TIME CRASH: IFRIT MEETS ALAN
The red phone box which was Alan's TARDIS was spinning around as it traveled through the time vortex. Inside, Alan was at the controls, making sure everything was running smoothly. Manning the controls with him on the other side of the hexagonal console was his brother, Shinichi. Shinichi made sure to check the screen, once in a while, to make sure their path was clear.
And then his eyes widened. "Um…Alan?"
"Yeah?" Alan responded, not glancing up to speak.
"I see a train," said Shinichi.
"What?" Alan responded, looking up at his brother. Shinichi pulled Alan over to look at the viewing screen. The Traveler screamed, "TRAIN!"
There was a train heading right for them, running through the same time vortex. "We have to dodge it!" Shinichi yelled.
"Too late!" Alan shouted back. "Hold on and brace for impact!" Alan held onto the console tightly as Shinichi did the same. The train rammed right into the TARDIS, causing the red phone box to roll onto the top of the first car before it began to tumble and bounce along the rest of the train. It automatically righted itself and stood atop the end of the train's caboose (rear car).
The train soon exited the time vortex via a multi-colored portal and stopped in a vacant lot. The train itself was unique as the main engine car resembled a red mammoth, the second car was a bullet train with the head of a T-Rex, and the caboose was a bullet train with the head of a triceratops.
The door of the middle car opened up and out came a young man with wild, untamed black hair that came down to his waist. He wore a white shirt under a black bomber jacket, blue jeans and black boots. "It's good to be back!" he said, stretching his limbs. Exiting with him was a humanoid covered from head to toe in black robes with long and sharp horns jutting from his head and the only physical feature about him being its blue eyes.
"Indeed, Ryuji," agreed the other being.
"Can't wait to see Koto-chan," Ryuji smiled.
"She misses you terribly," agreed Loki. "But I am worried. We hit something on our way back."
"Yes, I think I caught a glimpse of it. A big red box," said Ryuji.
Loki tapped his master's shoulder and Ryuji turned as Loki pointed, "You mean that red box on top of the Tricera car?"
The TARDIS stood on top of Tricera and the door opened. Alan stepped out, feeling dizzy. "OK, that was quite a ride." He stumbled out as Shinichi followed, also feeling a little woozy.
"I felt like I took a ride inside a giant blender," Shinichi remarked.
"Oh, a giant blender is much worse than that," Alan told him. He then noticed two people looking at them. Well, an Imagin was staring at them and the train's owner was glaring at them. "Uh-oh."
Ryuji had assembled his DynoGasher Gun and had it aimed at the two. "OK, you two! Who the hell are you and what the hell are you doing on my train!"
"Well-" Alan began.
"Hands up where I can see them!" Ryuji ordered. "And get off my train!"
"OK, OK, easy there," said Alan as he put his hands up. "Shinichi, do as he says."
Loki began to object, "Ryuji, you are being unnecessarily rude."
"Shut up," Ryuji ordered.
The two time travelers jumped off the Tricera train car and onto the ground with Ryuji's gun still trained on them.
"OK, tell me who the hell you two are, and what that thing is," Ryuji ordered.
Alan, however, replied, "Let's see. This is the DynoLiner and looking at you I can say that this is Sakakino City in 2008, near August. Am I right?"
"I want to know who you are!" Ryuji demanded.
"Oh, I think this will tell you." A green beam from Alan's ring shot towards the DynoGasher gun and snatched it out of Ryuji's hand. It landed in Shinichi's hands and Alan's brother pointed it at Ryuji. "Put that down, Shinichi. He's not going to hurt us."
"How can you be sure?" Shinichi asked.
"Because he doesn't need guns to hurt anyone," said Alan. "He's Ryuji Hasuma, the only known practitioner of the Mythical Beast Ifrit Fist style. He's also known as Kamen Rider Ifrit, designated Kamen Rider of the world listed under the name 'Kamen Rider Days'."
"Kamen Rider Days?" Shinichi asked.
"Originally it was one of the many worlds based on a game called School Days," said Alan. "I'll explain later." They both looked at Ryuji who was glaring at them. "Hello!" Alan grinned.
"You're a Green Lantern," Ryuji identified.
"That's right, and sorry for parking my TARDIS on the back of your train. Let me fix that." Alan pointed his ring at the red phone box and pulled it down with a beam of green energy, setting it down next to the time train. "There, better."
"TARDIS?" Ryuji cocked an eyebrow.
"Time And Relative Dimensions In Space," Alan told him. "T-A-R-D-I-S. It's our time traveling machine."
"So, you both are supposed to be like Bill and Ted?" scoffed Ryuji.
"Hey, they used a phone booth. This is a phone box," Alan shot back defensively, feeling insulted that his magnificent machine was being compared to the one used by those two Rockers.
"Ain't it a bit of a tight squeeze for two people?" Ryuji questioned.
"Oh, we don't have a problem with that," Alan smiled.
"Sure you don't," Ryuji rolled his eyes. "OK, you know who I am, but who the hell are you too?"
"I'm Alan Smith and this is my brother and traveling companion, Shinichi Banabara," Alan introduced.
"I can introduce myself," Shinichi reminded.
"I know. I just like introducing us."
"Any relations to Warren Smith?" Ryuji asked. Alan looked like a younger Warren, but with violet eyes instead. Then the gears in his head started to spin. "Wait a minute. You claim that box is a time travel machine. That would make you time travelers. And that would mean you're both his sons."
"Wow, he got it on the first try," said Shinichi, amazed.
"That's Ryuji Hasuma for you. He may look like a thug but his mind is pretty sharp," praised Alan.
"But if you're both brothers, how come you look Japanese?" Ryuji asked Shinichi.
"I take after my mother," Shinichi said.
"Oh, Warren added another woman to his harem," Ryuji rolled his eyes. "Big surprise there," he added sarcastically.
"OK, so, I think it's time we left," said Alan. "Shinichi hand Uncle Ryuji his gun back."
"Sorry," Shinichi said as he tossed Ryuji his DynoGasher Gun.
Suddenly, the DynoLiner Mammoth's trunk trumpeted and the wheels started to spin as it began to move, pulling the rest of the train cars with it.
"My train's movie!" Ryuji yelled as the DynoLiner began to fly away. "Loki, I thought you locked it!"
"I thought I did!" Loki cried.
"What happened?" Shinichi asked.
"Someone must've hijacked the DynoLiner while we were talking!" Alan shouted. "Come on!" Alan opened the TARDIS. "Uncle Ryuji, Loki! Come on!" Shinichi went inside the TARDIS after Alan, followed by Ryuji and Loki who both gawked at the TARDIS' interior as the door behind them closed. "I know, bigger on the inside. Close your mouths or you'll let flies in." Alan was at the console with Shinichi. "OK, time to catch the train!"
The TARDIS flew into the air, chasing after the DynoLiner. A portal into the time vortex opened and the train flew right in, riding on its self-generating tracks as the TARDIS followed.
Inside the Mammoth's cockpit was an Imagin which resembled a rat. It giggled as its stinking hands were gripping the handlebars. "With this time train under my control, all of time and space is mine!" It then noticed an alert on the screen in front of him. "Hm, we're being followed?" The screen showed the train's rearview to reveal the TARDIS giving chase. "A red box?"
Back inside the TARDIS, Alan was trying to get the TARDIS closer. "What's the plan?" Shinichi asked.
"We're going to park the TARDIS on top of the train and override the DynoLiner's controls so it stops at a date we set!" Alan answered. The date on the screen kept was counting down. "We're going back in time!" They were getting closer. "OK, I'm right on top! Activate magnetic clamps!" The bottom of the TARDIS magnetized and stuck onto the caboose like before. "OK, we're on! Now, time to make this train stop!"
August 1st, 2003
Young Kotonoha Katsura sat alone on a swing in the playground near her house. She had nobody to play with. She would be going on a family vacation with her family but she wished that she could go and hang out with friends which she was lacking. She stared down at her chest. Her breasts had developed early, causing boys to tease her and the girls to not want anything to do with her. It wasn't her fault she was an early bloomer, but they didn't care.
Suddenly, there was an explosion of multicolored light as a swirling portal appeared. Much to her surprise, a big train raced out of the portal and screeched to a stop in front of her. The train was the oddest one she had seen, with heads of animals on the individual cars. Also, parked on top of the rear car was a red telephone box.
The phone box opened and three men ran out of it. She blinked at the odd sight. How could they have fit? Then she saw a rat-man come out of the train. She hated rats and this one looked big and scary.
"You bastards!" the Rat Imagin hissed as it brandished its weapons, a pair of sharp clawed gauntlets. "I won't let you get in my way!"
"This is mine," said Ryuji. He glanced at Kotonoha, recognizing her, and then he added, "Protect the girl, she's important." He put on his Ifrit Belt and took out his Ifrit Pass since his Dyno Pass was still inside the DynoLiner. "Henshin!"
"IFRIT FORM!"
The black and blue armor of Kamen Rider Ifrit formed over his body, causing Kotonoha to gasp in shock as she saw a dark knight actually appear before her eyes. Shinichi and Alan stood close, protecting the girl at Ifrit's request. Alan knew why Kotonoha was important in this timeline. She would be the girl who would change Ryuji for the better.
The Imagin and Rider did combat, sparks erupting from their connecting weapons. Ifrit brandished his twin Dao expertly. He swung, fast and hard, putting the Imagin on the defensive before kicking it backwards with a powerful kick in the stomach. The Imagin crashed against a slide. It groaned, dazed as it climbed back to its feet and charged for Ifrit. Ifrit dodged the Imagin's attempt to hit him and then retaliated with his own slashes, ripping sparks off the Imagin. "You're too slow," Ifrit taunted.
"Slow? Tell me if this is slow!" The Rat Imagin suddenly moved at blinding speed, shocking Ifrit as it struck him, knocking him onto his back. He got back up to his feet only to be hit several times more by the super-fast Rat Imagin.
"Shouldn't we help?" Shinichi asked.
"No, he's got this," said Alan confidently.
The Rat Imagin cackled gleefully as it was able to overpower the Rider but suddenly it slipped and fell. Getting back to its feet, the Imagin went to advance on Ifrit only to discover that it couldn't move. Looking down, it learnt that its feet had been frozen in ice. The Rat Imagin looked up at Ifrit who had a sheet of ice forming under his feet which had spread outwards, catching the Imagin in it.
"Now, you're mine," said Ifrit as he put his swords together, hilt to hilt, and pressed a button down on his belt.
"FULL CHARGE!"
The energy arched from his belt and into his combined swords. He strode towards the stuck Imagin and with one final swing cut the Imagin's body in half before it exploded.
"Sugoi!" Kotonoha let out in awe.
"This is why I love traveling so much," Alan informed his brother. "We get to watch history in the making."
Ifrit strode over to them, removing his belt as he did. He looked down at Kotonoha who gazed up at him in awe. Satisfied that she was safe, he turned his back and went back to his time train. Alan, knowing that Ryuji was about to leave, used his ring to remove the TARDIS from the back of the train.
"Alan Smith, Shinichi Banabara," said Ryuji as he stood at his train's entrance. "Enjoy the rest of your travels!"
"You too!" Alan waved. Ryuji entered the time train and the door closed before the Mammoth trumpeted and the DynoLiner chugged along the tracks before vanishing into the portal that led into the time vortex.
"Won't this affect the future?" a concerned Shinichi asked as he and Alan headed to the TARDIS.
"Uncle Ryuji understands the need to preserve the future." He pushed the door open. "Now, where were we? I think we were headed to that resort planet I was talking about."
"You got that right!" Shinichi grinned. "Sun, surf and bikini babes here we come!" The two entered the TARDIS and went to the console. Alan saw that the door was open.
"Shinichi, how many times do I have to tell you to shut the door?"
"Oh, sorry!" Shinichi went and closed the door shut. "Ikuze!"
"Allons-y!"
The TARDIS made the familiar warping noise and dematerialized, vanishing into the time vortex. Alan was checking the screen to make sure the coordinates were right and to avoid any time trains that might be in the time vortex. He then noticed something. "Shinichi, did a stray cat accidentally come aboard?"
"Why do you ask?" Shinichi asked.
"Because the TARDIS is detecting three life signs here," said Alan. He checked the readings, "Oh, it's not a stray cat. It's human." His eyes widened and he looked over to the wall with Shinichi doing the same.
"Hello," Kotonoha waved at them as she stood against the wall. "What is this place? It's bigger on the inside," she added in awe.
Alan let out a curse, "Oh, fu-"
THE END