Seeds of Agito
We're just two chapters away from reaching the ending of this arc, as Class M are fighting to survive the onslaught of the Scarab Lords while the Overlord of Darkness faces off against the antagonist of Night Head Genesis and see which one of them would outwit the other and who would come out the winner of this "mind games" that started it all…
At the 4th floor, Agito has patiently searched for every room and her enhanced hearing has caught the sounds of the respirator and she heads for a room at the farthest corner where she has finally found Umi, still hooked to the respirator, and Fuu standing there and slowly awoke from her trance as Mikumo's death freed her from control. There she is surprised to find herself and Umi here just as Agito arrived and the two saw Akiko standing there and offered a parting word before leaving.
"So…you must be Agito…"
"And you must be the brains behind ARK… why kidnapped my friends? Why did you hurt Umi?"
"Because we deem you a threat…the blue-haired girl is ferocious and therefore we must eliminate her…you…you ruined my plans to mass-produce the G4 suits…and thus ruined our chances to rule Japan…"
"You're as thick-headed and foolish like Risa Fumaki…"
"But no matter…ARK will slowly rise again…and next time I'll se to it that you and that girl are taken out…your friends are yours now…I have no use "
With that she head for a secret exit and fled, while Agito motions Fuu to wheel the unconscious Umi out of the room just as Ringo and Kobato arrived and the three of them began to move. Ringo whispered to Agito and stated she knows her secret, and Agito made Ringo promise to keep the secret a secret for now, and both nodded as Ringo left while Agito assumed Flame form to hold off the pursuing Scarab Lords.
-x-
As the other Lords filled the room, the door of the secret exit Akiko went into was shut tight, and this would prevent them from following her as she navigated herself to head towards the fastest route towards the exit, and she has no intention of giving herself away and has no intention of going back to fetch her subordinates, leaving them to their fates and assumed that Mikumo and the others have either fled or have perished at the hands of the Lords.
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!
131: Naitoheddo To no Taiketsu part 7
After some three minutes, everyone arrived at the fire exit with Fuu carrying the comatose Umi while Ringo and Kobato are holding the device that sustains Umi's respirator as they carefully navigate down the stairs with Agito-Flame form keeping the Scarab Lords at bay as they pursued the girls until she summoned the Flame Saber and made quick work on them and they all head down, reaching the 1st floor until the Lords in front of them began to block their way.
"Uh…I think we should find another exit…"
"Quick…follow me…"
As Ringo and Kobato leads Fuu back up the stairs the pursuing Lords came and blocked both paths and they are completely surrounded. Fuu gritted her teeth as she fears the worst at the thought of getting killed here and is unable to protect an injured and comatose Umi and wondered what Hikaru's reaction would be if she and Umi are killed off here without her knowing.
As the Scarab Lords are closing in, Agito glances at both sides and had to think of something fast or else her friends will end up being feasted upon at the hands of their predators and is determined to get her friends out of here as she promised that she'll get everyone out and a thought hit her and decided to take the gamble and use it to remove the obstacles around her.
"Guess it's a risk worth taking to save my friends…!"
Everyone was surprised as Agito's armor and body glowed brightly as Agito made a mental concentration to summon her power, and there she transformed from Flame form to Trinity Form, and summoned the Storm Halberd from the Alter Ring belt while wielding the Flame Saber and brandishes both weapons as the Scarab Lords are ready to strike. Swinging the Flame Saber, he created a fire slash which burned down at least four of the approaching Lords and then did the same at the others on the other side. This causes them to back away, as Agito-Trinity Form begins to go on the offensive as the other girls back away.
-x-
Meanwhile, Akiko reached the ground floor and carefully looked around to see if there are any Lords roaming, and seeing that the coast is clear, she sneaked her way towards the exit and hoped that she would be free and escape the research facility, intending to start over once she is out towards the streets, and in a twist of fate, she found Sakie near the exit, and despite the fact that Mikumo is dead, Sakie appeared to remain in her brainwashed state as Akiko takes advantage and brought her under her command.
"Sakie…come with me…we can start all over again…start from scratch…we can jumpstart ARK once more…we need to lie low for now…we will find new allies and puppets…then we can regain the power that we just lost…believe me…we will succeed the next time, and I promise that I will not abandon you. Do you understand me, child?"
"As you command…"
As both are heading for the door, a few surviving ARK employees arrived and told them what happened, and though it was a setback for her, she is undaunted and told them that once they are safe, she will make sure that ARK will be rebuilt from scratch and their dreams of taking over Japan will come true. As they all head for the exit, they boarded a van and drive towards the main gate, only to stop as the Jackal Lord blocked their path.
"Eh?"
"What is that?"
"That must be an Unknown!"
"Madam…what should we do…?"
"I'm getting out of here!"
"Wait…keep on driving!"
"Then you take the wheels! I'm not going to get killed!"
As the terrified ARK employees abandoned their vehicle and ran for their lives, the Jackal Lord gives chase, slowly slashing them apart with his scythe as Akiko and Sakie took advantage by driving the van and head for the exit gate, where the Overlord of Darklness is waiting, and there the two came to a stop as she orders Sakie to deal with him, confident that her explosion power would deal with him.
"Sakie…deal with whoever he is…I believe he is nothing to you…"
"Yes, mistress…"
-x-
Back inside the building, at the fire exit, Agito-Trinity Form continues to keep the Lords back while Fuu brought out her gun and open fire to keep the Lords back though things are not looking good for the girls as their predators are getting more and more persistent, and this forced Agito-Trinity Form to execute the Fire-Storm Attack, which reduces the Lords by ½ yet they are not yet cleared as there are still more of them left.
"Got to keep up the tempo or else I won't forgive myself if any harm comes to my friends…!"
-x-
At the main gate of the research facility, Akiko watches on as Sakie confronts the Overlord Of Darkness in a stand-off just as Naoto Kirihira, who woke up several minutes ago and managed to sneak his way out of the main building, but hid himself within the crates as he sees Sakie using her explosion powers to deal a blow on the Overlord, but to his surprise, as the smoke cleared, the Overlord is unharmed yet he stood there as if nothing happened.
"Huh? That man…he just stood there as if nothing happened…Sakie's power is at full blast…yet he remained unharmed? What is he then? What kind of power does he possess?"
"Is that your full power? I'm disappointed in you humans…yet I'm amazed you have those even though it did not originate from you being an Agito…but nevertheless…you are a threat…more than mere eyesore…and therefore you must be eliminated…for I cannot allow humans to evolve…"
Even Akiko is surprised to see this and Sakie increases the power of her attacks, yet the Overlord stood there like an emotionless figure and she kept on attacking until the Jackal Lord arrived, having slaughtered all of the remaining ARK employees and she took her ire on him, though he got rattled a little, he is relatively unharmed and began to confront her, brushing off the explosion impacts and sliced off her head with the scythe, and she dropped dead on the ground.
As Akiko is in a state of disbelief, the Overlord told her that even though she and her power are insignificant to him he still deemed her a threat and tells the Jackal Lord to prepare finishing her off, but decided to allow Akiko to say her last words before his subordinate lands the fatal strike.
"Any last words?"
"No…I have nothing more to say…apart from the fact that I have finally accepted defeat…my plans of ruling this country is ruined thanks to you…who decided to stick your nose to something that has nothing to do with this so-called Agito…"
"Bold words…and no…I seek my targets and I spare no one who gets in my way…be it an Agito or a mere human…but those with supernatural powers…I consider them a threat…so therefore…you are not an exception…good eve, and goodbye…"
As Naoto tries to comprehend what he just saw and heard, his eyes focused towards the Overlord of Darkness as he raised a hand and the Jackal Lord slowly went towards Akiko, raising his staff and is ready to deliver the final blow to her yet the CEO of ARK did not resist as she smirked at accepting her end, much to the Overlord's curiosity at seeing her embracing death.
"You may be powerful…but don't let that get over your head…for someone would surely defeat you…and I'm betting that someone would be the one you are tormenting…"
"Agito…she is no more especially after my emissaries are dealing with her…"
"Never let your guard down…and look forward to tomorrow…Agito will defeat you…"
Akiko's words was interrupted as a swing of the Jackal Lord's scythe came, and the weapon's sharp blade slices it way, and has beheaded Akiko as her body slumped to the ground while her head fell down to the ground amid a trail of blood spilling all over and the Overlord is rather unaffected by the sight, seeing that a certain degree of death has been addressed and now he can resume his business of hunting down the humans who possess "Agito" seeds and reclaim them for his own.
"Come…we leave now. My emissaries will deal with whatever is left…we resume searching for those who still has the seeds of Agito…"
As the Overlord of Darkness and the Jackal Lord left, Naoto remained behind hiding, kneeling in despair as he realized that he was being made an unwilling puppet to ARK and accidentally and unknowingly killed his brother while hurting a few people and now he is at loss as to what he should do next and how to make amends on his unintentional actions he committed to Umi several hours ago. He is also petrified with fear after seeing how powerful the overlord of Darkness is and wished that Naoya is here to tell him what he should do, especially when he slowly came to realize that he was being controlled by ARK which resulted in which he unknowingly killed his brother.
-x-
As the events took place at ARK Research Facility, the scene shifts to the neighborhood where Kyuu and Ryu are heading home after solving the stolen vase case yet the scene zooms in on Kyuu for he has made a discovery which he couldn't bring himself to ask him something, as he is still in shock at what h discovered.
"Ryu…why is it that you turnout to be like this…? Is this what you meant to tell us when the right time comes…?"
As the two Class Q members are on their way back to the Renjou house, they are being trailed by 10 men in Pluto uniforms, as they are being ordered by Yurie to bring Ryu back by force if needed and to kill Kyuu as she now deems him a REAL threat he she realizes that he is halfway to "corrupting" Pluto's "heir". As the goon are slowly approaching the two 14-year old boys, something flew in front of them and knocked down the Pluto goon in front, causing the nine other thugs to stop on their tracks as someone came in front of them.
"My grandmother once told me this…if a person is stalking…he or she may be branded a pervert…if your intentions are malicious…"
The Pluto goons are taken aback as they saw who emerged from the shadows, as he turned out to be a 16-year old boy whop resembles Kyuu Renjou. He is Souji Renjou, and hovering beside him is the Beetle Zecter, the mechanical object that stopped the goons from going after Kyuu and Ryu. They are now pissed as their targets have gotten far and they intend to go after them yet Souji intended to prevent them from doing so.
"You brat! Get out of our way!"
"Do you have any idea who you are messing with?"
"And what nerve you have…you against the 10 of us?"
"My grandmother tells me this…it's not the number that matters…it's how you handle things…with strength."
Souji then opens his jacket which reveals the Zecter belt and the Beetle Zecter hovers to its master as he grabbed it and slips it onto the Zecter Belt to initiate his transformation.
"Henshin."
Beetle Zecter: "HENSHIN…"
IMMEDIATELY Souji is enveloped with energy as he is encased in a silver-colored, bulky armor, and he is revealed to be Kabuto, and now he began to take on the Pluto goons as they took out their knives and silencer guns, attacking him. But their knives and bullets are no match as Kabuto easily deflected them and knocks out five of them, but then saw five more are going after Kyuu and Ryu, so he decided to up the ante and prevent a kidnapping from taking place. He pulls the "horn" of the Beetle Zecter and his "bulky" armor starts to "fall apart".
"Cast off!"
Beetle Zecter: "CAST OFF…"
After flipping the Beetle Zecter's horn, Kabuto's "bulky" armor exploded into debris, hitting two of the Pluto goons as Kabuto is now shown in his sleeker armored form, its upper torso red and a "beetle horn" emerges on top of his helmet, giving him a real look of a beetle.
Beetle Zecter: "CHANGE BEETLE…"
"Clock up…"
Pressing a button on the side of the Zecter Belt, Kabuto activated the "Clock Up" mechanism which allows him to move while time "slows down" for the others, which he began to knock down the remaining three and after 10 seconds the "Clock Up" mechanism ended, and the goons are out with Kyuu and Ryu continuing their "journey" home. By then the voice of the Dimensional Witch, who is Yuko Ichihara, spoke to Kabuto, thanking him for his help.
"Well done. As I promised…I will lead you to my place and explain to you why I summoned you here…"
"Very well…and please explain to me why I have to protect my other version just now…"
With that, Kabuto took his leave and follows the instruction that Yuko gave him, leaving the 10 Pluto goons knocked out, who would eventually regain consciousness within an hour and would face "sermon" from Yurie for letting the two boys go so easily.
To Be Continued…
Now that the villains of Night Head Genesis are now out of the picture, this leaves the Scarab Lords as the only problem that class M will have to face, and things aren't looking good for our heroines…
And finally…Class Q shows up…well, at least Kyuu and Ryu. It seems that they have solved the case that is assigned to them yet Kyuu seem to have discovered something that involves Ryu, and this gives him something to doubt about. More on that after the ARK arc ends by the next chapter.
Once again Yuko Ichihara shows up and "saves" Kyuu Renjou, only this time from Pluto as the goons are about to kill him and take Ryu back, but she brought out someone from another dimension, and he is Kabuto. Yup, the main protagonist from the Parasite Eve fics shows up but because he is an alternate version of Kyuu, as well as to avoid confusion, I altered his name and gave him the name "Souji Renjou" so as to differentiate him from the REAL Kyuu and the other Kyuu's of other worlds…
Preview:
This arc comes to a close as G3-X rejoins the gang and teams up with Agito to deal with the Scarab Lords once and for all…
