Chapter 78 Red Hood
I don't own Kamen Rider Gaim or Queens Blade
Gretel and Yuya kept going down the forest. since last time they fought to test each other before Gretel told him about the other girl that's near.
"She should be here." Gretel said.
Yuya looks around and they stopped to see another girl come out.
She had a red hood over a white blouse and a metal corset. Upon her left hand she wears a large metallic claw. She also wears a red, frilled skirt that doesn't reach her hips, with garters, and stockings along with red shoes.
"So your the other rider." Yuya said.
She looks at him as a wolf came to her side. "That's right, I am Zara."
"So is there a reason why do you wish to fight me too?" Yuya asked.
"You managed to beat the ape girl." She said.
He stares. "Seiten?"
"Yes, I want to defeat her and tried to join Queen's Blade but she got beaten by you. So I must beat you to face her."
"Very well, if you want." Yuya takes out his driver and Kurumi.
KURUMI!
"Henshin." He inserts and slashes it.
LOCK ON! (Guitar riff) KURUMI ARMS! MR. KNUCKLEMAN!
He transforms into Knuckle and gets ready. "Okay your turn."
She takes out her own driver and takes out a Pomelo lockseed.
"Henshin!" She opens.
POMELO!
She then inserts it and gets the rock song.
LOCK ON! (Guitar Riff) POMELO ARMS! MRS. WILD!
It falls to her head making a red bodysuit with silver armor piences with nails for the hands that are silver. with the feet having a sharp toe. The arms opened like knuckles and she has a hood on the back with the face being with silver mouth guard that has fangs on them. Then her weapons are two gauntlets that are sharp wolf like weapons as the fingers are slices of the fruit. These are the Pomewilds.
"Kamen Rider Zafira." She said.
"Okay Zafira, show me what you can do." Knuckle said.
She lunges at him and claws at Knuckle who blocks with his fists, he punches at her making her jump to the side.
She claws at his back but he turns around punching Zafira in the face. She got sent back and grunted.
"Lucky shot." She said.
"It's more than luck." Knuckle said.
She got up and charges forward taking out her bladed weapon, she swings it making him dodge and it grew surprising him to slash at Knuckle who put his arms up to block the attack.
"So it can change size." He summons his wings to fly up surprising her.
"What?" She looks up.
He came down to punch her back and she grunted in pain again before chasing him. Zafira jumps up and Knuckle dodges another claw strike and he punches her to the ground as she grunted.
"How am I supposed to get to a flying enemy?" She grunted.
Gretel watches as Zafira came back to attack Knuckle who dodges all of her attacks making the woman jump around the trees to try and get to him.
"He really is good. He must have trained much harder than any other warrior that came before." Gretel said.
Knuckle then strikes Zafira down again and she growls.
"Why can't I hit you!" She yelles.
"You cannot be frustrated. I can tell from a good person." He goes down and pointed at her chest. "The heart tells a lot more."
Zafira got surprised.
"You want to help others. To know the battle you must know your enemy." Knuckle said.
"You were studying me?" She said.
"Of course. I needed to make sure who I was facing, I am not one to rush into battles and prefer to study my own opponent." He said.
Gretel was amazed how wise Yuya is to know more about his enemies before fighting them. Like wanting to know what they are for real.
"Your not a bad person, in fact you have been wanting to help people too."
She stares before she breaks down and falls to the ground hitting it. "I'm weak. I really wanted others to know that I want to help but it's so hard to show it."
"So you donned the mask to help hide your face a bit?" He asked.
"Yes, if I didn't look as scary maybe they would believe me." Zafira said.
He closes her lockseed and his too to change them both back. She had tears in her eyes after her confesion.
He gives her a hug and she got surprised before hugging him back.
"After what happened with me and grandma, I wanted to help others." She told him.
"I understand. But if you need someone I am always there to help." He told her.
She smiles at him since he was very kind.
"I'm curious why do you want to go after Seiten?" He asked.
"She has been making my life Hell and doing tricks to irritate me." She said. "I even saw her change too."
Yuya got surprised to hear that, Seiten now has a rider form too. That means she's even more powerful than before making this more difficult than what he had expected. His kachidoki form was his trump card against her now she has her own driver.
'Just having a normal driver and those lockseeds can make the fighters of the fairy tale girls become rivals to Genesis riders. But Seiten is a different threat being the one that can face me.' He thinks to himself.
"Maybe we should go." Gretel suggested.
He nodded and he takes both girls with him, maybe if they joined his travels it could help both of them grow.
Plus with the Swamp Witch's warriors around, he can't take risks and the girls don't mind helping out, with many riders on his side it will make the battles more simpler.
Now he has to find the remaining girls before it gets worse as Seiten will be after him.
Note: Zara appeared and her form is revealed to be more wolf life with the gauntlets and fangs, thanks to her it's been revealed that Seiten also has a belt.