AN: A few days after September but it was a little bit of a busy month. Welcome back to Kamen Rider Fuge, today's chapter being the second part in a three part mini story arc. Technically, I cheated a bit when comes to rider classifications for this one, but it's fine. Anyway enjoy the chapter.
Kamen Rider Fuge
Class 7: The Memory Goes on, No Matter What!
A large crash could be heard, deep within the darkness of Great Genesis's base, Doctor Omega threw several beakers across the room. He let out a small growl as looked at several failed experiments, "Every attempt at defeating that annoying Fuge only ends with him accessing another new form."
He needed something perfect to deal with Fuge, and he supposed his equally as pesky grandson but he just couldn't think of anything. He put a hand to his chin, deep with thought, "Hmmm perhaps the worms? No, the remaining worms have refused to speak to us. Perhaps going to Futo city for a Gaia Memory could work, no then I'd have to deal with that half boiled detective. Perhaps a fangire? Hmmm no their King, Kurenai or whatever has kept them good for the most part. It's been two months of dealing with Fuge and I'm already running out of ideas!"
He turned around and hit his computer, it turning off for a second before flashing onto a new screen. Doctor Omega looked at it for a second before a wicked smile appeared on his face, "Hmm perhaps I don't need to deal with the current Fuge. But first I would need to find one."
He began to fiddle with some metal around his lab, within minutes building a new device, smiling when it began to beep, "So there is one somewhere, excellent." He began to walk out of his lab, appearing beside the Great Master undergoing his latest medical treatments, "Master I'm going to be leaving for a bit, have no fear though Subter will be here if you want to launch any evil schemes."
The Great Master sat up from his throne, looking over at his most loyal subordinate, "Omega would you care to explain to me where you're going?" Omega chuckled as he took steps towards the exit, "Trust me Master, if all goes well then you'll be very happy with this development."
The Great Master glared at him but didn't have the energy to fight, "Very well, but you best hope your little pet project is truly capable of carrying out my commands." From the corner Subter perked up as Omega nodded, "Of course Master, he already acknowledged that you mentioned him." The Great Master said nothing further as Doctor Omega left the base, eager to see if his search would yield anything fruitful.
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The sound of ringing filled his ears as he slowly opened his eyes, looking over at his clock he blinked several times as he realized he was waking up 20 minutes later than usual. Takuya Ishida yawned as he sat up in bed, for some strange reason he wasn't in a rush that morning.
Usually he'd stop by the lab before school but Daisuke had gone off somewhere for a few days, claiming there was something he needed to take a look at. As he took a longer shower than normal, slowly getting dressed and eating his breakfast, he'd concluded that he was feeling sluggish this morning. His phone began to ring as he looked over at it, Rin was calling him this early in the morning.
He sighed and let it go to voicemail, he wasn't feeling talking to her at all. As he got up, ready to leave, he saw a text from Daisuke, a simple how are you doing today? Takuya ignored it, he really didn't need his best friend checking in on him, nor whatever Rin was calling about.
As he walked towards his apartment door, he stopped at a picture on his table. It was of him and his Father, the picture they'd taken when he first got into college at 12, the two of them smiling, arms around each other. A feeling of needles stabbing his heart went through his body as he frowned.
He felt pathetic, after learning about Eiji he found himself missing his Father more than he ever had the past few years. He shrugged off the feeling as he went out the door, he had no time to think about that, he had work.
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Fuge Opening
Sangenshoku by PELICAN FANCLUB
A guitar riff begins as we open on a dark classroom, a figure enters in a hurry, as the figure puts down his belongings and gets things out from his desk, logos from various Kamen Rider seasons appear on the chalkboard before the figure turns and writes on the board Kamen Rider Fuge, the logo gets bigger as the screen cuts to the next scene.
Sora no iro wa doushite Aoku mieru no darou ka
Kiiroi koe agete Umareta
Takuyta Ishida is walking down the school hallway, passing various main riders next to him in the hall as he stops at his classroom passing Kamen Rider Kuuga who gives him a thumbs up as he walks in. A brief shot of Fuge Mighty Hopper.
Kioku no shizukesa Ao to kiiro ga Mazariatte dekita
Midori ni wa hana wo Hana ni wa mizu wo Boku ni wa yume wo
A shot of various Scitubes along with the Centri Driver before it transitions to Daisuke Sonoda working in his and Takuya's shared lab with various Tertiary riders surrounding him. Takuya is teaching in his class as Hiyori Fujita raises her hand to answer a question as Koji Kawakami sleeps in the desk next to her, being awoken by a piece of chalk thrown at him by Takuya. Several shots, one of Takuya looking at a picture of himself, Daisuke, Rin and Yamato, looking sad. A quick shot of a younger Takuya transforming and finally his full class posing for a picture.
Zero ni tashite Ima wo kakete, Nagareru akai chi no you
Sen Wo Hiite Kara Wo Watte,Saita Hana No Moyou
Tsunagete Ishiki Fude Wo Motte, Torimodoshite Iku Inochi
Fuge Mighty Hopper bursts from a large test tube, the images of Kuuga and Zero-One appearing besides him as he begins to fight some Genesis Men, before switching to Elemental Swordsman with Saber and Blade both appearing besides him attacking enemies, Next Complete Combo with Faiz and OOO followed by Armored Arrival with Zi-O and Den-O and finally finishing with Beetle Match doing a finisher side by side with Build and Kabuto. A quick shot of Kamen Rider Combi Futuring Ulord and Instinctual Soulfire
Me Ni Mienai Ruru E Ima Ikou
Ikoru Wo Sagashi Ni Iku
A shot of a young Takuya once again, this time training with Yusuke Godai, before flashing to the present day with Takuya standing in his lab next to his collection of Scitubes, a picture of his father on his desk. Several shots of the inside workings of the Centri Driver as the two Scitubes are inserted and the wires begin to activate to turn Takuya into Fuge.
Douka Junsui-Na Hajimari Wo, Shoudou Ni Kawaru Hajimari Wo
Seimeiryoku Wo Sangenshoku De Hirogete
Fuge appears on his Ride Machine, Machine Fuger as he passes several of the characters, Daisuke waves to him outside of their lab, Hiyori and Koji see him passing the school and begin to chase after until he finally stops and jumps off the Rider Machine, initiating a Mighty Impact as it shows the hideout of Great Genesis, The Great Master on his life support Machines glaring at Fuge and Doctor Omega continuing to work on something as Kamen Rider Subter appears, preparing an attack.
Hakushi No Jidai Kako Wo mazete, Kizukiage kizukasare
Kuroku natte Ima de keshite,Tsumiage tsugi wa doko e
Takya is sitting at his desk, thinking deeply to himself as on the chalkboard behind him several flashbacks of his life are shown, his father teaching him science, his father dying and giving him the briefcase containing the Centri Driver and finally 4 peoples hands together as they seem to make a promise amongst themselves. Next a shot of the lab Daisuke and Rin standing back to back with him as Daisuke smiles, a final shot of Hiyori and Koji in school.
Bokura no ashita ni iro ga attara
Me ni mieru you ni saa Egaite iku
Several shots of Takuya teaching his class, working in his lab with Daisuke and finally a shot of Fuge as he himself gives a thumbs up before the opening ends.
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Sensei Ishida let out a sigh as he sat at a table, a large textbook in front of him as he put a hand on his forehead, clearly annoyed, "Ok Koji can you tell me how igneous rocks are formed?" Koji thought for a moment before answering, "Oh those are the ones that get formed from a bunch of pressure right?"
Sensei Ishida frowned and shook his head, "No that's a different type, come on Koji this is basic stuff. Have you even been paying attention to any of the tutoring?" Koji could see his teacher was getting annoyed as he frowned, "I'm sorry Ishida Sensei, you tell me this stuff and I remember for a day before it just leaves my brain the next morning."
Sensei Ishida closed the textbook, "Let's just take a break for a minute then, did your grandparents ever get you tested for ADD or ADHD or any other learning deficiency?" Koji shook his head, "No, anytime I ever had a teacher suggest it to them they claimed that back in their day kids were just stupid and didn't need an excuse like that."
Sensei Ishida let out a small groan, "I hate old people sometimes, I really do." Koji let out a small chuckle before turning towards his teacher who even he could tell was feeling off, "So who taught you all this stuff Ishida Sensei? It had to have been good to make you this passionate about it."
Sensei Ishida sighed, "I guess I only mentioned it in passing, but my Father got me interested in science. I used to not apply myself in science class because I hated it, but my Father found a way to make the lessons fun and his passion for it became infectious, something I wish I could manage to pass to you." Koji smiled at him, "You know, I wish I had a Dad like yours too, then maybe I could be a badass Kamen Rider and the smartest person in the room just like you."
Upon hearing this, Sensei Ishida narrowed his eyes at the student, "You shouldn't want to be like me Koji, you see what you want to see, not how I actually am. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to cut the session short today, you can go, I'm sure Hiyori is waiting for you." Hearing the tone in his voice change, Koji frowned, "Ishida Sensei if I said something wrong…"
Sensei Ishida glared at him, "I said you can go Koji!" Koji jumped from his teacher practically yelling at him, packing up his things and nodding, "Ok I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." Sensei Ishida let out a deep breath as he got up, collecting the textbook from the table and placing it into his bag.
Seeing that he was alone, he finally said what he was thinking, "I wish I could just see my Father one last time." As he said this he didn't notice a figure made from sand watching him, as he began to walk out of the room the figure let out a deep chuckle, the contract had been set.
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Koji had finished talking as he walked with Hiyori down the street, having been telling her about his unusual tutoring session, "Something was off about Ishida Sensei, he was more snappy than usual, he got annoyed at me really easily. He even raised his voice at me after I said something I guess he took offense to."
Hiyori put a hand on her chin, "I don't think I've ever seen Ishida Sensei not in a good mood, and I certainly didn't think he'd ever snap at a student, maybe something is wrong with him?" Koji shrugged as the two walked on, neither really talking as Koji seemed to be concerned with the angry attitude he had caused with his teacher. That is until the two heard multiple screams, nodding at each other they ran towards the source of the screams.
They arrived to see multiple running from the scene, a black, red and yellow beetle looking creature attacking several bystanders. Koji looked at Hiyori, "Call Ishida Sensei." Hiyori nodded and took out her phone, using the emergency app that Sensei Ishida had developed for the two of them to call him when they needed Kamen Rider Fuge.
Hiyori frowned as the app usually registered when he saw the call, "It's not responding, do you think he's busy?" Koji shrugged, "It's Ishida Sensei, he's never busy when we call him like this." Hiyori continued to press the app as the beetle continued to attack people, Koji getting a good look at what he was attacking, "Wait Hiyori look!" Hiyori got a good look at the people being attacked, sparks coming out of them as several of them had wires exposed and even limbs removed, "They're robots? Why is the monster only attacking robots disguised as humans?"
Koji shook his head as the beetle continued its rampage, that is until the sound of a motorcycle came into view. Hiyori and Koji looked at the motorcycle excitedly, thinking their teacher had finally arrived but they were shocked as Kamen Rider Combi hopped off his machine combiner, "This certainly isn't what I was expecting after coming back from my little adventure, a beetle attacking some robots?" The beetle sneered at him, running away as Kamen Rider Combi thought about chasing after it, before Hiyori and Koji ran up to him, "Daisuke! Doctor Sonoda!"
Combi turned towards them, removing his Scitubes from his belt. Daisuke raised an eyebrow at them, "What are you two doing here without Takuya?" Hiyori looked at the robots, "We happened upon the scene, any idea what kind of monster that was?"
Daisuke frowned and crossed his arms, "Not sure, it ran before I could get a good look at it. Although these robots do look like the spy robots Genesis uses to keep eyes and ears in the city, I can't say I blame the thing for attacking them." Koji looked at him in confusion, "We were hoping you'd know where Ishida Sensei is, since he wasn't answering our calls for help."
Daisuke raised an eyebrow, "Wait really? Well that's odd, but I suppose it's not too weird for this time of year, he's been ignoring my texts all day too." Koji looked at him in confusion, "Why isn't it weird for this time of year?" Daisuke sighed, "Takuya is usually depressed this week every year, since this week is both his birthday and the day his Father was killed, so he associates his birthday with his Father's death."
Koji nodded for a moment before getting an idea, "Hey maybe we should try cheering him up. I know that if I was depressed near my birthday all it'd take to cheer me up is a delicious birthday cake." Daisuke shook his head, "Kid I like where your heart is at but I don't think…"
Before he could finish Hiyori nodded at Koji, "That's a great Koji, come on let's go get the cake and some decorations!" The two ran off before Daisuke could finish, leaving the man to let out an annoyed sigh, "It's not a good idea." Shaking his head, Daisuke got back on his bike, he needed to find Takuya, so hopefully he could prevent a painful situation.
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10 Years Ago
Takuya Ishida opened the door to the makeshift lab that he'd made in his apartment. The apartment had become a makeshift base for himself and the Sonoda twins, and Daisuke who refused to join the fight remained in the lab mostly. Takuya entered to see Daisuke tinkering away with something, the green haired teen barely looking up at him, "What do you want Ishida?"
Takuya shrugged and took a seat at the desk he'd set up across the room, "You hadn't left here for the past two days, I was curious what you were working on." Daisuke grunted, "None of your business, go bother Yamato if you're bored, you two get along well enough." Takuya sighed, "Yamato went out to get groceries, apparently Kamen riding makes him hungry." Daisuke let the instrument he'd been holding fall on the desk, "Yes he's very good at it, you both continue to remind me of that."
Takuya scratched his chin, "So you really don't want to share what you're working on? I could help." Daisuke shook his head, "Nope." Takuya frowned, "You sure? Two geniuses are better than one." Daisuke nodded, "Yup." Takuya sighed and stood up, "You don't like me, and I can't figure out why."
At this point the tool Daisuke had been using snapped in his fingers, as the teens shot up, turning towards Takuya, "Gee really whatever could've given you that idea ya freakin genius?" Takuya frowned, "No need to shout, I just want to know what your issue is, I already told you that if we could work together then we'd have a better chance against Genesis."
Daisuke scowled at him, "That's my problem right there! I don't want to be involved in this stupid fight, I don't want Yamato involved in this stupid fight, I just want a peaceful existence, maybe win a nobel prize or something. But now you come crashing into our lives and now my Mom is dead, people get hurt around you and I'm worried Yamato is next to get hurt."
Takuya shook his head, his hand curling into a fist, "No one is going to get hurt if I can help it. I lost my Father to Genesis, I perfectly understand that this is dangerous but we don't have a choice in the matter, they want us dead." Daisuke scoffed at him, "I don't care what they want, I just know I don't want my brother hurt, you don't have a sibling, you have no one to worry if you get hurt." Takuya's eyes went wide, that was a low blow.
He charged at Daisuke, pinning him against the wall, "You're right, I have no one to care if I get hurt or die. But that's why I can promise you, even if I have to sacrifice myself, Yamato will never get hurt in this fight, you have my word for whatever that means to you." Daisuke said nothing before lightly punching Takuya's chest, holding his fist there for a moment, "I'll hold you to that, Ishida."
With that he pushed Takuya away from him, leaving the room as Takuya stood there in silence. Takuya smiled slightly, the two of them had reached a slight understanding and he'd take what he could get from the green haired genius.
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Present Day
Daisuke entered the lab, sure enough, finding Takuya working on something at his desk. As Daisuke walked in, Takuya barely turned around to greet him, giving him a simple grunt of acknowledgement. Daisuke frowned, "You know you missed a call from your students, there was a monster attacking some Genesis spybots downtown. Don't worry I handled it."
Takuya nodded, "Thanks." Daisuke crossed his arms, "So what's so important that you aren't answering your phone?" Takuya shrugged, "Scitubes." Daisuke frowned, "So anything you want to talk about? I'm here for you." Takuya shook his head, "I'm good."
Daisuke let out an annoyed sigh, "Well I was going to tell you where I'd been the past few days but since you don't seem to care I'll just keep it to myself." Takuya said nothing as Daisuke finally slammed his hand against the wall, "Alright cut the bullshit Takuya, I know you ignored Rin's call this morning, just like you ignored my texts, so how about we talk about this." Takuya turned around, his gaze barely meeting his friend's, "I told you I'm fine Dai, you don't need to worry about me."
Daisuke curled his hands into a fist, approaching him, "You always do this, you keep your feelings inside until it eats you up inside and you burn out. You constantly go around worrying about everyone else's problems that you refuse to let anyone worry about yours. Takuya you can talk to Rin and I about how you're feeling, we understand this better than you think."
Takuya was silent, the two sharing a few minutes of silence before the door to the lab opened and in came running Koji and Hiyori, Koji carrying a cake and Hiyori with confetti, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISHIDA SENSEI!" Takuya's eye twitched as he turned towards Daisuke, "Did you tell them it was my birthday this week?"
Daisuke frowned, "Yeah and I told them you don't like your birthday. But they ran off before I could tell them a cake was a bad idea." Koji smiled at the two, bringing the cake towards Takuya, "Oh come on Ishida Sensei, everyone loves cake, now blow out the candles and make a wish." Takuya glared at him, slapping the cake out of his hands and onto the ground, "Why? Why would you just assume I'd want a cake after you were told I don't like my birthday."
Koji looked at the cake on the ground before looking back at his teacher, "Because I wanted to try to make you happy again, you're my hero and I thought if I could do something even half as nice as you do for all your students then maybe I could cheer you up."
Takuya glared at him, his eyes narrowing, 'You so badly want to be like me Koji? Well look at what happens to people like me! Daisuke can't function without someone to cling onto since his brother died, and I can't even manage to tell any of my loved ones how I'm really feeling until it ends up having dire consequences for me. So tell me Koji, do you really want to be like that?"
The room was silent, Daisuke telling himself in his mind that Takuya didn't mean it, and Hiyori hoping Koji wouldn't do something drastic. Finally Koji nodded slowly, "Yeah I do, I'd take that over being the biggest idiot in my class, so utterly hopeless that I can barely pass in school. If it means being like you then I'll take the negatives with it." Takuya scoffed at him, "Then you really are an idiot."
With that he stormed out of the lab, Daisuke not being able to stop him as Koji stood in stunned silence. Daisuke looked down, noticing some kind of material on the ground, bending down to examine it. Hiyori turned to Daisuke whose mind was clearly elsewhere now, "Dr. Sonoda what do we do now?"
Daisuke frowned, "Go home kids, Hiyori make sure Koji gets home. If he comes back here then I'll give him a verbal beat down. Call me tomorrow if anything else happens alright?" Hiyori nodded as she and Koji left the lab, leaving Daisuke to examine the substance on the ground. It was sand? Wasn't there a monster that leaked sand? Daisuke let out a sigh, things were a mess but at least it didn't seem to be entirely Takuya's fault. Something was making him like this, and he intended to find out what it was.
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The clock ticked away, Sensei Ishida's class being silent as he hadn't arrived yet. He hadn't arrived at all today, and the school day was almost done. Hiyori turned towards Koji who sat quietly in his seat, "Koji, Ishida Sensei hasn't been here at all today, we need to call ." Koji nodded absent mindedly, "Sure, let's go."
They excused themselves as Hiyori sent a text to the emergency number Daisuke had given to them if Sensei Ishida wasn't available. They waited in the parking lot until Daisuke arrived, turning off his bike as he took off his helmet, "I was worried he wouldn't be here today, my guess on what that monster was yesterday might be right unfortunately." Hiyori raised an eyebrow, "What does the monster have to do with Ishida Sensei being missing?"
Daisuke frowned, "Well I told you yesterday that it was attacking Genesis spy bots, if my theory on what the monster is, is correct, then I know why it's doing that." Koji crossed his arms, "So how is the thing connected to Ishida Sensei?" Daisuke held up his finger for a moment, indicating that he needed them to be quiet. He looked down at his phone, "I'll explain later, for now I need to get down to the waterfront, the monster is back."
He turned back on his bike, revving it up and driving off. Hiyori turned to Koji, "Well let's follow him I guess." Koji let out a sigh and nodded, "Fine but only because I want to figure out why Ishida Sensei went off on me yesterday." The two went off after Daisuke, curious on what the scientist was talking about and how the monster was connected to their teacher.
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The sounds of fighting could be heard as the same beetle monster was once again attacking Genesis spybots and this time Subter had arrived trying to stop it. The two fought evenly as the civilians getting caught in the crossfire desperately tried to get out of the way.
Arriving on the scene, Daisuke, already transformed, looked at the scene, "Dammit this isn't the greatest of situations, I'm gonna hate myself when this is done." Combi leaped off his bike, aiming a kick filled with energy at the beetle monster sending it back. Subter looked at Combi, recognizing his actions, "Combi?" Combi scoffed as the beetle got back up, "I'm not a fan of saving your ass, but that thing isn't caring who it hurts to get to your little spybots, so we'll just call this enemy of my enemy."
Subter nodded slowly, "These parameters are accepted." The two charged at the beetle, trying to beat it down as it dodged every punch and kick from them, seemingly knowing their every movement. The beetle sneered at them before its foot began to glow with red and yellow energy, a powerful kick hitting Subter and sending him sprawling into the water, seemingly being washed away to wherever the river leads.
Becoming faster, the beetle ran past Combi, destroying the remaining spybots in an instant, letting out a small chuckle as it did so. Combi drew the ZiGan DeCatcher in its sword mode as he prepared to launch another attack at the beetle; it got out of its fighting stance. It chuckled, seemingly ignoring Combi, "The contract will be paid for now." As Combi wasn't sure what was about to happen, Koji and Hiyori finally arrived, running up to his side, "Dr. Sonoda, is everything ok?"
Combi shook his head, "I'm pretty sure my theory is about to be proven true." To all three's shock, walking up next to the creature was Takuya, his face neutral as his eyes looked completely out of it. Koji looked on in horror, "Uh Daisuke what is that thing?"
Combi sighed as he prepared to run at the beetle, "That thing is an Imagin, beings from a future that no longer exists, because of the fact that their future no longer exists they lose their physical form. To regain them they make a contract with humans, offering them a wish and in return the human pays them with their happiest memory. If I had to guess Takuya probably accidentally made a wish and made a contract with him, unfortunately Takuya must've remembered making the wish so now the thing is going to make him pay up."
Takuya, sand falling off of him turned towards the Beetle Imagin, looking directly at it, "You know what I want, now hurry up and take what you want." The Imagin nodded, "Very well, you will see your Father one last time, but for now your memory is mine."
Hearing this, Combi charged forward as he tried to stop the Imagin, Takuya opening up, the Imagin jumped into him, just as Combi slashed the air. Takuya simply stood there, as if frozen in time, not registering anything that was happening. Koji and Hiyori ran up to him as he removed the Scitubes from his belt. Hiyori looked at her teacher, "Dr. Sonoda what do we do? Where did it even go?"
Daisuke frowned as he snapped in front of Takuya's eyes, the man not responding, "We don't have much time, the Imagin is traveling back to Takuya's happiest memory, we're gonna need to go back in time ourselves and stop it." Koji looked at him confused, "You say that casually like it's something we can simply do."
Daisuke looked at him, a smile on his face, "Trust me kid, time travel isn't the weirdest thing I've done, now come on we need to get to the lab." The two students looked at the scientist walking off, they didn't have much time to argue, they needed to save their teacher.
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10 Years Ago
Takuya sat in a hospital bed, bandages covering his whole body as he tried to not move as even the tiniest movement hurt him. They'd had their first encounter with the Great Master of Genesis, and it did not go well. Daisuke and Rin weren't in the fight long, and it all came down to him and Yamato to fight the much stronger being.
The Great Master nearly killed both of them, but he'd taken an attack meant for Yamato, injuring him more than the other three were injured, so now here he was stuck in the hospital. As he laid there, trying to rest, the door opened and in walked much to his surprise, Daisuke, "Why the hell would you do something so stupid?" Takuya tried to sit up but struggled to do so, "What do you mean?"
Daisuke crossed his arms, "Allowing yourself to get hit by that attack, you nearly died and as much as I hate to say it, you're the strongest amongst us, we need you alive." Takuya chuckled softly, his ribs hurting, "Because I made a promise to you." Daisuke raised an eyebrow, "What are you on about?"
Takuya looked at him, "That attack would've killed Yamato, and I promised you I'd never let Yamato get hurt, and I always intend to keep my promises to friends." Daisuke frowned, "Why would you do that? Why even consider me a friend? I've never made it a secret that I didn't like you."
Takuya chuckled again, a small smile on his face, "Because you're the only one who doesn't treat me differently for being a genius, people have always treated me as this superior being, no one really treating me like a person. But you, you treat me like I'm a normal 17 year old, because we're both geniuses, the two of us can understand each other better." Daisuke said nothing for a moment before a small smile appeared on his face, "I'm pretty sure I'm a bit smarter than you since I'm not the one in the hospital bed."
Takuya smiled and nodded, "Yeah, but one of us had to save everyone's asses, and that wasn't about to be you." Daisuke let out a small laugh as he shook his head, "Well I can't do everything, I have to let you feel useful somehow." Takuya smirked, "Well I appreciate it I guess."
Daisuke crossed his arms, "Ishida, I think I was wrong about you. Thank you for saving Yamato, now get some rest, Genesis will probably be cooking up a new scheme soon and we'll need you." Takuya nodded at him as he left the room, a new respect having formed between the two, and perhaps a new friendship could be formed.
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Present Day
The three arrived back at the lab, Daisuke immediately beginning to dig through several closets as Hiyori frowned, "So this is all happening fast, can you give us a full run down, cause even I'm confused."
Daisuke stopped a moment, "So essentially the Imagin was attacking the spybots because Takuya considers them what killed his Father, since his Father was spotted at his graduation 10 years ago by spybots at his university. So the Imagin destroying them helped fulfill the wish as it wouldn't harm his Father if he was alive again. With them all eliminated, Takuya was free to have his wish fully granted."
Koji crossed his arms, "So how do you plan to time travel? Cause I don't see a time machine around this lab." Daisuke pulled something out of a drawer, what seemed to be a train ticket, "This lovely thing right here. I got it around 10 years ago from this purple guy after we all stopped an evil organization who changed the timeline because another rider screwed up after time traveling. Now get ready kids, we're going to ride on the Denliner, the train of time!"
The two looked at each other in confusion, "We're traveling back in time using a train?" Daisuke nodded, "Yup and it should be arriving just about….. Now!" He walked towards one of the doors, holding the train pass to the door and opening it, the two students were shocked to see light coming from the door and the sound of a train whistle. Looking at each other, they nodded and followed him through the door, unsure where they would end up.
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The two looked around to see a massive train station, seemingly surrounded by a vast desert filled with sand. As they looked around they turned to see Daisuke looking at them, "We've got no time for sightseeing, we need to board the train." They ran to catch up with him, a loud train whistle echoing as a red and white train station pulled into the station.
As it came to a stop, Koji looked at the scientist, "Is that what we're using to travel back in time?" Daisuke nodded, "Yeah, you two stand back though. This might get ugly." Hiyori raised an eyebrow, "Ugly? But you have a ticket don't you?" As she said this she began to hear yelling and screaming as four multi colored creatures came spilling out of the train.
The one in yellow cocked his head as he looked at them, "Who are these guys? No one mentioned we'd be getting some passengers." The blue one chuckled, "I think I remember one of them, it's easy to remember someone with green hair."
The purple one nodded and jumped up and down, "Yeah he's a Kamen Rider, I gave him a ticket because he was cool." Finally the one in red pushed the three to the side and approached Daisuke, "I remember you too, you were a jerk who constantly pissed me off. No chance you're riding the DenLiner."
Daisuke frowned, "Momotaros, I don't have time for you to be a pissed off prick, my friend Takuya made a contract with an Imagin, come on you remember him, he helped stop shocker years ago after OOO messed up the timeline." Momotaros paused for a moment before crossing his arms, "Like I said you piss me off so I'm not letting you on this train, but you can tell us where the Imagin went and we'll handle it."
Daisuke scowled, in one motion grabbing Momotaros and putting him into a headlock, "You listen here you pathetic excuse for a Kamen Rider, you're going to help me save my best friend, even if I have to steal your train to do it, so we can do this the easy way or the hard way." Momotaros tried breaking out of his grip, not being able to as Koji turned towards Hiyori, "You know I really forget him and Ishida Sensei kind of have super strength."
As Momotaros still tried to get away, Urataros approached them and put a hand on Daisuke's shoulder, "Your friend was the black and yellow one right? The one with a cute girlfriend?" Daisuke nodded slowly, "You mean Rin? Yeah, that was Takuya." Urataros let out a chuckle, "I respect any man who can manage to charm a girl like her, you three can ride, Momo can get over his tantrum."
Daisuke released Momotaros and smiled, "Glad you could see it my way, I'll give you the date once we're inside." Daisuke, Hiyori and Koji followed the other three Taros into the Denliner as Momotaros followed them, muttering under his breath, "Stupid science jerk, damn Turtle jerk not listening to me." They arrived in the main car to find a man sitting at a table, a plate in front of him, "Daisuke Sonoda, I heard all the commotion going on outside." Daisuke bowed to him, "You're the owner of the Denliner right? I appreciate you giving us a ride."
The owner nodded before frowning, "Unfortunately we can only give you one chance to save your friend. We're currently lacking the power of Den-O due to Ryotaro being on a different trip right now, and Yuto doing his own thing, so we can only transport you there and back." Daisuke frowned and nodded, "It's alright I understand, the Beetle Imagin, because of who his contract is with he knows my moves, but I have something up my sleeve to defeat him."
Daisuke sat down and began to speak to the owner, meanwhile Koji sat down at one of the tables, his head in on the table. He heard a chuckle as Momotaros sat down next to him and put an arm around him, "What's your issue kid, you look bluer than the turtle." Koji sighed, "My teacher who we're trying to save, I looked up to him as my hero, I wanted to be just like him. But he yelled at me for it and said I shouldn't want to be like him."
Ryutaros sat down across from him, "Well why would you want to be like him, he sounds like a jerk." Koji shrugged, "He's not a jerk, he's actually really cool but I guess I was blinded to his own issues by my hero worship of him." Urataros sat down on the other side of him, "Hmmm how could he be so mean to a nice kid like you, doesn't like someone you'd want to reel in." Koji frowned, "Well it's because he's really smart and strong and I guess at times I feel weak so I wanted to be like him." Kintaros who was sleeping in a chair woke up, raising his head, "If his strength makes you cry then it's not true strength, you must grow stronger than him."
Momotaros nodded, "Yeah instead of trying to be like that jerk, become better than him, that'll show him what a loser he is." Upon hearing this, Hiyori turned away from where Daisuke and the owner were talking and pushes Momotaros out of his seat, "Koji please don't listen to these four, Ishida Sensei is still who you think he is, he's just dealing with some of his own issues, you can't lose faith in him just because you saw one of his bad days." Momotaros got up to yell at her but the train stopped, sending him crashing down again.
Daisuke got up and approached the two, "This is our stop, let's get off and we'll make our plan to save Takuya." The two nodded at him, Koji nodding more reluctantly as the owner walked up to them, "We'll be back in an hour to pick you up, I wish you luck." Daisuke gave him a quick thanks before the three exited the Denliner, ready to stop the Imagin from getting its payment.
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Meanwhile back in the present day, Doctor Omega continued to follow the sensor he'd built. The forest he'd found himself in was rather annoying to navigate but he was close to his destination.
The device began to beep louder as he pushed aside some leaves, finding a clearing of a large metallic wreckage. He approached the wreckage, finding an entrance to enter into the wreckage, sorting through it. He pushed aside some metal as he frowned, "Come on, there has to be something here to help me." As he entered into the main portion of the wreckage he finally found something on the ground, having collected some dust.
Omega began to laugh as he picked it up, "That stupid teenage king, he didn't completely clear the timeline of time jacker influence." He held up the blank ridewatch once used by the now defunct time jackers, laughing to himself.
He smirked as he gazed around the wreckage of the destroyed Timemazine, "Once I fix this up and use this ridewatch, then I can finally make sure things go right for Genesis, starting with 10 years ago." He laughed more as he got to work fixing the timemazine, soon his most evil plan would be launched.
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Daisuke let out a long breath as they arrived at the university where a younger Takuya was going to be graduating. Hiyori turned towards him, "Is this bringing back memories for you?" Daisuke shook his head, "I went to a different university, but being back on a campus is weird." Hiyori nodded as Koji took a step forward, "So what's the plan exactly?"
Daisuke crossed his arms, "We've got about 45 minutes before Takuya's Father is murdered, I'm going to try and track down the Beetle Imagin, you two are going to find younger Takuya and watch him. All I ask is please do not accidentally change the timeline by telling him something about the future."
The two nodded, Hiyori frowning, "Are you going to be ok fighting that thing on your own?" Daisuke nodded, "I have something up my sleeve since the thing has all of Takuya's knowledge, it knows at least the moves Takuya has seen. One more heads up, I've never seen it myself but according to Takuya he was a little stuck up before he got humbled from his Father's death, so don't be surprised if he doesn't act like the Takuya you know."
The two looked at him confused but nodded, as he looked at them one last time before walking away. It took the two a few minutes to finally find him, but they found the younger Takuya talking to a few people. They approached him, trying not to bother him but he turned around, scowling at them, "Can I help you? You two are standing awfully close for someone I don't know."
Hiyori frowned and scratched her chin, "Uhhh we're sorry, it's just that we heard about you and being so young but already graduating with a doctorate so we wanted to try and meet you." Koji nodded, "Yeah we heard you were super smart and we're the same age so we were curious what your secret is." Takuya looked at them and sighed, "Ugh you two are like the 20th people today that's come up to me today asking me how I did it. It's simple, you just need to be me."
Hiyori frowned, "Just be you? There's no other secret to your intelligence and hard work? Just being born that way?" Koji sighed, "So you're saying if anyone wants to be like you, they can't?" Takuya smirked and nodded, "That's precisely what I'm saying, I'm the result of two geniuses themselves, so of course I'm going to be amazing. Now is there anything else? I need to go meet up with my Father and you two are just annoying me at this point."
Koji glared at him, "Boy can you be any more conceited? I get maybe people have been annoying you with the same question all day, but you could at least try to not act like you're the greatest thing to ever grace Japan." Takuya scoffed at him, "Oh I don't think that, I just know my worth to the world, and considering how many are approaching me to research for them and offering to sponsor any work I do, I think I've earned the right to act a bit high and mighty."
Koji frowned, "You know what I think you're the annoying one." He turned and began to walk away from Takuya, Hiyori frowned, "Listen I know he probably just pissed you off, and I'm sorry that he angers easily, but we really need you to come with us just for a few minutes."
The younger Takuya raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms, "Alright, only because I'm curious on what's so important you've approached a stranger and annoyed them so much." Hiyori gave him a quick thank you as she followed Koji, with him following her, hoping that Daisuke could find the Beetle Imagin.
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10 Years Ago
Daisuke Sonoda let out a deep sigh as he stood at the grave of his brother, if one more person had told him how sorry they were that day he'd have snapped at them. His arm was in a sling as he was still recovering from the final battle. They'd lost Yamato and honestly he felt like he'd lost a part of himself as he wished he was strong enough to save his brother.
As he heard the footsteps of someone behind him, he frowned, "I was wondering when you'd actually come up to me to talk." Takuya Ishida sighed and stood next to him, placing flowers at the grave, "Sorry, you know I'm not great with funerals." Daisuke shook his head, "I saw you in the back, I was just wondering when you'd actually approach me. We haven't talked since the final battle."
Takuya nodded slowly, "Well admittedly I was avoiding you." Daisuke raised an eyebrow at him, "Why were you avoiding me?" Takuya let out a deep sigh, "Because I failed you, I promised you that no harm would ever come to Yamato, but I wasn't strong enough to stop the Great Leader on my own so he just had to get involved."
Daisuke shook his head, "You didn't fail me, I think I was so worried about Yamato constantly that I failed to realize that Yamato was his own person making his own decisions. He sacrificed himself to save the world because that's just the kind of person he was, and I'm sorry that I made you feel like you needed to die to keep him safe."
Takuya frowned, "Dai, are you gonna be ok?" Daisuke shook his head, "Probably not, but I can tell you at least, I still have you and Rin. We're still friends even if you idiotically think you let me down." Takuya put a hand on his shoulder, "Thanks Dai, I appreciate it. So what's your plans now that things are calming down?"
Daisuke shrugged, "You know, I only have a class left to take before I graduate, how about you and I become lab partners Ishida? Even without being Riders anymore we can still create a brighter future by developing technology that helps the world." Takuya nodded and gave him a small smile, "I'd like that, while you work on that degree I can find us a lab to set up in, a proper one and not out of my apartment."
Daisuke gave him a smile and nodded in agreement as the two fell into a silence, both looking at the grave stone. Daisuke frowned as he looked at the man next to him, his hand clenching into a fist as he thought of everything he'd done for him. Next time, next time he would be the one to protect Takuya, just as Takuya had done for his brother.
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Present Day
Daisuke continued to try and find the Beetle Imagin, hearing a scream as he ran towards an empty area of the university. As he arrived he found the Imagin approaching a younger Takuya as Hiyori and Koji tried to get in the way of the two. Daisuke ran forward, quickly placing on his belt, "CENTRI DRIVER!" He placed the Scitubes into the driver as he ran, "Tengan! Iwae!" He pushed the buttons as the test tubes containing Necrom and Woz shattered, "HENSHIN!" He glowed silver and green as he ran forward, "LET'S FUGEON RIDE!" As the armor began to form, Combi kicked the Beetle Imagin away, "NECROM! WOZ!"
Combi's form fully emerged as the Imagin began to get up, "The rider who rejoices to the call of his heart is… Combi Futuring Ulord!" Turning towards the three, Combi nodded at them, "Get him out of here." The Imagin growled as the three teens ran, "You dare interfere in my contract, I'll eliminate you first then." Combi got into a fighting pose, "Just try it ugly."
The Beetle Imagin charged at him, Combi trying to hit him with several punches as it blocked every single one, catching one of his fists and twisting it. Trying to get out of it Combi jumped and tried to roundhouse kick him but the Imagin blocked it, throwing Combi across the area. Combi got up as he prepared to charge again. The Imagin chuckled as it got into its own fighting pose, "Foolish human, thanks to your friends I know all your moves, all your forms, you cannot beat me."
It gathered energy into its fist, going as fast as Fuge Mighty Hopper and appearing behind Combi, getting a punch on him and sending him flying and causing his transformation to cancel out. The Beetle Imagin watched Daisuke fall to the ground and turned to leave, "Now to fulfill the contract." As he heard this, Daisuke got back up and grit his teeth, "You won't get near my best friend, I won't allow it."
The Imagin turned towards him, "Give it up already you fool, you cannot hope to win." Daisuke shook his head, taking two Scitubes out of his pockets, "Even if I have to lay down my life, I will stop you from hurting my best friend." The Beetle Imagin looked at him confused, seeing him holding a silver and purple Scitube and a red and blue one, "Your friend's memories didn't tell me about those two devices."
Daisuke smirked at him and nodded, "That's because Takuya didn't know about these two, it was going to be a surprise but you'd already made a contract with him by the time I got back from seeing a new Kamen Rider." The Beetle Imagin cocked his head to the side, "A new Kamen Rider?" Daisuke nodded, "Yeah now let me introduce you to him."
He slammed the silver and purple down into the Centri Driver as it came to life, "Signal Bike!: The rider who protects all sentient beings' individuality is…. Chaser!" An image of Kamen Rider Chaser appeared in a test tube as Daisuke then inserted the other tube, " Decide Up!: The rider who will lay down his life to protect the world is…. Demons!" An image of Kamen Rider Demons appeared in a test tube, Daisuke raising his hand up and bringing it down, slamming his hand down on the button of the driver before bringing his arms down his sides, "HENSHIN!"
The driver lit up as his silver undersuit encased him, "LET'S FUGEON RIDE!" The two test tubes broke apart as the armor slowly began to form around his body, The chest of Chaser appearing before a large web appeared on one side of his body, on his other shoulder was one of the shoulder pieces of Chaser.
Several pieces of armor from Demons ran down his legs, but in purple instead of the light blue, his boots looking similar to Demons with red lines running down them, his feet looking similar to Chaser's. His arms were similar to Chaser's, his gloves armored like Demons. Finally his head became unfinished like Chaser's, two large yellow eyes before another web ran over it, revealing several blue eyes around the rest of the head, "CHASER! DEMONS!" The eyes all flashed their respective colors before the driver finished its announcement, "The Rider who will lay down his life for all sentient beings is…. Combi Mashin Genomix!"
Combi brushed off his hands before pointing at the Imagin, "Normally I'm a pacifist, but you're going to be a very big exception." The Beetle Imagin scoffed as Combi began to approach him, "You can change into whatever you want, I won't be defeated." It charged at Combi but Combi simply flicked his wrist and everything suddenly became slow for it, "What's the matter? Slowing down?"
He charged at the Imagin, summoning red web to bring the Imagin closer to him, punching him several times before he held his hand out, summoning a large Ax with walk and don't walk symbols on it along with a drill looking point on it, "Mogura Ax!" Combi slashed at him a few times, before using the drill point of the ax to send it back a bit. Combi ran up again to the still slowed Imagin, his legs growing larger, "FUGEON UP!: GRASSHOPPER!"
Using the newly formed grasshopper legs, Combi kicked the Imagin up, sending it flying into the air. He charged up the ax, inserting a Scitube into it, but shockingly it flashed red, "Wait." Combi scoffed and slammed it into the ground, "Fine, guess I'll get some more anger out." He flicked his wrist again as a tail started to grow from his back, "FUGEON UP!: SCORPION GUNNER!"
The scorpion tail had a barrel similar to the break gunner as Combi aimed it at the Imagin still in the air, several shots hitting it and keeping it in the air. The ax finally glowed green, "Good to go!" Combi chuckled as he picked up the ax with one hand, tapping the Scitube in it again, "LET'S FUGEON FINISH: DEMONS BREAKER!"
Combi flicked his wrist, everything speeding up again as he shot several webs from his free hand, pulling the Imagin towards him as the Mogura Ax glowed with red and purple energy. He swung it as the Imagin, slicing through it as it passed him, exploding into sand as Combi rested the ax on the ground, victorious, "Experiment complete!" Daisuke canceled his transformation as he walked towards where the teens had run towards. As he arrived he found the two watching Takuya with his dying Father, "Well I see everything is going as it should."
Hiyori nodded, "I'm guessing you defeated the Imagin?" Daisuke nodded, "Takuya should be back to normal once we get back to the present." Koji frowned and was silent as he crossed his arms, causing Daisuke to put a hand on his shoulders, "Listen kid, you can't hold what Takuya said against him, he wasn't in his right mind, he didn't mean a large majority of it." Koji shook his head, "No this has been a good lesson, Ishida Sensei has finally taught me something, to not hero worship him. I've decided though, I'm gonna become a Kamen Rider too, and I'll become a better one than him." Daisuke frowned, "Koji that's not a good…."
Before he could finish the three heard a cackle, as shockingly Doctor Omega appeared before them, "Oh come now Grandson, don't discourage the boy's dream." Daisuke and Hiyori walked backwards, worried about what he intended, "How the hell did you get here old man?" Doctor Omega chuckled, "Oh don't worry about that, for I'm here to fulfill the boy's wish. From now on boy, you are Kamen Rider Fuge!"
He removed the blank ridewatch he'd found in the wreckage of the timemazine, hitting the button and shoving it into Koji as he began to scream in anguish, "FUGE!" Daisuke frowned as he turned towards Hiyori, "We need to get back to the Denliner now, I have a bad feeling about this." Hiyori looked at him in concern, "But Koji!" Daisuke scowled, "No time, let's go!"
The two began to run towards any nearby door, going through it as Koji behind them became consumed by energy, coming out a twisted looking version of Kamen Rider Fuge Mighty Hopper, the year 2011 on his body. Doctor Omega cackled again as the new creature growled, "Another Fuge is born, and now time will become Genesis's pawn!" Another Fuge simply growled as time began to shift around him, the entire timeline being reset.
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Takuya Ishida woke up feeling refreshed, his bed feeling warmer than usual as he opened his eyes. As he looked around the room he noticed something immediately, his bed was larger and he had different sheets. As he got up he noticed the room was different as well.
He opened the door to his room to find that it wasn't his normal apartment, it was larger and more decorated, in a style he certainly wouldn't pick himself. He was trying to remember what he'd last been doing, he'd been missing his Father and then everything after that was a blank. As he walked out of the room he heard a chuckle come from his kitchen, "Finally awake? I guess you were feeling lazy today."
Takuya's eyes went wide with confusion as Rin exited the kitchen, clad in only her underwear and one of his shirts and wearing an apron over herself, "Rin what are you doing here?" She smiled at him and went up to him, giving him a quick peck on the lips, "Why wouldn't your wife be here?"
Takuya wanted to feint from this information, something was wrong. Breaking away from her, he approached the window, needing some air. As he did so he saw a horrible sight, Genesis signs everywhere. Everywhere he looked from his window, Genesis was everywhere, they'd taken over Japan it seemed. As he looked on in confusion there was only one thought running through his head, "What the hell happened?"
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Next time on Kamen Rider Fuge
Takuya is being attacked by Another Fuge
"Why does this thing look like Fuge?"
Takuya is approached by a man in black
"My name is Woz, the scribe of time."
Finally Woz is in front of a new Fuge form
"IWAE, for a new Rider form is here, Kamen Rider Fuge: Armored Arrival!"
To Be Continued!