"According to this book, in September of 2018, the ordinary high schooler Tokiwa Sougo embarks on a path which leads him to become the overlord of time, Oma Zi-O. But before this, Chaldea prepared to launch their second mission to Rome. In preparation, Olga summoned a Servant, Saber d'Eon to aid them. With things in order they set off to enter an Empire of Madness… Please enjoy."
The Heisei Kamen Riders and the Holy Grail War have continued for decades. And now, they pass on their power and legacy onto the next generation! Rejoice!, for the Birth of a new King!
(Oh, yeah. Ohh…)
(Sougo, Geiz, Tsukyomi, Olga, and Mash look upon all the Previous Riders doing their Rider kicks. Scene changes to the Time portal, the Time Mazine flying through them, as the Katakana word for Rider attaches to Zi-O's helmet)
Isshun de tsukamitoru no sa Are you ready?
(Are you ready?)
(Sougo reaches out to the clocks on the wall, before swinging his arm down. The Background spinning in sync with his arm.)
Atarashī rekishi wa soko ni Feel it! Feel it!
(Crazy baby!)
(Geiz wipes something off his face before throwing aside his torn coat, the background spinning behind him. Changes to Tsukiyomi walking straight before the camera changes to her side, the world spinning again.)
Hikari wo kate ni kasokushite
(Changes to Mash and Olga who stand behind the Chaldea symbol. Olga glitches and Kamen Rider Echo fades onto Olga as she takes out her gun and slashes the camera. Mash looks at the camera, a clock behind her counting down.)
Konomama Shout it out! Shout it out!
(The scene is crushed by Oma Zi-O, as he looks up, his crimson eyes glowing. Scene changes to the Gang standing over the Ride Watches before looking up at the Camera.)
Ima wo susume yō
(Changes to Woz, in a darkened room, with a clock in the background, from the sky flaming scraps of papers fall around him. Woz looks at the screen, flames light his face as he holds the book in his hand.)
Madō hi mo Ikudo tonaku Asu no tobira tatake
(Changes to Heure quickly speeding onto pulling down one of his eyes and sticking out his tongue before moving aside, behind Ora and Swartz keeping their back, hiding their faces. Scene changes to a set of large thrones, each designed differently. Scene changes again to Woz who shows the book, flames coming off a close up shows Oma Zi-O obliterating rebels to dust. Then to the Ride Watche's faces turning then activating.)
Mitsumeta sono saki ni
(The Rider statues, crack and stone cascades off revealing the suits underneath. Quick change to Geiz turning his Ride Watch. Then to more Riders, then to Olga who turns a Ride Watch, more Statues.)
Tobikonde mitara
(Then Sougo who turns the face of the watch, as the statue of Sougo crumbles.)
Believe Yourself!
(Oma Zi-O stands behind the rubble. Camera comes close to Oma Zi-O. The Rubble hides his helmet only letting the Red eyes glow though it.)
Now, Over "Quartzer"
(Sougo exclaims Henshin before spinning his belt, the world spinning behind him.)
Toki no ame Surinukete Tomo ni
(Armor completes as the Words attach to the helmet. Zi-O, Geiz, Echo drive down a road, explosions and lasers blasting as they pass. Scene changes to a downpour of rain, as Jackers walk away from a destroyed clock. Back to the Riders as the three drive though the frozen Rider kicks.)
You, Over "Quartzer"
(Time resumes, as the Riders Kick, causing explosions. Zi-O Jumps through the fire.)
Mirai wo koe yō
(Jeanne Alter has her blade in the ground in front of her, both hands resting on it and turns her head back as the screen is engulfed in flames. As the camera flies back passing through 7 bubbles of different times. Before a shadowy figure brings his hands around the 7 bubbles a devious smile forming on his face. Scene changes to Sougo staring straight at the camera. He puts out his right arm as the world stops spinning. Same for Geiz, Tsukiyomi, Olga, and Mash.)
Kako no ishi wa Uso de wa azamuke nai
(Scene changes to a staircase, Zi-O, Geiz, and Echo rush in, their helmets' words creating a path for them. All around them explosions go off and lasers are blasted at them.)
Kanjiro sō Nexus Future
(Tsukiyomi walks down the stairs, the Jackers shifting and glitching before disappearing, leaving Tsukiyomi by herself. Scene changes to Zi-O who swings his blade attacking. Mash behind Zi-O protects him.)
Now, Over "Quartzer"
(Changes to Geiz, readying his bow before letting an arrow off. At the same time behind him, Echo shoots a few shots before kicking at the screen.)
Mabayui sekai
(Scene flashes title cards from the past before leaving Zi-O and Geiz back to back before they attack each other. The two clash their battle sparks and light up the screen.)
Misete
(The rest of the Title cards flash before leaving.)
ZI-O Grand Order
Rayshift 9: Emperor of Rose
Rome: AD.0060… We are Sougo…
As we exit from the Rayshift we softly land on an empty hillside and disembark from our machines that quickly return to the sky and disappear though another portal. "Ahh. We've successfully teleported this time, Senpai." Mash said as we looked across the open field before us.
"Yeah, the Time Mazine's really make it easy safe." I said, then I took a deep breath of the fresh air. "But Man~! What a view!" I exclaim, I glance at Mash who nods in agreement. A gust of wind blows past us, Mash's pink hair flows in the wind as I see both her eyes stare at the vista around us.
"The feeling of the wind, the scent of the earth, the vast blue sky." Mash said, she kneels down and feels the grass below us. "... It's strange. I've seen it on film so many times, but just standing here, it's so much more vivid." Mash pulls up a few pieces of grass and stands up. She opens the palm of her hand as the wind picks up the grass and blows it away.
"Oh come on, you've seen plenty of grass when we visited Build's, Ex-aids, and Ghosts worlds." I mention stepping over and kneeling down next to Mash. "What's so different now?" I ask, looking at her. "What? Rayshifting makes you nervous?" I ask her.
"Huh?" Mash looks at me, her pale cheeks blush a similar pink to her hair. "N-No! It's not like I didn't appreciate them! It's just…" Mash stands back up and turns around. She quickly takes a breath. "It's just mean, I felt overwhelmed all those previous times." Mash explains turning back to me. "In Fuyuki and France, it was one shock after another. So now it's like I'm finally able to face this landscape." Mash explains turning back around to me.
"Yeah, I know how you feel." I said, turning around to look out at the open ground before us, I look up to the sky and reach out with my hand. "Makes you feel like everything that has happened feels like a dream." I said, grasping at the sky. That's when I feel something warm around my neck before Fou's head pops up in front of me. "Whoa?!" I exclaim stumbling back in shock before falling on my ass. Fou lands on my knees. "Fou? You tagged along again?" I said picking up Fou.
"Kyu! Kyau! Fou!" Fou exclaims. Fou rushes up my body and lays on my right shoulder wrapping his fluffy tail around my neck. "Fou! Fou!" Fou snuggles into his new place on my shoulder.
"Looks like Fou will be tagging along again." Mash notes leaning down to look at the two of us. "He prefers the outside world to that cramped base." Mash said as she reached a hand down to help me. I take hers as she helps pull me up.
"I hear that." I said as I pet Fou. "Even though I have to fight a lot. Being able to discover and visit new places is amazing. Isn't it!" I said to Mash.
"Yes… But "that" is visible in the sky in this ear as well, isn't it?" Mash said. The two of us look up into the sky, blocking the skyline is the same ring of light that we saw in France. "It looks the same but I haven't been able to examine it precisely. I wonder what it could be? It's such a huge-" Just then my Faiz Phone X rings. I pull it out and answer.
"Sorry, we were listening in but. A Ring of light in the sky, huh? Unfortunately, we can't get a good look at it from here." Roman said. "But it is an intriguing phenomenon. I will continue to investigate. Tsukuyomi-chan?"
"I can take over." Tsukuyomi said, she appears in front of us as a hologram sitting at a terminal. "We have your location, but it seems you have arrived in Italy, but not in Rome Proper…" Tsukyomi notes as she works away at her terminal.
"We have confirmed it here as well." Geiz reports as he, Charlotte, Olga, and d'Eon all walk over to us. "How did we end up here?" Geiz asks Tsukuyomi.
"Not sure… Roman told me that the teleport coordinates were fixed." Tsukuyomi said, all she could do was shrug.
"Do you know where we are at least?" Olga asks, "Double check the coordinates, are we in the right Era?" Tsukuyomi quickly gets to work and after a few seconds of typing away on her keyboard she gives us a nod.
"The Era is correct, definitely the 1st Century where the singularity exists." Tsukuyomi reports.
"So this is during the reign of the fifth Emperor of Rome. Nero Claudius." I said, Tsukuyomi nods.
"Still, this is strange. Why are we so far from the capital?" Olga asks as we all look around the landscape again. "We aren't in Rome's declining years. Did something knock us off course?" Olga wonders aloud as she crosses her arms.
"I don't remember seeing anything that could knock us off course." I said thinking back to our trip here. "But from the looks of it, we are just on some random rolling hills." I said as the wind blew past us again. "If only some sheep or something were nearby. At least then we could look for a farmhouse or something to help guide us." I said.
"Hmm… Dr. Roman is telling me that you should look around more. Do you guys see anything unusual in the surroundings?" Tsukuyomi asks us. Everyone looks around, d'Eon steps away from the group and heads further up the hill before stopping.
"Master! Everyone! Come here!" d'Eon exclaims, we all rush up the hill to meet her as we gaze out over the hill.
"This is-" Mash mutters.
"A large battle?! A war, maybe?" I exclaim, I cross my arms and think. "B-But that's impossible! There were no full-scale wars near the Roman capital in this Era." I said, looking at the battle unfolding before us. Geiz steps next to me and straps on his belt.
"Then this has to be a historical anomaly. A war that never happened." Geiz said, before looking closer. "But who's fighting? I can't tell from here." Geiz said, trying to get a better look at the fighters.
"Interesting, both sides are wearing the same colors. Crimson and Gold, both are especially liked in Ancient Rome." Olga notes, she crosses her arms while looking at Geiz. "But look at the armor, both sides have different designs." Olga looks at me. "Sougo, do you think you could recognize the armor?" She asks me, I simply shake my head.
"Not from this distance, Director." I said, I look back at the fight as I see a wall of fire blaze across a group of soldiers. "Hey! Over there!" I pointed out the figure battling at the front. "That's… A woman, a young woman, is leading several groups of the smaller force." Everyone looks over to see that woman blaze a path through the larger army.
"Amazing!" Mash exclaims as we all watch in awe. "She's practically taking on the enemy forces herself. The overwhelming avalanche towards the capital, all by herself." Mash said.
"She has an elegant fighting style to match." d'Eon said. Watching closer, I do see the woman fighting gracefully, no missteps, no swing wasted, her blade finds its enemy each time, all without a single drop of blood on her as flames dance around her. "She is an extremely strong individual. A Servant, perhaps?" d'Eon turns to Olga who's analyzing the situation. "What do you think, Master?" d'Eon asks.
"Possibly… Command, any readings in the vicinity of the individual?" Olga asks.
"Negative, Director. I'm not getting any readings on Servants in that area." Tsukuyomi notes, she looks to Mash whose eyes are still on the Woman. "Mash, do you sense anything?" She asks, Mash shakes her head no.
"Then, we can assume that this woman is a human of this era." Olga surmises.
"Seriously? I've never seen anyone pull off something like that normally." I said watching the larger army crash against the woman.
"Humans of the past had more access to Magical energy and knowledge than we do in the present." Olga explains looking at me. "In any case, an impossible war is going on."
"Director?" Geiz asks, "Who do we assist? This isn't exactly like France, where the enemy consisted mostly of dragons." Geiz notes.
"We must stop the city from being overrun." Olga said as she straps on her Echo Driver. "Everyone! Prepare for Combat!" Olga orders us. I strap on my belt and ready my watch. "Bikes out, let's go." Olga, Geiz, and I deploy our bikes and quickly hop on before riding straight towards the fighting. "Tsukuyomi! Enemy composition?!" Olga asks.
"Right! Uh, from what I see. You won't be facing any Servants or Mosters. They just have swordsmen, shield men, and archers. They are in greater numbers but that's it." Tsukuyomi reports.
"Sougo! You and Mash focus on that left flank, it's falling apart. Geiz, reinforce the right flank, don't let them circle around the main force. d'Eon, you and I will join up with the lady at the center." Olga orders.
"You got it!" I said driving towards the left flank. "Shield up Mash! Let's go!" I said, Mash nods and raises her shield over head to deflect falling arrows.
"Understood, moving!" Geiz said as he and Charlotte headed towards the right. "Charlotte, break off and keep hidden, strike when no one sees you!" Charlotte nodes and disappears from view.
"By my honor, I will keep you and the lady safe, Master!" d'Eon said as she drew her blade. She and Olga drove straight into the fighting.
Elsewhere… We are Observers…
Atop a different hill, a black and gold portal appears as a figure steps out into the open air. "Ancient Rome. It's been so many years." The figure states, his black and gold armor stands out on the grass fields and cliff sides. Behind the figure, a gray scarf floats down then spins into an orb before revealing Woz as the scarf wraps around his neck.
"My Overlord." Woz said, as he bows to his overlord. Oma Zi-O faces ahead as the battle below unfolds, his eyes focused on Zi-O and Mash.
"... Woz, you know your duty. Keep an eye on them." Oma said, as figures from the portal still behind him step out. "Gentlemen, this is your new Battlefield." Oma said, turning around to the group of armed figures behind them. "Woz, hand them their items." Woz said as he gestures to hand them something. Woz walks over to them with a belt and a series of memories. The group each grabs a memory while one takes the belt.
"What are your orders, sir?" The one holding the belt asks, as he sets the belt against his waist. The belt strap swings around his waist and locks in on the other side, securing itself. The rest of the team hold up their memories as Woz steps away.
"Kill the Cladea team and I will grant you the world you desire." Oma said, as he walked past the figures and into the portal. The team holds up their memories and taps the button on them.
"Heat!" "Luna!" "Metal!" "Trigger!" "Eternal!" Four of the figures insert their memories into parts of their body. One on the just under above the left breast. The second on their forehead. The third on the back on the spine. The fourth on their right open palm. Four of the team turn into monsters. As the fifth inserts the Memory into their belt then tilting it to the right. "Eternal!" A ring appears around the fifth figure and armor materializes on them, as a dark screeching tone. A cloak and blue flames jet out from the figure as he steps on to the cliff edge and into the battle.
"Well then. Let's bring hell upon this place." The armored Rider said, looking out across the field.
Back with Sougo…
Mash holds up her shield and blocks the blade of a soldier before knocking it aside. Mash spins around as I jump in and kick the Soldier in the chest knocking him to the ground. "R-Retreat! All forces! Retreat!" I hear cry out as the soldiers begin to scramble and run off. I lean on my sword as I look around at the running soldiers.
"I-Is it over?" I asked, my breath is ragged, as I can feel my throat is as dry as a desert. My body's pain is both distant but also present. "This is not good for my shoulder…" I groan while holding my shoulder.
"Sheath your swords! It's over." The woman in red, shouts to her troops. A long sigh of relief cascades down the troops. She takes her long sword and sheathes it on her hip. I and the rest of the team gather up as Mash hands me some water to drink.
"Good job team." Echo said as she turned the knob on her helmet, watch strap rings rise up from around her neck. The helmet disappears as the ring floats up. Geiz and I do the same as I quickly take a big chug of water.
"You there!" The woman said as she walked over to us. "Are you reinforcements form the capital?" She asks us. "I thought the capital was sealed off…" She wanders looking behind us towards the large town, but she quickly looks back to us. "No matter, I commend you!" she proudly states, "It doesn't matter if you were once my enemy. I am merciful, so past mistakes are under the bridge!" She exclaims with a bright smile. "More importantly, I praise the way you fought just now." The woman turns her attention to Mash and gazes upon her shield. "For a girl to brandish a weapon larger than herself…" Then she turns to us. "And you three! I've never seen Mystic Code armor like that before." She looks across our entire team, crosses her arms and then nods. "Umu, I must say I like you! You all showed such indescribable, aberrant beauty!" She exclaims.
"Beauty?" Geiz wonders looking at me. "The battlefield isn't a place for beauty." Geiz said, I simply point to the woman and d'Eon.
"These two would beg to differ. Marie too." I point out. Geiz simply signs and shakes his head as we turn back to the conversation.
"Very good, I shall allow you to fight by my side. Revel in the ultimate honor!" She proclaims with a right hand over her chest, and the left up straight to the sky. Geiz leans over to me and whispers.
"Is she some kind of general or something?" Geiz asks me. I simply shrug.
"... Still, you people sure dress in a strange fashion." The woman notes looking at us all over again. "Aren't you showing a little too much? Are you foreigners?" She asks.
"We're reinforcements, just passing by mam." Olga quickly comes in. The woman throws up her arms.
"What perfect timing! Do you serve Boudica, perhaps?" She wonders. 'Boudica! The rebel warrior queen of the Iceni people!' The woman chuckles as she shakes her head side to side. "Her moves are beyond shrewd." Her view returns to us. "At any rate, this victory belongs to us. I will reward you handsomely!" As she said that, her face quickly flipped from a warm smile to a quiet realization. "Oh, uh, sorry… I couldn't help myself just now. You'll have to wait for your reward. Since I have nothing but this sword at the moment. It will all be taken care of after we're back in Rome." She walks past us and towards the city's gates. "Now then, follow me!" She orders everyone as the troops that aren't gathering allies and the dead follow.
"Director, shall we go with them?" Geiz asks, as well all look to the Director. She watches the back of the woman as she begins to order her troops to gather supplies and arrange the horses.
"Yes, she said she is heading to Rome." Olga said, removing her watch from her driver. "We will do the same. She will know more about the current situation." She said as her armor fades off her. "Keep your eyes peeled for anything else out of the ordinary. Understood?" Olga asks us all.
"Mam!" Geiz exclaims. While Mash and I give her a nod. d'Eon and Charlotte both bow to Olga as we depart. Following behind the Roman army.
Later… We are Observers…
The bodies of dead soldiers lay scattered across the battlefield. As the wind blows past the bodies and into a paper windmill. Wool sits atop a pile of bodies as he lowers the fan while looking around. "What a dump." Wool said, looking around at the bodies. "Do we really have to be here? There's a perfectly good pond to sit around." Wool complains.
"Why just sit when I can swim?" Ora said, she covers her nose as she pushes aside the head of a dead soldier with her foot. "Swartz, where is this guy? I want to get out of here." Ora asks.
"He will be here soon. He's a busy man you know." Swartz said, his hands clasped behind his back. "Though why he requested this location as a meeting site I do not know." Swartz said as he looked down on a mangled soldier his head split open by a blade, still sticking out. "But the sooner we end the meeting the faster we can resume our own schedules." Swartz said, just then crows fly overhead as a man dressed in green and wearing a top hat approaches. "Ah, here is our man." Swartz said as the three Time Jackers turned to meet the man.
"Apologies for the delay." Lev said, stepping over a body.
"Let's get down to business. Why did you ask us to meet you here?" Swartz asks Lev, Ora and Wool both keep a close eye on Lev, watching for any sudden movement..
"My Master simply wishes to know where you stand." Lev said as he removes his top hat and dusts off some fallen dust on it. "See, you sit outside our little plan. But you move on Chaldea. My Master wishes to know if you are friends…" Lev said as he slowly placed his hat back on. "Or Foe?" Lev's eyes are now filled with a killer intent. The crows around the Jackers and Lev seem to become more carnivorous. As a flock of Crows suddenly consumes a body down to mere bones. Swartz observes the skeleton left behind before returning his gaze to Lev.
"We have no intention of disrupting your plans." Swartz states, he crosses his arms. "Our target is Tokiwa Sougo and Chaldea with it." Swartz brings his arms out to the side. "So you see we are on the same side. However, we will go about our agenda our way. But we will not disrupt your plans." Swartz said, bringing his arms down.
"Ah, that is wonderful to hear." Lev said as he kneels down and pulls the skull from the skeleton free. "If you don't mind me asking, how do you plan on eliminating Sougo? If you do not mind me asking?" As Lev asks that question, the crows look up and begin to fly away, when suddenly the world around the Jackers and Lev slows down. "What is this?" Lev wonders.
"Apologies, I could no longer handle the stench of Humans." A steely humanoid with the number 108 on a tag on his chest said as he walked between the Jackers and Lev. "You promised me a power that could change History." The robotic individual said, looking at the Jackers.
"You will. We simply came here to… Prepare you in a place you won't be discovered." Swartz said, approaching the robotic figure. "Lev, you wondered how we would destroy Sougo?" Swartz said as holds out a misshapen watch. "This is how. 108, this is yours." 108 takes the watch and presses the crown.
"DRIVE!" A distorted voice announces. Energy wraps around 108 as the world around the Jackers and Lev speeds up. Now standing before the four is a red Monster with parts of a car strapped across his body.
"Fascinating…" Lev simply replies.
Rayshift 9 Complete…