Hello everyone benjisgametimes here to tell you first thank you to read the story and sorry for the big delay there was between the prologue and this chapter I had personal things going on and problems fell onto me at the worst time halfway through it.
The major problem I had is, I got all of my accounts hacked by two hackers, who are now in jail by the way thanks to a mistake they made and allow me to use it to land a killing blow. It was two weeks ago they got full of themselves and used by credit card to buy things on genshin impact, little did they knew I had prepared a trap in advance and thanks to my bank, and a friends who's also an hacker we got them through their account up to their facebook and send the report to their local police. I received a call this week telling me they were in jail now and got compensation for the hard time they gave me (it's actually a lot compared to what I earn in a month ) but some might wonder why did they hack me well that's where it's complicated because there's at least 4 possible scenarios but all link to one author I have problems with.
CMBX, an author on this site with who I had a hard time to deal with (and still have) due to his short temper and personality, I won't say everything that I hate about him because it would be longer than this chapter, but I know I'm not the only one who got problems caused by him or his goons when reviewing his story with proper criticisms , between threat in MP, constant harassments, defamation, insults, and lot of other stuffs I won't tell because that can make my story being rightfully strike by the admin of this site.
Anyway those hackers were CMBX fans who acted under his orders that's where the problems is, is that true or false I don't know and I won't pry into this as, as mentioned we're aren't on a good term to start with, to tell you he's one of two persons I blocked on this site ( the other being dannyrockon122 because he is the same kind as CMBX).
Bref….. sorry for this AN full of grudge but it was needed on that note nice reading.
Ha also as I rewrote this chapter completely the sneak I wrote in the end of the prologue will not be fully accurate as some dialogue disappear and scene have changed but it should be good after this chapter.
NP: my Hero Academia and Kamen rider belong to their respective authors as well as other materials mentionned in the story I have no rights apart from the OC's belonging to me
"talking"
"English talking"
Driver
Title, A/N
location
Story telling, biological data record
Kaijins
*sound effect*
Chapter 1 in this form I'm zero-zero-one (001)
Unknown place one day ago.
In a run-down facility we see Ryu sitting on a barrel with a frown on his face looking at nothing in particular, when suddenly a shadow approached him from behind and a hand reached for his shoulder.
" Yo!" said a voice as the hand touched Ryu shoulder startling him as jump of the barrel and faced the person with a fighting stance before he saw who it was .
" Miharu…. Don't scare me like that would you" said Ryu as Miharu got out of the shadow revealing his signature blue lock on his left side
( Miharu or more known as Michal Minato or Kamen Rider Aqua, he is a rider who fought once with OOO in the past now he is at this era as one of the few riders still standing against shocker at this time he is currently 21 years old)
" Sorry, sorry, I thought it could loosen the tension in the atmosphere a bit " said Miharu while joining his two hands in a pleading stance.
" Stop that please , I'm the one who should be sorry for not being aware of my surrounding especially right now" said Ryu with a sigh as four more people arrived.
" always bringing you down it seem?" said one of the newly arrived making himself know.
"Oh?! Welcome back Eiji, Kotaro, Amaterasu and Doruzo" said Miharu with a smile to the four people wearing tattered rag over some dusty clothes
(The first one is Eiji Tomari also known as Dark Drive he is the current Kamen Rider Drive and a brother figure just like Miharu toward the group due to the two being the same age and having the same mindset)
( The second is Kotaro Nogami also known as New den-O he fought in the past with his grandfather Ryotaro Nogami who was the original Den-O just like Miharu he come from the future but he is younger by a year compared to him)
( the third one is a girl the same age as Ryu with pale skin, long raven black hair, and dark brown eyes. she was Myokoin Amaterasu, Geiz and Tsukuyomi's daughter which is the twin of the fourth person Myokoin Doruzo. Unlike his sister Doruzo have a slightly more tanned skin tone, short black hair combed with hair gel, his eyes are also dark brown like her sister as it is the only trait the two of them share)
" thanks Miharu….." said Eiji with a sad tone
"Can I ask how your mission went?" asked Miharu with a frown
" Bad but it could have been worst I think" responded Eiji " the project exodus managed to be launch and multiples arks got sent into space with the last survivors" he said while looking at the crumbling roof.
" which mean now we are the last persons alive on earth" sighed Kotaro as he sat on a pile of rubbles.
" that's only if we don't count shocker in the equation" said Doruzo with hatred in his voice as he was tightening his hand into a fist as his sister silently nodded and held his other hand to calm him down.
" I suppose now it's our turn and go into this other world which we know nothing of " said Ryu as he lean on a pillar.
" exactly" said another voice coming from the entrance which took the attention of the group who saw it was horobi and a group of soldiers humagear.
" there's no time to loose right now, shocker is hurrying his force to find you all so we must divide you into two groups at least…" started to said horobi as Doruzo snapped.
" DON'T EVEN DARE MESSING WITH US!" he yelled "dividing us, again, again and again look where it led us in the end we lost almost everything. We are the last peoples standing against Shocker on earth, and we have to go each our separate way to survive without knowing if the others will survive…. I HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT ALREADY" he said while tears streamed down his face making the group having some tears too forming under their eyes.
horobi looked down and was ready to talk back when suddenly an explosion occurred from one of the walls which send pieces of rubbles everywhere and knock down the group who were stunned by the explosion.
" Look like you're all on edge." Said a sinister voice while laughing as Ryu was the first to get back to his sense and see who was talking, Another Zero-One.
" You bastard how long have you been here?" asked Ryu as he slowly walk to face him
" enough to say that your plan will fail no matter what" said Another Zero-One
" that's what we will see" said Ryu as he put his ziku driver on his waist and activate his zi-o ride watch before transforming right away while running toward Another Zero-One and clash with him
Present days - abandoned cement quarry, hideout of Ryu and Ark as well as the crash site of the breaking mammoth.
In the cement quarry the sun was rising shining upon the abandoned machinery, the pile of rubbles scattered around , the broken breaking mammoth, and also Ryu who was sleeping into an old casern made for the workers, there was some beds abandoned there, even though time didn't do well for the mattress, Ryu pay it no mind and slept there as it was better than sleeping on the floor.
" it's already the morning" muttered Ryu while rubbing his tired eyes and leaning up before scratching his belly and look at it "I need to change those" he said as he took off his jacket and tank top revealing his body covered with scars, cut, burn, bite even clawing mark but what was the more noticeable was a scar in the center of his chest which was bigger than the other and the same one was on his back.
Ryu, then start to took off the bandage of his belly to see a recent cut on it which started to heal but was still leaking a bit of blood on a place where a bruise was.
" that idiot from yesterday almost opened it again I was lucky to have my armor at that moment" he said, before going outside to prepare for the day ahead.
Opening silent minority by Kashitaro Ito
(Instrumental)
On the screen we see the earth starting to be covered in explosion before suddenly the screen broke to an alternate earth without explosion and the satellite ark over it then the den-liner pass in front of the screen leaving only the title visible
My Hero Academia: Rider Legacy
Zen jinrui wa mina kyodai
(All of humanity are brothers)
We see Ryu with ARK in his mobile form watching over the city of Musutafu from the top of the stairs of the Daitenku temple
Ashitaninareba ashitadai, ōnarishōnari idainaru hito de itai
(tomorrow we will be the future, I want to be a great man , big or small)
The screen change to show Doruzo and Amaterasu into a dark alley turning their head to look at the screen with a frown while Uraraka is with them looking a bit confused at their demeanor, it then show Eiji and Miharu training onto a ring while Itsuka Kendo watch them with a worried gaze, then we see Kotaro seating on a bench with a melting ice cream in hand watching at nothing in particular with a sad face, as a group composed of Lida Tenya izuku Midoriya and Asui pass by him without looking at him except for Asui before we saw the five onto the same screen with the world around them turning grey.
Antai nante mitakotonai, anta ittai doko no hito dai?
(I never saw you safely, where do you come from?)
We see a close up of Another Zero-One face, then the screen get back to Ryu who open his eyes with anger showing on his face as he tighten his fists.
Darekare kamawazu naze mioroseru n dai~?
( Why do you look at me with comtempt?)
the camera angle change to show Yanagi Reiko behind him with a worried look on her face before she look at the sky and remember someone dear to her.
Egao no ura ni wa, "like a Jack the reaper"
( behind your smile, you are "like a Jack the reaper")
We then saw pictures of the riders past first happy moments with their families then the screen broke and show first Eiji on his knee crying onto the lifeless body of Drive, then we see Kotaro getting splashed with a drop of blood as we saw Den-O in liner form falling on his knee in front of him, then we see Miharu in front of a grave where a stick with colorful underwear on it is planted like a flag next to it while a bouquet of burnt flower is resting on the tombstone, and then we see Amaterasu and Doruzo being handed the Geiz and Tsukuyomi Ride watch covered in blood.
Seijitsuna pokerface, i-ma ka-ra-a
(A sincere pokerface, from now on)
The screen show the five young riders again who tightened their fists with anger when suddenly an explosion occur in the far distance showing Shigaraki, Kurogiri accompanied by Another Zero-One and Another Drive as students from the class 1-A and 1-B appear in a fighting stance, Ryu is still on the stairs of the Daitenku temple with a blueish black smoke appear behind him with bright blue eyes coming out of it as calibur watch him from afar, when suddenly the five young Riders appears next to the students and transform into their rider's form with determination in their eyes
Sa~a tada omou mama tachimukaou, Tadashī to omounaraba
(Let's just defend what we believe, I you think it's the right thing to do)
As the fight start we see Ryu on a beach of some sort under a starry sky with planet appearing into the sky, but he pay it no mind as he is yelling toward Zi-O who look at him silently, New Den-O is joined by the Taros and them as weapon one after the other to slash at multiple villains before Kaminari jump into the air and send spark toward the ground which shatter it when suddenly water appear from the crack and gather around Kamen rider Aqua who do a circle with his arms and then punch the air sending two stream of water toward the villains while Todoroki freeze it to make more damage, the ice shatter as another drive punch it.
Ki-zu-Tsu-ke a-u ko-to mo, iza to nareba kamawanai
(If we hurt each other, if we get to that, it doesn't matter)
Ryu is shown as a kid crying before showing Kamen rider Geiz and Tsukuyomi fighting villain as bugsters suddenly appear but got shot down by Snipe appearing with the other gamer riders. Ryu is show during his middle-school years with a smile, Another Drive try to launch an attack on the students and the riders but is slashed by Kamen rider Gaim at his stomach and then by Kenzan in his back finishing by Ryugen shooting him the face and fourze doing his rider kick toward him. Ryu is shown as he is today with rain pouring on him as Zi-O land a hand on his shoulder making the rain go away.
Sa~karau koto o warau nonaraba, mada nanimokawaranai
(if we laugh at of the idea of going against it, Nothing has changed yet)
Another Zero-One is ready to attack but the rising hopper and the brave dragon interrupt him as Ryu appear on the battle field and transform into Zi-O with midoriya and Bakugo on his sides ready to fight
Koko kara subete o nurikaeru no sa~~~
( Let's start everything from here)
Zi-O and Another Zero-One charge at each other before their punches collide against one another which shatter the screen showing the entrance of Yuei with the students doing a group photo, with the riders appearing on some remaining broken glass of the screen doing their signature pose as their lenses or visor glowed
Inside of the zea satellite
In the dark place which is the zea satellite, lines of binary code were floating all around, some were doing multiple columns with a pale blue color, while some were red and were flying aimlessly before a part of those gathered at a place where ARK was standing in his mobile form and formed a column and turned blue.
" system restored at 10 %" said a female voice inside the void as ARK sighed while he started to turn into a mushy human form without a proper shape.
" 10 % seems not enough to make my old form to appear I need more battle data to restore what's lost" said Ark before looking at a screen were a video was playing " time is against me I don't know when shocker will appear…. If that kid don't completely lost it before that." He then suddenly got a notification and saw on a screen Ryu getting up and look around the quarry
hideout
After Ryu got up he decided to wander around the quarry and take a look at what could be useful, so far most of the machinery seemed abandoned for years if not for decades 'It's strange why don't people reused this place and abandoned everything without coming back to get it back' he thought to himself when he suddenly saw something intriguing under a very old tarp he goes for it and reach his hand ready to uncover the object when suddenly Ark appeared behind him.
(Boku No Hero Academia [Original Soundtrack] - "Kosei iroiro")
" Good morning what are you doing?" asked ARK startling Ryu
" don't scare me like that I almost had an heart attack there" said Ryu while breathing heavily and holding his chest.
" you're too young for have one and your medical antics show no problem to die of an heart attack soon" bluntly said Ark before Ryu punch him throwing him bouncing all over the place before going back to his original position " that was unnecessary and a very displaced move coming from you" he bluntly said while Ryu crouched to nurse his hand.
" shut up I need to evacuate my anger for now!" exclaimed Ryu making ARK sweat drop
" anyway…. We need to find a power source soon if we want to repair the breaking mammoth and also find replacement for what we don't have like the high-capacity battery which melted yesterday and a generator…. And an electro-pressurized mechanism to replace the right arm… and" " STOP, I know what we need so you don't have to pinpoint every missing piece we need" said Ryu while lifting a hand to stop ARK from talking as he was massaging his temples with his other hand.
" right out of the blue in the morning you already give me an headache to deal with" complained Ryu when suddenly his stomach growled " ha I forgot about that too we also need food plus it's been days since I didn't had a meal let alone a real one" said Ryu while pinching his chin.
" maybe you can go fetch that before starting to work on the breaking mammoth it'll be for the best" suggested ARK making Ryu nod as the two goes back toward the hangar without noticing the tarp getting slowly lifted by the wind revealing a part of an old white and red bike which suddenly got some small octagonal scale like light appearing on it which made the bike looking brand new again as well as changing shape to a dirt bike.
(music end)
Name: ARK
Age: more than 30 years since his original creation
Height: 50 centimeters (mobile form) 196 centimeters ( rider form)
Hair color: does electric wire count?
Eye color: black for the right and red for the left
Personality: when you think he can't be more of a bastard he prove you wrong but he's a tsundere deep down I'm sure of it
Ability: hacking, 3D printing ( need schematics though), possession ( very limited due to his revival), energy control ( can be considered like telekinesis when he's in his mobile form and need it to move some object or tools)
Analyst personal note: this guy tried to kill the humanity in his universe, not because he hated them but because they would have brought the same fate on them after some times (tsundere?), he has been defeated by Kamen rider zero-two and coordinated attack, but been brought back to life after some times( if we can say a robot can live). From what the legacy group said he is an ally we can count on because he'll always have a plan ahead to betray you but will use it to help out instead ( I need to verify those words soon maybe do a second report tomorrow)
Forest half an hour later
Ryu started to wander in the forest in search for something to eat but so far nothing when suddenly he reached a wire fence " hum it must be the end of the property might find something else on the other side" he said before easily jumping over it as a shadow could be seen looking at him from afar before hiding behind a tree as Ryu turn his head toward it " must be the wind" said Ryu before continuing to search for something to eat.
At the same time not too far from Ryu at the Daitenku temple
(boku No Hero Academia [Original Soundtrack] - "Akaruku genki ni" (Bright & Cheerfully))
In the temple, we see the priests praying along with a girl with grey hair, wearing a plain white T-shirt, and black jogging pants sitting behind them, with a cat circling around her. The priest where Shibuya Hachioji, Jabel and Edith .
The girl was Yanagi Reiko, a girl who was adopted by the previous priest, Tenkuji Ryu when she was only a baby after her parents death.
The cat circling around was Yurusen Edith's cat which was some sort of mentor for a certain rider in the past
" this end our morning prayer" said Jabel as he open his eyes and get up before turning back and see Edith sleeping with fake eyes draw on his eyelids.
"EDITH-SAMA! " he yelled startling Edith who wake up instantly. " I'm really disappointed by your nonchalance, as our elder you should show a good example and not play around like a kid "
" don't be like that Jabel-kun, I take my duty of priest really seriously, it's just I'm getting old so sometimes I just…..zzzzz" said Edith with a smile as he fall asleep again angering Jabel who took out a wooden ruler out of nowhere.
"KATSU! " he yelled while swatting the ruler in Edith's direction but got blocked by a bell flying in front of him .
" Jabel-san, ji-chan is right. Plus remember all he have done until now for the gamma world he deserve a little bit of liberty don't you think?" said Reiko as she took the ruler out of Jabel's hands.
" that's my reiko, always here to tell the truth" said Edith as he pat her head making her blush while Jabel sighed.
" I will look the other way for this time but next time I won't be as lenient" said Jabel before going to his daily duties
(Music end)
Some minutes later outside
" *sigh* Jabel-san is very devoted to his work as the head priest, now that Onari-san quit the temple to become a paranormal detective" said Shibuya while sweeping the front entrance of the shrine with Reiko.
" I think he overdid it on purpose to make it as lively as before, it's his way to say he miss those days, and maybe also to turn the page on the event of last year too" said Reiko with a faint smile making Shibuya uneasy.
" Reiko are you sure you're okay with that? It's been a year yesterday since Takeru-dono disappearance, don't you want to talk abo.."
"I'm fine Shibuya-san…. The past is the past there's nothing I can do about it… plus Nii-san did what he though was good for the future, and I can't change that" said Reiko with a sad smile .
" I'm sorry,… I should have keep my mouth shut" said Shibuya
" don't sweat it, it's how you are and you don't need to chan.." she said as suddenly…
*CRACK*
" what was that?" said Shibuya as he look in the direction of the sounds and saw far away some birds flying out in flock of the forest as well as some tree falling.
" I'll go see what it is" said Reiko as she handed her broom to Shibuya who got surprised
" Wait don.. *slam* Ite…" said Shibuya as Yurusen pass through his legs and made him fall on the ground .
In the forest one minute ago
After crossing the fence Ryu found himself into a clearer part of the forest and noticed some fruit and mushroom growing there " ho?! Lucky" he said as he grabbed some of the fruit when suddenly he heard something behind him and in the blink of an eye he quickly grabbed a kunai throw at him.
(Boku No Hero Academia [Original Soundtrack] - "Kyōi to no kōbō" (Offense and Defense of a Threat))
" not bad… for a vigilante" said the man who throw the kunai
" who are you? And why are you following me?" asked Ryu as he let go of the kunai
" I am Stain, I'm what people call a "hero killer"" he said while unsheathing a rusted katana and point it at Ryu " what is your deal with this world outsider?"
" huh?, You seem less idiot than most of the people of this world, to call me outsider upfront without any detour." Said Ryu while taking a fighting stance.
" people tend to only see what they know, as for me I prefer to look outside of my field of view to not be surprised, but this isn't answering my question" said stain
" my deal is none of your business" said Ryu as he tighten his fists.
" then I won't let you live another day" said Stain as he also took a battle stance.
Stain did the first move and dash toward Ryu and tried to stab him toward his chest.
Ryu dodged it by a thread which before kneeing Stain in his stomach.
But Stain grabbed Ryu leg before being hit and cut him on the back of his hand with his katana, Ryu then grab stain's shoulder and headbutted him in the face sending the hero killer back and lost his balance before rolling down a slope but quickly getting back on his feet.
Stain quickly throw a bunch of knives toward Ryu who did cartwheeled on the side to dodge it but got hit by one in the leg " GGHH" he grumbled before taking it out and throwing it away
Stain smiled at this and charged at Ryu and throw a downward slash at him but Ryu grabbed his ziku driver and quickly transformed
"HENSHIN!" he yelled as his armor appear in the blink of an eye with the zikan girade in hand
KAMEN RIDER! ZI-O~!
ZIKAN GIRADE!
He then used it to block Stain attack .
" nice trump card" said Stain before Zi-O deflect Stain's Katana and cut it as if it was made of paper before kicking back stain who got thrown onto a tree
" GGHH a Kamen Rider huh?!" muttered stain as he was getting up before seeing Zi-O charging at him and trying to kick him in the face but he roll on the side to doge it which made Zi-O break the tree he was leaning on
*CRACK*
" you're not the type to holding back it seem" said Stain as he get up quickly and dodge another attack from Zi-O
" you're the one who attacked me in the first place so don't complain about it" said Zi-O as he tried to punch stain who dodged again this making Zi-O break another tree.
Stain looked around and saw the knife who wounded Ryu earlier and goes for it before licking the blood on it as a smirk form on his face " you're strong but you lost the moment you bled" said Stain while rushing at Zi-O.
.
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But as he was going to land a hit on Zi-O the latter block the attack with his zikan girade before disarming him and put the blade under his throat " say what?" asked Zi-O
" you….?! How did you manage to move even though I used my quirk?" asked Stain
" what?" said Zi-O with a raised eyebrow
"that's a first for me someone who's not affected by my quirk"
" what are you saying?" asked Zi-O as he bring his sword closer to Stain's throat
" you're an interesting one I'll keep an eye on you and what you'll do in the near future" said Stain as he start laughing
"huh?! Don't you see the position you're in right now?" said Zi-O before he heard a branch cracking not too far and look in the direction to see Reiko approaching from them but she didn't noticed them already
Stain used that same moment to push away Zi-O and took a smoke bomb he had on him and throw on the ground " until next time Kamen Rider" he said before disappearing out of sight.
" *kof* *kof* dammit! Why everyone disappear in an instant like that every times? " said Zi-O while waving the smoke away and trying to find stain or a trace of him but to no avail before he got an headache and took off his driver before it was too late.
(Music end)
" GHH…that's doesn't matter for now " panted Ryu then said before turning to face Reiko who finally saw him , as she unconsciously took a battle stance and start to make some rock and tree branch float around her ready to throw them at Ryu " heh?" said Ryu while sweating.
Name: Yanagi Reiko
Age: 14
Birthday: 11/02
Height: 155 cm
Hair color: pale gray
Eye color: blue
Personality: quiet and friendly but can be pretty aggressive too
Quirk: Poltergeist
Reiko's Quirk allows her to telekinetically control nearby objects. The weight limit of her Quirk is roughly the weight of the average human.
Analyst perso…..
-Unknow voice: who tear apart my data analyze report?!
" wow! Calm down I'm not going to hurt you" said Ryu raising his hands in Reiko direction to calm her
" how can I trust you when you surrounded by broken tree?" she said while tightening her fist
Ryu looked around him and sweated even more " huh… they fell by themselves" he lied
" ho?! And how?" she asked bringing the rocks and tree branch closer to Ryu
" … when I…. hit them" he sheepishly said as more rock got closer to him " itwasn'tintentionalIhadtodefendmyselfifnotIwouldhavedie" he quickly said getting out of breath after it as Reiko too another look and saw the scratch on Ryu's clothes, the wounds on his hand and leg as well as the knives Stain threw and didn't care to take back with him.
" I see" she said as the rocks and tree branch fell to the ground while she goes off of her fighting stance " sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion like that" she said while bowing
" Don't worry I would have do the same if I were you" waved Ryu with a forced laugh
" Still I should repay this offense I made, how can I help you ?" she asked
" there's no need I was just passing by" he said as suddenly his stomach growl again making him blush " I need to go " he sheepishly said while holding his stomach.
" I won't let you go with an empty stomach and in the condition you're in if so I would be an insult to my own principle" she said while grabbing Ryu by the rim of his jacket making him sweat even more
Daitenku temple
(Boku No Hero Academia [Original Soundtrack] - "Ohiru yasumi-tekina kyoku" (Lunch Song))
The scene then pass to the dining room of the Daitenku temple where everyone had gather and was watching Ryu eating his 6th serving now.
" you didn't eat for that long?! That's a miracle you happen to pass by then" said Jabel as he handed a box full of rice balls to Ryu.
" thanks, Jabel-san" said Ryu
" don't worry it's the duty of a priest to help people in the need, plus I understand how hard it must have been I pass through the same problem before" said Jabel with a smile before Reiko took out a first aid kit.
" Can you show you're wounds please I'll like to treat them before it got infected" she said.
" don't worry about that I recover quickly" said Ryu making everyone raise an eyebrow.
" that doesn't allow you to leave it like that anyway" she said as she forcefully took Ryu's hand only to see the wound was already closed surprising everyone but reiko who goes silently for the wound on his legs
" see? Told ya I'm accustomed to it so a little scr- ITEEEEEEEE " proudly said Ryu before Reiko poured disinfectant on the wound on his leg
" what did you said?" she said with a sadistic smile sending shiver down the spines of the priests.
" nothing….." muttered Ryu while holding back his tears
" now go take off your clothes" she said making Ryu blink
"heh?" he said when suddenly he found himself in a bath " so that's what she was saying by take off your clothes" he sighed in relief
Some minutes earlier
" of course take them off you stink we will bring you some changes of clothes so don't worry" said Reiko while pinching her nose
Back to now
" haaaa, it feel nice actually it's been a long time since I had a bath even more since I had one this peaceful" he said to himself
" so what's your name?" he heard ask Edith from the outside of the bathroom through the windows
" ho?!ha! sorry I didn't introduce myself. Ryu, Tokiwa Ryu" he responded while looking outside Edith throwing firewood into a small chimney to warm the bath
"Ryu huh?! Just like our previous head priest that's a nice name" said Edith with a smile
" maybe, but that's a nickname and it is read with the kanji for flow (流) not dragon (竜)" said Ryu making Edith realize something
" ooooh I see then if we have a wish we can see you to grant it no?" joked Edith
" only if you put" Re" (れ) between the kanjis or if I fall from the sky" followed Ryu on Edith's joke
" so what were you doing in the forest?" asked Edith
" I was trying to find something eat but that weird guy appeared out of nowhere and started to attack me without reason" sighed Ryu
" the world may have heroes to protect it there will always be people trying to make the life of other worse *sigh*" said Edith
" heroes, huh?!" wondered Ryu remembering the days before and his meeting with the "heroes" before grimacing.
" what the matter? you don't like hero?" asked Edith
" no, more like I don't like those wannabes who claim being hero when they only do it for money or fame." Said Ryu making Edith raised an eyebrow to the comment " in short, is a hero paid by the government to protect people really is a hero in the end? Doesn't it make him a policeman instead?"
" you…." Said Edith " are you a….. vigilante supporter?"
"huh?!" said Ryu after some second of silence as the other seemed relieved
" vigilante, the heroes who fight villains without a license, they're also called illegal hero and are sometimes chased by the police for their actions, but people tend to like them as they do sometimes little chores for them. The best example is the crawler who start as a helper and end up fighting side by side with another vigilante who became a famous hero nowadays" Said Edith
" vigilante huh…" muttered Ryu while looking at his right hand which had a big scar on its palm before he remember a scene of his past.
Old world three years ago
We see Ryu into a destroyed area covered in scratch and bruises while rain was pouring on him he was currently holding a black sword pointed at his throat by the blade with a determined glare toward the person on the other side of the sword " this path won't make you a hero you know are you sure you want me to train you?" said the person with a slight laugh
Back to the present days
" Ryu-dono…Ryu-dono"
Ryu then tighten it into a fist and muttered " no, I need to be stronger this world full of hero might be a big chance of training for me actually.."
" Ryu-dono!" exclaimed Edith startling Ryu a little
" yes?! What the problem?" asked Ryu
" you seemed deep in your thoughts I called you three time but you didn't answered" responded Edith
" ah…. Sorry I was deep in thought " chuckled Ryu while scratching the back of his head as Edith had a serious frown.
" ji-chan, I'm off" said Reiko appearing at the corner of a wall as she was now wearing a school uniform being a blue blazer with red accent, with a white hoodie under it, a knee length plaid skirt, knee length black shock and brown shoes.
" have a safe trip reiko-chan" said Edith with a smile
"thanks" she responded as she was ready to go when she remembered something " by the way don't forget to call the handyman to repair the door again" she said making Edith laugh sheepishly
" yes, yes I will do that don't worry" he responded making her look at him with doubt
" …..yeah I will see tonight anyway" she responded before going on her way to school as Edith sighed when she was far enough
" got problems with repair?" asked Ryu
" well….. I shouldn't say this but recently the temple got a shortage in money and reparation start to keep piling up to the point it's hard for use to keep the head out of the water and pay everything" sighed Edith
" huh?! And you still treat me to a meal a bath an gave new clothes for free?!" asked Ryu making Edith nod
"of course we're priest first of all it's our duty to help those in need if not the previous head priest would be ashamed of our actions" said Edith
Ryu thought for a second before getting up " there is no help, I'll do it" he said surprising Edith
" do what?" he asked
" the repair, I might not seem like it but I'm actually good with tools and machinery from a flat tire to a train I can repair everything" Ryu said proudly
" a train?! That might be a little bit exaggerated, no?" sheepishly said Edith before seeing the determination in Ryu eyes " that's not an exaggeration!" he said with shock while turning white.
On Reiko side
We see Reiko going down the stairs and go toward the gate when suddenly she felt a sharp headache making her wince a little, as a schoolmate of her was waiting for her , Itsuka Kendo
" what took you so long?" asked Itsuka
"nothing I just had to remind ji-chan to call the handyman, and my headache is back again" she said
" again? you had one yesterday too are you sure you're okay?" said Itsuka with a worried face
" yeah it's already gone" she said with a soft smile
" if you say so" she worriedly said before changing topic "did you see the news yesterday about that guy in this robot by the way?" asked Itsuka
" yeah from the look of it he's clearly a new Kamen rider" responded Reiko as the two started to go on their way to school
" you think too! That robot and armor were so cool I'm more interested in what bike he have though" said Itsuka with stars in her eyes
" you and you passion for bike" said reiko with a small sweat drop "but what was his name again?" she asked
" he didn't say it, that's why theory about him are the hot topic on internet do you want to see it?" said Itsuka while showing her phone and scrolling through a forum of discussion.
But unknown to the two girls a black and red figure with a black sword watched them from an hiding spot in the trees near the street before looking in the direction of the temple " well look like I don't have to find a place to hide for him" it said before disappearing in its own shadow.
(Music end)
Back at the base in the afternoon
ARK was currently running a diagnosis on the full damage of the breaking mammoth before stopping " *Sigh* that's boring " it said " Ryu is taking a lot of time to find some food I hope he didn't got entangled in some trouble again" it said before being silent for a long second " meh I don't really care it's his problem after all" it said before starting to wandering around the area and do some cleaning up to the limits of his possibilities.
"Hum?! What is that?" Said ARK as he was hovering over a grille and saw something shining at the bottom of it, he used his telekinesis to make float to his level and saw it was a key card with Tachibana riding club's emblem on it as suddenly a camera pop out of the ground and scan Ark and the card to its surprise before a bip sounded in the warehouse as an hidden hatch open inside the floor leading down to a sealed steel door.
(Boku No Hero Academia [Original Soundtrack] - "Misuteriasu" (Mystery))
"ok now that's fishy" said ARK as he goes down and using the card in a scanner to open the door which led him to a big room full of old computers with a set of bay windows giving a perfect view on a big hangar with big containers and very old servers.
Inside the computer room tarps where covering everything apart from a giant cathodic screen at the farthest part of the room which somehow attracted ARK to investigate it.
When he got close to the screen the latter lit up with a big white flash before showing the same logo as the card.
" system reactivated welcome back rider" a monotonous female voice could be hear from a speaker " hum?! You're not a rider?! not even an human!? What are you?" suddenly asked the voice.
" what are you, you?" counter-asked ARK at a loss for words for what he found.
"who I am doesn't matter now, you're not in my database or even related in any ways to my data, and you just trespassed this place" said the voice as an alarm start to rang and red emergency lights activate everywhere. " activation of the guards unit" at the same time panel open through the wall letting Ark see a bunch of humanoid robots who had a grasshopper themed helmet, a leather suit covered in blueish armor ( think of Kamen rider ichigou from the movie the first) for most of them as a part of the robots where slightly damaged and rusted surely by a lack of activity and maintenance.
" what?! " exclaimed Ark as suddenly the robot eyes glowed red as they start acting erratically and jump in its direction in order to hit him as he started flying out of their ways in order to dodge them.
"please refrain from defend yourself" said the voice making ARK angrier
" AS IF I WOULD LISTEN TO YOU, YOU DUMB IDIOT !" yelled ARK before one of the robots charge at him, catch him into his hands and pass through one of the windows and fall down into the hangar.
(Boku No Hero Academia [Original Soundtrack] - "Bōsō suru akui" (Enemy Strike))
ARK struggled to get out of the robot grasp who was holding him tightly before an idea came to him " you want to play this game? Then be it" said ARK as suddenly the robot stopped struggling for a few seconds, before a black slime with red lightning start circulating around its body as it slowly turn to look at the other robot showing the ARK driver on his waist. " time to counter attack. Hen-shin!" said Ark as he press the top button of his driver letting the black slime expand around him
ARK RISE!
Then multiple kanji for Conflict (争) appear around him as the black slime covered his whole body
ALL ZERO!
Then the excess slime is throw away revealing Kamen rider Ark-Zero who had his body covered with a red mist and its eyes glowed yellow and red for a second .
" error unable to get back control of the 001-unit, termination initialized" said the voice as the robots charged at Ark-Zero who looked at its body before scoffing " humph this body will do for now " he said before two robots jump in the air and throw their punches toward Ark-Zero.
Ark-Zero crouched to dodge the attack before using his hands as point of balance and kick the two robots in the back. Then another robot arrived from the front ready to do a karate chop but Ark used the momentum of his kicks and using his arms to propel itself in the air to throw his leg forward and drop kicking him in the face breaking the robot's faceplate and throwing him crash in a wall.
" is that all you got? You disappoint me as a fellow artificial intelligence" said Ark-zero as he push the top button of the driver again
ALL EXTINCTION!
At the same time the three robots charged at him as black and red energy gather into his right fist, before Ark-Zero punched the one in front in the abdomen shattering it into piece. Ark-zero then spin on himself and do an axe kick on the second robot crushing it on the ground before grabbing the last one by the throat and tightening its grip to the point off snapping its head before letting go of the inanimate body.
" analyze finish threat level 5 activation of the titan unit " said the voice as suddenly one of the containers open as a single red eye glowed inside it before a shot happen which hit Ark-Zero in the chest sending him crash against another container, then the titan unit got out of the container revealing itself. It was 4 meter tall with green and grey legs and waist with a blade attached on the right side of it, the upper body had a bronze-colored armor with grey frame under it, a green head with only one eye, two missile launcher attached on its back and a rifle in his hands ( think of the monster machina force in yugioh)
" tssk just another outdated robot I'll take pleasure to dismantle it" said Ark-Zero as suddenly the other containers open too revealing a total of 6 titan units which made Ark-Zero internally frowned letting out a single word " fuck ". then the screen show the entrance to the facility while we hear gunshots getting fired.
(Music end)
Amanogawa high, middle school building.
" that's it for today, don't forget to note the homework on the board for tomorrow" said Utsugi Haruka while stacking her document on her desk as the students pass in front of her to exit the class " ah Yanagi could you stay a little bit I need to talk about your career plan" she said to Reiko who's one of her students (of course).
" I'll wait for you in the corridor" said Itsuka with a small smile before closing the door behind her leaving Haruka and Reiko alone in the room.
" Yanagi I know you're in a difficult path right now and I'm sorry for you, but you should focus on your future rather than the past you know?" said Haruka as Reiko looked down while tightening the rim of her skirt.
" I'll give it a thought, I promise" Said Reiko as she did a fake smile to her teacher making the latter worried.
" you already said this to me the last time I asked, if this continue I will have to call your tutor and ask for an appointment with him" said Haruka making Reiko feel worried and starting to sweat.
In the corridor while Itsuka was waiting, she saw a man with a big stack of document in his arms hiding his face and was hardly walking straight, the man slip on the floor and almost let the stack fall if Itsuka wasn't there to receipt it.
" Hi Gentaro-sensei, always trying to do everything in one go it seem?" said Itsuka to the man who revealed to be Kisaragi Gentaro.
" thank you Itsuka-kun you're a life saver" he said as he took back the stack of document
" Uraraka-chan isn't here to help you ?" asked Itsuka while looking around
" No, she's at her part-time job in Zawame city, hmm? Where's Reiko-kun ?" he asked
" with Haruka-sensei, they talked about her career path she didn't fill it yet" she said with a worried sigh as she lean on the wall.
" ah… I can understand Reiko for not having fill it yet, but the longer she wait the harder it'll be, and it'll make Takeru sad if he was still here today" said Gentaro with a sad frown.
" I know but I can't muster the strength to tell her that, nor put myself at her place to know how she really feel, am I a bad friend for her?" asked Itsuka with a sad expression
" No, you're not, you want to help her, but also want her to get out of this by herself, trust me if you weren't there she would never have been this far after Takeru's disappearance and I can bet my driver on that" said Gentaro making Itsuka nod before smiling.
" you always have answer to everything Gentaro-sensei" she said making Gentaro smile.
" no there's thing I don't have an answer you know , like how am I going to finish this much work for tomorrow" he said while chuckling
*SLAM*
" YANAGI-SAN ARE YOU OKAY ?" they heard yelling from inside the classroom before Gentaro let go of his stack of document and open the door in a hurry
" What's happening ?!" he asked as he saw Reiko on the ground tightening her chest in pain as small orange pixel appear on her skin.
" we were talking when she suddenly feel pain in her chest and fell on the ground" said Haruka with panic in her voice.
" Itsuka go find the nurse.. no call an ambulance instead it seem very serious" said Gentaro as he took off his jacket and make a pillow out of it to put it under Reiko's head .
" sen….sei…. it… hurt…. It hurt so much" muttered Reiko while wincing in great pain
Musutafu private school at the same moment
At the private school of musutafu we see a black-haired kid with a sport bag on his shoulder was waiting at the front gate while reading a book before a girl with pink skin and hair arrived like a rocket to his side.
" sorry for the late Mitchy" said the girl
" it nothing, but its Mitsuzane at school remember, people will get the wrong idea if they hear you Ashido-san" said the now named Mitsuzane, Kureshima Mitsuzane to be precise
" gomene , I will buy you a juice at Drupers if you want as an apology" said Ashido with a pleading face.
" deal, but first let's go or we will be late for the training with everyone " said Mitsuzane
"yosha" said Ashido while pumping her fist into the air as the two start to go to the station .
" did you see the news yesterday by the way about that guy kicking the butts of ingenium's team and the new hero mount lady?" said Ashido
" yeah that guy seem dangerous hopefully all-might is in town from other news I saw, so it won't be long before he got caught" said Mitsuzane
" yeah I got a feeling this will work out if all might is involved in his track" said Ashido as the two pass next to Ryu and Shibuya holding bags of groceries.
Ryu was now wearing a black jeans and black sport shoes with neon yellow shoelace, a white long-sleeved T-shirt with a ghost draw on it as well as his backpack.
" dammit all might this all might that, villains here villains there, does everyone have only that to talk about ?" asked Ryu to Shibuya who even if he had less than Ryu had a hard time with his bags of groceries.
" It's quite normal I think but maybe for you it's uncommon you're a traveler after all" said Shibuya while panting. " can we take a break at this park please I'm at my limit" he pleaded while pointing at a bench in a park
" if you want" responded Ryu before the two settled down on the bench
" *phew* I feel shameful to let you lift all of this by yourself when I'm only got a quarter of it, and you already repaired lot of things at the temple today, we couldn't have done it without your help" said Shibuya while panting
" that's nothing it help me empty my mind when I'm doing manual works or creating things" said Ryu
" by the way how are you doing for school? You may be older than Reiko but you're still younger than me you must be a high schooler at least" said Shibuya
" I dropped school a long time ago, I think I didn't go farthest than my second year of middle school" said Ryu
" that's early! Yet you're quite knowledgeable on a lot of things" said Shibuya with a shocked face
" stopping school don't mean I'm dumb I still continued to study after that, I just don't have any degree to show that's all" said Ryu while sighing before getting up " let's go or we will be late, I will take a part of your bag if you want" said Ryu as suddenly he heard cracking behind him and saw Shibuya widen his eyes in shock.
*CRRRRRRKKK*
Ryu turned around and saw an hooded giant man with his hand embedded in the building in front of him with a group of middle-schoolers under it looking terrified.
" vi-vi-vi-villains?!" stuttered Shibuya while falling on his butt.
" why won't you tell me " said the giant as his hand slowly get down tearing the building little by little threatening the girl under it to be crushed " where is Kamen rider ghost?" when Ryu and Shibuya heard those word their eyes widened but not for the same reason.
" this guy is…" said Shibuya before Ryu run toward the giant while taking out of his pocket the zero-one ride watch which glowed.
At the same time Ashido run toward the schoolgirls without listening to Mitsuzane's warning " Ashido-san stop!" he yelled in vain
" stop that I know where is the one you want" she lied while sweating as the giant stopped his hand before looking at Ashido closely.
" you're lying, the files didn't talk about you" said the giant as he was going to grab Ashido when suddenly.
" are you a toxic fan of Kamen riders or are you just a middle-schooler bully? Because either way that's going to lead you to a beating" scoffed Ryu in order to draw the giant attention.
" my master want me to find and bring back Kamen rider ghost and his ally so I'll do it" he said
" that's a shame I don't know where Kamen rider ghost is but I know where are his powers in fact" said Ryu with playful tone while juggling with his ghost ride watch which grab the giant attention.
" then I'll take it" said the giant getting away from the middle-schooler as Ryu expression become darker.
" who said you will be able to do it" said Ryu as he took out of his bag a force riser " you'll have to kill me to have it muscle brain" he threatened as he placed the Forceriser on his waist which made the belt wildly shot out and attach on him.
" you….you are…" started to said the giant with surprise
" yeah that's right…" said Ryu as he took the zero-one ride watch in hand who turned into the rising hopper progrise key " I'm a Kamen rider"
JUMP!
He then insert it inside the force riser before a giant mechanical black grasshopper (rising hopper) came out of the Forceriser before screeching as a cloud of black smoke started surrounding Ryu.
"hen-shin!" he calmly said as he pulled the anchor of the Forceriser
FORCERISE~! RISING HOPPER!
The rising hopper hoped around Ryu dispersing more and more of the black cloud which started to gather on Ryu's body creating a black suit, before it dismantled itself into armor part which flew around Ryu before attaching with restrain cables fixing them on him going first on his legs and then upward finishing by the helmet who had its lenses and neon yellow armor parts shined brightly he was now Kamen rider 001 .
A jump to the sky turn into a rider kick. BREAK~DOWN~!
At the end of the transformation red smoke and black thunder came out of the cooler of the armor before 001 took a battle stance and suddenly shot forward at incredible speed and kick the giant in his face which made him fall on the ground.
(Kamen rider zi-o ost [ Over " Quartzer"] _by Shuta Sueyoshi ft. ISSA)
001 landed where the giant stood before looking in the middle-schoolers direction " are you hurt?" he asked
" no we're fine, thanks to you" said Ashido while gulping
" good now get as far as possible from here this will be ugly " said 001 as he cracked his neck while the giant got up as his hood where now just useless tatter revealing gigantomachia.
" I have a question first what's your name?" asked Ashido
" what a lack of common senses you guys have…." Sighed Ryu while pinching the bridge of his nose " Kamen rider 001" he mumbled
"Huh?" said Ashido while tilting her head on the side
" I said Kamen rider 001 that's my name" he almost shouted " now go to safety far , very far and said to those idiots watching to do the same" he angrily said as he pointed to the big crowd of civilian before a big shadow was onto him as a car was sent flying his way, but he simply kick it to stop it before doing a spinning kick to send to the one who throw it as the car explode on him.
"not bad" said gigantomachia unscratched who lifted his forearm to block the explosion " but you talk too much " he said
001 was ready to object but flinched forward " actually you're right" he painfully said before slapping his cheeks " now time to focus with this armor I won't go berserk so I need to put my best into this fight" he said as he ready himself with a battle stance .
During this time Shibuya remembered words he heard a little bit more than one year ago.
One year ago Daitenku temple after the morning prayer
In the Daitenku temple one year ago we see Shibuya accompanied by Narita, Onari Yamanouchi and Tenkuji Takeru who's sitting in front of them .
" today might be my last fight and I wanted to tell you about a dream…. No a premonition I had would be more accurate" said Takeru making the three other raise an eyebrow
" what are you talking about Takeru-dono?" asked Onari with a worried tone.
" I think it's linked to my and Gentaro rider power actually, but I'm not sure about it" said Takeru while scratching his head nervously.
" are you talking about a new Kamen rider is about to appear?" asked Narita making Takeru nod
" not just one, but I don't know when, the only thing I know is they will need peoples to support them even if they look like he can do it by themselves, they're peoples who urgently need someone they can trust" said Takeru with a sad smile.
" what do those people look like then?" asked Shibuya.
" I can't tell much but I can at least say they're caring peoples"
Back to the present days
As Shibuya was deep in his memories, 001 and Gigantomachia started fighting.
" Takeru-san, could it be possible that you were talking about Ryu-san?" he muttered while his hands trembled before he tightened them and nodded to himself " everyone please this way the fight is too dangerous! you need to get to safety!" he yelled taking the attention out of the fight as peoples started to do as he said one by one. Shibuya looked then at 001 who looked at him too as the two do a thumb up, before Shibuya closed the evacuation line and get to safety too.
Hideout at the same time.
"Please do not resist" said the voice as Ark-Zero was currently holding back one of the titan blades from stabbing him in the chest as we see two of the titan unit already destroyed next to them.
" dammit I won't hold longer" thought Ark-Zero
Amanogawa high entrance
"Reiko hold on a little longer we're bringing you to the hospital as quick as possible" said Gentaro as Reiko was brough into an ambulance in a stretcher but Reiko was too much in pain to respond.
" I'll go with her on the way to the hospital I'll call you if something come up" he said to Haruka and Itsuka who nodded before the door of the ambulance closed as they goes toward the hospital.
in an unknown alleyway
" things start to take an unexpected turn" said the hooded man from the day before while looking at a stream of 001 fight.
" why don't you put a comment then 'that's not what foundation X as planned!' what do you think of it?" said a voice behind him making the man turn around in a hurry and see a warrior clad in a purple and black armor with sword shaped golden horn on the head.
" who are you?... Wait actually I remember you, five years ago you were the one who made Genm change his mind about the bugster outbreak. Calibur isn't it?" said the hooded man to calibur
" indeed I am calibur the swordman of darkness and I'm here to stop you before you become a pain in the ass " said calibur while resting his sword on his shoulder
" you take the words out of my mouth, but it's too late now the bugster virus has been already spread and is awakening in some individuals right as we talk" said the hooded man with a mad smile.
" tsk you little son of a.. " said calibur before dustards appear out of nowhere and surround him
" I have to go but I'm a kind man and give you plenty of people to play with" said the hooded man while bowing before disappearing into a cloud of orange pixels.
(Music end)
The scene freezes before zooming out and appear in a ride watch which rotate afterward to display the zero-one ride watch and the ghost ride watch
See you next time...
Next time in my Hero Academia rider legacy
"the ziku driver allow one to use the power up to two different timelines but what if someone can do it without it?" said a man wearing a sleeveless purple overcoat
" this world is the result of if this experiment didn't get stop?!" say Ark-Zero as he look at a computer screen.
" riders should always help each other" say fourze while bumping 001 chest
" WE ARE NOT HEROES, WE ARE KAMEN RIDERS !" yell 001 and Ark-Zero while performing a rider kick toward the screen.
" take care of the dreamless king for the time being" say calibur to Kisaragi Gentaro as he give him a ridebook
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"I'm not a hero but a Kamen Rider"
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