Ashbel: Hello Fanfiction readers! Ashbel Longhart here to bring you the second chapter/part of my movie special. Glad to see people are enjoying it so far.
Seth: The numbers aren't really that big enough to brag about.
Haru: I think he's just happy people are reading it nonetheless.
Ashbel: Whoa! Haru, you're here!
Haru: Of course, why wouldn't I be? You're going to be telling my side of the story now, right?
Ashbel: Well, yeah, but I'm just surprised you're here. Usually, it's just me and Seth here. I expected you to be preparing for the movie.
Haru: Well, since this is my part of the story, I thought I say hello to the readers. Hello, readers. *Crowd waves back*
Ashbel: Well, since you're here, do you and Seth want to do the disclaimer?
Haru: Sure, I don't mind. Ready, Seth?
Seth: Let's do it.
(Disclaimer: Ashbel Longhart does not own Familiar of Zero, Kamen Rider Wizard, RWBY, Bleach, any songs, any anime elements, or anything else that may appear familiar to you. They all belong to their respective owners. He just owns this story and nothing more.)
Ashbel: Alright, with that out of the way, ladies and gentle readers, grabs some popcorn and some soda cans once more as we dive into this movie special once again. And since this is Wizard, all me to say…IT'S SHOWTIME!
Seth: Whoa! Why did you shout like that?
Ashbel: It's a thing I do in my Wizard story. Now, let's ride!
Familiar of Zero: Sisterly Dreams
(Last Time)
"Shit! Run!" Haru said as everyone took off.
"What did you do to piss it off so much!?" Seth yelled over the sound of fireballs of death exploding.
"It's a bit of a long story." Seth said as they ran.
"…I've got time." Seth said.
Haru looked at him weirdly. They were currently running away from a mechanical monster and this guy says that he has the time to listen to the long version of what the hell happened to him? …He liked this guy.
"Well, it all started back in Halkeginia, Louise's world."
"Wait, did you say world?"
Haru nodded and Seth knew that this explanation would be longer than he originally thought.
(Now)
Rain fell down from the skies as the mighty winds threatened to blow away anything in this deadly storm. Of course, no one would have to worry about this storm for there were no people around. Just long abandoned ruins.
Said ruins looked to have been some sort of ritual field. Just looking at it now would tell anyone that it was important. And boy were they right. Under the rubble, a magic circle glowed faintly with magic, sealing something down below. Something sinister. But then…
*BOOM!*
Thunder struck and rained down, blasting away the rubble and striking the magic circle. The bolt soon disappeared as soon as it came, but it did its work. Slowly, the magic circle started to get dimmer by the second until it was no longer glowing. Its magic had run out.
*Boom!*
Suddenly, a hand appeared from the ground itself before two more appeared. Slowly, whoever was underground slowly rose up…and roared.
Finally, they were free!
(Insert holLow wORLD by Aimer)
(Instrumental) The minute the song started, pieces of glass fell as in the reflection of each glass was Kyoko before she vanished from the glass as the pieces of glass disappeared, leaving only darkness.
(In this place, I have to stay?) From the darkness was Kyoko who had a dazed looked on her face.
(My memory wearing off) Then, the darkness disappeared as a helmet covered Kyoko's head as she was hooked into some kind of machine.
(I lost my name) Then, appeared out of thin air were the demons known as the Akumaizer, all three drawing their swords and struck them our for a All for One, One for all pose.
(Is this dark haze that you said?) In the darkness of the Yamamoto House, Louise looked sadly into the room she and Kyoko slept in before turning.
(I walk like a lost child) At the door, getting ready was Haru, finsihing putting on his shoes before strapping Derf to his back.
(I lost your face) Haru gave Louise a look that said, "I'll be back." Before he opened the door and left.
(If everything could be imaginary one) The scene then changes as we see Haru walking calmly towards an army of monsters from the Rider franchise with the Akumaizers leading the army.
(Can I be resigned to losing end?) As Haru drew closer to the army, he draws out Derf and continues walking.
(Is this where I live?) Then, a magic circle appeared in front of him and when he walked through it, he was donned in his Flame Style armor.
(Or is this where I leave?) Haru then charges forth and the army does the same as Haru and Xavitan met and clashed blades.
(Eternal flame) Haru jumps back with both regular and Black Deff in his hands, flames covering said swords as he fought all the monsters surrounding, swinging wildly.
(The hollow world I see,) Haru slashes at any enemies that come near him, but when one was about to hit him, a fireball appears and hits the monster, saving him.
(The sorrow deeply I feel) Haru turns and his eyes widen under his helmet as his savior was none other than Kyoko who was donned in some sort outfit that looked like a cross between his Kamen Rider armor in Pretty Cure outfit form.
(Now they're perfectly burned out) Kyoko twirled her own WizarSwordGun before she jumped and landed next to him, the both of them back to back against the monsters.
(Eternal flame) Glancing at his sister, Haru decides to ask questions later as he and Kyoko charge forth towards their own side to deal with.
(Just back in my hands) Kyoko seemed to be doing very well until the Akumaizers showed up and captured Kyoko.
(Like a double-edged sword) Haru sees his sister captured and went to go rescue her, but before he could reach them, they disappeared.
(I don't care) Devastated, Haru screams and unleashes tons of black Aura before transforming into his Basic Grim Reaper Style form.
(It's time I have to go that way) The scene changes again to Haru running towards the Akumaizers who had Kyoko hooked up into the machine.
(Cause I got ready to break my endless days) Raising Derf, Haru unleashes a wave of flames before they dispersed to show the title just as the song comes to an end.
(Tristain Magic Academy)
Hmm, where should I begin? I guess everything started yesterday. It's been three weeks since Reconquista attempted in invading Tristain.
Reconquista? Tristain?
Reconquista is a group of Halkeginian Nobles, people who can use magic, who have taken over the floating country of Albion.
Wait, did you just say magic and floating island?
Yes, now stop interrupting me. Now, to answer your second question, Tristain is one of the counties of the Four Great Magical Kingdoms. Besides Tristain and Albion, there are also Gallia and Romalia.
Four Kingdoms? That sounds a lot like our Four Kingdoms.
Vale, Atlas, Vacuo, and Mistral, right?
Yeah. Wait, how did you know?
That little red is a secret. Now, back to the story. It's been three weeks since Reconquitsa's failed attempt at invading Tristain. The Town of Tarbes where the battle took place was still being repaired as well as still trying to get the fields back to their original state. A friend of mine, Siesta who works at the academy decided to stay in Tarbes until all the repairs were finished.
It was a beautiful day yesterday with very few clouds in the sky. Louise and Kyoko were currently in class, leaving me all alone in the house to clean up everything. Laundry, dishes, things like that. Basically, I did all the chores. Of course, after I finished all the chores did another friend of mine come over.
"Here again?" I said as standing at the door was none other than Tabitha.
Tabitha is a small, bespectacled girl with light blue hair and corresponding light blue eyes. She wears a white, long-sleeved blouse underneath a long, black cloak reaching until her feet pinned by a circular, gold or brass pin attached to a ribbon. She wears black, short skirt and white, long, stocking-like socks reaching until her skirt, and wears brown pair of school shoes. As always, she carries a large, curved staff unlike most students who use wands to cast magic.
You keep staying magic. Does magic really exist in your world?
Yes, magic really exists in Louise's world. Before you ask later, allow me to explain the system of the Kingdoms. Those with the ability to use magic are called Nobles and as the title implies, they're from nobility.
You make it sound like the times in your world is still in the medieval ages.
It is. There are mansions, castles, even a Queen and Princess who I happen to friends with.
You're friends with a princess!?
Yes. Her name's Henrietta, but I'll tell you about her later. Now, as I was saying. Those with the ability to use magic are called Nobles. But not everyone can use magic. There are some who can't use magic are thus called Commoners by most magic users.
Commoners? Why do I have a feeling that doesn't sound good?
You're right. You see, Commoners aren't treated fairly. While few are treated fairly, the majority of Nobility doesn't treat Commoners fairly. For example, a bastard named Mott once tried to get my friend, Siesta, to work for her when in actuality, she was just going to use her as a plaything.
That's horrible.
I know. That's why I killed him.
Y-You killed him!?
Yes and before you start talking about how killing people is wrong, don't bother. I'd gladly do the same thing over and over if it meant helping a friend. Don't tell you wouldn't do the same.
…
What about you, uh…
Seth. And to answer your question, I would do the same thing.
Seth!
Heh, I knew I liked this guy for a reason. Though I don't remember him being in the show. Oh well, back to the story.
"You know, you're starting to come over here more than you attend class." I said as I wiped my hands having just done the dishes.
"More interesting…" Tabitha said, taking off her shoes before entering the house. It's a custom back home that taking off your shoes as too not dirty the floors is a sign of respect.
I sighed in amusement, shaking my head before I gestured for her to follow me. This has been happening for quite a while. After we moved Tabitha's lessons away from the library and into the tiny classroom in my house, she started to come here more than she did to her regular classes.
You have a classroom in your house?
Yes, now would you stop interrupting me? I won't get anywhere at this rate.
Sorry.
Anyway, despite Tabitha basically ditching class, I had gotten used to this and just accepted this as another part of my life. I bothered little with lessons like math or art since they didn't interest her that much. Science and history is where her attention was caught the most. I won't get into detail as to why that is. Just know that it was a pretty normal day for me, if you can call being surrounded by magic users and mystical creatures normal. But I guess anything can be normal to you if you spent as much time as I have in this strange world with two moons.
Your world has two moons?
What did I say about interrupting me?
Sorry.
Anyway, I had decided to take a break during class and went to prepare snacks for the both of us when I saw a carrier pigeon at my window. I could have sworn all windows were closed. Oh well.
Curious, I approached the pigeon and took a note that was tied to its leg. Once I took it from it, the little thing flew away, leaving me with just the note. Speaking of said note, it wasn't just any old note if the royal seal said anything. I opened the note right away and read it.
It was from Henrietta, the Princess of Tristain. It read: Dear Haru, How are you? It's been a while since the Battle of Tarbes. I wish this was simply a letter between friends and nothing else, but sadly, that is not the case. I am in need of help. There have been reports of 'monster' sightings from all around Tristain. Seeing as you're the expert, I would like if you could help me deal with this problem as I have my hands full at the moment. Sincerely, Henrietta.
Right to the point with no small talk. Just how I like it.
"Sorry Tabitha, but it looks like I have to cut today's lessons short." I said as I grabbed the blazer of my Irregular at Magic High School uniform and grabbed Derf who was leaning by the door. "Why don't you go back to class? Tell the girls I'll be away for a while, okay?"
"…Be careful…"
I stopped just when I was about to finish putting on my shoes and turned towards the blue head in a bit of surprise. I didn't expect her to say that to me, but I smiled nonetheless and replied with, "I'll be fine." Strapping Derf on, I exited the house and made my way to town on my Machine Winger.
(Town)
If these monster sightings were Phantom sightings, then I needed to gather information. And the best way to do that is to use the method I always use to gather information on a Noble before I kill them.
Listening to the voices of the people.
Wait a minute! Hold up! Stop!
Oh what now?
Did you just say you kill Nobles!?
Yes I did. I would explain more if it wasn't for this giant monster firing its rip-off mega buster so be quiet, okay?
…
Thank you. Now, as I was saying, I listened to the voices of the people around to see if they have any information that could be helpful. Rumors always travel fast between one person to the next so there's bound to be something I could use to help myself. Let's see…
"Hello ma'am! Would you like to buy one of our newest goods?"
"How do you do? How's that family of yours doing?"
"Step right up people and win a fabulous prize!"
"I feel a lot safer now that the Nobles are quaking in their fancy boots. Serves them right!"
"And it's all thanks to the Mage Killer."
"Hey, did you hear?" I came to a stop and turned to my left to see two men talking at a small restaurant. Making sure I looked as casual as possible, I sat down at one of the tables next to them with my back turned as a waitress came up and asked what I would like. I simply told her a glass of water would be fine and went back to what the two men were talking about.
"Huh? Here what?"
"There are rumors going around that strange creatures have been sighted all around Tristain."
"I bet it's just silly gossip. You sure it's not those things that keep appearing from time to time. Fan-something."
"That's what I thought, but they say something different about these guys."
'Something different?' I thought to myself as that last bit caught my attention.
"What so different about them?"
"Some say it's the way they look. They say that they look like demons from hell itself."
"Demons? That's a bit of an exaggeration. Where were these so called 'demons' first appear?" Finally, the information I've wanted.
"I heard they were first spotted around north of Lagdorian Lake." And that's all I needed to hear. Finishing my glass of water in one gulp, I got up and headed towards my destination.
(Unknown Location)
All was clear and full in the area. Blue skies and happy chirping birds, but the same could not be said to another part of the area. Unnatural storm clouds hovered above an abandoned mansion which no doubt belonged to a Noble long ago, but was long forgotten. Tree roots were seen from outside and inside of the mansion, trapping the entire building as well as keeping it up.
Outside the mansion, a small group of Ghouls stood guard as inside the building, both Medusa and Neptune in their human disguises checked the inside.
Like in the show, Medusa's human disguise was that of Misa Inamori. She had long black hair that fell down to her upper back and wore a purple dress with leopard spots all over with a blue scarf around her neck.
Neptune's human disguise looked to be older than Medusa's. Neptune's human form took the appearance of a blond haired man around the age of 40. He had blue eyes that were the same shade as the ocean sea as he wore a big white T-shirt with a blue trench coat hanging over his shoulder as plain old pants covered his legs and boots covered his feet.
"It seems Wiseman-sama's suspicions were correct. I sense magic within this mansion." Neptune said as he and medusa walked through the halls. "What could possibly be here in this place?"
"The only way to find out is to continue forward." Medusa said as the two elite Phantoms continued walking forward.
The two walked for quite a while until they came upon double doors with on slightly opened. They could feel the magical energy coming from inside through the slight crack. Looking at one another, they didn't hesitate to walk forward and open the door. Going inside, they came into a room unlike the others in this entire mansion. Every wall was painted red as tree roots emerged from the ground here and there. But the thing that caught their attention was what was in the center of the slightly big room.
A chair and a helmet connected to some sort of machine over a magic circle was displayed at the center of the room for all to see.
"What is this?" Neptune said as he approached the machine with caution. Meanwhile, Medusa felt a wave of déjà vu when she gazed upon the machine.
'This machine…where have I seen it before?' Medusa thought when all of a sudden, the sounds of battle were heard. Both elite Phantoms turned to see a group of Ghouls being pushed back by what could only be described as a demon.
"Get out of my way!" The demon said, wielding a rapier. Said demon had black rock hard skin with his chest crimson red. Silver gauntlets and greaves protected his forearms and legs. His head was the same rock black color as his body with two appendages coming out from his head looking like bat wings as his eyes were covered by a crimson red musketeer mask that seemed to be part of his face.
One of the Ghouls charged at him, but he easily deflected its spear and stabbed his demoniac looking rapier through the Ghoul's chest before kicking the thing away. Another came, thrusting its spear, but he deflected the spear upward away from him before position his rapier at its neck before quick slice across easily took down the Ghoul. Two more came, but he dispatched them quickly, pushing the first back with a series of stabs before finishing off the other one with a series of quick slashes before stabbing it through the chest and kicking it away.
"Hah!" Another voice drew the two elite Phantom's attention and they turned to see another demon. This one was mostly yellow all around, skin, body, and head as two black wings sprouted from his back. Bright red gauntlets and boots decorated his arms and legs as a chest plate with two blood red plantings was on his chest shaped like a bat. His eyes glowed neon red as black-grayish bat wings sprouted from his head and a single red horn was situated right on top of his head.
This one knocked back a Ghoul down before he engaged the others. He flipped and landed on his feet perfectly before dispatching two Ghouls with two simple yet powerful slashes. A trio of Ghouls tried to gang up on him, but he once again flipped, avoid three spears come from three directions as he landed not too far from them. The three turned only to be struck down from another powerful slash before he turned and said, "How was that?"
More commotion caught the two elite's attention again as they turned to see a third demon. This one looked like he was made out of mud or clay with a face that would have made Clayface proud and want to be friends with. A bronze chest armor along with golden armor shoulder protectors decorated his upper body as silver studs ran along with arms meeting up with the bronze colored gauntlets with bigger studs decorating them. Red boots with spiked knee pads decorated his legs as his whole figure told that he was physically strong.
"Hehe! I'm pretty tough!" The demon laughed as he grabbed a nearby chair and bashed against one of the Ghouls. He quickly got rid of the thing and struck two more Ghouls with a rapier of his own, sending them flying with just a single swing. One Ghoul came from behind and struck his head, but it bounced off as the demon showed no signs of pain. It just turned around and gave the Ghoul a good punch. He then turned around to two more Ghouls and jumped, body slamming the two as he laughed like he was just playing around.
Back with the black demon, he swung the two last Ghouls into the air before with quick slashes that were covered in dark Aura, the Ghouls as well as the ones around him all exploded. With the Ghouls out of the way, the trio of demons turned to the two elites.
"It's not nice to barge into a person's house, you know?" The black demon said, most likely the leader if the two demons standing behind him said anything.
"And who are you three?" Neptune asked/demanded, ready to transform.
"The Akumaizer…" Medusa said, finally remembering why she had that strange sense of déjà vu when she gazed upon the machine in the middle.
"You know them?" Neptune asked, turning to Medusa.
"Oh? This is a surprise. I didn't expect for anyone to know who we were after all these years." The leader said.
'He doesn't seem to recognize me. Could these three be this world's version of the Akumaizer?' Medusa thought as the three demons joined together.
"Xatan!"
"Eel!"
"Gahra!"
"Together, we are the Akumaizer!" The three said before they connected their swords in an 'All for one, one for all' pose before they sheathed their rapiers.
"Oi, Medusa, how do you know these guys?" Neptune whispered to Medusa.
"I met another version of these three back in my world." Medusa said before she stepped forth. "So, what do three demons like yourselves want?"
"We're simply looking for magical energy strong enough to power the machine behind you." Eel said. "That machine behind you is our creation, the-!"
"Infinite Monster Plant, right?" Medusa interrupted, surprising the three, but Xatan didn't show it unlike his two comrades. "It efficiently harnesses mana found within a human's subconscious aka their Uderworld and produces monsters at a slow, but infinite rate."
"Eh!? How do you know that!? We never told anyone about that!" Gahra said.
"Let's just say this isn't the first time I've dealt with you Akumiazer." Medusa said. "I know all about you. Humans chased you down underground and sealed you away and now you three are out seeking revenge."
"Hmph! I will admit, you've got down most of our intentions, but your history is wrong." Xatan said. "Long ago, we three were the protectors of humans, fighting for justice. We didn't ask for anything in return, we simply helped those that needed saving, even if they were afraid of us and threw rocks at us. But we eventually found happiness, in friends that turned into families with one of them being my lover."
"Lover?" Medusa said in a bit of surprise. These Akumaizer were different from the one's she knew, but then again, she didn't really know them that much.
"She was beautiful with a heart more pure than anything around her." Xatan said, remembering happy times before anger settled in as his hand shook. "But then…that blasted Brimir!"
Seeing that their leader needed to vent out anger, both Eel and Gahra moved out of the way as Xatan drew his rapier and destroyed a random tree root with nothing, but a few angry swings.
"That bastard took everything from us! Gahra's friends, Eel's apprentice, my wife and kids! All because we protected a group of elves from his wrath and stood in the way of his obsession of retaking the 'Holy Land' back! That man gathered people, slaughtered everyone we loved, and sealed us away!" Xatan said as he sheathed his rapier. "But now, after centuries, we are free to take our revenge! Our objective isn't annihilating humans, it's killing his descendants! They will take the place of feeling our anger! And trust us; we're going to be very thorough when it comes to ending them."
"So in the end, your objective is simply revenge. How petty." Medusa said.
"Call it what you will, but nothing will stop us from achieving out revenge! Once we find people strong enough to provide us with loads of mana, we will have an army no one can stand up against! It is simply only a matter of time now."
"In that case, why settle for a group of people, when I can tell you that a single person can provide you with the mana you need?" Medusa said, getting everyone's attention on her.
"A single person…Explain." Xatan demanded, wanting to know what the Phantom in disguise meant.
"You've heard of the Philosopher's Stone, right?" Medusa said. "It's currently within a girl named Kyoko Yamamoto who resides at the Tristain Magic Academy. That will surely provide you the mana that you need, right?"
"The Philosopher's Stone…Yes, that will provide with the mana that we need." Xatan said.
"Medusa, what are you doing? Telling these demons about…" Neptune was interrupted when Medusa held a hand right in front of him.
"Don't worry. I have a plan." Medusa said.
"This all sounds too good to be true." Eel said. "What's the catch?"
"The catch is that in order to get to the girl, you need to get through his brother, Haru Yamamoto who is also known as the infamous Mage Killer. He's been a thorn to our side for a while now and we would like it if you could get rid of him if possible." Medusa said.
"The Mage Killer. Ooh, he sounds scary…" Gahra said.
"The Mage Killer…That's quite a name." Xatan said. "Alright, we'll deal with your little problem if it means getting the power we need to take our revenge. Eel, Gahra, let's go."
"Yes, Master Xatan." Eel bowed before he and Gahra followed after their leader.
"Oi, Medusa, what were you thinking when you told those three demons that?" Neptune asked.
"Despite their looks and petty objective, they are strong and a bit cunning." Medusa said. "I'm simply hoping that they might accomplish what most Phantoms fail to do. After all, they aren't Phantoms like us, rather they are demons. For now, we should report this to Wiseman."
The two then took their leave from the place.
(With Haru)
Speeding down the dirt road on my motorcycle, the Machine Winger, I drove at a fast, but steady pace as I looked all around me. Nothing by trees for miles. I've been driving for a good hour and have yet to find anything…that is, until now.
I came to a stop and looked at a sign, very glad that Tabitha had taught me how to read…somewhat.
Let's see: Do…not…enter…
Well, that's not suspicious at all. Looking ahead of the sign, it was hard to see before of the trees, but I spotted another road. Without having to decide, I turned by bike and drove down the path. As I drove and passed by trees, I noticed the area around me getting darker. Looking up, I saw storm clouds up above. I must by on the right path.
"Hmm…"
"Something the matter, Derf?" I asked.
"Something…doesn't feel right." This is the first time I've ever seen Derf look so uneasy. It made me a bit nervous to be honest, but I continued to drive on.
Eventually, I drove out of the forest, onto the road, and came upon an abandoned mansion. The windows were all but gone as tree roots were seen wrapped around the structure and appeared from inside the building itself. Judging by how old the building looked, the tree roots were the only thing that kept the place standing right now.
"This must be the place." I said as I got off my bike and walked forward with all of a sudden, sparks appeared right in front of me, making me jump back as I covered my face with my arm. Looking to see who had done that, I was met with a sight I was not expecting.
"Looks like we have an uninvited guest here." I can't believe it! It's Xatan of the Akumaizer from the Wizard x Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum movie along with Eel and Gahra!
"No way! It's the-!"
"Akumaizer!?" Derf suddenly interrupted me-wait a minute. He knows the Akumaizer!? How!?
"Hm? Well, well, well, this is a surprise. I didn't expect to see you, Derf. I thought you had rust and died after all these years." Xatan said. These two know each other?
"Xatan! Eel! Gahra! How are you three here!? You three were sealed away centuries ago!"
"Derf, you should know that a seal does not last forever. Now that we are free, we're finally free to seek out our revenge!" Xatan said before looking at me. "Seeing as you're with this boy here, I can only assume he's the new Gandalfr."
"You'd be correct."
"Excellent. You'll be the first to fall, new Gandalfr." Suddenly, the three drew their rapiers and rushed at me with speeds that took me by surprise.
Grabbing Derf as quick as possible, my Runes glowed and gave me the boost I needed to dodge all their swipes in time before I jumped back to gain some room between us. Drawing Derf, I engaged the three demons. Eel was the first to attack, flipping over and striking with a quick trust attack. I deflected the attack and went for his head, but he withdrew his rapier back fast enough to block my attack before kicking me away. I stumbled back and hit something very slimy only to find that that it was Gahra who wrapped his arms around me. I struggled to get out of his hold as he crushed me in his arms. I think I heard one of my ribs breaking. He then let me go and kicking me in the back, making me stumble forward where Xatan was waiting. He went for a quick swipe aimed for my head, but I blocked his attack in time and entered a deadlock, but he suddenly used his other arm and punched me in the gut, making me bend over before he pushed me back.
"Hmph! Pathetic! This is this age's Gandalfr? How pathetic. Sasha would be disappointed to see this sorry display."
"You haven't…seen anything yet…" I said as I got up and stabbed Derf into the ground. I then slipped on my default Rings.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
"Hm?" The Akumaizer watched in confusion as the WizarDriver materialized around my waist. Wasting no time, I slipped the Shift Levers.
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
I then flipped the visor of my Flame Ring and shouted, "Henshin!"
FLAME! PLEASE! FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
The second the red magic circle surrounded my flames appeared in front of me, I grabbed Derf just as it passed through me, garbing me in an all too familiar armor.
From head to toe I was clad in a black body suit which concealed my form. The belt stayed the same, but now I have a chain of silver rings that were hanging on my sides. My chest was covered with red gem-like armor which was a long line down the middle with three sections on each side that were rectangular, but slightly askew. My shoulders were covered in black armor with silver edges that were decorated with dragon-like crests. From my waist hung a robe-waist covering which was red inside, but black on the outside. My wrists and ankles which sported bands that were the same ruby red color as my chest plate. Finally, my head was concealed by a silver helmet which had a ruby red faceplate decorated like the ring I wore, sporting metal lines making it appear as if I had large eyes with an antennae rising from the forehead.
I was not the only one to undergo a transformation as Derf had turned into the WizarSwordGun.
"What the hell!? What is this!?" Eel said.
"Sa, Showtime da!" I said before I charged at the three with the suit giving me the boost to keep up.
I ran into the middle of them and separated them from each other. Eel was the first attack again, going for quick thrusts that forced me back as I blocked at one to the best of my abilities before stopped one of his trust, grabbed his blade, and quickly delivered a slash across his chest, igniting sparks as he was thrown back. A yell made me turn around to see Gahra charging at me like a bull. I jumped over him and kicked him in the head which made him stumble forward as I landed on the ground only to have sparks fly when something struck me across the back. I turned around and blocked an attack from Xatan himself as the both of us pulled back and engaged one another. Our blades met countless times as sparks flew from them before I had to pull back when Eel jumped in. The two then rushed me as they attacked with a flurry of swipes and stabs, forcing me on the defensive again as I kept getting pushed back. Eel soon found a hole in my defense and trusted forward, hitting me as stumbled back into the arms of Gahra once again. Quickly, I switched Rings.
LAND! PLEASE! DO! DO! DO! DO! DON! DO! DO! DO! DO! DON!
A yellow magic circle with bits of earth appeared under me before it rose up and donned me in my Land Style armor. My ruby red was replaced by topaz yellow and the sides of my chest plate had turned into true squares. My faceplate had turned into a yellow square and I felt my strength increase just enough to get Gahra to unhand me before I elbowed strike him, making him stumble back. I quickly turned around and gave him and quick slash across the chest before turning around and blocked an attack from Eel who I head heard coming. I pushed him back and kicked him in the chest before going for his chest when my attack was stopped by Xatan. With expert skill, he disarmed me, sending Derf out of my hands and struck me across the chest, making me draw back as Eel and Xatan attacked at the same time, the double stab sending me flying back.
"I will admit I never expected a Gandalfr like you. Looks like magic around here has changed these past centuries." Xatan said.
"No, magic still the same around here, wands and all." I said as my chest plate was smoking. "I guess you can say I'm unique."
"Is that so? Well, I thank you for providing us with a good fight. What is your name?"
"…Haru. Haru Yamamoto." I said.
"Yamamoto? You wouldn't happen to have a sister, do you?"
"How do you know that?" I asked, surprised.
"Heh. What a coincidence. We were just about to go see you so we can kill you." Xatan said. "I heard your sister has the Philosopher's Stone with her. We'll use that energy to power our Infinite Monster Plant."
"If you think I'll let you lay a finger on my sister, then you've got another thing coming!" I said as anger began to build up in me before I charged towards the three.
"Hmph, fool. Eel! Gahra! It's time for the Akumaizing Attack!"
"Yes, Master Xatan!" Both Eel and Gahra said before the got in front of Xatan and crossed their arms together. "Arm Cross!"
"Aibou, don't let that attack hit you!" I heard Derf say not too far away from me.
"Hop, Step, Jump!" Xatan said as he jumped onto the crossed arms of his comrades and jumped towards me, rapier in hand.
I quickly stopped charging and switched Rings, scanning my new Ring on the Hand Author.
DEFEND! PLEASE!
A block of earth soon rose from the ground in front of me, acting as shield, but to my surprise, Xatan's attack actually struck through and hit me across the chest, sending me flying. I cried out pain as I flew through the air and landed, rolling across the ground as smoke spewed from my chest armor. Gritting my teeth, I struggled to get back up to my feet. That attack did a number on me.
"Well this is a surprise. No one has ever survived our Akumazing Attack." Xatan said before his shoulders darkened. "But this is the end." And with that, a hail of dark bullets flew from his chest and struck me, each one causing an explosion as I cried out in pain.
"Aibou!"
After a while, Xatan stopped his attack and looked to see if Haru had survived. The smoke cleared and there was no trace of Haru anywhere. Looking around, he also saw that Derf was nowhere to be seen.
"He escaped…no, someone saved him." Xatan said, but that didn't bother him. He and his brother in arms had more important things to take care of. "Eel! Gahra! Let us make way to this Magic Academy."
"Yes, Master Xatan!" Both demons said as they followed their leader.
As the three demons walked through the forest, at another part of the forest were two people dressed alike.
Both figures were garbed in white. Almost every inch of the suit was white with sliver ring holsters stretched across their sides, each ling holding a ring. On their shoulder, they sported a white mantle with gold lining running down to their backs. Both their legs were covered with more white and gold fabric, giving the appearance of a robe like a classical wizard would wear. Their boots and gloves were pure black, contrasting heavily with their suits. Wrapped around their waist was a WizarDriver like Haru's except the Hand Author was outlined in red rather than yellow. Finally, a majority of their helmet was covered in white plating like a hood. Their face was an amber gemstone with silver eyepieces but his were slanted, making them look more eerie. The only thing that kept apart from each was that one was obviously male while the other was female.
These two were none other than the Shiro Mahoutsukai or the White Wizards.
"Looks like we made it in time." The female White Wizard said, carrying Haru's unconscious figure.
"Whew! Thanks for the save." Derf said as he was in the male White Wizard's hand.
"What do we do now?" The female White Wizard asked.
"For now, you get Haru here to some place where he can rest. I'll go after the Akumaizers to try and stop them." He then raised Derf to his face. "And you'll be coming along."
"I don't have a problem with that." Derf said. "But we better hurry. There's no telling what Xatan and the others will do once they reach the academy."
"I noticed that you and the Akumaizers seemed to have some history between each other. Care to explain?"
"I's kind of personal so no."
"Then I won't pry."
(Tristain Magic Academy)
"Excuse me? Haru got a message from Her Highness and left without telling us?" Louise said as Tabitha just nodded before going on her way as Louise growled in anger. "That dog…! How dare he go off own his own without telling us!"
"I think Onii-chan meant anything bad by not telling us." Kyoko said, trying to calm down her pinkette sister figure. "Onii-chan probably just wants us to have it easy and relax while he goes out and work. It's only been three weeks since the Battle at Tarbes."
"I know, but I'm still gonna blow him up when he gets back." Louise said.
"I'm afraid you won't be seeing him for a while." Both girls jumped in surprise and turned to see the male White Wizard behind them with Derf in hand.
"The White Wizard!?" Both girls said in surprise until Kyoko saw Derf. "Hey! That's Onii-chan's sword! Where did you get him!?"
"Do not worry, your brother is alright." The Wizard said. "But now is not the time to talk. We need to get you two away from here."
"Huh? Why? We're not going anywhere until you give us an explanation." Louise said as she grabbed Kyoko and pulled her away from the White Wizard.
"Please, just trust me. I do not have time to ex-!" Under his helmet, the White Wizard's eyes widen before he turned and blocked a stab that had come from a portal behind him.
"Impressive. You managed to block that even though our presence is erased while in here." The voice of Xatan said as he and his comrades appeared from a portal.
"W-W-What are they!?" Louise asked as she pulled Kyoko away.
"The Akumaizers." The White Wizard said. "They're after Kyoko. Get her to safety! Now!"
Under his commanding tone, Louise nodded and dragged Louise away.
"Eel. Gahra. After them. I'll deal with this one right here." Xatan said as he readied his rapier.
Both demons nodded and went after the two girls. The White Wizard went to intercept them, but Xatan appeared before him faster than he expected as he raised Derf to block a slash aimed for his face.
"Careful. Xatan is no amateur when it comes to swordplay." Derf said.
"I know." The White Wizard said before he channeled magic into Derf which turned him into the Hamel Cane, a flute and spear combo.
Both fighters wasted no time and charged towards one another. Xatan struck first, going for a stab which the Wizard deflected and went for a slash to Xatan's chest, but he blocked the attack with his free arm before delivering a slash to the Wizard's opening. He stumbled back as Xatan took the advantage to attack, but the Wizard recovered quickly and caught the rapier in his hand, surprising the demon before the Wizard delivered slashes and slashes across the demons chest before kicking him away. Xatan rolled on the ground before getting up to his knees and fired explosive energy bullets from his shoulders. Quickly, the White Wizard brought the Hamel Cane to where his lips would be and played a melody which casted a protective aura in front of him that blocked all the energy attacks from Xatan as they exploded right in front of him harmlessly as he stopped playing. Taking advantage of the smoke, Xatan jumped through it and struck the Wizard across the chest in surprise before delivering a flurry of stabs. The Wizard took a couple of them before he started to dodge them and then stopped the attack by grabbing Xatan's wrist. He kicked the demon's stomach, making him bend over a bit before he kicked Xatan's leg and kicked him up before he let go of the demon's wrist and kicked him away as Xatan rolled on the ground. Quickly, the White Wizard shifted Derf into his left hand and slipped on a Ring before scanning it across this Hand Author after a few flips of the Shift Levers.
EXPLOSION! NOW!
Sensing danger, Xatan moved and barely avoided an explosion that occurred just right where he was at a moment ago.
"Heh. You're good." Xatan said as he got up.
Meanwhile, with the girls, they were currently running for their lives away from the two demons. Gahra chased after them on foot while Eel was in the air, his bat wings on his back having brown bigger, giving him the ability of flight.
"Hahaha! Run all you can, but we'll still gonna catch you!" Gahra said as he laughed while chasing after the two girls.
"Watch out!" Louise said, pushing Kyoko down as Eel swooped in and barely missed the two. Quickly getting up, the two went back to running for their lives as they ran through the halls of the academy. Students and teachers wondered why they were running until they got knocked back by Gahra as Eel was still outside, circling the academy.
As the two girls ran, they suddenly bumped into Prof. Colbert who was almost knocked down by the two.
"Wah!" Colbert cried out before he regained his balance. "That was close. You two, why are you running?"
"No time! Gotta run!" Louise said as she and Kyoko ran. Colbert raised in eyebrow in confusion until he heard someone else coming and turned to see Gahra. He only had time to stare before Colbert was backhanded across the face and flew across the hallways and was soon seeing stars.
"He's gaining on us!" Kyoko said as she looked back and saw the demon getting closer and closer.
The cry of a roar drew the girls' attention before they cried out in surprise when they were suddenly lifted off the ground.
"Wah!" Both girls cried out in surprise before they looked up and saw that Tabitha's familiar, Sylphid as said blue head was riding on top of her dragon. "Tabitha! Thanks for the save."
"Not yet…" Tabitha said as they weren't out of danger yet. Now in the skies, it was Eel's turn to give chase. Rapier in hand, he flew towards the dragon. Seeing the demon coming, Tabitha raised her staff and went a small tornado from her staff towards Eel. He scoffed at the effort and easily sliced through the small tornado, surprising Tabitha as Eel flew towards them with even greater speeds.
"Got you!" Eel said as he flew past the dragon, damaging Sylphid's wing as the dragon cried out in pain and soon was falling, releasing the girls from its grip. The girls screamed in fright as the ground approached closer before Eel came in and grabbed Kyoko. "I'll be taking her."
"Kyoko!" Louise cried out in horror as the yellow demon flew away with girl she considered a little sister.
"Onee-chan!" Kyoko cried out as Eel flew away with her.
"We have to go after them!" Louise said, but Tabitha was too busy to make sure they didn't become paste as she casted a spell which slowed down their descent until they landed gently on the ground like a feather, but Louise didn't care about that. Now on the ground, she took off running after Kyoko.
Back with Xatan and the White Wizard, both of them trusted both their weapons forward and struck both fighters across the chest, making the two draw back as they held their chest.
"Heh, looks like we're at a stalemate."
"Tch! Dammit, this is getting me nowhere." The White Wizard said until he saw Eel and Gahra return. That could only mean…
"Sorry for the delay." Eel said as an unconscious Kyoko who he had knocked out some time ago was in his arms.
"Kyoko!" The White Wizard said before he charged at the three. "Let her go you bastards!"
"See ya. Until next time." Xatan said before the three escaped through another portal. The Wizard threw a slash towards it, but it disappeared right before his attack could hit anything.
"No, I was too late…" The White Wizard said before Louise appeared, running up to him.
"Where's Kyoko!?" Louise asked/demanded as she saw Eel fly over here.
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid they just escaped with her." The White Wizard said, hanging his head down in shame.
"No…" Louise said as she looked like she was about to fall to her knees. But she quickly recovered as she asked, "Where's Haru? We need to save her."
"She was taken to an abandoned mansion south of here. My wife is currently attending to his wounds." The White Wizard said as Derf returned back to normal. He then gave Derf to Louise before switching out Rings. "Hang on to him. Haru will need him when we meet up with my wife."
TELEPORT! NOW!
(With Haru)
"Ugh…What happened?" I said to myself as I slowly got up. Looking around, I was in some small cabin.
"Good to see you're alright." I turned and jumped in surprise when none other than the female White Wizard was right next to me.
"Whoa!" I quickly jumped to my feet. "What are you doing here?"
"Healing you." She said as a soft green glow faded from her hands. "There, all better."
I looked down at myself and didn't feel any pain whatsoever. But why was I injured in the first-?
That's when I finally remembered. The Akumaizers!
"The Akumaizers are going after my sister! I have to go!" I said as I quickly ran for the door only to be stopped when teleporting into the cabin was both the male White Wizard and Louise. "Louise!"
"Haru! It's terrible!" Louise said, running up to me. "Kyoko's been kidnapped by some freaks called the Akumaizers!"
"Nani!? I said. "How long was I out?"
"Only for an hour." The female White Wizard said.
"We can still save her if we hurry. I came here to pick you up." The male White Wizard said.
"Alright, then let's get going." I said, taking Derf from Louise.
"Hold it! I'm coming too!" Louise said.
"No. You're staying here." I said. "You're safer than with us."
"No! I'm coming too and you can't stop me!" Louise said. "Kyoko's important to me too! I'm gonna blow those freaks for even laying a finger on her!"
"You really care about her…Alright, fine. You can come. But stick close to me, all right?" I said and she nodded. "Alright then. Let's get going." With that said, I took out my own Teleport Ring and wasted no time scanning it one the Hand Author.
TELEPORT! NOW!
TELEPORT! PLEASE!
(Abandoned Mansion)
The four of us all appeared in front of the abandoned mansion. And once we were there, we all saw a sight we weren't expecting to see.
A group of monsters were there to greet all of us, but none of them were Phantoms. No, they were all monsters I knew.
"Grongi, Lords, Mirror Monsters, Orphochs, Undeads…" I listed all the monsters in front of us.
"You know these…things?" Louise asked as some of the monsters probably disgusted her.
"They're all monsters from the Rider fanchise." I said, but something wasn't right. I only see monsters from Kuuga to Blade.
"Something tells me the Akumizers are the cause of these monsters." The male White Wizard said before he slipped on another Ring.
CONNECT! NOW!
A magic circle appeared and he stuck his hand into it, pulling out his signature weapon, the Hamel Cane.
"I suggest transforming now. We're gonna have to force our way in."
"Right." I nodded as I slipped on my default Rings and scanned the Driver On Ring.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
"Henshin!"
FLAME! PLEASE! FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
I didn't bother saying my catchphrase as I was in a hurry. Telling Louise to stay close, the four of us ran towards the group of monsters who all charged towards us the second they saw us. Here's hoping the Undeads here aren't immortal like their TV counterparts.
The first enemy I attacked was a Lord, slashing it across the chest before kicking it away. An Orphnoch came at me, but I flipped over him and slashed its back before kicking it away. Switching Derf to gun mode, I spun around and let the bullets fly as they struck all the monsters around me. A felt something stick to my arm and saw webbing from a Grongi. He tried to pull me in, but I resisted and fired at him, making him fall to the ground as the webbings came off. I then quickly switched Rings again.
HURRICANE! PLEASE! FU! FU! FU! FU! FU! FU!
I put my hand up and a light green magic circle appeared above me surrounded by wind. It came down on me and my appearance changed. My chest plate had turned from ruby red to vibrant emerald green with the sides having connecting triangles with green bands on my wrist and ankles with the inside of my coat attachment having been turned green as well. The shape of the gemstone on my face had turned into an inverted triangle too. This was my Hurricane Style Armor.
I grabbed Louise and brought her close to me before winds surrounded us and we flew. Louise screamed in surprise, but I kept my focus on the monsters below us, firing bullets surrounded by wind as they struck those down below us. Looking to see how the two White Wizards were doing, the male Wizard was slashing and striking any that attacked him while also throwing Explosion spells everywhere. As for the female Wizard…she was throwing big chunks of the earth at them…Okay, seriously, just how strong is she!?
"They seem to be doing well." Louise commented.
"Haru!" I heard the male White Wizards shout over to me. "Leave these to us! Go save your sister!"
I nodded and flew down, shooting down any monsters that got in our way before landed on the ground and rushed inside the building. Without having to think, we took a left because of the mass amounts of monsters coming through there. I switched Derf back into sword mode and slashed and kicked any monsters in our way. We were in a hurry so I just slashed them and left them behind without finishing them off. Finally, at the end of the hall, we saw a door and jumping ahead; I kicked down the door and gasped at what I saw.
Right at the center of the room was Infinite Monster Plant and hooked to it was Kyoko who was sweating like a pig, obviously suffering.
"Kyoko!" Louise cried out in worry.
"It's about time you showed up." Xatan said as he and his cronies appeared from behind the machine.
"Let my sister go you bastards!" I shouted, charging at them in anger.
All three of them acted in sync, stopping my attack before moving Derf out of the way before they all thrusted their rapiers at the same time, striking my chest. Sparks ignited as I flew back.
"Haru!" Louise cried out in worry, running to my side as I got up and glared at the three.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but we got work to do." Xatan said as he waved his hand in front of Kyoko and some sort of symbol appeared. "You can play with him while we're gone." And with that, they disappeared into the symbol which soon disappeared as well.
"Wait!" I said when a cloud of purple aura appeared from the machine and out came a being I was surprised to see.
Its shape was close to human and its size was almost filled this entire room. Its mouth was wide open and its teeth were sharp. Its eyes were yellow and a visible tick mark was seen on its head.
"ZAKENNA!"
"Haru…what is that?" Louise asked slowly.
"What the hell? A Zakenna!?" That's not a Rider enemy monster! That's an enemy monster from the Pretty Cure series!
"ZAKENNA!"
With a roar, the Zakenna reared its fist before throwing it. Quickly grabbing Louise, I flew out of the way just in time, landing not too far away from the dark being.
"I don't have time for this so I'll finish this quickly." I said as I opened Derf's Hand Author.
COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS! COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS!
Letting the sword sing for a while, I scanned the Hurricane Ring as the Zakenna threw another punch towards us.
HURRICANE! SLASH STRIKE! FU! FU! FU!
I spun around before slashing forward, summoning a tornado which stopped the Zakenna's punch and trapped him side as the winds blew everything in the room. I then slashed downward, sending an energy slash which entered the tornado and struck the Zakenna, destroying it as it blew up.
"Okay, that takes care of that. Now…" Me and Louise walked up to Kyoko. A strange helmet was over her head and she moved around a bit, but did she was unconscious at the moment.
"What is this thing?" Louise asked.
"It's the Infinite Monster Plant." I said. "I produces an infinite number of monsters by harnessing mana."
"It's creepy, but then again, it was made by demons." Louise said. "In any case, we have to get Kyoko out of this thing." She went to grab the helmet that was one Kyoko, but I stopped her.
"That won't work." I said. "The only way to stop this machine is to go into her Underworld and wake her up. And as much as I don't want to, you're coming along."
"Why? Because I'll keep nagging you if you don't?" Louise said, ready to grab her wand and blow the Rider up.
"No, because if I left you here in this room, you'd be attacked by the monsters that would appear." I said as I took out the Ring that would allow me to enter Kyoko's Underworld, the Engage Ring. "This will be the second time I use this thing."
"The first time was with Her Highness." Louise said, remembering the incident back at Albion.
"Yeah, except this time Kyoko isn't in despair so we don't have to worry…much." I said as I flipped the Shift Levers.
LUPPATCH MAGIC, TOUCH TO GO! LUPPATCH MAGIC, TOUCH TO GO!
I slipped the Engage Ring into Kyoko's hand before scanning it.
ENGAGE! PLEASE!
A red magic circle as big as me appeared right next to us. Nodding to Louise, we both walked into the circle and were soon blinded by a bright light.
(Underworld)
"…ru…aru…Haru…"
"Mmm…" I groaned, sinking deeper into my bed, wishing whoever was trying to wake me up to go away…wait a minute. Bed?
My eyes snapped open and I quickly got up, throwing the blanket on me away.
"It's about time you woke up. I was starting to think I had to bust out the bucket." The bucket? That sounds like something Mom would-!
My train of thought froze when I turned to see who was talking. Fairly tall with black hair reaching down to her back, a figure that would have made on think that she was a super model, violet eyes as sparkling as an Amethyst gem, and with an appearance that would have made one think that she was Kuroyukihime from Accel World only older.
"Ka…Kaa-san?" I said in shocked disbelief as I stared at the face of my mother, Keiko Yamamoto.
"Hurry up and get dressed. You're gonna be late for school." Mom said before she left my room-wait, my room!?
Finally taking a look around, it was indeed my room or what my roomed looked like when I was a kid. A desk, some clothes sticking out of my closest, a few figurines on my bed shelf as well as a few books, and so on. If it was room at my current age, there'd be more manga, video games, anime disks, and figurines around. I'm an otaku, sue me.
"What the hell is going on?" I muttered to myself. My mother can't be alive; she died in that car accident along with dad. Not only that, but where's Louise?
With confusion running through my head, I decided to just see what was going on. I opened my closet and picked a random set of clothes. Jeans, a black shirt with Wizard's magic circle in white on it and plain white socks. I opened the door and looked out. Judging from how the halls look, this is my house back in my world. I stepped out of my room and walked with caution, walking down the stairs to see someone else I didn't expect to see.
With eyes as blue as a baby's blanket like mine's, with a face and hair that made him look like an older version of Shin Asuka, dressed in a police uniform, my father, Kyosuke Yamamoto, sat at the table drinking coffee.
"Well look who's finally awake." Dad said, smiling at me before he looked at the clock. "Ah, I gotta go." He quickly finished his coffee before gathering his stuff. Quickly giving my mom a kiss filled with lots of love, he raced out the door as the sound of a car leaving our driveway could be heard.
"How long are you gonna stand there?" Mom said as I was frozen at the stairs. "Hurry up and eat your breakfast. You'll be late for school."
"Uh…right…" I said, snapping out of stupor as I made my way to the table. It was a classic Japanese breakfast. A bowl of rice, miso soup, and sardines. I dug in as I began to think to myself.
Okay, so my dead mother and father are somehow here. If this is someone's idea of a joke, I'm gonna make sure to find him and tear out every last bone in his body before feeding their remains to the lions.
"Where's Kyoko?" I asked.
"She already left for school with her friends." Mom said as she wiped her hands clean after having just finished cleaning the dishes. She then grabbed the vacuum and became cleaning around the place, but not before saying, "Can you go wake up your sister, Louise? I think she's still sleeping."
I choked on my food when I heard 'little sister' and 'Louise' combined. Good thing I had a class of milk right next to me to save myself.
"Ugh, um, sure." I said, breathing in and out before leaving the table and went upstairs. I went to Kyoko's bed room and there I saw Louise looked around in confusion until she saw me.
"Haru!" Louise immediately got out of bed and ran up to me. "Where are we? And…what am I wearing?" Louise down at herself, wearing pajamas instead of her usual nightgown.
"Well, believe it or not, I think we're at my house." I said.
"Your house?" Louise repeated in confusion before looking around. "This looks nothing like your house."
"No, not the house at the Academy. This is my house back in my world." I said, gaining a surprised look from Louise.
"Eh!?"
"In any case, put on some clothes. For some reason, my dead mom thinks that you're my sister."
"You're dead what now?"
"Don't ask." I said as I exited the room and waited. After a while, Louise appeared dressed in short black skirt and a long sleeved pink shirt with white knee socks. At least she looked normal instead of trying to look like a Noble.
"We're off." I said as me and Louise left the house.
"Have a wonderful day." Mom said as she easily lifted the whole couch with one hand in order to vacuum under it.
"…Did your mother just…?"
"Yes, Louise. Yes she did just lift that couch with one hand." I said as if it was perfectly normal to me which it is. For as long as I could remember, my mom was crazy strong!
"So, what do we do now?" Louise asked.
"We find Kyoko and wake her up." I said as I got on my Machine Winger which was parked right on the drive way.
"Do I have to get on that?" Louise asked, looking uneasy.
"Yes. Now come on." I said as I got on my bike with Louise soon following albeit reluctantly.
"So, where do we look first?" Louise asked.
"Well, my mom said she was at school so I guess we'll start there." I said as I revved the engine and made my way towards Kyoko's school.
"Wow…!" Louise said in awe as she gazed around the city of Tokyo. "So this is your world?"
"Well, it's what it looks like." I said as I too looked around the city. Buildings towered over us as people walked around, heads on their phones or just talking with friends. "Remember, Louise. This is Kyoko's Underworld."
"I expected something different from a name like Underworld." Louise said.
"An Underworld is actually just a person's subconscious or their Inner World you can say." I said. "This is where Inner Phantoms appear when a Gate falls into despair. It then proceeds to destroy the place until the Gate is destroyed and a new Phantom is born. That's how the process works."
"You went into Her Highness' Underworld, what was it like?" Louise asked, curious.
"When I went into her Underworld, I found myself by a lake. It was the day Wales confessed to Henrietta." I said when an explosion occurred, making me stop suddenly in surprise.
"What was that!?" Louise asked as she and I turned to see smoke in the distance.
"Whatever it is, it's not good." I said as turned the bike and drove towards the smoke.
(Some Time Later)
"Over there!" Louise shouted over the engine, pointing ahead to people being attacked by Orphnoch, Mirror Monsters, Ghouls, and is that another Zakenna!?
"Tch! Just what I needed." I said sarcastically as I scanned the Driver On Ring.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
"Henshin!"
FLAME! PLEASE! FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
I came to a sudden stop which launched me off my bike as a red magic circle appeared right next to me. I went through it, donning my armor as I flew over to the group of monsters and proceeded to kick each and every last one of them before flipping back and landed right in front of the people.
"Hurry! Run away!" I said and they all nodded before running away. I then tuned back to the group of monsters while slipping on the Connect Ring and scanned it after flipping the Shift Levers.
CONNECT! PLEASE!
I stuck out my hand and a red magic circle appeared. Wasting no time, I struck my hand in and pulled out Derf.
"Whoa! Woo! Wababababa! Where am I?"
"Stay focused Derf." I said as I ran up to the group and slashed the nearest monster. I then spun around before kicking a monster in the head before landing and slashing the monsters all around me.
"Aibou? Where have you been? I've been calling you out for over an hour!"
"An hour?" I said as I blocked a claw strike and pushed back the hand before punching the Orphnoch in the face. "Where the hell were you?"
"I have no idea, but it was dark and it was cold." I think Derf actually shivered in my hand despite the fact that he's a sword.
Not asking further, I turned my focus back to the group of Rider enemies and the Zakenna. I jumped and flipped back, avoiding the lasers the Zakenna was firing before I switched Derf to gun mode and fired a barrage of bullets which all struck the Zakenna and made it roar in pain. Others rushed at me, but I was ready for them. I ducked under another claw strike and swept the legs of a Mirror Monster, making it fall to the ground where I delivered a crushing elbow strike to its stomach. I quickly got up and blocked a sword strike from an Orphnoch before I moved it out of the way and fired bullets at it at close range, making it stumble back. I heard some running behind me and jumped up, avoiding a spear strike from a Ghoul as I landed on the spear, surprising it as I kicked its face, sending it back as I landed back down and switched Derf back to sword mode, slashing a random Ghoul before I took off running, wanting to lead these guys somewhere else. As I expected, they all ran after me as I led them to a park. Flipped over a swing set and turned around, grabbing a seat and threw it at a Ghoul who was stupid enough to get hit in the face. I jumped up and jumped higher off the swing set, landing on top of the monkey bars as some monsters jumped after me, but quickly tripped and fell through the gaps, trapping themselves as I kicked the faces before stomping on them, setting them free as they fell on the ground. I quickly jumped off the monkey bars and landed right next to the merry-go-round. Some monster jumped on it to go after me, but I quickly kicked the merry-go-round which spun out of control thanks to the boots my suit gave me. In a comedic way, the monsters ran on the bars as best they could before I kicked them and they fell, spinning out of control before they flew out of it.
"Never thought I find myself fighting in a playground again." I said to myself as more monsters surrounded me.
"Hold it right there!" Suddenly, a familiar voice cried out and all the monsters around me froze. Turning to see who had made all the monsters freeze up, it was none other than…
"Kyoko!?" I said in surprise as it was indeed my little imouto, but…dressed differently.
She was wearing a ruby red shirt and a black skirt with a black trench coat over her. She usually doesn't wear clothes like those.
"You look like you could use some help, Wizard." Kyoko said.
"Huh? Um, not really. I've got things under control." I said when something landed right behind me. Turning around, it was the Zakenna who roared right in my face.
"ZAKENNA!"
"Phew! Dude, your breath stinks!" I said as I jumped away from the dark being and landed right next to Kyoko. "Kyoko, I'm glad to see you, but you need to go and hide."
"No, I'm gonna help." Kyoko said, taking a step forward.
"Kyoko, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Just watch." Kyoko said before she slipped on a familiar set of rings.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
My eyes widen in surprise when a WizarDriver materialized around my sister's waist. I then watched as she flipped the Shift Levers and the belt spoke only it was more feminine.
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
Kyoko then raised her left hand which had a Flame Ring on it and flipped the visor. She then began to twirl around a couple of times before coming to a stop while extending out her left hand to the side.
"Henshin!" She shouted out before scanning her Ring.
FLAME! PLEASE! FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
She crossed her arms before spreading them out, closing her eyes as a red magic circle appeared under her and rose up, donning her in…an outfit?
Said outfit was mostly black. Black boots with red cuffs that looked like me ankle bands with black stockings covered most of her legs as they reached just under her skirt which remained the same. The belt also remained the same expect there was now a chain of silver Rings at her sides like me. Around her waist was a robe-waist covering which was red on the inside but black on the outside. She wore a long sleeved black shirt with the cuffs rolled back which looked like my arm bands as a black mantle rested at her shoulders. A ribbon colored red tied the mantle together a red circular ruby gem laid at the center of the ribbon. Finally, a silver headband connected two ruby headpieces sat on her head.
(A/N: To those who have trouble trying to picture this, I based this form on this: post/48850257006/wizard-tan-4-base-styles-by-tenjou-nanaki-at. All rights and designs go to that person, I own nothing so please don't sue me. Now, back to the story.)
Flames danced as Kyoko twirled around before posing, right hand extended to the side while she raised her left hand next to her head, showing off her Rings.
"When people are at their weakest, I will turn their despair into a beautiful diamond of hope! I am Cure Rider…Wizard!" Kyoko or rather Cure Rider Wizard introduced herself in a dramatic fashion as the flames that danced around her dispersed, leaving behind glittering red sparkles of light.
I stared at Kyoko's new form dumbly as Louise who was not too far also stared at Kyoko in surprise.
"Cure…?"
"Rider…?"
"Wizard?" I finished off.
"…Aibou, am I high?"
"You're a sword, Derf. You can't get high." I said when all of a sudden…
(BGM: DokkinMahou Tsukai Pretty Cure by Kitagawa Rie)
"Whoa!" I jumped in surprise when music started playing…out of nowhere. Where is that coming from? And why does this song sound like it should belong in a Pretty Cure show?
"Yosh! Here I go!" Kyoko said before she ran off. I tried to stop her, but she jumped into the fray before I could stop her.
Kyoko cried out a battle cry as she jumped in and kicked a Orphnoch in the head so hard that I could have sworn that there was a crack. She jumped off the Orphnoch's head and flipped in midair before landing. Ghouls attacked her with their spears, but she simply flipped and spun around like how the original Wizard would do. She then stopped flipping around and cartwheeled back to the Ghouls, the cartwheel soon turning into back flip as both her feet struck one of the Ghouls as it fell to the ground face first before Kyoko landed on its head. She spun around and delivered a flaming roundhouse kick to the other Ghoul before she jumped off the Ghouls she was standing on and slipped on another Ring and scanned it on her Hand Author.
CONNECT! PLEASE!
A small red magic circle appeared next to her and a handle struck out. She quickly grabbed it and pulled out her own WizarSwordgun…which spoke.
"Fighting again to impress you're knight in shining gem armor? You never change do you, Kyoko?"
"Don't tease me, Dia!" Kyoko said, blushing a little before she went back to fighting.
"Whoa, hold it! Was that a girl version of me!?" Derf asked.
"I think it was." I said as Louise walked over to me.
"Haru…What is going on?" Louise asked as she watched Kyoko fight.
"I have no idea." I said as I looked at Kyoko's outfit. It looked like a combination of Wizard's armor and a Pretty Cure outfit. Hm, now that I think about it, Kyoko did always love watching Pretty Cure. Guess that explains the Zakenna.
Back to Kyoko's fight, she spun her weapon whose name was Dia in a flurry of slashes like how one would handle a rapier before she stabbed the Ghoul she was attacking, sending it back before she spun around and blocked a fist from an Orphnoch. She then grabbed the fist and used it as leverage as she flipped over the Orphnoch and landed right behind it, giving it a quick slash. Switching Dia to gun mode, she jumped and twirled in midair, firing bullets which struck everything around her, causing sparks to fly whenever they struck a monster. She landed on her feet before turning to the group of monsters and jumped towards them, sending a barrage of kicks that sent many flying back. A roar caused her to turn to see the Zakenna attacking. It fired its lasers at her, but she avoided it by back flipping out of the way before jumping and firing bullets at it, the silver bullets causing the Zakenna slight pain, but it made more annoyed than anything else as it roared and threw a punch at her. Quickly, Kyoko crossed her arms and guarded as the punch struck and she was sent back, skidding across the ground. Looking up, she saw the Zakenna with the remaining amount of monsters left.
"Mou! There's just no end to them!" Kyoko said, puffing her cheeks cutely.
"Maybe it's time to give these guys a grand finale." Dia said.
"Good idea!" Kyoko said before she opened Dia's Hand Author.
COME ON SHOOT, SHAKE HANDS! COME ON SHOOT, SHAKE HANDS!
"Wizard Shooting: Flame Style!" Kyoko said as she was about to scan her Ring when I interrupted.
"That's not what it's called!" I shouted.
"Eh? It's not?"
"It's just called Flame Shooting." I said.
"…Too boring. My sounds better." Kyoko said bluntly, surprising me as she scanned her Flame Ring.
FLAME! SHOOTING STRIKE! HI! HI! HI!
A small red magic circle appeared in front of the barrel as flames danced around it. With a wave of her hand, she sent and fired fireballs at the group of monsters where each shot struck and caused a massive explosion.
(BGM End)
"Wow…" Louise said, impressed as the music finally stopped. Seriously, where did that come from?
"Impressive." I said before raising Derf up. "What are your thoughts?"
"She wasn't bad. She kind of fights like you except with a bit more grace, but she's no Gandlfr like you. I spotted a few holes in her form." Derf said.
"Oh don't say that. I think Kyoko here did a pretty good job." Dia said as Kyoko walked over to us.
"Wizard-sensei! How did I do?" Kyoko asked-wait, what did she call me?
"Sensei?" I pointed to myself and she nodded. Since when was I her teacher? I turned to Louise who shrugged and then turned back to Kyoko. "Well, you were pretty good, but you could use some more practice."
"Hai, Sensei! I'll do my best!" Kyoko said, canceling her transformation before turning to Louise. "By the way, what are you doing here, Onee-chan? Shouldn't you be at school with Onii-chan?"
"Eh?" Louise said as Kyoko looked around.
"Where is Onii-chan by the way?" Kyoko asked.
"Huh? Haru's right here." Louise said, pointing to me.
"Eh? What are you talking about, Onee-chan?" Kyoko said. "Onii-chan and Wizard-sensei are two different people."
"Huh?" Both me and Louise said at the same time, confused until I saw something emerging from the smoke. It was a surviving Mirror Monster and Orphnoch. Seeing that they saw me, they took off running. "Hold it!" I took off running when Kyoko stopped me.
"There's no need to chase after someone who's escaping." Kyoko said.
"Huh? Why?" I asked when I figured it out before Kyoko could even tell me.
"They'll just disappear." Kyoko said and just like I thought, the two monsters disappeared into a cloud of dark aura. I made a movement to go after them, but stopped, knowing it was too late.
"Dammit. Guess that's two more monsters out in the real world." I said to myself.
"By the way," I turned to Kyoko when she spoke up. "I'm surprised that you're here, Wizard-sensei. It's rare for you to deal with problems in the city yourself. You usually leave up to me."
"Eh? Um…" Okay, something is definitely wrong here. My dead parents are somehow alive, Louise is somehow my real sister, and Kyoko thinks I'm not Wizard. Something was up. "I was…just in the neighborhood and decided to help." I decided to play along and see what happens.
"Oh, okay. That's nice of you." Kyoko said. "It's nice to have you help, but just leave everything to your student. I won't be able to learn more if you handle all my problems."
"Kyoko, I think it's time you get back to school." Dia said who had turned into…a phone strap…what?
I blinked a few times, but the image did not go away. What was once Kyoko's WizarSwordGun was now nothing more than a phone strap now.
"Is it that time already!?" Kyoko said, taking out her phone and gasped at the time. "Oh my god! I have to go!" And just like she, she took off running as me and Kyoko watched her go.
"…Haru."
"Yeah?"
"Just what in Brimir's name is going on?" Louise asked as I canceled my transformation, returning to me to civilian form.
"I have no idea." I said when a cry made me jump in surprise.
"What the hell!?" I looked down and to my surprise, in my hands was a phone and connected to that phone was Derf…as a phone strap. "What the hell am I!? And why am I so tiny!?"
"Derf?" I brought Derf up to my face and indeed it was Derf. "What happened to you?"
"I don't know! I suddenly turned into this when you canceled your transformation!"
"Okay, seriously, just what is going on!?" Louise said, looking ready to explode.
"I don't know…" I said as I looked up into the city. "But I'm gonna find out."
(Meanwhile, somewhere else)
"This Underworld is unique." Eel commented as he and the rest of the Akumaizers entered a warehouse. Inside, a large armored truck sat there, looking like it had been here for a few years with no one using it.
"Unique or not, it's still an Underworld. Beneath this very land lies a sea of mana." Xatan said as he placed a hand over the armored truck. Using magic, he out about everything there is to know about the vehicle and if his face was stuck expressionless, he would have smiled. "And we can use this to get to it if we have to."
"But Master Xatan, what about the Gandalfr? He followed us right into this world." Gahra said.
"He is of no concern. What we should be more concerned is the threat of the girl waking up." Xatan said. "Gahra, I want you to watch over her. Make sure she doesn't wake up. If she does, then this world is destroyed along with our chances of revenge."
"You got it Master Xatan!" Gahra said before he took his leave.
"So, what do we do for the time being?" Eel asked.
"We make preparations." Xatan said before he summoned his demonic symbol and placed it on the armored truck, creating a portal. Xatan motioned for Eel to follow him inside as inside, a room surrounded by a red void laid inside, being bigger than the outside of the truck itself. In the center of the room, a stone with a hollow inside rose from the ground as the inside was big enough to fit a person.
"The preparations are almost complete. Thanks to the girl's massive amount of mana thanks to the Philosopher's Stone, our plans went by much quicker than expected." Xatan said. "When the time is right, we shall take the girl and place her here. Only then will our revenge finally begin."
"We can finally avenge Gahra's friends, your family, and my apprentice." Eel said as he shook with anxious excitement. He remembered it long ago. That little boy that ran up to him, asking him to teach him how to fight even though he was a demon. For someone his age, the boy did not give up even though the intensive training Eel placed on him. It filled him with a sense of pride to be teaching someone like him. But then, that blasted Brimir…!
"Calm yourself, Eel." Xatan said, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder. "We must be patient."
"Yes, forgive me, Master Xatan." Eel said before the two began to make the necessary preparations.
(Haru's House)
That night, I sat in my room at my desk, going over what I've learned so far while here and let me tell you, I almost didn't get it.
What did you find?
Nora, quiet.
Well, here's what I found. Apparently, Louise is my sister in this world because she was adopted long ago. To my sister, I'm just her normal, lovable brother while my other form, Kamen Rider Wizard, is supposed to be a different person and is a teacher to her. Apparently, Kyoko gained the ability to use magic one day and that's when she met 'Wizard-sensei' and has been going out and fighting monsters that show up around the city from time to time. Louise found out about this one day which is why Kyoko wasn't surprised to see Louise when she transformed right in front of me and according to her, 'Wizard-sensei' is a mysterious man who appears from time to time to help her out which caused her to have a crush on 'him' but she also has a crush on me, her big brother, thus her feelings are always in conflict between the two.
How did you find about all of this?
I read her diary.
…Seriously? You just read her diary?
Yes. In my opinion, all of this is like some weird written shoujo anime. Note to self: I'm gonna have a talk with my little sister once we get out of this world. Anyway, the only thing that hasn't changed despite everything was the fact that my twin brother was still missing.
You have a twin brother?
Yes, but I don't have time to talk about him. Anyway, not that I have down what this world is like; I need to come up with a way to wake Kyoko up. I thought to myself for hours and hours, staying up late trying to think of a way to get Kyoko to wake up when it hit me. She thinks KR Wizard and I are two different people. So if I show her that I'm Wizard, the shock should be enough to get her to wake up. With that thought in mind, I went to bed, formulating the plan in mind before drifting to sleep.
That's the plan? It can't be that easy.
You'd be right, Jauny boy. Because there was one simple fact laid out before me that I completely forgot. Why was my little sister a super hero in the first place? I didn't think about that and I was in for a surprise the next day.
(The Next Day)
I woke up bright and early despite the fact that I went to bed late. The plans in my head were the only thing that kept me fully awake during that day as I kept going over how my plan could work. My clothes for that day were the same as yesterday expect I wore a white duster jacket while Louise wore clothes that resembled her uniform. She even had a cloak on. Since I was up early, mom told me to wake the girls up which I did and we all had breakfast at the table. I'll be honest with you, the fact that my parents were here having breakfast with me brought a warm feeling to me, even if they were nothing but fakes. It's been a long time since I ate food at the table with my parents. Now if only Natsu, my brother was here, then I could have had breakfast with the whole family. The thought brought a small smile to face.
"Oh? What are you smiling about?" Mom asked, seeing me smile.
"Nothing." I said as I went back to eating.
Time flew by faster than I thought. Dad went to work, Kyoko ran off to school and me and Louise went to our school with mom telling us to have a good day. It was nice to hear that, but I refused to get lost in memories. As Louise and walked to school, I told her about my plans.
"It sounds decent enough." Louise said. "But it only works when there's trouble. What are the chances of something bad happening again today?"
*BOOM!*
"I say pretty high." I said as I saw smoke rising from the distance. I turned to Louise and we both nodded before taking off. We had to act fast because the more time we spent here, the more time the real world gets flooded with monsters.
(Later)
The sounds of people screaming filled the area as people ran from the group of monsters which now consisted of Grongies, Lords, and Undeads. People ran as fast as they could while the monsters chased after them, looking for blood. Too bad they weren't gonna get any.
Winds blew everything around me as Louise and I landed on the ground, having flown here in my Hurricane Style armor.
"Get to somewhere safe." I said to Louise as I slipped on a different set of Rings. "I plan on finishing this quickly. Try and stay out of the crossfire."
Louise nodded as I flipped the Shift Levers and scanned my Hurricane Dragon Ring.
Wait, did you say dragon!?
Stop interrupting me!
Sorry!
Now, where was I? Oh yeah, scanning my Ring.
HURRICANE DRAGON! BYU! BYU! BYU! BYU! BYU! BYU!
A green magic circle appeared right above me before a windy aura of Dragon appeared and flew around me for a while before slamming into me. As soon as Dragon had slammed into me, my coat section had turned bright green as my chest armor became silver, resembling a dragon. My shoulder armor had turned into silver, triangular plating with triangle emeralds in the center. My helmet had changed slightly as well, sporting a golden head ornament like Dragon would wear with a triangle emerald embedded in the center. This was my Hurricane Dragon Style Armor.
Now for my next trick, I opened Derf's Hand Author and scanned my other Ring.
COPY! PLEASE!
Soon, a copy of Derf appeared in my other hand, but this was no ordinary copy. Unlike Derf's silver form, this one was obsidian black as the Hand Author was only visible thanks to the golden outlines on it. I called this thing Black Derf and once it appeared in my hands, it chuckled darkly.
"While I'm glad to finally be a sword again, I'm not too keen on seeing this guy again."
"Just ignore him, Derf, like you always do." I said as I as I wielded both swords in a reverse grip and charged at the group of monsters.
I didn't give the group of monsters a chance to charge at me as I jumped right into the group and slashed the two nearest monsters next to me. Instead of being aggressive like I'm used to when fighting, I decided to be quick and spin around, slashing everything around me as sparks flew. I then jumped and kicked a random Grongi which I used to jump off from and started flying through the air, winds keeping me afloat as my two blades slashed everything around them as the combination soon took care of a few monsters, but there was still plenty left. Lucky for me, I still had some tricks up my sleeve. Slipping on another Ring, I wasted no time using it.
CHOINE! SPECIAL! SAIKO!
A green magic circle appeared right behind me and soon, I was equipped with the Drago Wings. Taking flight, I soared through the air before swooping down upon the group of monsters, sending fierce winds which struck like razor sharp swords, destroying a lot more than last time, but there were still some left. But I had just the spell in mind to finish this.
Flipping the Shift Levers on more time, I scanned the Ring which would give me my desired spell.
CHOINE! THUNDER! SAIKO!
Electricity surrounded my entire form before I flew down and flew around every last enemy at fast speeds, creating an electric vortex that traps and shocks them repeatedly with lightning bolts all over until one by one, they were all destroyed and nothing remained.
"Now that's what I call a shocking finish!" Derf said as I landed on the ground, my wings disappearing.
"You weren't kidding when you said you were gonna finish this quickly." Louise said, walking over to me now that everything was done. "But I don't see Kyoko anywhere."
"Sensei!" Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Well, it's she in this case.
"Ara? Looks like we're late for the party." Dia, still a phone strap, said as Kyoko ran over to us.
"Sensei, what are you doing?" Kyoko asked. "This is the second time you've come out to help. You usually just leave everything to me."
"Look, Kyoko, I'm gonna be blunt with you so listen closely." I said, kneeling down to her. "This world isn't real."
"Eh?"
"These powers that you have, they're not real." I continued. "This is all just a dream where you're a heroine who saves the day. You need to wake up, Kyoko."
"W-What are you saying, Sensei?" Kyoko said as she put on a forced smile. "What you're saying is crazy."
"I am not your sensei!" I said loudly as I canceled my transformation right in front of her. "I'm your brother."
"Haru's right. Kyoko, you need to wake up." Louise then decided to step in. "It's time we go back to reality."
"…No." Kyoko said, surprising us as she took a step back away from us. "I don't want to go back. Not where Onii-chan will get hurt and where Onee-chan will be made fun of."
"Huh? Wait, you knew this world wasn't real from the beginning?" Louise asked.
"Hey! Hold on a second!" Suddenly, appearing next to Kyoko was none other than Gahra of the Akumaizers.
"You!" Both Louise and I said at the same time as we both prepared to throw a spell or two at the demon when Louise remembered that she didn't have her wand with her.
"Sheesh, do me a favor and stop running around screwing things up!" Gahra said before turning to Kyoko. "Hey, girly. You need to up the ante so that your peaceful life doesn't fall apart. Or, do you want your brother to get into more fights? Or maybe you want to see your sister get bullied again?" Huh? What's this guy talking about?
"You're right." Kyoko said before turning to us. "Onii-chan, Onee-chan, sorry about this."
"What are you-?" Louise didn't get to say more when Kyoko took out a wand. But it wasn't any plain wand. "Hey! That's my wand!"
"What are you doing!?" I said as I ran towards them when Kyoko raised the wand and Louise and I were blinded by light.
"Mr. Yamamoto!"
I quickly opened my eyes and jumped up in my seat in surprise. Looking around, I was currently in class with everyone holding in their laughs as the teacher was glaring down at me.
"I see you're finally awake, Mr. Yamamoto." The teacher said. "I'll let the fact that you slept in class today slide, but if it happens again, don't expect me to be so nice."
"Hai, sensei…" I said as I relaxed in my seat. Class then continued as I scratched my head, I feel like I'm forgetting something important.
…
…
…
"AH!" I quickly got up, finally remembering what I forgot.
"Mr. Yamamoto, sit down. Class is currently-!"
"I don't have time for this!" I said as I grabbed my phone with Derf back to being a phone strap from my bag and raced out of the classroom. I heard the teacher call out to me to get back here, but I ignored him and raced towards where Louise was probably at: her classroom.
"Louise!" I shouted Louise's name the second I opened the door to her classroom. Everyone inside turned to me in surprise as Louise was one of them.
"Haru?" Louise got up from her seat and walked up to me. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in class?"
"There's no time for that! We have to get to Kyoko." I said.
"Kyoko? Why? Did something happen to her?" Louise asked, worry clearly on her face. Seems she doesn't remember yet.
"Louise, please know that what I am about to do will hurt me more than it hurts you." I said.
"What are you talk-?"
*Slap!*
"Ow!" Louise cried out in surprise when I suddenly slapped her in the face. Everyone in the room gasped as Louise turned and glared at me. "What the hell was that for!?"
"To wake you up." I said. "Now, I'll say this again. We need to get to Kyoko."
"Why do we need to get…to…AH!" Realization soon made its way to her face as she finally remembered.
"Come on. We need to find her." I said as she nodded and we both took off running. Her teacher called out to us, but we ignored her as it didn't take long for us to run out of the building. Once out, I summoned my machine Winger via Connect Ring and soon rode off into the city.
"What's going on?" Louise asked as I drove. "How did we suddenly get back to the school? And how come we didn't remember what happened?"
"It must be Kyoko." I said. "This is her Underworld. With her conscious here and with the place not falling into despair, she can do whatever she wants in here. The Akumaizers must be manipulating her, making her do whatever they want." I gripped the handles harder at the thought in anger.
"I see. But something's' bother me." Louise said.
"What's bothering you?" I asked.
"It's what that demon said." Louise said. "He said something about you getting into more fights and me getting bullied. Why would something like that make Kyoko do what she just did?"
"I don't know, but I intend to find out." I said as I revved the engines and went faster, driving towards Kyoko's school.
It didn't take long to get there. I had asked Garuda, one of my familiars to go search for Kyoko's school yesterday so I know where I'm going. We reached the school in record time and I didn't bother to park the Machine Winger properly as Louise and I immediately got off and ran towards the school, but we were stopped.
"Hold it right there!" Both Louise and I came to a stop and stared…at the dumbest thing we've seen today. If you're wondering what we were looking at, it was Gahra dressed like a security guard. Don't tell me he actually thinks he has us fooled with that lame disguise? "Who are you two? You look suspicious. I'm gonna need some identification from the both of you."
"He can't seriously think he's fooling us, right?" Louise said.
"Gahra was never the bright one out of the Akumaizers." I said as I walked up to the demon. "Get out of our way!" And with no hesitation, I kicked the demon out of the way as said demon flew in a comedic way.
"Ah! I landed on my butt!" Gahra winced as he rubbed his behind while getting up, getting rid of the disguise before turning to us. "I'm surprised. I didn't think you two would wake up from that so easily."
"I wouldn't underestimate us if I were you. It'll get you killed before you now it." I said. "Now, I want some answers."
"Answers? What could an innocent demon like me answer for you?" Gahra asked. I'm not sure if he's trying to act dumb or not because if he was, it wouldn't have worked.
"What did you mean when you said Kyoko's peaceful life would be shattered and that I have to fight again and Louise would get bullied? Why did you say those things to her?" I asked.
"Hehe. I won't tell." Damn, well it was worth a try. "Why don't you ask her yourself?" Wait, what?
I turned to my left and there, standing not too far from us was Kyoko.
"Onii-chan, Onee-chan…"
"Kyoko…" Louise muttered.
"Kyoko," I took a step forward. "What is going on here? Why are you listening to this guy, "I pointed to Gahra. "When he's clearly bad news?"
"It's not like that, Onii-chan. I'm not listening to anybody." Kyoko said. "It's just…I don't want you to get hurt anymore."
"Huh?" Okay, I was beyond confused at this point. "What do you mean?"
"You always get hurt whenever you get into a fight, especially when you transform." Kyoko said. "Sure, you'd always come out on top, but when I see you getting hurt right in front of my eyes, it makes me think you'll end up dying."
"Kyoko…" So, that's what Gahra meant when he said that to her.
"But what about me?" Louise spoke up.
"You should know what I'm talking about, Onee-chan." Kyoko said. "Before Onii-chan and I came here, you were always bullied by people. Even if people don't say it, I can see how they look at you. I hate how they look at you."
"Kyoko…"
"That's why I made this world." Kyoko said. "A world where Onee-chan doesn't get bullied, a world where Onii-chan doesn't have to fight, a world where Okaa-san and Otou-san are still alive, a world where everyone can be happy."
"But what about you?" I asked. "Instead of me, you're the one who's fighting."
"That's okay." Kyoko said with a smile. "As long as everyone else is happy, then I don't care what happens to me. So please, just stop fighting and leave everything to me."
"…I can't do that." I said, surprising Kyoko. "Kyoko, this world is, in my option, is not perfect. Nothing in this entire universe is perfect."
"But, Onii-chan-!"
"Quiet!" And in a rare moment, I yelled at Kyoko, surprising her and everybody around me. "Kyoko, this world may be fine with you, but it's not okay with me. Whether you like it or not, my little imouto, I waking you up and tearing down this world!"
"Onii-chan…" Kyoko looked hurt at what I said before she balled her hands into fists and looked at me with determination. "I won't you do that!" Quickly, Kyoko slipped on her Rings. I could have stopped her, but I simply did nothing.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
"Henshin!"
FLAME! PLEASE! FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
Spreading her arms, Kyoko changed into her Cure Rider form as the strap on her phone grew into the WizarSwordGun in gun mode and landed right into her outstretch hand before she aimed her weapon at me.
"Transform, Onii-chan! I won't let you destroy this world!" Kyoko said.
"…No." My answer surprised her. "As wrong as this whole thing is, I won't lift a single finger on you. You're my sister."
"What are you saying? Transform…or I'll shoot!" Kyoko said, but I still didn't go for my Rings. Her hand started to shake a bit after a while. "Transform, Onii-chan! Or do you want to be shot!"
Shot…
-Do you want to shot, kid!?-
-Haru, look out!-
*BANG!*
-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!-
With some effort, I suppressed the memories in my mind and said, "In my option, that's better than fighting you."
That surprised everyone again. Louise looked at me as if I was crazy and the shaking of Kyoko's hand increased tenfold. As for Gahra…
"Hahahahaha!" He was laughing. "What a suicidal Gandalfr! Do it, girl! Or else everything you worked so hard on will be gone! Do you want that?"
"I…I…!" Kyoko placed her other hand on her shaking one to restrain it, but it did little help.
"Kyoko!" Louise shouted, getting Kyoko's attention. "Do you really want this? Do you really want to shoot Haru? Your own brother!?"
"I…" Kyoko turned back to me, a look that asked for help.
"Do what you think is right." I said as I still made no movement.
"I…I…I…!" Kyoko looked like she was on the verge of hyperventilating before she made her decision. "I can't hurt you!"
*BANG!*
"AH!" Gahra cried out in surprise and pain, falling back as Kyoko had just shot him. He looked at Kyoko in surprise and said, "What are you doing!?"
"I can't do it." Kyoko said as she fell to her knees, mentally exhausted. "I can't shoot my own brother. I love him too much!"
"Looks like the tables have turned." I said as Louise went to check up on Kyoko. I turned to the demon and slipped on my Rings. "I'm gonna make you regret messing with my sister."
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
"Henshin!"
FLAME! PLEASE! FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
I donned my armor as Derf materialized into my hand in sword mode. I was about to charge at the demon when Kyoko spoke up.
"Onii-chan!" I turned and saw Kyoko walking up next to me. "Please, let me fight with you."
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yes." Kyoko said. "While we fight, please tell me. Why is my world not to your liking?"
"You'll find out during this fight." I said.
"Hey, think you can keep up?" Derf asked Dia.
"I wouldn't underestimate me if I were you, Senpai." Dia said-wait, she knows Japanese?
Resisting the urge to ask, I turned to the demon and said, "Sa-!"
"Sa, Showtime desu!" Kyoko interrupted me before she charged off ahead of me.
"Uh, what she said." I said before I quickly followed after her.
We attacked in sync. Instead of attacking like I usually do, I decided to go with a more Wizard style of fighting which involved lots and lots of flipping. We both flipped and cartwheeled towards Gahra, forcing Gahra to step back each time we drew closer. I struck first, hitting Gahra right in the face which made him spin back. I came to a stop and grabbed Kyoko's outstretched arm.
"My reasons why this world is wrong is…" I paused in my speaking and swung Kyoko forward, her feet hitting Gahra in the face as he spun back and landed on the ground before I set Kyoko down. "Because it's flawed."
"Flawed? What do you mean?" Kyoko asked when Gahra's cries of frustration made us turn to the demon.
"Time for a Style change." I said as I slipped on different Rings as Kyoko did so as well.
We flipped the Shift Levers and quickly scanned out Rings.
WATER! PLEASE! SUI! SUI! SUI! SUI!
I raised my hand up and a blue magic seal surrounded by water appeared and came down. Now all of my ruby red was replaced by sapphire blue. The new armor was blue with diamond shapes on the sides of chest plate and my faceplate had turned into a blue diamond.
As for Kyoko, her outfit didn't change much like my armor. The gems on her head changed from red rubies to blue sapphires shaped like diamonds as her hair was styled into twin tails. The cuffs of her sleeves and boots turned blue as her stocking shrunk down to knee socks. But the thing that caught my attention was the red bow and skirt disappearing, leaving Kyoko wearing a sapphire blue two piece swimming suit as the coat and mantle stayed the same as well as the belt. But those didn't matter because Kyoko was showing off WAY too much skin for my liking.
"Talk about a revealing Water Style form." Derf said, earning him a slap from me as we focused back on Gahra.
Gahra charged at us, throwing punches at us, but we dodged and blocked them easily before we kicked him back together and slashed him across the chest together. We then switched out Rings and wasted no time using them.
CHOINE! BLIZZARD! SAIKO!
BIND! PLEASE!
Bindings made out of water appeared from multiple magic circles wrapped around the demon curtsy of Kyoko's magic while I threw out a Dragon Freeze albeit a downgraded one since I was in my upgraded Water form, but it did its job of freezing the water binds around Gahra and thus trapping him.
"When I meant that this world is flawed, I mean that there are things that are wrong with it." I said as I continued from where we left off. "My 'high school' and your 'middle school' are just the same schools you remember back when we were younger. The lessons taught weren't even high school level either."
While I spoke, Kyoko and I changed Rings and forms.
LAND! PLEASE! DO! DO! DO! DO! DON! DO! DO! DO! DO! DON!
I donned my Land Style armor while Kyoko changed into what I believe to be her Land Style.
The cuffs of her sleeves and boots had turned yellow. The blue sapphires in her hair had changed into yellow topazes shaped in squares as a beret hat appeared on top of her head while her hair had been curled up. Her coat and mantle remained the same as well as the Driver, but under everything was a yellow dress with a white apron over it as yellow belts over her stomach. If I didn't know any better, I could have sworn that was a maid outfit under her coat. Anyway, back to the talk at hand.
"Plus, there's also one more thing you missed." I said as I scanned my other Ring.
BIG! PLEASE!
"There is?" Kyoko asked as she scanned the same Ring.
BIG! PLEASE!
Huge magic circles appeared above us before we stuck our hands through and they came out 5 times bigger than us. Together, we positioned out enlarged hands and clapped our hands together; squishing Gahra from within as we pulled back and saw Gahra all thin like a line before he returned to normal, a bit dizzy. How comedic.
"You forgot about Natsu." I said as we both changed Rings and Styles.
HURRICANE! PLEASE! FU! FU! FU! FU! FU! FU!
With the gust of winds, I changed into my Hurricane Style while Kyoko did the same.
The cuffs of her sleeves and boots changed from yellow to green as her socks disappeared. The topazes on her head changed into green emeralds shaped like triangles as her hair was now tied into a ponytail. The dress had disappeared and in place was a skirt and a button up shirt with a green tie as a light green scarf appeared around her neck.
"I forgot about Natsu Onii-chan!?" Kyoko looked surprised like this was the first time she noticed.
"You probably couldn't picture what he looks like since you remember him being younger. Mom and Dad also look the same as well, like they didn't age from when we were young." I said. "Kyoko, this world us just made up of what you remember as a kid with a few things added and adjusted. Does that sound perfect to you?"
"No…It doesn't…" Kyoko said, looking down in shame before turned our attention back to Gahra and switched both our weapons to gun mode. With winds surrounding us, we flew around Gahra, creating a small tornado around him as we shot him with wind bullets left and right before we blew the demon away with our winds and landed.
"Listen, Kyoko." I spoke up. "I happy that you're worried about me and Louise, but you shouldn't try to force someone into doing things that you think is right. Everyone is entitled to their own freedom, don't ever take that away from them, okay?"
"Okay…I'm sorry…" Kyoko said, looking ready to cry, but I stopped them by placing a hand on her head and rubbing it affectionately.
"No crying now." I said as Louise came over to us, smiling and placed a hand on Kyoko's shoulder.
"I'm happy that you care so much about me, Kyoko. Thank you." Louise said, smiling at Kyoko in a very sisterly way.
"Onee-chan..."
"Ugh…" Oh? Looks like Gahra's still standing. "I need some water…" And right before my eyes, he took out a jug of water out of nowhere. Where did he pull that out from?
"Okay, that's it! I've had it with this idiot!" Louise said before she rummaged through Kyoko, surprising the Cure Rider before the pinkette pulled out her wand that Kyoko was holding and wasted no time casting a spell at Gahra. "This is for Kyoko!"
*BOOM!*
"AH!" Gahra cried out in pain as he flew and landed in a fountain, smoking from Louise's Explosion spell. Garha splashed about before he got up and looked at Louise in surprise. "That was an Explosion spell! Only a Void Mage could do that!" He then gasped as if he realized something and that's when he suddenly started shaking. "A Void Mage…Just like…BRIMIR!" Suddenly, he roared as his eyes flashed red and suddenly, he started growing and growing until…
"Is that a giant chicken…?" Louise asked, she and Kyoko starting up at the giant beast that Gahra turned into.
"Forgot he could do that." I said as I shifted Derf into my left hand before I took out the one Ring that could help me in this situation. "Girls, leave this to me. Go find some place where you won't be threatened to be crushed."
Both girls nodded and took off running, leaving me with the giant demon bird.
"This will be my first time actually using this Ring. Let's go, Dragon." I said before I flipped the Shift Levers and scanned my Ring.
DRAGO RISE! PLEASE!
I raised my hand into the air and a giant magic circle appeared above me. Appearing above me from the magic circle was a mechanical dragon covered in white armor with gold claws and horns, having a pair of short wings, and has a gemstone on its chest. This was my Phantom, the WizarDragon or just Dragon.
"This is the first time you've called through the Ring. Are you ready, Haru?" Dragon asked as he flew through the air.
"I've been ready!" I said as I switched out my Rings and scanned them.
FLAME! PLEASE! FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
CONNECT! PLEASE!
From a magic circle, I transformed back into my Flame Style armor while I pulled out my Machine Winger and got on it, revving up the engines as I drove off with Dragon flying next to me. I then hopped onto Dragon's back, the bike splitting in two as they became a new pair of winds for Dragon, leaving me with just the seat and handle bars. Now connected with Dragon, we both took to the air as Gahra started firing fireballs at us.
"BRIMIR~!" Gahra roared or cawed, I really don't know. The point was that he cried out and fired fireball after fireball at us. I maneuvered Dragon to fly out of the way each time, just barely dodging a few times before Dragon fired back with fireballs of his own. But Gahra was huge, as big and as tall as one of the towers here in Tokyo while Dragon was just as big as a house or two so the flames he shot at the demon just grazed and annoyed him.
"This is getting us nowhere." I muttered to myself as Dragon flew the city. Guess I'll have to do what Haruto did in the movie, hit him with a finisher!
Commanding Dragon to fly up, he flew up until he was way over the entire buildings and Gahra who continued to fire giant fireballs at us. The fireballs flew past us as we were too far away for Gahra to aim at as I slipped on the Ring that would take care of this literally overgrown bird.
CHOINE! KICK STRIKE! SAIKO!
I leaped into the air as the Machine Winger and Dragon separated. Dragon reconfigured itself to look like a giant claw while my bike attached to the back to keep control going. I positioned myself and let my fire magic engulf me, conjuring a flaming enlarged mirage of myself as I kicked against the construct, making us go down like a meter kick.
"Dragon Strike End!" I yelled as my kick connected against Gahra's face, the demon's face melting under the intense heat of my attack as a magic circle appeared for a brief second before Gahra exploded, throwing me back as I flipped and dropped back down to the ground, landing safely as Dragon returned to my Underworld. As for Gahra, he came down and crashed, rolling on the ground in pain before he came to a stop.
"Onii-chan!" I turned to my right and saw the girls running up to me. "You won!"
"Heh, well you know what they say. The bigger they are, the harder they fall." I said.
"I can agree with that." Louise said. "Anyway, I think it's time we get back to reality." We both nodded at that.
"I don't think so." That voice! Turning, I saw Xatan and Eel helping Gahra up. On instinct, I pushed Kyoko and Louise behind me, placing a protective arm in front of them while I raised Derf up in sword form.
"Master Xatan, that girl is a Void Mage!" Gahra said while still recovering from our fight.
"I know. I saw." Xatan said as he turned to us. "I can't let you just take that girl away with you. She's the center of this world. We need her for our revenge."
"What? Your revenge to destroy every last human in this world?" I said.
"No, our rage is not directed towards all of humanity." Wait, it's not? "Our rage is only for Brimir and his descendants! And that pink haired girl just so happens to be one of them."
"You're not getting your hands on either of them!" I said, pushing the girls back further.
"We'll see about that. Gahra! Eel!"
On command, the two stepped forwards and crossed their arms. "Arm Cross!"
Xatan drew his rapier and executed his attack. "Hop, Step, Jump!"
In retaliation, I jumped too as the both of us struck with both our swords, but his rapier proved to have a longer reach as his attack reached first and threw me back, sending me flying as I rolled on the ground and struggled to get up.
"Surviving our Akumazing Attack not once, but twice. Impressive." Xatan said.
"Onii-chan/Haru!" Calling out in worry, both girls went to run towards me when Eel appeared behind them and grabbed Kyoko, knocking her out with some sort of aura before hitting Louise with a palm strike that send her flying back.
"Girls!" Rage ignited within me as I punched the ground and struggled to get back up on my feet.
"You've come far, Haru Yamamoto." Xatan said as Gahra carried Kyoko over his shoulder. "But this is where it ends. I won't have you interfere with out plans any longer!" Suddenly, a big group of monsters comprised of every monster from Kuuga to Blade as well as well as a few Ghouls and Zakennas appeared before me. "I'll leave it to you guys to take care of him. And kill the Void User while you're at it."
"Hold it!" I finally got up back to my feet and ran after the Akumaizers who attempted to take their leave. "Give Kyoko back you bastards!"
Immediately, the group of monsters got in my way. Abandoning the graceful style I had used with Kyoko, I randomly punched and kicked anyone who got in my way. I blocked weapons with Derf and slashed back, but there was too many crowding around, barely giving me space to swing Derf before I was assaulted with punches, kicks, sword slashes, and stabs which sent me flying out of the entire mass. I gritted my teeth in frustration before I forced myself up only to see the Akumaizers finally making their escape.
The Akumaizers had gotten away with my sister! That fact alone made something within me…snap.
"rrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!"
"Onii…chan…" Kyoko muttered, extending her hand out as light left from it before she fell unconscious and was taken away.
Louise regained conscious when Haru suddenly roared. Looking up, a shockwave was occurring just from Haru roaring, surprising and actually scaring the group of monsters before a black onyx Ring appeared from within Haru. Louise knew that Ring.
"Oh no…" Louise muttered as the phenomenon that occurred in Albion was about to repeat itself.
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
Unlike before, the Driver spoke in deep, dark tone as the black Ring flew around like it had a mind of its own before it slipped into Haru's hand, replacing his Flame Ring before he scanned the Ring.
GRIM REAPER! PLEASE! JIGOKU! JIGOKU! JIGOKU!
A black magic circle surrounded by swirling shadows appeared above Haru and slowly came down upon him, changing him into a form Louise had only seen once and was not too keen on seeing it again.
Haru was garbed in his normal black suit, but for some reason, it looked even blacker. The gems of his armor were onyx black. On his shoulder guards, the dragon symbols have been replaced with a skull symbol with the teeth as sharp as fangs. The area around his mouth was now a mouth guard with marks that looked like teeth. Around him was a black cloak with a hood that covered half of his helmet, making it difficult to see his 'eyes'. His fingertips have also developed into claws, looking sharp enough to tear a man in two.
Haru wasn't the only one to undergo a change as black aura manifested and swirled around Derf, transforming him from a sword and gun combo to a deadly looking scythe with a skull situated at where the blade and shaft met.
Whoa! Hold it! What is that!?
That would be something I've dubbed my Grim Reaper Style form. Now, Louise, if you could continue. I don't remember much about this part.
Right. Now, where was I…?
Now garbed in the Basic Form of his Grim Reaper Style, Haru twirled his scythe around before he stabbed the blade into the ground, a crack forming. The group of monsters separated into two to avoid the crack, but was quickly surprised when fire erupted from the crack. Then, skeletons rose from the crack, climbing out with weapons and shields in bony hands.
"Kill." It was just a single word, but it was enough to send chills down everyone spines as on Haru's command, the army of skeletons screeched before they charged at the group of monsters.
Refusing to be intimidated, the group of monsters attacked. At first, the monsters were the one's winning. Their powers overpowered the skeletons easily as the much bigger monsters simply stopped are crushed any under their feet. But what the army of skeletons lacked in power, they made up for it with overwhelming numbers. From the crack, more skeletons emerged as the ones that were destroyed and crushed earlier simply pulled themselves together whether even when some of them were nothing more than pieces. With overwhelming numbers on their side, the monsters found themselves hard pressed as they were assaulted from all sides. Some weren't that worried as their skin easily withstood their swords, but other monsters weren't as lucky as they were slashed from all over and stabbed and killed. The bigger monsters found themselves being covered by them as they lost their balance and fell down.
Meanwhile, Haru slowly walked towards all the action, dragging his scythe against the ground as the blade cased sparks on the ground to appear from time to time before he took action and jumped in. He came down upon an Orphnoch and killed it with one single slice of his scythe, the Orphnoch exploding right in front of him before he shot forward and started swinging his scythe in a wild fashion. Heads were lost from their bodies, arms and legs were sliced off, and explosions littered the field all around the being that appeared to be the Grim Reaper before everyone's eyes.
"Haru…" Louise struggled, but she managed to get up to her feet. That palm strike from earlier had hurt! Wiping blood from her lip, she turned her focus on Haru who was still rampaging with his army of skeletons.
"That's enough, Haru." Louise spoke her words in a quiet tone before she raised the volume. "You can't save Kyoko if you're like this! As your master, I order you to stop!" Wiping out her arm, she casted her magic upon Haru. The results were as she expected.
*BOOM!*
An explosion struck Haru right in the face. Louise had made sure to put enough magic in that spell to send Haru flying which he did as he flew and came down, skidding across the ground before he came to a stop.
Under the helmet, Haru's face showed no emotion. But inside, he was a raging storm that would burst out at any second. Not even somewhat hurt by the explosion, he got…when he felt something.
"Hm…?" With what little conscious he had, Haru looked down to his hand and felt that something was under it. Lifting his hand up, what he saw a Ring. But this was no ordinary Ring. Unlike his other Rings where they depicted his Phantom, Dragon, this one depicted a head of another Rider.
"This is…" Tiny flashes of light caught his attention and he looked up to see that more Rings depicting Rider heads were scattered all around him. Suddenly, as if they had a mind of their own, they glowed and floated around Haru, surrounding him in light before they stopped, leaving a back to normal Haru in his Flame Style armor.
I felt control over my own body again, telling me that I was out of my Reaper Style. The skeletons that I had summoned all vanished into dust, weapons, bones, and all, leaving me alone. But that didn't bother me as right before my eyes were the one and only…
"Rider Rings…" I muttered as I looked at each Ring before me.
There was Ryuki, Blade, Faiz, Accel, Fourze, OOO, and are those Eternal, Gaim, and Drive?
"Haru!" I heard the shout coming from Louise and I looked up to see some of the remaining monster advancing towards Louise.
"Shit!" I cursed as I grabbed a random Ring, the Fourze Ring, and quickly used it.
FOURZE! PLEASE! RIDER, RIDER, RIDER!
After that, I waited, and waited, and waited…but nothing happened.
"Shit! A dud!?" I said but I had no time to dwell on it. I had to save Loui-!
"Rider Tailspin Crusher!" A loud voice interrupted my thoughts when an orange tornado of power flew past me, surprising me as it spun in the air and came down upon the monsters that targeted Louise. They were easily destroyed under the power the finisher. Once that happened, a figure landed right in front of Louise before the sound of a switch being turned off turned the figure white.
"No…way…" I couldn't believe my eyes. Wearing a sort of white space suit on, a helmet that was shaped like rocket and the lenses orange, an orange circle on the right arm, a black square on the left arm, a blue X on the right leg, and a yellow triangle on the left leg as a small jet pack was situated at the back.
"Wh…Who are you?" Louise asked the figure in front of her.
"Me? I'm Fourze, Kamen Rider Fourze." At that introduction, I couldn't keep my inner otaku down.
"Fourze Kitaaaaaaaaaa!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, thrusting my arms up into the air before gathering all the Rings and ran towards Louise and Fourze. "Louise, you okay?"
"I'm fine, but why did you shout like that?" Louise asked.
"Because the one and only Gentaro Kisaragi is here!" I said, an excited smile on my face.
"Actually, I'm not Gentaro." Fourze said.
…
…
…
"…You're not?" I said with surprise and a bit of disappointment in my voice.
"Names Haru Yamamoto. Remember it or don't, it's up to you."
…
…
…
"What?" Both Louise and I said in shock. Did…Did this guy just say that…
"Hey," Fourze spoke up. "Mind using those other Rings of yours? We've still got some company." He pointed and we both turned to see the last of the monsters before us.
"Uh, right." I said before slipping on another Ring. I stared at it, wondering what would happen before I scanned it and the others in quick session.
FAIZ! PLEASE!
BLADE! PLEASE!
ACCEL! PLEASE!
RYUKI! PLEASE!
OOO! PLEASE!
GAIM! PLEASE!
DRIVE! PLEASE!
I hesitated when I slipped on the Eternal Ring. Eternal's an Evil Rider after all, but I need all the help I can get right now.
ETERNAL! PLEASE!
RIDER, RIDER, RIDER!
Once I was finally done scanning Rings, eight multi-colored magic circles appeared before us and appearing from then were eight armored men.
The first Rider wore a black body suit with red lines running along the arms and legs. The torso armor was silver and rounded with more red lines running through it to connect to the belt. His hands had metal fingertips with bands on the wrists and elbows. He also had a helmet on that was black with large yellow eyes and a pair of antennae which split the eyes to make it look like a phi symbol on the face. On the helmet was a small silver mouth piece that had designs that resembled teeth. On his left leg, from the knee down, was a metal brace. This is Kamen Rider Faiz.
The second wore a pure blue bodysuit. Around his waist was the Blay Buckle as the torso armor was silver with a suit of spade at the center as the shoulder pads were flat with golden decorations on the arms and spade on the top. Gold bands were wrapped around his wrists and crisscrossed strips of metal were on the boots. Strapped on his left arm was Rouze Absorber. His helmet was blue with a silver face and a single horn rising up, emulating a rhino beetle. This is Kamen Rider Blade.
The third Rider wore armor that was mostly red and quite bulky too as silver paneling were on the legs. The torso armor seemed to resemble the grill of a car with black gears around his ankles. On his back was some sort of backpack made up of folded motorcycle parts. Like his armor, his helmet was mostly red as a glowing blue circular set of lights acted as the visor as a silver 'A' was in front of a another metal 'A' acting as a horn. Around the waist was some sort of belt that looked like a set of motorcycle handle bars with a red looking memory stick in it. Upon closer look, it had an 'A' that was decorated like a speed meter. This is Kamen Rider Accel.
The fourth Rider a wore a red body suit with black boots and black armbands as well as shoulder pads, all of which had silver sockets attached to them. His torso armor is black with silver pectorals and abdomen. On his left arm was a gauntlet shaped like a dragon's head with yellow eyes and a black and silver snout as a handle extended from the front to fit in his hands. His helmet was black with a silver faceplate with a grille over two large eyes. On the forehead was a dragon head-like symbol. Around his waist was a silver belt with silver sockets on the sides. In the middle was a slot and in the slot was a black case with a golden dragon symbol on the front. This is Kamen Rider Ryuki.
The fifth Rider wore a helmet that was mainly black, save for the red face plate which looked like a hawk with its wings spread out in flight. On his forehead and acting as the hawk's beak was a red crystal and the head lens were green eyepieces. Running from his chin and down to his neck was a red line that connected to the top portion of the image on his chest. The torso armor had rounded shoulders that had yellow lines on them. The yellow lines ran down the arms and into the yellow gauntlets. Lastly, the legs were minimally covered with segmented green armor not unlike that of a grasshopper's legs, connected by green lines to the lower section of the crest. This is Kamen Rider OOO.
The sixth Rider wore a dark blue body suit which had quilted leather. On his arms and legs were golden bracers and leg covering which added extra protection. On his side was a black sword with a gold line on the blade with a trigger under the sword guard and the cross like guard that actually doubled as a gun. Around his waist was the Sengoku Driver. On the left side was a sword-shaped lever and on the right was an image indicator. In the center was what looked to be a lock depicting an orange slice as the lower part depicted a sword that looked like an orange slice? The man also wore a blue helmet with a sword-like decoration on his forehead along with a silver mouth guard. On the back of the helmet, studded steel decorated it as it looked like orange slices as well as the visor. The armor was also another eye catching thing, called the Orange Arms Part. This is Kamen Rider Gaim.
The seventh Rider wore armor that was red and greatly resembled a car. He wore a black body suit with white lines that ran down his arms and legs. He had red armored boots, silver knee pads, red gauntlets, and silver wrist bands, the right showing more silver as the left wrist was occupied by the brace, a red band wrapped around it. His shoulders were protected by pointed shoulder pads, and the chest armor was red with a black line across as it looked like something had to go there. There was a tire around his chest, giving him more of a racer appearance. Finally, his helmet greatly resembled a car, colored red with two white lines that left a thin blue line that was hardly noticeable. The lens resembled a car's headlights, a silver 'R' was on his forehead, the top of the helmet had a rear wing, giving him more of that race car feature, and finally, a silver mouth piece. This is Kamen Rider Drive.
The eighteen and last Rider wore armor that was mostly white. The chest armor, legs, shoulder pads, helmet, everything was pure white. The only things that were white were the black outlines on the shoulder pads, the bands around his wrist and ankles that had blue flame-like patterns, the blue flame patterns on his arms that extended just past his elbows, the rows of Maximum Drive slots rowed up like bandoleers, four on the right arm, six on his left thigh, and ten on the frontal harness on his breast plate with four at the back, the Lost Driver around his waist, and the black cape/cloak. Tri-pronged horns grew from the helmet with a tiny red at the center, and yellow lenses acting as the eyes. This is Kamen Rider Eternal.
I couldn't help, but stare in awe. Here before me were eight other Kamen Riders, nine if your count Fourze right here. Speaking of Fourze…
"Kamen Rider Kitaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" He shouted, making the eight Rider jump in surprise before they turned to us.
"What the hell!? Where are we!?" Ryuki said, just now realizing that he was surrounded by other Riders.
"Something tells me that I'm no longer in Central." OOO said.
"Were you the one who brought us here?" Accel said to me, bring out his signature weapon, the Engine Blade, and pointed it at me.
"Whoa! Hold it! Hear me out!" I said, backing away a bit. "I need your help."
"With what?" Faiz asked.
"With that." Fourze said, pointing over to the monsters.
The eight Riders turned and saw the monsters.
"What the hell did you bring us into?" Eternal asked as the others realized the Evil Rider standing next to them.
"I'll explain once we take care of these guys." I said, me and Fourze standing next to the Riders as I brought out Derf, now back as the WizardSwordGun.
"Something tells me that you're not Haruto Souma." Blade said.
"Who are you?" Gaim asked.
I glanced at Fourze, wondering how he'll react, before I thought fuck it and said, "Haru Yamamoto."
"Huh?" All nine Riders said before they all said, "But my names Haru Yama…mo…" They all stopped as we all looked at one another. There's no way…
"Um, men?" Snapping us out of our stupor was none other than Krim Steinbelt aka Belt-san, Drive's belt. "I'm sure we all have questions, but how about we focus on the monsters that are charging towards us."
True to the talking belt's word, the group of monsters were charging towards us right now.
"Guess we'll have to talk later." Drive said before he got into a stance before he charged ahead of the group.
"Hey! Wait up!" Ryuki said, chasing after the car-themed Rider.
"Oi! Baka! Don't charge ahead by yourself!" Accel said before he went after the two.
"Guess we all better go." Faiz said before with a flick of his wrist, we all charged, leaving Louise behind and safe.
I jumped and delivered an axe kick down upon a Grongi, slamming his head down into the ground I spun around on its head and blocked a sword strike from an Orphnoch. Kicking the used to be human, I slashed it across the chest before I kicked an attacking Undead behind me and spun around, slashing all the monsters all around me. I saw another group of monsters and watched as they fired energy blasts at me. Quickly, I took off running, dodging and rolling out of the way of the explosions all around me before I jumped and came down with a drop kick down on a Lord, stomping on the head for good measure before I flipped out of the way of spear attacks from Ghouls. Spinning around midair, I switched Derf to gun mode and fired a barrage of bullets that struck all the Ghouls and made them stumble back. A Grongi wielding a sharp sword leaped towards me and came down with an overhead slash. Quickly, I blocked the sword with my gun and grabbed the blade, moving it aside to fire bullets at close range, igniting sparks which mad the Grongi cry out in pain before I let go of the blade and kicked the Grongi away. I then opened Derf's Hand Author and scanned the Flame Ring.
FLAME! SHOOTING STRIKE! HI! HI! HI!
Spinning around, I pulled the trigger multiple times, firing fireballs that struck everything around me and ignited everything in flames which later became explosions. Blowing the smoking barrel, I turned to see how the others were. What I saw surprised me.
(BGM: Infinite Stratos OST: 01-The Battle of IS)
[BYAKUSHIKI! ON!]
Whitish-blue hologram blocks surrounded his left arm before they came together and formed a huge white gauntlet with blue outlines and a dark black clawed hand. Appearing in his hand was a metal sword before parts of it moved back as an energy blade formed. That's new.
Fourze's jet pack ignited, giving him an extra boost to jump into the air as he came down and swung his blade in an overhead slash, easily slicing an Undead in half before he moved onto the next one next to him, slicing the thing in two as if the thing was nothing more than butter. He shifted the sword in his right hand before his gauntlet hand shifted and pulled back, revealing a barrel. He took aim at a group of monsters before he fired, a blast of particle energy soaring before it slammed into the monster ahead of the group and exploded, taking the others with it. An Orphnoch tried to attack Fourze from behind, but without even looking, the space-themed Rider stabbed his energy sword behind him, the blade easily going through the Orphnoch's stomach before it exploded.
(BGM: Senki Zesshou Symphogear-Makyuu Ichii-Bal-Off Vocal)
Looking over to Faiz, I saw him jump into a dense crowd of monsters, kicking a Lord in the head before knee striking an Undead before coming down and rolled back up. An Orphnoch threw a punch, but he ducked under it and threw an elbow strike to the Orphnoch's gut, making it stumble back before he grabbed its head and brought down where he slammed right into his knee strike. He then threw the Orphnoch at his comrades where they clumsily caught him before Faiz equipped his Faiz Shot to his hand and sent a charged punched towards the group, blowing them away as they exploded soon after. Two Ghouls came from both sides, trusting their spears, but Faiz caught the one nearest to him and took away the spear, using it to block the other one before he kicked the Ghoul back before turning around and striking the other one. He then opened up the Faiz Phone and pressed ENTER.
EXCEED CHARGE
Deciding to finish things up, he jumped into the air, brought his charged first back before he came back down and slammed his fist down to the ground, sending a shock wave that sent many back.
(Fire Emblem Fates OST: Road Taken-Roar Ver.-)
Looking over to Blade, I saw him taking on the group that had the most Undeads. He blocked a strike aimed for his head before kicking back the Undead and stabbing it through the chest, I now knew that it wasn't a real Undead as it exploded and nothing remained. Blade seemed to realize this too, but it didn't let him bother him as he pressed on. What surprised me is that he drew out a second sword. It was a beautiful golden sword with three spiked prongs at the bottom with two curved in a U shape while two more were at the hand, the center being the blade. With both blades in hand, he charged at the group with great ferocity. He slashed a Ghoul across the chest, spun around and slashed an Undead across the chest, gave an X slash to another Undead, and so on. He then threw his golden blade up into the air before fanning out his Rouze Cards and took one before slashing it across his blade.
THUNDER!
Holding the Blay Rouzer in a reverse grip, he stabbed the blade into the ground and sent an electric shockwave, stunning everything around him before he caught his golden blade and took down each and every last one of them.
(BGM: Accel World OST: Silver Wing)
The sounds of slashing, sparks, and many pained cried drew my attention to Accel. Wielding the heavy Engine Blade as if it were a feather in his hands, he slashed and knocked back anyone dumb enough to get in his way. His Engine Blade must have been set to Elec cause every time he slashed someone, a static of electricity could be seen. He blocked a claw strike from a Mirror Monster before pushing the hand back and punched the thing right in the face before giving it a good hard slash across the chest before kicking it back sending it flying back. He then raised the Engine Blade and pulled the trigger.
JET!
Wasting no time, he swung forward and sent forth energy slashes that struck multiple monsters, making them fall to the ground and explode. He then turned around and did the same to another group, and another, and then another.
(BGM: Puella Magi Madoka Magica OST: Magia)
Looking over to Ryuki, I was surprised to see him sending multiple Mirror Monsters flying in a barrage of punches and kicks. Another Mirror Monster went for a punch, but he batted the strike aside and sent a fist that sunk deep into the Mirror Monsters gut, making it gasp before it was sent flying. Ryuki turned and blocked a sword strike from an Orphnoch with his Drag Visor and punched the Orphnoch in the face before jumping and threw a spinning roundhouse kick to the face, sending the Orphnoch flying and spinning out of control. Landing back on his feet, he drew a card from his deck and placed it into his Drag Visor.
STRIKE VENT
From a nearby window, it flashed before something shot out and Ryuki easily caught it as the thing Drag Claw. Then, from the window, it shined again before Ryuki's Contact Monster, Dragreder appeared and circled around Ryuki, intimidating the monsters as Ryuki thrusted the Drag Claw forward, commanding his Contact Monster to send out flames which mixed in with the flames from the Drag Claw, burning and destroying a great amount of monsters.
(BGM: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OST 3-The Intrepid)
A cry made me turn and see OOO slashing a Lord across the chest before slashing a Grongi and then kicking it back. Bullets and arrows from Orphnochs were fired at OOO, but he expertly blocked them and charged at the two. They tried firing again, but he kept blocking them before he was finally close enough and slashed the two and kicked them back. The roar of a Zakenna made him turned around to see it throw a giant fist at him. Using his Batta Legs, he jumped back a good distance before he stabbed his sword, the Medajalibur, and did something that surprised many. He slapped his hands before he slammed down on the ground. Sparks flew before the ground gave away as what sank in was used to send spikes of earth at the Zakenna, trapping it as its arms and legs were stabbed through, making it unable to move. He then grabbed his weapon and inserted two Cell Medals before grabbing the O Scanner and scanned his weapon.
DOUBLE SCANNING CHARGE!
OOO kneeled down, sword pulled back before he slashed forward, shouting, "Seiya!" before striking the Zakenna as it plus reality were sliced. The two fell before reality righted itself up, but not the Zakenna as it exploded.
(BGM: Fire Emblem Awakening OST: Id-Purpose Ver.-)
With both swords in hand, Gaim slashed those around him, Grongi, Lord, Mirror Monster, Orphnoch, and Undead. He easily blocked an attack from a Lord before kicking it back and slashed it with both his swords and turned his attention to the others. He blocked and slashed another Lord before deflecting an attack from a Grongi, slashing its back before turning to block another attack from an Orphnoch. He pulled the Pallet Slide back and fired four shots at the grey colored being, making it stumble back and gave Gaim enough room to deliver an X slash across its chest. Seeing that he still had a lot left, he grabbed the Cutting Blade of his Sengoku Driver and gave his Lockseed a single slice.'
SOIYA! ORNAGE SQUASH!
Raising both blades up, he swung his arms outward, sending a circular energy slash that extended out, forming a holographic orange slice as those caught in the attack exploded.
(BGM: Date A Live OST: Pride)
The sounds of tires screeching drew my attention and I saw Drive wielding the Handle-Ken and Door-Ju in both hands skidded across the field like a car, shooting and slashing those nearby as he swerved to a stop. He shot two Ghouls in the face before he ran forward; swing the Handle-Ken wildly as those unlucky enough to get near were thrown back. Some monster grouped up and fired at Drive, but he lifted up the Door-Ju and a projection of a car door appeared, blocking their attacks before the projection went down and he fired back, running up to them as he kept shooting. One ran up to him and attempted to hit him with its claws, but Drive easily blocked the attack with his sword and kicked the monster back before he gave the Handle-Ken a turn.
TURN!
Drive spun around at fast speeds, slashing those around him before he gave it another turn.
TURN!
Once again, the attacking came only this time Drive spun the other way. He then gave it one more turn.
U-TURN!
Now spinning around like a madman, Drive spun around everywhere, striking many around him. A Zakenna attempted to stop him, but it lost its hand in the process.
(BGM: Akame ga Kill OST: Kinpaku)
The sounds screams, yes actual screams, caught my attention and I turned to see Eternal…destroying everything. Like a black shadow, he sped past many monsters before he came to a stop behind them. Many were left in confusion before they found their heads falling off their bodies. A Ghoul and a Grongi attempted to strike his back, but he turned faster than they thought, striking both with a jumping axe kick, sending both flying. He landed back down on his two feet as if nothing ever happened. Then, he pulled out not one, but two Trigger Memories! He inserted one into a random slot in his chest before inserting the other one into his Eternal Edge.
TRIGGER!
TRIGGER!
Appearing in his left hand was a white and black Trigger Magnum while his combat knife glowed before it turned into something that looked like a cross between a sniper and a machine gun as said unknown was in machine gum mode. Wielding both guns, he fired a barrage of bullets and to my amazement, none of the bullets missed as all of them found a target to embed themselves in. Even with the helmet, there was a gleam in Eternal's eyes as with deadly accuracy kept firing as his magnum fired regular bullets while his unknown machine gun fired energy blasts that quickly took care of all the enemies around him. Out of everyone, Eternal took down the most in the least amount of time.
(BGM End)
Soon, every last monster was finally defeated, we all gathered together. Louise stood by my side as each and every Rider looked at one another, including me. There was a feeling in the air, one filled with confusion and caution. Finally, we all slowly reached for our belts, canceling our transformations and leaving us all in our civilian forms and with familiar faces.
Standing right before me were eight other me's! No joke, same hair, same eyes, and the same look that made everyone look like Shinn Asuka from Gundam Seed Destiny. Although, we all weren't the same. A few looked to be my age while a few others looked older than the rest of us. Not only that, but they were all dressed differently.
Fourze me was dressed in a grey business suit. Grey khaki pants, a grey business overcoat over a formal white shirt. The only thing that wasn't grey was the black tie and the out of place flaming colored sneakers. Out of all of us, Fourze seemed to be the oldest, at least 25 years old if I had to guess.
Faiz me was dressed in a black trench coat over a plain white T-shirt, blue denim jeans, and brown dress shoes. He appeared to be at least 20 years old.
Blade seemed a bit older then Faiz, maybe about a year or two. He wore a blue jacket over a white shirt which was covered by white chest armor plate as a midnight blue scarf adorned his neck. Blue pants covered his legs as armored boots and gauntlets protected his legs and arms.
Accel seemed close to my age, but still a bit younger so maybe 16? His outfit was very reminiscent to the original Kamen Rider Accel, Ryu Terui, which consisted of black combat boots, red pants, and a red leather jacket over a black shirt. However, there was no symbol on the back of the jacket as on his shirt was the Gurren Lagann symbol.
Ryuki me seemed to be the youngest out of all of us, 15 years old. He wore a beige overcoat and beige khaki pants with regular looking red sneakers. Judging by how the whole thing looks like a uniform, he must still be in school. And his eyes…he hasn't faced loss like me.
OOO looked slightly older than me, probably 18 years old. He wore a brown poncho over a black shirt, brown cargo pants, and dark brown traveling boots. Out of all of us, he looked like he was just out traveling.
Gaim seemed to be the same age as Blade if not slightly older. He wore a black long coat with a hood as Gaim's symbol was sewn in orange on the back. Under the coat, Gaim wore a white shirt and tan cargo pants with brown combat boots.
Drive looked like he was the same age as Accel. Like Ryuki, he was dressed in some sort of school uniform which consisted of a black overcoat over a formal white shirt with a blue striped tie, grey khaki pants, and black dress shows.
Finally, Eternal me seemed to be between Faiz and OOO so 19 years old. He wore a white trench coat with tattered ends over a black shirt, beige colored pants, and black combat boots. There was this look in his eyes that told me a lot. That this guy has killed a lot more people than even me and that's saying something. Then again, he is Kamen Rider Eternal.
"…Well," Belt-san was the one to break to silence for us. "This is a surprise."
"You're telling us." Accel said as we all gave each other another look to make sure our eyes weren't fooling us. One blink, two blinks, three blinks…nope, still seeing other me's.
"S-So many Haru's…" Louise said as I can't help, but think that she was thinking something negative and it involved me.
"Seeing as one of us is Wizard, I'm guessing you summoned us through the Rider Rings." Eternal said to me.
I nodded. "That's right. I'm surprised that there are so many of me."
"I guess we can check off another thing in the multiverse theory that's true now." OOO said.
"Judging from this setting, I'm guessing Movie War Ultimatum?" Blade asked and I nodded.
"What's Movie War Ultimatum?" Ryuki spoke as he, Accel, Gaim, and Drive were the only ones that looked confused.
"You don't know what Movie War Ultimatum is? Haven't you seen it?" Faiz asked only getting shakes of the head.
"I have a bit of amnesia, so I don't really know a lot about my past." Gaim said, surprising us a bit.
"Okay, you I get," I said to Gaim before turning to the other three. "But how do you guys not know Movie War Ultimatum?"
"How do you expect us to know? This is the first time I've seen other people with 'Kamen Rider' to their name. I thought I was the only one." Accel said.
"And I thought me and my friends were the only Kamen Riders." Ryuki said.
"The only other Kamen Rider I know is Tobiichi's brother." Drive said as Belt-san made a noise and face that he agreed with him.
No way…How is this possible. Judging from the other me's, they're like me. Taken from their own world and became Kamen Riders through some unknown force. If what Gaim said is true, then that puts him on the same boat as us. But those three…
"Natural born Riders." OOO spoke up.
"What do you mean?" Fourze asked.
"These guys were never taken from their world like us." OOO said. "If they were never taken from their world and still become Kamen Riders, then that makes them natural born Riders."
"Hold on, did you say world?" Gaim asked, but no one answered him.
"Natural born Riders? What do you mean by that?" Accel asked.
Instead of answering him, OOO asked, "Tell me; does the names Double, Agito, Decade, or Ichigo sound familiar to you?" Accel, Ryuki, and Drive all shook their heads. "Then it looks like my theory was correct."
"Hey, you still haven't explained what this theory of yours is." Drive said.
"That's not important right now." Eternal said before turning to me. "You were the one who brought us here which means you can send us back, right?"
"Huh?" I said. "Well, yeah. I can send any of you back if I wanted."
"Good." Eternal said. "I don't know about some of us, but there are things I need to do and I can't waste my time being here."
"I agree." Accel said. "I've got better things to do than help you with whatever problem you have on your hands."
"What!?" I said, shocked and angry. "Don't you even care what happens to Kyoko!?"
That got them all to freeze up and look at me.
"Kyoko? As in…my, I mean, our sister?" Faiz asked, correcting himself so he spoke for everyone.
I answered Faiz with a simple nod of my head. They all looked at one another for just a sec before turned to me and said at the same time, "We're listening."
(With the Akumaizers)
"You sure gave me a lot of trouble." Xatan said as he and his bothers walked into the warehoused that housed the armored truck.
"I'm deeply sorry, master Xatan." Gahra said. "But that girl was-!"
"We know, Gahra." Xatan interrupted the muscle head. "Just like Eel here, you'll get your revenge. Samuel, Marcus, Betty, they're deaths will not be taken likely."
"Master Xatan, perhaps we should use that last resort plan. I sensed nine unknown life signatures just appear." Eel said.
"While I'd hate to use that plan, if it comes to it then we'll do it." Xatan said before he jumped onto the truck. "For now, get one. The finale is about to begin and I want it to be as flashy as possible."
"Yes, Master Xatan." Both demons said before they entered the special space inside the truck they had created before the truck took off with an army of monsters following close behind.
"Hm?" Xatan looked up and saw what was in front of them. "Well, well, well. Looks like he survived."
"Ugh…" Slowly, Kyoko started to regain conscious and the first thing she knew that she was binded to some rock, unable to escape.
"And it looks like our Sleeping Dreamer is awake." Xatan said.
"Where am I?" Kyoko said before she saw what the demons had been looking at. Looking through some sort of window that showed them the outside stood her big brother…plus eight more!?
"Why are there more of them!?" Gahra asked, confused as to why there were so many Haru's.
"I don't know, but it's interesting." Xatan said. "Let's give them something to chew on."
(With Haru)
"There they are." I said as not too far from us were a big group of monsters plus an armored truck. No doubt the Akumaizers and Kyoko are in there.
"We're going in, right?" Fourze said as he and the others took out their Drivers.
"Yeah." I said as I slipped on my Rings. "We're gonna make them sorry for even touching Kyoko."
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
"Heh." Faiz laughed as he and the others put on their Drivers. "She may not be any of our real sisters, but she's still Kyoko all the same."
"Time to send these guys back to where they belong." Eternal said.
"Then let's get this show on the road already!" Ryuki said.
"Hey, Ryuki, quick question." I said, making him turn to me.
"What is it?"
"Have you ever killed anyone before?"
"What!? No!" Ryuki said. "Sure I send thugs to the hospital from time to time and I go a bit too far, but I don't kill. That's just wrong."
Those words…Only the past me would say those words.
"Sorry, was just asking." I said. "Now then, let's get this show on the road!" The other me's nodded and got ready. Accel and Eternal took out their Memories, OOO took out his Medals, Ryuki held up his Deck, Faiz took out his Faiz Phone, Blade slipped the Change Ace card into the Blat Buckle, Gaim took out an Orange Lockseed, Drive turned the 'key' on Belt-san, Fourze flipped the switches on his belt, and I simply held up my Ring slipping down the visor.
ORANGE!
[3]
ACCEL!
[2]
ETERNAL!
[1]
STANDING BY
"HENSHIN!"
SOIYA! ORANGE ARMS! HANMICHI ON STAGE!
DRIVE! TYPE: SPEED!
ACCEL!
ETERNAL!
COMPLETE
TURN UP!
TAKA! TORA! BATTA! TA-TO-BA! TATOBA TA-TO-BA!
FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI, HI, HI!
"Alright you creeps…Hitoppashiri tsukiaeyo(Let's go for a ride)!" Drive said, getting into a stance.
"Koko kara wa oretachi no sutēji da(This is our stage now)!" Gaim said, drawing his swords and getting into a stance.
"Uchu Kitaaaa(It's space time)! Taiman harasete morau ze(Let's settle this one-on-one)!" Fourze said even though we're all in a group.
"You all better be prepared…because I'm about to give you all a one way ticket to hell!" Eternal said.
"Yosha(Alright!)!" Ryuki said, pumping himself up like how the original Ryuki would do before a fight.
"Sa, Furikiru ze(Now, let's shake it off)!" Accel said.
Blade and OOO just got themselves ready while Faiz simply flicked his wrist.
"From here on…This is the Kamen Riders' Showtime!" I said before slipping on another Ring and turned to Louise. "Stay close to me. We're getting Kyoko back together." She nodded in agreement before I flipped the Shift Levers and scanned the Ring.
CONNECT! PLEASE!
A big magic circle, and I mean REALLY big appeared in front of all of us and we all wasted no time running through it. Coming out on the other side, we all rode on, or in in Drive's case, our Rider Machines. Accel simply transformed into Bike mode and Eternal was on a bike that bared an uncanny resemblance to Kamen Rider Double's HardBoilder except the front was white, the back was azure blue, and at the sides was a golden E.
"Ikuze!" Fourze shouted as we all drove. Louise was riding with me as we approached the armored truck.
The group of monsters met to intercept us, but all either ran over them or jumped over them. We all had one goal and that was to save Kyoko. We don't have time to deal with these guys. Unfortunately, it seems they weren't gonna let us simply drive away as bikes appeared before them. Those that could drive got on and those couldn't simply got on with someone else and soon they chased after us.
"We got company!" Ryuki shouted while driving in his Rider Shooter.
"Belt-san! A little help?" Drive asked.
"I'm on it!" Belt-san responded before shouting out, "FLARE, SPIKE, SHADOW!"
Suddenly, the left front tire as well as the extra tires on its back changed. The left front turned orange with a flaming design, the right extra tire back green with dangerous looking spikes, and the left extra tire became purple and resembled a shuriken. Once they appeared, the orange wheel ignited in flames while the two tires in the back fired hologram spikes and shurikens that struck and destroyed some of the monsters behind us. Meanwhile, Ryuki drew a card from his deck and slotted it into his Drag Visor.
ADVENT
The window covering of Ryuki's Rider Shooter shined before his Contract Monster, Dragreder appeared from it and flew towards the group behind us, firing fireballs one after the other. At the same, Eternal got out his Eternal Edge and a Trigger Memory before inserting it into the combat knife.
TRIGGER!
Once again, the knife turned into that unknown gun in machine mode as Eternal turned and fire behind him, striking many. However try as they might, some still manage to catch up to us. One drove up next to me and attempted to grab Louise, but I batted aside the hand and kicked the rider off the bike, making said bike swerve until it fell down on its side. Other's had similar experiences as monsters drove up to them and attempted to knock them off, but they fought back, punching and kicking the riders away from them. Eternal, Drive, and Dragreder did their best to assist us, but there was only so much they could hit. I drew Derf in gun mode and started firing, helping out as more and more riders caught up to us. Suddenly, many Riders were knocked over or crushed when something resembling the RevolGarry only white with yellow 'eyes' appeared. This must belong to Eternal if the color was anything to go by. Inside were the Gunner A, the Turbuler unit, and the Splasher unit.
"Use those!" Eternal shouted to Accel and he thanked him before backpedaling into the Eternal themed RevolGarry, equipping the first thing he drove into which was the Gunner A thus becoming the AccelGunner.
Now armed with the Gaia Cannon and Gatling Wheel, Accel drove out and started shooting nonstop, cannons shots blowing way many while the Gatling Wheel took care of those close to us. Eternal soon followed Accel's example and backpedaled into the Garry, detaching the back part before the wheel spun and he soon quipped the Turbuler unit. Extending the wings, Eternal took off as he took out his second Trigger Memory and inserted it into a ransom slot before his Eternal themed Trigger Magnum appeared in his other hand. He then took out his Eternal memory and inserted it into the Magnum before switching the gun to Maximum Drive mode.
ETERNAL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
In the air and armed with two very dangerous guns, Eternal rained down shots of azure fire and energy down upon the enemies around us plus the struck that was attempting to escape. Explosions littered the field as me and the others here on the ground made sure not to get in Eternal's line of sight or else we'll be more than burnt toast.
"Louise, see if you can hit that truck with an explosion!" I shouted over all the action.
"I'll try!" Louise said before she stood up, taking care to not fall off which was hard since I had to constantly turn from time to time. Whipping out her wand, she casted small explosion spells at the armored truck. She casted five times, but only two managed to hit as the rest just simply exploded next to it. "Ugh, I can't get a proper aim with all this action!"
"Then I guess we'll just have to get in closer!" I said as I revved the engines and sped up.
"Hey! No free rides!" Ryuki shouted when two Ghouls jumped on top of his Ride Shooter and started to strike at the covering.
BOOSTER TRIDORON!
Suddenly, energy shots were fired and the Ghouls were knocked off and destroyed. Looking to see who had helped, it was Drive with the Ride Boosters attached to the Tridoron, giving it flight capabilities as the flying car flew down to Ryuki.
"You okay?" Drive asked.
"Peachy." Ryuki said as he did something to his Ride Shooter before he unbuckled himself and jumped onto the one of the Boosters. Meanwhile, his Rider Shooter continued on at its top speed, 930 km/h, easily catching up to the truck as it crashed into the truck, knocking off some monster that were on said truck and destroying the back tires, slowing it down immensely, but it still had enough wheels to probably drive itself.
"That was reckless!" Blade shouted, slashing a monster that drove up next to him.
"Like you're one to talk!" Ryuki said before he grabbed onto the handles of the Booster he was on. "So, how does this work?"
"Just shoot, hang on, and try not to fall off." Drive said as he drove up.
"Let's get in close!" OOO said to Gaim and Blade. They simply nodded before they drove off ahead of me and Fourze.
OOO then took out a can from his Rider Machine, the Ridevendor and popped it open, revealing that the cane was a Tora Candroid. This thing jumped onto his shoulder before OOO switched Core Medals and scanned them.
RION! TORA! CHEETAH! RA-TA RA-TA, RA-TORA~TAH!
OOO was suddenly surrounded by spinning colored Medals before three were chosen and placed right in front of him; Rion(Lion) at the top, Tora(Tiger) in the middle, and Cheetah at the bottom before they combined and slammed into his chest. The lenses of his helmet changed from green to blue as golden spiked metal mane appeared in place of the hawk face plate with a single yellow line connecting down to the circle on his chest. The Tora arms were still the same while the bottom was covered in a bit more armor and was colored in a lighter shade of yellow, but also had black spots like a cheetah. The O-Crest on him displayed the Medals he had used, lion at the top, tiger in the middle, and cheetah at the bottom. This was OOO's RaToraTah form.
Once OOO was done transforming, the Tora CanDroid on his shoulder jumped off and enlarged, landing right in OOO's way. The front wheels of his bike then split and folded back, allowing the enlarged CanDroid to connect itself to the Ridevendor as the front split, allowing the CanDroid to equip it with a new pair of eyes and teeth as the sides of the CanDroid became claws. This was the personal ride of OOO's RaToraTah form, the Toride Vendor.
With everything complete, OOO drove the feral bike next to the armored truck and immediately had the bike use its teeth and claws to latch onto the truck's side before blasting the sides with Medal shaped blasts of energy at point-blank range. Meanwhile, both Blade and Gaim drove up to the truck on the other side and changed forms themselves.
PINE!
ABSORB QUEEN!
FUSION JACK!
Appearing above Gaim was a Crack as a set of armor resembling a pineapple descended from the crack. At the same time, Blade inserted a card into his Rouze Absorber. Gaim unlocked his Orange Lockseed and slotted in the new one before locking it into place and giving it a 'slice.'
LOCK ON!
SOIYA! PINE ARMS! FUNSAI DESTROY!
The metal pineapple fell down upon Gaim's shoulder as his Orange Armor Parts disappeared into tiny rainbow colored particles. The metal pineapple then disassembled. The front folded like his orange armor except yellow as the sides fold down to form shoulder armor that reached down to his upper arms. The back rests on his back as his helmet is decorated in yellow studs surrounded with green 'leaves.' Not only that, but appearing in his hands was the Pine Arms' personal weapon, the Pine Iron, a pineapple themed Morning Star.
As for Blade, his armor stayed the same except it was now golden. The spade symbol at the front of his armor had the Fusion Eagle symbol in it in gold. The shoulder pads became sturdier, golden markings appeared on his helmet, and most importantly a pair of wings appeared on his back, allowing him to fly which is what he did once he was done transforming. This was Blade's Fusion Jack form.
Gaim twirled his Pine Iron a few times before he flung it at the truck next to him; the weapon immediately embedding itself into the truck. As if sensing what Gaim did, the truck drove off to the right, pulling Gaim off of his bike, the Sakura Hurricane and was dragged across the ground. Meanwhile, with OOO, it was having trouble not to be thrown off when the truck had drove to his side. Quickly helping Gaim who was in more trouble, Blade jumped flew down and grabbed Gaim, flying up and landing him the back of the truck or what was left of the back as Gaim gave a quick thank you before he made his way to the top.
"Looks like they could use some help." Fourze said before he took out a Switch that looked like most of an orange Rocket before he inserted it into his Driver, replacing the Rocket Switch before he switched it on.
[ROCKET! ON!]
Fourze soon jumped off as his armor changed right before my eyes. His suit turned mostly orange as the sides and shoulders were silver while a blue line separated the two colors. His helmet also became orange as the lenses turned blue in color. The legs stayed the same while both his arms turned orange and were equipped with two Rocket Modules on both arms. This was Fourze's Rocket States.
"Need a lift?" Before Louise and I could say anything, he suddenly flew down and wrapped his arms around us before taking off, the boosters of his Modules giving him flight as we cried out in surprise.
"Hey! At least warn us when you do something like this!" Louise said, slapping Fourze's helmet who just laughed it off.
"Haha! Wari, wari." Fourze said before he flew over to the truck where Blade and Gaim were at the top trying not to fall off. "Here's your stop."
He descended down and dropped us off of the roof of the truck, leaving me and Louise with Blade and Gaim as Fourze flew back up.
"We'll take care of things out here. You three try and get Kyoko out of there!" Fourze said before he flew away to assist the others.
I nodded at Fourze before he left before turning to the other versions of me.
"So, any plan on how to get in?" Gaim asked.
"Just one." I said as I slipped on a Ring and scanned it.
FALL! PLEASE!
Placing my hand over the ground, a magic circle appeared before it disappeared, leaving a big enough hole for all of us to jump in at once.
"Let's go." I said as the others nodded before we all jumped in. The drop was surprisingly longer than I thought, but not too long as the four of us landed on our feet safely. Looking around, we were in some sort of red void while rock formations. Shackled to one of those was Kyoko as the Akumaizers stood right in front of her, in our way.
"Onii-chan! Onee-chan!" Kyoko said once she saw us.
"Just wait a little longer, Kyoko! We're coming to save you!" Louise said.
"So you somehow managed to make it here." Xatan said. "Don't you ever give up?"
"We mages have a hard time giving up. Right, Louise." I asked the pinkette next to me who nodded while I slipped on different Rings. "This time, you three aren't gonna stop me from saving my sister!"
"We won't let you have her!" Gahra said as he swung his arms, getting ready for a fight.
"Indeed. We need her for our revenge." Eel said as he placed a hand over his rapier.
"So, who are these two?" Xatan said, referring to Blade and Gaim next to me.
"We're just a couple of passing through Kamen Riders." Blade said.
"Who are here to kick your sorry asses!" Gaim said as he removed the Rider indicator of his Driver before inserting a Genesis Core in its place before taking out a Lemon Energy Lockseed.
LEMON ENERGY!
At the same time, I quickly flipped the Shift Levers and scanned the Flame Dragon Ring while at the same time, Gaim slotted in the Energy Lockseed and Orange Lockseed, locked them into place, and gave them a 'slice.'
LOCK ON!
FLAME DRAGON! BOU! BOU! BOU, BOU, BOU!
SOIYA! MIX: JIMBER LEMON! HA-HA!
Up above Gaim, both the Orange Arms Part and the Lemon Energy Arms part appeared from Cracks before they seemed to collide with each other before glowing into a sphere and re-emerging as a black oblong sphere which was marked with silver accents. It came down upon Gaim before it dissembled. The sides and front folded together to make shoulder plates and a chest plate while the sides around the chest plate likewise folded out, giving the image of wearing a Jimbaori coat like samurai of old would. The sides were colored yellow and patterned with lemon slices as marked on the left side was his signature insignia. The visor of his helmet remained orange while the helmet attachment was the same black color like the like the Jimber Arms and had silver accents. Splashes of mixed color appeared in his hand before forming into a red futuristic arrow. This was Gaim's Jimber Lemon Arms and in his hands was the Sonic Arrow.
At the same time, I changed into my Flame Dragon Style. The coat section of my suit turned bright red as my chest armor became silver, resembling a dragon's head. My shoulder armor had turned into silver circular platings with round rubies in the center. My helmet also changed slightly as well, sporting a golden head ornament like Dragon would wear with a round ruby embedded in the center.
COPY! PLEASE!
Using my other Ring, I summoned Black Derf into my other hand and held both swords at the ready while Blade and Gaim stood beside me, weapons raised and ready. In response, the Akumaizers stepped forth and drew their rapiers.
"This is turning into one hell of a party." Derf commented.
"You can say that again." I said. "Louise, try and get Kyoko free while we deal with these guys." Louise quickly before me and my two fellow Riders charged at the three demon musketeers.
The Akumaizers met our challenge and our blades met right away. Blade and Eel did battle as the both of them clashed blades and entered a deadlock, but Blade quickly raised his feet and kicked Eel in the gut, making the demon stumble back. Blade went for another attack when Eel jumped and took to the air, the wings on his back enlarging allowing him to fly. Chasing after him, Blade extended his wings and took off after the flying demon where they clashed blades again until Blade pushed him back being the one with greater strength and gave Eel two quick slashes to the chest before kicking him on his sides, throwing the flying demon down to the ground where he crashed and rolled.
Gaim took on Gahra and easily dodged and deflected Gahra's rapier attacks with the bladed edges of his Sonic Arrow. Seeing as his sword skills weren't getting him anywhere, Gahra switched to throwing punches here and there as well as occasionally throwing stabs of his rapier. Gaim simply dodged each attack before he caught Gahra's rapier in his hand and threw a downward slash to Gahra before using the bottom blade to slash upward, igniting cries of pain from the demon before Gaim turned him around and kicked him away before shifting the Sonic Arrow to his left hand before firing an energy arrow which sent him back, landing right next to Eel.
I jumped and went for a jumping slash, but Xatan deflected my attack as I landed back. Not wanting to be back attacked, I spun around just in time to block an attack from Xatan before I used Black Derf to strike him across the chest with enough force to send him flying. The two demons saw their leader flying before they got up quickly and crossed their arms.
"Arm Cross!"
Xatan flipped through the air and landed perfectly on his comrades' arms before they pushed him off and he was flying toward us, throwing his signature Akumazing Attack at us.
"Get behind me!" I said to the two Riders as I switched Rings.
DEFEND! PLEASE!
I held out my hand as a red magic circle surrounded by flames appeared before us, successfully blocking Xatan's attack though it wasn't easy. My defense almost didn't hold out. But it did and that's when both Riders attacked once my defense and Xatan's attack canceled each other. Gaim 'sliced' his Lockseed twice while Blade swiped two Rouze Cards.
SOIYA! ORANGE AU LAIT! JIMBER LEMON AU LAIT!
THUNDER + SLASH = LIGHTNING SLASH!
"Take this!" Both Gaim and Blade shouted before they ran out from behind me and with blades surrounded by energy and electricity, gave Xatan two slashes across the chest, dealing massive damage as well as sending Xatan back to his fellow demons.
"Master Xatan!" Both Eel and Gahra said in worry as they helped their leader.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame me. But you are not fooling me a third time." I said. I was not about to experience that attack for a third time.
"Leave this to us!" Gahra said as he gave his rapier to Xatan before stepping forth. "Power-Up!"
Sparks ignited around Gahra's arms before he charged at me. Blade and Gaim went to defend, but Gahra's increased strength was more than they anticipated as they were blown back from his strength. He then went after me and I quickly crossed my swords, blocking his attack, but his increased strength sent me back.
"Good job, Gahra!" Xatan said before he jumped towards me, wielding both rapiers in hand.
I blocked the first strike and deflected the second attack before we both pulled back, swords held in front of us. We waited a moment to see who would attack first before we both attacked at the same time. We swung our swords in a flurry, fighting with grace and caution as one slip up would allow the other an opening to attack. Xatan then rushed in and sent a barrage of thrusts at me, all aimed for my head. Because his attacks came in so quickly I was forced to move to dodge before I finally deflected the last attack and deflected another attack from his second rapier before I twirled both Derf's and thrusted them both forward, sticking his chest as he was sent back flying once again.
"You're mine, Void User!" Gahra said, swinging his arms around as he approached Louise who was still trying to save Kyoko.
"I won't let you!" Thankfully, Blade came in, appearing in front of Gahra before giving him a slash to the chest, making the bulky demon stumble back. Angry that he was denied his chance at Louise, he charged towards Blade like a raging bull. In response, Blade swiped two Rouze Cards.
THUNDER + TACKLE = LIGHTNING TACKLE!
Blade then leaned down before he charged towards Gahra surrounded by lightning. The two met, but Blade won the charge instantly as Gahra was sent flying back.
"Have at thee!" Eel said as he engaged Gaim.
Seeing him coming, moved out of the way of an axe kick before block a sword strike from Eel's rapier. Gaim pushed the blade back and went to slash Eel, but he flipped over Gaim, showing off his acrobatics. He flipped back a few times to gain some distance before raising his rapier and flipped back towards Gaim, forcing the samurai themed Rider back in order to avoid the thrown kicks towards him. Quickly, as he was pushed back, Gaim removed the Lemon Energy Lockseed and inserted it into his Sonic Arrow.
LOCK ON!
Seeing that Gaim was going for a finisher, Eel stopped flipping and attempted to stop Gaim by thrusting his rapier for a stab that would stop Gaim, but the samurai themed Rider ducked under the attack as the blades of his Sonic Arrow glowed before he slashed upward, striking Eel across the chest as the attack sent him flying up. Seeing his chance, Gaim grabbed his Cutting Blade and 'sliced' his Orange Lockseed once.
SOIYA! ORANGE SQUASH! LEMON ENERGY!
Raising his arrow up, he aimed up towards and pulled the string back as energy gathered at the tip while a line of orange slices appeared in front of him one by one as they formed a path to Eel. He then quickly released and fired an energy arrow that traveled through the orange slices, getting stronger and stronger before it passed through the last orange slice and struck Eel right in the chest where the heart would be.
Eel gasped in pain before he shouted out his last words of respect towards Gaim. "Well done!"
*BOOM!*
Hearing the explosion, Xatan and Gahra turned and gasped in horror as one of their bothers was killed.
"Eel!"
Seeing that the enemies were distracted, Blade raised a hand over his helmet before bringing it down, splashing water that appeared out of nowhere when it formed into a navy blue faceless mask with a white horn in the middle. Navy blue horns sprouted from the mask, appearing from both sides of the white horn as they leaned back. White fangs and antler-like horns surrounded the mask as Blade's red lenses glowed under the unknown mask, making it seemed like red glowing eyes were under the mask, giving the whole thing a creepy look. With this unknown mask on, he jumped and flipped around, attacking Xatan with an overhead slash.
Gahra snapped out of his stupor and saw Blade attacking his leader. "Master Xatan!"
Gahra quickly moved and pushed Xatan out of the way, leaving Gahra as the one to face Blade's finishing combo which consisted of an overhead slash before jumped back and thrusted out his left arm. Strange bandage like wrappings appeared around his arm before it morphed into some sort of spear which struck Gahra through the chest. He pulled back and landed on his feet before rushing up to Gahra and delivered an upward slash before throwing Blay Rouzer away and held his left arm outward. Those strange bandages appeared again before his whole arm became a giant mouth with teeth! He threw this mouth arm in front of him before the mouth opened up and at point blank range, fired a blast of water that struck Gahra and sent him flying.
"I got beaten!" Were Gahra's last words before he exploded.
*BOOM!*
"Gahra!" Xatan yelled in horror.
"What was all that?" I asked Blade who got rid of the mask.
"Would you believe me if I said I have Dragon's Blood in me?" Blade said while Louise finally got Kyoko free.
"Onee-chan!" Kyoko cried tears of happiness as she hugged Louise.
"I got you. Don't worry." Louise said soothingly before shouting over to me. "I've got Kyoko!"
"Good job!" I said before turning to Gaim and Blade. "I need you two to get the girls out of here."
"What about you?" Gaim asked.
"I still have a score to settle with this guy." I said as Xatan threw away his rapier and picked up the ones of his fallen comrades.
"Eel…Gahra…my brothers…You shall be avenged!" Xatan said before he charged towards us.
I quickly ran forth and clashed blades with him, entering a deadlock before turning to the others. "Hurry up and go! I'll catch up later!"
"But we can't just leave-!" Louise never got to finish as Gaim grabbed her.
"You heard the man! Let's go!" Gaim said before Blade grabbed Kyoko and they both jumped through the hole that we came from. Once they were gone, both me and Xatan pulled back.
"So, in the end, it's just you and me."
"Yeah. Let's end this on a high note."
"En Garde, Haru Yamamoto!" Xatan said before we both charged one another.
(BGM: blAdE by Hiroyuki Sawano)
We both clashed blades before Xatan pushed on, forcing me to pull back as Xatan ran forward. He then pushed both my swords up and delivered an X slash across my chest, making me stumble back where I collided with one of the stone formations here in this room. Seeing me backed up against the wall in a sense, he went in for a stab, but I moved my head out of the way in time and kneed him in the stomach, making him pull back before I delivered two upward diagonal slashes across the chest before finishing it off with an X slash and a kick then sent him back rolling on the ground. I jumped towards him and raised both sword above me, going to strike him down for good, but he rolled out of the way in time and quickly got up. With swords still on the ground, I grinded both Derfs' blades across the ground as their blades traveled to the demon, but he blocked both blades with his rapiers before throwing a snapping front kick to my chin, making me stumble back as I held my chin as I tasted a bit of blood in my mouth with a bit escaping my mouth. He rushed in at me, throwing a barrage of multiple stabs at me like how Eel tried to do with Gaim. I dodged them as best as I could, only blocking the ones I couldn't dodge as I made sure to keep one eye on his other rapier. That eye proved good as I saw Xatan throw in his other sword for another stab, but deflected the attack with normal Derf, moving the made so that it wouldn't hit me before I twirled Derf around and thrust him forward, hitting Xatan right in the chest, making him pull back before I jumped, spun, and delivered a spinning downward slash across his chest with Black Derf, igniting sparks as he cried out in pain and flew back, both his rapiers slipping out of his hands as he crashed into the stone dome they were using to keep Kyoko in. Quickly, I opened the Hand Authors of both Derfs' and scanned my Ring.
FLAME! SLASH STRIKE! HI, HI, HI!
FLAME! SLASH STRIKE! HI, HI, HI!
With normal, enhanced flames dancing around Derf and black, corrupted flames dancing around Black Derf, I slashed both swords forward, sending two flaming energy slashes that traveled at fast speeds before hitting Xatan. His cries were all I heard over the flames before an explosion occurred.
(BGM End)
"You got him!" Derf cheered when all of a sudden, a sudden tremor shook the place followed by the cries of the other Riders. They must be destroying this thing from the outside.
"Yeah. Now it's time we got out of here." I said before I ran over to the hole at the top and jumped through it and in time to as the minute I jumped out of the truck, it drove off over a cliff and after a few rolls against the cliff walls, it exploded. As for me, I landed right at the edge. I almost fell back, but I found my balance in time to catch myself.
"Onee-chan/Haru!" Louise and Kyoko along with everyone else.
"Told you I'd make it back." I said as Black Derf disappeared from my hands.
"Onii-chan!" Running up to me, Kyoko tackled me into a hug, almost making me fall off.
"Oi! Be careful!" I said.
"Onii-chan, thank you for saving me." Kyoko said, showing me a smile that made me smile under my helmet.
"Hey, we're siblings. We have to look after one another." I said before looking towards Louise. "Besides, Louise helped out too."
"Thank you, Onee-chan." Kyoko said as she ran up to the girl to give her a hug too.
"You're one of my Familiars after all. It's a Masters' duty to take care of them." Louise said as she looked away with a blush. What a tsudere.
I then turned to the other Riders. "Thank you, for everything."
"Don't mention it." Ryuki said.
"We Riders have to help out one another from time to time." Fourze said.
"Now, I think it's time you sent us all back." Eternal said.
"Will we ever meet again?" I asked out of curiosity. After all, it's not every day you meet other versions of yourselves that are also different Kamen Riders.
"Maybe. Who knows?" Drive said.
"Again, thanks for everything." I said as I was about to will the nine Riders away…
"It's…NOT OVER!"
When a bigger explosion down below the cliff stopped me as we all turned and saw something rise from the flames. It looked like some sort of mechanical fish demon. A single giant horn was situated at the head, red glowing eyes stared down at us, mechanical bat wings were at the sides and at the end of the tail, and the inside of the mouth were rows upon rows of teeth that would have intimidated a family of sharks.
"What is that!?" Louise screamed.
"It's the Zaiderbeck!" I said as the one thing I didn't want to face was right in front of us.
"If I bring this out into the real world, nothing in the Four Great Magical Kingdoms can stop me! Go, Zaiderbeck!" Xatan's voice was heard from inside as the giant monstrosity known as Zaiderbeck fired a barrage of lasers at us. Acting quickly, grabbed the girls and used my body as shield to protect them from the barrage of lasers. I don't know if it was luck or that the thing shot like a Storm Trooper, but none of the lasers struck us. When the barrage ended did the metal construction took to the air. That is the complete opposite of what happened in the movie. Then again, these Akumaizers aren't trying to destroy all of humanity, just Brimir's descendants, and they don't have the Zever with them.
"You two okay?" I asked the girls and they nodded. Glad that they were okay, I stood up and looked up towards the sky.
"We need to go after him!" OOO said.
"Can anyone of you fly?" I asked the Riders behind me.
In response, the Tridoron equipped with the Ride Boosters appeared with Ryuki and Gaim getting on, Eternal got on the, what I will call for now EternalTurbuler, Fourze raising up his Rocket Modules as he was still in Rocket States, OOO holding up three red Core Medals, Accel holding up the Gaia Memory Enhancing Adapter, Faiz brought out the Faiz Blaster, and Blade…transformed into a dragon. No, I am not kidding, he literally turned into a fucking dragon!
Blade's Dragon form had white scales as the golden armor of his Fusion Jack form covered parts of his body. His arms, legs, and some of his new tail were covered with golden armor platings that wrapped around most of his body as his hands and feet grew into claws. The chest and shoulder armor were still the same, changing shape a bit in order to fit his new body. His underbelly was navy blue just like his suit as his wings became protective armor for his new dragon wings. Finally, his neck grew out a bit as his head was that of that mask he pulled out earlier instead the horn was now golden as glowing red eyes flashed before they disappeared.
Everyone stared at Blade in shock as he looked at us and grunted. Guess he can't speak in that form.
"You know what? I'm not gonna question this." I said as I took out the Ring I had used during the Battle of Tarbes; the Special Rush Ring. "Let's just hurry up and get this over with."
The other me's nodded before they each did their own thing.
TAKA! KUJAKU! CONDOR! TA~JA~DOR!
OOO inserted his three selected Core Medals before scanning them. Once again, he was surrounded by spinning colored Medals before three were selected, Taka at the top, Kujaku at the middle, and Condor at the bottom, before they combined together and slammed into OOO, changing him once again.
The Taka Head helmet had turned into the Taka Head Brave with a more detailed design on the helmet to resemble a bird's head with the yellow beak being a gemstone. The wing-attachments to the helmet had become bigger and the eye lens had turned red. Then there were the Kujaku Arms where the shoulder blades were winged and equipped to his legs were the Condor Leg armor. The sides of his thighs were decorated with crimson fabric which held the image of feathers then looked upon. The shin armor spread out just below the knees in a more wing-like decoration. His feet had a single yellow blade rising from the red armor over his feet with two similar blades coming from either side of his ankles. The O-Lung Circle crest was surrounded by a golden ring which sported a red emblem that resembled a phoenix. This is OOO's TaJaDor form.
Next, Faiz took out the Faiz Phone from his Driver and inserted it into the Faiz Blaster.
STANDING BY
Next, he typed in the code for his transformation: 555 and then pressed ENTER.
AWAKENING
A red burst of light appeared from Faiz before it died down and revealed his new form for everyone to see.
His entire bodysuit had turned from black to bright red as the Photon Veins turned from red to black; including the antenna of his helmet which had also turned bright red as the metal fingertips of his hands were the same. Around his waist, the Faiz Gear remained unchanged with all the equipment still there. The only thing that seemed to completely change was his chest armor. It was still silver, along with the shoulder pads turning silver, but it now had two new Photon Veins going through both sides of his chest armor, curving down before straightening up to run to the top and over his shoulder to connect with the Photon Field Floater which was attached to his back. This is Faiz's Blaster form, his ultimate form.
Then, Accel took out his Accel Memory and inserted it into the Adapter before re-inserting it into his Driver before transforming.
ACCEL UPGRADE: BOOSTER!
Right before everyone eyes, Accel's armor went from red to golden yellow. His 'eyes' no longer glowed as they were covered with armor plating. The chest and shoulder armor was gone and in place were a different set of armor which were actually a plethora of jet boosters with two at his ankles in place of the wheels. This was Accel's Booster form.
Now it was my turn as I flipped the Shift Levers and scanned the Special Rush Ring.
SPECIAL RUSH! PLEASE! FLAME! WATER! HURRICANE! LAND!
Extending my hand out and making sure the girls were away a good distance, a magic circle appeared in front of me before I was raised into the air while the circle passed through me. From the circle came a fiery aura of Dragon who roared before enveloping me in flames. With a wave of my arms, I brushed away the flames of the sentient of Dragon to appear in a new form. I was now equipped with the Rush Skull on my chest, the Rush Tail from my lower body, the Rush Wings from my upper body, and the Rush Hell Claws, each new attachment colored red like my coat.
"Now then, it's time to bring this show to an end!" I said as I was about to take to the air when Kyoko and Louise ran up to me.
"Onii-chan! Let us come too!" Kyoko said.
"No! It's too dangerous." I said immediately when they ignored me and jumped onto Blade's back.
"We're coming whether you like it or not!" Louise said stubbornly.
I gave out a groan of annoyance before looking towards Blade. "Keep them safe." Blade simply nodded his head before we all looked up towards the sky. "Alright then, let's go!"
With a mighty flap of my wings, I rushed off into the air with everyone else following close behind. For something as big as Zaiderbeck, it was fast, but we all eventually caught up to it. Eternal and Faiz immediately started firing, Eternal with his two guns and Faiz with his Faiz Blaster in Blaster mode. Their shots struck the huge metal monster, leaving burns and dents. Drive flew past me and fired a barrage of laser blasts that caused sparks to occur. The attack didn't do much, but it still kept firing as Gaim lent support fire with his Sonic Arrow and with Ryuki commanding Dragreder to start throwing fireballs at the thing. I then joined in as two magic circles appeared right in front of me before I fired off flames from the Rush Skull, said flames being enhanced when they passed through the circles as the flames struck the tail all the way to the hull.
"You damn pests!" Annoyed, the Zaiderbeck turned itself around and fired a barrage of lasers at us once again, forcing us to all separate.
Blade roared as he opened his mouth and fired a torrent of pressurized water from his mouth that tore a decent sized whole into the hull of the monster. Kyoko and Louise then jumped in to help, Kyoko shooting a Flame Shooting attack while Louise fired off an explosion at that very hole, widening it and causing damage as the whole thing shook a little, but it was hardly noticeable. Fourze then flew up ahead of the group and one of his Rocket Modules disassembled to allow him to take out a two Switches I have never seen before inserting them it in place of his Launcher and Radar Switches and turned them on.
[BLUE TEARS! ON!]
[SCHWARZER REGEN! ON]
Suddenly, blue colored holographic blocks appeared around Fouze's legs before they combined to form two very bulky looking legs with two missile pods attached to the sides. A hatched opened from both sides of the legs before optical drones appeared which resembled Gundam Strike Freedom's wirelessly remote-controlled DRAGOON beam cannon pods. Then, grey colored holographic blocks appeared over Fourze's shoulder before combing into a black robotic shoulder pad which was equipped with…a .80 caliber heavy railgun!? Holy shit, Fourze is packing some major heat!
The Rocket Module then assembled back together before Fourze shouted, "Take this!" and opened fired at Zaiderbeck. The drones flew down and stared assaulting the metal monster everywhere while the missile pods were raised and fired two missiles which were followed by a blast of Fourze's railgun. All of this delivered massive damage on the hull, creating new openings for everywhere to blast into. OOO and Accel flew in over at the openings and fired energy slashes and fiery energy coins, causing explosion to occur from inside. Meanwhile, I landed on the back of the whole thing and dug my Rush Hell Claws into it, letting gravity take me as I was dragged down with the Rush Claws further damaging the hull. I then stopped myself and jumped up into the air as a trio of magic circles appeared in front of me. This time, I sent my Rush Tail through them, empowering the tail as it sent multiple stabs upon the hull, blowing a column of holes.
TIRE FURERU!
Suddenly, the Booster Tridoron came in as multiple different colored and shaped wheels appeared before they shot out and entered the openings I created from my Rush Hell Claws and Rush Tail. Even though I couldn't see inside, I could hear and tell that whatever those tires were doing, they were causing havoc inside. Suddenly, the Zaiderbeck turned towards us and was charging up a big ball of energy at us. Quickly, we all dispersed before the blast could hit anyone, but the shockwave caused by it caused Ryuki to fall off the Booster he was riding on.
"Ryuki!" I cried out worry when they were dashed as Ryuki was saved by his own Contract Monster.
"Arigato, Dragreder." Ryuki said as he stood on top of Dragreder's head. He drew a card from his deck and inserted it into the Drag Visor.
SWORD VENT
Appearing from the air, Ryuki caught a Chinese Dao Sword, the Drag Saber. Xatan laughed from within the Zaiderbeck, probably thinking what could the dragon themed RIder to to him with that sword as he turned the ship towards Ryuki and charged up another blast. But it looks like Ryuki summoned the sword for a reason as with impressive strength, threw the Drag Saber into the mouth of the Zaiderbeck. An explosion later told us all that the saber hit something important as the Zaiderbeck was no longer charging its laser. Meanwhile, Fourze was still firing his railgun while his drones kept firing lasers all over the hull when he pulled back both his arms.
"Rider Double Rocket Missile!" Fourze shouted before he punched both his arms, sending both his Rocket Modules forward. Didn't know he could do that, but then again, Gentaro did it when was in Meteor Nadeshiko Fusion States so why not in Rocket States?
Both Rocket Modules traveled at high speeds and with the power of, uh, well a rocket, busted through the hull and came out the other way as that attack really shook the whole thing. Xatan's angry cries could be heard as Fourze fell down as he was no longer without his Rocket Modules. He did a few flips in the air before he straightened himself out and landed on the hull, his mechanical legs skidding across the metal surface before he jumped and took off when his Rocket Modules came back to him, allowing him to fly once more. The Zaiderbeck turned its attention to the space-themed Rider as it got rid of the cannon in place of firing a barrage of lasers again. Fourze flew out of the way as Faiz, Accel, and Eternal appeared in front of the Zaderbeck.
ENGINE! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
ETERNAL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
TRIGGER! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
EXCEED CHARGE
With a thrust of his Engine Blade, Accel sent an A made out of energy towards the Zaiderbeck's mouth, Eternal aimed both his guns and fired two huge streamed fire and energy, and Faiz took aim with his Faiz Blaster before firing a stream of Photon Energy. All three attacks were shot into the Zaiderbeck's mouth, destroying the mechanism that allowed it to shoot lasers as well as damaging the metal monster from inside. With no more weapons, the whole thing was now just one big target. Realizing that, I extended both my arms out as two magic circles appeared at both sides before disappearing when a path of magic circles appeared in front of me. Wasting no time, I shot forward through the path as my entire body was soon enveloped in fired. Aiming with my wings, my bladed wings sliced through the hull like a hot knife through butter and I flew around until I did a complete round trip around the tail, but surprisingly, it did not come off like I had initially thought. Luckily, Blade and the girls came on. Digging his claws in the hull, Blade made sure to get a good grip on it as Kyoko and Louise fired flames and explosions into the opening I created with my wings. Then, with a mighty pull, the whole tail came off as Blade let go of it and let it fall.
SOIYA! ORANGE AU LAIT! JIMBER LEMON AU LAIT!
LOCK ON! ICHI! JU! HAYKU! SEN! ORANGE CHARGE!
As the tail of the Zaiderbeck fell, Gaim jumped off the Booster he was one, wielding both the Sonic Arrow and the Musou Saber with the orange Lockseed in said saber. With a mighty downward swing, he sliced off one of the wings of the Zaiderbeck before being caught my Drive as Gaim landed on top of the car before it flew away. OOO then came in, inserting his three red Core Medals into the Taja Spinner and grabbed the O-Scanner before scanning the shield.
TAKE! KUJAKU! CONDOR! GIN, GIN, GIN! GIGA SCAN!
After doing that did OOO get surrounded by fire, the flames taking on the appearance of a phoenix. Initiating the Magna Blaze, OOO shot forward, slicing off the other wing while shouting, "Seiya!" The wing easily came off against the blazing finisher. With nothing else to keep it afloat and with no weapons to attack us, the Zaiderbeck simply fell down towards the sea of mana down below.
"It's finally over." OOO said, flying right next to me.
"Yeah. Once he hits that sea of mana, he's a goner." I said as the sea of mana took the appearance of a sea of lava. There's no way he'll survive that once he lands into that.
We all simply watched in silence as the metal monster fell to its doom. It was only after a while did we all hear Xatan's laugh from within the Zaiderbeck.
"heheheheHaHaHaHaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The hell? Why's he laughing. "You fools! Did you really think I didn't have a plan in case I never got out of here?" What!? He had a backup plan!? "I didn't remake this whole with my own powers just to let it be destroyed. Once this thing lands right into the Makai Sea, it'll release an energy strong enough to wipe out every life in the real world!"
"Nani/What!?" We all shouted in surprise as Louise was the only one to shout out 'what.'
"If I have to take out the entirety of humanity just to get back at Brimir, then so be it! This is the Akumaizers' moment of victory!"
"Not if we have anything to say about it!" I said as we all dived down towards the metal monster. No wonder Xatan wasn't cursing us when the whole thing was falling. He was just waiting until the Zaiderbeck was far enough to speak so he could rub it in our faces. Well we won't let him have the last laugh.
Suddenly, Kyoko spoke up as we were all diving down.
"You come into my world, mess with my head, hurt my Onii-chan, and are planning to destroy everything I love!" Kyoko said before she shouted at the top of her lungs. "If you want to go and destroy someplace, do it SOMEWHERE ELSE!"
Those words of Kyoko seemed to set something off as the whole world shook around us and space started to distort.
"What's happening!?" Gaim asked as we all looked around in confusion.
None would be able to answer him as the in front of the Zaiderbeck shifted and turned until what appeared to be a portal stood right in front of the metal monster.
"What the!? What is this!?" Your guess is as good as mine, demon.
But then, suddenly, a force so strong appeared, dragging all of us downward. The portal was sucking us in!
"Shit! What's going on!?" Accel said as the Zaiderbeck was sucked into the portal.
"Ah!" Suddenly, both the girls lost their grip on Blade and fell down.
"Girls!?" As quickly as possible, I dived down after the girls with the others quickly following. Both of their bodies fell through the portal and without even a second thought, I flew though it and well, the rest as they say is history.
Although I certainly didn't except to find myself in another world. Just another day in the life of a Kamen Rider I guess.
Ashbel: And…DONE! *Falls flat on his face*
Seth: Ho…ly…SHIT! Why was this so fucking long!?
Ashbel: I don't know! I didn't intend for this chapter to be this god damn long!
Haru: Guess my side of the story turned out to be a bit longer than you expected.
Ashbel: 'A bit?' I just beat my previous record! This chapter is 30,000+ words! This is the first time I've written something this long! How am I supposed to be that when I work on the final chapter!?
Haru: I'm sure you'll think of something. Now if you excuse me, I have some girls that I need to make sure are okay. *Takes his leave*
Seth: At least he cares about the others.
Ashbel: Yeah. Anyway, sorry this took so long to finish. I DID NOT intend this chapter to be so long. I expected it to be 20,000+ words, not 30,000+ words! How am I supposed to beat that when I work on the last chapter!?
Seth: Like Haru said, I'm sure you'll think of something.
Ashbel: Yeah, yeah. Nonetheless, I hope you all loved today's chapter. Once again, I'm sorry this took so long. Bet you were surprised to see other Rider appear in here. To tell you the truth, it was idea that popped up when I wrote this. Anyway, next time, the last chapter of this movie fanfic comes to an end. Also, RWBY Volume 4! Get Hype! Unfortunately, I still have to wait for it to become available for everyone else aka nonmembers. Until then, this has been Ashbel Longhart and my OC, Seth, signing out. Until the next ride.
