OMAKE 6

Shinichi was once again transported by one of those strange silver veils. He looked around. It was dark. He was familiar with the area. "This is…the area surrounding Rika-chan's shrine." For some reason, he could sense something was wrong. "Rika-chan…" He dashed out of the bushes and reached the front of the shrine. His eyes narrowed as he saw Miyo Takano behind the collection box with a scalpel in hand. "Kiisama!!!" Shinichi cursed. He rushed towards the shrine and jumped up. Takano was taken by surprise as his foot collided with her head, smashing her against the shrine. He then knelt over Rika. "She's unconscious," he murmured. He looked towards Takano who was slowly recovering. "Looks like I'm in 1983, the night the disaster takes place."

Miyo lunged with her scalpel but Shinichi caught her wrist tightly in his hand. He glared at her, "You're not killing anyone else tonight, bitch!" He twisted her wrist, causing it to snap. She screamed in pain as she dropped her scalpel. He let her go and said, "Goodnight, bitch!"

POW!

His punch put her down, unconscious. He turned his attention to Rika. "First things first…" he murmured. He had to get Rika to safety. He picked up the unconscious girl in his arms and leapt away. He needed to hide her.

Rika was slowly regaining consciousness and was surprised to see an indigo-haired boy carrying her as he dashed through the forest. "Who…who are you?" she asked.

"You're awake," he commented. "Hanyuu, are you there?"

Rika was surprised. "You know about Hanyuu?"

Shinichi smirked. "Yeah. She and I are good friends…in another world."

Hanyuu manifested herself, flying alongside the running teen. "How do you know about me?"

"I'm just a passerby from another world," answered Shinichi. "Now, I need to hide you, Rika-chan. No doubt Takano is about to call the Yamainu to start rounding up the villagers and take them to the school to be gassed to death."

Rika gasped, stunned. "Gassed to death?"

Shinichi explained, "Takano is part of a secret organization in the government that's studying the Hinamizawa Syndrome. She theorised that if you, the Queen Carrier, were to die, then all the villagers would start showing symptoms of Level 3 and Level 4. So that the syndrome didn't spread, everyone in Hinamizawa was to be executed. Then they are going to cover it up by saying poisonous swamp gas killed everyone." Shinichi stopped when he heard a scream. "Rena-chan!" He out Rika down against a tree. "Wait here. Hanyuu-chan, watch her!" He rushed towards the direction of the scream and called out loudly, "Henshin! Let's Ride: Showa!" In a flash of light the jigsaw puzzle pieces converged onto his body to form his armor. He then summoned his firearm and continued on his way.

Rena was surrounded. She knew when these people came to her house that they were bad so she escaped through the back door. However, they chased after her and now surrounded her with knives in their hands. They were going to kill her.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Several gunshots rang through the air, hitting the Yamainu soldiers. They all fell to the ground, dead. Rena gasped and then looked up to see a large pair of green eyes staring back at her. The green eyes faded as an indigo-haired boy with antenna hair came towards her. "Are you okay?" he asked. Rena nodded. "Thank goodness."

"Who are you?" Rena asked.

"A friend. Right now you and your friends are in danger. Rika-chan's in the forest. Let me take you to her."

Rena was hesitant.

"Trust me," he assured her. Rena didn't know why but she knew she could trust him.

"Rena!" Rika called out to her friend as Shinichi led Rena to her.

"Rika-chan!" Rena hugged Rika, relieved to see her little friend was alright.

"Look, I don't know if they are still looking for you, but it's best that we stay close to each other," instructed Shinichi. "Where's the closest way to the school?"

Shinichi, led by Rena and Rika, reached the school. They remained out of sight. Men in biohazard suits and gas masks were already taping the windows shut after rounding up all the villagers and ordering them to go inside.

"They are going to kill the villagers," frowned Shinichi. "I can't let that happen!" He ran towards the Yamainu. "Henshin!!!"

The Yamainu saw Shinichi appear and then transforming into Showa. They got their weapons out and fired but their bullets did nothing to him as they bounced off his armor. He grabbed one soldier's rifle and ripped it out of his hands before he slammed the butt across his face. He dropped the weapon and summoned his own gun and sword. He charged, slicing their weapons apart. He also shot at a few, putting them down. All the noise drew the attention of everyone in the school building towards the windows to see what was happening. The kids, seeing an armoured hero fighting the bad guys, cheered out loud for Showa.

Once the Yamainu was disarmed and some of their members killed by Showa, they began to retreat. Showa, however, wasn't about to let them go. He raised his gun at their backs and fired. He didn't care if they were human. They stopped being human when they tried to harm the villagers, and that meant Miyo Takano had to die as well. She was still alive when he left her back at the shrine. In order to end this nightmare he had to track her down and kill her. However, the failure of her operation may have reached her superiors as well. They would shut her project down and leave her with nothing.

Miyo was in her van, driving out of Hinimizawa. Her operation was a failure. She needed to return to headquarters in order to get reinforcements. She looked to the rear view mirror and saw that she was being followed. "Who…?"

It was Showa, on the Showa-Racer, and he was gaining on her. He accelerated until he was right next to her. Miyo's eyes widened as she saw the barrel of a gun aimed at her.

"Go back to hell," he said before pulling the trigger. The bullet pierced through glass and went in between her eyes, exiting through the back of her head to splatter blood. Showa hit the brakes and watched as the van went out of control and drove off the road before falling off the edge of the road before plummeting and crashing. He rolled over to the edge where the van fell and aimed his gun at the downed vehicle. He squeezed the trigger again and fired. The van exploded and went up in flames. "Wherever you're going, Tomitake-san won't be with you." He then turned his bike around and back to the village.

From the distance, he watched as relieved villagers left the school building after the danger had been averted. Detective Oishi had come to take statements after he'd been called. As Shinichi turned, he faced Hanyuu who looked grateful.

"Thank you," said Hanyuu. "You helped changed fate."

"For this world, yeah," Shinichi agreed. "But for now I have to go."

"But please tell me who you are," said Hanyuu.

Shinichi answered coolly, "A friend." He saw the silvery veil approaching, "And that's my ride. See ya in another world, Hanyuu-chan." The veil swept over Shinichi and disappeared along with him.

KR Chrome: Just another one of my OMAKES for Showa. A break before returning to the main plot. Whaddya think?