Seeds of Agito
Just like in the manga, Kelberos and Morihiko Dan are going to have a face-off in terms of wit as the heads of DDS and Pluto are about to "mentally" collide, but first see "Ken L. Belrose" takes on the alter ego of Agito, who provoked the ex-magic Knight leader into telling her he knows about Agito…
As Class Q and M arrived at the quadrangle near the old school building, they saw Dan and are surprised to see Pinu Kiyo with him as they know that she is in police custody. When Kinta asked what is she doing here, Dan told her that she is being charged with qualified theft despite being a minor and that he decided to interrogate her himself, which surprised both Kyuu and Ryu.
"Eh? You're going to interrogate her?"
"Seriously?"
"But…how did you managed to convince the police to let you handle it…?"
"I used my charm…that's why…and now…before we begin the interrogation…"
As Dan is about to interrogate Pinu, he glances at the bush and called out someone and said that he knows that he is here and that there is no point hiding there. By then someone emerged from the bushes and it turn out to be Kelberos. Ryu was quiet yet he glared at him while Kyuu was also silent, as he braces himself for anything that is about to happen.
"My, my…how did you know I was here…?"
"I can tell."
"I'm impressed…someone knows and anticipates my presence here…coming from none other than Morihiko Dan…"
"Thank you for the compliment…"
"Oh…let me introduced myself…my name is Ken L. Belrose…but you may call me…Kelberos…"
"Named after the a Greek Mythology multi-headed hound that guards the gates of The Underworld, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping. Quite intimidating, no?"
"I don't. Now then…let's get to business."
"Yes, of course…but first…"
After an initial introduction of formalities between Kelberos and Dan, tension mounted further as Kelberos calmly approaches Hikaru and whispered something to her as he secretly addresses her as Agito, which the Class M leader's eyes went wide-open and her heart beats faster as he began mentioning to her about some of Agito's exploits which he seemingly knows about.
"Defeating the Unknown…fighting, and then saving your blue-haired friend…who is Gills…donning the G3-X suit for the first time…getting into a fight with ARK Corporation…your evolution is amazing…four different forms in a few months' time…it's very rare, don't you think…? "
"How…"
"Detective work…I know a fair deal about you…Agito…be on your guard…the MPD still hasn't given up on the "Project: Capture Agito" plan…and your friend, Fuu Hououji…imagine if she were to lead the Capture: Agito Plan…and the devastation she would feel if she were to find out that you blue-haired friend are Agito users…very nice scenario to see, no?"
After that he calmly backed away and heading for Dan-sensei, but Hikaru is overcome with shock at how he knew about her exploits as Agito, so she went for Kelberos and engages him in hand-to-hand combat much to everyone's surprises. Surprisingly, despite her excellent skills in aikido, Hikaru is baffled that Kelberos has easily deflected her punches and kicks with ease before shoving her to the ground with a simple palm strike and this further caused her to panic mentally and she gets up to go for another round but is restrained by Fuu.
"Hikaru…calm down!"
"Let go…let go!"
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!
134: Maindogemu part 1
Fuu held onto a mentally-jittered Hikaru as the red-head teen is seething in a mixture of surprise and anger at how Kelberos knows her exploits as Agito and how he knew about Umi being Gills and about the rescue mission t ARK, and in her mentally confused state, she broke free from Fuu's grasp and challenged the Pluto field leader for another round which he smirked in reply, and obliges.
Dan, Nanami and Class Q watched the scene in surprise at seeing Hikaru challenging Kelberos when she clearly lost the first round and Ryu wondered what Kelberos said to her that made her ticked off while Kyuu made guesses about this, and wondered if he knows about her being Agito though he dismisses it at first since no one saw her transform, and hoped that's the case.
"That guy…he made her mad just as he taunted Ryu…what did he said to her that causes her to get ticked off…? Wait…does he know that she is Agito…? No…I doubt that could happen…mixing with the Unknown is something Pluto would never stoop against…"
As the fight continues, Kelberos was starting to back away as the Class M leader's fury and determination started to shift the tide as her blows are slowly reaching him and he slowly realized that he provoked her yet he is fine with it as he found an opening and punched her to her gut then delivered a roundhouse kick and a straight kick to her gut, sending her crashing against Fuu.
"UNNNFFF!"
"Ow…Hikaru…are you okay?"
Hikaru's left side of her cheek is swelling and her lower left lip is busted, blood slowly dripped to the ground and she is tempted to summon her Alter Ring Belt when Dan called out to her.
"Class M…stand down and stay back…now!"
Fuu then restrains Hikaru again and urged her to listen to what Dan said, which she reluctantly agreed.
"Hikaru…calm down…Dan-sensei says he'll take over form here…"
"Darn that man…how did he know that I'm Agito?"
As Class M backed away, Kelberos arranged his clothing and slowly approached Dan but stopped mid-way as Kyuu and Ryu mentally braced themselves, as both are guessing that he might do something that would jeopardize Ryu's situation, anticipating that he might expose Ryu as Pluto's heir yet the two Class Q members braced themselves should that scenario become a reality. By then Kelberos began the conversation which started a series of "mind games".
"So then…what made you call me and what business you have with me?"
"I know you're with Pluto…and I know you manipulated this girl into committing the theft at the museum…it was your doing and you nearly ruined this girl's future…"
"Oh please…what can you do to prove that? I'm just passing by here…"
"Oh, I do have proof…"
Despite what Dan claims that he knows that he is behind the vase theft, Kelberos remained clam and still smirking, curious at the turn of events and is wondering what caused Dan to figure out Pluto's involvement while the others watches on. Hikaru mentally thanked Dan-sensei for stopping her as she just realized that she nearly transformed into Agito and that would be a disaster if the others found out about this.
-x-
Nearby the vicinity of DDS, Class E meets up as Kotaro and Sonomi arrived just as Yuma and Chinami did and the four of them conveyed as Sonomi has a news to break which would require everyone's participation as they decided to help the police in combating the Lords so as to save lives and to prevent another series of murders.
"Yuma! Chinami!"
"Kotaro! Sonomi!"
"Hey, you two…thanks for coming here!"
"Yeah…it sounds exciting becoming DDS students…"
"Well…this is part of your training…you and Yuma will be needing this to help control your electromagnetic wave powers…while Sonomi and I are coming up with a way to detect our new enemies…"
"Really, Kotaro?"
"Really. Sonomi, tell them…"
Sonomi told the others that she establishes a way on how to detect when a Lord appears and there they can make preparations in stopping that Lord from murdering another would-be victim and that she is secretly meeting with the heads of the MPD while her parents are unaware since she did the research in secrecy. As Kotaro stated that he is assisting Sonomi, Chinami wondered if she too is targeted since she felt anyone is a target.
By then, Yuma sensed something, which someone…or rather something…emerged from the bushes. It turn out to be the Beetle Lord and he is eyeing Yuma and there Chinami blinked her eyes as the Lord is eyeing Yuma as it passed Kotaro and Sonomi, which she guessed that Yuma is targeted due to her having electromagnetic waves.
"That…that's an Unknown…it's targeting Yuma!"
However, the Beetle Lord glances at Chinami and then at Yuma, which the Lord performed a finger-sign gesture at the two, and Chinami realized that she too is targeted and guesses why this happened: the Lord can sense their powers and now she and Yuma are in danger.
"Darn…Chinami, that Unknown is targeting you…it seems that he can sense your power…"
"No…!"
Reacting fast, Yuma took out her bows and loaded her arrow, which she instilled EMW on it and fired it at the Lord, just as Kotaro shields Sonomi and Chinami as the fight is now underway.
-x-
Back inside DDS, the stare-off continues between Dan and Kelberos and the field leader of Pluto is quite intrigued by what the DDS founder just said and he asked him how he figured out about the vase case since he isn't there personally, yet Dan wasn't intimidated and told him the chain of events at how he figured out Pluto's involvement in the vase theft.
-FLASHBACK-
During the time when Class Q visited Pinu Kiyo's house, Pinu Kiyo, in a effort to show hospitality before being arrested, went out to fetch some water from the fountain outside the house, and there Kotaro Nanami, who secretly followed Class Q, appeared and talked to Pinu in secret, and asked her why she did the theft, and to his surprise, she couldn't anything about the incident and how the stolen vase ended in her hands.
When asked if she remembered anything before Class Q arrived, she said she only recalled talking to her grandfather yet she couldn't recall anything of it. So Nanami sent her off to give Class Q refreshments and secretly watched her from afar and while class Q is drinking, her grandfather asked her to take her to his room and she did, with Nanami secretly following. There he spied on them and saw her swinging a pendant at her applying hypnosis and there he deduced that Pluto is behind this.
As Pinu is taken by police, Nanami heads back to DDS to report about his findings as Class Q also left, with Kyuu and Ryu staying behind.
-END FLASHBACK-
"…and that's how I figured it out. You made a big mistake sneaking in here. Now you're trapped."
"I expect no less from Morihiko Dan himself. I'm amazed that you are a step ahead of me…but don't think you're ahead of me…we at Pluto are always ahead of anyone."
As Kelberos smirked at how Dan and his "assistants" managed to "foil" his plans and commented on how DDS is ahead of him, Hikaru senses the Beetle Lord's presence so she sneaked away and secretly changed into Agito to go and confront the Lord as she leaves the others behind, just as Dan took out a handgun and aimed it at Kelberos, urging him to surrender.
"Now then…let's end this charade and turn yourself in. or else I'll be forced to use extreme measures."
""Extreme", you say? How about I do something this "extreme" then?"
However, Kelberos is unfazed by the threat and then he glances at Fuu and Class Q which seconds later, the DDS students began to act erratically which alarmed Nanami as he realized that Kelberos uses visual hypnosis on the DDS students, yet Ryu is seemingly unaffected, which the blue-haired Class Q member realized what is happening.
"Kelberos uses hypnosis on the others! This is bad! I've got to do something or else they'll be mentally damaged from Kelberos' hypnotic assault!"
He then notices that Hikaru is nowhere yet he is glad that she is spared from this and tries to help the others snap out of the hypnotic attack brought onto them by Kelberos.
-X-
At the Metropolitan Police Department, Yoshiyuki Kojima got word that the Beetle Lord is spotted outside of DDS and he mobilized the SWAT force as he anticipated that Agito would show up and he began to make preparations to capture Agito so as to make himself look good to the MPD's "higher-ups" now that with Fuu at DDS, there's no stopping him in his schemes to discriminate women.
"Okay, boys…this is our chance to shine…we go there and capture Agito…so failure is not an option! Let's go!"
"Yes, sir!"
To Be Continued…
Looks like Dan has "edged" Kelberos and tries to pin him down, yet our DDS villain from Pluto made his move and is using the DDS students as "hostages" to get momentum and an advantage, yet he spared Ryu since he's not "allowed" to use hypnosis on Pluto's "heir".
Surprisingly, he even managed to "take down" Agito's alter ego and he somehow managed to learn Hikaru's exploits as Agito…as well as Umi being Gills and Fuu as the G3-X user…
Class E makes another appearance and now they are targeted by the Beetle Lord…
Preview:
The continuation of this arc goes over in the next chapter as DDS makes their move to stop Kelberos and tries to undo the hypnosis on the DDS students as Agito takes on the Beetle Lord.
UNFORTUNATELY, Yoshiyuki Kojima shows up in a bad timing as he once again initiated his "PROJECT: CAPTURE AGITO" plan, so as to win the MPD's approval as well as to unseat Fuu as the G3-X user.
