Seeds Of Agito
The Collector arc continues as Megumi is about to be "taken out" by the Collector himself, unless Ryu manages to find her before the video ended…Kyuu will be so ticked off if he finds out she's been killed off…
Also, the Overlord of Darkness makes another appearance, and it seems that he has set his sights on Kyuu himself after Umi rejected his offer of having her to serve him…will Kyuu fall victim to this villain from Cephiro?
As Megumi was talking to Ryu via cellphone and told him she assembled an "investigation team" that consists of her, Tominaga, Asamuki, Touya and Ryu himself. However, someone grabbed her and pinned her, placing a cloth laced with chloroform and she dropped her phone, and Ryu was getting frantic in getting in touch with Megumi, but then she was sedated as the chloroform took effect and the attacker took her away.
Agito by Shinichi Ishihara
(Opening song from Kamen Rider Agito)
Yami no naka mitsumete 'ru...
Te wo nobashi... Tsukamitore Kimi motomeru mono
Mata dare ka ga heiki na kao wo shite
Yume da to waratte mo...
Ready to Go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Kimi no mama de kawareba ii
Here we go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Ima kimi ga inai to... Get on!
Atarashii hokori ni wa...
Atarashii... itami sae tomonau darou
Sono dare mo ga akiramesou na
Nani ka ni tachiagaru
Ready to Go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Mite 'ru dake no kimi de ii kai?
Here we go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Ima kimi ga inai to... Get on!
Ready to Go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Kimi no mama de kawareba ii
Here we go, Count ZERO Kamen Raidaa AGITO
Ima kimi ga inai to... Get on!
45: Shi no Bideo
At Ryu's dorm, several minutes later, he, Maya, Touya and Tominaga gathered as they made after making a frantic search for Megumi, but found nothing, and as they are discussing about where to start the next search, Ryu's PC played and the snuff video on the internet was shown ,where Kogure is about to be attacked by the Collector, and there they realized why Kogure went missing for two straight days.
Tominaga: "Hey…that's Kogure!"
Touya: "Oh no…h-he's about to be…"
By then Kogure was whacked by the Collector and the scene shifts to Megumi, who is tied up…NAKED. Everyone stared wide-eyed as the Collector is ready to deliver the fatal blow, and Ryu was getting very concerned, recalling his promise to Kyuu: PROTECT HER AT ALL COSTS. However, the broadcast was cut off and Ryu rewinds the footage and asks Kuniko where the area is, which she responded as she seemingly recognized the scene.
"I-it's near the clock tower…!"
The four teens then dashed off and headed to the place where they hope that Megumi is still alive.
As they arrived within the side of the clock tower, they searched the surrounding area until he noticed an old school building, which Tominaga said that it wasn't used anymore, but Ryu noticed something strange and pointed it out to the rest.
"Look at the woods that barricaded the door…the woods are old but the nails are still new…therefore someone was here recently…quick…give me a hand here, we might be able to…please…"
Maya, Touya and Tominaga helped the blue-haired teen in removing the woods and got in, and as they entered, Ryu went straight for the right which the others followed, and asked him why take that route instead of going to the left.
"The left route is covered with spider web…but the right route isn't, meaning that someone's been here recently…"
"Whoa, you're amazing, Amakusa…"
"Glad he's our classmate, Tominaga…right, Touya?"
"Y-yes, Maya…"
As they passed by the corridor, Ryu noticed that one of the sliding doors isn't covered in dust so Ryu opened it and found Megumi, stilled tied to the chair and is naked. As he untied her and then removed her gag, he removed his upper school uniform to cover her upper torso while Maya found a white cloth and used it to cover her lower modesty. As she woke up, she was shaken and Ryu had to calm her down.
"I'm glad you're okay…what happened…?"
She then pointed her finger to the opposite direction where Kogure is still tied to his chair, but is now lifeless, and his head is covered in blood. Then Megumi started to speak in a stammered manner.
"T-the…Co-Collector…he..he molested me…b-broke…my hy-hymen…th-then…then…"
Maya looked down and saw blood between her legs and realized what Megumi meant and there she called the police and within minutes the police arrived and to cordon the entire area and Megumi was brought to the clinic. Ryu then noticed that a desk near the door has a portion of it not covered in dust, so he told the officer in charge that the Collector is not a pervert of sorts, but a rather smart individual who seemed to plan his moves well. The others were starting to get scared as they had to find a way to know when the Collector would make his next move.
At Shibuya, Kyuu stared at the sky as he seemed to heard Megumi called out his name, but then Kazuma roused his classmate out and reminded him of what they have discovered, which the Class Q leader took the subject seriously. Both have seen Hikaru change into Agito, who saved Teruo, and now they're considering what they should do next.
"Kyuu…what should we do…?"
"For now…nothing. Agito saved me and others a few times…and I'm glad it was HER. If it's someone else…"
"But…what if someone else finds out about this?"
"If it's Kojima who saw this…then I'm putting my status as a DDS student on the line…I rather not let that creep get her…she's our protector against the Unknown…all he does is screw around and letting the Unknown get to their victims as he only cared about capturing Agito…Kazuma…we should keep this strictly between us only."
"If you say so…but what if…"
"She won't…I know it."
Nodding, the two Class Q members rejoin with hikaru and they al resume their search for Umi.
Back at Shibusawa Academy, at Megumi's Dorm room, Ryu paid her a visit to help her calm her nerves as well as to discuss what they have tackled so far regarding the Collector case. Despite what has happened to her, she seemed to have recovered and is blushing at Ryu's presence.
"I'm fine, Ryu…really…"
"Though it's only 19:30, I'll stick here a little longer…we need to determine this case if we are to prevent another tragedy from happening…"
"True…but if others see us like this…"
"I don't think so…thanks to that detective group you made, we won't look like a couple…"
"Err…um…"
By then his cellphone rang and he answered it. It was Maya Asabuki, and she was calling him to give him additional info on the case. However, she said she'll call back as someone is knocking on her door. And strangely, it has been quite long and Maya hasn't called back. Then someone knocked on Megumi's door, who turns out to be Touya, and she blushed to see Ryu there, but Megumi had to brush off any suspicions.
"Ah…no…Ryu and I…we're talking about thecase…"
"I…um…"
"What wrong, Touya?"
"Um…Amakusa…I happened to saw a strange message from the BBS…"
"BBS?"
As the three teens checked the PC, there they saw a message which said:
"Starting at 21:00 is an incredible live broadcast!"
As the trio watches on, the snuff video played and it slowly revealed that the footage took place at the dorm, and seconds later turn out to be Maya, and there she was struck down, causing the trio to look shocked and then head out to her room. There they found her and luckily she's still alive. Ryu then recalled that Maya called him to say she was going to show him something when the call was cut short.
"Megumi, have you been here before?"
"Yeah…but only for a short time…"
As the school official asked Ryu why he is saying this, Megumi told them she has a photographic memory and that she can remember everything, and pointed out that the shelf where a set of video tapes have been changed. And when police arrived, things gotten a bit complicated until Ryu noticed a video tape on the VCR, and they deduced that this was used for recording.
At the same time, Hikaru left to go home just as Kazuma and his chauffeur did, and so Kyuu is traveling alone as he insisted, not wanting Kazuma to get into trouble with his parents, and thus the two Class Q members parted ways. As Kyuu is walking home, he passed by another teen who smirked at the 14-year old DDS student, casting an evil eye and a thought spoke, though Kyuu is unaware of it.
"Hmm…a third Agito potential…either you can be a good tool…or a potential threat…therefore I'll test you to see if you're worth my time or not…and hopefully you're not as uptight as Umi Ryuuzaki…"
Kyuu paused a bit as he felt that someone is watching so he turned around to see and was surprised that no one is there, though he could have sworn he saw a boy his age standing there a moment ago. Sighing, he decided to continue his walking as he heads for the Shibuya bus stop to get a right to Tokyo, but then someone grabbed him by his shirt. It was the Bear Lord and he shoved him towards a parked car and performed a finger-sign gesture, just as Kazuma's limousine came and saw this.
"Wha…? Kyuu! Maurice…park the car!"
"But, master Kazuma…"
Kyuu ran towards an alley that is lighted by a street post and the Bear Lord followed him there, and with Kazuma following, he stopped in the middle of the alley, afraid to get closer as he could hear the sounds of struggling, and he is starting to fear for Kyuu's safety. Looking at the side of the wall, Kazuma could see the Lord's shadow trying to grapple onto Kyuu, but then he saw something happening as the shadow showed that Kyuu's belt materialized around his waist, recalling that he saw it a few days back at the secret room of the old school building of DDS.
"What the…is that the belt that Kyuu had before…?"
As he was tempted to go through the alley, light shone and he saw Kyuu's shadow, which it showed that the 14-year old boy underwent a transformation, and though he couldn't see it, Kyuu's shadow gives the computer genius a idea what is happening. As the 11-year old watched the actions through the shadows, it showed that Kyuu is slowly beating up the Bear Lord, and after a few minutes, light shone again and an explosion can be heard. Kazuma backed away and stood at the alley's entrance and there a few moments later, Kyuu emerged, with a few bruises on his face, but he seemed to be fine yet he seemed to be exhausted and collapsed, and Kazuma called for his chauffeur to help him load inside the limousine to heads for his mansion to have his family doctor to check on him.
"Seriously…is Kyuu…like Agito…?"
The next morning, at the school auditorium of Shibusawa Academy, Ryu and Megumi invited the other classmates and the officer to show to them what he gathered so far on the Collector case. Earlier, Oobayashi was being questioned and being suspected of being the suspect, but as Ryu showed to him the footage of last night's snuff video, this is what he pointed out.
"Maya invited the suspect inside her room, and if she knew that the person is the suspect, she wouldn't have let him in, and therefore Oobayashi isn't the one. She knew that and if the person she trusted, she wouldn't suspect him of being the suspect, am I correct?"
"Phew…"
"Hmph! Then explain this…all the students we asked have alibis to prove their innocence…and so I say Oobayashi is the one!"
"The alibi itself is the trick. "
"Huh?"
"Look carefully. The alarm clock was shown…and it even showed the time of the murder, just as message said that it would be shown at 21:00. Why would the suspect go all the trouble just to put more footage on the alarm clock? I got a call from Maya at about 20:30, just as then someone answered the door…."
Ryu explained that while Maya wasn't looking, the Collector toggled the clock and then attacked her. Then he pointed out that Maya was supposed to set the alarm before 21:00 to record her favorite show on TV. With the timer of the VCR malfunctioning, she set the alarm so that by 21:00 she can start recording her movie and because of the toggling of the clock, she thought that the time is right and she started recording the wrong program and there the Collector struck.
He also pointed out that the Collector changed the clock's time so that the video would look like it took place at the right time and live. The detective was impressed and allowed Ryu and Megumi to continue their "investigation." There Ryu and Megumi browes Maya's room to check for more clues, and started to try playing the set of VCR tapes, but then on tape is missing yet they opted to play what's available to get an edge.
Teruo was still at a bench near his house, depressed over Umi's death and yet he saw Hikaru becoming Agito and is tempted to tell her what he knows, but then a hand grabbed his ankle and looked down, and the attacker revealed itself: it was the Mole Lord. As the Mole Lord attempts to pull the boy under the dirt, Teruo used his Agito powers of telekinesis to have a pitchfork flying and thrust into the Lord's head, and though it wasn't fatal, it was enough to chase him away, and the boy is safe, for now.
"Umi…please be alive…I need you…I want to be with you forever…!"
To be Continued…
Stranger In The Dark by Norio Sakai
(2nd Ending song from Kamen Rider Agito)
Mayonaka ni mezameta
Sairen no oto
Dare ka ga narashita
Keishou ni mimi wo sumasu
Te no hira wo mitsumete
Tokidoki omou
Ore ni kaserareta
Unmei wa nani wo umeku?
Risuku wo mayowazu ni
Yume nante katarenai
stranger in the dark
Dare demo nai jibun de
stranger in the dark
Dare to mo kurabenai kyou wo
Kachinokore
stranger in the dark
Oikakeru ashioto
Furimukanaide
Aruki-tsuzukeyou
Shiisoo ga katamuku hou e
Yukue sura shiranai
Ashita no koto mo
Kaze ni azukete wa
Tachimukau yami wo misueru
Suriru de hanaseru
Genjitsu wo koete 'ru
stranger in the dark
Arinomama no jibun de
stranger in the dark
Dare ni mo mane dekinai kyou wo
Tsukamitore
stranger in the dark
[Instrumental]
stranger in the dark
Dare demo nai jibun de
stranger in the dark
Dare to mo kurabenai kyou wo
Kachinokore
stranger in the dark
Poor Megumi…she got molested by the Collector yet he broke her hymen…at least she's alive…
Two Lords debut in this chapter, and Kazuma is now in a deep situation, seeing Kyuu defeating the Bear Lord off-screen, while Teruo managed to repulse the Mole Lord…
Preview:
The Collector arc concludes here as Ryu and Megumi managed to pin down the Collector, and his exposure will surely shock everyone…
And someone shows up unexpectedly, which will surely shock both Hikaru and Teruo…
