I'm going to try and update this more frequently, but I don't know how successful I'm gonna be. I have at least three homework assignment for one class and a research paper to finish. ...school was much easier back in high school.
I will comment that I do try to think about projects while I'm at school. Heck, one thing I was drawing for Star Defenders ended up getting turned into an assignment (we could basically make anything we wanted and I was already in the process of making that thing in the 3D editor program, so… why not?).
So… let's just go ahead and get this going.
Fire Emblem belongs to Nintendo, Intelligent Systems, etc. Kamen Rider belongs to Toei, Bandai, etc. All OCs belong to their owners.
Previously on Kamen Rider Hero…
Takeshi: Marth…? Can it really be him?
?: Mask Henshin…
Hero: Let's hope I keep my gender during and after this.
False Para-DX: Come out here and fight me like a man!
Hero-Micaiah: How about… I fight you like a woman?
=KAMEN RIDE: ...MICAIAH!=
Hero-Micaiah: How about you show me your true face, faker? Or should I say… Kamen Rider Lucina...
Kamen Rider Lucina simply stood there as Hero-Micaiah and Tiki-chan stared at her. The blue and gold colored Rider then quickly pulled her mask back down.
"What's that for?" Hero-Micaiah began to ask.
"...Mask Henshin…" Kamen Rider Lucina muttered as she glowed a bit. Her form then shifted into that of the arms and legs of Kamen Rider Marth that also had a cloak covering up her upper body and head, "Leave this world if you know what's good for you…"
She then fired an energy slash at Hero-Micaiah and then quickly vanished. Hero-Micaiah simply sighed as he turned back to normal.
"How you feeling?" Tiki-chan asked.
"About Lucina?" Takeshi responded.
"About that form change you did…"
"Oh. I'm feeling alright… little dizzy, but alright," Takeshi assured, "I don't see any more monsters…"
"Neither do I. I guess we're heading back to the others, right?"
"Yep."
Takeshi and Tiki-chan then began to make their way back to the church. Unbeknownst to them, Kamen Rider Lucina was resting against a tree as she pulled off her mask and reverted back into normal Lucina. She then also began to head back.
Kowashitai daijisou ni kakaeta watashi o zenbu (I'm breaking down all the walls I've built up around my lonely heart now) *Takeshi held his phone in his hand before he was seemingly absorbed into it.*
Kimi ga kono kodoku o itami o iyasu no (You're the one that takes it all away, my solitude and all my pain) *His phone was now attached onto his wrist and his Driver was in position.*
Reincarnation Realization *The Kamen Ride Hero card slipped out and into the phone insertion.*
Reincarnation kiete shimaitai (I want to disappear…) *Takeshi now stood on the ground as Kamen Rider Hero.*
Kamen Rider Hero
Nemuranai machi no zawameki aisouwarai no yuutsu (I walk alone through the city of lights, I see the same fake smiles every night) *Takeshi was now back in the real world and had his phone in his hand, playing Fire Emblem Heroes.*
Honne nante itsuka doko ka mienai furi (Cause everyone hides...they run and they hide from their real feelings.) *The game then had all of the characters seemingly vanish. Takeshi then took his phone and put it into position*
Dare datte fuan nante sonna (And everyone's got their stresses too, yeah I know) *Hero was seen punching and kicking various Risen foes, knocking them away, before he turned to see the fractured stained glassed windows of the nine worlds.*
Iwarenakutemo wakatteru (But I already get that's the status quo. I'm breaking down…) *Kamen Rider Marth, Ike, Robin, Micaiah, Roy and Lucina all stood and seemed fractured as well. Hero stood in the center of the six, glancing towards the three without representation.*
Kowashitai daijisou ni kakaeta tsuyogari nante (All the masks that I wear to hide my lonely heart now) *He took the six cards and loaded them into his card scanner, now being armed with the Fire Emblem itself. The cloaked woman walked over to him and simply smiled.*
Demo sunao ni narenai (But what if I'm just lying to myself?) *Takeshi stared at his phone for a moment before he was joined by Tiki-chan, who was initially in her distance form then in her normal form, who then smiled at him*
Mayottemo nayan demo kimi ga motomeru nara (If even now, you still want me when I am hurt,wandering lost in the rain) *Takeshi and the green orb both stood between the worlds, looking towards the six Riders and three silhouetted figures.
Semete kono kodoku o itami o kowashite (The at least help me destroy it all… My solitude, and all my pain) *Takeshi now stood as Kamen Rider Hero and reached out to them, trying to save them.*
Reincarnation Realization *Takeshi was now back in his base and held out the Kamen Rider Hero card.*
Reincarnation umarekawaritai (I want to be reborn) *He then turned towards the reader and gave a simple smile, showing off the Hero card.*
Emblem 11: Future's Hope
Takeshi and Tiki-chan arrived back at the church and were both a bit surprised upon seeing Lucina sitting in the main room.
"Priest!" Cynthia smiled as she grabbed Takeshi's arm and guided him over to Lucina, "This is my big sister, Lucina."
"...hi," Takeshi waved simply.
"I could've sworn the priest I asked for was a bit older…" Lucina commented as she looked at him, "But, the help is appreciated."
Tiki-chan simply floated a bit and saw Lucina was polishing what looked to be a blue sphere of sorts. Lucina glanced up to see Tiki-chan, but then went back to polishing the sphere.
"Your good luck charm is pretty," Cynthia smiled, "Can I hold it?"
"No."
"Come on…" Cynthia begged but Lucina then simply walked away without a word. Cynthia sighed sadly as Takeshi placed a hand on her shoulder, "...that's my sister."
"Why's she so rude?"
"I don't know, but…" Cynthia began as she held her hands close, "I still think she'll save the world."
"Hmm?"
"Even if she's a bit rude… I have hope in her to save the world," Cynthia smiled, "She's my sister after all."
Takeshi gave a small smile in response before he decided to follow Lucina. He saw her walk deeper into the church and slowly tailed her. He saw that she had went into a door that was hidden behind a painting before he saw her raise the Falchion and take out her mask.
"Henshin…" she muttered as she raised the blade high into the air and set her mask in front of her eyes. She then turned into her masked form before brushing her hand along her helmet, "Mask Henshin."
She then transformed into the incomplete version of Kamen Rider Marth and quickly headed out via a broken window.
"How is she doing that?" Takeshi asked Tiki-chan.
"The shift into Marth? Hmm… I have an idea…" Tiki-chan responded, "Remember how she used that mask to hide her identity?"
"Yea."
"Well… maybe it somehow got magically enhanced," Tiki-chan guessed.
Takeshi gave a nod in response to that, "But… why hide herself in the present? I could understand her doing it in Chrom's time, but here?"
"Yeah… I got nothing…" Tiki-chan admitted, "Your guess would probably be as good as mine."
He gave a soft sigh before he walked back over and saw the group was in the midst of a conversation.
"Why is it you have so much hope in her?" Owain inquired.
"She's my sister, so I have hope in her. You're her family too, so why don't you have hope in her?" Cynthia responded.
"Because she's gotten on her high horse and thinks we're all just waiting to get ordered around. I want to respect her, truly I do, but she makes it so difficult sometimes!" Owain responded.
"That may be true, but she is our leader," Inigo reminded.
"But leaders are supposed to inspire others to follow them. I really don't feel inspired to follow her when she tells us to leave her alone and commands us like she's a chess player."
Takeshi, Tiki-chan, and Noire just stood there in silence.
"Besides, shouldn't you also have some difficulty trusting her since it's her fault we lost Morgan?" Owain questioned.
"No it wasn't…" Inigo responded, "She was caught off guard. She told us that."
"I honestly doubt it," Owain retorted, "I just have a reason to doubt her, so there."
"Boys! Knock it off!" Noire yelled, "Owain, look. I get that you're frustrated with her attitude, but we'll all be more relaxed once we get Morgan back. Let's all just have some hope in our leader!"
Owain was silent as he just walked off to another part of the church while Noire gave a comforting hug to Inigo.
"My sister may be stand-off-ish because of this… but I still have hope in her. I always have…" Cynthia told her cousin, "We just need to keep having hope."
"...why do you say that?" Owain questioned.
"I just want to keep hope alive… she is my hope."
Kamen Rider Lucina, still in her disguised Kamen Rider Marth form, approached the remains of a castle with what looked to have the symbol of the Fire Emblem. She slowly looked in from a window and saw Grima, who was a large purple and black dragon, staring at what looked to be an unconscious Morgan.
"Soon… you will obey…" Grima growled.
"...n-no…" Morgan said weakly.
The Rider simply clenched the Falchion as she tried to think of a plan. She looked around, but couldn't see any means of getting Morgan away with both of them staying alive.
"...Lucina-onee-chan… help…" Morgan whimpered.
Kamen Rider Lucina simply headed back for the castle, her sword tightly in her grasp, "We don't have any more time… we need to strike now…"
Lucina reverted to normal as she arrived in her secret entrance.
"So… where were you?" Takeshi asked her, but this quickly got the Falchion aimed at him, "...what is it with people aiming their blades at me?"
"How'd you find this exit?!"
"...you weren't exactly discreet…" Takeshi commented.
"Can you please just lower your blade and listen to what he has to say?" Tiki-chan asked as she floated over to Lucina, but she quickly gained a confused look as Lucina gasped and dropped the Falchion, "Oh…"
"The Princess of the Divine Dragon…" Lucina gasped, "Oh my…"
"Eh… not really…" Tiki-chan, "I just kinda look like her."
Lucina didn't listen as she grasped Tiki-chan in her hands and had a big goofy grin on her face.
"Could you please let my partner go?" Takeshi asked.
"Wait…" Lucina blinked.
"Uh oh…"
"You can see her… but… only Riders can see…" Lucina began as she grasped the Falchion, "You're that faker!"
"Hold on! Before you go hurting him, hear him out!" Tiki-chan quickly yelled.
"...ok… hime-sama…" Lucina responded as she put her blade away.
Tiki-chan was about to respond that she wasn't who Lucina thought she was, but she decided against it.
"So… what is it you wish to speak of?" Lucina asked.
"Why do you disguise yourself as Marth? I just fail to see why."
The bluenette woman just sighed as she took out her mask and stared at it, "...this mask grants me the power to shift into any form I need to as long as I know a lot about who I turn into."
"And you got those other three from…?"
"Some guy in black with the person who warned me about you…" Lucina responded. Takeshi made a quick mental note about that fact as Lucina sat down, "But… I don't completely know about my ancestor. So… when I shift into him… it's incomplete."
Takeshi gave a nod as he sat down next to her.
"I use it because… because… well…" she continued before sighing, "I'm nobody compared to my ancestor… I give hope by not being myself."
Takeshi and Tiki-chan exchange looks at each-other before they both turned to Lucina.
"I question why you think you'd be worthy to take the name of the Hero King…" Tiki-chan admitted, "But that's beyond the point. Your name has its own worth and strength to it."
"It does come from a word that would mean 'she who brings people to the light', if I remember correctly," Takeshi responded.
"So what?" Lucina told them.
"Have a bit of faith in yourself. Your friends have hope because of you…"
Lucina continued to have an uncertain look as Takeshi faced her eye-to-eye, "...uh…?"
"Trust me when I say that, ok?" he said reassuringly, "And know… anata wa saigo no kibou da."
"I'm the final hope?" Lucina muttered as she simply looked to the Falchion before she walked into the main room of the church, "...guys?"
"Hai?" Cynthia responded.
"...you all have hope… because of me for who I am, right?"
"Of course!" Cynthia cheered, "You've never given me a reason not to!"
Lucina smiled a bit.
"Oh, remember…" Cynthia began as she raised her staff into the air, "Dum dum duuuuuum!"
Lucina giggled as she raised the Falchion into the air, "Come forth, light of justice!"
Inigo and Noire both laughed a little at this as they walked over.
"But… uh… my point… do you…?"
"You're our leader, of course we have hope and faith in you," Inigo assured.
"You've never given me any reason to doubt," Noire added.
Takeshi then poked Owain's shoulder and motioned for him to talk to his cousin.
"...you'll regain my complete trust when we rescue Morgan."
Lucina gave a nod before her face paled, "Oh right! Grima's looking to be making a strategic play with Morgan, so we need to rescue her now!"
"How do you know th-?" Owain began to ask
"I spied on them. Anyway, our plan should work…" Lucina told them, "Just so you'll remember your positions… Cynthia, Noire, you two are on air defenses and keeping Grima from flying away."
"Got it!" they nodded.
"Owain, you take the priest and hold off any enemy reinforcements."
"Alright."
"Inigo, we'll be rescuing your sister."
"Solid," he smiled.
Takeshi simply gave a thumbs up in response.
"Cynthia, help the priest get onto a horse and we'll get going."
"Hai," Cynthia nodded as she grabbed Takeshi's arm and guided him to the stables.
Grima gave an annoyed groan as he stared at Morgan, "Why is her will so powerful?! It should be easy to control a child!"
A roar from a monster quickly got his attention. He turned to it and then heard it begin to explain.
"So, they're launching a rescue attempt. Let's let them think they have hope…"
Cynthia and Noire were both on a pegasus while Takeshi and Owain were on a plain old horse. The group then saw the bear-like creatures begin to charge forward, but there were also creatures that flew in. These birds resembled Ornismon in terms of overall shape, but, much like the bear creatures, had Gima's head instead of a bird's.
"Yikes…" Noire gulped.
"We gotta take them down!" Cynthia said as she readied her spear, "Ikuzo!"
Noire nodded as she launched some arrows and managed to knock the birds out of the air. Owain then struck at the falling birds with his blade while also striking the bear-like creatures. As they continued this attack, Lucina and Inigo headed past in on a horse and got close to the castle while the creatures continued to swarm around the remaining four.
"Tch… this is gettin' a bit hectic," Takeshi muttered as he put his phone on his wrist, "Owain, give me some cover!"
"Got it!" Owain nodded, "YAH!"
His horse let out a whinny as they charged forward.
=KAMEN RIDE: …=
"Henshin!" Takeshi yelled.
=HERO!=
He landed on the ground as a Rider and gave a combat ready pose.
"Wow… look at the priest…" Cynthia gawked.
"Yea… wow…" Noire added, "I thought Lucina was the only one with those powers…"
=ATTACK RIDE: ...LANCE!=
Hero's horn popped off and turned into a lance weapon. He then charged forward as he bashed the bear-like creatures with the lance.
Lucina and Inigo managed to get into the castle and saw Morgan in an state of unconsciousness.
"Sis…" Inigo whispered as he was about to try and go over to her.
"Matte!" Lucina responded as she grabbed him by his shoulder, "This is probably a trap…"
A loud dragon roar echoed as the castle suddenly began to be uprooted from the ground. The ground tremored as it began to get pulled up. Hero saw the castle begin to get moved up into the air and made a mad dash over to it. Hero successfully got in, but Inigo ended up falling out before the castle was yanked high into the air.
Grima stared into the castle and saw the duo standing there, "Well well well… a Kamen Rider…? How about you tell me who you are before I end you..."
"Torisugari no Kamen Rider da… oboetoke!" Hero yelled as he tossed his lance like a javelin, but Grima simply knocked him into a wall with little effort, "...ow…"
Lucina turned towards the dragon with an angered look, "You'll pay for all of the pain and suffering you've caused…"
"Well, looking here… a little princess who still thinks there's hope she can win…" Grima laughed as he looked Lucina in the eyes, "Just try and run…"
"Funny thing you mention hope there…" she responded as she slashed at Grima's head with the Falchion, "I'm not gonna give it up!"
Grima angrily growled as he tried to slash at her with his claws, but Lucina managed to defend against it.
"I'll keep fighting and keep giving hope to people… because… watashi wa saigo no kibou da!" Lucina yelled as she slashed away at Grima, "I won't hide behind my ancestor's name anymore… I'll be the hope they need…"
Grima growled and tried to attack again, but got kicked by Hero.
"...I am Princess Lucina and I will never use Marth's name as my own again!" Lucina yelled as she took out her henshin mask, but placed it atop her head, "Henshin!"
She then transformed into her Rider form, albeit with the mask atop her head instead of over her face, and then the Falchion began to glow and shine. It then transformed from the state it was in the past into the version of the weapon from Awakening. Hero smiled as three cards glowed, floated into his hands, and looked ready for action.
"Ready for action?" Hero asked as he tucked the cards away.
Kamen Rider Lucina nodded as she jumped towards Grima and rapidly slashed at the massive dragon. Hero then loaded in a card to summon up a sword and joined her in slashing the large dragon. It knocked them both away with its tail, but they both managed to skid to a stop thanks to their blades. Hero then charged forward, doing a spin kick, while Kamen Rider Lucina ran forward and slashed Grima. The dragon angrily growled as it knocked Kamen Rider Lucina outside the castle with a claw slash.
"Lucina!" Hero yelled.
He then looked out a window to see that Lucina had been caught by a pegasus. Hero simply sighed with relief as he charged forward and continued to punch Grima.
"We're not causing much damage…" Kamen Rider Lucina stated.
"We got a plan. I gotta get you back to the ground to pull it off," Cynthia informed.
Kamen Rider Lucina nodded as she noticed Hero get knocked towards the window. She then managed to non-verbally communicate there was a plan in mind. Hero simply looked at Grima for a moment before he got an idea.
(Insert Song: Red Like Roses Part II, Episode 8 Version)
=ATTACK RIDE: ...LANCE!=
Grima angrily growled as Hero managed to knock the dragon back a bit. He then watched for the right moment before he proceeded to stab the lance at the floor to pin Grima's tail in place, "Wha… what the?!"
Hero smirked as he rapidly punched and kicked the large dragon to keep him pinned down.
Back at the ground, the remaining members of the team were setting up the plan. Cynthia got off her pegasus and waited next to a column as Inigo got up to the column across from her. He quickly tossed a sort of rope arrow over to her and the quickly got it around the two columns as Cynthia's pegasus had brought Kamen Rider Lucina onto the rope. Noire quickly casted some magic to pull it back as if it were a sort of arrow.
"Only you would come up with this plan," Kamen Rider Lucina laughed as she turned to Owain, "What gave you the idea?"
"Just trusting in the people around me," Owain smiled.
Kamen Rider Lucina then turned towards Noire, "Think you can make the shot?"
"Can I?" Noire responded with a small smirk.
The Rider blinked a bit under her helmet as she turned towards Noire, "Can y-?"
"Of course I can!"
Hero quickly dodged calw attacks from Grima as he noticed the plan the others were setting up. He couldn't help but chuckle as he jumped up off of the wall and quickly loaded in a card.
=FINAL ATTACK RIDE: …=
"Ore no hissatsu waza…" he muttered as he did a mid-air turn with energy charging in his fist, "Rider Punch!"
=HE-HE-HE-HERO!=
Noire then launched Kamen Rider Lucina forward. The Rider went soaring with the Falchion gripped tightly in her hand.
The two Riders flew towards Grima in opposite directions. Hero's Rider Punch made him strike Grima in the back, while Kamen RIder Lucina's attack made her fly right towards the head and slice it clean off with the Falchion. The momentum of their attacks guided them towards each-other and, by unintentionally connecting arms, the gripped onto each-other and canceled their momentum.
(End Insert Song)
"Whoops…" Kamen Rider Lucina stated to Hero, "My bad."
"Well… nice job dealing with Grimm there," Hero smiled.
"...you mean Grima?" Kamen Rider Lucina blinked.
"Right. Slip of the tongue…" Hero responded.
The two Rides watched as what remained of Grima's body then turned into purple smoke and vanished.
"Vanishes like something outta Legend of Zelda…" Hero muttered as he grabbed his lance and set it back into the spot on his helmet.
Suddenly, the castle began to violently shake. Parts of it began to crumble and fall back down to the ground, but the group on the ground was able to dodge.
"Grima's magic was keeping this in the sky… right?" Hero asked.
"Yes! We need to find Morgan and get outta here fast!"
Hero nodded as he saw Morgan was lying on the ground. He quickly ran over and picked her up before more of the castle continued to crumble. He then saw Kamen Rider Lucina's Final Form Ride Card and quickly loaded it in.
=FINAL FORM RIDE: …=
"This might sting a bit," Hero quickly told Kamen Rider Lucina. He then quickly pressed down on the button and tapped her back.
=LU-LU-LU-LUCINA!=
Lucina's head folded back and her arms and legs quickly turned into a sort of V. Hero looked to see what looked to be Lucina's eye-mask in a sort of glider/boomerang.
"Alright!" Hero smiled as he placed Morgan on his back, "Hold on tight!"
Hero grabbed onto the bar of the glicer, which was Lucina's hands folded downwards, and then quickly jumped out of the castle as it continued to fall apart. They soared out of the castle, but the bird-like kaijin quickly soared after them.
"Tch… gonna have to pull off a risky move…" he muttered as he soared downwards a bit, "Morgan… just hang on…"
Hero then quickly loaded in another card.
=FINAL ATTACK RIDE: …=
He then let go of one hand of the glider, turned around, pressed the button, and then tossed the glider like a boomerang
=LU-LU-LU-LUCINA!=
The boomerang quickly soared forward and slashed away at the bird-like kaijin. Hero gripped onto Morgan to hopefully try and brace for impact, but the boomerang quickly returned to them and they managed to land safely on the ground.
"That was totally awesome!" Cynthia cheered.
"Are you all ok?" Noire asked.
They looked to see that Hero was now back to being Takeshi, with Morgan on his back, and Lucina was reverting back from her Final Form Ride.
"Wow… priests have awesome magic…" Cynthia gawked.
"Yea… magic…" Takeshi responded as he got up, "Thank goodness that… magic managed to brace my impact…"
Lucina reverted back from her Rider form before she noticed some of the kajin that Grima summoned were running towards the remains of the castle, "Wait… oh no…"
"Now what?" Takeshi groaned.
"Grima's attempting to reform himself!" Lucina said quickly, "Ok, you take Morgan and start running."
"What?!"
"There's a long way back to the church if you head south-east from here. We can't let Grima get Morgan again!"
Takeshi gave a nod as he ran to the south-east as fast as he could.
"Make a left here," Tiki-chan told Takeshi.
"Why a left? Shouldn't it be a right?" Takeshi asked.
"I'm sure it's a left."
"...alright…" Takeshi sighed as he continued forward, "...how long have we been walking?"
"About ten minutes."
"...honestly felt like an hour…"
The conversation ended quickly as they heard a soft moan of sorts. The two quickly went on the defensive as they couldn't see where the sound was coming from.
"...where am I?" a young girl's voice asked weakly.
Takeshi turned his head to see that Morgan had finally begun to stir a bit, "...relax. You're safe now."
"...who are you?"
"I'm Takeshi. I'm a friend of Lucina's."
"Lucina-onee-chan? ...she finally saved me…" she smiled, "...wait… where is she? And where's my Onii-chan?"
"We're taking a long way around to make sure Grima doesn't find you again," Takeshi informed as he slowly walked forward, "Just relax. I'll get you back to your brother soon."
Morgan gave a soft smile as she continued to hold onto Takeshi. It was silent for a few minutes before Morgan spoke again, "...can you tell me a story? Just… to occupy the time?"
"Ok," Takeshi nodded as he continued forward, "...wanna hear one about your mom and dad?"
"Wait… you knew my parents?" Morgan gasped, "...I never got to know them. ...none of us know anything about our parents…"
"Well… I met most of them once. Just not Noire's mother," Takeshi responded.
Morgan giggled a little, "So… that has to make you really old, right?"
"...I'm in my twenties…"
"Sure you are…" Morgan laughed.
Tiki-chan simply proceeded to mouth out what direction they had to go next. She then followed it up by mouthing if Takeshi was really in his twenties. He simply nodded that he was in response.
"...what were my mom and dad like?" Morgan asked, "...can you please tell me?"
Takeshi smiled a little as he continued forward, "Your father's name was Robin. He was one of the world's greatest tacticians. His strategies bested any opposition he ever face. And as a Kamen Rider… he was easily one of the best with magic. He had no rival…"
"Wow…"
"As for your mother? ...well… her name was Olivia. She was a great dancer that was capable of motivating all who saw her. As a Rider, she was skilled with speed and quick attacks. As a team… they were some of the greatest heroes ever," Takeshi smiled, "...I may never get why Robin fell for her, but they make a great pair."
Morgan simply smiled as Takeshi continued forward, "...they sound great."
"Hey, priest!" Inigo yelled.
Takeshi smiled as he hurried over to see the group, "Hey."
"How is she?" Inigo asked.
"Just fine," Takeshi smiled as he turned to Morgan, "You're home now. You're finally gonna see your brother again."
Takeshi then slowly passed Morgan over to Inigo.
"Onii-chan…" Morgan smiled as she hugged her brother, "I missed you."
Inigo smiled as he petted her hair a little. The others all crowded around her as Takeshi and Tiki-chan walked away.
"Hey, priest," Lucina began.
"It's Takeshi," he informed.
"...here, take this," Lucina told him as she tossed him a small blue orb.
"What is it?" Takeshi asked.
"It's a good luck charm. I don't think I'll be needing it anymore. So… you take it," Lucina smiled.
Takeshi simply smiled as he slid it into his jacket's pocket and walked off…
The mystery woman simply stared at the Outrealm Gate portal with a bored look on her slightly visible face. She tapped her foot a little before she saw that the Outrealm Gate was sparking with energy. She gave off a gasp as she headed over to a control console and rapidly punched in a key sequence. Eventually, Hero and Tiki-chan were spat out of the portal.
"Dimensional interference…? What happened?" the mystery woman inquired.
"I ended up helping other Riders and some Sentai Senshi…" Hero informed as he turned back to normal, "I can't believe that happened…"
The mystery woman simply regained her composure as the portal settled down. She then turned to Takeshi to speak to him, "Get yourself ready for the next world."
"...where am I going?" Takeshi asked.
"Use process of elimination, genius," she aloofly responded as she walked back into the room with the stained glass windows, "...soon… soon enough… it'll be... keikaku doori…"
*As the instrumentals slowly began, Takeshi stared at the dark room with the inactive portal.*
Embrace the dark you call a home, *Takeshi held out the Hero card and was joined by Tiki-chan.*
Gaze upon an empty, white throne *They looked to the portal, which was inactive and then slowly showed Kamen Rider Lucina's image*
A legacy of lies, *The two were being watched by something in the shadows*
A familiar disguise *Takeshi turned and then saw the mysterious woman before he was again shoved into the portal.*
Sing with me a song of conquest and fate *Takeshi, now Kamen Rider Hero, was standing in between various worlds and seeing the fractures to all nine of them.*
The black pillar cracks beneath its weight *He could see the nine Riders all facing away from him before they faded as if they weren't even there.*
Night breaks through the day, hard as a stone *Hero and Tiki-chan stood in a dark room in confusion before they slowly walked out of it*
Lost in thoughts all alone *The two simply continued forward.*
"Well, time for the Explanation Corner!" Tiki-chan cheered as she flew over, "And now… to explain the Rider of this world! Kamen Rider… Lucina!"
The screen then had a picture of Kamen Rider Lucina while she had her mask on and had the Falchion that Marth used.
"I'm not completely sure why it is the Falchion sealed off part of its power until she proved herself, but that's what it did and then she became a true Rider in her own right."
A picture of Kamen Rider Lucina in her natural, slightly unmasked, form with the new Falchion in her hand was shown.
"Kamen Rider Lucina can use her mask to use an ability called the 'Masked Henshin'. She can then alter her form into any other Kamen Rider as long as she knows a decent amount about them," Tiki-chan explained as she brought up a picture of the incompleted Kamen Rider Marth form that Lucina used, "Even if she doesn't have perfect knowledge, she can partially assume a form. ...still don't get how she thought herself worthy to use Marth's name, but she did."
She then gave a small twirl as she showed off a picture of the new version of the Falchion, "Chrom used this in his era. It's pretty neat. ...wonder how it changed. Ah well… it's not that big a deal."
Tiki-chan flew over to the screen, "So, for finishers, Kamen Rider Lucina uses a Rider Slash. In this chapter, she used some magic-based momentum to slice Grima's head clean off! Wonder if that was inspired by anything…"
Somebody gave a cough sound.
"You should get that checked out…" Tiki-chan said as she looked off-screen, "Well, that's it for the Explanation Corner! Tune in next time!"
Jikai, Kamen Rider Hero…
Takeshi: I can't believe it…
Tiki-chan: This way.
Takeshi: How do you know to go this way?
Tiki-chan: I just… do. I… can't explain how.
?: Ikuzo! King Henshin! *a bright light flashed*
Takeshi: Sugee...
Emblem 12: King Henshin
*Footage then showed various Kamen Riders and Sentai Senshi doing battle*
Takeshi: Chou Taisen Remake. Well, ain't this a surprise?
*Takeshi was shown transforming and then fanboying over Kamen Rider Den-O.*
Takeshi: Not totally sure how I got here, but I am here.
*The footage showed Hero and ZyuohEagle attacking a foe.*
Takeshi: Be sure to check it out!
Tiki-chan: That eagle guy looks like you…
Takeshi: Does he?
Gabutyra roared as the Kyoryugers posed, showing KyoryuGreen's Double Armed On.
Hero: Well… didn't expect that...
Hero posed with Tiki-chan and Kamen Rider Lucina before they slashed the screen to show Kamen Rider Lucina raising the Falchion into the air.
Torin: That blade is as cool as my sword… maybe even cooler.
All the heroes came together, KyoryuRed and Hero shaking hands before posing
SUPER HERO TIME! SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
So… this chapter is going up on the day of my fifth year of friendship with KKD. Was that part of some big master plan? ...nope. Just stupid coincidence.
This was another fun chapter to work on. I had most of this one planned out to an extent, yet I did surprise myself with some small bits here and there. ...for the record, yes, the finisher that Kamen Rider Lucina did to decapitate Grima was indeed based on the fight between Team RWBY and the Nevermore Grimm. While Hero's Rider Punch was, to an extent, inspired from the Falcon Punch that Captain Falcon did at the end of the F-Zero anime. ...you know the one.
Anyhow... at one point while typing this… I had mistakenly typed 'Grimm' instead of 'Grima'. I did fix it though. ...they're one letter off from each-other, so can you really blame me? I did decide to make a joke out of that for the fun of it.
The Chou Taisen Remake trailer with Tiki-chan mentioning that Takeshi looks like ZyuohEagle. I have no idea why, but I kinda picture Takeshi being played by his actor. KKD mentioned he imagines the Blue Dino Charge Ranger's actor to play him. Dunno why… but that's what we think.
So… favorite part. It's gotta be the moment with Takeshi talking to Morgan about her parents. I honestly wanted a slow and heart-felt moment in this chapter and that was the best I was able to think of. Takeshi calmly talking to a young girl about her parents. Something about that was honestly really sweet to me.
Well, I hope you all had fun this chapter. Oh, one other thing to mention. A DA user, Mattwilson83, has drawn a picture of Kamen Rider Hero. Pretty cool. ...though… somebody at the stream where it was drawn thought the pose looked like Spider-Man. ...ok. Eh, whatever.
Welp, that's it for this chapter of Hero. Tune in next time for the world of the original Fire Emblem…
Just Live More.