Disclaimer: Welcome one and all to my new idea. Now, obviously, I don't own Kamen Rider, but if I did, I'd bet you Decade would've been A LOT better!
Two people walked the sandy beach of Tokyo. It was sunny and there wasn't anyone around, so it was perfect for these two to spend some time together. No, they're not a couple, they're siblings!
Anyway, the one on the right was male in his early twenties with brown hair and a couple of bangs over his brown eyes, wearing a white dress shirt and blue jeans. The man's sister was in her late teens with blue eyes and long brown hair that extended down to her shoulders, wearing her brothers blue jacket over her white dress that ran down to her knees. The girl started to run ahead of the man and towards the ocean. "I'm going for a swim!" the girl called out to her brother as she tossed the jacket onto the sand.
"Don't take too long, Kazuko!" the man called to his sister.
"Hai, Onii-chan!" the girl, Kazuko, smiled to her older brother, as she dived into the water.
The man smiled as he watched his older sister play in the water. His smile soon faded as he felt something splash on his face. It felt like water, but it wasn't from the body of water in front of him. The man looked up to see dark clouds gathering above the entire area. "Strange, there were no reports for rain," the man said, curiously.
However, his curiosity was taken from him as the man felt rain began pouring heavily on him. The man ignored the pressure of the rain and tried to look for his sister in the waters which soon became pretty violent. "Onii-chan, help me!" he heard a scream.
The man's eyes widen, seeing Kazuko out in the violent waters, being hurled with every wave and current. "Kazuko, hold on!" the man shouted as he dived into the water.
The man swam and swam towards his sister. However, by the time he got there, the man found his sister gone. "Kazuko!" he called for his sister. "Where are you!"
When there was no response, the man inhaled before he dived underneath the surface of the water. He searched and search but found no trace. The man brought his head up for some air. He soon saw the water calm as the stormy clouds drifted apart, revealing the blue sky. The man looked all over. Still, no sign of his sister.
"KAZUKO!"
"NO!" the man shouted as he shot straight up from his bed.
He panted as sweat poured out of his body and ran down his white t-shirt and blue jeans. The man buried face into his hands. "It was just a dream," he muttered to himself.
After calming down, the man stepped out of bed and walked towards the bathroom, preparing to get dressed.
The man's name was Minoru Shin. A month ago, his sister, Minoru Kazuko, supposedly died drowning in the middle of an unsuspected storm at the beach. However, no body was found, much to the frustration of her brother. Ever since then, Minoru Shin, or just Minoru, has been secluding from everyone else, always alone.
Now he was in a graveyard that stood in the center of Tokyo. The graves he stood in front of had the names 'Minoru Takeru' and 'Minoru Yumiko' etched into them. "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry," he said to the graves as tears ran out of his eyes. "I let you down. I let Kazuko die." The death of younger sister obviously left a huge impact on him. Minoru exhaled. "I only wish I had the power to save Kazuko."
"Do you truly wish for that?" a voice asked.
Minoru jumped before turning around to see who asked that. The man was Japanese in his early 40s with short black hair and brown eyes. He wore a long black trench coat over his brown shirt and pants. "Who are you?" Minoru demanded.
Instead of answering, the man stared at Minoru. "Minoru Shin," the man said to him. "You must take a long journey."
"A journey?" Minoru quirked an eyebrow.
"A journey," the man nodded his head. "You must accept it if you want to save this world."
"I don't believe this!" Minoru exclaimed as he turned around to leave. "I'm out of here!"
"What if I were to tell you your sister was still alive?"
That grabbed Minoru's attention. He turned to face the man. "What are you talking about?"
"Your sister is alive," the man stated.
Minoru shook his head. "No that can't be! She drowned!"
"Was a body ever found?"
Minoru stopped to remember. There was no body found, but what he saw convinced him that Kazuko was dead. "But how? I saw her drown myself."
"What you see isn't always the truth," the man stated. "Your sister was actually brought to another dimension."
"Another dimension?" Minoru gaped.
"Ever heard of different universes?" the man asked, receiving a nod from Minoru. "There are many worlds each with their own story... and each story with its own Kamen Rider."
Minoru raised an eyebrow. "Kamen Rider?" he repeated.
The man nodded before raising his hand and snapping his fingers. Minoru's eyes widen with amazement and shock as the scene around him changed from a graveyard to outer space. "EH!" Minoru shouted as he looked up to see multiple Earths in front of him and the man. "What is this!"
"This is the Multiverse," the man replied. "A Multiverse where each world has a Kamen Rider."
Minoru looked at the man. "What is a Kamen Rider?"
"That is difficult to really explain," the man chuckled. "But the best way I can put is that Kamen Riders are warriors who fight for one's desire. It can justice, or for personal gain. Some are good, some evil. I can't give you a good definition of a Kamen Rider but I know that each of these Riders have their own world."
"What does this have to do with my sister?" Minoru demanded.
"Within this Multiverse of Kamen Riders lies one person. He or she holds the power that let one can rule all of the worlds," the man explained. "And that person is your sister."
His eyes widened in shock. "WHAT!"
"Yes," the man nodded.
"Do you know where she is?"
"No, I don't," the man shook his head. "Believe, I've tried to look for her, but I had no luck. That job is now yours. You must find your sister and return her to your world." he stated.
"What will happen if I don't and one of these 'evil Riders' get to her?" Minoru asked.
The man's face grimaced. "If an evil Rider take control of your sister, he or she has the ability to rule all the worlds and spread chaos."
The scene returned from space back to the graveyard. Before Minoru could take the shock that he was back, the man said, "Take this," as he tossed two objects to Minoru, which he caught. "They will help you in your quest."
Minoru looked at them objects. One was a rectangular case, the other was a white rectangular buckle with a gray gem in the center and handles on the sides. "How can these help me?" he asked the man.
The man smirked. "You'll soon learn."
"Before you go, I have to tell you something. You do have this power, but when you find your sister, you will have to make the choice," the man said. "Destroy all Kamen Riders, or destroy your sister... choose wisely."
Before Minoru could ask any questions, a large silver veil appeared between the two and swept over the man. Minoru's eyes widen seeing the man was gone.
A week passed since the man appeared before him. Right now he walked through the streets of Tokyo, thinking about his encounter. 'Was that real?' Minoru asked himself. 'It couldn't have happened!'
However, the buckle and the case was proof of that encounter. It did happen but Minoru wanted to know what he was going to do. The man told him he had to travel to other universes to find his sister, but he didn't know how. Also, Minoru wondered what good the buckle and case would do for his search for his sister.
His thoughts were interrupted as he noticed something was off. Minoru turned to see what was going on and he saw shocked him. Everything around him was frozen. The people the cars, the clock, everything. Minoru looked around in shock. "W-what is this!" he exclaimed. To make sure he wasn't dreaming, Minoru pinched himself, rubbed his eyes, did everything he could to himself to make he wasn't dreaming. No matter what he did, he would always see the suspended world that laid before his eyes. "How can this be possible?" Minoru thought aloud. "Just what is this?"
"Interesting," a voice said. "This one is not affected by the stasis field."
Minoru turned to see who said that. His eyes widen at what he saw.
Before Minoru, stood three figures. Each of them wore black bodysuit underneath their own armor. They all had a slim chestplate, round shoulder guards, gauntlets and boots. They all black helmets but the one in blue armor had a blue visor with dragonfly wings on the top, the one in red had two red eye pieces as well as a silver mouth guard, and the one in purple had eight green eyes, four over each eye, as well as a scorpion tail on the top. "Why is this human not affected by the stasis field?" the dragonfly figure said to the others.
"It doesn't matter," the firefly figure said, popping his neck. "We can kill him."
Minoru's eyes widen at that and the three figure slowly walked towards him, their eyes glowing with murderous intent.
"W-what are you!" Minoru demanded.
"Kamen Riders," the scorpion figure, now identified as a Kamen Rider, replied.
Minoru staggered back in fear. He was about to die while everyone else was frozen. No one would notice he was dead. If only, he had something to help him.
Suddenly, Minoru remembered that he had that case and that buckle in his jacket. Taking them out, Minoru placed the buckle at his waist, and a golden belt surrounded his waist. The three Riders in front of him stopped and looked at Minoru in shock. "A Rider belt!" the firely Rider exclaimed.
"Where could he have gotten that?" the dragonfly Rider thought out loud.
Minoru looked at the belt in shock. He noticed the handles and curiously, pulled at them, turning the buckle 90 degrees. 'What the heck?' he thought.
He then looked at the case, noticing a small slit with a card sticking out of it. Minoru drew the card to see it showed a golden Rider with a red visor. Above it said, "ERA." For some reason, Minoru began to feel confident. He looked at the three Riders in front of him. They were so dead. Minoru held out his card in front of himself. "Henshin!" Minoru said as he slid his card into the buckle.
"KAMEN RIDE!" it announced before Minoru pushed the handles, setting it to its original state. "ERA!"
As the transformation commenced, Minoru remembered the man's words clearly...
"You do have this power, but when you find your sister, you will have to make the choice."
A golden light erupted from the gem and covered Minoru's entire body. Even then, he remembered those words clearly...
"Destroy the Riders, or destroy your sister... choose wisely."
Once the golden light retracted back to the buckle, the Kamen Riders gawked at the form that Minoru took.
Minoru now wore a black bodysuit underneath his golden armor. He a white 'E' on his chest that extended to his left, round shoulder guard. He had round shoulder guards, gauntlets and boots. He had a piece of black fabric with golden trimmings hanging from his belt. His golden helmet had a red stripe running down the center as well as white trimmings around the red visor. He had three horns that extended from the mouth where the middle horn divided the visor into two red eyes.
Immediately, 'Minoru' pulled the handles on the buckle, making it turn 90 degrees. 'Minoru' drew a card from his book that hung on his belt and slid it into his buckle before reseting it. "FINAL ATTACK RIDE: E-E-E-ERA!" the buckle announced.
The Riders tried to escape as five orbs appeared around them; four of silver energy, the fifth of golden energy. Two of them escaped the golden orb that flew towards them but the Rider in the firefly armor was not so lucky as the golden orb hit him right in middle of his chest. "GAH!" the Firefly Rider groaned in pain before his entire body froze.
Using this opportunity, 'Minoru' leaped into the air and stretched out his right foot. As 'Minoru' came down upon the helpless Rider, the four energy orbs circled around his right boot and each time they circled around it, the entire boot was covered silver energy. The Firefly Rider was spared no mercy as 'Minoru' flying-side kicked him, utterly destroying the Rider in a blaze of smoke.
"Destroy the Riders, or destroy your sister..."
The other two Riders, who were standing off to the side, watched in horror at what happened. The smoke cleared away, revealing 'Minoru' standing up straight before turning to face them. The two Riders staggered back in fear as the two red eyes stared at them. The scorpion Rider pointed at 'Minoru.' "Who are you!"
Minoru stopped for a second and thought. Who was he? The buckle did say 'Era.' Minoru smirked underneath his helmet. "I am Kamen Rider Era!" 'Minoru', now identified as Era, proclaimed.
"Destroy..."
"I will destroy all Riders. Now die!"
AN: And that's Kamen Rider Era, or as I like to call it, "The story that Decade should have been!" Regarding our hero, Minoru, his first name is Japanese for fruit/seed, and Shin is true/reality. So, I guess you can translate it as "seeds of reality/truth," in other words (ah, the "wonders" of Google Translate), the center point of all of the Rider worlds... at least within his Multiverse.
Raika out!