Chapter 1:3
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"SCREAMING!"
*SFX*
"Transform"
"Kamen Ride: Decade"
"Look kid, I know that you cared so much to Kota, especially with the way you speak with him, but we just can't really entrust him to someone with don't know." Pixie-bob claimed which causes Ragdoll to bump her with her elbow.
"Ryuko…" She said.
"Look, it's true. Don't get me wrong, but you seem like a nice kid, but this is something we should be addressing, please don't take it the wrong way." The green feline hero said which made Kaito nod, promptly with her statement, he sigh, softly, but then he said this.
"Okay… But I want to know, are those really Kota's parents." That question never left Kaito's thought since the beginning, after all, it was the real reason he is here.
"I think, we're done here." She said, having no word to come up with that question, she simply only has one choice and that is to deny his request.
"Wait! I want to know! Are those really his parents?! If not, then why are they pretending to be them?! IT WILL ONLY HURT KOTA MUCH MORE IF HE FINDS OUT!" Kaito couldn't contain this feeling, he saw it in their body language, the way they reacted with his question, prove his intuition to be right.
And whoever those people are with Kota, are surely not human, he can only conclude one thing.
"….You used your quirk to manifest an image of what they look like, right? Making them feel emotions and act real… So tell me, why are you doing this to him?! What will happen if they disappear again?!" AS Kaito yelled, Ryuko couldn't handle it much longer.
She swipes her arm, and a wave of molded dirt hurried it's way toward Kaito. Ragdoll was quick to act and tackled the boy away from the incoming danger.
"Ryuko! What the hell!" Ragdoll exclaimed, anger and confusion is written over her face.
"Look! I understand how you feel about Kota, but that doesn't mean you should throw away that anger unto someone!" Ragdoll yelled.
Ryuko and Kota we're once closed, she and him nearly had a bond, unlike his aunt, Kota treated Ryuko like a big sister, and they had such a good relationship, however, when disaster strikes, Kota's point of view on heroes, affected, those who are close to him, as well.
Ryuko was one of them, she wanted to help Kota endure the pain he is going through, but…
"DON'T TOUCH ME! I CAN'T STAND HEROES LIKE YOU!"
Since then, Ryuko has been holding this pain, she hides all this through her smile, and seeing as how a stranger would want to do so much more than she is, pains her so much that someone like Kaito would take a step to help him, at first, she sees him as a cute boy, but the fact that he puts the blame unto her, thinking that she created a manifestation of a mold that represent his parents, breaks her.
She, out of all people could not do such thing, even to someone like Kota.
Ragdoll, stops and saw how tears are slowly leaving her eyes, hands shaking and teeth, grinding. For once, this is the first time she saw her blue feline friend cry.
"You… You don't know anything… How much he and I been through, so why put the blame on me?" Her voice is shaky, her emotion is faulty.
Ragdoll softened her gaze at her friend, and so does Kaito, he understood by at some point he crosses the border on this one. Ragdoll stands up and was about to console her friend, but Ryuko backs away and walk back to the headquarters.
"Aw man… Sorry about her…" Ragdoll says to Kaito, standing up to his feet and dusted himself, he looks back at the path in which Ryuko took.
"No, it's my fault… Maybe I shouldn't meddle with this situation of yours." Kaito said, realizing that even if he tries doing something good, it would end up affecting others feelings.
"No, look, I know it's too late to ask, but would you like something to drink?" She asked.
Later, inside their living room, Kaito is sitting at one of the couches as he stole a glance at Ryuko who's now working at her station, he didn't understood why she had a changed of emotion, but something tells him that it's because of how he pointed things out on her.
Ragdoll came in, with a plate of juice, she hands one at him and other for her and sat down, she noticed Kaito glancing at her friend and gently snicker.
"Is there something funny, ma'am?" Kaito asked in which she shook her head.
"It's just that, it's rare to see someone at your age set their eyes unto someone like hers." She said which made Kaito flushed red.
"Don't worry, that's just her thing, Ragdoll is getting old for her age which really pushes her to ask boys younger than her out on a date." She explained.
"Yeah, but… Why did her attitude changed?" Kaito asked.
"Kid, you don't just blame someone for something they didn't do, especially if you have no evidence."
"I guess your right." Kaito said, accepting the fact that he is at wrong here.
"But… Maybe there's more, you see. Pixie-bob is really closed to Kota back then. Before his parents passed away, Kota and Pixie had a bond, a sibling type bond, they always play, uses her quirk to make castles… He even considers her as a fun big sis." She continued.
"But, then after his parents passed away, his perception with heroes changed, and it affected her too. Kota became mean and started pushing us away, even her, he even blames that, if we had just helped them that day, then maybe… just maybe we could still see Izuo and Mika." She added, her gaze softening, remembering how much they could have helped that day.
Kaito sees this, and realizes that these two heroines are very closed to Kota.
"Please don't take this the hard way, we really appreciate your concern, but this is a matter that only we could handle." She spoke while looking at him.
Kaito is at silence, he contemplated whether or not he should take her plead, but, Kota is still holding the same grudge even today, he doubted that they could do anything. He decided to keep his opinion on his own and will continue this new goal, however, it still doesn't explain how Izuo and Mika Izumi are still alive.
"But what about—" Just as Kaito is about to continue, Ryuko slams her door open, and with a panicked expression, she yelled…
"Ragdoll! It's Kota…! He's back!" She throwed the news which made Ragdoll's eyes wide open.
At the city, many buildings we're nearly at wrecked, civilian are harmed and many lives we're at lost, amidst all of this chaos and destruction is Muscular, trying to fight against the two undead heroic duos.
"I WILL MAKE SURE YOU PUNY HEROES DROP DEAD WITH YOUR SON!" Exclaimed loudly by the gigantic villain, continuing his onslaught while the two heroes keep their distance.
Kota is now hiding from all this chaos, shaking in fear while holding the urge of crying.
"Kid, you gotta let me out now." Said by the voice in his head.
"I-I can't… I-If I do, t-then you'll take them away…" Even though this destruction continue, Kota still holds his contract and doesn't admit his satisfaction with them, he still had a lot of things to do with them, more adventures to embark with them, and if he accepted how he is satisfied, then all things will go to waste.
"Damn it…" The voice said and disappeared.
Kota watches, secretly glancing to the side and saw how his parents are fighting still against the said villain.
"Unlike before, we learn of our mistake." Izou said and jumps away before whipping a water-like lasso at the villain's body. Mika jumps and released a powerful hydraulic water pressure which pushes the villain away.
"Still have that skill, heh." Izou complimented his wife which she agrees and continued opposing the villain.
The two duos, fight with synchronization, one that could rival All Might and his former sidekick, Nighteye. Izou flung a water whip which landed a solid hit unto the villain. Mika went underneath the villain and thrust a powerful water pressure, acting like a gyser which sent the villain high up.
This fight was something, the villain couldn't predict, unlike last time, he sure caught them off-guard, but the way they fight now is much better and threatening compared to their last encounter. He is shaking.
He remembered how they nearly managed to adapt against his oppressing power and that how they we're able to land a hit on him, he recalled how his eye lost during that fight, he can't afford it, not again, not like this.
"NOOO!" With a strength that could nearly rival the full strength of the number one hero, he clasped both hands, creating a sonic boom which made Mika's eardrums bleed.
"KAH!" Mika wince in pain, halting the attack and made Muscular fall.
"Mika!" Izou acted quick and pulled her by the lasso, just in time before Muscular crashes and sent them flying.
Kota gasped.
"MOM! DAD!" Kota screamed while the entire field is covered with a thick layer of dust, making it impossible for anyone to see. Kota is shaken by this unexpected encounter, his feet moved on it's own and run through the danger.
"MOM! DAD! MOM!" As Kotaa cried out their name, he traversed deeper into the dust, and then he felt someone.
"Mom? Dad?" He looks up, thinking it was his parents, but by the time the dust settles, he was greeted by the villain's sickening grin. Muscular is back on his feet, ready to fight.
Mika and Izou are harmed and are trapped under few debris. They saw Kota being with the villain and gasped.
"KOTA!" Izou cried out and tried to push the heavy weights off of him. Mika does the same, but their strength being at a level of below superhuman proves a liability to their situation.
Kota is shaken by this, he stared at Muscular, fearing that his life will soon come to an end.
"Damn it! Child, just end the contract! Your life means more in this world than theirs! Do you want them to see you die before they leave again?!" The voice spoked, snapping Kota at his thoughts.
"Fine!" With that said, a being appeared before him and kicked the said villain away. It was the Imagin that traversed to his body.
"Heh…" The Imagin says.
Its attention is driven away by the sight of Muscular stumbling down. The golden-haired villain slowly stood back to his feet and glared at the newcomer. The Imagin grabs its elbow which has a pointy blade by the end.
"Let's see if you're really that strong." The creature says before pulling the blade out, exposing a sword.
Muscular could only grunt in response to this, he slammed his fist to the ground before standing up, building a new resolve, his next target will be this thing infront of him.
Kaito arrived at the city, but once he did, he was greeted by the sight of fallen debris, destroyed road, and also… His restaurant…
As he gazed at the broken shell of his dream, his heart shattered at the sight, dropping to his knees.
"No…" But then he realizes that his friends we're in there, so he rushed in and checked, wasting no time whatsoever.
"Fuyumi! Gento! Kiruga!" Kaito yelled out loud, calling their name.
"Kaito?!" The voice of Fuyumi attracted him to her whereabouts, it was at the kitchen, he quickly pushed all the debris away. When he arrived, he saw them, protected by Fuyumi's glacier shield.
"Are you guys, okay?" Kaito asked from the other side.
"Yeah, we're good, but it might take us a while to get out." Gento respond through.
"W-Well, hold on, I'll get you out!" Kaito grabs a rock and tried breaking the ice, however with how thick it is, it proves no use whatsoever.
"Don't worry, Kaito it will take 2 hours until the ice breaks, for the meantime, try finding us some help." Fuyumi reassures.
"Y-Yeah, I-I will." Kaito breathed, his voice became shaky.
"Kaito, are you okay?" Kiruga asked, the concern in her voice going through the ice.
"Y-Yeah…" Kaito is struggling, for some reason, he's having a hard time to breathe, he slumped down to the ground and clutch his heart.
"W-What's going on to me?" He asked himself, panting heavily.
*TIIIIIIING!*
"GAH!" He screams and felt his head stinging with an unfamiliar pain. When his friends heard his scream, their concern rises.
"Kaito! Is everything okay?!"
"Kid, talk to us!"
"Kaito what's going on?!"
As they tried to reach out for him, the boy slumped and tried o find something grab, but he trips and gripped the frying pan.
"C-Can't breathe… H-Help…" He said, his voice becoming raspy, and before he knew it, he passed out…
As chaos ensues, both Imagin and the villain continued to par each other with their power, with both overpowering each other as time goes by. Their havoc shook the street and shattering windows apart. The heroes have no other choice but to leave and focus on aiding the injured.
The feline rescue team arrived, this time with Mandalay and Tiger.
"What the heck is going on?! And where Kota?!" Mandalay asked, struggling to find her nephew.
This made Ragdoll use her quirk, scanning the entire city, and looking for the lost child and his parents, it didn't take a while until she saw them.
"I found them!" She sprinted through the wrecked city, as the other follow behind. When they arrived, they saw Kota in his frozen state. Both Mandalay and Pixie-bob rushed in to check on him.
"KOTA!"
Tiger held the boy by his neck and detected his pulse, beating.
"He's okay, but where are Izou and Mika?" He asked. Ragdoll points at the distance, showing them the state, they are in. Tiger got them both out.
"What happened?" Shino asked while Tiger helped them both back at their feet.
"Revenge. That's what. Muscular stalked us, he may have found out we're here and went after us." Izou explains before letting himself go and carried Kota from Mandalay.
"What happened to him?" Ragdoll asked, her voice showing concern.
"W-We don't know. After Muscular overpowered us, he found Kota and before he could do anything, this guy with bat mutation quirk just jump out of his body." Mika says, her eyes looking at Kota with concern.
"We need to get you medical treatment right now." Mandalay said, however, as they we're about to leave, the two-couple started glitching even more.
*BZRT!*
"GAH/KAHA!" The two gasped in pain, they don't know what's going on with them, but they felt like they're fading out of reality.
"W-What's happening?!" Ragdoll asked.
"I-I…" As Izou started fading, Kota's eyes soon flutter open.
"M…Mom? Dad?" Kota said in a low voice.
"Hey, sweetie… Look, we're sorry, okay, we shouldn't have left you behind." Mika started.
"Look, we don't know what's going on, but stay strong, okay, just remember that, we're still with you." Izou says and felt Kota slowly slipping out of his hand the more he fades.
Mika looks at Mandalay once again and smiled.
"Please take care of him, okay?" She said before disappearing. Izou sighe, he couldn't react whatsoever with what's going on, he handed Kota over to Tiger before he look at them, one more time.
"Take care."
With those last words, he joined Mika. The rescue heroes, stood there, baffled in confusion their mind couldn't apprehend what's going on. It happened so fast and they didn't know how to react to it.
Meanwhile, the fight between two opposing beings, continue as Muscular continue his onslaught, all while the Imagin avoided all of his strikes, however, despite all the agility that this small fry has shown, it still received some heavy damage from the said giant.
"COME ON! I WANT TO SEE MORE!" Muscular cries out while his fist touching the ground. The Imagin continues avoiding all of it's strike before striking him at the face.
Muscular saw this and is quick to react, covering his face with muscles and preventing the sword from touching nor reaching its face.
"For a psychopath, you sure know your way in fighting." Muscular clasped his hand between the creature, but it was too quick for him.
"Hah… you… I've never seen someone like you before, but the fact that I am thrilled, makes me want to get more~!" Muscular's addiction to fight suffices his will to fight the monster more.
The Imagin softly chuckles while regrowing another sword, cleaning it's blade while looking at the thing.
"I will end this fight, one way or another, and when I'm done, maybe, just maybe I could get rid of you from this timeline." This remark fueled Muscular to fight more.
The two prepared themselves for their next fight.
*STEP… STEP… STEP… STEP… STEP… STEP…*
Their attention is immediately caught when they heard footsteps, a very loud footsteps, their gaze lingers to their left and saw a silhouette walking within the smokes. It's eyes we're pure green and on-top of its head is a yellow gem that grew bright.
"No… It can't be…" The Imagin began.
When the figure steps out of the shadow, he was revealed to be a Masked vigilante, however, this was never seen before, not by anyone, except…
"You… after all these years!" The Imagin snarked.
"Decade!"
End Of Chapter
