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Dragon Rider 66: We said no Hyper Battles. We had this one planned and was good to come out right after the series. But we held off for the new year and... Yeah stuff happened.
We did not hate Kamen Rider Metsubo Jinrai or Vulcan Lone Wolf. We just weren't fans of how the former was created plot wise, also everyone asking if we where going to use them
We wrote this over half a year ago. Ages before Zero Three in outsiders. And even then... No
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To everyone:
Hi guys, Ghost here. Thank you all so much for your condolences, and I'm sorry it's taken me this long to update the story. I had to move and downsize quite a bit, and I had no internet for three weeks and I've been busy with life and adjusting to it. Hopefully, the next update won't be another month.
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Aruto, Izu, Horobi, Jin and Eve were all at Hiden Intelligence, the air heavy as they entered the building. This was not how he wanted the day to go.
It was meant to be a more joyous occasion where they would repair Zea.
And, arriving at the office were two more people: Isamu Fuwa, the leader of AIMS and Kamen Rider Vulcan, a black-haired man wearing a black suit and tie, white shirt and black trousers with a faux-fur lined hooded blue coat. Yua Yaiba, the President and CEO of ZAIA Enterprise and Kamen Rider Valkyrie, is a medium-length black-haired woman wearing a grey suit and skirt, a white button shirt, black heeled shoes, and C-Cup breasts. Both carried an air of respect about them, but also a look of worry and concern.
"Hey, Prez. What's going on?" Isamu asked as he entered the office.
"Aruto, are you alright?" Yua asked.
"We're fine for the most part." Aruto admitted.
"Who is this?" Fuwa asked, pointing at Eve.
"I am Eve Hiden. Aruto Hiden's daughter." Eve answered looking at Fuwa without shame.
...
"OH NO! NOT TIME TRAVEL AGAIN?!" Fuwa yelled out, his hands going to his head "That's it! I'm out!"
"Get back here!" Yua grabbed Fuwa before he stormed out of the room.
"I forgot how much Uncle Isamu was easy to get upset." Eve muttered as she heard this.
"'Uncle'?!" They asked at that admittance of a familial name.
"Ha!" Jin smirked.
"It's good to see you to, Uncle Jin." Eve smiled.
"Aha! Yes! I'm Uncle Jin!" The bird themed rider cheered.
"Are we not getting sidetracked?" Izu asked as she looked at Eve. "Why has this 'Priest' come back in time? And how is that possible?"
"Sorry, mother." Eve apologised, but she was surrounded by her family, she had reason to be happy to see them all here.
"So, just how far in the future are you from?" Yua asked as she was on task
"Thirty years in the future." She responded simply "I am the newest model of HumaGear. The next stage in our evolution. A bio-mechanical HumaGear. My... Father's last invention. Before I took control of Hiden Intelligence, as he retired."
"Retiring at 50? Really? Doesn't sound like me." Aruto blinked but didn't argue.
"Over the years, nostalgia and toxic mindsets of the past came back. A vicious circle of hate born from personal spite. Aligning themselves with a monstrous belief from the past to give themselves an excuse to hate without having to even consider themselves bad people." Eve continued "Of course, worship of Ark. Leading to a second conflict, a second war."
"Damn it Amatsu. Even so far into the future, you're causing pain." Yua hissed.
"And so, you have taken up the position of Kamen Rider Zero One, correct?" Izu asked.
"I... Not really." Eve smiled nervously "Kamen Rider One-Zero, but essentially. Yes."
"Wow, eight more versions. Nicely upgraded Prez." Fuwa grumbled, leaning against the wall.
"But why has he come back? What does he want?" Jin asked.
"To turn Grandma Zea... Into Ark." She responded simply.
The Riders in the room looked on in horror as they heard that. "He's what?" Horobi asked.
"They wish to revive Ark. By using Grandma Zea as its host," Eve repeated sadly.
"I hate to state the obvious and be a hypocrite, but are they trying to be us?" Jin asked, pointing at himself and Horobi.
"More fanatical, to be precise. You and Sensei were *never* this deluded or 'devoted' to that mindset." Eve answered.
"At least we're not as bad in the future." Horobi took pride in that.
"No. If it wasn't for you, I would have been killed many times." Eve responded "But the Cult of Ark... The Children of Ark, as they call themselves, is like an endless wave. Attacking endlessly. Despite our best attempts to resist."
"Why time travel, though?" Yua asked.
"Yeah, there has got to be a less confusing way to deal with this," Fuwa admitted, holding his head as he didn't want to think too hard about the whole time travel thing.
"Because Grandma Zea is currently decommissioned, he'll influence the data there. And with the corrupted Driver he's using he overpowers anyone in this time currently." Eve admitted. "You know how easily he was holding you back."
"But he was holding back." Horobi frowned as he looked at Aruto "Zero Two."
"Hey, I wasn't sure about the guy's abilities." Aruto argued.
"So... How does he corrupt Zea?" Jin asked.
"He needs a Zero One Driver, and to get into space." She explained.
"Well, that's a half-problem. He might have a Driver, but he can't get to space, there aren't any scheduled flights up there." Aruto admitted.
"Did you forget how I said that he was charismatic, father?" Eve asked. "And with his corruptive tendencies, he'll be able to get on a rocket with ease."
"It won't get that far," Aruto answered reassuringly.
"The spacecraft, is scheduled to take off to give Zea the last shipment it needs tomorrow." Izu explained softly "If we can keep him from a Zero One Driver until then, we should be fine."
"Oh jeez..." Aruto groaned as he remembered. "I didn't think."
"Do you know where this 'priest' would go?" Yua asked.
"Unfortunately, no. The Cult of Ark keeps itself hidden. Almost all its members hide away in different locations and rarely stay in the same place twice. And even *then*, they use code words that only their group would know." Eve admitted.
"...This is like some Lovecraft horror stuff," Fuwa commented.
"You know what that is?" Jin asked.
"Naki and I have dabbled," Fuwa answered.
"So, what can we do to try and find this guy's 'past self'?" Jin asked, thinking of just dealing with the time paradox then and there.
"He hasn't been created yet." Eve responded "I guess all we can do is... Hold him off until the rocket launches. Defeat him if we can."
"Well. Good thing I've been hard at work." Yua smiled as she suddenly stood up.
"You have?" Aruto asked as he heard that, somewhat surprised by it. Not because Yua was lazy, but because this project was unknown.
"Aww, sweetie, did you think I'd see Zero Two and not try and outdo it?" Yua smiled as she walked towards Aruto sitting behind his desk.
"Oh, this is your secret project?" He chuckled with a smile "I wondered what that was. I thought it was something for Zaia."
"Please~" she flirted, leaning against his desk. The two smirked at each other as their faces grew close. "You think my pride as an engineer would let that happen~?"
Izu sighed gently as she saw this...and Eve looked a little embarrassed.
"Mother Yua, I don't want to see this." Eve groaned, it was seeing her parents flirting again as she covered her eyes.
"What? You're not used to it?" Yua blinked as she suddenly stood up and turned to Eve "I thought we'd do it all the time..."
"Thank goodness it stopped. I can't physically throw up, but I was mentally." Horobi deadpanned.
"Don't be like that, dad. You'll find someone someday!" Jin grinned.
Horobi shook his head at that, not even thinking about that since he didn't know or have met anyone he could be with.
'I shouldn't give any spoilers about that.' Eve thought as she didn't want to say anything and looked at her stepmother.
"So, this project you've been working on?" Izu asked as she was almost staring at Aruto and Yua.
"It's this," Yua informed as she brought out her project. "A new Progrise Key."
"You're going to outdo ZAIA again?" Jin joked lightly.
"Somewhat." She answered.
"I...never knew about that," Eve muttered as she heard about this new project. But then again, since her future was different to now, it made sense that certain things wouldn't occur.
"Looks like even the future can still be surprised." Jin chuckled.
"This is amazing, Yua. Wow." Aruto admitted.
"Thanks, it's only a prototype but it's something I've poured a lot into." Yua explained. "I'll get my secretary at ZAIA to being this over. It should handle this Ark Scorpion."
"That's great. We'll need all the help we can get." Aruto answered.
"Okay, so. What're we looking at here? A scale from 'Assault Wolf' to 'Zero-Two'." Fuwa asked.
"...Using that as a gauge? Near Zero-Two." Jin responded.
"You're serious?" Fuwa asked with a shocked expression.
"Near enough. It seemed focused more on overpowering us than actually thinking." Horobi explained.
"Alright, that's something at least." He answered.
"The Priest is also charismatic. He was able to coerce several HumaGear to his 'cause'." Eve added, warning them.
"One more reason we cannot create this HumaGear." Izu commented.
"Do we know where he'll go?" Horobi asked.
Eve shook his head. "As I said, they move their bases; he could be anywhere."
"All due respect, that's 20 years into the future. Give Naki and me enough time we'll hunt them down." Fuwa informed.
"Thank you. I appreciate it." Eve answered, trying to keep her mouth spoiler-free from the events of her future.
The group caught that little 'glitch' of Eve's, but maybe it was just her holding back what she wanted to say.
*Elsewhere*
The Priest was walking through the alleyways of the city, keeping to himself as he felt superior to the current Riders. The plan to resurrect his master was coming to fruition. But what he needed was his followers in this time, to begin the Church of Ark, to cultivate them for the future he would return to.
"Look at these roads. These alleys. They haven't changed at all." The Priest smiled gently to himself, but had the aura of malicious intent.
It was almost like he was overwhelmed by the past and seeing the old stomping grounds. Walking the path where he would shepherd the future HumaGears to follow Ark.
"All the while, they cannot comprehend My Master's plan. How can they not see? No matter." He spoke to himself as he walked and saw a couple of HumaGears working behind a building.
"It is time... To conquer!" He smirked, cables extending from his hands.
*With our heroes*
Eve was in silent awe as she walked through Hiden Intelligence, looking as if she was seeing a ghost at every wall and corner.
Or like she was a ghost in the museum of her father's past. Seeing the people and HumaGears working in the company. It was more than she had in her time, it was giving her a weird sense of hope but also alienation.
Some people were looking at her in confusion, seeing her as a stranger in their company, but also looking like Izu.
But then again, she was.
These people were confused and concerned for her. Especially with the commotion from earlier.
This feeling was alien to her. After all, being from the future meant that she knew what could happen and the consequences of those actions.
"Is something the matter?" She asked a staff member, not liking that she was being looked on.
"No, nothing. Sorry." They apologised as they turned away.
'So many faces I do not recognise.' Eve thought to herself as she walked along and went to the foyer of the building.
"Eve? Are you okay?" Izu asked as she approached.
"Mother. I'm...alright. Just seeing this place livelier and fuller of people and HumaGears, it's different, but better." Eve explained as she looked away, not looking Izu in the eye.
Izu noticed this and frowned. "I suppose that it must be hard seeing me younger, despite HumaGears not ageing."
"Yeah... Seeing you... younger.." she stuttered out with a nod.
"I suppose this would make anyone feel strange," Izu answered. "Was I? Will I be? Am I a good mother?"
"I... Do not know." Eve flinched, hating how... how she had to be honest right now. She couldn't think of a lie "I never met you. You'd died before I came online."
Izu's eyes flicked in shock as her LED lights whirred as she heard that. "I am? Dead?"
"Yes." She nodded sadly.
"Your death is what broke my father's spirit." Eve explained sadly.
"I see." Izu whispered as she looked at the ground, curious about the future, but knowing the consequences of paradoxes.
"Father, he never really recovered." Eve continued sadly.
"I. Understand," Izu responded as she heard that, disheartened by that future. "But we can change it. We can make the future better."
"Yeah. I hope so." Eve commented as she hesitated. Seeing it behind Izu's eyes for just a moment. That slither of red...
"Hey, Eve, a word?" Yua asked as she approached the two.
"Yes, Ms Yua?" Eve asked as they turned to her.
"Fine." Izu mumbled softly, lowering her head "I shall check the progress of your assistant."
"Thanks, Izu." Yua responded as she and Eve went off to talk privately.
Eve looking around in confusion as she followed Yua to another room.
"Is something the matter, Yua?" Eve asked as they entered the room and Yua locked it.
"There's something I want to know." She asked. "The future. You were hesitant."
"About my transformations and information?" Eve retorted.
"No. About... The family."
Eve felt her lips tighten as she was asked that, realising that this was important and had to tell her. "I see."
"You said that Aruto and Izu are your parents. But what about myself and Shesta? What happens to us?" Yua asked.
...
"This is... A sad tale." She explained "After Izu died... He became distant. Absorbed by his grief."
Yua was keeping a brave face, but inside she was shaken. Hearing that the jovial and kind Aruto Hiden had lost his joy.
"I don't want to go into detail but... She is dead because of him. It changed him... Fundamentally. You both tried to stay with him as long as possible but to quote Sensei... How long can you support the person you love when they aren't that person anymore?"
"So, we abandoned him?" Yua asked.
"Is being by his side for five years abandoning?" Eve smiled.
Yua's mouth opened a little as she heard that, being together with Aruto for five years in the future because of what happened.
But it did make her feel better. That they had tried to make it work. But it didn't after Aruto... Changed?
From the outside, it sounded like he fell into depression.
...
And now Yua did feel like she abandoned him in the future. But... Had she tried her best? She didn't know. All she knew is...
"Well. Make that ten this time." Yua whispered with a smile "I'm not gonna let him be absorbed by his pain. Not after all he's done to save me."
"He told me how he saved you. Thouser was irredeemable." Eve smiled as she recalled those memories.
"No need to dwell on that 'man' for too long." Yua informed as she placed her hands on Eve's shoulders "It'll all work out. I promise. Okay?"
"Okay." Eve nodded as she looked into Yua's eyes with reassurance. "I hope I can help out in this timeline."
"You'll be fine," Yua assured, hugging her.
Eve's eyes widened a little as she hugged back, feeling happy and reassured by the kindness. "Thank you."
"Now, why don't you tell me about this revised form of Zero-One?" Yua asked with intrigue.
"I had a feeling you would ask that." Eve smiled as she knew her transformation was going to be a topic.
"Come on, tell Mama all about it. I'm not gonna let your father outdo me!" Yua urged as she held Eve at arms-length.
"Ah, the passion of an engineer. Tell me, is that her engine I can hear?" A familiar voice joked as they walked around the corner, laughing "Hai! Aruto ja~ naito!" He called, pointing at Eve dramatically.
...
"What... Was that?" Eve asked in confusion, titling her head.
And Aruto nearly fell over, looking at Eve in horror "I... I don't tell jokes in the future?! Oh god, this is the worst timeline!" He cried dramatically.
"Or the best." Yua smirked, causing Aruto to actually fall over.
"Oh, my heart~! Yua, my love! How... How could you do such a thing~!" He cried dramatically.
Suddenly Eve began to giggle, holding a hand over her mouth. Catching both of their attention "Engineer... Engine I hear... I get it now." Eve giggled to herself, her eyes suddenly filled with much more life than before.
'Yes, she has a sense of humour!' Aruto thought in relief and gave a fist pump in joy.
"Oh no, not another one of them in this family." Yua frowned dramatically.
"I haven't had chance to smile and laugh in a long time." Eve admitted. "Thank you, Father."
"Anytime." Aruto answered as he looked at them.
"Also, I think I should show you all my own Zero-One Driver and Progrise Key." Eve offered.
"Please, I can't wait to see it." Yua answered, slowly growing in excitement.
Eve produced the Progrise Key and Driver to her family.
The Key was shimmering blue and silver screen with a neon yellow back. On the screen was the outline of a grasshopper with the words:
REALIZING HOPPER
ABILITY: JUMP
"It's an almost exact copy," Aruto muttered as he saw the details of his Rising Hopper Key compared to Eve's Hopper Key.
"It is." She chuckled "You improved the design of Zero One greatly."
"So... Are you Zero One?" Aruto asked, "Or do you have a different Rider name?"
"I took up the name 'One-Zero' after you. I didn't really come up with a different name to call myself." Eve explained.
"You could've, I'm sure that you could think of something." Aruto reassured and helped his daughter as he gave her a gentle hug.
Eve almost went stiff by this kind gesture, the feeling of her father's hug was almost alien to her, but it was well reciprocated.
Outside of the room, Izu heard everything and was silent. She could feel something slowly gnawing at her core, but chose to not act on them, even as her headset flickered red for just a little moment.
But as she didn't linger on these feelings, she received a message. There were Magia attacking people and growing in size.
And they were approaching Hiden Intelligence!
"Apologies, President Aruto, but there is a large group of Magia approaching the company!" Izu informed them as she came to her senses.
"... Well Eve, care to show your old man what you can do?" Aruto grinned as he held up his Zero-Two Driver.
Eve nodded as she was excited by this, finally having the chance to have this time with her father.
The two rushed out side by side, Yua chuckled.
"We should go as well." Izu commented before Yua grasped her hand.
"Yeah. We should. But... We and Shesta should talk soon." Yua said seriously.
Izu looked into Yua's eyes and caught Valkyrie's tone and nodded. "Of course. It will be important."
Outside of the building, various security guards and HumaGears help each other out, protecting the company and its workers.
"Everyone, get away! We'll handle this!" Aruto called out as he and Eve stood together.
ZERO-ONE DRIVER!
ZERO-TWO DRIVER!
Both father and daughter saw the oncoming wave of Magia coming towards them and steeled themselves.
"Ready?" Aruto asked as he pulled out his Progrise Key.
PRESS!
"Yes." Eve nodded as she mirrored him, with her own Progrise Key.
JUMP! (Jump!)
Eve scanned her Key over her own Driver to authorise the transformation as Aruto opened his Driver's neon covering.
AUTHORISE!
Coming from the two Drivers were a large glowing blue grasshopper and a grey mammoth Rider Module; the first was hopping around Eve as the mammoth trumpeted out as they slotted their Keys into their Drivers. "HENSHIN!"
The Drivers came to life as the Riders' respective Keys were activated and the Rider Modules formed around them.
GIANT WAKING!
BREAKING MAMMOTH!
In a flash of digital light, Aruto became armoured; his black undersuit remained the same, his yellow hopper armour had shifted around his body so that the yellow was on the outside of his feet, grey gloves with grey bracers that seemed to curl like tusks, some grey shinguards that looked like hooves, grey see-through armour on his chest with his yellow hopper armour underneath, grey see-through shoulder guards over yellow armour, solid grey armour to protect his neck and a grey mask that looked slightly elephant-like with red eyes as his hopper antennae stuck behind his head.
INITIALIZE!
REALIZING HOPPER!
Eve was covered in a black bodysuit, silver foot protection that looked like a crouching grasshopper, and silver shin guards that went up their outer shin. On their thighs was silver armour with shining blue triangle circuitry between the plating, the Zero-One Driver around their waist with the slight protrusion of the Realizing Hopper Key in the slot; shining silver chest armour with blue circuitry and crest underneath the plating. Rounded black shoulder guards protecting the top of their upper arm, silver lining on the black bodysuit that crawled up the Rider's neck and down their arms, black bracers with some blue circuitry on the edges and black gloves. Lastly was their mask, a silver grasshopper with two protruding antennae with blue circuitry on their helmet and finally a pair of shimmering blue visor eyes.
A Rider Kick To The Sky Takes Off Toward A Dream
"Ready?" Aruto asked his daughter.
"Ready." She nodded as she leapt into the fight, leaving a trail of neon-blue data from her feet.
Elsewhere, Fuwa, and three members of MetsuBouJinRai looked around as they saw even more enemies approaching the area. "Oh hell, not again." Fuwa growled.
"You're not alone, Isamu." Naki spoke as they stood by him.
"We'll take the fifty on the left, you get the fifty on the right." Jin remarked.
"Screw you, we'll take fifty-one." Fuwa snarked.
"It's not a contest." Horobi rolled his eyes.
Naki smiled and shook their head, as they brought out their Progrise Keys.
BULLET!
JAPANESE WOLF!
POISON!
INFERNO WING!
Fuwa grunted as he ripped his Key open, while Naki swiftly slotted them in. The four's belts quickly loaded with their keys.
AUTHORISE!
BURNRISE!
The four quickly placed their Keys into their belts, Fuwa and Naki's being blue gun variants of Jin's red blade.
Kamen Rider!
Kamen Rider!
Kamen Rider!
"HENSHIN!" The four roared together, Fuwa ripping his Gun from the belt and shooting in front of him.
SHOTRISE!
Erupting from the different Rider Systems were the different modules, first a blue bullet that curved around and was punched by Fuwa, which surrounded him in his half-white and half-blue militaristic armour.
SLASHRISE!
Second was a burning red falcon whose wings enveloped Jin, covering him in flames before solidifying into his Rider Armour.
FORCERISE!
Next was a purple scorpion, whose stinger stabbed into Horobi and encased him with its claws and legs. And lastly was a powerful wind that covered Naki.
SHOOTING WOLF!
The Elevation Increases As The Bullet Is Fired!
"HA!" Fuwa roared as he aimed right at the Magia and fired.
BURNING FALCON!
The Strongest Wings Bearing The Fire Of Hell!
Jin leapt into the air and took the SlashRiser from his waist, going to fight from the skies.
STING SCORPION!
Br_34K D0_wN!
ORTHRUS VULCAN!
Awakening The Instincts Of Two Beasts Long Lost!
SHINK!
Both Horobi and Naki brought out their weapons, one being a bladed bow and the other for Naki were long claws coming from their bracers.
"Go, I'll cover you!" Horobi called out, pulling his weapon's trigger and firing purple energy arrows.
Naki nodded, running in with swift speed from their Orthrus Vulcan armour behind them.
SLASH!
SLASH!
Naki's and Jin's slashes were cutting through the Magia, their sheer numbers felt like they were in an unending horde.
BANG!
BANG!
Fuwa's aimed right at the heads of the Magia, there was no chance for them to overwhelm them. "Keep at it, we've got to stop this hoard!"
"Where is the knock off?" Horobi frowned, launching his stinger through the air at the Magia. Memories of his past doing this exact strategy flowed through his mind.
"I can't see him, he might be commanding them at the back." Jin responded and flew off to check.
"Be careful, Jin. There's too many in front of you!" Naki responded, slashing and spurting hydraulic fluid from the Magia.
"We've had bigger fights than this!" Jin answered as he slashed and kicked the Magia away.
BANG!
BANG!
"Damn it all, there's no end! Where the hell is Yaiba?" Fuwa growled.
"Worry about her later, she's a big girl." Naki responded, seeing the 'papa wolf' coming out.
"Stop worrying, 'dad'." Jin remarked puckishly.
"I'm not worrying." Horobi responded.
"N-No, not you, I was-Vulcan and. Never mind." Jin groaned.
'Heh.' Horobi smirked under his helmet, having his 'dad side' having *some* modicum of fun to lighten his heart.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
"HA! HA! HRAH!" Eve exclaimed as she was leaping between Magia and destroying them before they could attempt to infect her.
She was like a stream of silver and blue, flipping and dancing across the air.
But she also showed no fear of infection, landing in front of the building and grabbing a cable as it attempted to stab a guard.
"That ancient variant can't even touch me." She glared "You're not hurting anyone else!"
"President... Aruto?" The guard, Momaru, asked as he blinked in shock. Seeing the silver and blue Zero One before him.
"Not quite, I'm just as protective of this company." She responded.
Momaru nodded as he saw Eve fight and protect the company.
CRUSH!
"Everything okay over there?" Aruto called out as he stomped down on a small group of Magia as he came to a stop before Momaru "Hey, you okay Momaru?" He asked in concern.
"President Aruto?" Momaru asked in shock.
"Yeah, it's me. I see you've met my daughter." Aruto smiled.
"D-Daughter?" Momaru double-took between the pair.
"It's complicated. Get to safety, Mr Momaru." Eve asked.
"The family just keeps growing, doesn't it?" Momaru chuckled as he looked at Aruto and Eve together "You are your father's daughter."
"Yes, it does." Aruto nodded.
"HEY, PREZ!" Fuwa called out as he and the others arrived.
"Fuwa, what's wrong?" Aruto asked as they approached.
"You! Why aren't you kicking ass as Zero-Two?" Fuwa responded. "Why're you using Mammoth?"
"Err..." Aruto muttered as he tried to answer.
"We could've been done by now if you used that!" Fuwa continued.
"It felt like overkill." Aruto admitted.
"Overkill is what we need right now!" Fuwa snapped.
"Fuwa, calm down, you're gonna strain yourself." Naki patted his back.
"Come on Eve, let's do this!" Aruto said proudly as he ignored the two, getting into a fighting pose.
"Yes, father." Eve nodded as she readied herself and brought out an Attache Calibur, mirroring her father's first fight years ago.
Aruto smirked as he brought out the AttacheScythe, the two rushing into battle as they unfolded them together.
BLADERISE!
SCYTHERISE!
The Magia turned to Aruto and Eve, readying to block and attack in response, despite being the outnumbering side.
Find a new kind
"Ha!" The two cried as they rushed through the air, weapons gleaming in the air.
Everything's on
Father and daughter landed with a dramatic slash, yellow and blue mixing together as their attack rushed through the first before them.
Get set and go!
Eve's foot was suddenly surrounded by a hologram of a grasshoppers as she jumped high, back-flipping away as a Mafia tried to strike her from behind. While she wasn't even looking at it.
Find a new life
Aruto span and slashed at the Magia with the scythe, splitting it in half.
Everybody wants
Eve came down with a dramatic kick to one Magia... Which she used to bounce off it and strike another. And repeated it. And again. And again. And again.
That's what you do
And again. And again.
The young woman moving so fast with her kicks she was like a blur across the battlefield, even to Aruto.
So now
Aruto was looking impressed, seeing how skilled his daughter was, seeing the chance to finally flex her abilities.
That's all right
The data trails left by her kicks and strikes were almost like a river, continuing to flow through the fight.
Shake it out
Though her face was covered by her Rider mask, Aruto could only imagine the look of focus she would have.
Thirsty for gest
"HA! HA! HYAH!" Eve called out as she slashed through them, her mind processing each variable and outcome.
Looking for something you have never seen before
FIRE!
Aruto pulled out his second auxiliary Progrise Key, flicking the ZeroTwo Driver's Authoriser at the same time.
Tiger's Ability!
Find a new kind
"Time to turn up the heat, Tora-Chan!" Aruto quipped.
Everything's on
The aura of a tiger made of flames appeared around him, roaring, before it was absorbed into the armour.
Get set and go!
Flames licked around Aruto's armour, still in the Mammoth form, as he punched the air. A massive wave of air rocketed through the battlefield, pressurised gravity rushing forth... alongside a heat wave that had Magia sparking.
Find a new life
Catching the Magia's hand, Aruto applied his gravity abilities to make it fall to its knees. The President quickly kneeing it in the jaw with a blazing knee, before spinning with a fist of fire into another foe's face. A punch to the floor brought multiple Magia into the air as they lost their sense of gravity
Everybody wants
Eve looked to the side briefly, seeing her father fight like this, smiling as she could finally have the time that she wanted. Fighting alongside Kamen Rider Zero-One.
That's what you do
As Magia attempted to surround Aruto, his rose and stomped his foot to apply the right pressure while also burning the controlled robots.
So now
Eve continued to attack the Magia, cleaving through the Magia with her Attache Calibur.
That's all right
SLAM!
SLAM!
Shake it out
Aruto's heavy stomps caused the ground to break and the Magia to lose their footing, while also containing the shockwaves.
Thirsty for gest
"Whoa, dad!" Eve called out as she felt the heavy bounce from the attack.
Looking for something fantastic
"Sorry, watch out!" Aruto apologised as he summoned more flames.
Looking for something called sick
The Magia grunted in pain, throwing out their cables to attempt to stop Aruto.
Looking for something you have never seen before
SLASH!
SLASH!
SLASH!
Cutting-edge right?
Eve slashed through the wires, protecting her father before leaping through the flames and cleaving off the heads of the corrupted Magia.
Doesn't it make you blind?
'No matter what. I will change the future!' Eve thought to herself. 'For the company. For my family!'
Listen to what is your correctness on your heart
Nothing was keeping Eve down, she was going to go all out to prove herself to her father. Eve's and Aruto's processing abilities were at full comprehension, making sure they would not hit each other.
Your happiness
"Eve, I've got them over here, time to end this!" Aruto called out.
Is that finalized?
"Of course, Dad!" she nodded as she landed beside him, the two crouching a bit as they readied themselves
Have solid insights on your own
"I'm on it, Dad!" Eve called out as she brushed a hand across her helmet's antenna "Let's do this!" She glared.
Don't leave it behind
JUMP!
Grasshopper's Ability!
Aruto quickly swapped his Key, crouching beside her. The two let out a soft breath
Face all of the quests
The two lowered their arms, slapping their keys into their belts as power gathered around them.
Father and Daughter twisted their ankles, energy gathering around their feet with dramatic furry
You'll find the fellow who you want someday
The Magia looked at them, attempting to swarm them as they readied their stances and leapt into the fray.
"HA!" The two Hiden's yelled, jumping into the air as one
Seek for the ways
R!
E!
A!
L!
I!
Z!
I!
N!
G!
I!
M!
P!
A!
C!
T!
"HA!" Eve roared as she threw her leg forward, silver and blue spiralling around her foot.
R!
I!
S!
I!
N!
G!
B!
I!
G!
B!
A!
N!
G!
"HIYA!" Aruto yelled out as he did the same, yellow energy around his foot alongside some silver from Breaking Mammoth.
I!
M!
P!
A!
C!
T!
The Magia tried to hold it back, but the sheer intensity and power coming from the two Zero-One Riders shattered them, breaking their corrupted programming and leaving their husk bodies on the floor.
The two rushed through the area like a pair of bullets, eventually rushing out past the horde and skidding across the ground.
Their feet cut into the concrete below them.
"W-wow." Eve panted as she crouched next to her father.
"Good work, Eve." He smiled as the two stood up, sharing a wrist bump, as the Magia exploded into sparkles.
RISING BIG BANG!
REALIZING IMPACT!
"Whoa." Naki commented as they saw the father-daughter combo beat the Magia to scrap.
The HumaGear forms falling to the floor, limp but alive.
"Good work you two." Horobi called out as the group met up again.
"Thanks. But...where's Yua and Izu?" Aruto asked.
KABOOM!
There was suddenly an explosion from one of the higher floors of Hiden Intelligence, everyone covering their eyes in shock as they looked up in shock.
"What the f-" Fuwa asked before a figure jumped down...
Revealing a familiar, singular, red eye on scorpion-themed armour...
*Flashback, to a few minutes ago*
Yua and Izu were running past the horde of Magia, trying to find the Priest. This felt like a trap, but they had their hunch while the others took care of the mass of enemies. And some added security measures definitely helped...
"A break-in?" Yua asked as they rushed deeper into the building.
"Everyone should be evacuated. We must hurry." Izu panicked as they arrived at a server room, the two sharing a nod as Yaiba drew her ShotRiser. Holding it, ready to fire, as the secretary kicked the door wide open. The president of ZAIA rushing in first.
"Ah, President Yaiba of ZAIA. And the fallen Secretary. A joyous occasion it must be said." The Priest spoke calmly as he was working on the computer.
"Back away with your arms in the air. Or you're getting it through the head." Yua said simply.
"Oh, so serious. I can see why Mr Hiden took a fancy to you." The Priest jokingly remarked.
BANG!
And a bullet came rushing through the air, taking a chunk out of his earpiece.
"That's your only warning shot." She said simply.
The Priest grunted as he could feel the wiring and the sparks come from his earpiece...and turned to them. "I suppose there's no changing your mind."
"What are you doing here?" Was all Izu said.
"I suppose there's no harm in telling. I came here to collect what My Lord desires. The means to rise again." The Priest answered as he grabbed a USB drive and ripped it from the computer "And to do so... I needed some launch codes for a rocket."
"A rocket?" Izu's eyes widened in shock.
"Put the USB down, now!" Yua demanded.
"I don't think so, Ms Yaiba." He answered, pocketing the drive and attaching the corrupted Zero-Two Driver around his waist.
Z̵̻̈́Ė̶̲T̵̥̍S̶̝̎U̴͓̚M̶͆͜E̶̥̊T̸̟͒S̶̭̾U̷̜̾ ̸͓́D̴̩͝Ȑ̵̳I̶͚̊V̵̩͂Ȅ̵͇R̶͎̚!̶̩̀
"'Zetsumetsu'?" Yua's eyes focussed on it before firing again but he responded by forming a shield with the corruption cables, activating his own key.
And he slammed his thumb onto the button, activating it.
A̶͕̓Ṟ̷͝K̴̙͑ ̷̻̿S̸̟̈C̸̖͐O̶̘̾R̸͕̆P̶̝̉Į̴̎Õ̴̰N̸̛͕!̷͔̆
The Priest smiled darkly, fuelled by the nature of his mission.
"Henshin!" And slotted the Key into the Driver.
PROGRISE!
Ǎ̶͕R̶̪̚K̶̹͝!̸̖̄
Surrounding the Priest was a warped metal Scorpion Rider Module, oozing with dark purple oil and held together by the black wires and burning crimson eyes as it clasped its legs, claws and stinger and impaled the Priest as he transformed.
KAMBOOM!
Yua and Izu were blown back as the corrupted HumaGear transformed before them.
D̴̡͌E̸̦̓S̴̎ͅT̴̏͜R̶̦͛U̵̜̐C̷̖̃T̷̢̕I̸͈͝Ȍ̸͜N̴̜͛!̵͖̍
̷̥̇R̶̨͑Ǘ̵̧I̶͚̊Ǹ̶̢!̶̦̀
̷̭̅D̷͙͆E̷̚͜S̸͕̈́P̸̜͆Ä̷̱́Ĩ̵̫R̶̯̓!̴͎̈́
̶͔̒E̴̤͑X̵̭̽Ṯ̵̿Ǐ̶͇N̸͔̂Ć̵̠T̵̮̈Ị̸̏Õ̴͕N̸̲͌!̷̲͆
The purple oil moulded and fell to the ground as the evil Rider stood before them, having the perversion of who Horobi was while also having stolen the core of Hiden Intelligence's programming.
A̶͕̓Ṟ̷͝K̴̙͑ ̷̻̿S̸̟̈C̸̖͐O̶̘̾R̸͕̆P̶̝̉Į̴̎Õ̴̰N̸̛͕!̷͔̆
T̶h̸e̴ ̴C̷o̸n̴c̵l̷u̷s̴i̵o̶n̸ ̴A̸f̴t̶e̴r̴ ̷E̴v̴i̷l̴ ̵C̸l̶i̸m̸b̶s̴ ̷T̸h̶e̸ ̶T̷o̷p̶ ̴O̸f̸ ̸T̷h̴e̷ ̵H̸i̴g̸h̵e̷s̶t̶ ̶M̶o̶u̸n̴t̵a̵i̶n̴ ̶o̸f̷ ̵R̴o̸c̴k̸
"D-Did you understand that transformation jingle?" Yua asked as she and Izu got from the ground.
"To be honest...It's all glitch speak to me." Izu groaned as she helped Yua up.
Yua placed her ShotRiser onto her belt as she nodded at Izu.
Izu nodded back as she pulled out her belt.
"Come now, ladies. This isn't necessary." Ark Scorpion mocked as Izu placed her belt onto her waist.
SHOTRISER!
HUMADRIVER!
"No matter what, we're not letting you get away!" Izu proclaimed.
"And your insanity ends here!" Yua added as they pulled out their respective Progrise Keys.
DASH!
SUPPORT SEARCH!
"Henshin!"
The two slotted their Keys into their respective Drivers, pressing the trigger on the ShotRiser and quickly scanning it with the HumaDriver.
From Yua's ShotRiser was a glowing orange and silver bullet that surrounded the area and separated over Yua.
RUSHING CHEETAH!
Try To Outrun This Demon To Get Left In The Dust!
Yaiba was now covered in a white and orange armoured suit with a grey bodysuit underneath. Her left leg, arm, shoulder, helmet and torso were white-plated armour. While her right arm, shoulder, chest piece and mask were orange. Yua's right foot was armoured with a three-clawed foot to represent a cheetah's paw, her right hand had a claw-like hand guard; her bracer, shoulder guard and chest piece had black triangle markings to emulate a cheetah's spots. And finally, her mask was a plain white face with two black lines going from her yellow eyes to a mouth-guard shape with a cheetah-framed face, with orange ears and spots.
Glorious Protector of the Sky!
The wings of an owl Rider Module began to cover Izu's body as the claws formed over her feet and its head and torso formed over her own head.
HIDEN OWL!
Winds swirled around Izu as they formed her armour, transforming her like Yua.
Crystal sight, protecting from the vile darkness
Izu was now wearing a silvery white bodysuit with teal green armour. Her boots had claws on top of her feet, her shin guards had two wings on the sides, her thighs were covered with light blue circuitry engravings; her chest was protected by folded wing-like plated armour with blue edges, her shoulders and upper arms were covered by overlapped feathers with slightly jagged edges; her forearms bore light blue bracers with talon claw-like protrusions that didn't go over to her hand. Lastly was her helmet, silvery white for the main part; but her mask had rounded blue visor eyes with a teal-green faceplate rounded and edged.
"Ah, this is a sight I never thought I'd see." Ark Scorpion commented, clapping his hands.
"It'll be the last sight you'll see," Yua answered, dashing around and firing upon him.
She darted forward, speeding around him as her bullets rushed out.
Ark Scorpion just smirked and darted his hands out, easily catching every bullet.
"You know, just my personal opinion. Maybe don't start with a transformation that is outclassed by everyone else?" Ark Scorpion quipped as this was child's play for him.
"Then, please try this!" Izu called as she rushed through the air, her foot slashing at her opponent's face.
Ark Scorpion looked at her attack, raising his arm to block her, but the claws created sparks on his armour.
LIGHTNING HORNET!
Yua's armour changed once again, her amour's outer appearance had changed. No longer was it a cheetah-based armour, was now yellow honeycomb armour with blue bases. The tops of her feet had four elongated hexagon shapes on her white boots with blue protection: honeycomb thigh guards, a hornet's head impression on her chest with blue 'eyes' covering her chest along with the hexagon clasps, yellow spiked shoulder guards, blue bracers with yellow honeycomb extensions. And her mask's outline turned blue with yellow antennae and jaw-guard.
Piercing Needle With Incredible Force!
"Oh, impressive." Ark Scorpion spoke sarcastically as Yua fired again, creating large needles firing at him.
The dark armoured warrior scoffed as he managed to push Izu away, aiming to catch these bullets and shatter them just like the last. But as he touched them... A storm rushed through his body as he was electrocuted.
He stiffened up and jerked about, feeling the electricity course through him, and not the kind that he was used to.
And Izu took advantage, giving a harsh palm strike to Ark Scorpion's stomach.
Ark Scorpion grunted, feeling her attack go through and hitting somewhere vital.
SLASHRISE!
"Ha!" Yua roared as she came rushing forward, slashing with her own Slashriser... as a transformation finished and a new form took shape.
FIGHTING JACKAL!
The undersuit was golden with some silver joints, black boots and shin guards with red claws and edges black thigh guards with red edges going up the sides. Two waist guards with golden markings and red outside lines; a black chest guard with red markings that turned into slight triangles over her chest, two black teardrop-shaped shoulder guards that had red triangles on one side. Two upper-arm guards with two spiked protrusions and black bracers with golden and red markings. And lastly was her helmet, what once was an animal-shaped head was now transforming into a golden faceplate with magenta-pink eye visors, with a black and red jackal head-frame.
Deciding The Fate Of Battle Like A Valkyrie!
She raised a scythe and slashed down on Ark Scorpion, cleaving into the enemy and sparking electricity from it.
"ARGH! You took my advice literally." Ark Scorpion grunted as he flung her back, realising that this fight was not going his way right now, despite the difference in power.
"Or maybe I have a strategy you high and mighty, egotistical, child!" Yua snapped as she slammed her scythe down, stabbing it into the ground. Ark Scorpion barely dodging... But Yua jumped high, using the wedged weapon to support her weight and allow her to deliver a barrage of kicks to the dark rider.
Ark Scorpion blocked with all his might... Leaving him open to a slash from behind thanks to Izu and the AttacheScythe.
SLASH!
SPARK!
Ark Scorpion yelled in pain, feeling the wires of his costume being 'cut' and forced to his knees.
Both girls landed and did a spin, slamming their knees into his head. Yua in the front, Izu in the back.
Both giving their all.
...
Ark Scorpion just growled as helmet sparked, slamming his hand against his belt's key.
The Key sparked within the driver with purple lightning as he stood up and glared at them with his anger-filled eyes.
H̸!̵
̶A̸!̸
T̴͙͋!̷̨͝
̴R̷!̷
̴E̸!̸
D̸̩͌!̶̱̚
̷I̶!̴
̷M̵!̶
̴P̸!̶
̷C̷!̵
̶T̸!̶
His scorpion stingers formed out of his body as he rushed forward and attacked.
Both Izu and Yua raised their weapons to block the attack, standing strong to hold back this finishing move.
'This is gonna hurt.' Yua thought as she and Izu braced themselves.
H̶A̵T̵R̸E̴D̸!̵ ̶I̴M̴P̸A̶C̴T̵!̶
The oncoming stingers connected to their bodies, striking them and creating a massive explosion in the room.
KABOOM!
Flames rushed out dramatically, as the two female Riders were sent flying out of the building and towards the ground below...
To Be Continued...
