Slash, the swordsman of sounds!
"Huh!?/What!?" The three Sword Of Logos Magic Knights exclaimed as they fell onto the ground.
"That spell…." Espada thought as she glanced around before seeing Calibur approaching them.
"What are you doing here?!" Blades asked, becoming surprised at the swordsman of darkness's appearance.
"I'll be taking your Wonder-Ride books." Calibur responded as he stopped walking.
"What?! Again?!" Saber exclaimed in an exasperating tone of voice.
The response came in the form of giggles.
"That voice." Saber and Blades thought as they and Espada turned their heads towards the source of the laughter to see Sally.
"Don't worry. We're stealing your Wonder-Ride books for a different purpose." Sally said as she began to walk up to the Magic Knights.
However, Lion Senki began to growl and lunge towards the Eye Of The Midnight Sun's scientist.
"Darkness Creation Magic: Dark Dragon's Crushing Fangs." Calibur announced, causing a dragon's head made out of darkness to appear around the blue mechanical lion before closing it's mouth, completely chewing Lion Senki.
"Lion Senki!" Blades exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as he and everyone else watch as his companion disappeared.
"Thank you." Sally said before taking "Needle Hedgehog" from Espada, "Tenku No Pegases" from Blades and "Mighty Elephant" from Saber, which was located in his Wonder-Ride book holder.
"Hehehehe. I can't wait for the birth of one of my greatest creation." Sally muttered in an excited tone of voice whilst having a creepy smile on her face.
"Wait, are you the one behind the sneak attacks?" Blades asked, making Saber and Espada widen their eyed.
"Nope. That was someone else." Sally responded, making the three Sword Of Logos Magic Knights confuse.
It was at that moment that something seemingly bumped into one of the Ahirus.
"Watch where you're going, Qwack." Ahiru(2) said before seemingly hitting the air with his arm which surprisingly hit something.
"Qwack! That hurts!" A voice suddenly exclaimed just as a fifth Ahiru appeared seemingly out of thin air.
"There's a fifth one?!" Saber, Blades and Espada exclaimed in their heads at the same time.
"Qwack. Your invisibility can be annoying at times." Ahiru(2) commented, making the other Ahirus laugh whilst the newly appeared Ahiru(5) look at the ground sadly.
"What are those fools doing?! Allowing their Wonder-Ride books to be stolen?!" Noelle exclaimed in a frustrated tone of voice as she and everyone else watch the battle through the magic item that Reika brought with her.
"I understand if Calibur is the one stealing the Wonder-Ride books, but that Eye Of The Midnight Sun girl?" Ryo questioned with a frown one his face.
A frown is currently on Sophia's face as she made a decision.
"Rin. I want you to/Let me go." Tetsuo said, cutting off Sophia who gained a confuse expression on her face.
"Are you sure?" Sophia asked, starting to become worried.
"Yes. I've finally managed to fix "it"." Tetsuo responded whilst placing a hand on his Grimoire, making a surprise expression to appear on Sophia's, Ryo's and Fiona's faces whilst a smirk started to appear on Rin's face, a confused expression appear on Noelle's face and an interested expression appeared on Reika's face.
"It's about time." Ryo commented, his surprise expression turning into a smirk.
"Very well. You can join the fight." Sophia said before opening a portal which Tetsuo ran through.
"….What's going on?" Noelle asked, becoming confuse.
"You're about to see a Knight returning into action." Reika responded, making the silver hair girl raise an eye-brow whilst Nero, who has taking residents on Noelle's shoulder, tilted her head to the side.
"Why did you betrayed the Sword Of Logos, Calibur!?" Espada asked, acting slightly aggressive as she attempted to break free.
"Isn't human nature to follow their own desires in life, breaking bonds in the process?" Calibur questioned, mainly making the three Sword Of Logos Magic Knights and Sally confuse.
"And anyway, I'm not sure if your ready to face the truth." Calibur continued to say, making the four to become more confuse.
"What do you mean by that?" Espada asked, her anger starting to appear.
However, before the swordsman of darkness can respond, a gold portal appeared, catching everyone's attention.
"Backup has arrived." The three Magic Knights thought, becoming slightly relieved just as Tetsuo came through the portal.
"Huh? Mr Daishinji? Your our backup?" Saber asked in a sceptic tone of voice, causing a tick-mark to appear on Tetsuo's forehead.
"That's some gratitude you have there, Saber…." The Sword Of Logos Mechanic muttered in an annoyed tone of voice before turning his attention towards Calibur.
"Its been a while, Calibur." Tetsuo commented, gaining a serious expression on his face.
"…..Yes it has. I'm surprise that you came onto the battlefield during the Magic Knight's mission in the Seabed Temple." Calibur commented, making Tetsuo snort slightly.
"I'm a Magic Knight, regardless of the condition my strength is." Tetsuo responded, making Calibur nod his head slightly.
"If all you going to do is talk, then die, Qwack!" Ahiru(5) said before turning invisible.
"Mr Dashinji! You better run!" Saber shouted, starting to become worried.
However, the Mechanic of the Sword Of Logos remained where he is, with the only moment being his Grimoire opening it's cover, but standing up rather than floating flatly.
With a quick movement, Tetsuo seemingly drew something out of the pages and slashed the air with the object.
A shout of pain is head and Ahiru(5) became visible again along with being injured.
"Qwack?! How did you know that was attacking you? My invisibility makes my Mana disappear." Ahiru(5) said as he slowly got up off the ground.
"I guess that's a fatal flaw of the many people in the four kingdoms, relaying on their Mana senses to find hiding people. But my hearing is simply second to non. However, it isn't my hearing that you should be worrying about." Tetsuo explained, making Ahiru(5) confuse before he and everyone else looked at the object in the Mechanic's hand.
The object is in fact a bayonet-styled sword, held in a reverse grip, whose colours are primarily pink and blank with some blue.
On the guard are two slots, one at the top whilst the other is set underneath.
"So, you're finally returned." Calibur commented just as Tetsuo took out a pink bordered Wonder-Ride book that has a picture of two children standing in front of a house that is seemingly made out of sweets underneath the title of "Hanselnuts No Gretel"."
"Now, its my turn." Tetsuo said before opening the cover of the new Wonder-Ride book.
"A sweet, but strange tale of adventure occurs when a pair of siblings wandered into a forest."
The Wonder-Ride book announced before Tetsuo closed the cover and placed it within the slot on the pink and black sword.
Tetsuo then turn the sword around so that it is in the normal grip before pressing the trigger, causing The "Hanselnuts No Gretel" Wonder-Ride book to open.
"Henshin!" Tetsuo exclaimed as he thrust his sword forwards, firing a burst of light, just as the giant version of "Hanselnuts No Gretel" opened.
Jam with the Bayonet!
Go! Go with the gun!
I'd rather go with the sword!
Suzume, the sword of echoes
Movement of Suzume: The bayonet's sweet allure spreads a funky rhythm to jam through the beat.
The now known Suzume announced just as Tetsuo is clad in armor, through multiple sweets merging onto him, which has a pink under-suit with black armour over it, with some of it being brown, and spotting a large collar piece. The shoulder-pads are square-shaped whilst the visor is jagged. The sword-horn is pointing forwards rather than upwards and is seemingly open in the middle.
"EHHHHHH?! Mr Daishinji is a Kamen Rider?!" Saber exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"Yes, Mr Dashinji's Holy Sword was damaged some time ago. But it seems that he managed to fix it." Blades explained with a smile underneath his helmet.
"Kamen Rider Slash, the swordsman of sounds, returning to the stage." The transformed Tetsuo introduced himself.
"I don't care who you are, you're still going down, Qwack." Ahiru(2) said before charging towards Slash.
However, Slash remained where he stood and got into a stance.
When Ahiru(2) got close enough, Slash suddenly moved into action, swinging Suzume.
Slash landed a few hits on Ahiru(2) before the duck-themed Megid attempted to hit the swordsman of sounds with his claw.
However, Slash avoided the attack landing one of more hit, yet stronger this time, resulting in Ahiru(2) rolling onto the ground.
Ahiru(5) attempted to perform a sneak attack on Slash.
"Haven't you forgotten, "my hearing is second to non"." Slash repeated himself as he step to the side of Ahiru(5)'s attack and kick him.
"Okay, get him, Qwack!" Ahiru(4) said before charging forwards, soon followed by the other two Ahirus.
"Music Magic: Rhythmic Distortion." Slash announced with the turning of his Grimoire's pages, causing sound waves to spread out.
All the Ahirus started to feel dizzy as the waves of sound pass through them.
"Q-Qwack?" Ahiru(4) asked as he place a hand on his head whilst attempting stay standing on his feet, feeling dizzy.
"I'm surprise that all of you are managing to stay on your feet. However, that won't last long." Slash commented before starting his attack, swinging Suzume.
"Get them, Slash!" Saber cheered, even he and the other two Sword Of Logos Magic Knight are still trap.
"Now. Time to get rid of you." Slash said as he remove "Hanselnuts No Gretel" and placed it in the second slot of Suzume whilst approaching Ahiru(4).
Hanselnuts No Gretel
Suzume: Recital Strike!
Suzume announced just as the blade became coated in pink energy.
Slash then swing Suzume, striking the still dizzy duck-themed Megid.
Yay!
Suzume announced again just as Ahiru(4) exploded in bright colours.
"That's one…." Slash muttered as he glanced at the other Ahirus and notice that the effects of his spell starting to disappear.
"Hmmm. Lets try this then." Slash said before taking out another Wonder-Ride book, this one having a purple boarder and a picture on animals playing instruments with the tile of "Bremen No Rock Band" underneath them.
The swordsman of sounds then opened the cover.
"A Band of animals sound a triumphant quarter as they were forced into battle."
The new Wonder-Ride book announced before Slash closed the cover and then flicked his sword arm, causing the blade Suzume to move down whilst opening, revealing colourful bars.
Play the Gun!
The transformed Suzume announced just as Slash placed "Bremen No Rock Band" into the first slot of Suzune, making the standby sound to start playing before the swordsman of sound pressed the trigger, causing the cover to open.
Jam with the bayonet!
Come fourth!
Go with the sword!
No! No!
Go! Go with the gun and bang bang!
Suzume: The sword of echoes!
Movement of Suzume: The bayonet's sweet allure spreads a funky rhythm to jam through the beat.
Suzume announced with the new Wonder-Ride book cladding Slash's left arm with pieces of instrument-playing animals and speaker.
"It doesn't matter what you do, we will beat you, Qwack." Ahiru(1) said before charging towards Slash, prompting the three other Ahirus to follow his lead.
"Qwack this, Qwack that! Shut your beaks already! I'm gonna rock on to the ultimate sound from here on out!" Slash announced in a completely different manner before pressing the trigger of Suzume, firing pink coloured bullets at the approaching Ahirus.
"W-what just happened?!" Saber exclaimed, becoming shock at Slash's change of personality.
"When Slash uses the "Bremen No Rock Band" Wonder-Ride book, he started to act completely different than normal." Espada responded, smiling sheepishly underneath her helmet.
As the remaining Ahirus lay on the ground, Slash turned his attention towards the Magic Knights.
"What the hell are you three acting all lazy?! Get up!" Slash said just as the pages of his Grimoire started to turn.
"Music Magic: Adverse Harmony!" Slash exclaimed, firing sounds waves that head towards Saber, Blades and Espada.
"W-w-wha-?!" Saber exclaimed, thinking that Slash just decided to attack them.
Instead, the binding that were trapping them disappear.
"All right! We can start fighting again." Espada commented as she got up off the ground.
"Hey! Why didn't you stopped the spell?" Sally asked Calibur.
"I don't see the point of keeping them trap any longer, we already have what we want from them." The swordsman of darkness responded, glancing down at the Wonder-Ride books in Sally's hands.
This cause the scientist to nod her head whilst gaining a grin.
However, it was at that moment that Mana-bullets came flying straight towards Calibur.
Unfortunately, the swordsman of darkness raised Kurayami, letting the bullets hit the flat side of the gold-bladed sword instead.
"Come on, Calibur! Lets dance!" Slash said in crazy tone of voice.
"If that what you want, then lets…" Calibur responded as he charge forwards.
Slash started to fire Mana-Bullets at the approaching swordsman of darkness, but he managed to deflect the bullets before getting in close to swing Kurayami.
Luckily, the swordsman of sounds jumped back to avoid the gold-bladed sword just as the pages of his Grimoire flip.
"Music Magic: Sonic Echo!" Slash announced before releasing a "beam" of sound waves, heading straight towards Calibur.
"I forgot how fast that attack is!" The swordsman of darkness thought as he defend himself against the attack.
Whilst Kurayami managed to absorb the attack, Calibur did felt his entire body shaking.
Just after Calibur's body managed recover from the spell, Slash went on the attack again, firing rounds of Mana-Bullets.
"I can't get the chance to use one of my spells." Calibur muttered as he noted how some of the Mana-Bullets are aimed at his Grimoire, causing the swordsman of darkness mentally move his Grimoire out of the way, yet preventing him from using any one of his spells.
"I guess that use that then." Calibur thought as he took out "Saiyuu Journey" and attempt to scan the Wonder-Ride book against Kurayami.
However, before Calibur can do that, a blade of some kind struck his hand, causing the swordsman of darkness to let go of "Saiyuu Journey", letting it fly into the air before getting caught by Saber.
"Hehehehe! I have three red Wonder-Ride books now!" Saber, whose left arm is clad in "King Of Arthur" Wonder-Ride book and used the giant version of King Excalibur to strike Calibur, cheered as he held up "Saiyuu Journey".
This cause Calibur to frown underneath his helmet.
However, before the swordsman of darkness can do anything else, Slash place "Bremen No Rock Band" into the second slot of Suzume.
Bremen No Rock Band
Suzume: Recital Strike!
Yay!
Suzume announced just as colourful notes started to swirl around the barrel of the sword of echoes.
"All right! I'm feeling the beat now! Guns and music!" Slash exclaimed before pressing the trigger, firing the colourful notes straight towards Calibur.
Instead of blocking, the swordsman of darkness instead dived to the side, letting the attack pass him.
The swordsman of darkness turned his attention towards Sally.
"Let's get out of here. We have what we want." Calibur said before using the sword of darkness to create a portal.
"Awwww! But I want to watch the ending of this fight." Sally whined but followed Calibur into the portal anyway.
"So they decided to leave the gig, huh?" Slash thought as he watch the portal close.
"But I have another matter to attend to." Slash thought as he turned his attention towards the other fights.
"Hey why are you fighting with two swords! No fair, Qwack!" Ahiru(5) exclaimed as he duck under a swing from Rekka.
"Whine all you want, it won't get you anywhere." Saber responded as he swing Rekka again, making Ahiru(5) jump back this time.
However, Saber swing King Excalibur, and the giant version of the blue sword hit Ahiru(5) knocking him onto the ground.
"Qwack…." Ahiru(5) muttered in pain.
"Now to finish." Saber said before pressing the trigger on King Excalibur five times.
Shashing(X5)!
Final Page!
King Slash!
King Excalibur announced and energy started to coat both the blue sword and Rekka.
"Take this!" Saber announced before swinging the two swords, releasing the two energy blasts which headed straight towards Ahiru(5)
"Qwack! Qwack! Qwack!" Ahiru(5) exclaimed in fright as the energy blasts closed onto him.
Saber watched as an explosion occurred.
"Now, wonder how the others are do-!" The swordsman of flames began to thought but was cut off as someone hit him on the head.
"Owch! What the-?" Saber exclaimed before turning around to see who hit him.
"Slash?! What the hell?!" Saber exclaimed as he held his head, revealing that the swordsman of sounds is the one responsible for hitting the swordsman of flames.
"That's for stealing the spotlight of my grand return." Slash responded, crossing his arms.
"Is he still under the influence of "Bremen No Rock Band"?" Saber wondered as he rub his head.
Final Page!
Blades's Seiken Sword-Driver announced as the swordsman of water fired a steam of water at Ahiru(3), trapping the duck-themed Megid in a sphere of water.
"Leo Cascade!" Blades announced before jumping into the air.
Lion!
Peter Fan!
Volume 2 Strike: W-W-Water!
The Seiken Sword-Driver announced just as Blades struck Ahiru(3) with a water-coated leg, causing an explosion to engulf the duck-theme Megid.
"I swear on Nagare, that I will keep the world out of harm's way!" Blades announced as he stood up, him having been crouching when landing on the ground.
Final Page!
Espada's Seiken Sword-Driver announced as the swords-woman of lighting sheathe Ikazuchi and pressed the trigger twice.
"Alangina Diablo." Espada announced before jumping into the air, her foot getting coated in lighting.
Alangina!
Volume 1 Strike: Thunder!
The Seiken Sword-Driver announced as Espada's boot collided with Ahiru(2), causing an explosion to occur.
"I should get out of here, Qwack…." Ahiru(1) muttered, starting to become nervous as his fellow duck-theme Megids get defeated.
Bremen No Rock Band
Suzume: Recital Strike!
Yay!
A voice suddenly announced, causing Ahiru(1) to freeze before slowly turning around to see Slash charging up his attack.
"Here we go again! Guns and Music!" Slash announced before pressing the trigger, firing colourful music notes towards Ahiru(1).
"QWWWWAAAAACK!" The remaining duck-them Megid exclaimed before getting engulfed by an explosion.
"Explosion!" Slash cheered whilst striking a pose.
"Heh. It looks like we defeated them." Espada commented as she, Blades and Saber regroup.
"Slash still looks energetic." Saber said, glancing towards the swordsman of sounds who is shouting with joy.
"We should probably get out of here before we get into trouble." Blades said with a frown underneath his helmet.
"But our Wonder-Ride books got stolen." Espada said, a frown of her own starting to appear underneath her helmet.
"I suppose the others won't be pleased by this." Saber pointed out, starting to become nervous.
"Of course we're not happy about this! You three let our Wonder-Ride books get stolen!" Noelle exclaimed in an annoyed tone of voice.
Right now, Asta, Donna, Rintaro and Tetsuo have returned to the Sword Of Logos headquarters and are currently getting their heads chewed out by the silver hair girl.
"But we managed to retrieve one…." Asta said in a weak tone of voice as he held up "Saiyuu Journey".
"That wasn't even the ones that got stolen!" Noelle responded, somehow becoming bigger from Asta's perspective.
"And Mr Daishinji…." Noelle began to say, turning her attention towards the wielder of Suzume.
"Why didn't you said anything about being a Holy Sword wielder?!" Noelle demanded whilst making Tetsuo jump.
"….You and Asta would have pressure me in rushing the fixing of Suzume…." Tetsuo responded whilst avoiding eye-contact.
"Why are we getting yelled at by Noelle?" The four Magic Knights questioned at the same time, returning to the main issue.
"We should probably be asking why Calibur and that girl stole your Wonder-Ride books?" Ryo pointed out whilst crossing his arms.
"Yes. I have heard that Calibur has been on a Wonder-Ride book collecting spree. First wanting the "Brave Dragon" Wonder-Ride book in order to reach Avalon, then wanting to steal the "King Of Arthur" Wonder-Ride book when he couldn't retrieve it from Avalon, and now seemingly collecting random Wonder-Ride books." Reika explained, gaining a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Do you have any idea as to why Calibur is collecting random Wonder-Ride books?" Sophia asked, making the Messenger of the Sword Of Logos hum slightly.
"I may have a few ideas, but I am curious as to why a member of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun is involved." Reika responded in a thoughtful tone of voice before shaking her head slightly.
"Anyway, I need to inform Master Logos about what just happened." Reika said, making everyone tense just as the Messenger of the Sword Of Logos open a book/portal with the aid of the "Book Gate" Wonder-Ride book.
However, Reika walked into the book/portal, she stopped and turn towards Asta.
"Congratulations on being able to unlock your Wonder-Combo. I wonder what will happen when you use it." Reika commented before disappearing into the pages which then closed and disappear.
This cause Asta to become confuse as he glance at the cover of "Saiyuu Journey" which has an image of cartoon monkey wearing clothes and carrying a staff whilst riding on a cloud underneath the title.
Behind the monkey are three other figures, all done in a cartoon manner as well.
"Hey! Hey! Mr Daishinji, fight me! I want to see more of Suzume!" Rin said with a wide smile on her face.
"No! Suzume needs to rest after being in battle for the first time in a long time." Tetsuo responded before starting to run as the wielder of Hayate began to chase after him.
Everyone stared at them for a few seconds before starting to laugh.
And there we go, Slash making his debut within the story. So even though Saber has gained the "Saiyuu Journey" Wonder-Ride book within this chapter, I decided not to let Saber transform into his Crimson Dragon form to allow this chapter to focus on Slash, something that the swordsman of sound highlighted when hitting Saber on the head. The three Kamen Riders also got chewed out by Noelle by the fact they let three of their Wonder-Rider books get stolen.
So in Revice, Hideo has made a speech to the public, speaking about summiting to Giff's control rather fighting back, acting in a coward-like way to make the public believe that he's scared of Giff's power and not a loyal servant of his, even going as far as making the demon transformed Akemi to attack him. Giff also demonstrated his powers, killing all the Fenix soldiers, paralyzing the sibling Riders and destroying the Fenix sky-base. This episode shows Hikura's first transformation into Kamen Rider Over Demons...although his debut was very short as he only appeared to rescue the sibling Riders. Masumi has announced that Weekend will start to become more active with how the situation is getting worse.
At the end of the episode, I'm curious as to what Hideo has in mind with Daiji since he commented about having no intentions of leading humanity by himself. Will this cause Daiji to swap sides and betray his siblings?
Please review and until next time.
Dragon Rider 66:
1) Sally being involved with the creation of future power-ups? I just see Tetsuo gaining a look of horror on his face.
2) At least Tetsuo managed to make his return as Slash within the chapter and like in canon, Slash uses the "Bremen No Rock Band" Wonder-Ride book.
3) Oh dear...Asta and Nero will be serious danger if Reika decides to include the possible usage of Demonic Mana.
4) If Hideo started to have doubts about his decision on humanity's future, then I can see Giff simply killing him on the spot.
5) Ikki and Vice not being able to enter their super form just as the final phase of Hideo's plan starts will be troublesome.
6) Yeah, a Magic Knight transforming into a sword themselves isn't something you see everyday.
7) Another thing is that the Magic Knights will likely need to keep King Augustus's mouth shut from telling the public truth since the king has always been jealous of Julius's popularity.
8) That is a shame, but I just imagine Jeanne becoming shock when Lovekov started to speak normally.
9) Yep, nobody is safe when Charlotte is in her rage mode.
10) Revice's final form could potentially save Ameki in a similar way to how Build's Genius form is capable of neutralizing the Nebula gas within a person's body.
11) Yes, positive and funny influence is better for everyone.
12) That seems like a good background story for the creation of Kaiji.
13) Yes, you're certainly right with Hikaru transforming into Over Demons.
14) Yep, Tetsuo will leave the "shipping wars" to the youngsters and focus on his creations.
15) Hehehe. Nobody will be able to beat Tetsuo when it comes to creating Magic Items.
16) Oh dear...Rin won't make things easy for Asta or those who have a interest in him.
17:
(a) That would interesting, Sol wielding the powers of the earth spirit and becoming the next Kamen Rider Buster...although she will have some difficulty in wielding the massive sword known as Gekido.
(b) An army of armored-clad earth golems? That would be interesting to see.
(c) Thanks for the idea for trooper-type Riders for Solomon to control.
Raidentensho:
1) Whilst you are correct on the first two, I decided to use "Mighty Elephant" as the third Wonder-Ride book for Sally to take.
2) Thanks for another Wonder-Ride book idea.
3) I'm not sure what you mean by "Green Knight"?