Seeds of Agito

The new set of villain group makes their move and has ensnared Fuu, and now they are making their next move and are ready to take down Umi. And yes, the villains from Night Head Genesis are going to make a few chapters guest appearance and give our Magic Knight heroines a plentiful of headaches to get.

In the meantime, while Class Q is busy searching for the missing museum item, Hikaru will be the highlight here as she gets to meet another surviving passenger of the Akatsuki Ferry from four years ago and a lot will be shown here.


Meanwhile, Team G3's Icchan went to visit the comatose Umi and after paying his respect, he left the ICU, not noticing that the two spies are waiting for the moment to strike, and when the two spies, Masayuki Yujima and Mikumo went inside where Fuu is watching Umi, but then Mikumo appeared to possess psychic powers and compels Fuu to serve them and the trio then went on to head for the ICU where Umi is confined.


Agito (24.7 version) by Shinichi Ishihara
(2nd Opening song from Kamen Rider Agito)

Kimi ga mita
Yume no naka
Hontou koto
Motomubeki mirai ga nemuru
Tada, yotte de
daki shimerarete ita
Yasashii... tsuyosa o...

Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Sakende iru Kokoro no Speed

You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida Agito!
Ima kimiga inaito Get on!

Namida mi wa
Modo wa nai
Boku wa mi wa
husawashii toki na arudaro o
Mada Tokokanai Hisho wo Tokugengi Tsuturetemo
Ashitasu

Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Tsuyo Kunareru Miyuin na aru?

You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Yuru unaru aito Get On!

Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Sakende iru Kokoro no Speed

You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida Agito!
Ima kimiga inaito Get on!


122: Saisho no Kaigi

Elsewhere within Tokyo, Hikaru is patrolling the streets riding on her Ducati RR motorcycle and so far she hasn't seen any Unknown at this time, and she wondered if it's okay for her to leave Umi at the Tokyo General Hospital unprotected as she recalled the research facility where several children were massacred by the Ant Lords though she realized that they are no more.

"As much as I hate it…I have no choice…staying at the hospital won't help matters…and right now finding the other survivors of the Akatsuki Ferry is all I could do at the moment…Hinata Asahi was killed before we could talk with her…so I hope that I get some luck in finding another survivor…and hopefully get info to help me out…"

By then she came to a stop as traffic flow was a bit slowed down as several pedestrians are lined up outside a mall and saw a poster of a J-Pop idol and there she saw the name of the person and she immediately checked her list of names of the Akatsuki Ferry manifesto. Her eyes widened as she realized that she has found one of the few persons she is looking for and now she takes the opportunity to find a way to get to that person.

"No way…it looked like my prayers have been answered…now to sneak my way in…"

As the entrance of the mall is jammed with adoring fans, the J-Pop idol graciously went outside and sat on a makeshift chair and table and signed autographs amid the tight security though order is well-observed and no untoward incident is reported. The J-Pop idol is an 18-year old girl with good looks and is adored my fans mostly girls and children.

After some 30 minutes the autograph-signing session has ended and she went to her trailer van to get some rest. As she entered, she is surprised to see Hikaru waiting for her and there she flashed her DDS badge and introduced herself.

"Sorry to intrude…"

"You just did…if you're a fan…I guess my autograph is what you came for…"

"I'm afraid not…Hikaru Shidou…DDS."

"DDS…? That stands for Dan Detective Schoo! Wait…are you investigating me…? Don't tell me I'm accused of committing a singing career…"

"Nope…I wanted to talk to you…fellow Akatsuki Ferry passenger…"

"You know about the ferry boat incident…? And what's up with you?"

"I'm just Like you…a survivor…"

"Seriously…?"

The J-Pop idol is revealed to be Ringo Seto and there it is revealed that she too is a survivor of the Akatsuki Ferry incident from four years ago and to her surprise Ringo found out that Hikaru is also an Akatasuki Ferry survivor. The two began to talk and discussed about how they came to the ferry and Hikaru asked Ringo the events that happened before and after she and other survivors are rescued as she told her that she was thrown overboard and suffered amnesia and has no idea what happened afterwards, which the singer is surprised to hear from her.

"You were thrown out…? I see…no wonder…so you're the one listed as missing…"

"Yeah…and ended up in Honshu Island as an amnesiac…so, did anything happened after you were rescued?"

"Nothing much…most of us surviving passengers underwent psychological debriefing and counseling, and that's just about it…"

"I see…"

After getting the answers from Ringo, Hikaru asked her if there are any incidents that happened following the rescue and asked her if anything happened to her, which Ringo was quite hesitant to answer but after a few more minutes she finally told answered the DDS student's queries which seem to match Hikaru's.

"Well…a year after the incident…my body…went through a lot of pain…"

"I see…just like me and a fellow DDS student…"

"Eh? Really…?"

Ringo told Hikaru that a year after the ferry incident her body underwent a series of pains which at first was painfully unbearable which she and her parents thought to be a painful dysmenorrheal bout and her body pain was temporarily halted with medicines but the pain persisted and she had to keep her pain to herself as to not make her parents worry over her.

As the next year and a few months passed by her body slowly adjusted to the pain and another year passed by her body pain gradually ceases and she felt that she is getting better, but then as she was listening to her MD disc player she started to sing and soon she learned that her voice appeared to have strengthen and while at a secluded place she tries out her voice and was able to break a glass with a concentrated pitch.

"So…you developed a power…"

"Yeah…and it took me a month to think about this fact…"

Ringo then told Hikaru that rather than use her new-found talent to do pranks she decided to use it in a legal way and chose to become a J-Pop singer and within several months she slowly started her singing career and by the year's end she is quite wealthy and her career blossomed well and her life improved dramatically.

"…and that's how I became a J-Pop idol…"

"Hmm…but then you could use it to help other people…"

"How so…? And why…?"

Hikaru soon suspected that Ringo developed a power similar to hers and asked her if anything else happened and when Ringo said no, she decided to get to the main point and showed to the singer the news paper articles of the various victims of the Unknown and Ringo appeared to get a bit suspicious at Hikaru's approaches.

"No way…the other surviving passengers are killed off?"

"That's my guess so far…at first I thought it was some random killings, but after compiling them and reading the list and the news…things slowly add up though the connection isn't quite clear…"

"And…I'm a possible target…?"

"It's a possibility…"

Ringo was shocked to hear from Hikaru that most of the victims killed by the Unknown are from the Akatsuki Ferry and was told that she too is a potential victim and may be next, but the DDS student told her that she'll help her in any way she could and as long as she maintain contact with her, she'll be protected. Hikaru also suggested to Ringo that she hires a protection agency so that if an Unknown tries to take her life the bodyguards would hold off the Unknown until she gets help.

"As long as you contact me…I'll help you in any way I can…"

"Th-thank you…for telling me this…and I will help you in return…here, take this…"

In gratitude for telling her about this Ringo gives Hikaru her contact number and Hikaru in turn gets Ringo's, and the Class M leader told the singer to call her if she encounters an Unknown, which the singer nodded in reply. Before leaving, Hikaru gives Ringo a photocopy list of the Akatsuki Ferry manifest, and the singer stared wide-eyed at seeing the ones marked in an "X", where it says that those with the said marks are killed.

"So many are killed…"

"But there are some who are still alive…give me a call if you happen to know someone in that list…"

-x-

Outside the trailer van, Ringo's manager is listening to the conversation and is wondering if his client should be given protection after hearing that Ringo is a potential target of the Unknown and when Hikaru left, he then entered the van and talked to his client, and even advises her against cooperating with DDS fearing she might get entangled in their troubles, but she refused, stating that she will help Hikaru in any way she could.

"My mind's made up…if not for her I would know nothing and would probably get killed…so I must be prepared…"

"But…are you sure about this…?"

"Yes…oh, here's the list…and try to find out and call if you happened to know any of these people still alive…"

Ringo's manager looked at the lists and learned that another Akatsuki Ferry passenger who is still alive is one of his company's rival, another J-Pop singer named Kobato Hanato. He questioned Ringo on why he would go and contact Kobato since she is a rival of his record company, but Ringo reasoned that this is about anticipating the Unknown's next attacks and told him that rivalry no longer mean anything to her as saving lives are more important, and he resigned to accepting his client's request and went on to contact his rival record company to see if he could talk to Kobato.

-x-

After some five minutes after leaving Ringo Seto, Hikaru gets a phone call from her eldest brother, Masaru and the next conversation brought chills to her body after hearing what he told her. She was told that Fuu went missing when she did not report back to the MPD, or at DDS, and that Umi was taken out of the Tokyo General Hospital without prior notice from doctors, so she sped away towards the hospital, fearing that Pluto may be the ones behind this since there is no mention of the Unknown from Masaru's words.

"Darn…what great timing! Who took them away?Pluto? That better not be the answer!"

-x-

Within two minutes Hikaru is speeding away on her Ducati RR motorcycle and the sound of her motorcycle is quite deafening, but her paid no heed as she is worried-sick on what danger befalls her two fellow ex-Magic Knights, not noticing that two persons, a pair of teens, are waiting outside a café, waiting for someone who wants to meet wit them. They are Subaru and Hokuto Sumeragi. The Sumeragi twins looked around until someone inside the café waves at them and there the two decided to go inside.

"This is the place, Subaru…"

"Yeah…and I hope our benefactor is kind enough to treat us for coffee…"

As the twin siblings entered, they are greeted with someone who resembles a man in his early 20's and looked quite…enigmatic, but the twins can sense the man's aura and realized that he is the one who summoned them to come here. He is the Overlord of Light.

"Hello, Sumeragi twins…thank you for accepting my invitation to meet you…feel free to order anything…it'll be my treat…"

"Cappucino would be nice…"

"Oolong tea for me…"

"Very well…excuse me…one Cappucino and one Oolong tea…"

"Okay…now for the main business…why did you summon us here…?"

"Ah…the main course…very well…I will tell you…"

To Be Continued…


An alliance indeed is formed as Hikaru finally gets to meet with one of the Akatsuki Ferry survivors and learned that Ringo Seto also possesses a power, and another survivor is also mentioned. With this they could aid DDS in repulsing the Lords with no problem to beat…or so it seems…

You guessed it…Ringo Seto is a character from Angelic Layer, while Kobato Hinato is from Kobato…both series from CLAMP. They are going to make some appearances to help out our DSQ and MKR heroes in dealing with the Lords.

And another bonus…the two characters appearing at the end of this chapter are also based from CLAMP…they are from Tokyo Babylon, while the Overlord of Light is based on Shiro Kamui of X/1999, also from CLAMP.


Preview:

A wild goose chase will ensue as Hikaru tracks down the ones who took Umi and Fuu away, unaware that it wasn't Pluto who took them but the employees from ARK Corporation.