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Episode 4
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仮面ライダーBLACK RX (RIDER CHIPS Ver.) · RIDER CHIPS
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Metal Gear Solid : Peace Walker - ''Heavens Divide''
PART 1
All Shidou Itsuka would do right now was wait and spend quality time with his two long-lost family members. Rinne Sonogami, the woman he loved dearly. Rio Sonogami, the daughter that gave a spark of pure joy in his weary and battered heart. He was simply content to sit on the bench, looking at the two women who were each laying their heads towards him, smiling. There were a few talks here and there such as Shidou Itsuka describing to Rinne and Rio about his current life here and there. Oddly enough, he noticed that Kotori and the others are not here yet. Perhaps Kotori was caught up in something right now? Considering her status as Commander, it would not be out of place if something were to come up that required her attention, hence the delay on arrival. Nevertheless, he was simply content to wait for now.
"Oh? You're a helicopter pilot, Shidou?" Rinne sported a surprised expression. Rio, who was still sitting on Shidou's lap, would listen eagerly to her father's story.
"Yeah," Shidou nodded with a smile. "When I'm not out patrolling the streets and helping my allies throughout the world out as a Kamen Rider, or when I'm not doing any school work in Raizen, I have been working on a part-time job on a well-known helicopter business called Sugawara Airlines owned by the Suguwara Family. Back when I was still Kamen Rider Black, I managed to save them from Gorgom when they sent one of their dangerous monsters - the Eagle Mutant - to try to assassinate them."
"But...why would Gorgom try to assassinate them?" Rinne asked, sporting a concerned expression.
"Apparently, Suguwara Shunkichi-sensei, the man of the family, the owner of the business, and one of the part-time teachers in Raizen, manages to accidentally find incriminating evidence for a corrupt politician in league with Gorgom. He was just walking by on the city streets when he recognized the politician on sight, having assisted him a few times whenever an air escort needed to be available. The politician would enter an alleyway, which he found to be suspicious, and so he followed, only to stumble upon some kind of shady deal going down. Much to his horror, it turned out that there appeared to be a transaction regarding the illegal distribution of human organs."
Rinne would gasp in horror and Rio would look very afraid, understanding what her father was talking about. Shidou would notice this, gently patting Rio on the head.
"Needless to say, he managed to record it on his phone but he accidentally made himself known when one of the Gorgom mutants, the same one who would eventually be assigned to hunt him down, would notice him. Not long after, Suguwara-sensei bumped into me since I was also walking the streets at that time and I managed to help him escape. When he told me about what he saw, I would eventually call Kotori and she would provide him and his entire family with the protection that they needed via the Ratatoskr Witness Protection Protocol. Eventually, I and my best friend, Shinichiro, manage to take down the monster and save the family from further attacks."
Shidou explained further. "Moreover, in one of Minami-sensei's visits to my world in order to continue with my training, he noticed that I was with the Suwaharas at that time. When I told him about the Suwahara Family and what they do, Sensei started remembering his younger days with another family called the Sahara Family and working for their helicopter business, he would eventually decide that it was time for me to train on how to be a helicopter pilot, just like he was. Since then, I had to take a helicopter training course from the same company as they had been looking for young pilots for a while, and within six to eight months, I was able to obtain my license, and since then, I would pilot a few helicopters from time to time, depending on the job. The pay is good as well, about ¥140,000 for a month as my personal allowance."
"Heeh, is that so..." Rinne smiled a bit. It was actually quite reassuring that Shidou at least gets some kind of sense of normality even in a new world that was radically different from the old world that he knew. She even found it more surprising that Shidou can now fly actual helicopters now. But then, Rinne would sport a saddened smile, which Shidou noticed immediately, turning serious.
"What is it, Rinne?" Shidou asked, gently touching her cheek with his right hand.
Rinne, smiling sadly, gently place her left hand on his right hand, and said. "It's just...It's just...we've missed a lot...I mean...we were never around in those times at all, only other people..."
"Rinne..." Shidou muttered in worry.
"...Even more...when you told me that...everyone we knew...all of the girls that you had saved...just...gone..." Rinne glances to the side, facing a wall. "You said that while you had been fighting after all this time, you would slowly recall everything, and you had to live with the fact that you were truly the Last Man on Earth...our Earth. How...How have you been coping with it...?"
"...It wasn't easy," Shidou muttered softly. "...At first, I tried to hide it, all of the hurt that I felt. Being a Kamen Rider honestly gave me a needed excuse to not have to keep thinking about what had truly happened. In a sense, I used my identity as a Kamen Rider to try to hide from who I really was. Of course, I got beaten out of it rather thoroughly by ironically the villains, guilt-tripping me about my own hidden weaknesses. Plus...Kotori, the Kotori of this new world, wasn't stupid. She knew that I was hiding something from her and from everyone. She would tend to worry about me at times whenever I perform my Kamen Rider duties if only because...in one sense, I was trying to run away from the burden...to not try to acknowledge it in order to not make it real...But it doesn't work like that. I know full well of the reality of my own situation...But I just refused to acknowledge it."
Shidou explained further, sporting a bittered expression that darkened. "...You know, I remember Marina..."
"...!" Rinne Sonogami and Rio Songami were sporting expressions of recognition upon hearing of a familiar name.
Marina Arisu. She was an Artificial Spirit created by DEM Industries and was originally sent by them to take control of Fraxinus, and inevitably, she was originally Shidou's enemy. At least, that's how it was until the last moments when through enough convincing via another Artificial Spirit, Maria Arisu, the artificial intelligence of Fraxinus of the Old World, and of course, Shidou Itsuka himself finished with the final touch. But for Rio Sonogami especially, Marina Arisu was her guardian, her Marina-oneechan.
"I remember what she used to say...back at Eden..."
Flashback
"So don't worry about me."
Marina Arisu, a young woman with long, black-to-white gradient hair and sad golden eyes, wearing a pink button-shirt jacket and a black shirt underneath, sitting on a swing, would say with a smile that felt so sad.
"Marina!" Shidou exclaimed, showing a conflicted expression, a vehemence for such reassurances if only because of the implications.
"I won't go back to the original world, and even if I'm in Eden, I'll eventually completely melt inside Maria...and disappear," She said.
"Are you okay with that...?! I can't just accept it!" Shidou declared with such vehemence.
"I disappeared once. So, Itsuka Shidou...You should look more to the future," She said.
"The future...?" Shidou muttered in confusion and curiosity which accompanied his vehemence.
What does the future have to do with this?
"Just like before, you should get out of these endless days, and live in the world where you should be. And be happy there. Isn't such a future awesome?" She said.
Shidou understood where she was coming from. But unfortunately, he knew that was also another way of saying "Just forget everything and live.". It meant abandoning her, abandoning Maria, abandoning Rio, and abandoning Rinne. It meant that kind of future.
"...I think everything isn't always about being right," Shidou answered seriously.
"Is that your answer?" Marina asked. It felt like she was testing him.
"I still don't know. But to have you guys disappear and for everything to end...I just can't accept that," Shidou answered what his honest thoughts conveyed.
"I see. You're too nice at times like this," She said with a smile.
Her smile in the sunset was so beautiful, and yet oh so fleeting. It was loving. Is that beauty going to flutter away? No, that can't be true, he thought. He had just discovered for the very first time that Marina Arisu was a girl who can smile like this.
Present Time
"...The future," Shidou muttered bitterly, his expression darkening, making the mother-daughter pair worry for him. "What the hell...It had always been about that...The future...I let it all go...I let Eden go...I refused to remain in that place...I made the decision to leave that place so that I can go back to my old world, going back to the status quo, going back to how things used to be..."
Shidou bitterly laughed while crying on the inside, with tears threatening to fall out again. "Hehehehehehe... What the hell was I thinking at that time? I once said in my mind that Eden was wrong, that it was a world that stopped moving forward, that stopped to the point of eternal stagnancy. I said that I would carry on the burden...to carry you...Rio...Marina...Maria...and return things once again to how they used to be."
His amber-brown eyes were a mixture of many sorrowful feelings, one that Rinne and Rio continued to keep seeing, much to the pain that they felt within their hearts.
Shidou Itsuka was the only survivor of the Old World—the World of Spirits. He was cursed to carry all of the memories, all of the happiness and sadness, and they only turn into a raw sense of pain that made him have very conflicting desires when it related to the future.
What was the point of hoping for the future...when everyone you knew is long gone...?
That was the question that he had to wrestle with ever since he became a Kamen Rider, when Gorgom surgically operated on him and put the Kingstone into him, making him remember his past life, the life that he had forgotten was now slowly coming back, and he remembered the first scream that echoed throughout the operating table.
Flashback
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Shidou Itsuka, the now thirteen-year-old young man, screamed in pure agony and rage. But it wasn't just because one of the High Priests of Gorgom, High Priest Darom, a humanoid wearing a white garb and robe, with a hood to cover his pale white face. He has white fingers, like those of a dead person, and sharp nails, and were aiming at Shidou's torso in order to fully complete the surgery that had been done to him, to wipe out any trace of memory that he has in order to accomplish Gorgom's ambitions for a new Creation King.
His eyes were turning red, as hot as fire. Tears were leaking from his eyes. Flashes of ten women would come forth from his eyes. Tohka, Origami, Kotori, Yoshino, Kurumi, Yamai, Miku, Natsumi, Nia, and Mukuro!
He lost them! They are dead! His family is dead! His friends are dead! Tenguu City is eradicated! His world was erased! His happiness is gone! His future is gone! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL! HELL!
...Something had happened.
A powerful shockwave had occurred, like the detonation of a bomb, which sent Darom and the rest of the High Priests away. The electrical wiring that was sticking through Shidou, and an unconscious Shinichiro who was on a nearby operating table. The entire operating room was now sparking with electrical discharges that came forth from Shidou. Multiple objects would suddenly get hurled from multiple directions. The operating tools, the mechanical equipment used in the surgery, and the wires that were sticking on Shidou, were all randomly blazing and breaking.
His scream was heard to echo across the entire base. And that scream...
"...Shidou!"
...Would finally allow Kohtaro Minami—Kamen Rider Black RX to finally found him after a few days of searching. The scream...and the presence of yet another Kingstone whose signal resonates from within him, even if it were a couple of distances away. No doubt the supernatural, extraterrestrial, and extradimensional community would notice this sudden influx of power.
"...!"
Kohtaro's eyes widened out of concern. He was receiving memories that Shidou Itsuka had long buried deep beneath his psyche; had long buried deep within his soul...and it was now coming back. A slow process, but it was being more effective as he can hear the scream from miles away. Kohtaro knew that there was no time to waste as he knew that Shidou needed him the most in this darkest of hours.
Worry filled his heart.
Somewhere in the darkness of the night as the moon shines from the heavens which reflect the light of the sun, even when the rain fell and the thunderous sounds clash, he would begin to raise his right hand upwards before twisting it slightly to the side. His left hand would be somewhere located on the side and he would begin to lower his right hand down to the center before swiping it to the right. Then he would raise his left hand and he would clench it along with his right fist that was in the right lower waist side as his body turned sideways.
"Hen...shin!"
And then, a bright light would come gushing forth, revealing what appeared to be a man in full-body armor, with a mixture of black and dark-green colors, and his helmet resembled a grasshopper with large red eyes.
He had now transformed into Kamen Rider Black RX.
"Hang on, Shidou, Shinichiro, I'm on my way," Black RX spoke with a hardened resolve, feeling his scream, feeling his sorrow.
And at the same time, Shidou Itsuka, with the pain of the flashes that were now pounding within his brain which was transmitted to his heart, would scream violently like a wild animal enraged at what had become of his home.
And at that moment...His entire body was changing as he was standing up from the operating table. He was transforming amidst the earthquake that was being produced by his rage, one whose spectacular display would awe the High Priests of Gorgom by the time they came immediately to their senses and would frighten all of the Gorgom Mutants that would bare witness to such a terrifying display of power. Purplish flames cover everything from the ground. Sparks from the various electrical wiring and circuitry were seen to flood every part of the operating room except for Shinichiro and the operating table that he was occupying.
From his half-naked human shape, Shidou Itsuka now dons a full body armor that was of a full black color. His helmet resembled the Southeastern Lubber Grasshopper, one that had red circular eyes, with yellow and red markings found on the helmet, neckline, wrists, and shins. Greyish smoke was arising from within his armor.
"Black...Sun..." High Priest Darom muttered in awe, with hands raised as if in prayer.
But for Shidou Itsuka, this was not a moment of triumph. It was rather a transformation filled with excruciating pain. Tears would flow from within his eyes as he kneeled down on his knees. It felt like time was slow for him, between falling down on his knees and having just stood up from the operating table, as flashes of the memories filled with the happiest of moments still continued. It was painful, but they were the memories of happiness that he carried within his heart.
And yet, the memories would somehow suddenly swipe by him once more, receding once more into the darkness, and blacking out, detransforming back into his exposed self who would now lay unconscious on the floor.
At the time when this happened, it was raining. Thunder marked the skies as the birth of a new hero would emerge from within the darkness.
Shidou Itsuka—Kamen Rider Black.
Present Time
"...Rinne," Shidou muttered softly. As Rinne heard her name, she could not help but hold his cheek gently and lovingly, her heart not taking this kind of suffering from him. "...You told me to give back everyone's future...and I did it. Instead of being selfish, I had to do what I had to do. I...I had to let you go...But...But the future that awaited me was not something I wanted..."
Shidou was shaking. It seems that he can see an illusive afterimage of his hands that felt bloodstained. It felt like he was back in that everlasting hell where he kept dying in various ways just as everyone else had been. What did it feel like to burn alive within the vicinity of an atomic bomb? That's what Shidou felt at that time. He felt the pain, the suffering, and the haunting screams of the dead.
"...There was no future. Everything that I did...turned out for nothing..." Shidou muttered softly with a dark undertone, feeling bitter after everything.
"NO!" Rinne exclaimed. But so did Rio, who did not want to see her papa like this.
"Papa, it did not turn out for nothing! We're here, aren't we?!" Rio spoke firmly, her little hands grabbing her papa's sports jacket.
"...Rio," Shidou muttered.
"It was not for nothing...otherwise, how are Rio and mama here right now?" Rio asked with simplicity.
That was a very good question. How come these two ended up here? Anything that should have been from the old world would have been erased. And yet...these two are still here.
"...I don't know," Shidou muttered softly, showing an expression of shame. "...I really don't know, Rio. But...papa had been fighting for the past four and a half years, thinking that he was alone all this time. Yes, I had family and friends in the new world, but it was just not the same. The people I knew in the old world are different people in the new one. All this time, I had to live with the burden of never being able to see you two or anything from my world again, and nothing could change that...and yet..."
Shidou would lightly touch Rio's soft hair and then touches her cheek gently. "You and your mama had appeared...by all odds that should have been impossible. I just...don't know..."
"Then maybe I can provide some kind of explanation, one hypothetical answer out of possible others."
Shidou would look at the automatic door that would open to reveal Azazel, showing a grim expression. He was walking towards them, with his tablet in hand.
"Azazel-sensei," Shidou muttered as he and the rest of his family paid attention.
"Shidou, based on what I recall from past conversations and from personal research of my own, the two individuals, Sonogami Rinne and Sonogami Rio, should not be part of the normal reality, cut off from the rest. Just because of that, I believe that this could be one possible reason that they were able to somehow escape the destruction of your universe because they had no real connection to its timeline, whether if it was in the past or in the future, completely existing on a different wavelength and worldline," Azazel explained.
"...Then, are you saying that they somehow slipped from the War naturally because they were technically not from my own universe?" Shidou asked.
"Yes, in a natural sense. The further you are from time, the safer you may possibly be, although that in and of itself is no guarantee," Azazel explained. "As you know from your history classes, there are many trivial things that could slip naturally from the War ironically enough due to being too little for the higher powers to care for it. Meaning..."
"...They survived because they were lesser. They were lesser because they survived," Shidou grimly said, recalling said lessons.
An old adage to describe one out of many things about the conflict: "You survived because you are lesser. You are lesser because you survived."
Rinne Sonogami and Rio Sonogami were but the most minority of things from a higher perspective. They never mattered in the slightest in the cold, dark Multiverse. No one important enough would pay attention to them, seeing no value in them. But that is because of that reason that they managed to survive.
"And speaking of which," Azazel would begin to press a few buttons. "I've managed to trace the temporal anomalies that have been springing up lately. Based on the readings from the Down-Wave, I believe that my worst fears have been confirmed."
"Fear of what exactly?" Shidou asked.
"That Sonogami Rinne and Sonogami Rio...would possibly not be the only ones returning from the temporal grave," Azazel spoke grimly.
"Eh?! What do you mean by that?!" Rinne asked, a spark of hope suddenly coming to her heart.
"There appeared to have been subtle spikes of anomalous energy that had not existed in this new world. Reiryuku, the energy that is found in every Spirit, including yourself and your daughter, Rinne-kun," Azazel explained, but he would then cut off the hopeful thoughts with a warning. "However, that in and of itself is the main issue."
"What do you mean, Azazel-sensei?" Shidou asked, sporting a worried expression.
"That in this time of probable emergency, I believe that it is wise to summon a meeting for every Main Heisei Successor Kamen Rider to attend, and you, being a Main Showa Successor Kamen Rider, would probably attend too. If we thought that the Crisis Empire Invasion that occurred just a few months back was bad, I've got the feeling that this present problem may possibly exceed that, with every Spirit being involved...one way or another," Azazel grimly stated.
No one, not Shidou, not Rinne, and not Rio could say anything. All they could do was look at the other with worried expressions.
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Kamen Rider Black RX - Unmei no Senshi
PART 2
Itogami Island.
A small outcropping floating atop the Pacific Ocean, some 330 kilometers south of Tokyo. It was entirely artificial, constructed with carbon fiber, resin, metal, and sorcery. Glass windows of tall buildings reflect the afternoon sunset that would slowly lower at about 5 pm, as the lights now turning on that brought illumination to every lamppost, making them look much like cracked magic mirrors. The bustling city in front of the station was a dazzling sea of neon: family restaurants operating late at night, karaoke joints, and convenience stores. The streets were full of young people who were just casually strolling around the city.
Somewhere was an office, and within that floor of the building, there was a young petite woman sitting on a fancy chair called The Witch of The Void—Natsuki Minamiya, wearing her usual lace-heavy, black, one-piece dress, with a fan in her hand as she waved it to gather some wind. On her right side was her assistant, a homunculus servant by the name of Astarte, once a servant of a rogue combat deacon that Kamen Rider Black RX had defeated a while back. A young woman with blue eyes and hair, wearing a maid uniform and maid headband.
"...I see," Natsuki muttered, her eyes narrowing out of concern. She was currently speaking on the phone to her husband, Azazel, who was notifying her of the current situation. Like Azazel, she too would recognize the significance of a Matthean Lord to suddenly drop by all of a sudden due to timeline complications and the involvement of Kamen Rider Black RX. Considering the four and a half years of Shidou Itsuka's tenure and the multitude of incidents that he was involved in, she had already learned that the danger would need to be taken note of. "Then I'm on my way there now, dear."
She would turn off the phone, place it in her pocket, and would stand up from her chair. "Astarte, handle things from here for the time being," She ordered.
"I understand," Astarte nodded.
In another universe, there was a young man wearing a red collared shirt, a black formal suit and pants, and polished black shoes. There was also a pink vintage-like camera strapped around him. He had straight brown hair that reaches down to his neck and amber-brown eyes worn over by a pair of glasses. He was currently looking at his advanced phone that spelled three words in English.
ALL RIDERS ASSEMBLE
That was the code that all Next Generation Kamen Riders tend to recognize. It meant that they were all being assembled, and it was Shidou Itsuka that trigged the code. For him to ask all of the Successor Riders to come would make him ponder in concern. The more recent last time that this had happened was when the Crisis Empire invaded Shidou Itsuka's Earth in full force. What troubles brew over Shidou's World this time, he wondered.
His name is Souta Mizushino—Kamen Rider Decade.
PART 3
A sudden teleport later, Kotori Itsuka and company finally arrived.
Needless to say, Kotori was annoyed as hell more than anything. Before coming here, something just had to come up the moment she intended to head straight for her stupid big brother and had a thought to wack him in the head for making her worry. But then, she had to be assigned to attend a United Nations World Security Council (UNWSC) meeting under official orders from Director Elliot Baldwin Woodman in order to provide an official satisfactory report to the council. And that included listing off a ton of classified intel, many of which relate to her brother which was not exactly helping the matter. It took everything she had not to throw a fit if only because she did not want to cause a scene in front of the council.
Shidou Itsuka, as Kamen Rider Black, and eventually as Kamen Rider Black RX, had caused quite a stir cases to deal with, many of which entail lots of paperwork. Wherever troubles brew in some part of the world, you could definitely be sure that he is there and involved in some way. It hasn't changed now even after the Crisis Empire Invasion a few months back, and the world was still healing from the invasion, which in fact was one of the reasons behind Miku Izayoi's latest concert that was broadcasted live throughout Tenguu City, the nation of Japan, and the rest of the world, all in order to uplift the spirits of the common people with her song.
Now she was standing on a door and would knock at it. She and the others waited. Then someone answered and opened the door. Kotori recognized Azazel, the one who opened the door, and she noticed that Azazel had an expectant and relieved look.
"Good, you're all here,' Azazel was referring to Kotori and the company that she was currently with.
Aside from Kotori, there was of course Hiroto Tonomachi and Origami Tobiichi, both showing expressions of concern. Aside from Origami's casual attire, Hiroto Tonomachi's attire was of a simple attire, with a brown jacket and a black shirt that has the written words: "I'm An Engineer" and a few phrases. He was also wearing grey jeans and brown shoes.
Then there was Shinichiro Takamiya, Shidou Itsuka's best friend in the New World, also known as Kamen Rider Shadow Moon. He more or less resembles Shidou minus a few details like the color of his silver hair and his blue eye color, along with a different voice. He was wearing a dark blue jacket, a white polo shirt, dark blue fingerless gloves, dark blue jeans, and brown shoes.
Then there was Rock the Haze, another best friend of Shidou Itsuka in the New World. He has spiky black hair and black eyes that have small pupils, and is overall a bit taller than either Shidou or Shinichiro. He was wearing a black coat, a white shirt that has two boxing gloves on the right side, black fingerless gloves, black pants, black belt, and brown shoes.
And then, there was someone accompanying Shinichiro. It was his mother, Reine Takamiya, a beautiful woman with pale skin, long, unkempt, pale blue hair which is tied into a right-side ponytail and blue eyes. She wears a pair of glasses with a circular frame. She has a small blue teddy bear that fits in the breast pocket of her lab coat.
"Oh, and uh, all of you, I should probably warn you about something," Azazel said while flashing a smile, which made Kotori and the others raise their eyebrows a bit.
Shidou Itsuka sighed heavily as he prepares himself mentally for the inevitable meeting. He was still seated on the silver bench, gently patting Rio Sonogami's head, which the latter thoroughly enjoyed as the sounds of an innocent chuckle were heard from her. Rinne Sonogami on the other hand simply laid her head on Shidou's shoulder, smiling in contentment.
A few moments later, the sound of the automatic door would open, bringing the three's attention.
"Eh?!" Kotori Itsuka and company would all mutter, except for Reine who was slightly widening her eyes and did not utter a word.
"Hm?" Rio turn to the crowd of people with a tilted, cutesy expression.
"...Okay, this is...new," Shinichiro muttered with a raised eyebrow of curiosity.
"Aniki...who are they exactly?" Rock asked, sporting a curious expression, pointing at Rinne and Rio.
Shidou would look at both Rinne and Rio who were looking at him with a smile. He smiled back as he then answered Rock's question. "Everyone...meet my family."
"Family?" Kotori said out of surprise.
"Ohayo, minna," Rinne stands up gracefully with a smile. "My name is...Sonogami Rinne. I just want to say from the bottom of my heart..." She bowed like a perfect Japanese lady. "Thank you so much for being there for him."
With that kind of heartfelt greeting, everyone except for Azazel was even more curious and surprised, especially with the mention of her name that Shidou sometimes talks to them about.
"Wait...Sonogami Rinne?" Kotori took her first few steps before she reached Rinne. "Then...this girl on Shidou's lap is..." She would look at Rio as she said that.
"That's right..." Shidou confirmed, gently embracing his daughter. "And this girl is our daughter, Sonogami Rio. Say hi to everyone, Rio."
"Konichiwa, minna," Rio smiled cheerfully, raising her hands, and started waving.
No one uttered a sound. An expression of shock would simply come. A few seconds later...
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kotori and everyone else except for Reine and Azazel shouted in exclamation, with their eyes bulging out. Reine was only sporting a silent, shocked expression while Azazel would only smirk a bit.
But that was not the only surprise that awaited everyone. Suddenly, a greyish curtain would materialize a few meters west, making everyone pay close attention, with Shidou smiling a bit, knowing who was coming. From the curtain came out about twenty-one young men who were exiting. One of them was a young man with straight brown hair and a pair of glasses.
As the grey aurora curtain would vanish, the young man with straight brown hair and a pair of glasses, Souta Mizushino, would smile a bit as he crossed his arms.
"You called, Shidou?" He asked.
Rinne Sonogami and Rio Sonogami would look very surprised to see them suddenly showing up out of the blue. They look at Shidou who simply smiled back at Souta before turning serious.
"Yeah...time for a Rider Meeting," Shidou answered with a nod.
"...Well, here we go again..." A resigned sigh came out from one of the individuals who came along. He was a young man with an average build and height, with medium-short black hair with an ahoge. His eyes were those of a dead fish, something of a prominent feature that he is recognized by others. He wears a black shirt underneath his white collared dress shirt, with a black jacket with a white trim, along with black pants and black shoes.
His name is Hachiman Hikigaya—Kamen Rider Faiz.
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Rider Time : Kamen Rider Ryuki Theme Song -『Go! Now! ~Alive A Life~ Neo』|| Lirik Dan Terjemahan
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ALL RIDERS ASSEMBLE
A young woman with long bluish-purple hair in a hime cut with a black-dark green Astrantia flower hair clip with an RX symbol for this special occasion, while her eyes sparkle like silvery oceans and with skin as white as snow. She was wearing an idol dress that was predominantly black with dark green ruffles covering some parts of it, along with silver high-heel shoes. Once again, she is about to sing another son.
For her name is Miku Izayoi—The Diva of Tenguu City.
And this is her special song for her darling's old friends.
yoru ga akete mo
kizuki mosezu ni
Kasou no Kuukan
nani o shitai no?
Gamen no naka de
yami o mitsumeteru
mou dame datte
te o agete kara
Gyakuten mo aru sa
akiramenaide
nokoru chikara de
tobira o akeyou
Lost within a world of dreams
You can't feel the shifts between
The dawn and dusk, the day and night
Tell me what it is you wish
Hidden deep behind the screen
Your eyes are staring at the deep
You say it's over
Raise your hand into the sky
But then a chance comes into sight
Never you give up the fight
With your power that survived
Unlock the door that leads to light
The first figure wore a black suit, a red armor on the chest that simulated the chest with a golden collar with ancient letters, red gloves that covered his forearms, and white round shoulder straps, at the waist he has an arched belt with ancient writings while a sphere inside, a pair of gold stalk with a red gem, a gold bracelet on the legs with small red gems and finally a black helmet with large red eyes with a large golden horn on the helmet, which extended longer on its head, the silver mouthpiece it has the shape of strata, very similar to an insect.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Ranma Saotome—Kamen Rider Kuuga.
The second figure wore a black bodysuit with the Alter Ring Belt still located around the waist. On his legs, he sported golden circular knee pads with silver accents and golden bands just above the ankles. He also sported gold bands wrapped around his forearms. Above the upper part of the body, there was a thoracic armor with a golden front that simulated the pectorals and an abdomen with a black rectangular stone in the center of the chest. Its sides were silver while the rest of the armor was black steel. A golden collar wrapped around the neck and connected to the black stone by a golden line. Over the shoulders, there were black shoulder straps with silver finishings that ran around the center to indicate both sides. Above the head was a mostly black helmet with large red lenses that served as eyes. Above the mouth was a layered silver mouthpiece, resembling an insect. The edges of the oral dish were golden and connected between the eyes that rose between the "eyes" and widened in a series of horns that stood out on the forehead, and on the forehead there was a small blue gem.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Ryoga Hibiki—Kamen Rider Agito.
The third figure wore a red suit with black boots and black bracelets and shoulder straps, all with silver hollows attached. The armor of the bust is black with pectorals and a silver abdomen. On his left arm was a dragon head-shaped glove with yellow eyes and a black and silver muzzle as a handle extended from the front to fit his hands. His helmet was black with a silver mask with a grid over two large eyes. On the forehead, there was a symbol similar to a dragon head. Around his waist was a silver belt with silver sockets on the sides. In the middle, there was a slot and in the slot, there was a black case with a golden dragon symbol on the front.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Keitaro Urashima—Kamen Rider Ryuki.
The fourth figure wore a black bodysuit with red lines running down the arms and legs. The armor of the bust was silver and rounded with multiple red lines that crossed it to connect to the belt. The waist belt also has an upside-down phone with a "Phi" symbol on it. The gloves had metal fingertips with bands on the wrists and elbows. Then a black helmet with large yellow eyes and a pair of antennas that divided the eyes to make it look like a "Phi" symbol on the face. On the helmet was a small silver mouthpiece with tooth-like designs. On the left leg, from the knee down, there was a metal brace. The boots were more or less with silver protection and with red lines connected to the belt.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Hachiman Hikigaya—Kamen Rider Faiz.
The fifth wore a pure blue bodysuit. Covering the upper part of the body is a silver-colored torso-shaped armor in the center, with a spade dress in the center while the shoulder straps were flat with golden decorations on the arms and spade on the upper part. Gold bands were wrapped around his wrists and crossed metal strips were on the boots. Around his waist, the buckle remained unchanged with a spade symbol, on the side of the belt he has a sword with a blade as long as his arm and what appeared to be a kind of container built in front of the handle. In the end, his helmet was blue with a silver face and a single horn rising, emulating a rhinoceros beetle in the shape of the spade symbol.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Kaoru Hanabishi—Kamen Rider Blade.
The sixth figure wore a kind of purple suit with red gloves combined with the suit. Silver straps decorated his chest, gloves, and boots while a silver belt was wrapped around the waist with the discs and the tuning fork hanging on his sides and also with the center with three signs similar to those of a tomoe. On the back were what appeared to be two taiko sticks. In the end, covering the head there was a purple helmet with a purple opaque visor lined with red marks, silver horns, and, on the forehead, the same Oni gold head.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Yuto Amakawa—Kamen Rider Hibiki.
The seventh figure wore a black body, with mainly red armor with some details kept in silver, silver boots with the points left black, forearms and arms covered with silver armor with silver gloves covering the hands, red shoulder straps with silver and black edges, silver knee pads and on the waist has a belt with a beetle resting on it. Finally, the helmet he wore was reminiscent of a beetle with a blue visor in the shape of the eyes with the horns that he divides into two points resembling a horn of a beetle.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Shinji Ikari—Kamen Rider Kabuto.
The eighth figure wore a black body with a plate on the chest that is silver and red with the silver parts higher with a silver line in the center that looks like train tracks. The red straps and silver edges. Around his forearms were silver-white gloves with some parts tied to the black suit, and around his legs armored silver boots with a piece of red armor on his thighs. In the end, covering the head there is a helmet that has a gold track line with a huge red lens that looks like a pair of red peaches, divided in half in the middle that looks like the eyes.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Mahiro Yasaka—Kamen Rider Den-O.
The ninth figure wore vampire-themed armor. The suit was black complete with the torso armor that looked like a silver vest with a high neck and a blood red chest plate that mimicked the chest muscle. His shoulder armor resembled folded bat wings that were held on the armor by thin chains. Red armored gloves covered his hands and his wrists sported silver bracelets. His right leg was covered with a silver iron boot that reached the knee and was tightly wrapped in chains as if to hold something. Unlike the right leg, the left leg was left without armor except for a silver bracelet around the ankle. Around his waist is the belt with a bat attached with his head facing down with the belts on the sides he has six whistles on each of the sides. His head was covered in a black helmet with a visor in the shape of a pair of yellow bat wings edged in red. Between the two highest points of the wings was a red ornament, similar to a bat's head. The mouthguard was silver and framed by black fangs.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Tsukune Aono—Kamen Rider Kiva.
The tenth figure wore a black body with white and magenta patches on the side of his thighs with magenta armor and with a black X that was highlighted in white in the front and back. On his waist, he wore a magenta belt with twenty symbols forming a circle. He also wore a magenta helmet with black lines on the side and seven cards embedded inside it when two green insect-shaped lenses were placed on it. On the center card was the Signal Pointer which was yellow.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Souta Mizushino—Kamen Rider Decade.
ima ni mo ano itami ni
kokoro ga oresou demo
Angai omotteru yori
Bokura wa zutto tsuyoi mono da ze
READY, GO! NOW! yume ni odore
karada ga ugoku mama ni
Jibun to no tatakai ni
mou Ichidou idomunda
READY, GO! NOW! hashiri-dasou
negatta Basho ni mukatte
kagami ni utsuru DÉJÀ VU
Ichigeki de uchi-kudaki
Shinjitsu o mi-nogasu na
Even if it seems like your heart might break
In the face of painful memories (Be alright!)
You'll be surprised because make no mistake
We are all just so much stronger than we truly believe
Ready Go Now! So just dance in your dreams
While you can move, while your body still breathes
Challenge the shadow that lingers within
And fight with yourself till the day you win
Ready Go Now! Run deep into the night
Heading towards where your wishes reside
Mirrors reflecting a dark deja vu
Just shatter them all, there's no one but you
And don't turn your eyes away from the truth
The eleventh figure wore a suit of two different colors or was simply divided. Its right sides were green with a yellow V on the right chest with a green shoulder strap outlined in yellow and a yellow strap on the right arm and an ankle band around the ankle while a silver scarf was produced from behind the right side. The left side was black with a purple V on the left chest while forming a W with the right V. On the left shoulder, there was a shoulder strap that was outlined in purple and a purple strap was wrapped around the left wrist and an ankle band around his ankle. He also wore a helmet equal to the suit, green on the right and black on the left because the helmet had red eyes and a silver W-shaped headdress was located above the eyes. The red waist belt was W-shaped with two USB Flash Drives. In the end, separating the two colors there was a single silver line right in the middle.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Makoto Itou and Taisuke Sawanaga—Kamen Rider W.
The twelfth figure wore a black element, apart from the red plaque that looked like a hawk with wings spread in flight. On his forehead and acting like the beak of the hawk was a red crystal and the lens of the head were green eyepieces. A red line ran from the chin and neck that connected to the top of the image on the chest. The torso armor had rounded shoulders with yellow lines and a tiger symbol, or to say the head. The yellow lines ran down the arms and in the yellow gloves. Finally, the legs were minimally covered by a segmented green armor, not unlike that of the legs of a grasshopper, connected by green lines to the lower part of the crest.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Godou Kusanagi—Kamen Rider OOO.
The thirteenth figure wore a white body with shoulders and the area around it was silver. Two orange lines, one on each side, separated the silver and the white from each other. There was a kind of backpack on his back that acted like a jet pack, only emitting steam. Around the forearms and legs were white metal gloves and boots, each decorated with a different shape; the right arm had an orange circle, the left arm had a black square, the right leg had a blue X and the left leg had a yellow triangle. Around his waist was the belt, which remained unchanged. In the end, covering the head there was a rocket-shaped helmet as the faceplate was black and the lens was dark orange.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Rito Yuuki—Kamen Rider Fourze.
The fourteenth figure wore a black jumpsuit that hid its shape. The belt has a hand shape with a pair of silver ring chains hanging from its sides. His chest was covered in a red armor similar to a red or ruby gem which was a long line in the center with three sections on each side that were rectangular, but slightly oblique. His shoulders were covered in black armor with silver edges decorated with dragon-like coats of arms. From his waist hung a belt cover that was red on the inside, but black on the outside. His wrists and ankles now showed bands of the same ruby red color as the thoracic plate. In the end, his head was hidden by a silver helmet that had a ruby red face decorated like the ring he wore with his left hand, showing off metallic lines that made him appear as if he had big eyes with an antenna that raised from the forehead.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Honoka Takamiya—Kamen Rider Wizard.
The fifteenth figure wore a blue jumpsuit with golden suspenders, golden dinocchiere, and golden greaves. The armor was samurai-themed from the Sengoku era, but the color is similar to orange. The armor is an orange thoracic plate with studs with black reflections in the upper part while the sides formed a protection for the shoulders with similar studs, with orange shoulder straps. Even behind his back he has a part of the armor but without color. On his waist, he has a black belt with an orange slice cut in half which revealed an orange-looking odachi while on the left he has a samurai helmet and a katana with a gun-like hilt placed on top. Finally, the helmet he wears looks like that symbol on the belt. The helmet has a golden katana-shaped crest, in front of an orange samurai headdress with metal studs, golden side decoration, and a green stem attached to his helmet, giving him a colorful and orange slice-shaped visor. In his right hand, he has an orange slice-shaped Daidamaru sword.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Keiichi Morisato—Kamen Rider Gaim.
The sixteenth figure wore armor that was red and looked very much like a car. I was wearing a black jumpsuit with white lines running down my arms and legs. Red armored boots, silver knee pads, red gloves, and silver wrist straps, the right showed more silver while the left wrist was occupied by the brace, a red band wrapped around it. A silver belt on the waist, while it looks a lot like a car with a key on the right while in the center it has a measure of speed. The shoulders were protected by pointed shoulder straps and the thoracic armor was red with a rubber wheel giving it a pilot appearance. The helmet looked a lot like a car, colored red with two white lines that left a thin blue line that was barely noticeable. The lens resembled the headlights of a car, a silver "R" was on the forehead, the upper part of the helmet had a rear wing, giving it more of that characteristic racing car, and finally, a silver mouthpiece.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Junichi Tachibana—Kamen Rider Drive.
The seventeenth figure wore a black jumpsuit covered with pieces of black armor that covered his chest, arms, and legs. On the armor, there were orange lines that were shaped to look like bones. On his chest armor, there was a white eye with a "glow" in the center. Of all, he wore a black parka with orange trim. Above his head, there was a black helmet, with the hood of the parka over it, a completely orange visor with two "eye" holes, and on the top of his forehead, there was only one horn. In the end, there was a belt around the waist that looked like an eyeball.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Teiichi Niiya—Kamen Rider Ghost.
The eighteenth figure wore a pink bodysuit with eight black lines that ran along the sides, four on both sides, and stopped just above the knees. Silver shin guards and knee protectors covered his legs while black and green shoes covered his feet. Plantations of silver arms sat on his arms and hands like a green wrist band wrapped around his wrists. The rubber pink shoulder armor sat on his shoulders while his chest armor was quite unique. The right side had a circle of four round buttons, red, yellow, green, and blue, just like those found on game controllers since what appeared to be a health bar appeared from the buttons and was mostly displayed on the left side of the armor. On his waist, he has an apparently voluminous green buckle around the waist with a slit on the left side. Finally, the helmet was dark silver with a silver mouthguard while white glasses surrounded orange cartoon eyes. Finally, the rubber-pink metal plantations extended to mimic the swept hair on the left while a metal face that looked like his helmet sat on his back, only without his eyes.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Keima Katsuragi—Kamen Rider Ex-Aid.
The nineteenth figure wore a black suit together, the torso armor seemed to be a mixture of red and blue. The left leg sported red armor and a spring that wrapped around the shin. On the waist, it has a scientific-looking buckle with two blue tanks with the image of a tank and red with the image of a rabbit, a handle on the right, and a white circle. The right leg had the tread pattern on the foot. A tank cannon and a rear rabbit decoration rose on the left side of the collarbone and the helmet lenses were round and large but contained impressions of a rabbit on the left side, and a tank on the right, the ear and the rod that rose to give the image of the antennae.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
Ichika Orimura—Kamen Rider Build.
Finally, the last figure, the twentieth, wore a black suit. Above the suit was a black armor with a silver metal belt reminiscent of a wristwatch, which ran from the center of the chest armor to the belt. The collar area was raised, bringing a periwinkle color along the bottom of the shoulder and the chest armor. The bright purple streak ran to his side. The belt resembles the pendulum with a pocket watch hooked to the right. Hugging the forearms there were gloves holding another device similar to the one used on the belt while the other three points were left empty. His armored gloves are a purplish color next to his fingers. The kneepads and elbows were shaped like the knobs of a watch, while a purple lining was visible on the upper edge of the armor of the lower leg. Handcuffed around the shin were gray bands and a pair of armored shoes with steel gray front ends. The helmet itself has the arms of a watch that almost has the shape of a V with a purple katakana inscription.
And then, it changed to a person who is...
George Kurai—Kamen Rider Zi-O.
End:
Main Companion Protagonists:
Souta Mizushino/Kamen Rider Decade - VA: Daiki Yamashita
New Characters:
Hachiman Hikigaya/Kamen Rider Faiz - VA: Takuya Eguchi
Shinichiro Takamiya/Kamen Rider Shadow Moon - VA: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Marina Arisu - VA: Suzuko Mimori
Natsuki Minamiya - VA: Hisako Kanemoto
Reine Takamiya - VA: Aya Endou
Astarte (New World) - VA: Yuka Iguchi
High Priest Darom (New World) - A: Shōzō Iizuka
