p dir="ltr"Mmmmm..."/p
p dir="ltr""Hey , guys! I think he's waking up!"/p
p dir="ltr" Sean opened his eyes to see Callie and his friends beside his bed. "Guys...?" /p
p dir="ltr"Cameron's eyes widen and he hugs his best-friend in glee. "Sean , you're okay! I was so worried!"/p
p dir="ltr" Kayla wiped her tears from her eyes and sighed a sigh of relief , glad that Sean is okay. 'emThank God you're okay , Sean-kun...' /em/p
p dir="ltr"Miguel smiles happily. "Glad you're okay , Sean."/p
p dir="ltr" Robert slightly smiled as Ana hugs Sean tightly./p
p dir="ltr""Sean , are you okay!?" The young redhead asks , worried. "What on earth happened to you?"/p
p dir="ltr" "I was wondering the same thing." Robert says./p
p dir="ltr"Sean looks at them and looks down , hesitant. "I...um..."/p
p dir="ltr" "Aniki , whats the matter?" /p
p dir="ltr"Sean looked up , sighing. "Look guys , I'll tell you later , okay? I just want some rest." /p
p dir="ltr"Miguel nods , walking to the door with the rest./p
p dir="ltr"As they left , Sean grabbed his Nexus Driver as he laid back down. 'emJust...who was that guy?/em'/p
p dir="ltr"_ br /Opening Theme: (BREAK IT by Mamory Miyano) br /_/p
p dir="ltr"Meanwhile , at the unknown laboratory.../p
p dir="ltr""Destructive power?" /p
p dir="ltr""Yeah. When I was fighing that kid before in the forest , I felt a massive amount of power coming from him. It looks like he hasn't fully reached its full strength , unlike him." /p
p dir="ltr"Jin turned around in his chair , playing a game on his Galaxy S6./p
p dir="ltr""So what you are saying , Ryūtaro , that this Harada kid might be related to our old friend from yore , am I right?" He says smirking as he completed a level on his game./p
p dir="ltr""I believe so. If I see the kid in the forest-"/p
p dir="ltr""Its name is Cardterra."/p
p dir="ltr""Cardterra?" /p
p dir="ltr""Thats what the ancient writings says , if I'm correct. But , I don't want you killing the kid."/p
p dir="ltr"Ryūtaro sat on the desk , looking at his Nexus Card , a white card with a lime green samurai on it./p
p dir="ltr""If you do , Kenshiro will be VERY mad at us. So I just want you to ruffle him up a little. Not too rough , understand?" /p
p dir="ltr"Ryūtaro nods. "Hai." br /_/p
p dir="ltr""A mysterious forest?" /p
p dir="ltr"The next day at school , Sean was talking with Robert and Ana about the events that happened from the day before./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah , it was weird. My card started to glow when the portal appeared. And when I got into the forest , I saw something." /p
p dir="ltr""What was it , Sean?" Ana says , tilting her head./p
p dir="ltr""Carddroids." /p
p dir="ltr""What!?" Robert says in suprise./p
p dir="ltr""Yep. Carddroids. It was a lot of them. So I'm guessing this forest or whatever is the hiding ground of the Carddroids and if we go in there together , maybe we can-" /p
p dir="ltr""Its too dangerous." /p
p dir="ltr""Huh?" /p
p dir="ltr""Its too dangerous. We might be Riders , but with all of those Carddroids , we'll be killed." /p
p dir="ltr""I agree with Robert." Ana says./p
p dir="ltr""You would need something really really powerful to defeat them. You'll be killed if you just charge in there."/p
p dir="ltr" Sean sighs , scratching his head. "I guess..."/p
p dir="ltr"Ana looks at him hanging his head down. "S-sean , are you okay?"/p
p dir="ltr""I'm thinking..." /p
p dir="ltr""Thinking of what?" /p
p dir="ltr""...Just...just what does it mean...to be a Rider?" /p
p dir="ltr"Robert looks at Sean. 'emWhat does it mean to be a Rider?'/em He thought , wanting to know the meaning as well./p
p dir="ltr""Robert , we both had fought before and I thought you was just some rich jock asshole , like some guys in this school. Picking on the weak for no reason...flashing off their money with no care in the world , just because their family's rich." /p
p dir="ltr"Robert chuckles , "Yeah. I get that a lot." "So...what is it that you fight for , Robert?" /p
p dir="ltr"What do I fight for? That question lingered in Robert's head as he held a necklace with a diamond on it. br /"For my mom." /p
p dir="ltr""Your mom?" /p
p dir="ltr""Yeah." He sat down beside Sean and Ana. "I was always cherished by my mom , since I'm the only son in my family. My mom , Monica , liked to play video games , just like me and my dad. We would always play them together. Everyday was just like I was living in one big fantasy...until...2 years ago...when I found out my mom was ill..."br /_ br /emFlashback , two years ago. Winter , 2014/embr /em_/em/p
p dir="ltr""Mom? Dad? I'm home!" /p
p dir="ltr"A 15 year old Robert looked around in his house , wondering where his parents were. "Mom? Dad?" He sees his butler , Lucas , coming towards him with a sad frown on his face. "Lucas , where are my parents?" Robert asked./p
p dir="ltr"Lucas sighed as he held his shoulder. "Young master...your mother is in the hospital. She passed out while you were in school earlier and...she has a unknown type of cancer and...its incurable. I'm sorry...but your mother will not last long , young master." /p
p dir="ltr"Robert's eyes widen as tears ran down his cheeks. "No...No! MOM!"/p
p dir="ltr"Robert bursts out of the house , running to a nearby church. "This can't be true! It can't be! Mom...mom...!" He hugs himself , crying./p
p dir="ltr""Do you want to save your mother" Robert looks up to see a man in a lab coat with glasses on./p
p dir="ltr""Who...who are you?" /p
p dir="ltr"The man knelt down to Robert's level and asked the question again , "Do you want to save your mother?" /p
p dir="ltr"Robert wipes his tears and looks at the man. "I-I do , mister...but the illness that she has...it can't cured so how...how can I save her?!"/p
p dir="ltr" "I know a way that you can save her. To cure her." /p
p dir="ltr""Really!? How!?" /p
p dir="ltr"The man reached out in his labcoat pocket and gives Robert a belt buckle that looks like a PS Vita and a a blue card with a white eagle on it./p
p dir="ltr""Use this. Use it and fight." /p
p dir="ltr""Fight? Fight what?" /p
p dir="ltr"The man gets up and pushes up his glasses. "You'll find out when the time comes." br /_br /emPresent day/em br /_/p
p dir="ltr""Ever since then , I always fought for one thing. To find a cure for my mother's illness. No matter who gets in my way. I will do ANYTHING to win..." Robert says , gripping his mother's necklace tightly. /p
p dir="ltr"'emRobert../em.'/p
p dir="ltr"Robert sighs. "I might just go home today. I'll see you two tomorrow." Robert gets up and grabs his bag , leaving out of the main door./p
p dir="ltr""I never knew that Robert's mom was sick." Ana says. /p
p dir="ltr""Me either." Sean says as he gets up. "I'm gonna head to the arcade. You wanna come , Ana?" /p
p dir="ltr""Maybe later , Sean." She hugs him and smiles./p
p dir="ltr""Heh , alright. I'll see you later , Ana."/p
p dir="ltr""Bye." Ana smiles at Sean as she grabs her books and leaves. Sean smiles , watching her leave./p
p dir="ltr"As soon as she left , he pulled out his Nexus Card and frowned. 'emWhat does it mean to be a Rider?'/em He lingered on the question in his mind , but thought about Ana , Kayla , Cameron , Callie and the others. 'Hehe. Looks like I found my answer.'/p
p dir="ltr" He smiled , thinking about his answer. As he was getting his bag , he saw a grey light coming from his Nexus Driver. "Huh? Whats going on?" He grabs his Nexus Driver , seeing a grey card shining right by his card deck. Sean raised his eyebrow as he picked up the card , seeing a armored dragon on it. "...Gaia Tank..."/p
p dir="ltr"_/p
p dir="ltr"Later on that day/p
p dir="ltr"_/p
p dir="ltr"Sean was walking home after he finished Dueling with a random Duelist at the comic book store. br /He was looking at the Gaia Tank card but stopped as he saw someone familiar. "Ah hell. Not you again." /p
p dir="ltr"The mysterious samurai , Getsuga , appeared , fully armored. "We meet again. Gaia." Getsuga says as he grabs his Katana./p
p dir="ltr""What do you want?"/p
p dir="ltr""I came here to test your strength." /p
p dir="ltr""Test my strength , huh? Thats not why you came here , isn't it? You came here to know why I became a Rider , isn't that right?"/p
p dir="ltr"Getsuga remained silent , but nods. /p
p dir="ltr""You know...I always wonder why I received this Driver. Why I became a Rider. I'm not fighting for money or power. I'm fighting..."/p
p dir="ltr"He puts on his Nexus Driver./p
p dir="ltr""...to protect my family and friends. I fight so that I can protect those that can't defend for themselves!" He puts the Gaia Tank card in the slot of the Nexus Driver and pushes it down./p
p dir="ltr"[strongemRIDER CARD! LETS RIDE!/em/strong]/p
p dir="ltr""Henshin!"/p
p dir="ltr"[strongemGAIA TANK!/em/strong]br /Heavy jungle music plays as grey cards surround Sean as grey bulky armor attaches on him , completing his transformation. /p
p dir="ltr""A new form , huh? This will be interesting."/p
p dir="ltr"Getstuga said as he unsheathes his Katana. Gaia cracked his knuckles as a new weapon appears in his hand. /p
p dir="ltr"strongem[TANK SPEAR!]/em/strongbr /Gaia twirled the spear around and gripped the spear tightly./p
p dir="ltr""Game start!"/p
p dir="ltr"Getsuga dashes toward Gaia and tries to strike at him , the katana bounced off of Gaia's armor./p
p dir="ltr""Nani!? (What!?)" /p
p dir="ltr"Gaia smirked under his helmet. "Nice try , but that won't work on me. Now its my turn!" /p
p dir="ltr"He cocked his fist back and punched Getsuga , sending back flying into a nearby car. "/p
p dir="ltr"Gh... such fearsome strength..." Getsuga gets up from the car , staggering./p
p dir="ltr"Gaia grabbed his Tank Spear and charges at Getsuga but as soon as he thrusts his spear , Getsuga disappeared./p
p dir="ltr"Gaia looked around to find where he was but he was nowhere to be found./p
p dir="ltr""Got away , huh?" He looks up at the sky and sees the sun setting. br /_/p
p dir="ltr"At the laboratory.../p
p dir="ltr""Heh...so he's gotten stronger , huh?" Jin looks at the video from Getsuga's helmet./p
p dir="ltr""Ryūtaro's injured. When he was trying to get away , he got hit." Jin gets up from his chair to look at a belt buckle that looked like a Nintendo 3DS XL./p
p dir="ltr""Stylus Driver...Its not fully ready yet. I still need time. That Gaia...he keeps getting stronger..." He balls up his fists. br /_ br /stronguemNEXT TIME : ON KAMEN RIDER GAIA!/em/u/strongbr /_br /"My mom and dad coming today." br /_ br /"The name's Jack! And this is my wife , Carrie!" br /_ br /"We took care of Sean since he was little." br /_ br /"Gaia...I'll defeat him."/p
p dir="ltr"strongemuRIDE 8 : A FAMILY'S SUPRISE! /u/em/strong/p
p dir="ltr""I'll protect you , Jack! Mama Carrie!" br /_br /strongemuBREAKTHROUGH YOUR DESTINY!/u/em/strong/p
p dir="ltr""Hey , guys! I think he's waking up!"/p
p dir="ltr" Sean opened his eyes to see Callie and his friends beside his bed. "Guys...?" /p
p dir="ltr"Cameron's eyes widen and he hugs his best-friend in glee. "Sean , you're okay! I was so worried!"/p
p dir="ltr" Kayla wiped her tears from her eyes and sighed a sigh of relief , glad that Sean is okay. 'emThank God you're okay , Sean-kun...' /em/p
p dir="ltr"Miguel smiles happily. "Glad you're okay , Sean."/p
p dir="ltr" Robert slightly smiled as Ana hugs Sean tightly./p
p dir="ltr""Sean , are you okay!?" The young redhead asks , worried. "What on earth happened to you?"/p
p dir="ltr" "I was wondering the same thing." Robert says./p
p dir="ltr"Sean looks at them and looks down , hesitant. "I...um..."/p
p dir="ltr" "Aniki , whats the matter?" /p
p dir="ltr"Sean looked up , sighing. "Look guys , I'll tell you later , okay? I just want some rest." /p
p dir="ltr"Miguel nods , walking to the door with the rest./p
p dir="ltr"As they left , Sean grabbed his Nexus Driver as he laid back down. 'emJust...who was that guy?/em'/p
p dir="ltr"_ br /Opening Theme: (BREAK IT by Mamory Miyano) br /_/p
p dir="ltr"Meanwhile , at the unknown laboratory.../p
p dir="ltr""Destructive power?" /p
p dir="ltr""Yeah. When I was fighing that kid before in the forest , I felt a massive amount of power coming from him. It looks like he hasn't fully reached its full strength , unlike him." /p
p dir="ltr"Jin turned around in his chair , playing a game on his Galaxy S6./p
p dir="ltr""So what you are saying , Ryūtaro , that this Harada kid might be related to our old friend from yore , am I right?" He says smirking as he completed a level on his game./p
p dir="ltr""I believe so. If I see the kid in the forest-"/p
p dir="ltr""Its name is Cardterra."/p
p dir="ltr""Cardterra?" /p
p dir="ltr""Thats what the ancient writings says , if I'm correct. But , I don't want you killing the kid."/p
p dir="ltr"Ryūtaro sat on the desk , looking at his Nexus Card , a white card with a lime green samurai on it./p
p dir="ltr""If you do , Kenshiro will be VERY mad at us. So I just want you to ruffle him up a little. Not too rough , understand?" /p
p dir="ltr"Ryūtaro nods. "Hai." br /_/p
p dir="ltr""A mysterious forest?" /p
p dir="ltr"The next day at school , Sean was talking with Robert and Ana about the events that happened from the day before./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah , it was weird. My card started to glow when the portal appeared. And when I got into the forest , I saw something." /p
p dir="ltr""What was it , Sean?" Ana says , tilting her head./p
p dir="ltr""Carddroids." /p
p dir="ltr""What!?" Robert says in suprise./p
p dir="ltr""Yep. Carddroids. It was a lot of them. So I'm guessing this forest or whatever is the hiding ground of the Carddroids and if we go in there together , maybe we can-" /p
p dir="ltr""Its too dangerous." /p
p dir="ltr""Huh?" /p
p dir="ltr""Its too dangerous. We might be Riders , but with all of those Carddroids , we'll be killed." /p
p dir="ltr""I agree with Robert." Ana says./p
p dir="ltr""You would need something really really powerful to defeat them. You'll be killed if you just charge in there."/p
p dir="ltr" Sean sighs , scratching his head. "I guess..."/p
p dir="ltr"Ana looks at him hanging his head down. "S-sean , are you okay?"/p
p dir="ltr""I'm thinking..." /p
p dir="ltr""Thinking of what?" /p
p dir="ltr""...Just...just what does it mean...to be a Rider?" /p
p dir="ltr"Robert looks at Sean. 'emWhat does it mean to be a Rider?'/em He thought , wanting to know the meaning as well./p
p dir="ltr""Robert , we both had fought before and I thought you was just some rich jock asshole , like some guys in this school. Picking on the weak for no reason...flashing off their money with no care in the world , just because their family's rich." /p
p dir="ltr"Robert chuckles , "Yeah. I get that a lot." "So...what is it that you fight for , Robert?" /p
p dir="ltr"What do I fight for? That question lingered in Robert's head as he held a necklace with a diamond on it. br /"For my mom." /p
p dir="ltr""Your mom?" /p
p dir="ltr""Yeah." He sat down beside Sean and Ana. "I was always cherished by my mom , since I'm the only son in my family. My mom , Monica , liked to play video games , just like me and my dad. We would always play them together. Everyday was just like I was living in one big fantasy...until...2 years ago...when I found out my mom was ill..."br /_ br /emFlashback , two years ago. Winter , 2014/embr /em_/em/p
p dir="ltr""Mom? Dad? I'm home!" /p
p dir="ltr"A 15 year old Robert looked around in his house , wondering where his parents were. "Mom? Dad?" He sees his butler , Lucas , coming towards him with a sad frown on his face. "Lucas , where are my parents?" Robert asked./p
p dir="ltr"Lucas sighed as he held his shoulder. "Young master...your mother is in the hospital. She passed out while you were in school earlier and...she has a unknown type of cancer and...its incurable. I'm sorry...but your mother will not last long , young master." /p
p dir="ltr"Robert's eyes widen as tears ran down his cheeks. "No...No! MOM!"/p
p dir="ltr"Robert bursts out of the house , running to a nearby church. "This can't be true! It can't be! Mom...mom...!" He hugs himself , crying./p
p dir="ltr""Do you want to save your mother" Robert looks up to see a man in a lab coat with glasses on./p
p dir="ltr""Who...who are you?" /p
p dir="ltr"The man knelt down to Robert's level and asked the question again , "Do you want to save your mother?" /p
p dir="ltr"Robert wipes his tears and looks at the man. "I-I do , mister...but the illness that she has...it can't cured so how...how can I save her?!"/p
p dir="ltr" "I know a way that you can save her. To cure her." /p
p dir="ltr""Really!? How!?" /p
p dir="ltr"The man reached out in his labcoat pocket and gives Robert a belt buckle that looks like a PS Vita and a a blue card with a white eagle on it./p
p dir="ltr""Use this. Use it and fight." /p
p dir="ltr""Fight? Fight what?" /p
p dir="ltr"The man gets up and pushes up his glasses. "You'll find out when the time comes." br /_br /emPresent day/em br /_/p
p dir="ltr""Ever since then , I always fought for one thing. To find a cure for my mother's illness. No matter who gets in my way. I will do ANYTHING to win..." Robert says , gripping his mother's necklace tightly. /p
p dir="ltr"'emRobert../em.'/p
p dir="ltr"Robert sighs. "I might just go home today. I'll see you two tomorrow." Robert gets up and grabs his bag , leaving out of the main door./p
p dir="ltr""I never knew that Robert's mom was sick." Ana says. /p
p dir="ltr""Me either." Sean says as he gets up. "I'm gonna head to the arcade. You wanna come , Ana?" /p
p dir="ltr""Maybe later , Sean." She hugs him and smiles./p
p dir="ltr""Heh , alright. I'll see you later , Ana."/p
p dir="ltr""Bye." Ana smiles at Sean as she grabs her books and leaves. Sean smiles , watching her leave./p
p dir="ltr"As soon as she left , he pulled out his Nexus Card and frowned. 'emWhat does it mean to be a Rider?'/em He lingered on the question in his mind , but thought about Ana , Kayla , Cameron , Callie and the others. 'Hehe. Looks like I found my answer.'/p
p dir="ltr" He smiled , thinking about his answer. As he was getting his bag , he saw a grey light coming from his Nexus Driver. "Huh? Whats going on?" He grabs his Nexus Driver , seeing a grey card shining right by his card deck. Sean raised his eyebrow as he picked up the card , seeing a armored dragon on it. "...Gaia Tank..."/p
p dir="ltr"_/p
p dir="ltr"Later on that day/p
p dir="ltr"_/p
p dir="ltr"Sean was walking home after he finished Dueling with a random Duelist at the comic book store. br /He was looking at the Gaia Tank card but stopped as he saw someone familiar. "Ah hell. Not you again." /p
p dir="ltr"The mysterious samurai , Getsuga , appeared , fully armored. "We meet again. Gaia." Getsuga says as he grabs his Katana./p
p dir="ltr""What do you want?"/p
p dir="ltr""I came here to test your strength." /p
p dir="ltr""Test my strength , huh? Thats not why you came here , isn't it? You came here to know why I became a Rider , isn't that right?"/p
p dir="ltr"Getsuga remained silent , but nods. /p
p dir="ltr""You know...I always wonder why I received this Driver. Why I became a Rider. I'm not fighting for money or power. I'm fighting..."/p
p dir="ltr"He puts on his Nexus Driver./p
p dir="ltr""...to protect my family and friends. I fight so that I can protect those that can't defend for themselves!" He puts the Gaia Tank card in the slot of the Nexus Driver and pushes it down./p
p dir="ltr"[strongemRIDER CARD! LETS RIDE!/em/strong]/p
p dir="ltr""Henshin!"/p
p dir="ltr"[strongemGAIA TANK!/em/strong]br /Heavy jungle music plays as grey cards surround Sean as grey bulky armor attaches on him , completing his transformation. /p
p dir="ltr""A new form , huh? This will be interesting."/p
p dir="ltr"Getstuga said as he unsheathes his Katana. Gaia cracked his knuckles as a new weapon appears in his hand. /p
p dir="ltr"strongem[TANK SPEAR!]/em/strongbr /Gaia twirled the spear around and gripped the spear tightly./p
p dir="ltr""Game start!"/p
p dir="ltr"Getsuga dashes toward Gaia and tries to strike at him , the katana bounced off of Gaia's armor./p
p dir="ltr""Nani!? (What!?)" /p
p dir="ltr"Gaia smirked under his helmet. "Nice try , but that won't work on me. Now its my turn!" /p
p dir="ltr"He cocked his fist back and punched Getsuga , sending back flying into a nearby car. "/p
p dir="ltr"Gh... such fearsome strength..." Getsuga gets up from the car , staggering./p
p dir="ltr"Gaia grabbed his Tank Spear and charges at Getsuga but as soon as he thrusts his spear , Getsuga disappeared./p
p dir="ltr"Gaia looked around to find where he was but he was nowhere to be found./p
p dir="ltr""Got away , huh?" He looks up at the sky and sees the sun setting. br /_/p
p dir="ltr"At the laboratory.../p
p dir="ltr""Heh...so he's gotten stronger , huh?" Jin looks at the video from Getsuga's helmet./p
p dir="ltr""Ryūtaro's injured. When he was trying to get away , he got hit." Jin gets up from his chair to look at a belt buckle that looked like a Nintendo 3DS XL./p
p dir="ltr""Stylus Driver...Its not fully ready yet. I still need time. That Gaia...he keeps getting stronger..." He balls up his fists. br /_ br /stronguemNEXT TIME : ON KAMEN RIDER GAIA!/em/u/strongbr /_br /"My mom and dad coming today." br /_ br /"The name's Jack! And this is my wife , Carrie!" br /_ br /"We took care of Sean since he was little." br /_ br /"Gaia...I'll defeat him."/p
p dir="ltr"strongemuRIDE 8 : A FAMILY'S SUPRISE! /u/em/strong/p
p dir="ltr""I'll protect you , Jack! Mama Carrie!" br /_br /strongemuBREAKTHROUGH YOUR DESTINY!/u/em/strong/p