Hunt For The Mystical Medals

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The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.

Last chapter seemingly answered the question as to what happened to Shinichi's body and why Ankh only regenerated his right wing and regained some of his offensive powers yet not his Greed form…

Now this chapter would focus on Shintaro Gotoh regarding why he felt that the Kougami Foundation has "overlooked" his credentials but is soon about to meet the person who would preceded him as Birth, and this might help Gotoh to work on his "pride".

And lastly…the Black Organization resurfaces with Gin's group showing up…

Somewhere within Tokyo, a van came and parked at a parking lot where several men in hats and trench coats came out, looking around to see if there are anyone suspicious are looking at their way, but so far all is cler, and the group are now waiting for their contacts to show up. The men are revealed to be Gin and his group from the Black Organization, and are about to have another "business transaction", and are unaware of what has happened to Ankh, who had just regained portions of his Greed powers or what has become of Shinichi Kudo's body.

Anything Goes by Maki Oghuro

(Opening Song from Kamen Rider OOO)

(You count the medals 1,2 and 3
Life goes on Anything goes Coming up OOO)

ira nai mota nai yume mo mi nai
furii na joutai sore mo ii kedo
(kokkara hajimaru The show we're waiting for
Count the medals 1, 2 and 3 )
unmei wa kimi hanattoka nai
kekkyoku wa susumu shika nai
(michi naru tenkai Give me energy Count the medals 1, 2 and 3)

daijoubu. ashita wa itsu datte hakushi (Blank)
jibun no kachi wa jibun de kimeru mono sa

OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on!

Anything Goes! sono kokoro ga atsuku naru mono
mitasa reru mono o sagashi te
Life goes on! honki dashi te tatakau no nara
makeru ki shi nai hazu!

115:Yoha, Kaiketsu, Deai part 2

Later within the day, Shintaro Gotoh is performing his duties inside the Agasa house, as its housekeeper, cleaning the house and keeping Hiroshi's inventions secured in its places and out of harm's way, and his action slowly helped out on his character, since he realized that his pride is what caused Kougami to overlook him as a potential candidate to try out the "Birth System" that was eventually passed on to Akira Toudou. He wondered if he would still get the chance to try it if ever Kougami re-accepts him in the Kougami Foundation.

"Will I ever…?"

While he is cleaning the house, he didn't notice that a Batta Candroid is there, watching his every move, and outside, inside a parked car, Erika and Akira are there, watching the footage from the laptop and Erika is bemused to see Gotoh doing "chores" which she remarked that Gotoh would make a good "housewife".

"Well…he sure is diligent…"

"He sure acted like a housewife would…"

"So I guess he's doing this to work on his pride…?"

"Looks like it to me, Akira…and this is where you come in…president says you help him overcome his pride so he would get the motivation to work over his weakness should the time come for him to become your successor…"

"I got it…"

Akira watches Gotoh doing the things, and is rather moved by his perseverance, as it also reminded him of how he started out in knowing Natsumi, how he endured her pain of the tragic moments in her life and why he came to work for the Kougami Foundation. And seeing why Gotoh is doing this, he now knows what to do and what he should do, and what kind of approach he would make once he makes contact with him.

-x-

Later that night, it was suppertime and Gotoh is among the people eating their dinner, which also includes Hiroshi, Kyuji and Shiho. There Gotoh is told about the recent events and wondered if Ankh is going on a "wild ride" as the Greed, though unable to regenerate his Greed body, regained his right wing, though he urged Kyuji to follow his "reluctant partner" as he recalled that the Black Organization are still after Shinichi Kudo and may recognize him despite having Ankh's attributes.

"…so that's it…"

"…yeah…"

"But still…why would he be unable to get his body back…?"

"Perhaps there may be a reason…Gotoh…you think of something…?"

"Not so sure myself…wait…where is Ankh?"

"I think he went out to get some air…"

"Go after him!"

"Eh? I'm sure he can take care of himself…besides…he regained some of his powers…"

"Agasa and Shiho told me that the Black Organization is after you! Despite possessing Ankh's attributes, they might recognize Shinichi's face!"

"Eh? Really…?"

"Gotoh's right. Despite me wearing a disguise, Gin was able to recognize me and nearly shot me to death if not for Shinichi's action…"

Shiho agrees with Gotoh, reminding them that despite her disguise, Gin was able to recognize her as he can recognize a person's face no matter what clothing she wore, which is during the time when Pisco captured her and is the first to know her identity as Ai Haibara. Luckily Gin killed him off so as her secret remained a secret and tell Kyuji not to let his guard down.

"Even if Ankh were to fend off Gin, should he and the Black Organization finds out that Ankh is possessing him, they might do things that would destroy Shinichi's body!"

"How…?"

"Think…there's a possibility of…"

"Wait…The Black Organization working with the Greed? That's unlikely to happen."

"That may happen…you can never tell…"

"I get it…I should go and find Ankh…after all…because of me Kudo got hurt and now Ankh is keeping him alive by possessing him…"

"Then you'd better go."

"We'll keep things here…'

Those words gave Kyuji a reason to be worried and he hurriedly leaves the house and boards the Ride Vendor as he goes out to find Ankh, who left the house earlier to "wind up" after being unable to regenerate his Greed body, worried that Shinichi's body might be in risk even if Ankh is inhabiting the detective's body and regaining four of his Core Medals.

"Got to go!"

By then, Akira Toudou came inside, and both Hiroshi and Gotoh blinked their eyes as they never met Akira before, but Shiho told them who he is, and Akira tells the two men that he indeed work for Kougami, and said he came here to see Gotoh, which Gotoh himself is surprised as he didn't expect a stranger to come here and see him. He wondered what he wants with him.

"Excuse me…"

"Eh? Who are you…?"

"Wait…aren't you…?"

"That's the guy who helped us earlier…he work for the Kougami Foundation…or so that what he claimed to… be…"

"Yes…my name is Akira Toudou…I work for the Kougami Foundation…"

"Ah…please to meet you…"

"…and I came here for you…Shintaro Gotoh."

"Eh? Me?"

"Yes…you. I wish to speak with you…would you please come with me? We have some…business to discuss…"

"Ah…okay…"

Gotoh is then surprised again when Akira invited him to go out with him on a stroll as he claims that he has "something to show him", and the Kougami Foundation representative –on leave is intrigued by this and accepted the invitation and leaves the house, with Shiho and Hiroshi left behind, and the both the inventor and the chemist started to clean the dishes.

-x-

Much later, the scene shifts to downtown Tokyo, where you can see Ankh, still attached to Shinichi Kudo's body, taking a stroll, as he wanted to ease his mind off on the baffling fact that he is unable to fully regenerate his Greed body, wondering what went wrong, since his fellow Greeds were able to regenerate their bodies with at least three-to-four Core Medals, such as the case of Uva and Gameru.

"Why…? Why am I unable to regenerate my body…? What has gone wrong…? Wait…it can't be…!"

Despite this mystery, Ankh had some consolation as he managed to regenerate his right wing and portions of his offensive powers are restored, so now he can defend himself against Kazari and Uva, and given the fact that both Mezeru and Gameru are no longer around, he won't have problems in dealing with his remaining brethrens so he decided to b a bit patient in regaining his true form, believing that perhaps he can regain it by finding his missing, remaining Core Medals.

"Maybe…maybe if I get more of my Core medals…maybe…"

With his right wing restored, he is able to fly, and with portions of his powers returned, he can channel and discharge some fireball blasts. Now he can defend himself so as not to rely almost exclusively on Kyuji, but still, he wondered if his being attached to Shinichi's body is what's causing this to happen, and the only answer to that is for him to regain the rest of his Core Medals.

"Yes…that's the only way…I get my five remaining Core medals…and then I can get my body back…"

As he is walking downtown, he didn't notice that across the streets, members of the black Organization are standing by in front of their van. There were about seven of them and are bring led by Gin and Vodka, who are still waiting for their client. They belonged to the "Spirit Group", and are under orders from "Anokata" to make a business rendezvous with their client.

"We arrived at the place, sir…"

"So far no cops…"

"All is clear…"

"The client hasn't arrived yet…"

"What shall we do…?"

"Hey, aniki…should we wait? It's still early…"

"We wait as schedule. No questions ask."

"Okay…"

Unfortunately for them, they narrowly missed the sight of Ankh passing by, but with Gin able to recognize someone despite its disguise, he would be able to tell Shinichi from Ankh's attributes. Fate is about to intervene as Gin and Shinichi Kudo are about to collide again…only this time Ankh is possessing Shinichi's body.

To Be Continued…

Sorry if the chapter's short, but I promise that the next one will be longer, and you'll love what's about to take place there…

Preview:

This arc comes to a close as Gotoh gets to know Akira as a person than being the man behind the "Birth System" while Gin gets into Ankh's face, thinking that he is Shinichi Kudo…so expect a rather violent encounter which would cost Gin (if he manages to escape him) his life…