A/N: Hey guys, Chapter 7 is up! THREE FRIGGIN MORE TO GO!
As I have said earlier, I'll continue Batman: The Beginning after I'm done with this story. Enjoy reading!
Prologue:
The Soujiro Teahouse business was doing well in quarantined Hong Kong.
For a city under quarantine and low morale and depression from the zombie apocalypse, the citizens of Hong Kong seemed to be doing well.
And as for Tendou's employees…
Tendou's most trusted helper was Faisal Dunkshovie, formerly Kamen Rider Unicron, but now Kamen Rider Leopardo. A worm had knocked the rider out during the nuke battle against the zombies, and replaced him. Nobody knew why the worm fought the zombies, but Tendou assumed that it was because the worms didn't want the zombies around.
For an outcast and a supposed target by ZECT, assuming that they thought he had escaped the battle, Faisal was happy where he was. He was continually trained by Tendou, even though the rider hasn't touched his belt in a very long time. But one day Tendou was gone for a week, and Faisal couldn't see Tendou's belt in his usually locked closet, Faisal assumed Tendou went for a little stroll.
Tendou gathered all of the remaining native worms in Hong Kong and hired them to do work at the teahouse, simply to avoid suspicion from the citizens. Faisal felt uncomfortable working around the natives, as he and Tendou were the only humans working there.
"Alright guys gather around!" Tendou shouted as one of the natives put a "Closed" sign on the door. The employees gathered around a large table.
"As for your great service in working at Soujiro Teahouse, I'm hosting a party!" Tendou said with fists pumped in the air. The natives cheered, Faisal simply smirked.
A native pulled out several bottles of beer, and everyone started to chug on a bottle.
"99 bottles of beer on the wall! 99 bottles of beer! Take one around! Pass it around! 99 bottles of beer on the wall!" a native shouted. Everyone started cracking up.
It was the first time Tendou had seemed happy, but Faisal knew there was something behind that great smile. It was odd seeing a disguised native, or a group of them, singing songs and drinking beer.
Tendou then walked up to Faisal.
"Let's talk on the balcony," Tendou offered.
"Sure," Faisal replied. The two walked to the small balcony, which offered a great view of the diminished city and still-smoking buildings out of the city walls.
"You know, life seems a bit rather peaceful now," Tendou said.
"I have to agree, even with all this quarantine stuff, it felt like the invasion had never happened," Faisal replied.
"It feels much safer, having you defend the city," Tendou said.
"Why aren't you?" Faisal asked.
"I'm kind of retired, I've had a lifetime full of battles," Tendou answered. "What I'm looking forward to is just a quiet and calm future."
"I thought you would've started saying one of your grandmother's quotes," Faisal joked.
"Grandmother said, make the most of what you have, it's better to have some than none," Tendou quoted.
"Me and my big mouth," Faisal grumbled, Tendou laughed.
"And I remember you being all stoic and arrogant, now you're just a happy old fool," Faisal added.
"Times have changed, time changes us. It's no longer the past, it's something you shouldn't cling on. I'm a newer person, an ordinary citizen, not some superhero," Tendou admitted.
"But…you're Kabuto," Faisal replied.
"Just because I have that Zecter at my hands and putting it in the belt doesn't mean I'm a hero, my time has come. You think me putting on that belt and getting some suit of armor would mean I'm back to the job? Not necessarily," Tendou reasoned.
"I kinda know where you're getting to now…" Faisal said, ignoring the howls and the drunken laughter of the natives.
Tendou's phone rang, and he answered.
"Hello?" Tendou said.
"Well if it isn't the great-"
"Tsurugi," Tendou said in his old voice.
"Never mind, well where are you," Tsurugi asked.
"You'll find me in Hong Kong," Tendou said simply.
"Well, I'm in South Africa," Tsurugi replied.
"Why on Earth are you there? There isn't a single Clock-Up port left in Africa," Tendou said, putting his hand on his head.
"I'm finding someone," Tsurugi replied with his arrogant voice.
"Who?" Faisal asked.
"Was that Faisal? The damn traitor?" Tsurugi growled, Faisal had grown used to the riders calling him a traitor.
Tendou and Faisal explained to Tsurugi about Faisal's clone at the nuke battle, and what had become of Faisal afterward.
"So that explains it…well I should probably tell Kagami so they can stop trying to find you," Tsurugi calmed.
"They have better things to worry about," Faisal mumbled.
"Does Kagami know where you are?" Tsurugi asked curiously.
"A subordinate of mine made ZECT believe that I am in Moscow," Tendou said, Faisal had a shocked look on his face.
"You did what!?" Faisal yelled.
"So you led them on a wild goose chase," Tsurugi said with an unsurprised voice.
"Kusakabe's there," Tendou replied.
"But he isn't mimicking you anymore," Tsurugi explained.
"Hiyori's with him, Kagami will find her," Tendou replied, his body aching as he said his sister's name.
"Hiyori…I heard they moved the restaurant to there," Tsurugi said.
"They did, and it's not a wild goose chase. Kusakabe has something for them, then they'll find us afterward," Tendou said.
"You're sending them on some mission while they are unaware you're playing the strings," Faisal countered.
"They can't know I'm here, yet. Alex knows, but I told her to remain silent," Tendou said.
"I assume she's going to keep her word?" Tsurugi asked.
"I'm positive," Tendou replied.
"What mission are you sending them on anyway?" Tsurugi asked.
"Supply raid, they already are still reeling from one I'm sure, but what they are also finding is something that is instrumental in the zombies' defeat," Tendou replied.
"The rumored 'key to everything?'" Tsurugi asked.
"It's literally a key," Tendou joked.
"Funny, what's the key for?" Tsurugi asked.
"Only Riku Kagami and I know that information, and I can't tell you anyone else, including Alex and Faisal. The information is too dangerous to let out, for the mean time," Tendou said.
"Keeping secrets from me too huh," Faisal grumbled.
"I gotta go, duty calls," Tsurugi said suddenly.
"Get here soon, I'm expecting you," Tendou said, hanging up.
"What was that all about," Faisal grumbled.
Tendou sighed with exasperation and relief. "Now that that's done, let's just chill out with a drink, Faisal."
"Okay then," Faisal replied, walking with Tendou back into the teahouse and their sleeping rooms, also in the same building as the teahouse.
South Africa
"Damn that Tendou, being such a trickster," Tsurugi grumbled. He closed his phone and continued walking through the thick desert. He was in the ruins of a city in South Africa. As he had said to Tendou, he was looking for someone.
And the person he was looking for was Sou Yaguruma.
A quick bio, Sou Yaguruma was formerly part of ZECT, and commander of the ZECT Shadowtroopers.
He was chosen by the TheBee Zecter, making him the first TheBee.
When he heard of Kabuto, he was assigned to stop him at all costs. HisKanzen Chōwa (Perfect Harmony) method was squashed when he went into a fit of rage trying to defeat Kabuto at the risk of his own men's deaths. The TheBee Zecter then abandoned him, and Yaguruma was kicked out of ZECT. He went insane, and stole the KickHopper Zecter from a ZECT facility, and started his new ideology of hell and darkness.
When he told Riku Kagami that he was going to try to find him, he said,
"Are you crazy? He is insane!" Riku shouted.
"I need his help," Tsurugi had said.
As Tsurugi walked on, a couple zombies started to surround him.
"Not you creeps again…" Tsurugi growled.
"STANDBY!" the Sasword Zecter crawls out of the sand. It jumps into Tsurugi's hands as he got out the Sasword Yaliber.
"Henshin!" Tsurugi yelled.
"HENSHIN!" yelled Sasword.
Armor started to envelop around Tsurugi as he ran towards the zombies, slashing each one which came towards his path.
Two zombies jumped and lunged towards him, but Tsurugi sliced their arms, as stabbed their heads.
"You won't expect to hit a guy like me!" Sasword shouted.
Each zombie who came close to him fell before they could even strike. A giant zombie stomped towards him, and brought a foot up. Instead of rolling away, Sasword jumped and sliced the foot with great force, making the zombie trip, just missing the rider by a foot.
As the giant got up and limped towards Sasword, the rider hopped up and attempted to stab the zombie, the zombie swatted the rider into a local house half a mile away.
"Nuhhh," Sasword groaned as he used his sword to get to his feet. The giant zombie was just yards away.
"Clock Up!" Sasword yelled as he pressed the Clock Up panel. He ran around the zombie and repeatedly slashed its legs until it fell.
"Time to finish you up!" Sasword shouted as he jumped on the zombie's head.
"The finale! The dessert!" Sasword declared as he brought his sword down on the giant, killing it for good.
"Well, I wonder how they learned to organize," Sasword spoke, talking to the zombie corpses on the ground.
Just then, Sasword was hit with a series of hyperspeed kicks.
"What the!?" Sasword shouted as he was knocked down.
"Clock Over," a Zecter shouted.
Sasword turned, and behind him stood KickHopper.
"Yaguruma…?" Sasword asked.
"You trashed my house," KickHopper growled.
"Not on purpose!" Sasword replied.
"Look at that gaping hole in the house," KickHopper said, pointing to the ruined house.
"That was that giant abomination," Sasword growled.
"Why are you here," KickHopper changed the subject.
"Finding you," Sasword replied.
"And why would the great Sasword need an idiot like me?" KickHopper growled.
"If you give me a chance and stop trying to kill me then sure I'll explain," Sasword said.
"Talk," KickHopper said, crossing his arms.
"Kabuto has a plan to defeat all the zombies, but we need you in it," Sasword stammered.
"Why me?" KickHopper said with curiosity.
"Kabuto still thinks the old Yaguruma is in there," Sasword said, taking off his Zecter.
"I've told him and many others many times, I have accepted the darkness," KickHopper said.
"Where's Kageyama?" Tsurugi asked suddenly.
"He died," KickHopper said, taking off his Zecter and dropping to his knees.
"Hell isn't the same without him," Yaguruma said.
"You can make a change, and come back to the light," Tsurugi suggested.
"Why should I listen to ZECT, or Kabuto for that matter?" Yaguruma said while turning his back on Tsurugi.
"First, I'm not part of ZECT anymore," Tsurugi said.
"Interesting," Yaguruma nodded.
"Second, this is only my and Kabuto's idea," Tsurugi said.
"Okay then," Yaguruma said without emotion.
"And third, you and Kabuto never had that cooking contest," Tsurugi added.
"Now I remember," Yaguruma said.
"And when are you and him going to have that contest?" Tsurugi joked.
"Probably never," Yaguruma said, being without emotion again.
"If you don't help us, you'll never get that chance to beat him badly, and I'm pretty sure you haven't cooked something good in a very long time," Tsurugi reasoned.
"Probably, but since you destroyed my house, I might as well follow you for the meantime," Yaguruma considered.
"Okay, don't you have stuff to get?" Tsurugi asked.
The house exploded.
"No," Yaguruma growled as he crossed his arms.
"Alright then," Tsurugi said as he walked on.
"Where are we going," Yaguruma asked.
"Hong Kong, it's where Kabuto is," Tsurugi said.
"Lead the way then," Yaguruma said. "Just so you know, there won't be any Clock-Up ports for the next 500 miles."
"Noted," Tsurugi grunted.
The two walked on for hours until they reached a town. A tattered sign with unrecognizable words fell from its wooden poles.
"Ghost town?" Yaguruma asked.
"Could be," Tsurugi replied.
The two walked without another word until they reached a tall metal gate which needed a key to go through.
"Strange," Tsurugi said.
"I hear people there," Yaguruma said, pointing to a run-down building that looked like a bar.
"Drunks," Tsurugi scoffed. "Now how do we get through this-
Before he could finish, Yaguruma kicked down the door and soon a large piece of metal crashed onto the floor and broke into pieces.
"-door," Tsurugi finished.
Yaguruma crouched down on the gate and touched the broken fragments of it.
"Glass with bubble wrap and silver-colored spray paint, who was psychotic enough to think that this would hold the zombies?" Yaguruma asked.
"Psychos," Tsurugi said, pointing to some men that were approaching them. They had World War 2-era rifles on hand.
"How dare you knock our door down!?" an old man yelled.
"Who puts a glass gate in the middle of nowhere?" Tsurugi challenged.
"Shut up, they are old geezers, what do they know," Yaguruma said, grabbing Tsurugi's arm.
"May we help you?" a kinder man asked.
"I'd like to ask where the fucking hell are we?" Tsurugi asked, ignoring Yaguruma's remark.
"Old Point, some town we made by ourselves," the man said.
"Old point, old bar, old gate, old people," Yaguruma grumbled, rolling his eyes.
"How long were you here?" Tsurugi asked.
"7 months, living okay," another old man said.
"7 months? And in this condition? Sure the zombies would've killed you," Tsurugi replied.
"The zombies don't come around this part of town," an old woman with a pistol shouted. Several men grunted in agreement.
"But they're everywhere," Yaguruma reasoned.
"We've contacted the other ring of small villages near here, none of them had a scratch from those damn undead, it seems like they are all targeting the big-ass places," an old man said.
"What's yore name sonny?" an old man in a bullet-proof vest asked.
"Tsurugi, Kamishiro Tsurugi," Tsurugi said.
"Yaguruma," Yaguruma said without looking at the men.
"Name's Joe Meek, I run this town, and I suppose you could tell meh why you broke down our door," Joe said.
"For no reason," Yaguruma said with cold eyes.
"Alright then, why don't you come inside," Joe said, beckoning them.
"Alright folks! Back in the bar!" another man said to the rest of the old men. They grunted with annoyance as they headed back to the run-down bar.
As Yaguruma, Joe, and Tsurugi crashed through the wooden doors of the bar, the two newcomers noticed some things: a flat-screen TV, a good-conditioned pool table, an organized wine-room, and nice people.
"You know, for an old town in the middle of South Africa, they seem to be doing just fine," Yaguruma admitted.
"How'd they get a flat-screen TV?" Tsurugi barked.
"You think we old people aren't rich? Or generous?" Joe asked with a crooked eye.
"Uh…no," Tsurugi said, bowing.
"You've seem to come from a long way, you two need some rest," Joe said, looking at them up and down.
"Yeah, we actually fought zombies," Yaguruma said.
"How was that?" a man in the corner yelled.
"Pretty easy if you know what you are doing," Tsurugi answered.
"You look like a Jap, both of ya," another woman said.
"Don't take old Barbara seriously, she likes babbling random things," Joe said.
"Some that are true," Yaguruma shrugged. Joe shrugged as he went to the bartender.
"Get some Budweiser for these two please?" Joe said. The bartender, a pretty Asian lady nodded and went into the fridge, and pulled out two bottles.
"Thank you," Tsurugi said in Mandarin. The Asian lady replied with a "No problem" in Mandarin.
As they both drank, they looked outside at the window. It was actually a beautiful site for a beaten world. They saw farmers working in the ground planting seeds, and men cutting down trees, while a group of them were building a house.
"How many of you guys are there?" Tsurugi asked.
"About a hundred and a half," Joe replied.
"A lot for a small town," Yaguruma said.
"Anyone come through here besides us?" Tsurugi asked.
"Just that Asian hottie and a few others," Joe said, pointing to each of them.
"How many towns are there?" Yaguruma asked.
"About 5, each with almost the same amount of people," Joe replied. "My other brothers run each of them."
"So you have four brothers!?" Tsurugi exclaimed.
"Ehh, and we learned to lead so we brought people to a good remote area and started towns for people to survive in, but for some reason the undead never come near here," Joe replied.
"Really huh…" Yaguruma sighed.
"Well! I'll leave you two here to rest and chat, I got things to do," Joe said, going upstairs.
"Do you think this is all connected?" Yaguruma asked after Joe left.
"What do you mean?" Tsurugi asked.
"The zombies being able to form ranks and organize, the zombies not invading these small towns, and only invading the big cities?" Yaguruma said.
"You really think that something is going on?" Tsurugi asked.
"I'm sure of it, why would they invade elsewhere and not here out of all places?" Yaguruma asked.
"This place is off the charts?" Tsurugi suggested.
"You dumbass, zombies were on you just miles away, and Joe said they never appeared near here," Yaguruma said, punching Tsurugi lightly.
"You have a point, but maybe they only came because I was here," Tsurugi said.
"Exactly! And whoever is controlling the-"
"Wait, you're telling me someone is controlling them?" Tsurugi cut him off.
"Why would the zombies never come here except when the riders are here? Why would the zombies know how to form ranks and surround you? Why would they only show up because you came around here? Why would ZECT lose against them in the first place?" Yaguruma asked.
"I don't think something was controlling them when we were in the nuke battle," Tsurugi replied.
"Well didn't they all come after you riders at once?" Yaguruma asked.
"What point are you making?" Tsurugi asked with curiosity.
Yaguruma pulled out a world map with a bunch of red markings.
"In the time periods of the last battle and the nuke battle between ZECT and the zombies, all the zombies on Earth were in one spot, right here in America except for the New England states," Yaguruma said, pointing to coordinates on one map. He pulled out another.
"Hold up, I thought none of the zombies were in other countries back then," Tsurugi said.
"You idiot! You think the zombies would only linger on one area? Next month, the zombies disperse back into every continent with the zombies' numbers doubled or tripled," Yaguruma said.
"You think they're being controlled," Tsurugi finally said.
"Of course," Yaguruma snapped.
"But how? Either someone had the time to put a billion brainwashing devices on every single zombie or it's some special beacon from somewhere we don't know of," Tsurugi said.
"It could be both, or none, what we know is that the zombies were being controlled," Yaguruma said, crumpling up the maps.
"But ZECT has found prove that the meteor was not being controlled by an outside force," Tsurugi countered.
"That's correct, but someone must've put a beacon on the dead worm, or injected it with something," Yaguruma suggested.
"So you think one of Oswald Boker's scientists or some rogue rider used the worm to their advantage and caused this whole fucking mess?" Tsurugi asked.
"Could be, but I still don't get how whoever did this controlled the zombies," Yaguruma said. The two sat in silence and drank for a while afterward.
"Do you think ZECT figured this out?" Yaguruma asked.
"I'm sure they know. Bruce, Drago, James, and Alex are the best I know, of course they'll figure out something," Tsurugi said. Yaguruma nodded.
"In that case, I'm going to ask where I can sleep," Tsurugi said, walking to the pretty Asian.
"Hey babe, you know where to get a room?" Tsurugi asked.
"Hmmph, fucking rich boy," Yaguruma smirked as he turned to watch TV…
Hours Later…
After having some nice sex with that Asian girl in an apartment room, Tsurugi and Nina, the girl, decided to sleep together for the night.
It was fun to have some pleasure for once, after the whole zombie thing and the traveling. It took a lot out of him, and he had decided to go back to his playboy lifestyle for a short while.
Back during the worm times, he was a rich billionaire and a playboy. All his fortunes were gone after the zombies arrived. It was fun to return to the old lifestyle, even though it might've been for only a while.
As he went to the restroom and got out, he received a call.
It was from Yaguruma.
"Heeloo?" Tsurugi asked.
"You gotta come down here," Yaguruma said, in an almost desperate voice.
"What's wrong?" Tsurugi asked, stiffened.
"Zombies," Yaguruma said.
"I'll be down in a minute," Tsurugi said immediately. He glanced at the sleeping Nina, and then grabbed his belt and ran downstairs.
He met Yaguruma by a hill, and the rider looked at him funny.
"What!?" Tsurugi shouted.
"You look funny," Yaguruma chuckled.
"Stick to the main problem," Tsurugi said, rolling his eyes. "You tell Joe?"
"Yeah, he's readying the guys for battle," Yaguruma said.
"Those rifles ain't gonna do anything," Tsurugi said.
They looked back at the fort the townspeople made, and one man activate a railgun, two more activated missile launchers and miniguns.
"You were saying?" Yaguruma asked.
"Dangerous old men," Tsurugi grumbled.
The KickHopper Zecter bounced into Yaguruma's hand, and the Sasword Zecter crawled out of the sand and jumped onto Tsurugi's hand.
"Henshin!" they both yelled at the same time.
"HENSHIN!" the two Zecters announced as their armors formed around them.
"Let's go!" Sasword yelled with his sword out in front of him.
"Way ahead of you!" KickHopper shouted, bringing out two short swords and activating leg spikes.
The two riders charged onto the zombies, with the townsmen firing at the zombies. Some went down in the ensuing gunfire, but the rest kept running. Other townspeople with machine guns came out and started peppering holes in the zombies' heads.
"I think they'll actually live," Yaguruma said. As he said it, a railgun blast shot right through the head of a giant and through several others behind it.
"Awesome weapon," Sasword said.
"I wonder why ZECT lost if they had so much more stuff," Yaguruma replied.
Sasword stabbed a zombie through the stomach and pushed his sword upward towards the zombie's head, then he did a flip-kick on another one, sending it flying towards two running zombies. Sasword threw his sword at a line of zombies, destroying each of them. Sasword ran and grabbed his sword, Sasword activated his infamous "Rider Slash".
"RIDER SLASH!" the Sasword Zecter announced.
Sasword then shouted a battle cry and cut through groups of zombies with each slash, ending each and every one of their undead lives.
Meanwhile, KickHopper used his swords and feet to cut through the zombies. None ever got close as he kept whirling the sharp weapons around in circles, creating a wave of destruction with each slash.
"Give me a real challenge," KickHopper shouted as he pulled up the legs of the Hopper Zecter.
"RIDER JUMP!" the Zecter announced as KickHopper kneeled on the ground, waiting for the right time to jump. As a whole group of zombies were about to strike, KickHopper leaped up into the air, and set the Hopper Zecter's legs back down as he came crashing down.
"RIDER KICK!" the Zecter announced.
KickHopper yelled as he impacted, many zombies exploded as the Anchor Jack on his leg helped him bounce back up for another Rider Kick. He did so for about six times before he landed on the ground, with giant groups of zombies exploding behind him.
"Hey!" Sasword yelled as he ran over to him.
"Where'd you learn to fight so well against those things?" he asked.
"Self-teaching," KickHopper replied.
The townspeople cheered as the zombies were all but gone.
"I do have a feeling, this isn't over," Tsurugi said suddenly.
Suddenly they were being blasted at by guns, when the dust cleared, two figures appeared on the top of the hill.
"Look Shunichi, meal time," a female called.
"Let's go right to the main course Natsumi!" Shunichi replied as he jumped down. Natsumi did the same.
"Who are you?" Sasword asked.
"We are your executioners," Natsumi said with a dark voice.
"And your valued customers!" Shunichi cried.
"As well as…" Natsumi continued.
"Kamen Riders!" Shunichi said as they both put on Rider Braces. Two Zecters hopped into their hands.
"Henshin!" the two called.
"HENSHIN!" the Zecters announced as armor started to form around the two rogue riders.
"Change! Leaf Mantis! Change! Petal Mantis!" the Zecters announced as the two riders activated arm blades.
"I am PetalScythe," the pink rider said.
"And I am LeafScythe," the green rider said.
"And we are gonna chop you up," PetalScythe said.
"For dinner!" LeafScythe said as the two riders charged at them.
"Cast Off!" Sasword shouted as part of his armor came off him, hitting the newcomers.
"That wasn't nice!" LeafScythe said.
"Let's return that favor!" PetalScythe shouted. KickHopper ran towards PetalScythe while Sasword aimed his sword at LeafScythe.
KickHopper found himself on the defensive as PetalScythe's blades were getting closer to him every strike. KickHopper found an opening, and kicked the female rider in the stomach.
"So it must be you who is controlling those zombies," KickHopper growled.
"Ha, that is our boss's work, and I thought you were in the dark, not the light," PetalScythe countered.
"Who the fuck do you work for?" KickHopper asked as he parried a strike from the female rider.
"What matters right now is the fight!" PetalScythe screeched as she hit KickHopper with both swords.
Meanwhile, Sasword found himself on the offensive as LeafScythe kept defending himself with his arm blades.
"Why are you attacking us?" Sasword asked as he punched LeafScythe.
"Boss's orders," LeafScythe said as he pressed a button on his arm blades, which started to spout out leaves.
"What the hell," Sasword said as he slashed at LeafScythe, who kept his cool and defended himself. As the leaves got into a greater number, LeafScythe pressed the button again, and the leaves all struck Sasword, bringing him to the ground.
"Ha! That'll teach you!" LeafScythe boasted.
"These guys are tough," KickHopper said to Sasword.
"No kidding," Sasword grunted as he blocked an incoming strike from PetalScythe.
"We gotta work together!" Sasword said.
"Good idea!" KickHopper called.
"In terms of teamwork," PetalScythe began.
"We're the best!" LeafScythe said as both pressed buttons, spouting out leaves and petals that began to bombard the two riders. An explosion followed.
"Ahhh!" Sasword cried.
"Gahhh!" KickHopper groaned as both of them flown up into the air and landed back down with a thud.
"Two of the original riders, beaten so easily?" PetalScythe jeered.
"Never!" KickHopper growled as he dived towards her. As LeafScythe ran to help her, a couple of the townsmen ran and fired at him.
"Ah?" LeafScythe said as he charged at the men.
"Good, he's being distracted, let's get her!" Sasword said.
"I hope you don't get the wrong idea," KickHopper growled.
"Shut up!" Sasword grunted as he slashed PetalScythe with his sword, with KickHopper doing a drop-kick on her. Sasword then threw his sword right at her leg, disabling it. KickHopper threw another sword at her left arm, disabling it as well. She yelled in pain as she landed.
"No more tricks! No more petals!" KickHopper growled murderously.
"Mercy!" PetalScythe groaned.
"Too late," KickHopper growled.
"RIDER SLASH!" the Sasword Zecter announced as venom dripped on the ground from Sasword's saber.
"Ha!" Sasword shouted as he brought the sword down on his opponent, PetalScythe yelled "Shunichi!" as she died.
As LeafScythe stabbed a townsman, he looked towards where PetalScythe's body lay.
"No! No!" LeafScythe growled.
KickHopper scoffed at him, calling him a weakling, as Sasword didn't bother saying anything. He rather let the rider have his moments.
"You. Killed. Her!" LeafScythe yelled with rage as he tried stabbing KickHopper with both arm blades.
"Rider. Slash," KickHopper said as the enemy rider kept running.
"RIDER SLASH!" the two swords announced.
"See that girl of yours in hell," KickHopper growled as he sliced LeafScythe's arms off and stabbed him in the stomach.
"Y-you…j-j-just..didnt…" LeafScythe gasped as he de-transformed unwillingly.
"I. Just. Did," KickHopper growled, kicking Shunichi's body away. He died before he hit the sand.
"You just killed him like that," Sasword said with bewilderment.
"I am the darkness," was all that KickHopper said. "Let us tend to the townspeople…"
"Everyone alright?" Tsurugi asked Joe.
"Well, that girl you fucked last night slept through the whole thing, and we only lost one man, everything here will be fine, lad," Joe said, who had a wrap on his head from a blow by LeafScythe.
"Anything else? We might as well be on our way, we don't wanna endanger you guys," Yaguruma said.
"I have one thing to show you guys," Joe said as he put his arms around the two riders, who accompanied him. Joe led them to a run-down building near the edge of the town with a machine covered in blankets inside. Joe threw the blankets out of the way.
"I thought those zombies would be coming for this thingy," Joe said.
"A functional Clock-up port," Yaguruma said.
"Where the hell did you find this?" Tsurugi asked, feeling very happy.
"Found it when we started building, we figured it was high-tech or radioactive, didn't wanna go near it," Joe said.
"I wonder how the zombies never hit this place," Yaguruma said with surprise.
"Remote location, perhaps," Joe said, shrugging.
"Yup, we can go Hong Kong now," Tsurugi said.
"When I saw you guys fight those zombies, I knew you were part of those pals who fought the worm," Joe said.
"That's us alright," Yaguruma said, smiling for the first time since he turned.
"You wanna get home? This is the place you go home," Joe said. "And I wish you luck, sonny."
"Thanks, Joe," Tsurugi said, bowing to the old man. Yaguruma simply nodded.
"Let's go," Yaguruma said as he transformed into KickHopper.
"Aye," Tsurugi said as he transformed into Sasword. They both activated the Clock-Up port and left the small town, for the big city of Hong Kong…
Epilogue
Hong Kong
"We're here," Tsurugi said, looking at a tall building.
"Soujiro Teahouse?" Yaguruma asked, puzzled. They both entered the teahouse and ordered a seat, they were immediately directed to a small table with traditional Japanese bamboo mats.
"Cool," Yaguruma said, he had modern clothes on now; a white T-Shirt and blue jeans while Tsurugi wore a white tuxedo and white dress pants.
"So… I wonder where our waiter is," Tsurugi said, tapping the table.
10 minutes later, a man walked out of the kitchen with two cups and a teapot.
"Sorry about this," the man said.
"You know how long this friggin'-"
Tsurugi was cut off when the man revealed himself, taking his hat off. It was Tendou Souji. Yaguruma nodded at him. Tsurugi kept a shocked look on his face.
"Why Tsurugi, you don't want your tea?" Tendou asked.