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Episode 2: Two Years Aftermath! The new bearer of Gungnir!

(Ni-nen buri no Yoha! Arata na Gungnir no Kokeisha!)

第二話: 二年ぶりの余波! 新たなグングニルの後継者!


(Last time)

Ryouga (narrator): Koremade no Kamen Rider Zero-One: Symphonic World…

Ryouga: "So the Zwei Wing's concert is being held today, huh?"

Hibiki: "You bet it is! Today, me and Miku got the chance to watch our very first Zwei Wing concert!"

Miku: -But don't worry, just calm down and enjoy yourself. You can send me the record, ok?-

Hibiki: "What rotten luck!"

Ryouga: "The wind's direction has changed… It's coming!"

*KA-BOOM!*

~Crotizall Ronzell Gungnir zillz…~

Kanade: "This will be my final aria."

Tsubasa: "Please, Kanade! DON'T DO IT!"

Zero-One: "YOU FUCKING IDIOOOT!"

[FLAMING TIGER~!]

Zero-One: "RAAAAAAAAAAHHH! STRIKE BOOST!"

[FLAMING IMPACT!] フレイミングインパクト!

Ryouga: "What is happening to me…?"


(Present Time)

Ryouga (narration): Two years. It has been two years since that unforgettable fight at the Zwei Wing concert. I have aged, but still retains my youthful and mature appearance and is now 19 years old; my hair is a bit longer now, especially both the side bangs now reached a bit to my mouth, and the disorder-curved spiky hair now longer a bit because I had my hair cut short every two months; almost look like Yuki Judai in GX in his first school year. The only thing that has changed is perhaps my athletic body, now is more nimble and stronger than ever. I'm still doing my job at the Flower Restaurant and took down Noises, as usual; except the Magias since there has been no reports about them recently. I got seen on the news gradually from time to time which could cause the Magias and the Noises' attraction to hunt for Zero-One, but that's not a big problem since I've done more training and smite them down easily. As for the news, I just kept silent and drove away from any reporters that came to me for some 'talks'. And after that fight, I'm starting to focus training on my other Keys, and this strange 'Dragon Soul' thing. I don't know why I got this, besides the name that mysteriously lingers in my mind and the fact that I have somehow 'awakened' it because of my anger, but it could be dangerous if I just unknowingly 'snapped' for no reason; so I focused how to conceal it and use only when to fight. Thankfully, my eyes no longer changed all the time, and I could use it in fight since it helped 'boost' my physical strength and all of my senses. But I still have much to learn about this ability, so I only use it in my training for more knowledge. One good thing is Hibiki, who has been hospitalized for a couple of weeks is now fine, and permitted to go outside, much to Miku's relief. Speak of the devil…


(With Ryouga)

Ryouga resisted the urge to sigh, but rubbed his temples as he stared up at Hibiki, who is now sitting on a tree that was pretty high…, and with a cat on her hands?

"Let me guess, you just recently saw a cat hanging up on the tree and climbing up to save it, but don't even know how to climb down?" Ryouga asked with a dull tone.

"W-Well, I couldn't just ignore it… The cat could get hurt…" Hibiki said, protested with a scared tone because of the height.

The raven-haired young man then shook his head and sighed at the cream-haired girl. "It's your first day of school, you know you're late and still even have the time to go and save the cat. You haven't changed at all, Hibiki."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Hibiki said, feeling offended.

"Nandemone yo (It's nothing)." Ryouga said. "Now just stay still, don't move."

"Huh, what do you mean?" Hibiki asked with unease, while hoping he would find some nearby ladders to help her down.

But no one even expected that Ryouga would do this, as he took a few steps back, then ran to the tree Hibiki is sitting and jumped high on the tree branch, holding her and the cat in a bridal style, making her squeaked "EEP!" with a deep blush, and jumped down, making her and the cat screamed a bit in fear, but with no harm as he landed safely on the ground. He then released Hibiki as her legs shaken with fear from earlier, hugging the cat tightly while letting out shaky breaths.

"Next time, warn me first before you do that!" Hibiki exclaimed with a shaky breath from Ryouga's sudden act, and trying to dismiss the thoughts of being held in his arms.

"I did warn you to stay still before." Ryouga said nonchalantly, takes out a bottle of water and gave it to Hibiki. She accepted and drank it slowly, looked at him for a moment then said: "T-Thank you…"

"Don't mention it." Ryouga said, then noticed a few leaves on her hair and removed it, also dusting away some dirt on the clothes, making her blush for some odd reasons.

A meow than reminded both of them that there was a cat here. Hibiki crouched down a bit and lightly scratched under its head, getting a pleased purr from it.

"You must be hungry, aren't you?" She gently smiled.

"I'll give it something to eat later." Ryouga said, giving it the leftovers of his near-finished sandwich. "Come on, I'll ride you to the school."

"Ah, right! I almost forgot!" Hibiki said, being reminded by him. They then walked to where he parked his bike, which is the Rise Hopper. Strangely, no one even noticed that it is the rumored armored hero's vehicle, just looked at it like it was just a normal dirt bike. After giving a headpat to the cat, telling it to take care, Ryouga gave a second helmet to Hibiki before putting on his own helmet then get on the bike.

"Hold on tight." Ryouga advised, making her complied with a tight hug while completely ignoring the two 'lumps' pressed against his back, privately cursed in his mind with annoyance: 'Fucking teenage hormones!' . He is not a pervert, goddamnit! Focusing on the road, he then drove her to the school which was none other than Lydian Private Music Academy. And she was 'supposed' to have her first day of school there a couple of minutes ago, nonetheless! Seriously, what is he going to do with this hopeless innocent girl?


(Inserting REAL x EYEZ by J x Takanori Nishikawa)

[01! 01! 01! 01! x 5]

The song starts with an instrumental, with many numbers appeared from the screen nonstop, starting with Ryouga, who had his eyes closed in the shadows, then shifting to Zero-One with his back turned and looked back at the screen with glowing red eyes. The scene then shifts quickly to Hibiki, Tsubasa and Kanade with their civilian identities and their Symphogear armors respectively, along with some Riders like Vulcan and Valkyries but without their civilian identities; the same goes for unidentified three Riders, showing only their silhouettes with purple, pink and teal blue colors respectively, and shifted back to Ryouga, who had his eyes snapped open with his now dragon-like eyes, punched at the screen. The screen then cracked, changed to the blurred yellow digital background with zeroes and ones hitting the screens, forming the title with burst of red flames and cybernetic streaks, followed by a grasshopper's croak and a dragon's roar at the background.

(Kodaina Archive Access shite) From the start, the screen showed Ryouga went to the junkyard, finding for some useful, recycled metal objects, and shifted the camera to some kind of secret room, with him wearing protective black shade iron mask, heatproof gloves along with a worker's orange uniform, work his magic on some unfinished objects, then suddenly the object flashed with a BOOM from the opened average-sized microwave-like fridge, he got startled and ran to check the finished object with satisfied expression, opening up the mask and wiped off sweats with a 'Phew'.

(Kensaku shitatte I don't think it's right) The scene then changed to Hibiki hanging out with Miku while eating a vanilla ice cream, but they then heard a distressed 'Meow' from a nearby tree. Hibiki then swallowed the ice cream with a big gulp and started climbing to the tree to help the cat, but then suddenly slipped her footing and started waving her arms wildly, causing Miku to ran quick and hold her back from falling with struggles.

(Data wa kako Words wa Sign Kotae wa 404 NOT FOUND…) The scene then changed once more to Kanade, who is hiding behind Tsubasa drinking tea with a calmed sigh, then she made the blue-haired girl spitted her tea with a pranked scream and there goes started a Tom & Jerry comedic chase scene, with Tsubasa screaming angrily at her friend for disrupting her moment, while Kanade is running away with a big laugh; then shifted to the 2nd Division Base, we then saw Genjuro observing the surveillance monitor, and Kyoko who is doing some experiments with other scientists before glancing towards the screen.

[01! 01! 01! 01! X2]

The screen then continuously shifted, from Yukine Chris who is taking a soda can from a vending machine, opened and drank it while glancing at the camera; to a hooded person who is watching Ryouga walking on the road, where Ryouga then turned behind to saw everything is red and ruined, with the Psychogears and Noises army surrounded in a circle, he quickly latched the Zero-One Driver on his waist, then inserted the Hopper Key into the Driver, instantly transformed into Zero-One.

(REAL X EYEZ! Hajimari no AIZU) Ryouga, now transformed into Zero-One, is retaliating against a large army with blurred speed, holding the Attache Calibur in the right hand, destroying them with waves of energy slashes. He then ran to Hibiki and Tsubasa, both are already transformed with their Symphogear armors; with Hibiki fight back the Noises with punches and kicks, and Tsubasa letting out a combo of slashes with accuracy.

(Atarashii jidai wo) The screen then shifts to Vulcan and Valkyrie, in their Shooting Wolf and Rushing Cheetah base forms, with Vulcan holding the Attache Shotgun, using Gatling Hedgehog's ability to bombard the Psychogears with rapid bullets, and Valkyrie, who is leaping in the air, shooting the upcoming enemies with Rushing Blast attack, the energy bullets comes from all angles, destroying them; Zero-One then arrived from behind, hitting a Noise with Rise Hopper's front wheel, and skidded back to the ground with the others catching up to him.

(We gotta SUNRISE! Burning like the FIRES!) The screen now shifted to three unknown Riders with their respective silhouette auras on their bodies with glowing visors, slashing at the screen, making the screen shattered, replaced with Zero-One in his other Trial-Forms, letting out attacks with signature abilities, before shifted to Zero-One with a new armor, but hidden by the black silhouette, leaving only red aura and his glowing green visor, like he was glaring at the screen, before unleashing a fire punch, shaped like a roaring dragon's head.

(Kirihirake unmei wo) The hidden Zero-One then execute some kind of flame tornado slash, with the fire tornado reveals to be an energized swirling dragon, roaring at the screen then headed forward; before holding his hand out to Chris, who is falling into a black void, trying to reach for his hand.

(You wanna REAL X EYEZ! Egaita MIRAI) The screen then shifted to Zero-One Driver, two Shotrisers, two Forcerisers and a Cycloneriser lying on the nearby rubbles with rain pouring down on them; and shifted to Ryouga with battered clothes, some blood leaks from his body and dirts, soaked by the rains. He was trying to walk with struggles, but eventually exhausted and fell down, closed his eyes, thinking it was the end for him.

(Buchi nuite Ikeru no wa) But luckily for him, Ryouga suddenly felt a person's hands hugging on his left arm and head, making him opened his eyes, and started to smile as he saw Hibiki looking at him with a teary smile, her tears falling down on his face, glad that he was alive and safe. She then helped him get up and they both looked toward the blue sky, enjoying the view with a smile, hoping for a promised future.

(You're the only ONE!) [01! 01! 01! 01! 01!]

The screen finally shifts to Ryouga, Hibiki and Tsubasa standing on a colorful cybernetic background, before they glowed, transformed with their respective armors, the screen then splitted in two sides diagonally, with the upper left showing Hibiki and the 2nd Division Base members looking up with determined expression, and the lower right showing Ryouga and Zero-One in Rising Hopper form standing close, looking at the screen with intense gaze.

(End Opening)


(Eyecatch 1)

The scene showing Zero-One riding on his Rise Hopper, zooming across many steel piles left and right with amazing skills, and turning to the right direction, ending the eyecatch.


(At the Lydian Private Music Academy, entrance)

As expected for a normal school life, Hibiki was getting scolded by her teacher, despite getting a ride from Ryouga. Thankfully, his bike was fast, so she was almost late by under 5 minutes, and was able to make on time; but the teachers didn't appreciate that much and kept on their lectures.

"So, Tachibana-san. Do you mind explaining why you were almost late for your first day of school?" Her teacher asked with a calm, but strict tone.

"Um, well…" Hibiki stuttered, looking nervously while fiddling with her fingers. "There was a little kitty that climb up a tree and couldn't get down, so I climbed up to help it…"

"Go on." The teacher pressed.

"And because of it, I couldn't go down afterwards until Fujiki-kun helps me down…" Hibiki then explained.

"Hmm, I see…" The teacher then closed her eyes, but snapped open with strict eyes that you normally seen coming from the adults. "Still, it doesn't change the fact is that YOU'RE LATE!"

"Wah! Su-SUMIMASEN!" Hibiki apologized with fear, continuously bowing her head down for mercy.

"*Sigh* Just go to the class and have a seat so we can begin the lesson." The teacher said with an exasperated sigh, Hibiki did just that and went to the classroom.

The teacher then turned to him. "Thank you for bringing Tachibana-san here, and sorry if she was interrupting your job."

Ryouga politely said to her: "It's fine, Miss. Anyone would've expect it from a school life. Now if you excuse me, I have to go for the job now."

The teacher said: "Of course. Have a nice day."


(After Class, Dormitory)

In Hibiki and Miku's new dorm room, the cream-haired girl collapsed on the floor in symbolic defeat, with an animated dark blue cloud hanging down on her head. "Urgh, that was awful! It's only the first day of school and I feel like I just went on a roller coaster for hundred times. Now I feel cursed!"

"Half of that curse comes with being such a scatterbrain." Miku said. "And the other half is when you just stick your nose where it doesn't belong without a second thought about it."

"Call it helping others!" Hibiki said, annoyed by the comment, rolling over. "It's my hobby, you know! And you don't have to be so vulgar…"

"Yeah, but you take it way too far." Miku said. "Normal people don't just lend their textbooks to others."

"That's OK, I'll just look off your book, Miku." Hibiki said, getting up and walking over to the table, getting a muttered "Baka" from Miku. She then gasped with glee and raised a magazine with Tsubasa on the cover. "Oh my god! Tsubasa-san's newest CD is coming out tomorrow! She's so cool!"

Miku smiled at her best friend who hugged the magazine like a plush doll. "And that's the reason you enrolled in Lydian to follow in her footsteps, right? She must have a great effect on you."

"Yeah, but I haven't seen her anywhere today…" Hibiki then slumped down, said with disappointment. "I know she's famous and all, and I know I don't expect her to meet with me, but…"

The cream-haired girl then pulled the collar of her shirt to see what remained from the incident two years ago; a scar in the shape of a forte note. 'I'm certain I would have died that day if it wasn't for Zwei Wing and that mysterious armored man. They said on the news that Kanade-san had lost her singing voice from the incident and almost all the people there had lost their lives to the Noises, save for me, Zwei Wing, and a few survivors. The armored man supposedly was the one who saved the day. Was the part where Zwei Wing fighting all a part of my imagination? I feel that if I met Tsubasa-san, she could tell me what happened back then since Kanade-san had to quit the academy. And what are the chances of meeting that armored man again? It's not like he's someone I know, though…'


(With Ryouga)

"ACHOOO!" Ryouga suddenly let out a loud sneeze. He wiped the runny nose with his hand. "Is someone just talking about me…?"

"Oh dear. Are you alright, Ryouga-kun?" The owner lady asked.

"Oh, nothing. I'm fine, Ma'am." Ryouga said, insisted. He then untied his apron and putting away his waiter uniform and putting on his normal clothes, consisting of a dull grey T-shirt with his usual black jacket and dark blue jeans, along with black-grey sneakers.

"Well, I'm closing the shop now. Have a good sleep." The owner lady said with a smile, then reminded him with some favors. "Oh, and please teach me how to make some of your recipes, okay?"

"I will, if we have some day rests. Goodnight, Ma'am." Ryouga said with a chuckle before getting on Rise Hopper and drove off back to the forest to build his tent. It only takes 30 minutes to go back with Rise Hopper's amazing outputs, and he's glad that he doesn't get in trouble and make a pay for it. After he arrived to the said forest, he pressed the Cancel button to make the bike shrank to its RisePhone Mode and pressing the Requip Storage app to materialized his tent bags, and started building the tent for 45 minutes. Usually it would take few hours, but since he got used to camping, he doesn't feel tired at all. After finishing building the tent, he went inside to materialized out his furnitures, and go outside to make himself a decent meal for dinner.

While Ryouga was grilling a beefsteak on the furnace bar on top of a burning gourd, he then looked at his bandaged left hand with thoughts. 'It has been two years since the incident, and damn that was hurt like hell! I didn't expect that the fragment just went through my hand like a bullet! I'm glad that Hibiki wasn't died that day. Not to mention the day that I got this 'Dragon Soul' power, I started having a weird vision from my dream… No, it's more like a flashback scene to some unknown fights between gods, I think… Was it because I somehow awakened this power? Or because of the Gungnir's fragment pierced through my hand that I got a glimpse of its histories…? Either way, I have to be prepared for it because it could be some unease prophecies. If it was true, it could bring heavy consequences.' After finished grilling the beefsteak, he put out the furnace bar and putting some logs on the ground to make a campfire for the night, went back to his tent.

Ryouga turned on the TV to watch some camping videos, especially Lam Vlog from Vietnam. It always gives him joy to watch in holiday, especially the playful antics from the family members and funny scenes. His meal consisted of a delicious-looking grilled beefsteak, a small bowl with pumpkin soup, a bowl of rice and a simple glass of cold water. It was perfect for a dinner meal, so he doesn't need any fancy meals. He then bursts out laughing at a scene where the members are doing a 50-hour camping challenge in a forest, especially the chubby guy who was eating his jjajangmyeon, but accidentally dropping a large amount of noodles to the ground without knowing, and realized after 5 seconds, screaming in dismay while the other brother is laughing at him. After a 15-minute dinner, he put the paper bowls and dishes to a nearby trashcan, opening the tent for a moment and spraying the room fragmence to get rid of the food smell.

Ryouga then proceed to close the tent door with the zipper, turned on the lamp for a goodnight sleep. He then looked at the Progrise Keys, rubbing the front cover with tender and smiled at them, like they were his precious companions.

"Have a good sleep, guys. We're gonna be ready for some upcoming fights." He said to all of his active Progrise Keys, then said goodnights to the Blank Power-Up Keys with a vow.

"And I'll promise to make you guys back to normal."

He then went back to the mattress, closing his eyes for a calm slumber. But little does he know, both the Zero-One Driver and Progrise Keys flashed lightly for a moment, like they were responding to his kindness.


(The Next Day, Lydian Academy, Cafeteria)

It was a new school day for Hibiki and Miku, and currently the two were having lunch at the cafeteria while discussing the events of a Noise attack the night before.

"Hmm… according to the SDF and the SDRT, the evacuation went on with relative and the damage was kept to minimum." Miku said, reading the article on her phone. "And it happened pretty close by."

"Kowaii ne (Scary)…" Hibiki said with little unease, shoveling the contents of a bowl of rice into her mouth and drank a glass of water. She then asked her friend: "So what about the mysterious armored man? Did you find any news on him?"

"Let me check for a moment…" Miku said, beginning to search the web on her phone. After a while, she said: "Sorry, there's nothing new about the armored man now."

"Aww… Zannen (Too bad)…" Hibiki said with disappointment, then goes back to eating her meal.

"Now that I'm remember, why do you keep asking about the armored man every time the Noise are mentioned?" Miku asked, raising a questioned eyebrow.

"Umm… Curiosity?" Hibiki answered.

Miku was about to comment when a mischievous thought came to her mind. She then said to her with little tease: "Ah, I see… If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you have a crush on the mysterious armored man." That snarky comment then makes Hibiki spitting out her drink and coughing violently.

After calming down her throat with some water, Hibiki exclaimed at Miku with a faint blush: "Mi-Miku! What are you saying all of a sudden!? I'm just curious about him, that's all!"

"Okay, okay, if you say so." Miku apologized, holding her hands in surrender, and putting away her phone. Both best friends then heard people talking around them.

"Look! It's Kazanari Tsubasa!" This quickly caught Hibiki's attention in a second.

"REALLY? WHERE!?" Hibiki said with stars in her eyes, getting up quickly and ran outside but stopped abruptly when she almost ran into someone. She was about to apologize before realized that the person standing in front of her was none other than Kazanari Tsubasa.

Hibiki can't believe it herself now. She finally got the chance to meet her favorite idol, Kazanari Tsubasa, who is now standing in front of her! Which means she can finally ask about the events at the concert two years ago, and what really happened! But only one problem…

"A-Ano…" Hibiki stuttered. She couldn't get the words out!

Tsubasa then motioned her finger to the corner of her mouth, prompting Hibiki to look where she was pointing and saw a few grains of rice stuck to her face.

"You have something on your face." Tsubasa said with neutral expression, before walking away.


(After Class)

"GAAAAAAHH! That was terrible!" Hibiki cried out with dismay, bumping her head on the student desk with a loud thud, dark clouds hanging over her head. "She must think I'm a total weirdo now!"

"She wouldn't be that far off." Miku said, rubbing Hibiki's back while taking a playful stab at her friend's misfortune.

"You're mean!" Hibiki whined before saying. "Are you gonna be done with that anytime soon?"

"Doesn't look like it." Miku said, organizing some paperwork as well as getting a sad sigh from Hibiki. "Oh, I forgot. Tsubasa's new CD is going on sale today, right? But why better with a CD?"

"Come on, CD's are a better symbol now!" Hibiki said. "Plus, they're packed with bonus material."

"Then they're probably sold out by now." Miku said.

"Oh crap!" Hibiki said with alert, jolting up with wide eyes. "I need to get there fast! I could probably still make it if I ask Fujiki-kun to drive me there!"

"Sorry to betray your hopes, but you can't just ask Ryouga-san to drive you to the store so easily. He has work to do at the Flower." Miku said nonchalantly. "Besides, even if he does, by the time he gets here and takes you there, the CD's will probably be sold out by then."

"Then I have no choice but to RUN!" Hibiki exclaimed, running towards the door, leaving smokes in the dust. "SEE YOU LATER MIKU!"


(At the Flower)

"Ryouga-kun!" The owner called out from the kitchen.

"Doushita desuka (What's wrong)?" Ryouga called back while cleaning the floor.

"Looks like we're running low on ingredients. Could you please go out and buy some?"

"Hai yo~ (Yes, Ma'am)!" Ryouga said, taking out the apron and go back to the clothing room, changing to his normal clothes before stepping out the door.

"Be careful with the Noise, okay?" He then heard the lady's warning called out.

"Wakattema~su (I know)!" Ryouga called back, then getting on Rise Hopper and drove off.

While driving on the road, Ryouga then spotted Hibiki by a glance, and she was chanting for some reason.

"Hah, hah, hah… CD… Symbol… CD… Symbol…" Hibiki said with exhaustion, her tongue fell out a little from the mouth. Judging by the chant, he then knew that Tsubasa's new CD had come out. But, meh, he didn't care about that too much! This world does have some neat music, but it's a waaaaayy long to reach the level of his world's music! Pushing the private thought of his mind, he drove up to Hibiki slowly, causing her to notice.

"Oh! Fujiki-kun!" Hibiki greeted.

"Ya, Hibiki." Ryouga greeted back with his left hand up. "What'cha doing?"

"Hah, hah, I'm off… to buy… hah, Tsubasa-san's… new CD… hah, hah…" Hibiki said between gasps. It didn't take a genius to know that Hibiki was clearly exhausted, but the thought of getting Tsubasa's new CD acted as motivations to kept her running. He watched in amusement as she got slower and slower while privately thought: 'Looks like she didn't do exercise everyday.' And proved by his comments, she then collapsed to her knees and stopped to catch her breath.

"You really should register to the Olympics." Ryouga said, crossing his arms after stopping the bike.

"Hah, hah… Too… tired… to… comment…" Hibiki said, out of breath, exhausted in comical defeat, making him chuckle before giving a bottle of water to her. He then quickly snapped his head to the direction of the wind, while noticing something in the air. The raven-haired young man then narrowed his eyes. 'Black ashes!'

"Hibiki…" Ryouga said with a dead calm tone.

"Hm? Doushita no (What is it)?" Hibiki asked, having fully recovered her breath from a long run. He just silent and pointed inside the store, prompting her to look inside and gasped when she noticed the piles of Carbon ashes on the floor.

"Noise!"

"We gotta get out of here ASAP!" Ryouga said with urgent. He knew he could take care of those aliens, but he couldn't risk himself revealing his secret identity and also worried for Hibiki.

The cream-haired girl wasted on time hopping onto the bike, already knowing the danger they were in. Just when he was about to drove off…

"KYAAAAAAA!" The scream of a person echoed.

"Someone's in trouble!" Hibiki said. Ryouga obliged without saying a word, driving towards where the scream came from, intending to make it in time to save a person. The scream was not too far away so it only took 30 seconds to find the source, and right in front of them was a little girl surrounded by Noises. He growled in anger, really wants to beat up the oh-so-cruel God right now!

Memories of both the young girl and the mother holding each other in fear he saved from two years ago flashed through his mind as he sped up towards the Noise.

"Wait, wait, wait, Fujiki-kun! Slow down!" Hibiki said with fear over the roaring engine of the Rise Hopper. "We're gonna crash!"

He ignored the warning and just sped up. With great skill, he jumped over the Noise and grabbed the little girl by a moment, driving away from the Noise.

"Hang on tight!" Ryouga said to the little girl, passing her to Hibiki's arms before driving fast as possible to get away from those aliens. But to worsen the situation, the Noise didn't give up to killing them as they transformed themselves into motorcycle-like bikes that looks like the vehicle that human got on, chasing after them.

"FUCK! Who the hell teaches those aliens how to ride!?" Ryouga cursed out loud with an alarmed tone, not really expect them to catching up this quickly. It also made him freak out in his mind that the aliens could transformed into motorcycles and knew how to drive. He then accelerated faster since the Noises were about to catching up to them.


(Unknown Location)

And once again, we found ourselves inside the familiar mysterious base as people were typing furiously on keyboards, trying to get a reading on the Noise that were detected by the Noise Tracker.

Just then, both Kanade and Tsubasa barged into the room.

"What's the situation?" Tsubasa asked.

"We're trying to lock onto a signal right now!" One of the operators said while typing furiously. "Our first priority is to identify the horde's location!"

Just as the first operator had finished the sentence, another operator yelled out: "I've found the location of the horde!"

"Bring it up on screen!" Genjuro ordered with immediate, Kyoko standing next to him, having luckily survived the events from two years ago.

After a bit more typing from the operators, what appeared on the screen was the image of a man and two others (Ryouga, Hibiki and the little girl) being chased by… motorcycle-riding Noises!? Deadly silence filled the room when everyone saw the footage.

Kanade then broke the silence with shock: "H-Hey! Since when did those Noises turn into motorcycles? I mean… 'How' the heck are those Noises able to ride a motorcycle!?"

"I've never seen anything like this." Tsubasa said, sharing the same shocked expression as Kanade.

"Bakana…" Genjuro said. "The Noise shouldn't have any knowledge on how to ride something like a motorcycle… How can they do this?"

"Could it be possible?" Kyoko said with unease, in a thinking pose. "Are those Noises… getting smarter now?"

The sentence immediately brought fear into the people. The last thing they wanted was an army of intelligent aliens wrecking havoc all over the city.


(Highway)

"GRR… KUSO! Those assholes just don't know when to quit, does it!?" Ryouga shouted in frustration as more Noises were catching up to them.

"What do we do?" Hibiki asked while holding onto him for dear life, the little girl doing the same.

Looking behind him, he saw more and more Noises catching up, only fueled his chagrin. He's so gonna rip out the throat of whoever granted those aliens the intelligence, which means the one who put him in this messed-up world! Seeing no other choice, he decided to fight back.

"Hang on tight, OK? We'll speed up now!" Ryouga called out to both girls as he pushed Rise Hopper to max speed, causing the thrusters to bursts out blue flames. Both girls squeaked out at the sudden speed, holding onto him tightly. Seeing him sped up, the aliens does the same in order to catch up.

One of them rode to his side, went to hit him but he ducked and kicked back the alien off its motorcycle, falling off the road with the motorcycle, exploded. Another came to his other side and went for the girls, but he stopped it by holding its hand and back-kicked it in the face, causing it to fell back and crushed by the Noise-made motorcycle's wheel and exploded; before giving a strong kick to the engine of the last one, making the bike unstable, falling back behind and exploded along with its fellas.

The Noise then started to get annoy by him, decided to get dirty by jumping over him as he saw them. They sped on ahead before turning the front wheels around and dash towards him.

"Hibiki, let go of me for a second!" Ryouga said.

"Huh?" Hibiki asked. But he didn't wait for the answer as he wheelie'd Rise Hopper and jumped while the Noise replied back to his challenge. He then jumped off the seat in midair, grabbing the middle one by the neck with two hands, lifted up its body, use it as a baton and shouted:

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR WAY!" 'PS: Argi Mrage's quote from IBO: Gekkou'

He then giving a full swing, struck both of the Noise and released the alien from his hand. Ryouga hopped back on the bike and landed on the ground safely while the remaining ones all crashed down to the Highway floor and exploded.

As he continued to drive, he noticed there was traffic up ahead so he turned to the nearest exit route to lure the aliens away from the people.

"Fujiki-kun, that was amazing!" Hibiki said with awe. "How did you do that!? I thought all people got killed when they touch the Noise?"

"That's one of the mysteries I've yet to figure out!" Ryouga said back. "Now let's outrun them in the dust!"

Hibiki nodded in agreement, decided not to say more as he zoomed with high speed.


(Back to Unknown Location)

Everyone stood there, some even blinking and rubbing their eyes in shock at what they just saw. Yeah right, who wouldn't even surprise when someone just goes and physically hits back the Noise when they're supposed to disintegrate upon contact.

"W-What in the world… How was he able to hit, let alone touch the Noise!?" Genjuro asked with shock.

"It doesn't look like he has anything that allows him to touch them without harm." Kyoko said, sharing the same shocked expression as him. "Just what is his secret?"

"Ano, sir… What should we do?" An operator asked nervously.

The commander then snapped out of his stupor, composed himself and ordered: "For now, keep an eye on that man. We might be able to find out how he's able to touch the Noise without disintegrating."

"HA-HAI!"


(Back to Ryouga)

Making a sharp turn, he drove through an alleyway where he reached the waterway, easily jumping over it without problems. Of course, on motorcycle's themselves, the Noise also easily jumped over the waterway and continued to chase after them like wildcats found a horde of mouse to eat.

"How are you two holding up?" He called over to the girls behind him.

"We're okay!" Hibiki called back in reply as the little girl continued to cling to her in the middle for dear life.

"Kuso! Where the heck is that fucking shelter when you need one!?" Ryouga cursed with frustration even though he shouldn't do it in front of a child. But this is a real life-or-death situation, so screw the damn rules! He'd been driving for a while, but still got no luck in finding a sign of a shelter anywhere.

Suddenly, just as he was about to drove into an abandoned oil factory for a temporary shelter, more Noise on Noise-morphed motorcycles appeared out of nowhere, forcing him to stop abruptly as they were surrounded by a large amount of Noises.

'Damn that accursed Murphy Law! It just immediately came out in a worst time!' Ryouga cursed privately in his mind, gritting his teeth with a deep scowl underneath the helmet as they get off the bike.

"We're surrounded…!" Hibiki said in fear as the Noise circled around them like biker gangs.

"Are we going to die…?" The little girl said out of fear, cuddling to Hibiki.

"DON'T EVEN SAY THAT SENTENCE!" Ryouga shouted, making both girls jumped in surprised at the sudden raised volume from him. "As long as we still breathing, there's no way we're gonna die here! And I'm not intending to die myself until getting you both to safety first! Listen carefully and remember, as long as you're still breathing, never accept death! You must keep on living, no matter what happens!"

"Onii-chan…"

"He's right." The little girl then turned to Hibiki, who is smiling with determination and motivated by Ryouga's speech. "No matter what happens in front of you, never give up on life! No matter what, you have to keep on living for a promised future!"

"Onee-chan…"

Ryouga then brought the little girl's attention back to him by turning her to look at him and said to her with a supportive, brotherly tone. "You're still a young child. There's still a lot of things you can experience as you get older, so don't ever, never, think about dying. No matter what…"

Hibiki then finished for him. "You must keep on living!" At the time she finished the sentence, a strange melody began to rang out from her.

~Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron…~

*FLASH!*

Suddenly, a bright orange light erupted above Hibiki's chest, the same place where she was pierced by the fragment from two years ago after she sang the strange lyrics.

"Na-Nanda…? GUH!" Ryouga said in surprise, before shutting his eyes with one hand and covered the little girl in his other arm to prevent them from getting blinded by the light. Then, the light shot up, almost illuminating the entire sky.


(Unknown Location)

"What's going on? What's happening out there?" Genjuro demanded, wanting to know the situation.

"We don't know sir, but we are now comparing the energy to every information in our database!" One operator said as they all get to work.

"Could this be… an Aufwachenschlagen!?" Kyoko said in astonishment.

"We've identified the energy, sir!"

Just as the operator said that, one word appeared on screen causing everyone to gasped in shock.

GUNGNIR

"Bakana! Gungnir dato!?" Genjuro exclaimed.

Hearing the name of a once thought destroyed Relic, both Tsubasa's and Kanade's eyes widen in utter shock.

"I'm going to check it out!" Tsubasa said, turning to leave.

"Tsubasa!" Kanade called, making Tsubasa turned to her best friend/former partner. "Be careful."

"I'll be fine." Tsubasa nodded before she left.

"No, Tsubasa… You're not…" Kanade said with solemn expression. Ever since the incident two years ago, Tsubasa has been training nonstop to become an emotionless blade, resulting her become cold and distant towards others except Kanade. Plus, Tsubasa seems to have deep grudge against Zero-One and Kanade couldn't figure out why. She just hoped her best friend doesn't do something stupid.


(Back with Ryouga)

He watched as the beam of light continued to spread out of Hibiki, until she doubled over in pain, crawling on the ground on her hands and knees.

"Oi, Hibiki! Are you…" Just when he was about to reach out for her, a menagerie of machines erupted from Hibiki's back.

"GAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Hearing Hibiki screaming in sheer pain makes Ryouga want to reach out for her, but the blinding light and blowing winds keeps preventing him from stepping any closer. Soon, the light died down, he finally put down his arms and could now see what's become of Hibiki. He was surprised to see with his own eyes, as to be expected from his memories.

Hibiki was now donned in a orange and white bodysuit that left her stomach exposed, replacing her old clothes. She also now wore a pair of black metal boots, white and orange gauntlets, and a pair of black and white headphones.

"O-Oi, Hibiki…? Omae…" Ryouga said, he couldn't help but stare in awe and utter shock at Hibiki's transformation. But that's not the point! He just saw a sadistic grin from her for a second earlier.

"Wah-! What is this!? What's happening to me!?" Hibiki asked in shock, looking at her now transformed stare.

"Onee-chan… kakkoi (So cool)!" The little girl said, also staring at Hibiki in awe.

Hibiki smiled, admiring at her new strange power, gripped her hand for a moment then turning back at the Noise with newfound determination. "Fujiki-kun, take the girl and get out of here quickly! I'll try and hold off these guys as long as I can!"

"Huh? Are you serious? Like hell I'll let you fighting alone!" Ryouga said back, denying the crazy idea from Hibiki.

"What!? Why!? She'll be in danger if she stays here!" Hibiki said.

"I know, and that's why you're gonna be the one who takes her to safety." Ryouga said. "I'll be the one to fight them."

"Nandatte!?" Hibiki gasped, thinking Ryouga was crazier than her. "But there are too many of them! You'll be killed!"

"Hey, hey. Don't look down on me like that." Ryouga said back. "Why do you think I'm still living after coming back with scratches?"

"Umm, well…" Hibiki was about to answer when a loud echo came from nowhere.

[PROGRISE!]

[RISING HOPPER! A jump to the sky turns to a Rider Kick.]

Zero-One in his Rising Hopper form arises from the top of a nearby roof of a factory, jumped and thrusted at the surrounding Noises like a bullet, destroyed them in a flash. He then turned his attention back to the two, asked: "Daijoubu ka?"

(Inserting Kamen Rider Zero-One OST: Rise Hopper)

"Hah! You're… Zero-One!" Ryouga said with awe, looking at the hero in front of him.

"Wait, what? Fujiki-kun, you know that armored man!?" Hibiki looked at the raven-haired young man with shock, didn't even know that he met this mysterious armored man.

Ryouga turned his head to Hibiki with a smile. "Ah, sore wa (Well)…"

*Screeching halt noise: SKRRRRT!*

Okay, stop for a moment right there! How the heck does Ryouga and Zero-One standing here at the same time, while Zero-One was supposed to be his secret identity!?


(Time for some flashback~! *BEEP* START UP!)

Moving back to the time when Ryouga started to went out, buying some ingredients, he walked to a nearby empty wall with his hood covered the head, covering his eyes in shadows, leaving him unnoticed. He then takes out a card from his pocket, with the image depicting a black dinosaur that has three blurred clones behind it, tapping into his mysterious power, dubbed as Dragon Soul, his eyes immediately changed into slitted red dragon eyes, started channeling a small amount of his energy into the card, cloaking the card with bright red energy cloak before holding out in front and said:

"Alias, activate!" Ryouga said in a quiet tone, making the card materialized out from his hand and swirling around in the center, before dissolving, revealing… another Ryouga!?


Alias (エイリアス) is a card that has the ability to create an illusory clone to act as a decoy, apparently this ability is now improved as the clone can fight back with 50% power as the original host and can exist as the real human body for a long period of hours, making it perfect for investigating and support. They also can transfer the information to the host by telepathy, depicting what they have seen.

This card appeared in Digimon Tamers Episode 35: 'The name's Dukemon! The True Ultimate Evolution!'.


Apparently, Ryouga also discovered that he can use the Dragon Soul's power to make his cards from various Anime Card Games turn real while doing his training two years ago, like Duel Monsters, but without using some high technology like KaibaCorp's Solid Vision to materialize it! It makes him shivered to the bone with excitement after discovering this 'incredibly amazing' ability! But sadly, he can only use the Digimon Cards for a long time right now; he tried to use Duel Monsters and Battle Spirits cards as well, but it costs him his stamina too much , so he can only use them as holographics, much to his chagrin. He then decided to make a device to materialize them later if he ever meets trouble, but for now, this is enough.

Dismissing the nostalgia, he then giving his tasks to the duplicated Ryouga. "Use my bike and watch over Hibiki. I'll be there if anything happens. And also help her to get out along with other survivors, if possible. Don't let anyone know about me hiding in secret." The duplicated Ryouga nodded to the host by giving a thumbs-up, before Ryouga gave the clone his RisePhone and let him went to the store as planned. After watching the clone went for a moment, he then looked at the sky and muttered to himself.

"Time for me to get to work."

He then jumped at the roof with a high jump thanks to practicing parkour two years ago, along with his secret training, and jumped from roofs to roofs with amazing speed, unnoticed by people.

(Flashback end *TIME OUT!*)


Ryouga, sorry, the now duplicated 'Ryouga' then said to Hibiki with a lie: "I happened to meet him by chance when I was first transferred here to Tokyo two years ago after trying to save a little girl before I met you."

Thankfully, Hibiki accepted the answer without doubting with a realization nod, and put her fist on her palm, smiled: "Ah, so that's what happens!" Zero-One mentally sighed and gave a thankful glance at his clone for a second, the clone responded with a nod, unnoticed by Hibiki.

Materializing the Attache Calibur in its Blade Mode from the right hand, he turned and faced the riding Noises, adopting a fighting stance. "You guys better out of here. I'll hold them off!"

"But will you be alright by yourself?" Hibiki asked with some worry.

"I'll be fine." Zero-One said. "Unlike you, I have a longtime experience against these guys. Now go!"

Reluctant at first, Hibiki nodded and takes the girl's hand with 'Ryouga' assisting them. Zero-One then materialized another one of his Attache Calibur from his other hand, giving it to 'Ryouga' and said: "You better take this with you for extra protection. Judging from your looks, I can tell that you have more experience."

'Ryouga' nodded with determination, accepting the weapon. "Thank you. I'll be sure to give it back later." Zero-One replied with a nod.

(End BGM)

Hibiki then said to Zero-One: "Don't die, there's something I need to tell you."

"I'll remember that. Now go!" He said.

"You heard the man. Let's go, Hibiki!" 'Ryouga' said to Hibiki, she nods and… starts to sing, making both Zero-One and 'Ryouga' mentally deadpanned, said in their mind: 'Da fuck!?' Well, it's obvious, since the Alias clone shared the same mind as the host.

(Inserting Gekisou Gungnir)

Snapping back from the distraction, Zero-One then slashed a Noise from getting past him, signaling them to run fast. They wasted no time and run to find a nearby shelter.

'Ryouga' then folding the case in front, revealing the sharp silver blade.

[BLADERISE!]

He then slashed at a Noise jumped out from the shadows, before kicking the other one, but missed the other one from behind as it jumped over him. "Shimatta (Crap)!"

He then relaxed his tense shoulders a bit when he saw Hibiki jumped to avoid the Noise, and he was impressed by the power of Gungnir. Seeing that she landed safely a bit, 'Ryouga' then catching up to them with swift jabs and slashes.

Hibiki looked at 'Ryouga' with awe while holding the little girl in her arms, said: "You know, I can't get more surprised when I saw that amazing action earlier! When did you learn how to fight?"

'Ryouga' said: "Well, it's normal. When you have talents, you gotta live it up to its name! Oh, by the way, we're almost out of the factory by a few hundred meters!" He pointed at a small white light, revealing the exit in front of them, prompting both of them to run fast.

Now back to Zero-One, aka the real Ryouga, he shrank his bike back to normal and put it back in the Rider Space, before charging at them with swift slashes, and jabbed at some aliens' faces with the hilt. He then saw some riding Noises charging at him, but he already saw it and jumped high, avoiding getting run over and kicked some of them out of the motorcycles with yellow energy kick, making them exploded from behind.

He then stabbed the blade into the ground for a moment, and holding out his right hand, dispersing blue data bits and materializing them into another black suitcase with a single blue streak, only there were some differences by the design as a gold-colored gun muzzle can be seen from the lower side.

[Attache Case, open to release the incredibly powerful shotgun.]

[ATTACHE SHOTGUN!]

He pressed the large blue button, unfolded the weapon and rotated the lower part at the halfway mark, making it a large L-shaped Shotgun Mode.

[SHOTGUNRISE!]

"Time for some test shots." Zero-One said, taking aim at some of the motorcycles' wheels. He pumped the shotgun lever and fired at the wheels, skidding back a few bit from the kickback, successfully destroying the wheels where they all swerved out of control before crashing into one another, killing each other in a big explosion. Zero-One lightly exclaimed with joy. "Uhyo~! I can do this all day!" He then pulled out the blade and holding it with his left hand, charging at non-riding Noises with a battle cry.

"HAH! SHA! DEAH! ORYAA!"

With each cry, he slashed and fired at them, using the immense kickback to flying in front of them and outsmarted them with swift kicks and slashes, also hit them by using the shotgun as a makeshift hammer. He glad that he was prepared for using the Attache Shotgun for some shooting, and mentally embarrassed a bit when he first used it in an empty wasteland while in his training; he tried to taking aims and shot at some random tin cans but gets blown back by the kickback, resulting in skidding to the ground and hitting the boulder numerous times, even hitting himself in the head. Ouch. After doing a few endurance tests by using the boulder as a wall, he finally succeeded in shooting all tin cans with perfect mark. Finally, there comes the big Noise, which strangely resembles a human with a TV box head, went to crush him, but he's quicker than the huge Noise as he jumped to the side and threw the Calibur at its right foot, stabbing it from moving, making it roars in pain. He then activated Flaming Tiger Progrise Key, inserting it in the slot of Attache Shotgun.

[FIRE!]

[Progrise Key confirmed, ready to utilize. Tiger's Ability!]

Zero-One then aimed at the head, charging the muzzle by absorbing flames from the ground, forming a large fireball, before shouting out the attack's name.

"GOUKO MOZENKA (號虎猛然火) Ferocious Tiger Fire Blast!"

フレイミングカバンショット

[FLAMING KABAN SHOT!]

He then shoots out an extreme blast of fire, the tip shaped like a tiger's head, roaring fiercely at the huge Noise, engulfed it in a fire tornado and exploded into bits for a dramatic explosion.

(End Song)

It was then that he noticed that Hibiki wasn't singing anymore, he then soon heard the sound of a motorcycle. Turning at the direction of the sound, he saw Tsubasa driving through a bunch of Noise and riding past Hibiki and 'Ryouga' who still had the girl, thank goodness. She then jumped out of the motorcycle, letting it crashed into a giant Noise.

While flipping through the air, Tsubasa started to sing. Zero-One deadpanned while thinking: 'Seriously, what the heck is this with all the singings during battles!?'

~Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri Tron…~

After saying something to Hibiki but with spite, which Zero-One can hear faraway, Tsubasa ran towards the remaining Noise, donning the armor he saw her wear two years ago, but with differences as the bodysuit was now snow white and with more armor than before, mostly on the legs. He's still can't get used to the fact that this world's characters used the music to fight. And Tsubasa started to sing.

(Inserting Zettou-Ame no Habakiri)

Right before his eyes, Tsubasa pulls out a katana and somehow enlarged it, sending an energy slash at the Noise.

"AZURE FLASH!"

Then, while floating in the air, thousands of energy swords appeared and rained down on the Noise, reminding him about Gate of Babylon attack from Gilgamesh.

"ONE THOUSAND TEARS!"

Once she landed her feet on the ground, she dashed towards the Noise with fast speed and slashed, killing a great number of Noise with the katana and the blades on her ankles. Zero-One narrowed his eyes, feeling the murderous intent in her blade. Looks like she can't forget about that painful past, after all.

Finally, a huge Noise appeared over Hibiki and the little girl, but they were soon saved by Tsubasa once again conjured up a sword with the size of a semi-truck and stabbed it, easily killing it.

"HEAVEN'S WRATH!"

(End Song)

She landed on the ground and sheathed her katana back.

"Sugoi…" He heard Hibiki said as he got closer to her.

"Zero-One…" Tsubasa said, noticing him before glaring right at him. He respond back with his 'Penance Stare' death glare, causing Tsubasa to flinch back in slight fear because of the glowing red eyes, then retreated back with reluctant.

'So, the ice princess finally wants to blame me now, eh? Hah, like I'll let you, Kuso Ama (Damn bitch).' Zero-One thought with disappointment written all over his face, and not many of them were nice ones.


(Afterwards)

After waiting for a while, the military soon came, vacuuming up the ashes of the Noise. Ryouga would have left at a time like this, but he's more worried about Hibiki and the little girl here. Well, Hibiki especially, since she's gonna be involved in one of a heck for surprise, and forced to fight.

"Excuse me." Both Zero-One and Hibiki turned to a woman with both cups of hot chocolate in her hands. "You two must be cold. Have some hot chocolate, it'll warm you up."

"Oh, thank you, miss. I love hot chocolate." Hibiki said, taking the offered chocolate.

Zero-One just stay quiet and gave a nod to the woman as he took the cup and… drank it through the helmet, like a normal person.

"How are you drinking through your helmet?" Hibiki asked, raising a confused eyebrow. "I don't see any filters."

"It's a secret." Zero-One said nonchalantly. He was curious himself too, but just went with it. 'It's Anime logic, anything could be possible, so suck up with it!', as someone would say.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Where is that young man now?" He then asked Hibiki since he doesn't see his clone now. Actually, it was a lie, though. The clone has already disappeared after protecting Hibiki and the little girl to safety, immediately went back to his mind to report his tasks to Ryouga.

The cream-haired girl then answered: "Oh, right. He said that he'll be going to another place to find more survivors now."

Zero-One nodded, accepting the answer. He'll make sure to thank his clone later. Hibiki then went back to blew on her drink to cool it down a bit before taking a sip. She sighed softly. "Ah~ That tastes good." Suddenly, a bright orange light surrounded Hibiki before her armor disappeared into particles, surprising her as she dropped her drink and started to stumble, but he caught her before she started to fall.

"Careful now, don't want you to hurt yourself now, do you?" Zero-One asked.

Hibiki quickly stood up, pulled away from his arms and blushes for some reason, probably from embarrassment. "T-Thank you…" The armored hero just nodded.

"Um…" Hibiki started to twiddle her fingers like she was about to say something, but couldn't find the right words, making him cocked his head a bit with a "Hm?".

"Thank you… for saving me back then." She then said with gratitude.

"So you still remember the incident, huh?" Zero-One asked. "You're welcome, then." Hibiki nodded with a smile.

"Mama!" Both of them turned towards the little girl who was reuniting towards her mother.

"You're alright! Thank God!" The mother said, embracing her daughter into a tight hug.

The woman who had given him and Hibiki the drinks asked for the daughter and the mother to sign on a tablet. Of course, as what the military would do to the civilians who just saw everything, they were asked to keeps things a secret. Hibiki chuckled awkwardly at the scene while Zero-One just huffed and rolled his eyes with annoyance before taking another sip of the drink.

"Well, I think we should get-" Before Hibiki could finished the sentence, government agents appeared around them, fueling his annoyance even more.

"Tch. I knew we can't just walk away from this so easily." Zero-One clicked his tongue in annoyance, taking another sip of his drink with frustration, drank all of it before crushing the plastic cup and threw it to a nearby trashcan with a loud thud, making some of the agents taking a step back in fear.

"We can't let you two leave easily, especially you, Zero-One." Tsubasa said with some fear because of him throwing the plastic cup before, standing in the center. "You two will come along with us to the Mobile Disaster Response Corps 2nd Division Headquarters."

An agent with brown hair then stepped forward with handcuffs that looked pretty sturdy, said to Hibiki: "Sorry for the inconvenience, but this is just standard procedure." Just when he was about to cuff her, the agent then got grabbed tightly by a black hand.

"Hey." A calm voice said to him, causing him to turn back and widened his eyes in fear as the owner of the voice was Zero-One, who had his eyes gleamed with dead anger, underneath the helmet was Ryouga, who had his eyes shifted into red dragon eyes. "Don't even try to cuff a girl who's done nothing wrong. I'll come along quietly without those cuffs." Hearing those words with a threatening tone from him causing the agent to panic in his mind as he couldn't stop his rapidly beating heart. He was about to say something until Tsubasa interrupted him.

"O-Ogawa-san, it's alright." Tsubasa said firmly, also cowering a bit. "If they agreed to come with us peacefully then it's okay to skip minor procedures."

"V-Very well. Please follow us." The now named Ogawa said, putting away the handcuffs while fastening his steps a bit to get away from the intimidating aura came from Zero-One. The armored hero just scoffed before dusting the dirt from his hands and walked toward the cars that were parked nearby.

All the ones that were with them seemingly backed away from Zero-One as he walked calmly, taking the back seat and crossed his hand as they could feel the intense presence he's been releasing, like a feral beast trying to keep its mind in check while ignoring the flies that was flying around a cage. They also feel a bit of heat emitting from him, making them sweat a bit since it was a bit intense.

After driving for a while, they both arrived at… the Lydian Private Music Academy?

"Um… why are we at the academy?" Hibiki asked nervously. Zero-One mentally facepalmed, this girl really is something! Hasn't she watch some movies, that even for normal places like a school, could have a secret basement!? He decided not to comment anything as the cars stopped.

After waiting for the cars to park, they walked through the hallways of the academy, coming to the central wings where the teachers would stay at. After walking for a few minutes, they were taken to a secret elevator that has opened and automatically closed the door, the handles soon appeared, surprising Hibiki.

"It's dangerous in the elevator, so please grab onto the handles." Ogawa instructed. Hibiki instantly took the handle next to the agent while Zero-One just leaning his back on the elevator's wall. Ogawa was about to say Zero-One to grab onto the handle, but decided to shut his mouth in order not to invoke his wrath. The elevator then falling down at high speed, causing Hibiki to scream loudly in terror. After stopping screaming, Hibiki gasped for breaths before laughing nervously as she looked toward the others.

Tsubasa just narrowed her eyes at the cream-haired girl and then stated: "Spare me the smile. Smiles are unnecessary where we're going." The other ones then just stood there, looking at Zero-One in shock as he just walked out of the elevator normally, as it seemed that he didn't even feel scared a bit.

It didn't take too long for them to finally arrived at the bottom floor, to which they all then waited as the elevator doors opened up, revealing the bright light in front of them was… a bunch of confetti!?

The confetti then suddenly shot towards them and scattered as the sound of party horns could be heard. They all stared forward, the two girls and Ogawa (except Zero-One who is raising an eyebrow with a WTF look underneath the helmet) having widened their eyes in shock, as they were now seeing a number of staff members wearing similar scientist uniforms behind the man who was none other than as the Commander, Kazanari Genjuro, now having worn what appeared to be a top hat as another female around their age was facepalming behind him.

"Welcome to the fortress of the protectors of humanity, the Mobile Disaster Response Corps 2nd Division Headquarters!" Genjuro stated loudly with his arms behind his back, as the red-haired girl could only force an embarrassed smile as she walked up next to him and said: "You're embarrassing all of us… we look so uncool now…"

"Are you fucking serious?" Zero-One said with a dull tone as he kept his arms crossed. Tsubasa just sighed and blushed a bit at this embarrassing scene, slapped her hand on her face in frustration, Ogawa laughing nervously at the scene, and Hibiki just standing still with complete and utter confusion plastered all over her face.

The screen then stopped there as the Rising Hopper Progrise Key closed the front cover before spinning and landed in front of the screen alone with the blurred yellow digital background.


(Eyecatch 2)

The scene showing Zero-One appeared from the shadows, walking to where Rise Hopper is standing, with the neon yellow armor of both Zero-One and the bike shining in the darkness with the eyes glowing in the dark.


RFD: AAAAAND DONE! Seems like this chapter was a bit dull since there hasn't any Magia appeared in the battle either, but I promise you guys that the next episode will have two Magias appear, as they were first appeared as Biting Shark and Flaming Tiger's enemies. And the next episode will be the first debut of Zero-One with a new OC form.

And for some questions on the reviews, I have my answers:

First is Justice Avengers: Thank you for great ideas, but there are some major difficulties for me to write in the story, especially Ark-Two and Symphogear Hopper. I don't even know how to describe these two forms in the story, as I have said that I'm still a newbie before, so I'm very sorry if I have disappointed you in many ways. I could only introduce many forms that were included in Zero-One's catalog right now, and some OC forms for Ryouga to use. And for the Talk no Jutsu, I'm not exactly the good one to make a long conversation, so I'll try my best. Just please don't get mad at me if the line was too simple and cheesy. Also for the appearances of his Power-Up forms, I think I'll be follow the main role of the Zero-One series that has appeared in the first arc, especially the first two Power-Up forms.

And for the Harem… this could be a problem since you also included the Autoscorers here… I don't even know what to write about them, especially hook them up in a relationship with Ryouga, even though I have spending time reading other Symphogear fanfics for some ideas…

Second is the Guest named Starwing1995: I don't think I'll be able to include Ragnarok since I don't even know about him, also I don't have a bit of interest in him after watching the first chapter in YouTube because I think he was a monster that mutates Zero-One, like some in DC Comics, so I'm sorry for my different point of view.

In anyways, thank you for reading the chapter till the end, and I'll be uploading the new chapter soon, but for now, I'll let my brain cool down. I mean, I'm still in my 3rd year of high school, after all, so I'll be getting to college soon…

That's my reply for now, Red Flame Dragon, signing out. Until the next Ride!

This chapter's new info:

Alias Card: Inspired from Digimon Tamers. I've included some useful abilities for it.

Gouko Mozenka (Ferocious Tiger Fire Blast): Based on one of Sun Quan Gundam Astray's attacks on SD Gundam World Heroes. The translation was a bit dull on the Google Translate, so I had included the more exact meaning from my knowledge on Japanese kanji by watching Animes.