Re: Zi-O/Shattering Time In Another World

Chapter 1: Into A New World! Return of Zi-O

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Thousands of Years ago…..

It was a very dark and dire time within the Kingdom of Lugnica. An all-out war was occuring, but not between the rivaling countries our people, but against a new kingdom. This kingdom appeared out of the blue and swiftly started to take over their territory. They were using magic and weapons nobody has ever seen before, along with unknown powers too.

The ruler of this kingdom was mighty and unforgiving as nobody was spared within the ruler's wake. He made sure that those who fight him were to be perished by his might. So many deaths were caused by his hands that everyone soon started to call him a demon lord incarnate, a fitting name for this monster of a person.

As more blood was split by this monster, the Kingdom of Lugnica had no choice but to go to war with this demon lord. And it went on for several years, so many people on both sides died and felt like it wasn't ever going to end.

But after so long, it was as if the gods themselves had finally answered the people's prayers. They had made a weapon that could finally deal a massive blow to the demon lord they've been fighting with. Upon reaching the inner castle of this beast, they soon meet with him personally.

His voice was like that of an elderly man, worn out after fighting for so long. He was clad in black and gold armor with a silver watch strap in the center of the body. Black and gold armor covering his body throughout as the chest looked to be regal in design, as on the right chest piece and shoulder were several silver watches without any faces or clock hands on it. Even his wrist had some odd golden holders that those watches could fit in.

Wrapped around his chest to his waist was a golden watch strap-like sash, acting like a royal scarf as behind him were two silver clock hands, posing as a cape. Finally the helmet itself was gold with diamond studs around the outer layer of it, while the face was a dark steel color with three clocks faces on the forehead. There were also two fancy golden clock hands on it, the minute hand on 10 and the hour hand at 2, both rusted due to their age. And within the center were fiery blood red katakana characters that read out "Rider" in an unknown language to the denizens of this world.

This was the ruler and demon lord that they've been fighting. The Demon King of Time: Oma Zi-O.

The chosen fighter then stood tall, wielding the weapon that could finally end Oma Zi-O as he and the demon lord soon engaged in an epic duel. While many lives, enemy and ally alike, fell in this battle, the chosen fighter was able to finally deal a killing blow to him.

A large gash was made in Oma Zi-O's chest, slicing apart some of the armor and leaving a hole in his exposed chest. As he slumped over and coughed up his own blood, the hero that inflicted this blow stood above the man that had terrorized their kingdom for so many years.

"It's over Oma Zi-O! Your reign ends here!" The hero said triumphantly.

The demon king could only laugh as he was slowly dying. "Yes… My time has finally come… But my reign? My power? It will never die." He agreed before coughing up some blood.

"What? What do you mean?" The hero questioned.

"Heh… I have discovered… a new world… One that I planned to conquer… Sadly, while that may seem… impossible for myself. I did leave all of my power into this one item…" Oma Zi-O said, weakly holding up one of the watches on his sash, "I sent… one of these into that world… and with it, all of my power… While this body may perish, my power shall live on in infamy."

"Y-You… did what?!" The hero gasped in horror, rearing back as he tried to process this revelation.

"It is as I said.. I sent the last of my strength to that world. It will find my successor, the heir to my name and my throne." He chuckled madly now, forgetting the pain and weakness of his body, "Soon he will come back to this world! And he will finish what I have started. He will rule over you all and my kingdom will be eternal!"

Oma Zi-O cackled madly as the hero gripped the weapon and plunged it through the demon lord's heart. The cackling and life of this monster has ended. But, at what cost? He may be gone, but with this information, it won't take long before another will take his place.

He had to report it to the leaders, he had to bring word of Oma Zi-O's heir. He soon ran out of the castle and told the leaders everything that happened. From the fall of the demon king to the revelation of his successor, he left no detail untold in his story.

When the hero finished his tale, grief and fear began to spread among them, as this could mean any day at any time, his heir would return. They can only hope that if it's true? That can be dealt with swiftly before whoever Oma Zi-O had chosen gains that same level of power once more.

Thus, the tale of Oma Zi-O ended. Life continued on as soon he too was forgotten, only in legends and books remained that nobody believed. Yet, the presence he left was still alive and well within most people. The only thing they can hope is that his last words would not come to pass…

If only that were true...

Meanwhile, in Present Day - Earth...

It was a very calm afternoon within a snow area up north. Climbers and people who lived there were all going on within their usual day. On top of one of the snowy mountains was a group of people. All young adults as it was a class trip for several college students. It was a goal they had for their science project, and luckily enough they had reached the goal and now were all enjoying a nice trip and climb here.

One of these students was a young man with messy, yet dirty blonde hair with blue eyes, though covered in the snow-gear he wore as he climbed his way with his class, along with an odd accessory around his neck. It looked like a pocket watch with a black and gray casing, but it had no numbers, clock hands or anything on it apart from the exposed gears that were starting to get frosted.

This young man was named Cody Aldrich, as he was eager for this trip. While this was his first climb on such difficult terrain, he was eager for something new, and was enjoying every second of it.

"Alright class, once we get to this next checkpoint, we're turning back. It's getting late and we would rather not be up here for nightfall. Especially since a storm is coming." Their teacher informed the whole class, as while some understood, there were others who softly groaned as they wanted to get to the top.

Cody could only sigh with some relief. It was becoming very difficult to reach the top of the mountain they're on, so resting for today was what he needed as his feet were screaming in agony from the harsh travel. He soon gripped his watch, looking at it softly with wonder in his eyes.

"Good luck charm, still working." He said to himself. He was unsure when he got this as he could only remember having it with him since his birth. It was his heirloom but also his treasure, something he just couldn't part with. He only wished he knew why he had it.

"Mr. Aldrich?" a voice called out to him.

"Hm?" Cody blinked, snapping out of his stupor as he looked up. "Yes?"

"You can stare at your belongings when we return to the lodge…" his teacher told him, giving the teenager a stern look, "You should not just stop to smell the roses when on a hike like this. Lest you end up on the receiving end of an avalanche"

"S-Sorry, sir." Cody apologized to the teacher as he put it back in his pocket, now being aware of the situation as he followed the rest of the class back to the lodge.

Once they returned, the class soon breathed a sigh of relief. "Finally! I'm glad we don't have to go up that stupid mountain again!" a student groaned as he put his bag down.

"Heat… finally…" Another student said, rushing over to the fireplace to warm up.

Some of the staff of the lodge were ready as they handed them some warm towels, drinks and food to replenish the group. Many were soon chatting about other things, or showing off the pictures they took along the trip to where they were before.

As Cody began to sit down, he soon took out his trinke and began the process of removing the frost that had been built up from the hike. "Yeesh, can't these things be easier to thaw?" he groaned.

"You know you could always just throw yourself into the fire, right Aldrich?" One student responded with a smirk before the small group he was with laughed at his joke.

"Yeah, yeah very funny…" Cody groaned as he rolled his eyes. He brought out his phone as he looked through whatever messages or stuff people have shared around that he followed, looking at the comments on his posts about the trip. It was mostly comments from their family and friends about how happy they were to see them go but to also remind the class to stay safe. He chuckled softly as he knew they meant well, but so far the trip has been more safe than a kids ball pit.

As he put his phone away, he went back to fixing the pocketwatch when all of a sudden, he noticed his teacher was looking around the class. "Excuse me? Is Miss Tsukihime with you?" he asked one group who shook their heads before asking him why.

It got more confusing as he soon started talking to the other groups with a worried look, only to frown heavily with concern as he walked to the lodge staff.

"Excuse me?" he asked the guide who was leading the group through the mountain, he was in the middle of asking the groups as well before the boy came up to him. The guide soon explained to them that one of his classmates was not with her group.

Cody too had a worried frown on his face. He soon had a recall of something he saw as he swiftly took out his phone and began to scroll back through the feed of people he followed, and while he did follow Tsukihime, he didn't realize something else about her. Upon looking through her profile and more, his eyes shrunk as he soon saw that she was of the adventurous type.

Putting two and two together, he pocketed his phone as he rushed up to the teacher, "I think Tsukihime is trying to get to the top of the mountain on her own!" He called to them, as they turned, "Listen, I just recalled that she was a thrill-seeker, meaning she would take this storm as a challenge to beat the mountain. I think she went up there so she could do that." He informed them.

Frantic, the teacher told the guide to get some hiking gear as they prepared to make their way back up the mountain to find her. Unbeknownst to them however, Cody decided to throw on his own hiking gear in order to help with the search efforts.

"Tsukihime! Tsukihime!" The people, including Cody, cried out, hoping she would respond or find some way to track her down faster before the storm gets worse. They soon found her, resting her hand on a tree with clear signs of exhaustion.

Cody grunted as he marched on, slowly reaching towards her. "Tsukihime! You need to stop! The storm is too much for this!" He called out to her, hoping to talk her down.

"Cody?! Is that you?" she gasped as she unintentionally exposed his location to the teacher and the guide, who were shocked to see him there.

"MR. ALDRICH! JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING HERE?!" the teacher roared with a mixture of disapproval and fear in his voice.

"Helping! What does it look like?" He snapped back.

"It's too risky to be here!" the guide warned him, "The storm could be here at any minute!"

"I know! But the longer we wait, the more dangerous it is for her! I'd rather help out than sit and wait around!"

As Cody went closer towards Tsukihime, his eyes widened in fear as he saw that she was clutching her leg in pain. There was blood where her hand was and from the looks of it, she has been here for quite a while.

'Crap… This is going to be more difficult than I thought.' He said within his thoughts, but strived to continue until she was safe. "It's going to be okay! Just relax and wait for me!" He shouted as the winds started to pick up.

Cody briefly stopped to keep himself stedy before continuing to push through, slowly reaching Tsukihime. "Just hang onto me, okay?" He said to her, reaching out for her free hand. She soon grasped it as he slung it over his shoulder.

The young man continued to track down to the guides and teacher below, slowly making each step to them. He felt the cold brush of wind hit him as he too was starting to get cold and numb from it. It was a very heavy storm, yet he needed to continue.

However as he got closer to the adults, he soon heard something that would make his blood run cold...

"AVALANCHE!"

Without thinking, Cody flung Tsukihime as hard as he could off of him before turning towards the large barrelling wave of snow and ice coming right towards him. The last thing he ever saw before he was buried in a thick sheet of ice was the teacher catching her and setting her down...

XXX

Within the domain of the a certain lord, standing tall behind rows of forest was a mansion. It was large and vast as it seemed to be owned by someone very rich and powerful. Yet near a small area in the back of the land sat a young woman having some tea alone.

She had long silvery hair with purple and blue eyes. Her outfit was very regal and unique as it too had the same colorings as her hair and eyes, yet with the addition of a few extra accessories, a twin tail coat and very expanded sleeves.

She was watching the birds fly overhead as she set the teacup down. A soft sigh escaping her lips as today was a very peaceful day. She did ponder if she wanted to visit the town nearby or just head to the city for a look around as while she wasn't bored, she knew she could be doing something better.

'What to do, what to do…' she pondered in her mind as she circled her teacup with her finger.

But soon a flash occured, as Puck flew out in front of her. It was a small cat with a bag around it, and one ear folded with a ring piercing it.

"You know you could always just ask me to entertain you, Emilia." He said with a chuckled, already knowing what she's thinking.

"Oh, Puck!" she said with a smile, "I forgot about that. I guess today's put me in a bit of a daze lately…"

"Well, why not walk it off? A good walk would help jog something for you to do." Puck offered.

"That would be ideal...it doesn't seem to be any signs of rain." the girl noted as she looked at the sky. With a smile, she decided to get up and take a small walk through the village. Sure enough, it was a rather quiet day as most of the adults were preparing for the day ahead of them while the children played in the streets.

As she neared the entrance of the village, she heard a strange noise which caused her to stop in her tracks. When she looked around for the noise, a bright light appeared as a snow-covered Cody fell from the sky and onto her.

"Wow~! I always knew you had some attraction, Emilia!" Puck chuckled softly at his joke as he floated around them.

Emila however was not amused by this as Cody began to regain his senses. When he opened his eyes, he noticed that he was no longer on the mountain in the middle of a snowstorm, but on a dirt road in the middle of the country.

"Where… am I?" He groaned softly, "H-Heaven?"

As he shook off some of the snow, he soon began to hold his throbbing head in an attempt to calm it down. "Oww…" he groaned once more as the headache caused by the avalanche started to subside.

However as he did so, he grasped what he thought was the ground, causing an audible squeak to escape Emila's lips. This alearted the boy as he looked down and saw that he was grasping the mortified girl's chest.

"Can… you get off… of me?" The girl's voice rang out, making the blonde flinch.

"O-Oh! I'm sorry!" He responded, hopping off of the girl under him, only to flinch and be in awe as he soon began to stare at her. 'B-Beautiful…' he thought.

"How dare you… How dare you grope her!?" Puck said as he flew towards Cody with rage in his eyes. But when he punched his chest, the young man didn't feel a thing as the cat creature, while looking angry, was also acting playfully.

"Did… you just talk?" Cody got out, confused by the situation, "Wait, can you fly?!"

"That's your second question?" Puck responded, floating up to him, tilting his head, "Odd clothes you got."

He soon looked at himself and saw that he had his hiking gear on. He soon began to sweat as he realized that he was wearing winter clothes in what looked to be the middle of summer. He quickly unzipped and took off the heavy clothing as he sighed with relief.

Puck only flew to Emilia and "whispered" to her, "He's sure a weird one, huh?" He said audibly.

"Are you sure?" she responded, "We did just see him come out of the sky with snow on him…"

"I know! He must've tried to jump through some magic portal he made." Puck snickered.

"Magic? Uh… that doesn't exist." Cody countered, earning a shocked look from the two.

"Wait, excuse me but, why the heck would you think that?" Puck asked.

"Well 'cause… it's true?" He pointed out. "Whatever magic we discovered, was nothing more than something we couldn't explain. Well, other than miracles, but that's different."

This response however just confused the two further. "Are you sure you're okay?" Emila asked him with concern, "You did have a bit of a headache when you arrived here…"

"I'm perfectly fine." He responded, crossing his arms.

However she wasn't convinced, not in the slightest.

"Maybe we should cancel the walk and have him looked at?" Puck whispered to her, while pointing his thumb at the boy. She soon gave a nod of approval as she cleared her throat.

"Perhaps you should come with us?" she asked the boy.

"I said I'm fine." He responded but upon stepping forward, his legs gave out as he fell to the ground, "Um… then again… it couldn't help to see if I'm ok?" He said, reluctantly agreeing to them.

Emila chuckled a bit as she reached out her hand towards the boy. "Come on, I'll just call for some transportation" she offered as she helped Cody back on his feet.

"Thank you." He said, taking her hand and standing back up as he followed her.

She soon waved in the air as a medium sized machine flew towards them and opened it's hatch.

"Woah! You have flying vehicles?" He gawked with awe.

"Of course! Now come on, I'm driving!" she said as Puck winced in fear.

Cody didn't notice the wince as he climbed in, awe that a place like this that believes in magic has such high grade technology.

"I'd best prepare yourself...this isn't the last one she's trashed…" the familiar warned him as he saw Emila get into the control mechanism.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Cody questioned, not understanding the situation.

"You'll see…" Puck sighed as he shrugged his shoulders in a defeated manner.

Cody still didn't understand, but upon starting to take off, he got that creeping feeling down his spine. And in moments instead of a soft ride, it was a rushed sprint, taking off into the sky as Cody screamed out in fear, gripping his seat like a cat.

"H-Haven't you driven this thing before?!" He cried out.

"Only twice on my own!" she told him, making the fear in his heart worse

"Land it, land it, land it now!" He cried out in utter fear as he frantically looked around for a way to escape.

"Oh don't worry, we'll be at my place soon enough." She smiled innocently, despite the fact Cody swore he saw his life flash before him for the second time.

Thankfully however, they soon returned to the mansion without incident, at least not until Cody ran out of the machine to vomit due to the sheer G-forces he had just experienced.

"Ugh… never have I ever experienced this before…" Cody groaned upon finishing his hurl. He soon began to wipe the bile before looking towards the mansion in front of him, gawking in awe. "You live here?!"

Emila merely nodded as she noticed a young man running hastily towards her as fast as he could.

He looked to be a bit younger than Cody with spiky black hair and yellow eyes. His attire mostly consisted of a black uniform with a white cape, white dress pants, and metal greaves and boots. What caught the boy's attention was a pair of straps on the boy's arms, each one holding a pair of pocketwatches that each resembled the one he had.

"Princess!" the boy shouted as he finally reached the trio, stopping to catch his breath. "W-Welcome back!" he said before giving a salute to the girl.

"Thanks, Rex." She smiled, "Oh, this is one of my personal guards." She introduced him to Cody.

"Is he a guest of yours?" the guard asked the girl after lowering his arm.

"Yes. We're seeing if he's okay, since he came out of nowhere." Emilia nodded, "Please have Rem and Ram brew something for him?"

"Right away ma'am!" he said before muttering under his breath, 'And I just got here…'. With determination, he quickly turned around and ran back into the mansion.

"He seems nice." Cody said with a smile. However they soon heard a crash as they saw he had accidentally tripped and stumbled into the nearby garden.

"I'm okay!" he shouted before getting up from his crash site and heading into the mansion.

"He is." Emilia giggled, mostly out of pity for the boy.

"Is he always like this?" Cody asked out of curiosity.

"Yes, but he does mean well." Emilia nodded, "This is kind of his first job in fact, so he's trying to do his best to keep this place safe and sound."

"Well, always gotta start somewhere." Cody smiled as they entered the mansion.

Upon entering the mansion, the young man looked around with wonder. The interior was amazing, filled with marble, sculpted stone and more laid the foundation while the decor that hung or placed along the walls were present. It was simply breathtaking to see, even if it was a rich man's dream in the flesh, he could tell Emilia wasn't that kind of person to be following the greed.

They soon entered a rather sizable looking dining room, where a pair of twins in maid outfits were waiting for them alongside Rex, who was still scuffed up from his earlier crash as one of them was helping him with his muddied appearance.

"You need to be more careful, Rex." the maid with pink hair said, applying some ointment to his scratches.

"Sorry, I just didn't want to clean up another Arc Mazine after the last time she flew solo…" he sighed as he scratched the back of his head

"At least know where you land before jumping around." she sighed, "Those thorn bushes can still hurt."

"I know that now…" Rex sighed as he took out a thorn from his cheek.

'Oookay, so he's not just a normal rookie guardsman, but he's a fresh-out-of-school graduate with barely any experience…' Cody thought as he watched the scene unfold before him.

The other maid, who had baby blue hair, soon nudged the pink maid who had just finished getting the last of the thorns out of Rex's uniform. The pink-haired maid stopped as she saw that Emila and Cody had arrived.

"Oh! Lady Emilia! I'm sorry, we didn't know you were there." She said, before she and the blue haired maid bowed, before the pink pulled Rex's head down as well.

"We have the food and tea prepared for the guest, Lady Emila." the blue haired maid informed her as she motioned towards the table, which had some freshly made basket of bread, some soup, and a teacup for the two to enjoy.

"O-Oh, wow… You didn't have to go that far." Cody said, looking to Emilia with shock and awe.

"It's fine…" she said reassuringly with a smile. Cody soon smiled as well as Rex looked at them with confusion.

"Do you two, know each other?" he asked the two as he tilted his head before looking at the two, "Friends? Cohorts? Lovers?"

From the moment they heard the last part, both Cody and Emilia flinched as they blushed a deep red from the young knight's comment.

"W-What? No… We're not like that. We just met." The two said in unison, looking at one another before back to him.

Rex's eyebrow soon raised as he gave an inquisitive look, "You sure about that?"

"Yes Rex, we are." Emilia said, "He fell out from some portal, and we're making sure he's fully okay."

"Portal? That's new…" Rex noted as he folded his arms, "The guy knows some magic? Or does he have a magic-based Ridewatch with him?"

"Again with the magic." Cody groaned, "I'm telling ya, it doesn't exist. I mean, you just used a flying vehicle. Thats tech, not magic."

This surprised the trio as they turned to Emila.

"Now you see why we're making sure he's okay." Puck chimed in, popping in from Emila's jewel and in Cody's line of sight.

"I can prove it, heck, I have some tech with me too." He said, before reaching into his pocket and took out his smartphone.

"That some kind of FaizPhone?" Rem asked.

"Eh? FaizPhone?" He blinked in confusion, "So you do have phones! Again, tech not magic."

The maids soon decided to take a look at him to see if there were any other injuries from the fall.

"He seems fine" the blue-haired maid noted, "Other than some hypothermia, it looks like he is perfectly fine"

"Maybe he's dumb?" the pink-haried maid added.

"Oi! Boku wa baka janai!" Cody snapped with his Japanese lessons.

"Oh great, as if two Rexes were bad enough…" the blue haired mage sighed.

"I heard that!" Rex snapped at the mage.

"Huh? Wait, you know Japanese?" Cody turned to Rex.

"Uhh yeah? It's kind of essential if you want to become a knight" Rex said as he lowered his guard.

"Huh… that's… kind of different?" Cody blinked for a moment.

Rex soon got a good look at the boy, "You aren't from around here, are you?" he asked him as he held his finger to his chin.

"No, I don't even know 'where' I'm at." Cody responded.

"You're in the Kingdom of Luginca, specifically the home of Roswaal L Mathers" Emila answered

Cody pondered for a moment, letting that knowledge sink in before he looked at his phone and began to scroll through it, "Well… 'this' is where I live." He said, before showing the screen to them all, and the map of the world he lives in.

"That looks nothing like the maps we have…" Rex noted as he looked at it.

"Yeah… cause that's where I'm from." He responded with a sigh before pocketing his phone. "Guess I truly did get transported."

This caused some confusion to rise from Rex, "Wait, transported? How?" the rookie knight asked.

"I… was caught in an avalanche trying to save a fellow classmate of mine." He said as he recalled what had happened before arriving to this world.

"So, you died?" the blue haired maid asked.

"I…. have no idea. Maybe?" He shrugged, unsure how this is even happening in the first place.

"Regardless, we should inform the boss about this" Rex suggested as he put his arms over his head.

"Boss?" Cody questioned, only for them all to hear the doors open, turning their heads to the door.

Out came a tall man with blue hair, heterochromatic eyes, and was wearing what looked to be some kind of mix between a formal suit and a jester's uniform.

'A-A clown?' He gawked in his thoughts.

"Ahh, I see that you have returned in one piece Lady Emila" the clown said as he entered the room, "I assume that this matter would be dire given how fast you were flying…"

"Yes it was, Roswaal." Emilia nodded, before gesturing to Cody.

"Oh, we have a guest?" he asked as he walked towards the boy.

"Um… hello. I'm Cody Aldrich." He introduced, already feeling an intense aura from him. He wasn't just someone new to him as he could feel the tension.

"Greetings young man" he said, "I am Rosell L Mathers, owner of this fine mansion. I assume you have met some of the staff members here?"

"I have." He nodded in response.

"He came out of some portal after being caught in an avalanche." Ram informed him.

"An avalanche?" he repeated, "You must have been either very brave or very stupid if you were caught in one of those.

"I was trying to save a fellow classmate who went up a mountain alone." He added on.

"On your own?" Rex asked, kind of interested in where this story was going.

"While others were involved, I did climb up to help her myself." He nodded. "She hurt herself and I had to sling her over, but once that avalanche came, I tossed her off of me to the others."

"Wow, that's pretty ballsy for you man" Rex praised.

"I just couldn't sit there and patiently wait. I wanted to help even if that meant my own life in danger." Cody said.

This made the young knight smirk with approval as he gave the boy a thumbs up.

"My my, you're quite the brave soul then" Roswall noted with confidence.

"Thank you." Cody smiled.

"So.. you have no way to return home?" Emilia asked as Cody nodded. She looked at him with a soft expression before looking to Roswaal with a pleading look.

The man soon smiled, "I suppose we could make some living arrangements for Mr. Aldrich…"

"Eh? You'll.. You'll do that for me?" He questioned with some surprise.

"Yeah, we can't just let you live out in the streets. What kind of people do you think we are?" Rex retorted as he lowered his arms.

"Hehe, thank you. I promise I'll find some way to repay your kindness." Cody smiled.

"You can first start by eating the meal before it gets cold." Ram said, pushing the plate to him.

He soon began to eat the meal heartily as Emila just sipped her tea. This was an interesting day for the girl, first she wanted to go for a morning walk, the next sees her meet Cody and find out he came from another world.

Of course, out in the woods was a figure, covered by the shadows of the trees. Glaring down at the mansion with a binocular, finding its target, but won't strike just yet. That and her death comes later.

XXX

It was brand new day for Cody as he woke up in a rather simple looking bedroom. He yawned softly as he hadn't had a good slumber in such a long time. A satisfying pop was heard as he stretched himself before dressing up, even his clothes were given the nice treatment as he placed them on before heading out into the mansion hallways.

As he walked through, he noticed Rex was walking past him. "Mornin'!" the young knight greeted.

"Likewise Rex. Doing the normal routine?" He asked.

"Eyup! I do this every day to make sure that nobody's gonna break in and steal anything" the young knight answered

"Hm? Does Emilia-hime have any enemies?" Cody questioned.

"Like you wouldn't believe, bud…" Rex noted as his smile dropped.

"Why? She's so sweet and kind." He asked.

"You know what they say, power corrupts…" Rex said before walking away.

"Oh…" Cody frowned softly as he looked in the other direction before making his way. He wanted to talk to Emilia and learn more from her, along with why she's even targeted like that. He soon found her walking out of her room.

"Ah! There you are, Emilia." He smiled softly.

"Cody! Good to see that you had a nice rest." Emila said with a smile.

"Ahh! Good morning my lady!" a new voice said as they turned to see a man much older than Cody greet them. He wore a black, grey and tanned outfit with a green scarf around his neck and a book in hand.

"Hm? Who's that?" Cody asked her.

"That's just Woz, my advisor" she told him before greeting the eccentric man.

"So, this is the boy that everyone's been talking about yesterday?" he asked, "I apologize as I was in the middle of helping Lady Beatrice."

"It's okay, Woz. I know how busy that can be when she requires your help." Emilia smiled.

"Thank you my lady" he said after bowing down.

"So what were you helping this Beatrice with?" Cody questioned.

"Oh just the usual reforming of the library." He shrugged, "Of course, I still took my time to re-read, 'A Maou's End'." He said, holding up said book.

"Maou? Wait, there was a demon lord in this world?" Cody said.

"Sadly…" she said, "There used to be a demon king by the name of Oma Zi-O. He was known as the Demon King of Time, ruling over his kingdom with an iron fist and cruel heart:

"Even though he was feared, I cannot help but be admired by his goal and what he did. As evil as he was, it was something to behold!" Woz beamed with enjoyment.

"Of course you would, Green Scarf…" Rex said, surprising the trio as to how he got here.

"Oh, Rex. You only have issues with that because of your bloodline and legacy." Woz stated.

"Hey, you butt out of my family's business Green Scarf! This has nothing to do with you!" the young knight snapped. While he did not know the boy well, Cody could tell that this anger was very out-of-character for him.

"Sorry, sorry. I forget how sensitive you are with that topic." Woz apologized before bowing, "If you excuse me, my lady. But I must go as Roswaal askes of me."

The man soon walked off as Rex began to simmer down. He breathed a sigh of frustration as he looked towards the two. "Sorry about that guys…" he apologized as he gave a quick bow towards the princess, "I normally don't shout like that…"

"It's okay, Rex. I understand." Emilia said, "Besides, you should know Woz loves to tease you."

"As if Green Scarf doesn't do that enough…" Rex grumbled as he folded his arms and glared in the advisor's direction.

"Oh that reminds me..." Cody turned to Emilia, "Mind if we chat? I kinda wanna learn more about you, Emilia."

"I'd recommend heading to Beatrice's library if I were you" Rex noted as he began to walk away, "It's probably got what you need right there."

"Really? 'Cause… I also wanna know why others are after her." He asked Emila.

"That's… a bit personal…" Emilia responded softly, "I'd agree with Rex…" She said before walking off.

"I… did something dumb, didn't I?" He looked to Rex, who was still a bit pissed off from Woz's comment.

"No, it's just...she's been through a lot." He told him before looking at the Emilia who left their view.

"I can understand…" Cody nodded looking around before heading to one door, and upon opening it, he sees the library, "Eh? It was right here?" He got out.

"Who are you?" a voice asked him, making the boy look down. Standing there was a very young girl, wearing a very frilly princess-like outfit along with a crown on her head.

"Oh, I'm sorry there. I didn't know you were right in front of me." He said before kneeling down to meet with her at her height.

"I'll ask again, who are you?" the girl asked him.

"Um, well, I'm Cody. I'm staying here thanks to Emilia and Roswaal." He informed her.

"So, you're the boy from another world?" she noted, "Well at least you're somewhat polite…"

"Why wouldn't I be?" He questioned.

"Because if you would, I would have thrown you out without question" she answered without changing her expression.

"Huh? Wait, how old are you?" He asked, gawked and not realizing that was the wrong question.

"You know that it's not polite to ask a woman about her age…" she growled as he could see her get somewhat visibly angry.

He flinched as he felt her anger, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."

"Too late." She said, placing her hand on his forearm, only for a shock to flow through him before he was flung back and the door closed in front of him. He soon flew right through a window and into the flower patch below.

"Ow… That… was… the worst pain… I've felt…" Cody groaned out, laying there as he tried to recollect himself. As he got up, he soon found himself face-to-face with Emila, who stopped to see him fly through the window.

"Are you okay?" She asked him.

"Met Beatrice… And messed up by asking her the No. 1 rule no man should make to a girl…" He groaned out. Emila could only shake her head as she lightly chuckled at the dirt on the boy's face.

"Well, now you know." she said with a soft smile, helping him up. "Don't take it personally. Beatrice is well…. How do I put this…?"

"A shut-in?" He responded.

"Yes… but she does mean well. Just keep being nice to her and respect her, and she'll warm up to you in no time." She suggested.

"Spite you having that same issue." Puck sighed with a shrug.

"Puck!" she pouted

Cody could only chuckle softly, "Well, guess we can learn together then?"

However as they began to stare, suddenly they heard a strange roar come from the forest. "What was that?" Cody asked as he saw several guards leap into action.

"I-I don't know. It's not a Demon Beast…" She pondered.

However that question was soon answered a jet of fire came from the forest and hit some of the guards. Rex soon arrived and took out his weapon, a red and black axe that had yellow hirigana on the inside spelling out "Axe".

ZIKAN ZAXE

OH NO!

"Hold the line! Don't let whatever's attacking us to reach the mansion!" Rex shouted as he flipped a part of the blade, causing it to transform into a small bow and arrow which had the hirigana for Bow on it.

YOU ME!

The young knight soon began firing off several shots at the emerging creature.

It looked humanoid, with a very draconic styling to it. It had a resemblance to a mage from earth, with a red gem coloring to its body and face, while having a skull motif added onto it. The robes it had were slightly torn and wrinkled as his head also was in a shape of a ring, with its mask serving as the gem, and finally he had a large red gem on his left hand as a bone hand on his waist.

WIZARD...

"What is that thing?" Cody gasped as he and Emila backed away from the scene.

"Protect Princess Emilia!" Rex command as he and the guards either fired arrows, magic spells or energy attacks at the beast. But it simply placed its hand on the bone-handed belt.

FLAME...

A ball of fire soon flew out of its hand as it not only defended against the onslaught, but launched at the guards, striking them down and weakening them.

Rex soon growled as he took something out from his jacket, "There's no way I'm letting monsters like you roam free!"

"Rex! You promised not to use that unless it's the only thing left to do!" Emilia called out, stopping the boy from doing so while alerting the monster.

"You…" the beast growled, pointing at the princess menacingly as Rex took out a strange clock-like device from his jacket.

"Sorry, Emilia, but this seems too important!" He said as he put it to his waist, forming a light grey belt around his waist.

ZIKU DRIVER!

He took out one of the watches on his arm, but as soon as he pressed it, nothing occurred. "H-Huh? Why isn't it working?" He questioned, constantly pressing the button several times with nothing happening.

The monster glared at Rex before lunging at him and kicked him back to the two, tossing the belt next to Cody's feet. He looked towards Emilia as it began to approach her, only for Cody to stand in between.

"Cody, are you crazy?!" Rex growled as he got up and gripped his bow.

"It's obvious its after Emilia. I may not have much, but I can at least stall it! Get going!" He said, charging it and tackling it to the ground.

Rex, not wanting him to get hurt, changing his bow back into it's axe mode and pressing the button on it.

TIME CHARGE!

5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

ZERO TIME!

ZAKKURI WARI!

"Take this!" the young knight roared as he threw his axe like a tomahawk at the monster, using the built-up power to knock it away from Cody.

"My, my, isn't this a problem?" Woz's voice called out as he teleported next to them, "What is this beast?"

"Don't know. But it's dangerous. Please tell me you have something in your spells that can deal with it?" Rex grunted.

"No sadly, I don't know what spell would work for this kind of monster…" Woz admitted before noticing that Cody was wearing the belt.

"So this thing is some sort of weapon?" He questioned.

"That, was supposed to be my way of taking that thing down!" Rex stated as he performed a baseball slide and grabbed the axe.

"Well, it's obvious it's not working for you, so why not let me test and try it? Can't help but try? 'Sides, I don't wanna just sit here again." Cody told him "I want to help, I want to make sure Emilia is safe. If this monster wants to fight? Then let's see how well it can do against me!"

This declaration soon caused a bright light to shine from his jacket. When he reached into it, he soon took out his trinket which began to change.

THE CLOCK RIDER WHO FIGHTS USING RIDEWATCHES IS...

Soon, the black, faceless watch turned into one with a white cover, a date showing '2018' and what looked to be half of a face on it. He blinked as he gripped the dial and turned it, revealing a mask with some letters on it, only for him to press the button.

ZI-O!

"Zi-O?" Rex gasped, recognizing the name that the Ridewatch had declared.

Cody felt the belt as he could feel the grooves on it, only to slide the watch onto the right hand side before pressing the top button, causing it to slant. Soon, an odd jingle came about as a large, translucent clock appeared behind him. Oddly the young man could feel his muscles move, making a pose as if this was natural, he looked at the others before back to the monster.

"Henshin!" He cried out, moving his hand to swipe the slanted device, causing it to spin, before the clock behind him did the same, only for the hands to collide at the top before slightly parting, revealing a familiar face behind him.

RIDER TIME!

KAMEN~ RIDER~! ZI-O!

Soon, several magenta and pink gears swirled around the young man, only to break away revealing a set of armor. But the letters behind him flew out before colliding onto the mask in front of him, completing the change.

The young man now stood there with a steel grey armor, with a clock strap on his chest, and with some slight pinkish coloring to the bits of the armor, while the face resembled a clock, with the letters on there representing the words "Rider" on them, in a bold pink coloring…. Yet this was also a familiar face to the others.

"Could it be?" Woz gasped in awe while Rex looked on in absolute horror, 'No, this isn't possible...Don't tell me I just met Oma Zi-O's successor?'

Soon, Woz raised his arm outward, "Iwae! Prostrate yourself, monster! For you are in the presence of a mighty being, reborn! The one to inherit his power, and become the ruler of time and space! Please, welcome back the power of the demon king once more! For his name is, Kamen Rider Zi-O!"

"Eh? Wait, what?" Cody got out, confused.

"Waga, Maou. For now, fight. We can talk later." Woz said, making the young man turn back to the monster.

Snapping out of his fear, Rex immediately seized the opportunity and landed a pair of axe strikes on the monster. He then kicked the beast in the stomach before attempting to plunge his weapon into the it's skull, only for it to merely bounce off and cut the opponent instead.

Cody didn't hesitate either as he rushed in, gripping the monster by the neck only to smack him with a powerful punch, casting sparks off of its hide, showing he did a lot more damage than the others as it flung from the force of the strike.

"W-Wow.. Didn't know I was that strong now." Cody got out.

Frustrated, Rex tried to activate the watch once more but the dial wouldn't budge. 'Come on, work damn you!' he growled as he struggled to activate the watch.

"Do I have any weapons?" Cody questioned, feeling his armor.

Suddenly, a black, silver and gunmetal grey sword appeared from within the Driver and into the boy's hands. It had a watchstrap-like design with the katakana letters on it reading out "Sword".

ZIKAN GIRADE!

KEN!

"Wow, neat." Cody quipped, looking up at the monster before rushing as he made a clean slice, cutting part of the metal off of its body. He swung a few more times as the monster flung back, somewhat weakened. "Time to end this!" He said before pressing the watch and then titled the belt.

FINISH TIME!

Once he spun it again, several pink katakana letters formed in a circle around the monster as Cody leaped into the air.

TIME BREAK!

He soon came flying down towards it, as the katakana letters soon began to combine before flying between the monster, striking it and soon flying to Cody. He extended his leg into a flying side kick as the letters collapsed and combined into the sole of his boot before he came crashing down, striking the monster with the attack and sending it flying, only for a large explosion to erupt from where it was, leaving nothing in sight for them as he landed back onto the ground.

"Bravo! Bra~vo!" Roswall said as he walked out of the mansion to greet everyone.

"Excellent first battle, waga maoh…" Woz said as he bowed before the young man.

"I… can't believe that… you had such power, Cody." Emilia said with awe, as the young man powered down.

"Yeah… me neither…" He said, looking at himself. However, he soon turned towards Rex who looked like he had the wind kicked out of him. "You okay, Rex?"

"Yeah… I am…" He said, standing up as he soon walked off. Upon leaving them, he had a look of disgust. 'He's… the new Zi-O…. He's… the reason I'm all alone…. He… must die.' He said within his thoughts before leaving them.

(Insert Opening - Oath Sign - AmaLee ver.)

/PRELUDE/

As the choir begins to sing, we see a shot of the castle where Oma Zi-O was killed. The camera pans slowly going through the ruins before reaching a clock that is forever pointed at 2 and 10. The title soon fades in afterwards.

/Once again,

I reach my hand into a world, repeating on end/

Jumping ahead, it soon shows Emila skipping around a field as Cody watches on. He soon looks at the Zi-O Ridewatch in his hand as he begins to remember his past life.

/Though it's dark,

could my tears carve a path/

As the young teen looks to his side, the camera pans to a bustling town, where Rex is leaning on a wall in a nearby alleyway. He soon gets up as he walks out, passing by a wandering Reinhard.

/And lead me straight to your heart?/

The screen immediately jumps to Subaru, looking around before several black hands begin to reach out

/Like a rose that blooms and grows inside my chest, your name's all it knows

your name's all it knows/

Jumping to a shot of a blank Ridewatch, Rem and Ram are teaching Cody something before jumping to Woz watching Subaru get kicked out of the library by Beatrice.

/Is this fate, 'cause every day I pray

That right here by your side, I can stay/

Next it jumps to Rex and Reinhard sparring with one another while the others watched. As the two clashed weapons, we see a brief flash forward to an old knight and a young Rex

/I'll gather these fallen flowers

The hope, discarded and broken/

The next scene has Cody standing in the middle of a black void as he equips the Ziku-Driver and activates the Zi-O Ridewatch.

/And I'll join them where they can meet/

The scene switches to Rex seeing Cody from afar with the Zi-O Ridewatch, only to glare at him as he straps his on as well and activates the Geiz Ridewatch.

/A wish, together I'll set them free/

As Cody prepares to transform into Zi-O, projections of the various Heisei Riders appear around the boy as he prepares to battle.

/Holding up the light within

And with no hesitation

To give you a future is all I've wanted/

Once he spun his driver, a bright light quickly shined as we skip to Zi-O and Geiz surrounded by several monsters and a few Another Riders. They soon gave a nod to each other as they took down anyone who got near them

/Hold me tight through these dark endless nights

Screaming 'till the morning light/

As the Riders fought, Subaru, Emilia, Rem and Ram were dealing with the issues of the Cults that plague the world, along with the faint shadow of Satella puppeting the timeline with her dark magic. Causing several flashes of images of failed timelines, but thanks to Subaru, he slowly helps them to the right one.

/All my broken-down ideals

I know one day they will heal/

As Zi-O and Geiz continue to charge forth through the castle, they are met by Tid and Finis, who are holding the Another Kuuga and Another Zi-O Ridewatches as the shadowy images of the Another Riders stood with them.

/With every step they will form the future

I'll hold tightly to this special bond that we share

I'll follow you anywhere/

The rest soon arrive as the spirits of the various Heisei Riders stand by their side. With a jump, both Zi-O and Geiz fly forward and perform a Double Rider Kick as the world fades to white before fading to show what appears to be Cody standing alone on a hill.

/Carrying onward, bearing this miracle/

As Cody turns to where the sun rises, it's soon shown that the others were by his side with their shadows now resembling the Heisei Riders.

A/N:

HackerEX: I LIVE AGAIN! Wait...this isn't my account…

Striberx: HAHA! I've done it! I've snatched a new person into my grasp! :3

HackerEX: Hey, you there! Where the heck am I?

Striberx: You are within my domain now! And you're punishment… is a collab! :3

HackerEX: You're kidding me? A collab? With a guy who suffers from chronic laziness?

Striberx: Hey, I have other things going on with my life to make it harder to write.

HackerEX: Fair enough...so, looks like this our second time writing something Zi-O related...well third time for me if my history on this site is to be believed…

Striberx: Either way, yes, hello minna. Time for a new collab to get this year going even more so. As you can see? HackerEX offered this idea to do it with Zi-O and Re:Zero, slight pun there. And I decided to agree cause why not?

HackerEX: Yeah, I know that I am really overdue with updating my own stories but I decided why not and do a collab with a guy that technically inspired me to do stuff like this in the first place. Speaking of, this is also my first time working with something from Re:Zero since for the most part, I try to keep my wheelhouse in stuff like Kingdom Hearts or Precure.

Striberx: Same for me with Re:Zero. I did try to have an idea when Ex-Aid aired by using Brave? But the ideas came up short and I couldn't think of a way to make it work. And as for this? While I too usually keep to my ideas and have the riders work within the world of the series I cross over with, this was still an interesting idea to try out.

HackerEX: Yeah, for all intensive purposes, this is not the same world you know from the light novels or the anime. Speaking of, I am sadly an anime-only watcher as when I suggested this idea to striberx, I realized that I have never watched the show, only hearing about it from my brother who loved the series. So I decided to do what any sane man would do and binge the series on Netflix.

Striberx: I too am, anime-only viewing. But I do some research on certain I wanna know just so I can prepare myself but also know what I'm getting into. So I do now of certain things ahead of the anime, but not everything. Also, wanted to give a huge shout out to the author known as KamenRiderZiO, and their story of Zi-O x She-Ra. Part of the idea of Oma Zi-O existing within that world did come from them. I just tweaked a few other things just for this story only.

HackerEX: Also, big thanks for Striberx for agreeing to do this collab with me. Honestly this is an interesting experience having people help me with my stories, like with ghost83 helping me out with the new Edge of Time...which started in kind of a similar way to how this story came to be actually… Huh…

Striberx: As for me? It's a nice treat to be working with someone who I inspired to write. ^^ We'll try to do our best to make this story well, and fun. I will also do my stories too, but sometimes certain things come up, or certain mood occurs if I wanna continue one of mine for now or wait a bit and think things through. And with Season 2 of Re:Zero coming out this april? It's a good start for now.

HackerEX: I'll try to get some of my stories done too, I mean, you guys have been waiting for Movie War Carnival long enough so I might as well try to deliver. Speaking of, if you guys like this story then please say so in the reviews. If not, then feel free to throw your rotten tomatoes and we'll try to fix our mistakes for the next go-around…

Until then, later!