too bad I'm blind. But I'm guessing it's going to be a hell of a fight."
"Agreed," Krishna smiled, before he hears the sound of a motorcycle approaching, "She's here."
True to Krishna's words, Christina has just arrived to the jogging park aboard her Suzuki Satria, clad in a black tank top and navy blue trousers. Parking her bike next to Krishna's, Christina immediately went towards Krishna, who immediately stood up from the park bench.
"Break a leg, kiddo," the American said, clenching his fist towards Krishna.
Krishna nodded at the motivational support, before turning his attention towards Christina, "You ready?"
"More than ready!" exclaimed Christina, punching her left palm with her right fist, "You're going down today, rookie. I'm going to prove to the world that Christina Apriani is strong enough to take on the Aroka on her own!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Krishna said, taking out his Prehistoric Driver and Tyrannosaurus Key, "Let's get this settled with."
Christina nodded enthusiastically, taking out her own Prehistoric Driver and Allosaurus Key.
"DRIVER ON!" the two Drivers announced in unison as Krishna and Christina places them around their waists, before the two inserts their respective Dino Rider Keys into their Prehistoric Drivers.
"Henshin!" exclaims Krishna and Christina in unison.
"IGNITION ON! THE BLAZING WARRIOR OF CANDRADIMUKA, TYRANNOSAURUS PHASE!"
"COME ON! GOD OF THUNDER, ALLOSAURUS PHASE!"
Krishna bursts into flames as Christina was struck by lightning, transforming into their respective Rider forms. Kamen Rider Kyoryu clenches his fists, ready to fight as Kamen Rider Raigen prepares to take out her Raijin Slayer, before pausing for a moment.
"You know what?" Christina said, "Let's use our fists instead!"
"Right back at ya!" Krishna exclaimed.
Raigen charges into battle, electricity cackling on her fists as she swung a jab towards Kyoryu, which the Rider gracefully dodges. Kyoryu retaliates by sending a flaming uppercut towards Raigen's mouthpiece, but Raigen saw that coming and easily ducks away, while at the same time landing a chop onto Kyoryu's ribs, causing Krishna to groan in pain.
"First blood," Christina smirked underneath her helmet, "The fight's all mine, newbie!"
Kyoryu was defenseless as Raigen sends continuous jabs onto his chest armor, each shocking Krishna with a payload of electricity. The young man groaned in pain as Raigen continues to wail on him, sending punches after punches charged with electricity, all of them landing direct hits on Kyoryu's torso. Christina cackled madly underneath her helmet as she pounded repeatedly on Kyoryu's chest armor, electrocuting Krishna with each punch, before an electrified side kick to the stomach sends Kyoryu crashing to the nearby bushes.
"Is that what you got, rookie?" taunted Christina as she laughed mockingly, "I can't believe that I was saved from that Aroka by a piece of shit like you."
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"Come on Krishna…" Ranty gasped in worry as she, Anne, and the rest of Krishna's team watches the battle anxiously from the video feed coming from Kyoryu's helmet, which was displayed on the team's laptop.
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Elsewhere, at the Champions Futsal, members of Inazuma Eleven all cheered at Christina's dominant display so far, watching the video feed from Raigen's helmet on a TV screen located in their changing room. Everyone was cheering, except for Mangayu. She bit her lower lip in anxiety as she saw Krishna being thrashed about by her manager.
"You okay?" asked an Inazuma Eleven player, aware of the goalie's anxiety.
"I'm alright," Mangayu lets out a smile.
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Krishna grunts in pain as Raigen forced him to his feet, before executing a powerful knee drive on his ribs. Collapsing to the ground, Kyoryu was at the mercy of Raigen as the navy blue Rider kicked Kyoryu on the ribs again, doing it repeatedly until an exhausted and battered Kyoryu was on his back, flailing his arms in futility as Raigen stomped her right boot onto his chest armor repeatedly.
"A rookie like you should be like this," Christina taunted in every stomp, "They should be down…and stayed down, so they won't interfere with works of professionals like me."
Krishna yelled in pain as Raigen aims her stomp towards his stomach, before Kyoryu was forced back to his feet yet again, a flurry of jabs to his ribs ensues, all of them charged with electricity, before Raigen throws Kyoryu aside, the crimson red Rider groaning in pain as he hits a nearby tree back-first.
"Do you want to give up, rookie?" asked Christina mockingly as Kyoryu struggled to stand up, smoke billowing from his armor, "You know that you can always back away from this fight before it's too late, newbie."
"No," Krishna shook his head as he stood up, "Today I have nothing to prove. I have nothing to fight for. I only fight for the sake of humanity, not for the sake of strength or dignity. It was you who should back down. You are the most cocky, arrogant, loud-mouth person I've ever met. My advice? Give it up before your arrogance cost you this fight and future fights."
"Shut up," Christina spat venomously, her fists cackling with electricity again as she charges towards Kyoryu, preparing to execute a hook straight at the Rider's helmet. But much to her surprise, Kyoryu caught her fist with his right hand, holding it in full nelson as a smile broke out on Krishna's face.
(Insert Theme: Destiny's Play by TETRA-FANG)
"Gotcha," Krishna said.
Kyoryu's left fist burst into flames, before the crimson red Rider delivers a powerful uppercut on Raigen's chest! Raigen stumbled back, completely surprised by that attack, but was even more surprised when Kyoryu delivered a merciless onslaught of jabs on her chest armor, all of them infused with fire! Sparks flew as the punches made contact with Raigen's armor and within no time the tide of the battle has shifted entirely into Kyoryu's favor. Raigen was grabbed by her right arm, before Kyoryu delivers a nasty headbutt to Raigen's helmet! The navy blue Rider stumbled back once again, disoriented by that attack, before Kyoryu attacks again with a combination of jabs and hooks, all of them hitting Raigen right on her chest armor!
"How…come….how come…I was beaten…like this?" Christina groaned after Kyoryu had delivered a powerful flaming punch on her face, weakening her even further.
"I didn't beat you," Krishna said stoically, quickly locking Raigen's head with his right arm, "Your arrogance and overconfidence did."
And with a loud yell, Kyoryu performs a judo throw on Raigen, slamming the Rider back-first on the ground. As Christina writhed in pain, Kyoryu quickly grabbed Raigen by the legs, swinging the navy blue Rider around for a few times, before throwing Raigen to a set of bushes, further weakening her.
"The finisher!" Krishna exclaims as he activates his belt's lever switch, "My fist will send your arrogance to Hell!"
"MAXIMUM CHARGE!"
Kyoryu's right fist went up in flames, before he quickly dashed over towards the recovering Raigen. Christina could only look in shock as Kyoryu quickly executes a powerful flaming uppercut on her chest armor, the Prominence Smash. The powerful attack causes Raigen to be sent flying, landing back-first into the waters of a nearby water fountain, writhing in pain as smoke comes out from her armor.
"That's….a…good one," Christina muttered, hating herself from saying that, "You've…beaten me…"
(Insert Theme Ends)
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"He did it!" Handoyo exclaims excitedly, high-fiving Syahnaz as the other members of Krishna's team cheered in jubilation, with Ranty and Anne letting out warm smiles at each other before they embraced, pleased with Krishna's victory.
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Amidst the disappointment in the Inazuma Eleven's changing room, one young woman from the futsal team was seen smiling secretly.
Mangayu.
"You've done it, Krishna," said Mangayu in her thoughts, "You've given Christina a taste of her own medicine."
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"Bravo."
Kyoryu turned around to saw the blind American tourist that he'd conversed with earlier standing up from his seat, "That was an excellent fight."
"But you're blind!" Krishna gasped, "How can you possibly see that fight?"
"Because," the American said, letting out an evil smile as his body glows brown, "I-am n-o-t actu-a-l-ly bli-n-d."
"You!" Krishna gasped again as Raigen recovers herself, limping her way towards Krishna.
"An Aroka…" growled Christina, still wincing in pain after receiving that powerful Rider Punch.
The blind American tourist lets out a distorted, electronic laugh as he transforms into his true form, Elegitron. The Bison Aroka cackled menacingly as he approaches the two weary Riders, ready to finish them off on the spot.
"M-as-t-er S-lot-h w-ou-l-d be so p-roud of m-e r-ig-ht no-w!" exclaimed Elegitron, rubbing his hands together in delight, "Y-ou tw-o f-oug-ht o-h so e-xcel-lently! Y-ou've ma-na-ged to weak-en yo-u-r-sel-v-es so I c-ou-l-d f-ini-s-h yo-u of-f b-ot-h a-t onc-e! N-ow, it-s E-le-gi-tron's t-ime t-o sh-ine!"
"Drat, how does the Executive Aroka knew about our fight?" cursed Christina.
"Execu-what?" a confused Krishna asked.
"I'll explain later!" Christina replied, preparing her Raijin Slayer, "Less talk, more fighting!"
"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Krishna grinned, grabbing his Shakunetsu no Taiyo from its holster, "About time we think the same thing!"
"That does not make us friends," Christina said sternly, "Let's go!"
Kyoryu and Raigen charged towards Elegitron, ready to engage the kaijin. Immediately both Kyoryu and Raigen swung their katanas at Elegitron, the blades of their weapons striking against the Bison Aroka's chest. Much to their shock, the Raijin Slayer and the Shakunetsu no Taiyo had left no scratches whatsoever on Elegitron's chest! Kyoryu and Raigen slashed repeatedly, but knowing that their weapons had no effect on him, Elegitron left himself open for the incoming attacks, laughing manically at the two Riders' failures. Elegitron then punches the two Riders with his fists, before proceeding to thrash the weaker of the two, Raigen. Still weakened from receiving Kyoryu's Prominence Smash, Raigen could do nothing as Elegitron grabbed her by the shoulders, smashing her chest repeatedly with his right knee, before executing a devastating hook with his right fist onto Raigen's helmet. A disoriented Raigen stumbled back, leaving her open for attack.
"Raigen!" Krishna exclaims as Kyoryu once again charged into battle, his Shakunetsu no Taiyo ready.
Elegitron gave out a laugh as he turned around and kicked Kyoryu to the ground, before turning his attention back to the weakened Raigen. The female Rider slowly places her fighting stance, ready to take the fight to the death. Elegitron charged, his horns facing straight towards Raigen, before a solid headbutt sends Raigen flying in pain, sparks flying from where the horns made impact with her chest armor.
"N-ow t-o fin-is-h y-o-u o-ff!" Elegitron exclaims, energy building up inside his shoulder cannon.
"No!" Krishna yelled, quickly recovering himself before making a dash towards Elegitron, trying to attack the Bison Aroka from behind only to receive a scalding blast of smoke from the kaijin's rear exhaust pipes, momentarily blinding the crimson red Rider.
Elegitron cackled manically as he fires a powerful red ball of energy from his shoulder cannon, which hits a recovering Raigen on the chest. The full impact of the attack sends the navy blue Rider flying again, this time hitting a nearby palm tree. Her transformation cancelled by that attack, an injured Christina slumped to her knees, blood trickling from a cut on her lower lip while bruises can be seen all over her body.
"Yo-ur tu-rn," Elegitron said, turning his attention towards Kyoryu who has just recovered from that blinding smoke.
Kyoryu gave out a battle cry as he charges towards his opponent, once again trying to slash his way through the Bison Aroka's tough armor, but to no avail. Elegitron punched Kyoryu on the chest, disarming the Rider, before proceeding to let out a severe beating, punching Kyoryu repeatedly on the torso and shoulders, before grabbing the crimson red Rider by the shoulders and smashing his knee repeatedly against Kyoryu's chest armor, performing the same move that severely weakened Raigen earlier. Kyoryu tried to resist, breaking from Elegitron's grasps and punching the Bison Aroka on the chest twice, but to no avail. A swift chop to the right shoulder brings Kyoryu to one knee, but Elegitron was not finished there yet. Grabbing onto Kyoryu's right arm, the Bison Aroka lets out a distorted roar as he tossed Kyoryu around like a ragdoll, solid proof of Elegitron's immense strength. With a final slam, Kyoryu was down, his armor scratched and battered from all of that punishment.
"Shit…" Krishna cursed, his body struggling to fight against the immense pain inflicted by the Bison Aroka, "How on Earth am I supposed to beat this guy?!"
"Hey…" suddenly Krishna hears Christina weakly calling him, attracting his attention, "Remember that Triceratops Key that was given to you by a person named Mangayu yesterday? Use it."
"Really?" Krishna's eyes widened after hearing Christina's uncharacteristically friendly advice, "Why should I do that?"
"This Aroka's greatest asset is its strength," Christina replied, her tone still weak, "The Triceratops Key is an Earth Class key, it will grant you with superhuman strength, enough to counter the Aroka's own natural strength."
Krishna then was about to ask Christina about the classes on the Dino Rider Keys, but he then notices Elegitron glaring directly at him, energy already building up in his shoulder cannon. Krishna could sense the immense anger and determination burning inside the Bison Aroka, he knew if Elegitron fires that shot and it hits him, it'll be all over for both him and Christina.
"Ti-me to me-et y-our m-a-ke-r!" exclaimed Elegitron, before firing his shoulder cannon straight towards the downed Kyoryu.
Quickly Kyoryu stood up, taking out his Triceratops Key before pulling the Tyrannosaurus Key out of his Prehistoric Driver. As the red ball of energy travels rapidly towards Kyoryu, the Rider quickly inserts the Triceratops Key into his Prehistoric Driver and twists it, causing his crimson red armor to burn away into thin air, leaving behind his black bodysuit. His helmet reverts from crimson red to a dull gray coloring, while his eye lenses turned black, his forehead gem doing the same. The Shakunetsu no Taiyo suddenly disintegrates into ashes, leaving Kyoryu unarmed.
"Eh?" Krishna gasped as he saw his dull gray armor, "How am I supposed to fight that guy looking like this?!"
Suddenly the ground around Kyoryu began to shake, before within seconds several jagged rocks bursts out from the ground and attach themselves onto Kyoryu's gray armor, wrapping the Rider into a rocky cocoon from the neck down. At the same time, Elegitron's energy ball blasts the cocooned Kyoryu, blanketing him in a large explosion much to Elegitron's delight.
"Ye-s!" Elegitron exclaims, "I've don-e i-t! I've ki-l-led t-ha-t r-ed Rid-er!"
"Don't get too excited yet," Christina muttered, a brief smile is seen on her face.
As the smoke and dust from the explosion disappears, Elegitron was surprised to see Kyoryu still intact and unscratched; he is even now covered in a brand new set of armor! His fists and forearms are twice their normal size, covered in yellow armor with silver accents on the wrists and elbows. Kyoryu's shoulder pads are now raised and dome-like in shape, colored yellow with silver accents as well, with a single silver spike coming out from the hollow chamber created by the shoulder pad. His chest armor is now bulkier in shape, with larger pectorals and harder abs, also colored yellow with silver accents in the muscle ridges. The orb in the middle of the Prehistoric Driver now glows yellow, so do the gem on Kyoryu's forehead. Finally Kyoryu's anklets are now bright yellow in color and lose the claw decorations from Tyrannosaurus Phase.
"BREAK OUT! PULVERIZE AND DESTROY, TRICERATOPS PHASE!" announced Kyoryu's Prehistoric Driver, as a yellow holographic Triceratops head came from behind Kyoryu and engulfs his gray helmet, giving the helmet a bright yellow coloration and adding the color red to his eye lenses.
Kamen Rider Kyoryu has transformed into his second, strength-oriented form, Triceratops Phase.
"My fists…will send you demons to Hell!" exclaims Krishna.
Elegitron roared in anger, enraged that his attacked had failed to kill Kyoryu, before the Bison Aroka charges towards the newly transformed Rider, his horns aimed straight towards Kyoryu's chest. Kyoryu saw the incoming attack and immediately retaliates by lifting his massive right fist, landing a punch onto Elegitron's head that actually sends the hulking Aroka off his feet! A surprised Elegitron could only watch as Kyoryu slowly walked up towards him, grabbing him by the horns before executing a series of powerful blows that broke the Bison Aroka's ribs with his massive fists, each blow was felt by Elegitron like a large sledgehammer being slammed onto his chest.
"Take this!" Krishna yelled, executing a powerful uppercut with his left fist that sends Elegitron flying, before finishing the combo with a powerful jab to the Aroka's stomach with his right fist, sending Elegitron crashing to a nearby palm tree, with the tree broken in half from the impact.
Elegitron shook his head groggily as he recovers himself, before he suddenly found himself being lifted to the air by Kyoryu, who has grabbed a firm hold onto his chest.
"Le-t m-e dow-n!" cried Elegitron, his arms and legs failing as Kyoryu lifts the Aroka over his head.
"As you wish," Krishna said flatly, using his newfound superhuman strength to throw Elegitron towards a set of bushes, landing with a loud thud in the process.
Standing up, Elegitron lets out an enraged yell of pain, before firing his shoulder cannon straight towards Kyoryu.
"DIE!" Elegitron yelled in sheer anger as he fires his weapon, his voice no longer stammered.
Krishna smirked underneath his helmet as he saw the red energy ball heading towards him, knowing that such an attack would not work against Triceratops Phase's tough hide. Slowly Kyoryu reaches out his right arm, yellow light beginning to materialize on his right fist. The yellow light transforms itself into a Triceratops head-shaped gauntlet, which covers Kyoryu's right hand and wrist. The Tricera Gauntlet is yellow in color, with silver on the three horns and red on the eyes of the Triceratops head, black markings can be seen on the gauntlet's mouth and nose. Immediately Kyoryu thrusts the Tricera Gauntlet forward, using it as a shield to protect himself from the incoming energy ball which broke apart upon hitting the Tricera Gauntlet.
"It ca-n't b'e!" gasped Elegitron.
Kyoryu quickly activates his Prehistoric Driver's lever switch, ready to finish off the battle once and for all.
"MAXIMUM CHARGE!"
Immediately Kyoryu stomped on the ground with his right feet, sending a row of jagged rocks towards Elegitron. The rocks immediately wrapped themselves against Elegitron's legs, pinning the Bison Aroka in place. Yellow energy began to gather around the three horns of the Tricera Gauntlet as Kyoryu prepares to perform a devastating punch with his right fist.
"Take this!" Krishna yelled.
And with that yell, Kyoryu thrusts his right fist forward, releasing the energy accumulated on the Tricera Gauntlet. The energy took shape of a Triceratops head, roaring for a brief second before it rams through the immobile Elegitron, the Aroka screaming in pain before he exploded into brown flames, utterly destroyed by Kyoryu's Tricera Seismic Impact attack. Kyoryu's yellow Triceratops symbol appeared briefly as the flames died out and the stone cocoon that envelops the late Elegitron's legs crumbled away, leaving behind a pile of ash and a glowing yellow orb.
Remembering how Anne advised him to carry her Spirit Catching Canister with him in case of sudden Aroka attacks, Kyoryu makes his way towards his motorcycle and opens up its seat, taking out the canister before opening it, sucking in Elegitron's human spirit before Kyoryu slams the canister shut.
"Glad that's over with," Krishna muttered as he places the Spirit Catching Canister back on his motorcycle, cancelling his transformation at the same time, before noticing the injured Christina lying nearby. Krishna quickly runs towards Christina, immediately helping her back to her feet.
"I'm okay," Christina said as Krishna helped her, "Thanks."
"Don't mention it," Krishna nodded, "You should see a doctor about that injuries."
"I'm alright," Christina replied, "Been through much worse."
Krishna nodded, before his eyes glanced upon the pile of ash that was Elegitron. Even though most of the flames had died out minutes after the Bison Aroka's destruction, a few patches of fire can be seen burning the ash pile, still fueled by the day's searing heat.
"By the way, I would like to thank you," Christina suddenly spoke, her tone uncharacteristically warm as a smile broke out on her face, "For yesterday…and this afternoon. I realize that sometimes even the most experienced of fighters needed some help…even if it comes from a rookie like you."
"Hey, don't mention it," Krishna smiled back, "Even though we're rivals, sometimes we need to help each other for the greater good."
"Christina Apriani," Christina introduces herself, reaching out her right hand towards Krishna, "I never get your name, though."
"Cokorda Krishna Sadhana," Krishna shook Christina's waiting hand, "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too," Christina nodded, releasing the handshake before heading towards her motorcycle, her helmet in hand, "But remember, it's a Rider against Rider world out there. The Battle Royale pits us Riders against not only the Aroka, but also against each other. One day, I will surpass you, Krishna."
"And I'll be waiting for that day," Krishna smirked.
Christina lets out a warm smile as she slides her visor shut, before revving her motorcycle and riding away from the jogging park. As he watches Christina disappearing around the corner, Krishna hops onto his own motorcycle, glancing at the bruises littering his body.
"Man, my team's gonna kill me for these," Krishna muttered as he places on his helmet, before driving away back to the Casa del Kelapa Gading.
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Later that night, a fight had broken out inside a quiet alleyway in South Jakarta's Pasar Minggu District, between several Aroka Soldiers and an unknown warrior. The Soldiers tried their best in attacking the warrior, but instead received several bone-crushing punches and kicks to their heads and bodies, before the bodies of the Aroka Soldiers were piled up on top of each other, dead. The unknown warrior dusts off its hands as the Aroka Soldiers pile dissolves into ash, before pulling out something from its waist. A flash of yellow light ensues and the warrior's armor disappears, revealing a tall and muscular, yet somewhat feminine figure, her features hidden by the darkness of the night. Slowly the figure takes out a small photograph…a photograph of Anne.
"I hope you've found the one worthy enough to wield Kyoryu, sempai," the figure spoke as she disappears into the night.
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Next Time on Kamen Rider Kyoryu
Wrath is still pursuing his goals of having Anggy and Alda joining forces with the Aroka, so he enlists the aid of his subordinate, Maelstrom the Kraken Aroka, to show the two what the Aroka life is supposed to be, taking the two girls in a path of destruction that they won't forget! Things got complicated as another Aroka rampages his way through Jakarta, a Shrew Aroka to be exact, forcing Krishna to step in. Facing two Aroka at once, can Kamen Rider Kyoryu beat his opponents and save the day or die trying? And what connection does Krishna's newest intern have with a mysterious female Rider who suddenly interferes with the battle? Is she friend or foe? And another newly born Aroka joins Anggy and Alda – but will they fight for humanity or succumb to Wrath's temptations?
Kamen Rider Kyoryu Act 4: The Mysterious Rider! Kamen Rider Breaks
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A minor writer's block affected me midway through, but glad to say that the 3rd chapter has finally been finished! I hope it was worth your wait :p Feel free to leave your review and I still haven't got any word in my co-writer offer, it's still open! Just PM me if you are interested in helping me in this story :D
First an amateur detective agency, then a futsal team, and now the freaking Police are involved in the Battle Royale as well? How will things go for Krishna and his friends?