Disclaimer: I don't own anything! Any show or franchise referenced in this idea belongs to their respective owners! I only own the OCs of this fic! That's all!
AN: If I haven't said this before, I'll say it now: I love crossovers!
Here's a little history of my experience with crossovers. My first encounter of a crossover was Ten-Faced Paladin's Kamen Moon Rider, a Sailor Moon/Kamen Rider Kabuto crossover, which also happened to be the first Kamen Rider fic I ever saw on this site. Ever since then, I decided to look at other fics and came across ZKD Vol I, II, and III written by Kamen Rider Chrome, who was known back then as ZK Chromedragozoid. Those fics are what pique my interest for fanfics on this site. The ZKD Volumes was about these guys named Zodiac Knights, who were based off of the Riders from Ryuki, who were destined to fight each other. Three Zodiac Knights (Draco, Pluto, and Shadowcobra) team up with the Titans. Simple, right? Wrong! Those fics are freakin' filled with crossovers! They range from Teen Titans to Justice League to Kamen Rider to even Jake Long: The American Dragon!
Why am I saying all of this? Well, in some of fics I had a crossover between two franchises, but before that, I had this one major crossover idea that I was inspired to write after reading some crossover fics. In fact, this was my first ever fic I started to write! Unfortunately, I abandoned this idea, but three years later (Three years, already? Man, I'm old!), I thought why not redo it! Just have some editing here, fixing up grammar there- you know the basic stuff. I actually started working on this on a few days ago.
Well, here it is folks! Kamen Rider Taurus!
Power...
Immortality...
These things are which mortals crave for each day. Reasons that are known and unknown to many. People fought to the death for these impossibilities. However, are they impossible? Most likely not... just improbable for mortals.
They were many races that achieved power, like the famous Alterans, the powerful Asgard, the time-traveling Time Lords or us, the Kronans. Using our powers to protect, not conquer.
However, there are those who use their powers for conquest and destruction. The Sith, the Goa'uld, the Daleks, and many others. Yet, they always failed... but there was one species that this universe should never forget. The SoulVamps, a vampire-like species that sucked on life force to stay alive. However, they were defeated and scattered across the universe. No one knows who defeated them and it still remains a mystery.
Many heard about the SoulVamps and only thought of them as legends. Myths. But then again the ability to ascend into a higher plane of existence was a legend, too. Now, the remnants of the SoulVamps have returned, and I fear they will rise and try to conquer once more.
- Liana Sewa, member of the Kronan High Council.
(Flashback-three years ago)
The planet of Dantooine was once famous for the secret academy known as the Jedi Enclave. Established by the Krevaaki Jedi Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, the Jedi Enclave housed and trained thousands of Jedi, including the famous Jedi Revan and Bastilla who fought against the Sith Empire. However, after Darth Malak's attack on the Enclave during the Jedi Civil War, the Enclave became nothing more than just old ruins for scavengers to take and sell on the black market.
Walking outside those ruins was a young woman in her mid-twenties. She had fair skin with brown hair that went past her shoulders, and blue eyes. She wore a black shirt and white pants over her body. The woman would have been normal if it wasn't for that white aura that surrounded her body. This woman was a Force Ghost.
The Force Ghost walked on the remains of the Jedi Enclave, both nostalgia and sadness filling her mind. She remembered a time when she was but a youngling, playing in courtyard with her friends and the Jedi Masters trying to stop the ruckus. The Force Ghost also remembered a time when she was a padawan walking these halls towards the council chambers to be awarded the rank of Jedi Knight. Those memories clung to her mind.
She also remembered the Jedi Civil War, a period in time where multitudes of Jedi joined Revan and Malak in their fight against the Republic. The Force Ghost remembered many of her friends leaving the Enclave to go fight in the war. Finally, she remembered that day the Sith attacked. No one spared of the Malak's wrath as his ships fired upon the Enclave, annihilating every Jedi on the planet, including herself. It was then, she became a Force Ghost, cursed to walk the galaxy without anyone knowing of her existence.
However, that was 4000 years ago. The war was over and the Jedi Order of old was gone, replaced by a new order led by Grand Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. This new Jedi Order allowed relationships and gave more freedoms that the old order restricted from its members. However, she feared it won't last long due to the state of the galaxy.
The thoughts of the Force Ghost were interrupted when she felt a gust wind pass through her transparent body. She turned around to see the source of it. The Force Ghost's eyes widen seeing a vortex made of white and black energy. Out came a young man and the vortex closed behind him.
The Force Ghost got a good look of the young man. He was in his late teens, possibly 18 or 19, with tanned skin, and black hair that had a few bangs over his green eyes. The clothes he wore were strange for he wore a black shirt made from cotton and blue pants. At first the Force Ghost thought that the strange teen couldn't see her until he smiled. "Hi, there," he greeted, waving at her.
Her eyes widen in shock. Very few in this galaxy had the capacity of seeing a Force Ghost. "You can see me?" she gasped.
"Of course I can see you!" the teen said, a grin appearing on his face. "Am I not suppose to?"
Before the Force Ghost had the chance to answer, the teen smacked the palm of his had onto his forehead. "Oh, I'm sorry," he quickly apologized. "I didn't realize you were a non-corporeal being."
The Force Ghost looked at this strange teen. He just came out of a vortex that just appeared out of nowhere and he's acting like it's normal for him. Not only that, but he didn't realize she was alive until a minute later. "Who are you?" the Force Ghost demanded.
"My name is Lian," the teen, now identified as Lian, introduced. "What's yours?"
The Force Ghost was hesitant at first but she felt he wasn't a threat, so she said, "Rena."
Lian smiled. "Well, Rena you can obviously tell I'm not from around here..."
"I can tell that much," Rena interrupted.
"... I'm from another galaxy," he finished.
Rena's eyes widen at that. "Another galaxy?" she repeated.
"Yes, another galaxy," Lian nodded. "I was coming back from a mission when I arrived here by accident."
Rena's eyes focused on the teen before her. A humanoid being from another galaxy. She never had such an experience before in her life. "By the way, what are you?" Lian asked Rena.
She blinked at him. "What do you mean?" Rena asked.
"Well, I've encountered non-corporeal beings before and they don't look that much like you," Lian explained. "So what are you?"
"I'm a Force Ghost."
Lian's eyes widen in amazement. "A Force Ghost!" he excitedly asked and she nodded. "I've always wanted to meet one! I can't believe I finally have the chance!"
"Calm down," Rena told him.
After having his "fanboy spasm," Lian looked at her with a face filled with contain joy. "Sorry, it's just that I never met a Force Ghost before," he gave a nervous smile.
"And I've never met someone from another galaxy before," Rena mischievously added.
"Touché," Lian playfully said.
For the first time in centuries, Rena felt herself smiling. "I believe we have a lot to talk about," Rena said.
Lian couldn't help but grin. "Oh yes we do!" he said. "Know a good spot where we can talk?"
Rena nodded. "Yes, we go inside the Enclave. No one will disturb us there."
Lian gestured towards the entrance. "Lead on then."
Rena led Lian pass the Enclave entrance and into the courtyard. There, they talked and talked for hours on end. Rena had the feeling that this start of a beautiful friendship...
(Flashback end)
Rena opened her eyes and found herself not in the empty, luscious grass lands of Dantooine, but in the crowded streets of Isis, the capital of Onderon. Instead of her Jedi robe, she wore a black shirt and white pants over her body that was help up by a black belt. She also wore a long jacket that reached to her knees and fortunately covered up her lightsaber hilt that hung from her belt.
The most surprising thing was that Rena was no longer a Force Ghost, but a mortal, made of flesh and blood.
'Why am I here?' she asked herself. Rena then mentally kicked herself. 'Oh yeah. Police duty.'
Rena walked the streets of Isis, heading towards her destination. A few months ago, she came to Isis to get away form all the hardships the galaxy was facing. Rena found it perfect, but it was kind of getting lonely... especially without her old friend, Lian.
However, that wasn't on her mind. What was on her mind was the disappearances lately. Ever since she arrived, there have been reports of mysterious disappearances. Despite she wanted to have a break, Rena's old Jedi senses kicked in, telling her to check it out.
Speaking of which, Rena arrived at the scene of the crime. There were the Onderon police officers surrounding the incident, telling the civilians to move along with their daily lives. Rena walked towards the group of officers, and was about to enter the scene of the crime until an officer got in her way. "I'm sorry ma'am, but you can't come through," he told her.
"It's alright, she's with me, officers" a deep masculine voice told them.
The officers froze at that voice, while Rena smirked. They stepped to the side, allowing Rena to walk through. The first thing she was a huge man, wearing the standard police uniform. "Hey Orran, how are you doing?", Rena asked the senior police chief, Orran Sa.
Orran was a human with dark brown skin. He was bald with blue eyes. He allowed Rena to investigate this, because she helped them with a couple of tricky cases that no one else could solve. He also knew about Rena being a Force Ghost, but promised to keep it a secret. "I've been doing fine," he smirked, but that turned into a frown, "that is if you don't count all of these disappearances."
"Third one this week?" Rena asked as she walked with him towards the site of the disappearances.
Orran nodded. "There were reports of a young man walking out in the street last night." He stopped, revealing the spot to be a light pole, next to a shopping window. "This was the last place he was seen."
Rena looked at the area. The light pole had some grease marks on it, and there were small traces of blood on the ground, meaning there was a struggle. However, there was lead they could follow this on. Rena looked back at Orran. "Did you found anything?"
Orran shook his head. "Nothing. I don't who did it."
"Abducted by aliens from another galaxy, perhaps?" Rena suggested. Ever since meeting Lian, she had some experience with that sort of thing, and Orran was probably the only one on this planet to believe her theories.
"I don't know", Orran shook his head. "These guys must been pretty slick! We've been looking at every incident and so far, we haven't discovered a shred of evidence!"
Rena sighed as she started to walk around. She felt a strange vibe everywhere she walked. This was to complicated, even for her and she had the Force! Rena then looked at the window, remembering she always saw windows or mirrors nearby the scenes. However, she couldn't see the connection between the disappearance and them. Rena just walked away, not noticing a silhouette of a strange figure inside the window.
Far away from Onderon lies another planet in another galaxy. There, two robed figures walked down a long, broad hallway with ancient symbols carved into the red walls. They both wore a gray robe over their bodies with sleeves extending to their wrists. One was male n his late forties with dark skin as well as a bald head and blue eyes. The other was female in her fifties with fair skin, long white hair that extended down to her waist and brown eyes. "Are you sure she called for this meet, Lia?" the man asked.
"She did, Diro," the woman, Lia, answered. "And they are going to attend as well."
"But is it really true?" Diro asked. "Are they really back?"
"I'm afraid so," she answered.
The two temporarily halted their conversation when they reached a gray circular doorway. Lia swiped her hand over a panel on the side, and the door slid to the side, revealing a large chamber illuminated by a formation of crystals that protruded from edges of the room. At the end of the chamber was a rectangular table with three silver, majestic thrones on one side. Diro and Lia both walked towards their respective seats, which happened to belong to the ends of the table.
After they sat down, Diro and Lia remained silent as two more figures entered the chamber. The one on the left wore white robes while the other wore black robes. Their bodies and faces were concealed by the shadow of their hoods and their robes. Their features were hidden, but the Council members could tell they were both young teenage boys. "Welcome, you two," Lia greeted in a calm manner.
"What is it?" white robed boy on the right asked, rather rudely.
"We both have you a mission of great importance," councilor Diro stated. "You have heard of the SoulVamps, yes?"
"We have," the black robed boy on the left replied politely. "But what kind of threat are they?"
Before either Diro or Lia could reply, the white robed figure exclaimed, "Who cares! They're only a legend!"
"On the contrary, they're not," a feminine voice spoke.
Both of the robed boys, turned to see a familiar lady entering into the room. "Guardian Asura", the black robed figure greeted.
Asura had dark skin with her long black hair and brown eyes. She wore the same outfit as Diro and Lia. "The SoulVamps are real, young one," Asura said to the white robed figure as she walked to her seat. "And we have information that they may be planning another invasion."
"Where to?" the white robed figure asked.
"Where they were first defeated," Diro replied.
The black robed figure looked at the three people sitting before him. "You mean that galaxy." It wasn't a question.
Asura nodded as she sat in her seat. "They plan to conquer that galaxy, and we want you to stop them."
"How can we stop them?" the black robed figure immediately asked.
The white robed figure noticed that his compatriot asked that question so quickly that he was acting as if that galaxy was important to him. However, he ignored it as he paid attention to what the three in front of him had to say. "We know the SoulVamps were defeated, but we don't know how," Asura stated.
Lia continued from there. "We want you to stall the SoulVamps long enough for us find out how they were defeated."
"Can't you look that up now though?" the white robed figure asked.
"Our resources are limited due to the recent activity of temporal disturbances all across the universe," Diro answered. "Also, the SoulVamps have existed long before we have, so we can't tell when they came into being and we don't how they were defeated."
Asura looked at the two robed figures. "Do you accept this?" she asked them. "If you don't then we can find someone else to take care of it."
"We'll do it," the black robed figure said within a heartbeat.
The white robed figure whipped his head around to look at him. If anyone could see his face, the white robed figure would be glaring at the black robed figure. In fact, one would assume he would be screaming at the black robed figure if it were not for the presence of the three people restraining him from doing so. Lia and Diro were taken by surprise of the black robed figure's quick answer, while Asura smiled. "Great, you leave immediately."
Rena sighed as she walked the streets of Isis, thinking hard on the mysterious disappearances. For hours on end, she had been trying to figure it out and still could not come up with a satisfying conclusion to all of this. It was dark, so everyone else was in their house 'There's not a single bit of evidence!', she shouted in her head. 'The only thing that I can think of are those mirrors, but those could be just coincidences!' Rena let out an exasperated sigh.
Suddenly, she sensed something before hearing a scream. Rena saw everyone immediately running away to avoid any danger. Rena just turned her head towards the screams. 'Better check it out!' Rena thought as she ran to the source of the screams.
When she arrived, Rena's eyes widen. There was a woman with a monster hovering over her. It was a humanoid creature who had features of a canine, due to its head being shaped like a dog's, save for the horns sticking out of the sides, and the purple fur on its body. It had black claws on its hands and feet. It wore black armor on the chest and lower legs, and a black belt with a bronze circular buckle around its waist.
Immediately, Rena used her telekinetic powers to lift the canine creature into the air. "Get out of here!" she shouted at the woman.
The woman nodded before running away. Rena activated her purple lightsaber and was ready to cut the canine creature into pieces, but it let out a deafening screech, forcing Rena to loose her telekinetic hold as she cover her ears from the screech. The creature fell to the floor and ran. Rena shook off the sound and saw it escaping. "That thing's gonna' get it!" Rena growled as she chased after the canine creature.
The canine creature continued to run until suddenly a blur that sped out of an alley and towards the canine creature. The blur rammed into the creature, sending it flying into a light pole. The blur turned around to be a strange speeder bike with wheels on it. It had a golden streak on its black body and it had yellow headlights, whose beams shone through the dark night.
Rena was more curious of its rider. The rider was male, wearing a gray bodysuit underneath his black armor. Etched into the center of his chest armor was a green hexagon, and there were green trimmings on his round shoulder guards. He had smooth black gauntlets and boots on his forearms and legs. She could tell his black helmet based after a bull with the golden horns protruding from the sides. His had a white stripe going down the middle and a white split mouth plate. Over his eyes was a black visor that was split by a white line. Around his waist was a silver belt with a rectangular buckle that had a black case in the center and a slot on the side. Emblemed into his forehead and the case were small green crystals.
The armored figure dismounted his bike, leaving it standing there as he walked towards the canine creature. It let out a howl before charging at the armored figure. The creature lashed out with one claw, but the armored figure dodged it before giving the creature a swift punch to the chest, forcing it back. The canine creature once again lashed out with its claws, but the armored figure smacked it away before sending it stagger back with kick to the chest.
As the creature staggered back, the armored figure reached for its buckle and pressed a button on top of it. "FIRST BREAK!" the buckle announced as the case spun itself rapidly and, a mixture of black and green swirled around his right first.
He then charged towards the creature, landing his charged up first into its chest. The force of the punch sent the canine creature skidding down the street a few yards away from the armored figure and Rena. Once it stopped skidding, the creature suddenly exploded into red shards of glass.
The armored figure let out a sigh, satisfied with his work. He turned around to head towards his bike, but stopped at the sight of a purple lightsaber under his throat. The armored figure turned to see the wielder of the lightsaber was none other then Rena, whose face told him she wanted answers. "You're not just leaving yet, mister!" Rena firmly stated. "First, tell me who you are!"
However, the figure just stared at her. Though she could not see his face, Rena could sense a wave of surprise from him, but nothing more. The wave of surprise subsided from the armored figure as he stood up straight. "Taurus. My name is Taurus," he answered, his voice electronically distorted.
Rena looked at the armored figure, who called himself Taurus. His voice sounded familiar to her. However, her attention towards Taurus was diverted at the sound of a roar. She removed her lightsaber from Taurus' throat and the two turned towards where the shards canine creature were. To their shock, they saw the shards suddenly come together, forming into the same creature. "What?" Taurus said in shock.
The canine creature let out a roar as it opened its mouth and a ball of fire shot out of it. Taurus shoved Rena to the side, so she could avoid the blast, and Taurus quickly ducked to avoid the fireball as it hit the pole behind him. The canine creature charged towards Taurus, lashing out of its claws at him. He moved to the side to avoid the claws before he landed a fist in the creature's face. However, it did nothing as the creature lashed its claws against Taurus' chest, this time hitting its mark. "GAH!" Taurus shouted in pain as he staggered back.
The creature would have been able to strike at Taurus if it hadn't been for Rena, who got in between the two and used the Force to sent the canine creature skidding back. Rena looked over her shoulder at Taurus and asked "You alright?"
Taurus nodded as he stood up straight. "I'm fine."
The two turned their attention back at the canine creature, who recovered from Rena's attack as it stood up. Taurus took a stance, while Rena raised her lightsaber in front of her, the two preparing themselves for the creature as it charged at them. Suddenly, a blue beam of energy struck the canine creature in the chest, forcing it back. Taurus and Rena turned to looked for the one who fired the shots, only to the person was walking out of the same alley that Taurus came out of.
It was another male armored figure whose bodysuit was blue. The figure's armor was black with a slim chest plate that had blue trims with blue torso armor. He had white gauntlets, boots, and broad shoulder guards. His black round helmet was based after a lion's head with the blue visor jagged like a lion's mane, and a silver mouth guard shaped like lion's teeth. Around his waist was his belt that looked identical to Taurus', but had a white case with a black crystal. In his right hand was a white, ornate gun modeled after a lion that pointed towards the canine creature.
Rena did not recognize him, but Taurus did. "Magna?" he said.
"Friend of yours?" she asked him, receiving a nod.
Magna walked towards Taurus, his gun still pointed at the creature. "Well Taurus, looks like you got to the thing before I could. Did you try any of your attacks on it?"
"I used a First Break on it, but that didn't work," Taurus informed him.
Magna turned his a head a little at Taurus. "Really?" he asked and Taurus nodded. Magna turned his head back towards the canine creature. "Well, we'll have to think of something then."
With that, Magna charged towards the creature, firing blue beams at it. Taurus was about to go, but remembered Rena was still next to him. He turned towards her. "Stay here," Taurus told Rena before charging towards the canine creature.
Rena would have argued, but seeing how Taurus and Magna happened to have some idea of how to deal with this thing, Rena stood there as she watched the fight. She let out a sigh, thinking, 'I hope those guys know what they're doing.'
Magna and Taurus charged towards the creature, Magna firing his gun at it. Beams of blue energy struck the creature's chest, distracting it enough for Taurus to land a kick on its chest. The kick forced the canine creature back, but the two armored warriors did not stop there. Magna ran up to it and punched it in the face before firing blue energy beams at its side. The canine creature lashed out with its claws only for Taurus to come in between the two and raise his gauntlets to block them.
It was then Magna noticed the belt around the creature's waist, since it stood out the most. He quickly raised his gun and fired, the blue beam striking the belt. The creature staggered back a bit, but it regained its footing. Magna and Taurus prepared themselves as the creature was about to charge again when it froze, letting a whimper of pain. The creature looked down at its buckle to see a large crack in it. Taurus and Magna just its weakness... the belt.
"Taurus, keep it busy, while I get my First Break ready," Magna told Taurus.
Taurus nodded as he charged towards the canine creature. It was distracted by its damages belt, which gave Taurus the opportunity to land a punch in its face. The creature retaliated by slashing its claws at him, but Taurus ducked in time. While Taurus kept the canine creature at bay,m Magna pressed the button on his buckle. "FIRST BREAK!" Magna's buckle announced as the case spun rapidly.
Rena watched as white energy began to collect at the tip of Magna's gun. The energy formed into a ball with electricity crackling all over it. Aiming his gun right, Magna pointed the barrel towards the canine creature. Taurus noticed this and quickly forced it back with a kick to the stomach, so he could have some space. Magna then pressed the trigger, firing the ball of energy that struck the canine creature head on. Once again, it exploded into red shards of glass.
Rena was about to go to the two armored warriors, demanding answers, but noticed that Taurus and Magna were still on their guard as they looked at the red shards on the ground. They were right to keep their guard up as everyone saw the shards once again combined, forming into the canine creature. "Now what?" Magna asked.
"I've got an idea," Taurus stated. "Keep it busy."
Magna looked at Taurus for a second, unsure of what he was planning. However, he did as Taurus instructed, running towards the canine creature. Magna first landed a punch in the creature's face, forcing it back. It then swung its claw downward upon Magna only for him to raise his free arm to block. It left the creature open as Magna fired his gun at the creature's chest forcing it back.
While Magna kept the creature busy, Taurus stood there, his finger on the button on the top of buckle as he waited in anticipation. Once he spotted the right moment, Taurus pressed the button on his buckle three times. "FINAL BREAK!" his buckle announced, the case in the buckle spinning rapidly as green and black energy traveled from his buckle down to his right foot.
Magna heard the announcement of "Final Break," and thought, 'That idiot!'
Once seeing Taurus jump up into the air, Magna ducked a slash from the canine creature before bringing his gun up to its stomach and firing a blue beam that forced it back. Before the creature could get back to Magna, Taurus dropped down onto the creature with his charged up right foot stretched in front of him. He smashed his right foot into the creature, specifically the belt, crushing it to the concrete ground. The canine creature let out a scream of pain as it was finally destroyed, exploding into millions of gray shards this time.
Taurus simply stood over the remains of the canine creature. He started to feel dizzy as he tried to keep his balance. Fortunately for Taurus, Magna was there to catch him in time and helped him stand up straight. Instead of words of comfort, Magna smacked upside the head. "Don't try to use a Final Break unless its necessary you idiot!" he snarled.
Taurus raised his head towards Magna. "R-right," he said, his voice a little slurred from the dizziness.
The two turned around to leave only find Rena blocking their path, her lightsaber pointed towards them. "You two aren't leaving just yet," she sternly stated. "Not until I get answers."
Magna stepped forward. "Listen lady, I've got no time for this."
Before Magna could continue any further, he felt a hand on his shoulder guard. He looked over his shoulder to see Taurus. "Magna, it's alright," Taurus told him. "We should tell her."
Rena was taken surprised by that. She thought these guys would not answer her questions and just leave. She was no the only to be surprised as Magna turned around to face Taurus. "Are you out of your mind!" he told him. "We can't tell her our mission! She wasn't supposed to have witnessed that in the first place!"
"It's alright," Taurus assured Magna as he looked at Rena. "Besides, I know her."
Now that took Rena completely by surprise. Taurus knew her? But she never remembered seeing him before. "Disengage your armor," Taurus told Magna.
Magna mumbled something incoherent before he reached for the case and slid it out of the buckle. His armor broke off into many shards, revealing a man in his mid twenties with dark tanned skin, brown hair, and blue eyes. He wore a white robe over his body with the hood down. Taurus slid his case out of the buckle and the same thing happened, revealing a man in his early twenties who wore a black robe over his body. However, Rena recognized 'Taurus' immediately. Sure he gotten a bit older, but he still looked the same as three years ago.
"Lian?"
Ever since Taurus revealed himself to Rena's old friend, she immediately took them to her apartment. It was small, but cozy with comfortable furniture in the living room that happened to be next to the kitchen. At first she wasn't sure about 'Magna,' whose name actually was Arran, but Lian convinced her that he was just cautious.
Now, Arran and Lian sat in the living, while Rena was in the kitchen getting some coffee ready for them. Once she was done, Rena came into the living room and handed them their cups before sitting down across from Lian. Lian and Arran looked at each other before taking a drink of the coffee. "So how's the coffee?" she eagerly asked.
Distaste first appeared on their faces, but they kept it contained as they removed the cups from their lips. "I-it's good," Lian nervously smiled.
Rena smiled at that, but it disappeared when she said, "Now then onto business."
Both Arran and Lian knew what she meant by that: she wanted answers. "Alright, what do you want to know?" Arran asked, placing his cup of coffee on the table in between him and Rena.
"First off, what was that thing back then?" Rena asked, meaning the canine creature.
"That was a KathVamp, a member of its species, the SoulVamps," Arran said.
"SoulVamps?" Rena repeated, raising an eyebrow. She heard of them, but only as stories. "You mean those monsters that feed on life force? I thought they were only legends."
"Some legends have hints of truth in them Rena," Lian point out. "Besides, the ability to become a Force Ghost was a legend too."
Rena blushed with embarrassment at that. Her blush faded away when Lian continued, "Anyway, from what we know, the SoulVamps plan to take over the universe... starting here."
Her eyes widen in horror at the thought of monsters of old planning to conquer the galaxy, her home! Arran noticed her look but ignored it as continued from where Lian left off. "Our superiors told us to come here to delay the SoulVamps, while they look for a way to stop them. Until then we can only keep on fighting them."
Rena noticed a hint of disappointment in Arran's voice. "Sounds like you had no choice," she told them.
"Actually we did, but Lian here wanted to accept the mission," Arran stated his eyes, shifting to Lian for a moment. "I can see why now."
Shocked by this, Rena turned her head to see Lian blushing. There was an uncomfortable silence that filled the air of the apartment. "So anyway," Arran continued, breaking the silence, "we've also learned that the SoulVamps have been recently kidnapping people before feeding on them."
That caught her attention as she looked at Arran. "You're sure about that?" she asked and Arran nodded. "That explains the mysterious disappearances, but that doesn't explain that armor you guys wear."
"Well, the armor was made by our most advanced scientists," Lian answered. "They enable us to fight against the SoulVamps."
Lian and Arran took out their cases from their pockets and placed them on the table in front of them. As Rena inspected them, Arran explained, "These allow us to activate those armors as well as other powers, like the Break Attacks."
"Break Attacks?" she asked. "What are those?"
"Those special attacks you saw us use against the KathVamp," Lian clarified. "Each Break Attack requires a certain amount of energy from its user. The First Break requires little to none, the Second Break uses up half of our energy, and the Third Break uses up three-quarters."
"Sounds dangerous," Rena commented.
"They are," Arran stated, "That's why they can only be to used by our kind."
Rena quirked an eyebrow. "Your kind?"
"We're not human, Rena," Lian stated. "We're Kronans."
That answered Rena's question immediately. The Kronans were an advanced species whose technology allowed them to make wormholes throughout time and space. The High Council governed the Kronans and usually sent people on special missions. That makes it more serious than she thought, especially if the Kronans were involved. "Alright," Rena said, "that explains everything."
Arran sighed as he took his case and put it in his pocket. "We should get going."
Before Rena could ask why, Lian said as he stood, "He's right. Filling out forms for a new apartment takes a while on this planet."
"You don't have an apartment?" Rena asked, receiving shaking heads. "You can stay here, if you want."
Lian shook his head. "We don't want to be a bother."
"It's no bother," Rena assured him as she stood up. "I happen to have a couple of spare rooms you guy can use."
Before Lian could protest, Arran answered, "Sounds great. We'll take it then."
Lian grabbed Arran by the shoulder and dragged him to a corner of the living room where Rena could not hear them. "What are you doing?" Lian whispered. "We can't just take her place like this!"
"Hey, you're the one who took up this mission just because you wanted to see her!" Arran pointed out. "This way, we use her place for planning and you can be with her."
Lian wanted to give a retort but couldn't, seeing Arran's logic was irrefutable. "Well, what's it going to be?" they hear Rena ask.
The two turned around to face her. Lian and Arran eyes shifted towards each other, Arran smiling while Lian trying to argue. In the end, Lian sighed in defeat. "We accept your offer."
Rena smiled. "Great then. I'll show you to your rooms!"
AN (EDIT-4/20/2017): Well, what do you think of this idea? Please, let me know by leaving a review.
Now, for this story's origins, I originally had this fic for another Rider, Kamen Rider Raika, whose name I took to use as a pen name for this site. Now how does Taurus fit in this? Well, I've had this idea for a while, but I never gave him a story, and I was choosing Riders that I drew (yes, I first drew Riders before giving them a story) at random and he happened to be one I picked for this story.
Now for the monsters' name, I know it sounds stupid but I went with it. I took it from another site where this one guy had written his own American adaptation of Kamen Rider Kiva called Kamen Rider Fang. The Fangires from Kiva were called SoulVamps and the name at the time seemed to have stuck with me.
Also, I based this idea from Kamen Rider Chrome's ZKD Vol I story. At the time I had no original ideas, so I could only rip off people at the time, like my Kamen Rider Arch, where I took the first chapter of Shuriken16's Kamen Rider Neo-Decade story and incorporated it into my own. Thankfully I was to make something original out it (at least I hope so anyway-don't want Chrome to be chasing me with a lawsuit).
That should be it for now. I hoped you enjoyed it and this idea is available to other authors, so just send me a PM or a review. If you just want to leave a comment then go ahead and you can also leave some constructive criticism if you want. Just remember to please review.
Raika out!