Hello, guys, the newbie Red Flame Dragon is back to write a new story! To be honest, this is actually my third time to get back at writing after my first two stories. I don't have lots of experience when I was writing 5 years ago, because I was curious and create new stories for fun. So after many tortures that most people would called "SCHOOL LIFE", I decided to break out of my solitude life and go back to Fanfiction, and this will be my first step of the return. I'm not gonna make it so showy and too mouthful so don't expect too much about no spelling and grammar error. I'll be sure to fix the mistakes but with no promises. And as usual for the long-time phrase, "NO HATE, NO FLAMES, PLZ!".
DISCLAIMER: I do not own TOEI, BANDAI or anything. I also do not own any songs that appear here. They all belong to their respective owners.
Kamen Rider Zero-One: Symphonic World
仮面ライダーゼロワン:シンフォニックワールド
Episode 0: Enter the Isekai Hero! Welcome to World of Symphogear!
(Isekai Hero Toujou! Symphogear no Sekai e Yokoso!)
第０話: 異世界ヒーロー登場! シンフォギアの世界へよこそ!
(Tokyo, Japan, 10:00 AM)
The sky is bright blue alongside the shining sun, shrouded by lots of clouds to keep the city from 'overheating'. The city is full of people, with its usual daily traffic noises. From the nearby empty road, is where we find our main character of the story. An average 17-year-old boy named Fujiki Ryouga, with raven short hair. His forehead was fully covered by the hair bangs, stopped at the eyebrows. His hair is slightly spiky at the back, and it is curved up and down in disorder. He has black eyes, along with his matured look, giving him the adult-like expression, which is very surprise for such a young teenager. He wears a black jacket above his red hoodie with white drawstring to adjust the hood, with a white swirling flame dragon symbol on the left chest; underneath it is a simple dull white-grey shirt. He also wears long deep blue jeans that reaches his ankles, with red and white sneakers. For his appearance, he could be mistaken for Kirigaya Kazuto in Sword Art Online, but with more badass look, not being mistaken as a femboy. Currently, he is walking back to his apartment after buying some Kamen Rider merchandise from the supermarket.
Oh yes, almost forgot. He is also a smart student, especially when it comes to translating languages from other countries, which gives him the title "The Living Translator Machine" by his schoolmates. He then asked why they called him a living machine, while he found it was such a simple thing. Yeah, every time he had study sessions with his friends or going on a tour, he usually spoke out the words on what he'd seen, at the advertisement boards, many old cultures, he always translated it with his nature language, almost everyone in the school, even the teachers making a fuss over it. One of his friends then said he is a natural prodigy when comes to translating, so they give him the title as his friendly nickname, which puzzled him to no end. He also quite good at Math and Informatics, which helps him a lot in making money. About the 'making money' part, well… let's just save it for later. He also a big fan of Kamen Rider show, along with anime and fanfics, especially Heisei and Reiwa Riders. He likes Showa too, but only some like Ichigo, Nigo to Black RX, and reboots like Amazons and Black Sun. The remaining ones he didn't really know much about it, since the franchise started at 1971, which is a long time ago. He also likes card games like Yu-Gi-Oh, Vanguard, and Battle Spirits.
He is holding the Hiden Zero-One Driver while grinning with excitement, along with his luggages. He then closed his eyes a bit, enjoying gentle breezes that flow through his body and looked at the blue sky. Let out a satisfied soft hum, he then said: "The weather is sure nice today, huh? Welp, I better go back and enjoy my TV show then.". But little does he realize, when he finished talking, his life will be changed a lot when the breeze suddenly growing stronger and gathering together behind him.
Ryouga then halted while feeling the sudden strong wind, and looked behind him. His eyes widened, shocked at the scene that startled him. The winds suddenly gathered, creating a small vacuum cyclone. It then exploded, making him screamed in shock, flung back by the blow along with his luggages. He landed with a loud thud in pain, followed by the stuffed luggages. Groaning in pain, he then said to himself: "Guh… Man, it hurts,… What the heck with this suddenly changed weather…?". He slowly gets up, looked at the place where the cyclone is standing. He gasped in bewilderment, looked at the supposed cyclone turns into a wormhole, showing a futuristic city in front of him.
"W-What the… The cyclone turns into a… portal!? Just what is going on here?" Ryouga exclaimed with shock, still looking at the wormhole-like portal. He then panicked, remember an Anime that he watched recently while in this realistic situation. If that was true, then he must run quick! "Oh no! I better run before that portal suck me in!" He said with panic, then starting to run far away from that wormhole while grasping the heavy luggages tightly with his hand. But o Trickster had other plans for him, as the portal then sucking him with overwhelming force that makes Ryouga lost his footing a bit while struggling with the portal in a tug-o-war.
"Gackhn… Kiiiingggh! I WON'T LOSE!" Ryouga roared with defiance, not letting it suck him in so simply. But sadly, his leg can't hold on much longer while trying to get a hold of the nearby tree. The portal still not holding back a bit, and he got flown into the portal with a scream.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
(Inside the portal)
Ryouga was flung wildly with his luggages, screaming at the unstable force of the endless tunnel. He then gave one last swear to whoever planned this unnatural phenomenon, even God, he'll gonna bloody murder that asshole!
"WHOEVER CREATING THIS CHAOTIC EVENT, OR THE MERCIFUL KAMI-SAMA HERE, I'M GONNA BREAK YOUR NECK WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU! YA HEAR ME!? I'M GONNA KILL YOOOOUU!" Ryouga hollered with murderous intent, swearing at the one in the sky. He then waving his arms like he was swimming to the faraway luggages, and holding it with his hands like his life was depended on it. He then does the same with the remaining ones, and pulled out the rope from his jacket, urgently wrapped the luggages around his arms and body, not letting go of it if it was disappeared from him forever.
"AND I'M NOT LETTING YOU TAKE THINGS AWAY FROM ME, YOU BASTARD!" Ryouga then screamed one last time before the surrounding was only blinding white.
(Unknown Location)
The blue sky suddenly sparked with lightning, then creating a big portal, letting the mysterious shooting star out before it dissipates into nothing. The shooting star is still falling until it crashed into the empty alleyway with a BOOM! The shining energy ball then fades away, revealing Ryouga in his unconscious state, along with his luggages falling on top of him.
(Unknown Location Number 2)
A red alarm goes off at one of the monitors in some kind of mysterious base, alerting one of the staff members, called to the commander.
"Sir! One of the monitors has detected an unknown energy surge in the sky!" The staff member said.
The supposed commander then came out from the shadows, revealing a tall and muscular man in his 30-40 years of age. He has gold eyes, red hair and a goatee. He wore a red dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a pink necktie with its end tucked into his left breast pocket, light beige slacks, along with black and blue athletic shoes. His name is Kazanari Genjuro.
After hearing the respond, he raised an eyebrow. Genjuro then asked: "What is the identity of the energy surge you were speaking about?"
The staff member then answered: "Yes, it was in shape of a mysterious shooting star. The camera detected that the shooting star had crashed into an empty alleyway."
Genjuro nods, then asked: "Is that shooting star the Noise?" The staff member shakes his head, said: "No sir, the monitor didn't alert the Noise Tracker, and it does not leak out any dangerous energy, so we can assured that it's not a threat. It could possibly a random meteorite.".
The commander then stopped for a moment to think about what the staff member had said, responded: "So be it, but we have to be cautious because those Noises could have evolved to mask their descent." He then asked: "Put the shooting stars aside, what about the present situation?"
Another staff member immediately responded: "We have the footage, sir. Uploading it right now." The monitor then showed the footages of what supposed to be an army of glowing alien creatures killing people in the way. And more surprisingly, that person instantly turns into carbon before dissolving. Genjuro grimaced, knowing that they are currently hopeless to stop the Noises except watching this massacre. Right now, they could only evacuate people to safety and hope the military could hold them off.
Another figure then appeared. It was a tall woman with violet eyes and long brown hair that ties up into a beehive shaped dome with a purple butterfly clip on the left side. She wore pink rimmed glasses with yellow tinted lens, alongside a pink coral dress underneath the white lab coat. This was Sakurai Ryoko.
"So what do you think we should do, Commander?" She then asked Genjuro.
The commander let out a frustrated sigh, said: "There is nothing we can do. Tsubasa and Kanade hasn't come back yet, until then, we are just sitting ducks for those Noises.".
(Back to Ryouga's location)
Ryouga's eyes stirred for seconds, then opened a bit. He grunted in pain, muttering: "Ugh… where am I?". He then gets up, moving the heavy luggages away from his body. He rubbed his eyes, then opened, look at his surroundings. He said with confusion: "Are? How did I get here…? The last thing I remember was got sucked in the portal and then…" Ryouga scratched his head, trying to adjust to the unfamiliar place. He then gasped in realization, then scowled: "That's it! That mysterious asshole! Someone must have planned to get me trapped in this new world! Where is it? Where is that bastard hiding!?" He turned his head, searching for the unknown mastermind. He raised his fist, clenching with anger: "I swear when I got my hands on him/her… Matteyo…" He looked at his hand for a moment, then said in urgent: "My luggage! Is it still safe?"
Ryouga runs back to where his belongings stayed at, instantly pulling the zipper open, checking if there was anything in here. Much to his relief, all the things still here, safe in one piece. "Thank heavens, they're still here." He then holding his trusty Zero-One Driver, but that's where the questions came in. Has the Driver this heavy before? And it feels like… real metal. He checks the belt while still in confusion. "I thought it was made from plastic? Where did the switch go? And have the screws been hidden this perfectly before?" He looks at the back of the belt, the screws are nowhere to be revealed, like it was created for the filming. The switch is also disappeared, leaving only the sleek and smooth surface. He let the belt near his waist unconsciously, then the belt strap suddenly emerged from the belt and latched on his waist, letting out a loud echo.
[ZERO-ONE DRIVER!]
Ryouga exclaimed with surprise: "WOAH! What the… The Driver, it latched itself on me…" He then gasped in realization with a sudden grin, full of excite: "So that means the portal somehow makes my collection turns real as well? THAT'S FRIGGING AMAZING!" He searched for his other collections and seeing numerous Progrise Keys has turned real as well, doubling his excitement. "I knew it! My Keys as well! But why there is some Blank Keys in my bag? I don't remember buying this much." Confirming his question earlier, there are some blank metallic silver datakeys, including some unique shaped ones as well. Suddenly, when he looked at those unique shaped ones, his excitement turns to horror. "No… No, no, nonononono… WHAT THE FUCK! This can't be! My Power-Up Items are BLANK!?" To his horror, it was the ones that he likes the most. Shining Hopper, Assault Wolf, Metal Cluster Hopper, Rampage Gatling, and even Zero-Two.
He gripped his hair, cried out in dismay: "NO! This has to be the worst situation I've ever met! I can only use the normal ones, which is totally not good at all! What do I do to restore it to normal!? Wait, my face…" He runs to a nearby cracked mirror, looking at the reflection. While his appearance still remains the same, he now has more balanced, muscular body for athletic, but what surprised him more is that he now has red eyes, which is red rings around his black irises.
He then said to himself with slight headache: "Oh great, now there couldn't be any more surprises… My body somehow got a sudden BOOST and now I have red eyes? Totally not too shabby, but not too surprising…" Yes, now he looks like an actual Anime character. What could be worse than this? With a exhausted sigh, Ryouga then said:
"Oh well, just sitting around here and weeping to myself won't get me anywhere. I better learn more about what's happening in this world.". He went back to gather all of his luggages and took out a bulky black Progrise Key, which has the screen of a smartphone with various apps, and at the back you can see that there are some parts that resembles a bike. He then touched on the app that has the motorcycle picture, and scan it on his Driver, letting out a confirmation sound.
[Changing to Super Bike, Motorcycle Mode. Please watch your head.]
After the confirmation sentence, Ryouga threw it to the air, the Key then began its transformation sequence. It changed into a slim dirt bike based on the Honda CRF450L with black and neon yellow streaks on its body, the head resembles a grasshopper because of the antennas with blue headlights for the eyes. The back has propellers which is where the jet thrusters will come out. But there some small changes with the appearance. Besides the dirt bike appearance, it has some metallic red armors on the front and rear wheel guards, also including the handleguards in front of the handlebars for extra protection. It then landed on the ground with an announcement.
[MOTOR RISE! Vroom~ RISE HOPPER!]
"Woah… Kacchoe~! It even feels better when looking it in real life myself! I don't really mind the extra parts, tho." Ryouga let out an amazed fanboy expression while admiring the Rider Machine. It was like a Christmas gift for him! He can't contain his excitement any longer and hop on the bike, still checking his bike turned real while letting out satisfied hummings. "Hmm~ this feeling, the materials are really smooth… Alright! Now let's take a look at the monitor." He looked at the front small monitor, touching the app that has a helmet icon. The helmet then materialized in front of him, letting him put on his head. Now pushing the ignition button on the screen, the whole bike came to life with a roar. He then let out an exclamation: "LET'S RIDE!" Ryouga then clutching the lever and twisted the right handlebars for a certain speed, zooming off by the thrusters while letting out an excited scream.
"WOOHOO!"
(Outside the Alleyway, Central Station)
On the road, we can see our main character traveling around this mysterious, yet futuristic city. Everywhere he looks, it totally overwhelms his mind out. Ryouga was listing things he'd seen for now. "Okay, as far as I've checked, it proves that I'm now officially stuck in this other dimension's Future Earth. No strange phenomenon like lightning sparks on the road, no portal, nothing that can help me to go back to my world. PAH, how fantastic! Now for the city, there's oddly shaped buildings, big round domes, trains floating upside-down, flying vehicles, holographic build boards, and etc. The technology here is absolutely outstanding, compare to mine. Even though… *sigh*, still no luck finding useful information here. I need some hints that can restore my Power-Up Keys to normal, but for now, I just have to endure for the right time." What he thinks, obviously, all heroes can't immediately get their power-ups so soon right off the bat. They have to go through many hurtful trials to be deemed worthy of the power. At least, from his own point of view.
*Stomach growling*
"I should go to a restaurant for some cravings." Ryouga said, feeling hungry. He takes out some cash, along with some of his credit cards, then said to himself with unease. "Hopefully they will accept the money, or not I have to live with nature itself." Decided, he then stop by a nearby restaurant. He takes a seat near the TV a bit, then looking at the menu.
"E-Excuse me, miss. C-can I have two bowls of ramen with beef? Oh, along with cold tea too." Ryouga asked the waiter with hesitation.
The waiter answered with a friendly smile: "Of course, young man." She then asked with some worry: "But are you feeling nervous? You just stuttered earlier."
Ryouga shakes his head, nervously responded: "Um, no miss… I just recently transferred to Tokyo, so I feel a bit unease about the money." He can't exactly tell her that he comes from another world, so he came up with a lie.
The waiter then giggled, said: "So you're from abroad? Don't worry, we still accept Japanese money here like others, and I'll make this a special discount for you since this is the first time you came here, OK?" Hearing that makes Ryouga sighed in relief, then takes out some cash to pay first.
"Thank you miss, can I pay for the meal first?" Ryouga then said to the waiter, giving the cash to her before eating. The female waiter accepting the money with a smile, then said:
"Yes, have a good meal~". The waiter then went to the kitchen room to pass the order to the restaurant's owner. After 5 minutes of waiting, he got his two bowls of beef ramen. He put some sauce, including chilli satay. He always enjoys the ramen with spicy satay, it gives out the delicious aroma with intoxicating spicy flavor. He then started to ear with vigor, tasting the fresh beef meat in his mouth with a satisfied hum, along with small blush.
"Umai~ As expected for the spicy ramen, it just tastes perfect! And I'm glad for the extra beef here too!" Ryouga said with happiness, loving the spicy soup and the extra beef. He then watched TV for some information while eating slowly.
"And the weather looks like it's going to be a sunny day for a week. Now on to the other topic for today…"
At first it was just daily weather reports, like usual. He drinks the cold tea, still waiting for the big news. But the next topic almost make Ryouga do a spit take, making him coughing for a few seconds, then looking back at the screen with astonished expression.
"The Noise, alien creatures that have been a threat to humanity for 13 years, have started attacking with a large army! Right now, the military is in a big disadvantage, even with new weapons! Not only that, there is a mantis-like robot leading the army!" The screen showed footage of weird glowing alien creatures killing people. The people gets touched by the aliens instantly turned into dust- no, carbon to be exact, then dissolving. He would have shivered in fear, but he has seen many horrific memories in his dark past, so he can only winces and wishes peace for the victims. But the next sentence makes his skin jumped in alert.
"Mantis-like robot!? Masaka… Magia? And those 'Noise'…" His mind started panicking in a fast rate, not even wanting to imagine the increasing disaster if Magia appeared in this world with those aliens. He then steeled himself back to the more important matter.
"If Magia appears in this world, then could Metsuboujinrai too? And Zaia Enterprise…? Wait, that couldn't be possible. Right now, there hasn't any report that even mentioned those companies. But I can't help thinking about the possible scenarios that will appear in near future. For now, I have to find more information." Ryouga then went back to finish the food, drank all the soup and cold tea in a few gulps. He thanked the owner and ran outside to the mentioned alleyway. With his now boosted athletic body, he ran to the dark tunnel in an impossible speed without panting that would make a certain blue hedgehog proud. When he got out of the tunnel, he was met with the chaos in front of him.
The scene in front of him couldn't be more horrific than a battlefield. On the ground were piles of carbon that were once people scattering everywhere. The remaining people are running away from those aliens. He then saw a little girl with her mother was about to be attacked, so he quickly ran to them while grabbing a metal bar.
Ryouga shouted at the alien while charging: "SASERU KAAA!" He then smashed the Noise with a powerful swing, creating sparks on the armor. The alien staggered and get impaled in the head by a sharp iron spike of the nearby building, dissolving into ashes. The other one came at him, grabbing from behind. He grabbed the alien's hand off a bit and hit its stomach with his elbow, making it lowered the grip, and threw the alien to a pile of plastic drums. Without questioning how he didn't turn into carbon, Ryouga then led the girl and her mother away from them, but those aliens had surrounded them at the front. The girl and her mother are trembling with fear.
"KUSO! What do I do now!? I can't let them in danger like this!" Ryouga gritted his teeth, cursed at the situation while thinking how to get out of here. Just when the aliens were about to charge, the backpack from his back suddenly letting out a golden light, blinding the aliens. The light then let out a shockwave that blow away the charging aliens.
Ryouga said in surprise: "Nanda?" He then looked at his glowing backpack, removing it from his back and opening the zipper, revealing the glowing Zero-One Driver and the neon yellow Progrise Key. An idea then flashed in his head. "That's right! I still have this!" He then put the belt on his waist, the beltstrap instantly latched on to him. Looking the neon yellow Progrise Key that has the cybernetic image of a grasshopper with its signature ability, he said to himself:
"This would be my first time to fight while my life is at stake for a long time… But I don't care. I'm not letting anyone die again in front of me. NEVER!" With a determined glare at the aliens, he then pressed on the button.
[JUMP!]
After the announcement, Ryouga then scanned on the Authoriser on the Driver's left side, confirming its activation with a red light.
[AUTHORISE!]
The Authoriser then flashed a golden light, along with the standby music. Coming out of the belt was a huge mechanized grasshopper with red eyes, along with neon yellow streaks around the body. The mechanized grasshopper let out a loud croak, leaping towards the aliens with a high jump, crushing the army with its nonstop high jumps. It then went back to Ryouga, looking at him for a moment. He got surprised when the grasshopper nodded its head, like it was telling him to fight together. Ryouga nodded back, then look back at the aliens again, opened the Key with a flick to revealed the exoskeleton body of a grasshopper, shouting out a certain word:
"HENSHIN!"
He then put the Progrise Key inside the belt, letting the silver cover sliding to the right side, revealing the white circle with a grasshopper symbol.
[PROGRISE!]
The RideModule Hopper let out a loud croak, jumping in front of Ryouga then dissolving into yellow data particles, forming the black bodysuit with white lines, then turning into armors equipping on his body.
[TOBIAGA RISE (Jump up and Rise)! RISING HOPPER!]
A jump to the sky turns to a Rider Kick.
Ryouga's body was now lined with the hopper's data turned solid armor, his boots now had neon yellow protection on the top of his foot, connecting with the yellow shinguards. His thighs were protected by the same yellow guards that reached up to the waist, with some thin red lines on them. The chest armor had a slightly segmented chest-piece that covered the exposed red markings, while the back has neon yellow armour resembles the grasshopper's closed wings. And finally the mask was a sleek neon yellow grasshopper mask with red bug eyes and a pair of antennae on a black helmet with thin red lines.
He is now Kamen Rider Zero-One Rising Hopper.
Ryouga looked at his now transformed state with hidden joy. "Ho… ly… shit! I TRANSFORMED INTO ZERO-ONE! SUGEE~!" He then clenched his fist with pure joy silently and glaring at the Noises, said:
"You lots really got some nerves, killing innocent people while rampaging in the city… I'm gonna crush you!" With the declared statement, he charges at them with a sudden jump, letting out a strong side axe kick at one of them, sending it crashing against the army, destroying ten of them in an instant. The aliens got startled by the sudden attack a bit, giving him the chance to blast them with consecutive punches in a blur, destroying dozens of them. He then stopped for a moment to evade the surprise attack with a backjump, some of the aliens got into the incoming green saw attacks and destroyed. He muttered with a quiet tone: "So it was you, huh? Berotha Magia…"
The lead enemy in front of him was a mantis-like robot that was reported on TV. It has black undersuit with silver sharp toes on the feet like armor, green wires that strapped onto the legs to the metal-pieced belt around its waist that has a dark green datakey with an image of Kujiberotha mantis, a species that was extinct long time ago. It had an elongated octagon chest-guard covering it with three green wires that strapped it down, riveted silver shoulder-guards and black bracers with green metal mantis-like sickle arms in its hands. Finally, its head resembles a large green insectoid head with yellow protruding diamond-shaped eyes alongside a pair of long antennae on the forehead.
This was Berotha Magia.
(Meanwhile, back to the Unknown Location Number 2)
"S-Sir! Look at the footage! A mysterious man with strange armor suddenly appears on where the Noise army is standing! Unbelievable! He can touch and destroys the army in 3 minutes!" One of the staff member stated with utter shock before the scene in front of the monitor.
"Nani? That man defeats an army in just 3 minutes!?" Genjuro exclaimed with shock, baffled at what the staff member had said.
"Ara~ What a surprise development! He sure looks stunning in that strange neon yellow armor of his~!" Ryoko then giggled, blushing a bit at the screen while cupping her right cheek.
"H-HEY! What the heck is that mantis-like cyborg!?" Another staff member exclaimed with shock, pointing at the mentioned android, causing everyone to look at where the other staff had pointed at the monitor and let out gasps in utter shock. Ryoko then turned her head with urgent: "Commander!"
Genjuro stuttered a bit with unease: "I-I don't know. This is the first time I've seen this new creature..." He then gasped: "Masaka! Could the Noise have provided themselves with a new enemy!?"
(Back to Zero-One vs Berotha Magia)
The Berotha Magia then gurgled, snarled like a wild predator: "EXTERMINATE… ALL… HUMANS!" It then opened its mouthpiece, revealing sharp fangs, roaring hungrily and slashed at him with energy saw attacks. Zero-One dodged and reflects back at the enemy with a sharp swipe to let it hit the Noises. He turns back to the girl and her mother, said: "Get away! Hurry and don't ever look back behind! Hide to a nearby building!" The mother frantically nodded in reply and take the daughter in her arms and ran away from the battle. Zero-One then holding out his right hand, the yellow data particles then materialized from the air, forming a large black suitcase with a neon yellow streak on the front corner, alongside a yellow large button on one corner.
[Attache Case, open to release the sharpest of blades.]
[ATTACHE CALIBUR!]
Zero-One pressed the large button and grasped the end of the lower half, fold out to the front, revealing the sharp silver blade.
[BLADERISE!]
He growled at the Magia with a penance stare: "You have crossed the line you shouldn't ever trampled on." And then pointed the blade at the robot's face. "I will skewer you into pieces!" The Magia gets startled a bit by the death gaze underneath Zero-One's helmet, but retorts back with a defiance roar: "ME NOT SCARED OF PUNY HUMANS LIKE YOU!"
The Berotha then charged at Zero-One with a swift slash, nearly vanishing into a blur, but Zero-One saw the attack and blocked it with his blade, creating sparks. He then locked the sickle with his blade, raised it above in the air and slash across the chest with a cross slash. Sparks ripped out from the armor, making Berotha roars in pain. The mantis robot then tried to slice him off with rapid slashes, despite the weight of the sickle arms, but Zero-One then blocked off the rapid assaults and countered with his own attacks; dodging left and right, up and down, and strike back at his face with a haymaker, making Berotha stumbled a bit. He then slashed at the robot with some thrusts, and swiping fiercely with consecutive slashes, creating sparks for each hit. The Berotha then let out a shriek when the left sickle gets broken by the slash, striking back at Zero-One with uncontrollable rage. But he then stopped the attack from the right sickle, clashing against the sickle with growls at each other's necks. After 10 seconds of struggling, both blades then cut deep at the armor from both sides creating sparks, making both growl in pain.
"GWAH! KUH!"
"GYAAAAAAA!"
They both stumbled back, Zero-One wiped away the small smoke from the chest armor, but Berotha was on the losing side with the armor smoking a lot from the assault. He then puts away the blade to his Rider Space and pointed at the beaten Berotha with a famous quote:
"The one who will crush your twisted ambitions into dusts… IS ME!"
(Inserting Kamen Rider Zero-One OST: Ore no nawa Zero-One)
He then slamming the Progrise Key on his Driver to execute his signature attack with a loud announcement from the belt.
[RISING IMPACT!]
The Berotha let out an insane shriek, slashing violently at Zero-One with his remaining sickle, creating ten energy saws: "KIIIII… SHINEEEEEEE!" Zero-One's eyes flashed red, dodging the first energy saw with a head tilt to the right, creating an explosion at the back. He then does the move what looks like an instant teleportation with yellow cybernetic streaks, charging at Berotha while dodging the remaining saws in fast speed. Left, right, up, down! He suddenly appeared in front of the Magia, making it jerked its neck in shock before kicked it to the sky. Zero-One's legs are energized with energy, creating a holographic grasshopper's leg for a short time, and jump high. He punched the Magia to a nearby large pinwheel at the park, but he teleported to the pinwheel faster and spin-kicking at the Magia to the air again. He then appeared again, slamming him in the stomach to the ground with a loud thud, and kneed him to the air again. He then executed an almost endless combo with punches and kicks, then hitting the Magia with a strong Rider Kick that makes agonizing breaking bones with electricity sparking sounds.
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[RISING IMPACT!]
The Berotha Magia then screamed at the overload, letting out one last curse to him: "O-ONORE… ZERO-ONE! DON'T THINK THIS IS THE END! ARK-SAMA WILL RETUUUUUURN!" It then exploded into pieces, and Zero-One landed with a perfect stance, not breaking his ankles onto the ground.
(End BGM)
He then stood up, looking at the sky where Berotha had exploded, thinking about his last words.
"So I was right. Not only Magia, but also the ARK as well… I have to train myself for the worst cause, in case ARK returns. I'll crush his ambitions, no matter what! I won't let another Daybreak Incident reappear again!" Zero-One swore to himself, clenching his fist tightly while glaring at the sky. He broke out of his moody thought when a young girl called out to him.
"ONII-CHAAAN!"
The young girl then ran to the armored hero with a big smile, with her mother running behind. Zero-One relaxed a bit, smiling underneath his helmet, asked the young girl gently while rubbing her hair: "Are you and your Kaa-san alright?" The young girl rapidly nodded with glee.
"Um! We're both okay! Thank you for saving us, Onii-Chan!" She answered with happiness. Her mother catch up with the two, then respond with gratitude.
"Oh, thank you so much! I don't know what to do if you hadn't appeared!" The armored hero shakes his head lightly, said: "No need for thanks, ma'am. I just glad you both are still unharmed.". He then lowered his head, looking at piles of carbon with regret: "But I couldn't save everyone…".
The young girl shook her head, comforting the hero with a solemn tone: "It's not your fault, Onii-Chan. You've tried your best to save everyone. If there's anything responsible for this, it's those aliens!" Her mother also agreed with what young girl had said.
"That's right. You can't save everyone. But that doesn't mean you should give up trying. Anyone would have said the same thing." He nodded, agreed with them. "Thank you.". Zero-One then gestured to the carbon, asked:
"Do you have any empty bags? I want to bury them at a proper place." Both of them nodded, helping him gathering all the ashes on the road. He then scanned his RisePhone and threw it to the air, letting the Key transform into Rise Hopper. He touched the app which has the icon of a sidecar. The app then materialized outside, forming into a sidecar at the left side, which has neon yellow and metallic red streaks on the body, with blue headlights on the front and the back respectively. It also has spaces for two people. Both the young girl and her mother shared an amazed, stupefied expression with wide mouths agape.
The armored hero gestured them to the sidecar: "Come on. Take your seats." Both of them broke out of their stupor and nodded, sitting on the sidecar with the young girl on her mother's arms, alongside bags full of ashes.
(Back to the Unknown Location Number 2)
Moving to the unknown basement, Genjuro and everyone are all gaped in amazement at what they have just witnessed.
"Sugoi… Just what in the world is this armored man?" Genjuro wondered with fascinate. I mean, who can blame him for asking that, right? He just witnessed a mysterious man in armor single-handedly destroy an army of Noise when the military couldn't do anything to harm those aliens, let alone touching them.
"SUBARASHII! He soloed his way to be able to decimated those Noises without relying on Relic's power…" Ryoko complimenting the armored hero. "Just who exactly is this man?"
The commander still observing the man, waiting for him to undo the transformation. He couldn't help but agreeing with the itchy feeling in his mind telling him that the man must have some kind of advanced technology to create that transformation device on his waist to utilize the immense power of his. Not to mention that insectoid-like android earlier...
"Should we tell Tsubasa-kun and Kanade-kun about this, Commander?" The scientist woman then asked.
The commander shook his head, said: "No, not until we know for sure if he's an ally or a potential threat. We still have to keep observing him and keep a close eye. When the time is right, we will make contact with him."
(Back to Zero-One's location)
After waiting for both the young girl and her mother take their seat belts, he then drove to the nearby empty land where there is the ocean below the land. The place was nice and calm, lots of green and plenty of gentle breezes, with the shiny sun in front of the ocean enlightening its beauty. They got out of the bike and started digging up many spots under the trees, putting all the ashes to the ground in their own place and buried it. They closed their eyes, clapping hands and lowered their head a bit, silently praying to the victims for peace.
Once that was done, he then walked back where his bike staying at. The young girl then asked with worry: "Onii-Chan, will you be alright?" The hero looked back at the girl, nodded.
"I'll be alright. This world needs a protector, after all. I won't die till the world is safe." He stated with a calm, assured tone. Both the young girl and her mother nodded, smiling. Her mother asked one last question:
"Before you go, can you at least tell us your name?" He stopped for a moment to let the wind blew through the air, letting out a soft smile underneath the helmet, then said out his Alter-Ego to them.
"Zero-One. Kamen Rider Zero-One da." He then saying goodbye to them with a two-finger salute. "Be careful on your way home, okay?" The armored hero rode off with a zoom, leaving both of them behind on their way back home. But he can still hear the young girl's voice echoing to him, waving their hands behind.
"SAYONARA, ZERO-ONE NIICHAN! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR TRIP~!"
"WE'LL BE ROOTING FOR YOU! GANBATTE~!"
He let out his tears in silent, giving both of them a thumbs-up, before continuing his journey to an unknown future. With renewed determination, he will keep moving forward to a bright future, planning on protecting people he can protect and saving Earth. For he is Fujiki Ryouga, and also known as the wandering Sole Hero of Justice…
Kamen Rider Zero-One!
Red Flame Dragon: AAAAAAND DONE! Finally, about just in time till the Rising Sun on Sunday! What do you think about the Episode 0? Good or Bad? I think it was good enough, and I'm sorry if the story was bad. Let me know in the reviews below about your opinion so far. I decided to focus on my Kamen Rider crossover stories for now. At the next chapter, we'll find out next about Ryouga-kun later if he got a job at the usual Flower Restaurant, and his fated meeting with Symphogear Girls at the concert. Well, as the story said, he isn't really a poor wallet, but who knows how long he can live with the current money of his? Find out next on the upcoming Episode 1! Signing out for now, until the next Ride, I could put in my own original Super Hero Time. See you again! *shouts* HENSHIN!
About some Japanese quotes, here's the meaning for those who don't understand:
Are? (Huh?)
Matteyo… (Wait a second/Wait a minute…)
Saseru ka! (Oh no you don't/I won't let you!)
Kuso! (Damn/Shit!)
Nani!? (What!?)
Ara~ (Ooh~)
Sugoi/Sugee~ (Amazing!)
Subarashi! (Wonderful/Fantastic!)
Masaka… (It can't be…)
Nanda? (What the?)
Kacchoe~ (Cool~!) PS: It's just another way of saying something is cool.
Umai~ (So good~!) PS: A compliment for the food that tastes good.
SHINE! (DIE!)
Onore! (Curse you/Damn you!)