Chapter 8 : Yamata no Orochi
Disclaimer : I do not own Kamen Rider and RWBY as they both belong to their respective owners, except formy OC(s).
Decade I, in his Den-O armor, clashed the new formidable opponent, Xiphon. The Kaijin commander was proven to be capable of fighting on par against the ace Rider as the latter had no time on figuring out who the former really was. However, Xiphon's words of the Kamen Riders disrupting the balance of the universe did sound familiar to him. It kept bugging him in his earlier days as a Kamen Rider, even if his duty at the time was to prevent the Rider worlds' destruction due to their convergence.
He knew really well that the convergence was one of his undoing, and he was glad that he had been shown a path to his redemption, as well as completely fulfilling his destiny as both a hero and a villain Rider. Since then, he believed that the path he had been walking through was always the right one, all along. As a senior Rider at the time, it had been his job to guide the young Riders to never stray from the path of good they're in. Heck, he always found it amusing every time he thought about it, especially about him and Ozpin sharing a common thing as mentors who did a grave mistake as a mere human.
Putting those thoughts aside, he continued his brawl by overpowering the Kaijin commander bit by bit as the latter showed some signs of weakening. His temporal 'Ore Sanjou' attack boost started to wear off, too. He then prepared Den-O's Final Attack Ride card. It emblazoned a symbol of a 'T' like aligned train tracks that was tilted a bit inside a circle.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : DE-DE-DE-DEN-O!
The Den-Gasher's red sword edge flew itself off from its handle. However, it was still connected to the handle by red electricity, keeping the edge from falling. It was as if the sword was elongated, making it much more lethal. The edge also spun itself in high speed that it became a buzz saw.
DI-Den-O swung his energized weapon a couple of times to the Kaijin commander, further damaging the latter. Lastly, he commanded the buzz saw to spin around him as an enlarged buzz saw, causing more sparks to fly from Xiphon's body.
"How's that for a dip?" Decade I boasted.
"Hehehe…" Xiphon chuckled.
"What? I haven't joke on anything yet. Wonder if you're really that ticklish." He wondered.
"It seems that I must call quits on this fight. I have gained enough data for my research. Until then, farewell for now." Xiphon bid his farewell as he retreated to his HQ, using a dark portal to teleport himself away from the battlefield.
Decade I could only stood in silence as he went back to his original form, thinking back about Xiphon's words. It was like he witnessed the return of a particular person, which could only be described as a ghost in the past. However, he was still unsure of the Kaijin commander's identity.
"Meh." He decided to shrug it off and regroup with the others.
The King Taijitu was one of the large-sized Grimms like the Death Stalker and The Nevermore were. It's two heads were surely a formidable adversary to begin with. While the rest of our heroes were handling the Grimms, Brave, Ren, Weiss and Ghost were facing the giant two-headed snake.
Ren blocked an oncoming attack using his Aura as a shield. He managed to break the Grimm's fangs and used it to stab the snake's head on its eyes, making it hissing in pain. Weiss subdued the other head using her Glyph, freezing it before she used her gravity Glyph to forcefully pressed it further to the ground. As the King Taijitu was subdued, Ghost and Brave prepared their finishers.
DAI KAIGAN! / KIMEWAZA!
ORE OMEGA DRIVE! / TADDLE CRITICAL STRIKE!
Both of the Riders' right boots were energized by unique energy surges. Ghost had an orange spectral energy flowing wildly came from a similar but orange-colored eye symbol on his back, while Brave had a cartoonish and colorful lightning-shaped energies emanated from it.
The two jumped highly before they landed on the weakened Grimm. The two did powerful consecutive Kicks without any signs of breaking a sweat, mercilessly beating the monster to a pulp. The King Taijitu finally dissolved into a black smoke.
"Nice work." Brave complimented.
"You two did great today." Ghost congratulated their victory, especially at Ren and Weiss' accomplishment.
"It's been an honor working with you, too. I look forward to learn from you guys in the future." Ren answered.
"Don't mention it. We all still got a long way to go." Brave responded.
"Whelp, it looks like we're done here." Ghost said.
"Umm… about that 'long way to go' part, does it count as that?" Weiss pointed at the fallen King Taijitu that was respawned in front of them.
"It's the same one that we defeated!" Ren wondered. It was indeed as he said when he noticed the black smoke from the fallen Grimm moved strangely, as if it moved to somewhere else instead of flowing to the air.
"Don't tell me… it was like in the Emerald Forest before!" Weiss realized.
"What do you mean?" Brave wondered.
"Back when we were still facing the initiation exam, we encountered another Kaijin with this ability. He could revive any defeated Grimms." Ren explained.
"And what's more, Kyle said that the Kaijin also used some sort of dark Dust crystal that could increase their power. The last one that we fought turned himself into a giant and even grew some missing limbs." Weiss continued.
"Could it be… that Dai-Shocker managed to create them in their R&D?" Ghost wondered.
"Either way, we should exterminate it quickly." Brave said as he prepared his sword.
"Not so fast, human." A familiar ominous voice was heard from above, which came from a dark smoke with a pair of sinister red eyes. The living smoke then spawned another three King Taijitus, much to the others' shock.
"All I ever did before was just a warm up. Now, it's time to give you the closing that you all deserve!" the smoke growled.
The four King Taijitus glowed in violent purple as they merged with the smoke as the latter surrounded themselves with his smokes. After a few moments, the smokes dissipated to reveal a giant body of eight snake heads. It had a single huge tail with a razor blade on its end. Its snake heads each have golden ornaments and a pair of venomous fangs that looked similar to Cobra Kaijin's golden sickles, added with two pairs of menacing red eyes.
"Fear my own power, weaklings!" he roared in his disembodied voice.
Weiss, Brave, Ren and Ghost could only watch in shock as they almost trembled at the terror as Decade II and Kuuga came, who were soon joined by the others.
"We're too late!" Kuuga said.
"Dammit…" Decade II cursed.
"Huh? What happened?" Ghost wondered.
"It's the Cobra Kaijin that we defeated before. So, this is what he had been planning all the time." Decade II explained.
"He summoned a King Taijitu so that he can make use of it when the Grimm is defeated." Kuuga continued.
"Well, in case you guys didn't know before, he summoned another three King Taijitus." Weiss informed.
"What!?" Decade II shocked.
"Four two-headed snakes… that means eight heads! It's like Yamata no Orochi!" Ghost said.
"Yamata-what?" Nora wondered.
"I remember reading a Japanese folklore before. It's a mythological eight-headed snake that spread terror throughout the land and its denizens." Decade II said.
"Only to be defeated by a warrior named Susano'o, who sliced the monster with his empowered sword. Like Hercules fighting a Hydra." Brave continued.
"Hydra? I think I read about it in comic books, too!" Ruby said.
"Well, looks like you're gonna need to save your culture lessons later and figure out how to beat that thing instead." Yang said.
"Sword, eh? Then, let's see if our 'swords' work on it." Decade II said as he prepared his Kamen Ride Gaim card.
"I'm glad that you take this really well." Decade I complimented as he prepared another Kamen Ride card. It had a picture of a Rider helmet that almost resembled a spade shape from trump card set. It had a pair of red round visors that were partially covered by a transparent faceplate, which also covered its teeth-like mouthpiece.
"Looks like we have one mind in common. Guess, I should bring out the 'Titan' for this." Kuuga mused as he prepared his Henshin stance.
"Still, I won't let you hog all the glory, Kyle Morgan." Hiiro pointed out as he took out a new Gashat. It was yellow-colored and had a picture of a cartoonish Chibi DJ and labeled as 'DoReMiFa Beat'.
DOREMIFA BEAT!
"We need to subdue its heads if we're gonna aim for them." Ghost said as he took out another Eyecon. This one was colored in gray and its top sticker depicted a pair of similar music notes and some instrumental strings, which also consisted of numbers '06' on the top and the name 'Beethoven' on the bottom. He pressed the Eyecon's button and its Iris displayed '06'.
"Alright, let's do this." Decade II said.
"Henshin!"
"Skill level 3." Brave declared.
"Let's bring in the melody, Beethoven." Ghost said.
KAMEN RIDE : GAIM!
KAMEN RIDE : BLADE!
Following the command, Decade I's torso armor dematerialized as a blue square-like gate appeared in front of him. The gate had a picture of a rhinoceros beetle with a spade symbol on it. It came closer to the Rider and generated electricity upon contact, materializing a new armor set and changed his other remaining armor parts' colors to dark blue and silver.
The new armor set was mostly in silver with some red and gold accents, emblazoning a spade symbol in his chest plate. It was almost as bulky as his original armor, providing him greater armor integrity despite sacrificing some of his speed a bit.
As his visors lit up in activation, he completed his transformation by harnessing the power of the warrior of spade, using his trump card of fate to determine the course of the battlefield and his own destiny, Kamen Rider Blade.
Kuuga was the next to change his form, with his Arcle glowed in purple. His armors started to reform itself into a new one. His new armor was bulky, colored in silver and purple accents. His visors became purple and glowed up in activation. As his Titan form was donned, he picked up a fallen tree branch and it suddenly changed into a broadsword, much to the group's surprise.
"He can do that, too? Awesome!" Yang awed.
"I wish he could make my weapon cooler with that." Nora mused.
GASHATTO!
GACCHON!
The Gashat's game screen appeared and digitized the area temporarily, followed by a yellow robot drone appeared from the screen. The drone resembled the DJ character from the aforementioned game. His hands resembled DJ discs along with their plates. It also had a pink visor covering its eyes, a head mic and was seen wearing a hat.
"Cool! A robot!" Ruby squealled.
"What does music have to do with knights, anyway?" Weiss wondered.
"Maybe it's something we have yet to know, Weiss." Pyrrha responded.
GACCHAN! LEVEL UP!
TADORU MEGURU! TADORU MEGURU! TADDLE QUEST!
A GACCHA! DO-DO-DOREMIFA! SO-LA-SI-DO! (YEAH! YEAH!) OK! DOREMIFA (THISIS THE BEAT THEY ASKFOR!) BEAT~! (TO THE BEAT! TO THE BEAT!)
The drone opened its mouth and seemingly 'ate' the Rider, much to everyone's shock.
"WAAHH! It... It ate him!" Ruby shocked.
"Relax, Ruby. It's not like it malfunctioned or anything." Blake assured.
Her words were proven to be true as the armor adjusted its position, becoming Brave's brand-new armor. The drone's left feet launched some wires to connect itself with the right one, forming a bass loudspeaker. The drone's hands also adjusted themselves into Brave's right arm and became his double DJ plate. Finally, his helmet was installed with a headpiece resembling the DJ's yellow cap with a pink visor and a head mic. Thus, he donned his Beat Quest Gamer form.
"See what I mean?" Blake grinned as Ruby giggled in response.
KAIGAN! BEETHOVEN!
KYOKUMEI! UNMEI! JA-JA-JA-JAAA~N!
A new gray parka rose from the Ghost Driver. It had a knee-long coat with a classic ghost tail at its tips. Its 'hands' and collars resembled piano strings and there was a pair of black pointy shoulder guards and black Victorian-era hairdo ornaments on its hood. Ghost had harnessed the power of the famous music composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. He also reconfigured his Gan Gun sword into its Naginata form, resembling Gaim's own. He twirled it in a band conductor manner.
"Let's get this show started, shall we?" he said as the Riders prepared their stances, followed by their fellow Huntsmen and Huntresses.
"Let's see if that so-called legend of Susano'o was true or false." The Kaijin mocked.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Blake wondered.
"To be honest Blake, the same goes for me, too." Decade II said.
"Umm… guys, I think I'll keep myself on the ground here." Jaune grimaced.
"Jaune, it's okay. I'll bring a head down for you if you need it." Pyrrha offered her help to Jaune.
"Remember how we beat the Bat Kaijin before? Try to use your head, too. We could probably find its weakness while we tear his heads apart." Decade II assured.
"Like Blake and Kyle said, it looks like we're gonna need more than just our weapons." Ren said.
"Right… okay, I'll take it from here." Jaune said.
The group charged at the Kaijin while Jaune stayed behind to observe the battle. DII-Gaim, DI-Blade and Ruby took on against a head and clashed their weapons against the snake head's fangs. Ruby noticed a green fluid dripping from the Kaijin and melted the soil beneath it.
"Whoa!"
"Careful Ruby, it's acid." DI-Blade said as they went back to the battle.
"We need a safe distance if we're about to strike him!" Ruby said as she used her Crescent Rose's rifle portion and aimed it at the head.
"Yeah, no kiddin'." DII-Gaim responded as he used his weapon's gun mode.
Kuuga and Blake were also holding on their own against the snake head. Suddenly, the head sprayed the acid on both of them and made the battle much difficult. They had to cut off the head while avoiding the acid at the same time. Kuuga decided to went ahead by withstanding the Kaijin's immense acid spray. Despite its assault he managed to graze the head by his sword's heavy swing, causing the head to hiss in pain.
"Yusuke! Are you okay!?" Blake shocked.
"Don't worry, acid resistant armor." Kuuga said as he turned to her, revealing that he was indeed alright. His Titan form was thick enough to withstand it.
"Don't scare me like that again." Blake said to him firmly. Her glare causing him to stagger a bit.
"Scary…" he muttered.
"I heard that!"
"How…?"
Pyrrha was battling her way through the head, while Jaune could only watch in her back. He knew that he felt his powerlessness just by watching her fighting off the Kaijin, hoping that one day he could be her equal. However, if he and his team were about to secure their victory, he must cast it aside no matter what. He shook his head as he tried to clear those thoughts away.
Just as he focused his mind back, Pyrrha managed to bring down the head that she went up against, giving Jaune the opportunity to take the finishing.
"Now!" she shouted.
The knight swung his sword to the Kaijin's neck. He managed to graze it, but its thick scales preventing him from cutting off its head. He almost barely pulled his sword out after it stuck to the monster's neck.
"We can't cut off his head if his skin is this thick! We need a sharper… and maybe even a bigger sword to pull this off!" Jaune shouted to the group.
"Oh? Why don't you say so?" DI-Blade said as he took out his Final Form Ride card, which was for his Blade armor. It had a picture of the titular Rider over a giant blade resembling his own weapon, Blay Rouzer.
"It feels like we became a part of a big brain." DII-Gaim said as he took out his own FFR Gaim card, causing the senior Rider to cringe a little.
"Scary. No offense, but that's a nasty analogy for a team, if I say it myself." DI-Blade said.
"Heheh… yeah, none taken."
FINAL FORM RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM!
FINAL FORM RIDE : B-B-B-BLADE!
The two Riders got their hands on their FFR weapons as they reverted back to their original forms. They had finally took out their own giant blades as the most effective power against the thick-skinned giant abomination.
"So, have you actually met this giant brain I mentioned about?" Decade II wondered.
"Ugh… don't remind me. Not even I wish to go inside it again." Decade I said.
"Eww, really?" Decade II remarked as the two charged at the overgrown Kaijin.
Meanwhile, Ghost and Brave took two heads at once with one for each other. Their skills as senior Riders were completely unquestionable. Ghost could generate music notes and threw them at the snake head. He also twirled his Naginata to make the attacks grow stronger. This way, he could engage the Kaijin at the safe distance. He also used the music notes as a barrier whenever the Kaijin sprayed his acid by twirling his Gan Gun Saber at the incoming attack's direction.
However, Brave's attacks were much bolder. He went close up and personal to the head and continuously slashed him with his music-imbued Gashacon Sword. The music elements also included vibrations that could increase the weapon's damage that could stagger the snake head for a while, giving him more opportunity to strike more damages to the Kaijin. He might not be able to shield himself at this point, but his best defense was his evasive maneuvers. If one looked closely, his movements were akin to that of a street dancer, which made it obviously swift and agile enough to effectively evade enemy attacks. Especially, if it was acid sprays.
The two Riders decided to finish the heads off after they seemingly weakened.
"Let's end this, already." Brave said as he took out the DoReMiFa Beat Gashat from his Driver. He inserted it to the Kimewaza slot and pressed its button.
GASSHUN!
GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
"With pleasure… and style!" Ghost replied as he pulled his Driver's lever three times. Brave followed suit as he pressed the slot's button again.
DAI KAIGAN!
BEETHOVEN! OOMEDAMA! / DOREMIFA CRITICAL STRIKE!
A giant gray energy Eyecon was generated in front of Ghost, while Brave's Watts Up Sounder was energized with cartoonish energy surges. Ghost punched the energy Eyecon all the way to the snake head in front of him, trapping it as musical notes surrounded the Eyecon. Brave spun his turntable disc and fired sonic waves at the other snake head, subduing it as colorful musical notes surrounded the head. Both Ghost and Brave's musical notes soon gathered and tied the two heads together, making them a big enough target for the Riders.
Ghost scanned his weapon's eye symbol to the Ghost Driver and Brave pulled his yellow Gashat out from the slot and put it to his Gashacon Sword's slot.
GASSHUN!
DAI KAIGAN! / GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
GAN GAN MINNA! GAN GAN MINNA!
As each of their stand by sounds played, the two activated their finishers by pressing the handle's button and the 'B' button respectively.
OMEGA STREAM! / DOREMIFA CRITICAL FINISH!
The two Riders charged at the Kaijin heads with their weapons fully charged for a final blow. After they sent a heavy slash to the Kaijin, the musical notes surrounding its heads started to spin wildly until they got closer to the heads, exploding upon contact. The two landed elegantly as the heavy explosion fully incinerated the heads, leaving only its swirling necks.
The two Decades swung their giant swords to the monster. Their armors' hydraulic muscles helped them maintain their composures while wielding their FFR weapons. Their swift, yet restrained moves did well at harming the monster. The two even managed to cut the monster's fangs off. Seeing his mentor's another Rider armor, Decade II wondered if he could ever meet the real Kamen Rider Blade.
People could always tell how absurdly big those weapons were, but the Rider Technology wasn't the one to be trifled with. They might even still had bigger arsenals at their disposal like mech suits and support vehicles, but no one else in Remnant could tell whether those were real or not, however. To the 'eyes' of the past Remnant, Kamen Riders were always one hell of a surprise.
The two then took out their Final Attack Ride cards once they were done inflicting damage to the Kaijin. Decade I's card had a golden spade symbol of bridge cards. They inserted them to their Drivers.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM!
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : B-B-B-BLADE!
Both giant swords were energized by orange liquid and card-like pixels respectively, delivering a powerful one swoop attack to the enemy. The two managed to take down two snake heads simultaneously. However, this scenery had become no surprise to the others anymore, but it was still amusing to watch nonetheless.
The others also managed to hold their ground as well, with Kiva-la, Weiss and Ren damaging the monster's main body, along with Nora and Yang who bashed its tail into a mega XL pepperoni pizza.
"He can't move his heads faster anymore. He's too weak to move." Weiss informed.
"Let's get this over with!" Yang prepared.
"Alright! Now let's deal with the other heads!" Nora said.
However, both Ren and Kiva-la realized that there was something off as another headless neck-like body part went closer to their position. The soon they realized the upcoming danger, they proceeded to avoid it.
"Look out!" Ren ordered.
The group moved away as several snake heads appeared from the body part. Their sizes were rather smaller than the original ones, but its menacing appearance never distinguished, at all.
"What? How…?" Weiss wondered.
"It can grow more heads! He's regenerative!" Kiva-la shouted.
It appears that the female Rider's worries were true. The dissected necks of the monster soon grew more smaller-sized heads. Despite so, they could still spray their acids, which was the most troublesome part of the Kaijin.
As both Decades I and II put their FFR weapons away, the heroes regrouped in front of the Kaijin, preparing their next move.
"Do you really think that such bold approach could end me? and here I thought that your brains were much better than a mere animal." Cobra Kaijin mocked.
"This came from the one who looked like one, or maybe you're one?" Yang snickered.
"You mean he's the one to talk, right?" Decade II mused.
"My thoughts, exactly." Yang nodded.
"How are we gonna do this? He grows more heads if we cut a head off!" Ruby asked.
"Anything you got, Jaune?" Ren asked.
"Hmm… even if he grows those heads, they look smaller than what we fought before. If only… wait, I got it!" an idea finally popped up in the knight's head.
"Guys, keep cutting his heads off! They'll get smaller if we keep doing it!" Jaune ordered.
"Can't believe it'll be much easier like that." Blake said as she prepared her Gambol Shroud.
"I'm afraid its acid sprays will make us difficult to proceed." Kiva-la informed.
"Kiva-la's right, it'll be much problematic if he could shoot more acids with those heads. They'll increase the spray's pressure and make it more corrosive." Decade II said.
"Leave that to me."
Kuuga jumped into the fray and focused his power on the sword. He delivered a powerful blow to the remaining giant snake heads, causing them to re-grow smaller heads and sprayed their acids straight to Kuuga, which caught some of the others in surprise. As to the senior Rider, he remained unhindered by the spray as he stood firmly.
"Whoa! Kuuga, be careful man!" Decade II shouted.
"He… he can take all of that spray at once!?" Weiss flabbergasted.
"Don't worry. His current armor won't melt that easy." Brave assured.
"Lucky him…" Jaune frowned.
However, the acid spray was powerful enough to keep the Rider on bay. He could even barely step forward due to it. The Rider finally decided to turn things up a little by enchanting,
"Cho Henshin!"
His armor shone in bright gold as he marched closer to the snake heads. His steps became easier as he progressed and he sent consecutive slashes to the snake heads, in which he did in quick succession. Several heads were cut off and true to what Jaune said, the Kaijin grew new, smaller heads which made them much easier to cut even in one swoop.
As the golden light died out, Kuuga was revealed to have some new additions to his Titan form. Its color was dominated with purple and gold trimmings. His armor's shape also became sturdier than before. His sword adorned a golden sword tip, along with a gold plate on his belt. He was also seemingly able to lift his broadsword as if it was lightweight. Not only that, his powers were also seemingly off the charts. Thus hence it's name, Rising Titan form.
"Sorry guys, but I don't think I can finish this fast on my own." Kuuga said regarding to the Kaijin's many snake heads.
"Even if we're about to cut his heads off together, how are we suppose to protect ourselves from the acid at the same time?" Pyrrha wondered.
"If only… I get it! Tsukasa, on me! I think I have a pretty good solution for this." Decade II ordered his mentor to follow his plan.
"Oh, I like where this is going." Decade I mused as he proceeded along.
The two went aside to the forest as they execute their plan while the others fired their weapons at the Kaijin. Decade I discussed about this plan with his protégé.
"So, what do you got inside your helmet?" He asked.
"We need to find an energy item that can reflect his acid blast. Maybe some additional raw power could help if we're going to bust something that big." Decade II answered.
"I see. Don't worry, I got you covered. I'll find the reflector while you take that muscular one."
"Copy that."
Xiphon de-armored himself as he made his way out of the game field to an empty alley. He used his casual clothing to blend into the public. He was glad that he wasn't even on a most wanted list like Roman did. Despite his exhaustion from the fight, he found it quite amusing in some way.
However, him being unable to face Kyle Morgan was unfortunate as he had been expecting it more than with the senior Rider. He decided to approach him close and personal if they ever meet next time.
"Looks like bringing a Kaijin along would be such a waste. Next time, it'll be just you and me, Kyle Morgan. Mano a' mano." He chuckled darkly.
Meanwhile, the combined forces of the Huntsmen, Huntresses and Riders were still struggling against the assault of the evolved Cobra Kaijin. Even if they found it easier to gradually damage him, his acid sprays were proven to be much troublesome than ever. They were hoping that the two Decades were already close.
Weiss also tried to get close using her glyph as a shield. The major problem was that when she took on a set of snake heads, the other set also sprayed the acids while she was shielding herself from the heads she was facing. Even constant uses of Semblances have their limits. If only she could shield the entire group with her glyph. However, it would be very costly.
The same goes for Brave, who started to use his enhanced shield constantly. The acid spray was proven too much even for the two of them to handle.
"Any sight of them yet?" Brave asked the Heiress.
"They said that they'll be here soon… oh, they're here!"
Just as things started to get very difficult, the two Decades had returned with their main goal at their own hands, literally.
"Candygram!" Decade II shouted.
"Alright! So… what do you two have in mind?" Ruby wondered.
"Just watch how the show goes, Ruby." Decade I grinned as the two Riders nodded at each other before bashing their energy items.
MUSCULAR!
REFLECT!
"Guys, we're gonna charge him head on." Decade II said.
"But his acid spray…" Kiva-la doubted.
"Don't worry. There's still more than this." He assured as the female Rider nodded.
"Hope you guys can do it right." Blake said.
The group mustered their strength and courage as they readied their weapons. They charged towards the Kaijin as the latter prepared to spray its acid from almost every direction at them. Just as it was about to happen, Decade II instructed his mentor.
"Tsukasa, now!"
He nodded as they took out a card.
ATTACK RIDE : CROSSATTACK!
The acid sprays soon engulfed the entire team with no signs of them emerging out. The Kaijin was seemingly victorious as no one was supposed to survive it. Suddenly, the acid goo burst away from its position, melting some of the heads. The group was revealed to be left unharmed. Using the Crossattack card, the two Decades turned out to be powering them up with their own energy item boosts.
"What? How did...?" Yang wondered.
"That's the plan, guys! Now, let's hit 'im with all we got!" Decade II revealed as he took out another card.
ATTACK RIDE : BLAST!
He then shot a large amount of the heads, incinerating them as the Kaijin grew much smaller heads, which was even less problematic compared to the ones before.
"Kyle, you're a genius! We can defeat him this way!" Ruby cheered.
"So instead of shielding ourselves, you reflected the acid back to the enemy. I must say, this is very brilliant of you." Weiss mused, replied by Decade II's jovial snicker.
"That's what we call generosity, it seems." Brave mused.
"This... this is perposterous!" the Kaijin growled.
"What's preposterous is that you just fall to the same trick twice!" Kuuga shouted as he sent a powerful slash to the evolved Kaijin.
The others then slashed the heads without any signs of worry. Even Jaune also managed to get his own part. The Kaijin couldn't shoot his acid due to the reflect boost and he could only roar in pain as his heads were constantly being cut down by the heroes.
FINAL FORM RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM! / B-B-B-BLADE!
Before the two Decades swung their weapons, they gave the opportunity for team RWBY to have the first blood at the Kaijin. Yang was the first to give the shot. Her hair shone brightly and her eyes became red. She bashed the Kaijin and continued by Weiss who used her red flame glyph and thrusted her empowered Myrtenaster at the enemy. Ruby and Blake sliced the smaller heads to bits and fired their weapon's gun mode at them. After the all-girl team was done, the Riders already empowered their weapons.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM! / B-B-B-BLADE!
They swung their weapons directly at the weakened Kaijin, further damaging the remaining necks.
On the other side of the battlefield, team JNPR battled their way through in assistance of Kiva-la. Jaune swung his sword at the snake heads and sliced them off effectively despite his abrupt, yet improved movements. Pyrrha's assistance also made their advance went better, along with Ren's Stormflower blasts. Their raid was further succeeded by Nora's hammer bash and Kiva-la's heavy slash, which was empowered by a corrosive bloody red energy. The raid was further continued until the Cobra Kaijin's regeneration started to slow down, giving the heroes more oppotunity to finish him right away.
"Alright, this is it!" Ghost pulled the Ghost Driver's lever and activated his finisher.
DAI KAIGAN!
BEETHOVEN! OMEGA DRIVE!
Ghost pressed the piano strings in his left collar, causing various music notes to form above him. He performed some orchestratic gestures as he gathered the notes to both of his arms, along with audible musical orchestra sounds following it. After he powered them enough, he charged at the Kaijin's body and unleashed a flurry of enhanced punches at it.
KO-CHIN!
He was soon followed by Brave who used his ice sword, along with Weiss who took notice on Brave's ice element and jumped to the Kaijin's neck right next to him.
"You're an ice user, right?" Weiss asked.
"Then you know what's coming to this monstrosity." Brave said as he inserted his personal Gashat to his sword.
GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
"The heiress and her knight. Amusing." She mused as she stabbed her weapon to the monster and summoned her glyph below her, followed by Brave who activated his finisher.
TADDLE CRITICAL FINISH!
He stabbed his sword into one of the Kaijin's remaining neck. Ice sprouted away as he did and froze the majority of Kaijin's body. This enabled the heroes to shorten the monster's necks, rendering it almost unable to regenerate. After the successful attack she noticed her teammates and JNPR having the same fatigue as she had. It wouldn't be much of a help if it happened
"I can't keep this up, anymore. Our Semblance won't work if we're this exhausted." Weiss informed.
"Then it's best we leave the rest to the others, but we need to be ready just in case they couldn't make it." Brave stated in Weiss' agreement.
Kuuga was the next to deliver a heavy blow to the Kaijin. His helmet's sensors detected a strong energy reading, which must be the Kaijin's core. He proceeded to the Kaijin's body and readied his Calamity sword. Just as he jumped to it, the Kaijin spoke,
"Do you really think I'll let you get away with this? Even if you managed to cut off my snake heads, I still have my own ace up on my sleeves."
"We'll never know unless we try!" Kuuga said as he stabbed his sword to the monster's core, which was proven unsuccessful due to its concrete shell. It only cracked the shell for a bit and it'll take a long time for him to eventually break through. He decided to rapidly stab it.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, and I would never yield to you, Rider."
Several snake heads grew from the main body, surrounding the Rider who stood right on top of the protected core. Their grip was surprisingly strong enough to keep him strangled and took away his sword. The snake heads also rapidly stroke his body, which was still problematic even when he
"Uhh... a little help here?"
Just as the situation was seemingly helpless, Decade II's Decadriver shone and his Ride Booker flung out a new card. It was another form of his Gaim armor. The helmet had a red visor and it also had some strawberry-like ornaments. On its sides were pointy headpieces.
"Let's try this one, then." He said as he inserted it to his Driver.
FORM RIDE : GAIM ICHIGO!
As his torso armor dematerialized, a body-sized mechanical strawberry appeared from above. The armor part descended upon Decade II and it unfolded itself into a new set of armor, letting out some steam as it did.
The armor was thinner than his previous Gaim forms. His appearance resembled an armored ninja. His upper torso was partially covered in a black cloth and his Musou Saber was carried on his back. Like strawberries, his armor was mostly in red. Its right shoulder guard had a green leaf ornament and it carried several Kunai knives with strawberry ornaments on each of its middle. His skirt armor also shorter compared to his other Gaim forms and its side skirts also carried his Kunais.
Gaim Ichigo Arms was focused more on speed and agility, making his armor lightweighted and thinner than his other forms. It was also evidenced by him jumping high enough to reach the main core. He swiftly cut the snake heads and freed the senior Rider.
"Whew... thanks bud." Kuuga thanked, replied by the younger Rider's nod.
"We can't keep this up if those heads keep growing. Let's move down first." DII-Gaim said as the two went down to the ground below them, regrouping with the others.
After they landed, the young Rider wondered, "What're you doing with that body part, anyway? Is that his weakness?"
"I've detected a strong energy reading there. It must be his core that he tried to protect. We can't break through his shielding from here. It won't be enough." Kuuga explained.
"Then we need a strong force, given a measurable and just targeting." Decade I stated.
How are we going to do it, anyway? DII-Gaim thought. His mentor was right. Even if they had enough force, they needed a fixed target so that they wouldn't miserably miss the core, which was much difficult to do in the ground. So, he took a guess. If they could't do it in the ground, then they would take...
The sky.
"How about from above?" he said as he looked up to the clear skies above them.
"Hey... that could work! The gravity could help us guide to our target!" Kuuga agreed.
"Then it's settled. Let's take the skies to our favor." Decade I said as he took out a new FFR card.
It had a picture of a Rider who resembled a golden dragon, although he was rather goldish yellow than absolute gold. He had a black with pair of red visors, a golden horn and a silver mouthpiece. His torso consisted of black base armor and golden torso platings. His shoulder guards were black with pointy silver pieces. Below the Rider was some sort of a red and golden long hover board that almost resembled a bike. It had boosters on its back. The text described it as 'Agito Tornader'. He then inserted the said card to his Decadriver
FINAL FORM RIDE : A-A-A-AGITO!
A phantom Rider projection of the card appeared in front of the senior Rider. It dislocated its limbs to form the hover board. The head was tucked into his torso, his hands formed the boosters and its legs form the Tornader's head.
DII-Gaim also took out his Dandeliner in response. He pressed the Lockvehicle's button and threw it to the air, unfolding itself to become the hover bike of Helheim. He rode it as the other two Riders hopped on to the FFR vehicle.
"This has to work. Let's finish this." DII-Gaim said to his seniors to their agreements.
They rode their vehicles up to the sky until they reached enough height to execute their finishers.
"After you, sirs." The young Rider allowed his seniors.
"With pleasure." Kuuga grinned as he jumped down from the Tornader.
The height was proven effective to give Kuuga enough force to build up his finisher. He focused his powers on his Calamity sword, making its golden tip shine. As soon as he reached the Kaijin's core, a loud crack was heard and the shell started to show cracks from the impact. The Kaijin was surely not expecting it to happen.
"What!?"
"My turn." Decade I said as he rode down to the weakened Kaijin, with his protégé following suit. As Kuuga jumped away, He took out a Final Attack Ride card that corresponded with his FFR. It had a golden symbol of Agito's faceplate.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : A-A-A-AGITO!
The Tornader emitted a golden light on its front, forming Agito's symbol. he rammed the cracked shell and successfully broke it apart, exposing its purple-colored core.
"Now! Finish it!" Decade I ordered as he jumped off from the dematerializing FFR.
Using this opportunity, DII-Gaim hopped off from his Dandeliner as it folded itself to the Rider's hand and dissolved. He then took his Final Attack Ride card.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM!
The Rider unsheathed his sword and thrust it to the front, making his Kunais flew to its position and formed a giant energy Kunai. Noticing this, the Kaijin quickly built up his last defense by ordering the snake heads to charge towards the Rider. However, this didn't left him flabbergasted. He grinned as he still had one thing in mind.
"Make it Rain!"
He quickly swung his sword, which caused the energy Kunai to broke itself into dozens of smaller Kunais. As he said, the Kunais rained and sliced the snake heads, leaving the core open to DII-Gaim's final attack. The Rider built up his powers to his right boot and delivered a powerful Rider Kick at the core, cracking it much to the monster's pain. After he landed to the ground below, he asked the monster,
"Any last words?"
"Urgh… our goal… still remains the same. I assure you… Xiphon is not the one… to be trifled with."
"Blah blah blah. Yeah, we'll beat him like how we do to you." DII-Gaim boasted.
"You… have only seeing the tip… of an iceberg. What comes next… more so. Hail Dai-Shocker!" the monster roared as he exploded spectacularly, dissolving into a black mist.
With the crisis finished, the Riders powered themselves down and both teams RWBY and JNPR lowered their weapons. This was followed by the game field dissipating itself into pixel bits, returning our heroes to the previous city street.
GASHUN!
OYASUMI!
"Alright! That's another win for us!" Nora squealed.
"Looks like it worked alright. The game field can take the battle away from the citizens." Kyle said.
"It was made for that, Kyle Morgan. That's always our top priority." Hiiro confirmed.
"Oh yeah! It seems we almost forgot about our proper introduction. My name's Takeru Tenkuji. I'm a freelance agent of the All Kamen Rider League."
"Hiiro Kagami. I work as a surgeon on the nearby hospital."
"How about we all go to Tsukasa's house now? We can talk more there." Yang said to the group's agreement.
"Alright, let's get going then." Tsukasa instructed.
Just as they were about to proceed, Kyle suddenly felt that he was being watched. Without his knowledge, a black, orange-lined hooded Parka Ghost was seen observing him from the buildings afar. It was indeed similar to Ghost's Ore Parka. Its sharp orange eyes observed the young Rider thoughtfully. When Kyle looked back at the Parka's location, it disappeared without a trace, leaving him puzzled.
"Something wrong, Kyle?" Ren asked.
"Oh! Umm... nothing. I must be imagining things from this fatigue. Let's go." He shrugged.
"Right."
Our heroes rejoiced their victory in Tsukasa's house. Truth to be told, it was even more luxurious and pleasant if more people came to hangout, which turned out to be an ideal one besides the academy's roof bench. After some introductory conversations from the two newly-met Riders, they discussed the recent events there.
"Okay, so you said that there truly had been illegal Dust shipments, lately?" Kyle wondered.
"That Kaijin was the one who orchestrated the previous shipment. I managed to take it down on my own, but he got away in the end. I assumed that if they were transporting Dusts here in there, it's probably for something big. But the problem is, we haven't know for sure, though. They've been much harder to track, lately." Takeru said.
"Knowing the Dai-Shocker's grandeur obsession, this shouldn't be a surprise for all of us here. That's why us Riders committed ourselves to defend this very world from their wretched plans." Hiiro continued.
"Kinda reminds us of the older days, eh?" Yusuke mused to the two's agreement.
"It's too bad that the council decided to kick in. I wish we could meet our old allies again, this time." Natsumi frowned.
"Oh, right! Tsukasa said that the previous Huntsmen and Huntresses helped you guys out against the Dai-Shocker! Can we hear more about it from you guys?" Ruby chirped.
"Maybe some advices from you guys will help." Blake said.
"I see. Well, at first we were a bit reluctant on accepting their assistance, knowing that Dai-Shocker could be beyond their power. This is supposed to be our internal affairs, after all." Natsumi stated.
"But they kept saying about 'this is their world and so, this is their fight too' stuffs whatsoever. They even proved themselves to be sufficient as we haven't got used to their customs at the time. Turns out they, and you guys here, also fight Grimms in daily basis. So, no wonder if we eventually accept their help and provide them assistance in turn." Takeru said.
"It seems that Dai-Shocker had been learning about this world too. They seemed to be much more organized and well-planned this time. Heck, those Kaijins are the result of their wicked experiments, too." Yusuke said.
"Now that being said, I believe some of you still have something in mind that you want to say. Too bad we haven't heard it because we were pretty much occupied, back then." Tsukasa said.
"Oh yeah, I remember about it too. What's going on?" Kyle wondered.
There was a bit of a silence among the group. Both teams RWBY and JNPR were a bit unsure of what and how to sound their reasons up. They looked at each other, deciding what was the best way they could tell to them. That was until Pyrrha decided to speak,
"Tsukasa, we understand the reason of why you choose us as the Huntsmen and Huntresses to participate in this... 'secret war' of yours. We know that you put your faith in us as warriors who strived for the same goal. But... there's something that I... no, we should tell you first."
"Don't you guys think that this is really too sudden for us? I mean, look at you guys. Armed with some kind of... beyond-military grade weapon and fought for years even before you guys are here in Remnant, and look at us. We're still Huntsmen and Huntresses in training. I'm afraid if this kind of thing that you guys do are absolutely beyond our levels." Yang questioned.
"I'm scared." Weiss frowned.
"Weiss..." Ruby muttered.
"Yang's right about this whole war deal, guys. This could be too much for us to handle. We're not professionals or veterans like you guys are, at least for now. What if it's too much for us to handle? What if we screwed this up, for crying out loud?" she gritted.
"Maybe fighting Grimms is our best thing to do, but Dai-Shocker? We're not just facing some mindless, rampant monster here. We're fighting an entire terrorism organization, which technically is a potential global-scale threat if they have that kind of power." Jaune said.
"I'm sure that all of us here is certain for that thought. I must say that I agree with it." Ren said as Nora couldn't fathom those words into light, either.
"But guys, Kyle said that this is what we trained for, right? Us Huntsmen, Huntresses... and even Riders are tasked with this kind of duty. We fight against those guys to protect the innocent. Wasn't their dedication is the reason why we've reached this point in our lives?" Ruby encouraged.
"And if we ever want to be that kind of warrior in this harsh reality, then it must be done earnestly. Our commitment is the key factor of becoming stronger and to keep ourselves in check. That way, we might be able to figure out the best way to end Dai-Shocker... and maybe even Grimms for good." Blake continued.
"Hey, Kyle. What do you think about this?" Tsukasa asked.
Kyle, who had been silent in the entire argument, felt the need to say something. The first time he figured this kind of thing out, he felt the same way as his dear friend, Weiss told. He was just an ordinary person with an ordinary life, yet he was chosen by his own Decadriver to do something extraordinary. Just what kind of person who took it calmly if it wasn't a veteran? Even if he didn't look like one, he had been thinking it through the whole time.
However, it was his mentor, Tsukasa's words that brought him to light. The older Rider had put his faith in this very ordinary young man who also judged him from his actions, back then. He was entrusted with this kind of power and it wasn't for no reason, at all. He even instinctively said that he agreed to take this responsibility. Was it just because he didn't want to make himself look bad in front of the others? Or was it because he just wanted to play superhero? Maybe. However, the answer he chose to cling on was much more just than that.
And it was high time he spoke it out to the others.
"To be honest, guys... I'm scared too."
"Eh?" Blake wondered.
"I'm not a fighter like you guys are, to begin with. I don't even have any combat experiences before I came here. I'm just a guy who beats up bullies whenever I find one because personally, I think they are the monsters that should perish from this very world." He firmed with no signs of lie or bluff, which almost made his teammates staggered a bit.
"But look at me, now. I was handed with this 'beyond-military grade' weapon just when I had graduated my education and I get to face monsters, literally. I'm an early recruit, you know? And Honestly, I totally freaked out, hehehe... and I still am now." He laughed as he waved his Driver.
"Freaked out? How come defeating those Kaijins as a Kamen Rider is freaking out?" Yang wondered.
"Despite all of the ordeal that we've been through? Just how were you so calm, back then? What are you trying to imply here, Kyle?" Weiss wondered too.
She was right, the only person that they had ever knew is the fierce and level-headed Kyle Morgan, Who was also known as the second Kamen Rider Decade. His teammates also seem puzzled by his words, seeing as how he managed to go through all of the dangers that no ordinary people could survive. It was up to Kyle himself to give the answer.
"My point is, I understand that you guys are scared, too. That's why I'm telling you guys about it now. But still, think about this again. Why do you think we were dragged into this war in the first place? Why Tsukasa and the Riders chose us of all people in here?"
"Is it just because we're good at it? Or is it just a coincidence?" Weiss wondered.
"Look, I choose to believe that everything happens for a reason. Those guys, the Kamen Riders… they believed in us. They put their faiths and hopes in our hands. You said it yourself Yang, they've been fighting for years and maybe generations old. They're not just gonna pick some random people for this job." He said as he gestured the five senior Riders.
"Weren't you also one, Kyle?" Yang wondered.
"Then why me, of all people that my Driver could've chosen?" he responded.
"Because you're charming?" She guessed playfully.
"Yang, is it really the time for that?" Weiss said.
"Yeah, that and the other reason." He cleared his throat before he continued.
"Well, at least he takes it really well." Yang mused.
"Shut up, Yang." Weiss shushed.
"We are entrusted to carry this burden and responsibility. That means we have qualified their standards as agents of peace. If they had made up their decisions to believe in us, then who are we to judge ourselves? We're in this together. If there's anyone who can stop Dai-Shocker's plans, then it's gotta be us here. We are Remnant's last hope." He stated.
Hearing those words, his teammates were flabbergasted. It was Kyle himself never admitted that he always had a golden mouth despite him having one. he said himself that he was just an ordinary young man who didn't even claimed himself as a hero in the first place. But one thing for sure, they knew that the only thing that he ever wanted to do was a noble one, and he didn't even backed down from it. The elder Riders also thought the same thing, too.
Ruby was the first one to respond, "Kyle… I just wanna say… I'll help you out, no matter what! This is why you're assigned to our teams, right? You can't do this alone!"
"She's right." Weiss said, "I can't have you running an errand all by yourself, here. That being said, I'll go with you."
"Count me in! I can't just sit back here and watch if that's the real deal!" Jaune said.
"Our team leader's will is ours, too. I can't argue that." Pyrrha said.
"I believe it's already crystal clear. We're in." Blake said.
"This is gotta be fun." Yang mused.
"I'll break their legs too, Kyle! I say they deserve it!" Nora said.
"Well, looks like our thoughts are alike. We'll help you with what can do from here." Ren smiled.
"Guys…" Kyle muttered.
"Remnant's last hope? Now, where have I heard that before?" Tsukasa grinned.
"You all never cease to amaze us." Yusuke said.
"I believe it answers your question, Takeru." Hiiro said.
"Yup, it's a fix. You got some potential here, Kyle." Takeru mused.
"That being said, you have our full support." Tsukasa said.
"If you ever have your doubts, you can always come here, too. We'll help you with whatever we got." Natsumi said.
"You still have lots of things to learn, Kyle. If you and your teammates ever wanted to beat Dai-Shocker, then you're gonna need more than what you have, now." Hiiro warned.
"That's reasonable, and inarguable." Yusuke said.
"Thanks guys… thanks, I really need that." Kyle smiled.
Kyle was surely warmed by their response. This kind of friendship wasn't what he had back in his younger days. All of his previous friends were busy with their own goals and dreams, so his 'dreamy' friendship bond didn't last long. But in Remnant, he could feel that his bond with his newfound friends was strengthened with their aligned goal and commitment to defend humanity from evil. He knew that his was really 'dreamy' and romanticized, but it can't be helped since it was the real condition that he had to face with the others.
Besides, Ruby was right. He can't do this by himself. He'd need to broaden his circle of trust with his fellow Huntsmen, Huntresses, and Riders. Essentially, Kyle Morgan was a human, and humans were social beings. He ought to have other people in his life if he ever wanted to keep moving on.
He stood up and he said with a tender smile on his face, "I'll become stronger for you guys' sake. I'm counting on you guys, too."
"That's our Kyle!" Yang cheered as she hugged Kyle tightly.
"Okay… that's nice…" Kyle said as he barely spoke from her tight grip.
Everyone rejoiced and laughed as they enjoyed this moment with each other. They also started to talk about many things like their history, hobbies, favorites, you name it. Hiiro simply ate his favorite cheesecake and he noticed Ruby drooling over his desert, which he offered the young Huntress with some slice of his cake. He even chuckled, admitting that it was amusing enough to watch her overjoyed by the cake's delicious taste. He also didn't seem to mind being teased by Takeru, Yang and Nora.
Weiss, Pyrrha and Natsumi enjoyed their tea together. They talked almost like a group of nobles. Weiss didn't feel like she wanted to talk more about her family at the moment, although she mentioned her sister being the most supportive of her decisions. Natsumi was a bit taken back when she learned that Pyrrha was the champion of Huntsmen Olympics, so it was obvious that she was very skilled and famous among her peers even though she admitted herself that she just wanted to be treated as normal person, which both Natsumi and Weiss complied. But it wasn't without Natsumi reminding her that she would always be a special person in their hearts.
Meanwhile, The other boys talked about their life experiences with Tsukasa and Yusuke, either as warriors or an ordinary person. Ren said that he and Nora had lived together since their childhood, and how he managed to get used to her antiques. Jaune said that he was the youngest of his family, which mostly dominated by his sisters. Of course, the others couldn't fathom his life experience and how he was treated if he had sisters that much, though they hopefully it was as normal as anyone else had. He also mentioned that his family was a lineage of Huntsmen and Huntresses, which became his motivation on becoming one.
As Kamen Riders, both Yusuke and Tsukasa's stories were much more bizarre than they thought it would be. Tsukasa was a former Dai-Shocker leader who was betrayed by his own comrade, having an amnesia due to the world-travelling shock and was tasked to prevent the worlds from colliding. Yusuke found his powers from an ancient civilization of Linto that fought ancient monster tribes of Gurongi that was rampaging in their modern era. He even said that his powers were based on the very vicious Gurongi he fought in his last battle, N-Daguva-Zeba.
Kyle was digging some infos of the other legendary Riders through his scroll. Even though he desired to meet each of them in person, it was a story for another time. That also reminded him,
"Hey guys, is it okay if we stop by here to train with you guys, someday? Maybe we can discuss about doing it if we have lots of free time."
"As long as it doesn't meddle with your studies, then it's fine. You three still gotta learn a lot of things while saving the day from Dai-Shocker and Grimms." Yusuke said.
"How about if we decide the schedule, then?" Tsukasa offered.
"Maybe for another time. We're still exhausted from the last fight." Ren answered.
"Ren's right. We still have our classes tomorrow, anyway." Jaune said.
"By the way Jaune, how about you consider training with Hiiro? His fight style fits you as a knight, though." Tsukasa asked.
"I'll think about it later." He replied.
"After all, he's gonna be busy handling his patients, right? You ought to make some appointments with him if you still wanna do it." Kyle said.
"Right…" he muttered.
Kyle noticed that Jaune was a bit down when he said it. It might be right to ask him about what was wrong, but he decided to think that he was just tired for now. He made a note on himself to do it later should he ever noticed this kind of behavior again.
The only thing that matters at the time was that he wasn't alone in facing his ordeal as a Kamen Rider. He got his friends backing him up and he made an vow to them and himself to become stronger than ever.
Unbeknownst to our heroes, the same Ore Parka Ghost watched him from afar. Takeru noticed this himself when he looked through the window, but he decided to look away from it. Smiling, he muttered,
"It seems my turn has almost come, huh?"
The Parka also flew away from the house. Beneath his hollow body and glary eyes were a phantom skeleton which displayed its mysterious intent, at least for now.
Xiphon was still walking through the busy streets of Vale until he found a park bench, the same park where Takeru and Hiiro were. He sat on the bench to rest his legs and his Scroll rang. He picked up the call and put it on speaker only.
"How was your day, Xiphon?" the voice asked.
"Just found a bunch of opponents worth my time. Though, I don't mind sacrificing my own Kaijin to do so." He answered.
"I see… But I must implore you. Even if this is for the sake of your 'research', please try not to waste your own disposal, too much. We will need more of them once we execute our plans."
"Do not fret, It won't be much of a problem." He assured.
"Now speaking of which, how was the transport?" the voice asked.
"The White Fang is proven to be very resourceful and professional. I must say, they are very committed to their own cause of liberating the Faunuskind over humans. To think that they're actually willing to cooperate with us." Xiphon mused.
"It was all thanks to our professional negotiator. That person is very cunning to begin with, and with that advantage in our hand, we will triumph over the world and those who despise us." The voice chuckled darkly.
"Yes, at long last our goal will be fulfilled, and I shall find my peace, that way."
"One more thing, I cannot wait to see the results of your research, Xiphon. I have a feeling that it will be very beneficial to Dai-Shocker's grand plan." The voice mused.
"Yes, father. It will be." He grinned jovially.
(A/N)
Chapter 8 is out, folks! Along with our Riders' spectacular form debuts!
Not that I wanna be cocky or anything, but I feel like I've been writing a fight porn here even though it's not as much as any Kamen Rider movies. You see, when I'm writing those scenes, I was also thinking about various possibilities that could happen in the fight, like re-growing limbs and such. I'm also considering on writing some character-driven chapters which is important for character developments, as we know. Also, I'll try to provide more insight on Xiphon as the OC antagonist, here.
While our heroes rejoiced their victory and vowed to protect each other, more upcoming events are bound to happen anytime. What is the other Ore Parka's intentions? What caused Jaune to be a downer? Who is Xiphon's father that he talked to through his Scroll? Stay tune for more chapters!
Please leave your comments below and I remind you again, BE CONSTRUCTIVE.
Until next time.