Chapter 6 The Black-Mud Swamp
I don't own Kamen Rider ZI-O or Winx Club
It was morning and Reiji and Mirai were at the Black Mud Swamp with the students which includes his friends the Winx and Professor Palladium, the girl were all dressed in explorer outfits for the trip, he and Mirai were asked to come along for protection.
"So as I was saying today's exercise will be rather difficult."Palladium said.
"Professor Palladium a mosquito just bit me."a student said.
"Yes we are near a swamp and it's just a mosquito, no big deal."Palladium said and the girls chuckled.
"Look were it got me."she then pulls her shorts a bit up to show and it made him nervous while Reiji looked away.
"I wonder if they do this because I'm here or they're just teasing him."Reiji said.
"Oh my, well what I meant was to uh shorts."Palladium couldn't get a proper answer and most of the girls laugh.
"They should be nicer to him."Reiji said to Mirai.
"Yes."Mirai said.
"A good fairy must be able to listen what nature tells us, today's exercise is designed to put your skills to the test, now you've all been put into groups so were ready to begin you have three hours to get out of Black-Mud Swamp and reach the clearing int he middle of Gloomy Wood Forest without using magic but Reiji and Mirai are here to watch over in case something bad happens, remember listen carefuly to the voice of nature and follow it's advice."Palladium said and he then vanishes surprising them.
Reiji then takes out a ridewatch being the Taka Watch and he presses the button.
TAKA WATCHROID! TAKA!
He then throws it up and it then changes.
SEARCH HAWK! SAGASHI-TAKA, TAKA!
It was now in it's taka mode flying around and the girls got surprised.
"Aw it's look so cute."a girl said.
"This little guy will help me looking after you so good luck."Reiji said and the girls start to wave at him and he sighs."it's not easy being the most popular guy in a all girl school."
He then goes up to the winx."looks like I'm going to be with you."
"That's great."Stella said.
They then went to the swamp and the girls went inside it.
"This place is totally disgusting."Stella said.
"I would help but I would get into trouble."Reiji said and they saw him standing in a green platform made by Mirai.
"No fair, you don't get to walk through this."Stella said.
"Hey, I'm here to protect you not get my pants dirty, plus Mirai wouldn't like that."Reiji said.
"Yes, I won't allow my lord to allow himself to get dirty from this stench."Mirai said.
"Come on girls let's go."Bloom said and they walked foward.
"I don't know if you realise it but were in knee deep in what I refer to as a problematic mud puddle."Tecna said looking at the puddle that had bubbles."alright you guys take cover, I'll handle it."she then raises her hands but Reiji stopped her by grabbing her arm.
"Nice try, but no magic."Reiji said.
"Oh come on Reiji."Tecna said.
"Wait a minute don't you smell that?"Bloom asked.
They all small it and Musa said:"it smells like gas, let's get out of here."they then ran to the other side and they hide behind a log.
Bloom picks up a small log and said:"okay let's see."she then throws it and it hits a bubble making gas get shoot out from it."A single spark and we would have been toasted my friend."
"Ah yes we took a big risk."Flora said.
"Tf it wasn't for Reiji we would been hurt and you should listen to Reiji more times Tecna."Stella said.
"Alright I saw my mistake."Tecna said.
"Hey it's okay, by learning from your mistakes you can become better, now I would suggest you don't use magic unless it's in a dire situation of life and death."Reiji said and they all nodded.
They then walked foward for some time and then they saw a red fountain airship crashing on to the other side.
"That was a red fountain airship."Reiji said shocked.
"Let's go see."Bloom said and they went towards the crash site.
They arrived at the site and saw Riven, Timmy, Sky and Bradon on the outside, they got close and Reiji said:"are you guys okay?"
"What does it look like."Riven said.
"Were fine."Sky said and he then sees hole ont he ship making him worried."oh no."
Mirai then sees footprints and said:"these are troll footprints."and they got surprised.
"He's escaped."Sky said.
"You guy let a troll escape."Tecna said.
"We didn't let him escape, there was an accident, we lost altitude."Riven said.
"Mechanical failure."Timmy said.
"Anyhow theres nothing to worry about he's handcuffed."Riven said.
Sky looks down and said."oh no."he thne picks up the handcuff.
"You mean was handcuffed."Reiji said.
"Oh no."the girls said.
"What are you guys doing here?"Brandon asked.
"Were in the middle of an assignment."Bloom said.
"Then get back to your assignment and don't worry about a thing leave it to the specialists."Riven said.
"Really, when will they come."Reiji said with a smirk making Riven angry.
"What Riven means it would be best if the girls were to go back to Alfea while we try to capture the troll."Sky said.
"Well I wouldn't expect them to take lightly from that."Reiji said and he saw the rest of the students coming.
"That's right we don't need to told what to do."one of the girls said.
"You'll do what you gotta do, but don't ever say we didn't warn you."Riven said.
"Well I got a scout around here that might be able to find him, so if I find I'll call you."Reiji said.
"That would help."Sky admitted.
"Yes, it would help our search go faster."Timmy said.
"Whatever just don't stand in our way."Riven then walks away with his group.
Mirai then looks at Reiji and said:"I believe the hole was not made from the crash or from the inside."
"Really?"Reiji said.
Tecna looks at it and said:"he's right, that was made form the outside."
"So the troll had help."Flora said.
"Hey Sky."Reiji called out to him and he goes to they're direction.
"What's the matter?"he asked.
"The hole on the ship was made by the outside he had help."Reiji said surprising him.
"Those handcuffs are a psychic lock to be able to open it you need mental power so the troll had someone to open them."Tecna said.
"Hey guys check this out."Bloom said and they look at the footprints."the trolls footprints notice anything."
Reiji looks at them and said:"they're leave no prints."
"That's right he has huge feet that leave no prints."Musa said.
"But the ground is still soft, how do you explain that?"Flora said.
"It's as if the troll was in a supersonic weight lost plan."Stella said.
"It's as if the troll found a way to float in midair."Mirai said.
"But trolls can't cast flying spells."Tecna said.
"So that means someone helped him."Bloom said.
"Follow me."Reiji said and they went inside the swamp.
"Are you sure we should go there?"Stella asked.
"Stella just listen to nature and we will be able to find the way."Bloom said and she closes her eyes.
"Yes, I can hear it too it is the right path."Flora said.
That made Reiji smile and they continued on.
"I just hope we don't regret this."Tecna said.
"Don't worry, I'm here to help if anything happens."Reiji said making them smile.
They wlaked foward and they sa a few plants that looked alive.
"Don't make any noise I know these kind of plants, these plants hate noise."Flora said.
"Really."Stella said before she could do anything Reiji puts a finer on her mouth and looks into her eyes.
"I wouldn't do that."Reiji said and she blushed.
Then they heard a scream, they then went towards the source and found the guys tied up by the plants.
"Ah there you are."Flora said quietly
"Keep whispering by all means, you wouldn't wan to upset the digestive process of these plants."Riven said but then they crushed him.
"Keep your voice down."Musa said.
Then Flora talked to the plants."everything is alright little plants you can relax."they then went down and they released the guys.
They then walked together away and Reiji said:"since were all together how about we team up."
"Sounds good to me."Bloom said.
"Yeah right, no way I'm teaming up with fairies."Riven said.
"Then your on your own, tell us when you find the troll."Sky said to him.
Then Riven gave up and went with them, they walked foward then they heard a sound and look up to see Taka flying around.
"Hey is that scout?"Timmy asked.
"Yes."Reiji said and they followed it.
After some time walking they heard a scream.
"That's one of the fairies."Reiji said and he runs foward.
They found the troll trapping three girls and Bloom said."the girls are trapped, we gotta do something."
"We've gotta be quick and to the point, number 1 find a way to distract that troll."Sky said.
"I hope your plan has a number 2?"Stella asked.
"Of couse, Brandon and Timmy will grab a hold of him and Riven and I will slip the hnadcuffs on him, any complaints, alright then let's do it."Sky said.
"Well I got a distraction."Reiji said and he looks at Reiji giving it a signal.
Troll was about to attack the girls but then it heard a sound.
FIRE HAWK! MOE-TAKA, TAKA!
Troll looks up to see Taka charging at him covered in fire, then it starts to hit it while Reiji went to take the girls out of there.
Brandon and Timmy then grabs it's legs making it fall to the ground, then they saw Riven and Sky jump onto it too and they start to cuff it while the argue, the troll shakes them off and runs which made Reiji facepalm since they cuffed Timmy.
"Great we lost him again, what a great job we did."Brandon said.
The three girls go up to them and one said."so your guys are the specialists, in what botchery, you should have let Reiji do it he would have capture it."the other two laugh at them and they left.
"That's the thanks we get."Sky said.
After some time Brandon went to sit alone on a log and Reiji went to talk to him.
"Look it wasn't that bad you guys at least tried and they should have at least thanked you."Reiji said.
"Reiji they were not too far off, were not specialists were rookies, the only thing we do really well together is argue, they were right about you, you could have stopped it since we always lost to you even."Brandon said.
"Look, I know it looks bad, but you guys can still be better, no one is perfect so don't let this get to you, I know you guys can work together you just need to solve you problems and you can be like the best team."Reiji said.
Bradon smiled and said:"hey thanks."they then fist bumped.
The group tried to find the troll but he was gone, they found feathers that belonged to Icy's duck which gave them a idea who was responsible.
After that the Specialist returned back to Red Fountain after talking to each other, Reiji took the girls to the spot where Professor Palladium was.
"I watched you during today's exercise, even though you came in last I'm really satisfied with your perfomance."Professor Palladium said surprising them."you showed courage and generosity, as well as excellent decision making, so the outcome I would like to say it was just a test run."
That made some upset while the winx smiled, the then returned back to Alfea and went to bed, Reiji was looking outside his window and was thinking what happened.
"If Icy was responsible then the Trix will come back to try something and when they do I'll be ready."Reiji said.
Note:Reiji didn't transform here but he did use Taka, it was mostly a test to the girls and the Specialist learning a lesson, the moment where Bloom goes to meet Brandon didn't happen since she's not in love with him, to her he's just another guy since Reiji's been a big part of Alfea so the girls interacted with him more, now to answer the reviews."Guest that ep with Layla I will have to think about and it wil be a long time until then so I can't say for sure, Amazon omega I will have to think about it too, Reiji has all the riderwatches which includes zonjils, zamonas and Barlckxs along the only ones he doesn't have yet are the super forms like geiz majesty and grand zi o but he might have now Geiz revive but that's dangerous to use now, Shirou name was a mistake it was supposed Shinji aka Kabuto, and how does the OC's know how to battle quite simple most of them lived alone and needed to defend themselves and guys like HIbiki, Decade and Gaim they were trained since they're appart of the family of the previous ones plus Hibiki in mk wasn't stated that when he fought Scorpion was his first time he transformed a long time like when he met Li mei for example and he had to transform before to even get that form, Time Mazine will appear but only when it's needed and for the White Woz book I can't say spoilers.
Omake.
Reiji was walking around at Red Fountain and he then enters a room witht he guys there talking to a designer.
"Hey guys."Reiji said.
"Hey Reiji good timming the designer about to show us our new battle gear suits."Sky said.
"It's done."then he shows them a drawing of the Specialists in the season 8 style.
they guys got shocked while Reiji hold back a laugh but then laughed at them."you guys look, like, like, children."he then falls to the floor laughing.
"Is this a joke."Riven said angry at the designer.
"Uh no, I thought it be a good one for you."desginer said.
"Well try new one again."Riven said.
"Of course."he then goes back to drawing.
"I wouldn't be caught dead in that."Sky said.
"Me too."Brandon said.
"Sorry, that was too funny."Reiji said getting up.
"Please don't tell the girls."Timmy said.
"I promisse."Reiji then raises his hand to show he was telling the truth.