Hello Fanfiction readers! It is I, Ashbel Longhart, here to bring you a new story called KR Faiz: Song of Paradise. To anybody whose seen my story ideas, I've changed the title, thought it was more fitting. And now, for the disclaimer.

(Disclaimer: I do not own Senki Zesshou Symphogear or Kamen Rider Faiz. I also don't own any songs that appear here. They all belong to their respective owners. I just own this idea and my OC's. Please enjoy)

Now with that out of the way, it is time for Haru to travel to another world and become a Kamen Rider once again! It's time to open your eyes people for this world's new Faiz. Let's Ride!

Song 0: Henshin in a New World

Rain. It matched the mood and feelings of three girls. At a bus stop were five girls, 3/5 of them did not seem to mind being soaked to the bone. The two who had bothered to carry an umbrella was a 15 year old girl with short dirty green hair and aquamarine eyes, and a 17 year old tall girl with long fluffy red hair that fell down to her waist and red eyes. This was Miku Kohinata and Kanade Amou. Right now, both of them were looking at the girls next to them worriedly.

The girl that Miku was looking at right now was a girl, the same age as Miku, with short cream colored hair fastened with two red clips on either side of her head and dark orange eyes. This was Hibiki Tachibana. Right now, she was holding a bouquet of flowers. The reason why Miku was looking worriedly at her was because she looked like someone who looked like they had their soul ripped out of her. The same can be said to the two girls behind her.

The first was a 16 year old short girl with long pale purple hair that fell to her knees, separated into six large strands, three on either side, and dark purple eyes. Instead of the uniforms of some school the rest of the girls were wearing, she was wearing a maroon dress with short puffed out sleeves, a sheer light red-violet panel exposing some of her chest and upper back with detached sleeves and black accents on the ends of the dress and sleeves. This was Chris Yukine.

The last one, who was the same age as Kanade, was a girl with blue hair and dark blue eyes. She has a side pony-tail on the left side of her head that is longer than the rest of her hair, which falls to just above her waist and cut straight. This was Tsubasa Kazanari. Kanade was the one looking at her worriedly.

A bus pulls over and all of them get on.

'With eight-thousand cries, The lil' cuckoo's blood red tongue, Like a flame singing. The saying has it that the little bird keeps singing even as it coughs up blood. This saying would have applied to me and my friends, it almost for Kanade, if it weren't for him. He clearly saw that if we kept sing, then we would have paid in blood. He told us that there are times when we have to stop and take a break.'

The bus stops and they all get off and enter a cemetery filled with tons of grave stones, showing that a lot of people died from something for the number of stones were surprising, but the girls weren't surprised. They walked until they came upon the one they were here for. On the grave stone read the name: Haru Yamamoto. Laying on the grave stone was probably the picture of the person. From his looks and hair, one could have mistaken him for Shin Asuka from Gundam Seed Destiny except that he had baby blue eyes.

Just from seeing the picture, Hibiki, Chris, and Tsubasa all fell to their knees, crying.

"Minna!" Miku cried out in worry.

"You...idiot!" Hibiki said between sobs as she stared at the picture. "Why...did you have...to go die for us!"

Both Tsubasa and Chris were to sad and broken to speak words, but they felt the same way as Hibiki. Kanade brought Tsubasa into a hug as Tsubasa cried into her chest.

"We want to see you...it's so unfair that...we can't." Hibiki said before shouting up into the sky. "HARU!"

You all are probably lost right now. Well, it seems these people have lost someone important to them. How did this come to pass? Well, we have to go back, two years in fact, to see how all this came to be. To listen to the song that the Valkyries will sing. A story and song of a lone wolf, of a crimson warrior. This is the story of a warrior named Faiz and of how the Valkyries sang his song.

(Insert PSI-missing by Kawada Mami)

(Instrumental) We first see a blurry screen before it clears up a bit to reveal the face of Faiz. The screen becomes blurry again before Faiz's face is replaced with the face of Haru. After that, the title appears as the song begins.

(Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo) Getting off a train, we see Haru getting off and walking away to who knows where.

(Kono basho de deau subete mo) We then see Hibiki hanging out with Miku before she receives a phone call. Going to pick it up, she notices Haru passing by and just watches where Haru was going.

(Tatoe chigau sekai demo) We see Haru again walking past Tsubasa. Tsubasa seems to notice Haru as she stopped walking and stared back at him.

(Doko ni ite mo kono omoi ha yuruganai) Haru once again walks to who knows where. We then see Chris at a vending machine, getting a drink before noticing Haru walking by. Haru then walks by a Kanade who looked towards Haru's direction.

(Mune wo CHIKURI to sasu itami) We then find ourselves within the Second Division Base. We then see Genjuro looking up at the surveillance camera before looking towards us.

(Sore wo warau shiawase na mono tachi he) Sakurai, who was looking at something on a clipboard, turned to us and smiled. Other members of the base seemed to have noticed us and smiled at us.

(Sei wo mukeyuku) Then suddenly, alarms go off, signaling that Noises are attacking.

(Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou) We see both Hibiki and Tsubasa arriving at the scene, activating their Relic before going in to fight. Not far behind, can see Haru coming in, riding on the AutoVajin.

(Furuedasu ashi ga oboeteru.. kakushin ni) Haru then jumps off the AutoVajin and transforms into Faiz, running to go join the girls when suddenly, Orphnochs appear, stopping him from helping. Refusing to back down, Faiz charges at the Orphnochs, throwing a punch at them.

(Yume dake ja mamorenai) We then suddenly see Chris falling into a black void as Haru tries to reach and save her.

(Tayoranai chikara) We then see Haru on a hill top, overlooking the city as Haru seemed to enjoy the view. Hibiki, Kanade, and Tsubasa then appear out of no where and join Haru in looking at the city and Haru didn't seem to mind the new company.

(Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai) We then go back to the fight in the city where we see Hibiki and Tsubasa about to send out their most powerful attack while Haru jumps and Rider Kicks towards the screen, his kicking feet glowing red, before the scene changes to the Faiz Gear lying next to a grave, rain pouring down as the song comes to an end.

(Downtown Tokyo)

I sigh as I stop at another red light. If this keeps up, I'm going to be late. Oh! Hey there, didn't see you. I'm Haru Yamamoto, just your average 17 year old teen. I guess the only thing strange thing about me is that I look like Shin Asuka from Gundam Seed Destiny except I have baby blue eyes. If you're wondering what's going on, well, I'm heading to a convention, yes I love anime and stuff don't judge me, and I agreed to meet up with some friends, but these stupid red lights keep stopping me. Right now, I'm dressed in some black cargo pants, wearing white sneakers, a white shirt, but it was covered by my black hoodie jacket. On the left chest was the symbol for Kamen Rider Faiz and on the back was the Smart Brain logo. You see people, I am a huge fan of Kamen Rider and my current favorite is Faiz as some of you can guess. I'll tell you this much, that show was dark, I mean god damn. Oh, have you noticed my awesome ride? It's a bike modeled after the AutoVajin in vehicle mode. How did I get something like this? Well, let's just I have this friend that knows this guy and we'll leave it at that. Behind me was the stuff I was bringing. It was the Faiz Gear with all of its equipment, stored inside a Smart Brain briefcase. The Faiz Blaster was doing what it was designed to do, be a trunk-box.

Oh, green light, finally. I rev up the engine and take off. Maybe I will make it in time. But then...

*HONK!*

I turn to my left and saw a semi-truck heading towards me. Then, everything was a blur after that and all I saw was black and darkness.

(Unknown Location)

"Ohhhhhhhh, what hit me?" I mutter as I get back up on my feet. I look around and found myself in an alleyway. How did I get here? I look around again, finding my ride and stuff, but my Faiz Blaster was missing. "Huh? Where'd it go?" I look all around me, but I find nothing that looks like the high-tech trunk-box. Great, it took me my whole allowance to buy that and now it's gone! Sigh, just great.

"Well, sitting around here and moping will get me no where. Better see where I am." I said as I gather my things and roll my ride out of the alleyway only to receive a surprising sight.

"What the dickwaffle!?" I shouted as I looked at the sight around me. It was like I was sent into the future. Oddly shaped buildings, upside-down trains, hologram build boards, and other high tech stuff. "OK, either I'm high, which it unlikely, or I'm dreaming."

I decided to get on my ride and ride around to check out the place. Everywhere I look, I see buildings that I don't recognize. It's like I'm in a whole new world. After a few hours of looking around, I got hungry and decided to stop by a restaurant, lucky for me, where ever I am, they still accept yen as money. Once I got my food, I took a seat and watched a nearby TV, hoping I might learn something.

"And the weather looks like it's going to be nothing but sun for a week. Now on to the other topic for today..."

It looks like the TV won't give me any new information so I decided to focus on my food when I heard something very familiar that made me do a spit take.

"Life is frail. Life is limited. So, why don't you think about true life? Be smart! True life is your start!"

I look up at the TV so fast, I think I did a whiplash. On the screen was the Smart Brain logo, followed by the Smart Lady, and the news lady talking good things about it.

"The now leading company, Smart Brain, has mad many break through and are now trying to help out humanity by making weapons that may combat the Noise."

"Noise?" I mutter, confused and thinking about Megaman Starforce 3.

"Noise, the alien creatures that have been a threat to humanity for 13 years." They then show footage of weird glowing, alien creatures killing people. When they touched someone, that person turned into carbon before dissolving. I would have shuddered, but after seeing what an Orphnoch could do, even if they were fictional characters, I only winced and wished the people peace. I then bring my mind back to the more important matter.

'Why-no, how is Smart Brain here? It's supposed to be a fictional company, not a real one.' I thought as I took another bite out of my food.

Then, suddenly...

*BOOM*

"What the!?" I get out of my seat and run outside to see what was going on. Once I ran outside, I was met with chaos and scattered around the ground were piles of carbon. Around the city were people running away from those things they call Noise. I saw that a girl's mother was just killed and one was about to get her, so I quickly acted and managed to rescue the girl.

I then saw one pouncing at us. "Get away!" To my surprise, I kicked it and my leg didn't turn into carbon. Without questioning how that was possible, I backed away next to my ride as these things were starting to surround me. The girl in my arms was shaking with terror.

"Shit! What now!?" I cursed as I was trying to come up with an idea on how to get out of this situation. Then, something glowed inside my briefcase. I went over to it and opened it up just to find my Faiz Gear glowing. "What the?" Once it stopped glowing, I picked it up and was surprised on how it was heavier than normal. Not only that, but it felt like real metal and not like plastic.

"It can't be." I mutter as a really crazy idea pooped in my head. I grab all the equipment and strapped them all on the belt. I strapped the Axel Watch around my watch and put on the belt. A mutter a "Please work", and grabbed the Faiz Phone, opened it up, and dialed: 555.

STANDING BY

The voice was much louder and stronger than I remember too. I closed the phone and raised it into the air, shouting out one magic word. "Henshin!" I then placed the phone on the belt and put it sideways.

COMPLETE

I was then surrounded red lines and then they glowed for awhile before they dimmed, leaving me in an all to familiar armor. I was now in a black body suit with red lines running along the arms and legs. The torso armor was silver and rounded with more red lines running through it to connect to the belt. My hands had metal fingertips with bands on my wrists and elbows. Looking at a nearby window that was intact, I also saw that I had a helmet on that was black with large yellow eyes and a pair of antennae which split the eyes to make it look like a phi symbol on the face. On the helmet was a small silver mouth piece that had designs that resembled teeth. On my left leg, from the knee down, was a metal brace.

I had become...Kamen Rider Faiz!

"Oh...my...god!" I breath out as I stared at my new transformed state. I can't believe it! I've become a Kamen Rider! Before I could jump around like an idiot, a scream brought me back to reality and that reality was filled with killer aliens. I saw one pouncing at me so I quickly spun and back kicked it away, sending it pretty far. "That was close. Fangasm later, kill Noises now."

Remember that my AutoVajin was still here, I had a thought and removed the Mission Memory, inserting into one of the handles before I removed it.

READY

Taking out a lightsaber-like sword, what I have in my hand was the one and only SB-555H Faiz Edge. I feeling like a Jedi or a Sith Lord holding this thing, but back to the problem at hand.

I turned to the little girl. "You stay here, okay?" She nodded and I turned back to the Noises. "Alright you bastards, get ready to feel the Force!"

(Unknown Location)

Alarms were going off in some sort of base as people were running about while others were typing away on computers, trying to get footage of where the noises were attacking.

A tall and muscular man with golden eyes, red hair, and a goatee. His choice of wear was a red dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a pink tie with its end tucked into his left breast pocket, light beige slacks, and black and blue athletic shoes. This was Genjuro Kazanari.

Genjuro grimaced, knowing that they couldn't do anything to stop the Noise except watch as the Noises destroy and harm anything in its way. The best and only thing they could do right now is to evacuate anyone still alive to safety from wherever the Noises were attacking and hope that the military could hold them off.

"Sir! We have the footage and are uploading it right now!" one of the staff member said, making Genjuro nod.

A tall women with violent colored eyes and long brown hair up into a beehive shaped dome with a purple butterfly clip on the left side walked up next to Genjuro. She wore hot pink rimmed glasses with yellow tinted lens and a pink and coral dress and a lab coat. This was Ryoko Sakurai.

"What do you suppose we do, Genjuro?" Ryoko asked.

"There's nothing we can do." Genjuro said, regrettably. "Tsubasa and Kanade are still not back and until then, we're practically sitting ducks for the Noises."

"Sir, we have footage and are now putting it up right now!" one of the staff members spoke.

Genjuro and Ryoko looked up at the screen to see something they or anyone else was expecting. It was a man(Haru) in armor actually fighting the Noises!

"What the!? Who is that!?" Genjuro asked, obviously shocked.

"Whoever he is, he sure looks dashing in that strange armor of his." Ryoko cooed.

Gebjuro and the rest of the staff could not comment as they were too focused on the armored fighting the Noises.

(Back With Haru)

(BGM: Justiφ's by ISSA)

I ran up to a Noise and slashed it, killing it easily. I dodged a tackle from one and stabbed it before removing my weapon to block another Noise attack and pushing it back, killing it by slicing it in two. For an alien race, these things are easy to kill. One tries to attack my back, but I spun around ad took its head off, at least I think it was its head, but I'll think about that later. I jump and kick a noise before killing it. One goes to tackle me, but I kick it away before stabbing it. More try to pounce at me, probably trying to pile themselves on me, but I wasn't about to let that happen. I rolled out of the way before they could pile and then I jumped, stabbing the pile of Noises through, almost making a Noise kebab. Removing my sword, I turn to the rest of the Noises.

"Time I end this." I said, opening up the Faiz Phone and pressing 'ENTER' button before closing the phone.

EXCEED CHARGE

With the sound of the Confirmation, a beam of light traveled along my Photon Veins, flowing into my right arm before going into the Faiz Edge, making it glow and making it sound like a real lightsaber.

"I hope you all like my Sparkle Cut!" I shouted as I charged towards the Noises.

Once close enough, I slashed the closet one next to me, before turning to cut another one and then turning to cut another and then another and then another, and before I knew it, I had killed every last Noise in the vicinity.

(BGM End)

(Unknown Location)

Back at the base, Genjuro and everyone gaped at what they all just witnessed.

"J-Just who in the world is this guy!?" Genjuro wondered. Who can blame him for asking as he just witnessed some guy in armor destroy the Noise when even the military could do nothing to harm the Noise.

"Fascinating! He was able to destroy the Noises without having to use a Relic." Ryoko said. "Just who is this man?"

Genjuro continued to observe the man, waiting for him to undo his transformation. A feeling in his gut told him that the man must have used some kind of transformation device to gain that armor of his.

"Should we tell Tsubasa and Kanade about this?" Ryoko asked.

Genjuro shook his head. "No, not until we know for sure if he's an ally or not. Until then, we need to try and keep a close eye on this guy. When the time is right, we'll make contact with him."

"Okay."

(Back With Haru)

"And that takes care of that." I said. Walking back to the little girl I saved, I saw that she was gaping at me in awe. "Close that mouth of yours. Flies will get in if you don't."

The girl did as told and continued to stare at me. "What? Do I look that awesome?"

"You were amazing!"

I blushed at the compliment and rubbed the back of my helmet. "Aw~! Stop! You're making me blush!"

"Who are you mister?" The girl asked.

"Me? I'm Faiz, Kamen Rider Faiz." I introduced my new Rider form.

"Are you a superhero?" She asked.

"Something like that." I said, kneeling down and patting her on the head. "Now, why don't we get you to the police? They can take care of you, okay?"

She nodded. "Okay."

"That's good." I said. "So, since you asked me, what's you're name?"

"My name is-"

*STAB!*

My eyes widen in both surprise and horror. Right before my eyes, the little girl I just saved was stabbed by a trident. The trident was removed as the little girl fell into my arms. I was too speechless, I couldn't say anything. Blood was scatter all over her as she coughed up blood trying to say something.

I then found my voice again. "Don't talk! We need to get you to a hospital!" What was I saying? With a wound like this and with no one around, there's no way I can get her to the hospital. I just didn't want this girl to die.

She tried to talk again, resulting in more blood. "I thought I said don't talk! If you continue, you'll..." I couldn't bring myself to say the word.

I then saw her reach her hand out to me. Taking it, I stare at her as she tried her hardest to say something.

Finally, she found her voice. "Don't...be...sad...don't...worry*cough*...and...thank...you...for...caring..." And those were her last words before she...crumbled into ash. I stare at my two shaking hands which was covered in blood and ash.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I practically scream to the heavens themselves as I felt tears run down my face. Who? Who did this? Who could kill such a small child like that!? Turning, I gasped.

Not far from me was a white-greyish humanoid with the features of a Stingfish mixed in. It was an Orphnoch.

"Bakana! Orphnoch!?" How was an Orphnoch here!? There supposed to be fictional characters!

"Oh? So you know what I am?" The marine -based Orphnoch said. "Although, I shouldn't be surprised considering you have the missing Gear. So, mind explaining how you got that?"

"You answer my question first!" I said, getting to my feet. "Why did you just kill that girl!? You're an Orphnoch which means that you used to be human! How can you just do that!?"

"Do you really need to ask?" The Stingfish Orphnoch said. "In case you didn't know, we Orphnochs are at war with you humans. As we must increase out numbers, I saw it fit to see if that girl was destined to evolve into the next level. Seeing as she couldn't be sired, she wasn't destined to join one of us. Oh well, it just means one less human to deal with in the future."

The Orphnoch's answer sent me over the edge. How can he still talk so casually after what he did!? "You're not human!"

"Idiot. I stopped being human a long time ago."

Silence then enveloped the area around us. So, that's it. That's his answer. In that case...I then kneel down and pick up my Faiz Edge. "So, that's it. I'm not dealing with a human." If it wasn't for my helmet, people could have instantly tell that I was glaring at the Orphnoch. "...ill you..."

"Huh? What was that?"

"...kill you..." I mutter. "I'll kill you. I'll kill you! I'LL KILL YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH! THERE WON'T EVEN BE ANY ASHES LEFT AFTER I'M DONE WITH YOU!" Guided by my anger, I charge towards the Orphnoch.

I swung the Faiz Edge at the Orphnoch, but he blocked it with a trident, the same trident that killed the little girl.

"So, you wan't to fight? Fine by me. I've been looking for that Gear anyway."

(BGM: KR Faiz OST-The People With No Name)

The Orphnoch kicked me away before twirling his trident.

Growling, I went for an overhead swing which he block with his trident. I kneed him in the gut and went to slash his chest, but he blocked it and punched my face. Stumbling back a bit, I recover and hold the Faiz Edge in a reverse grip before throwing at the Orphnoch like a javelin. He blocked it, his attention focused on the Faiz Edge for a moment and that was what I needed to run up and kick him, sending him flying into wall.

Does the suit really give me this much power? I brush away the thought when I saw the Stingfish Orphnoch appear.

Suddenly, the lower part of his body turned into a fish's tail, making him look like a Merman. This was the Stingfish's Hybrid form. Hovering in the air, the Orphnoch glided towards me with new speed. It wasn't that much of a speed boost, but I was unprepared for it as I got slashed on the chest. I got back up and saw the Stingfish coming back for another attack. Preparing myself this time, I flip back and kick it in the chest, making it fall to the ground and exit Hybrid form.

Seeing it down for the count, I quickly went towards where my Faiz Edge was stabbed and removed it, opening up the Faiz Phone again and hitting 'ENTER.'

EXCEED CHARGE

Seeing the beam of light travel through my Photon Veins and and into the Faiz Edge, I swung it to the the ground, sending an anti-gravity pulse along the the ground where it connected with the Orphnoch and levitated it into the air. Once I heard the sound of my weapon being overcharged, I ran and delivered an X cut to the Orphnoch.

"How'd you like my Sparkle Cut?" I asked.

"Damn you...FAIZ!" The Orphnoch cursed, blue fire sprouting from him before he disintegrated into ash.

(BGM End)

I breath a sigh of exhaustion. Looking at the pile of ash for a moment, I turned and walked towards another pile of ash, the ashes of the girl I couldn't save. Staring at it, I fall to my knees, crying within my helmet.

How could I let this happen!? How could I let someone in front of me die!? Is this my punishment for being unable to save her? Looking around, I saw that the area was now abandon, piles of carbon of people who were killed by the Noises. If only I discovered this power sooner, maybe I could have saved some of them.

I then thought back to a lesson I learned in the past. Once done is done. There's no changing what's already come to pass. Reminding myself of that, I get up and went to a nearby antique store, grabbing a pot before going back outside and gathering the ashes of the little girl I could save. I wasn't about to let her ashes be left here where the wind will scatter them. Once I did that, I went to my bike, taking out the Mission Memory and putting the handle back in before I got on, pot in my arms as I drove off and later found a park I passed by earlier.

The place was nice, lots of green, and plenty of nature. Digging up a spot under a tree, I place the ashes in and bury it, wishing the little girl peace. Once that was done, notice that I was still in my armor so I took out the phone and pressed 'END' canceling the transformation so I can finally wipe away my tears. Getting up, I head back and get on the AutoVajin and ride to who knows where.

If Orphnochs are here, then that would explain how Smart Brain was here. No doubt that there are more Orphnochs out there, trying to make people into them and sometimes killing them in the end. I will not allow that! With this power, I plan on protecting those I can protect! For my name is Haru Yamamoto, and now, also know as...

Kamen Rider Faiz!

And done! So, what do you think? Good? Bad? I think it was OK. Sorry if the ending was a bit cheesy. Let me know in the comments-wait, this isn't YouTube. Let me know in the reviews on what you think so far. I'll be focusing on this story instead of my Wizard story for now. I'd say about five chapters in and I'll get back to it. Until then, this has been Ashbel Longhart here, signing out. Until the next ride.