Ok. Now after an extremely long break, let's continue again. I do not own Kamen Rider but I own Shade, Tenkishi, Prokishi, Gigakishi and the Shadows. No I do not own your shadow, but I do own THE Shadows.
Kamen Rider Shade
Chapter 22: Reveal, the Song of Destiny! Unveil Joker . . .
Hikari woke up with a yawn. "Good morning Mistress Hikari!" Ryuko exclaimed, the little Wyvern flying in front of the tired girl.
Hikari yawned again. "Good morning Ryuko." She said, rubbing her eyes and letting out a groan. She got out of bed and got dressed . . . but . . .
"WHOA!" Ryuko shouted as Hikari started taking off her nightgown. "Don't undress in front of me!"
Hikari stared at Ryuko with a blank expression. "Then will you look away?" Hikari asked.
"Gladly." Ryuko said. The mechanical like dragon hid under the covers of the bed.
Hikari took off her gown and replaced the pink gown with a black dress and a white jacket. She walked out the door of her room. She strolled down the stairs, and what a surprise.
"Oh yeah, bring it back, there!" Hibi Ark said. A large truck was backing into Ark's driveway, which he really doesn't use. "Come on, come on. There!" The truck stopped. The driver, who was the delivery man, came out and went into the back of the truck. The driver came out with a . . . small box. "Thank you." Hibi Ark handed the driver Ark's Credit card. After paying for the package, Hibi Ark tore the package open.
"I cannot believe that he requested a huge truck to deliver such a small package." The driver said getting back on the driver seat. The truck drove off.
Hibi Ark rejoiced looking at the articles inside the box. "YAHOO!" It was a set of clothes, designed exactly like Hibiki's outfit. Hibi Ark stripped right in front of Hikari.
"EEP!" Hikari covered her eyes.
Hibi Ark then slipped into the new clothes. "YES! Now this is good!" He shouted.
Hikari looked at Hibi Ark. She walked up to Hibi Ark. "When are you giving Shade-kun back?" She asked Hibi Ark.
"I don't know." Hibi Ark replied shrugging. Then he ran back into the house. He ran back out holding a black guitar case. "I want you to stay here ok?" Hibi Ark said to Hikari. Then Hibi Ark rubbed the top of Hikari's hair. Hikari gave a small whimper when Hibi Ark touched her head. "Ok?" Hikari nodded. "Good." Hibi Ark then ran out the gate of Ark's home.
Hikari looked at Hibi Ark's back as he ran out. "He . . . he seems so familiar." Hikari commented.
- -
"OH MY GOSH!" Hibiki screamed as he, Mari, and Sakura were all falling to their doom. How was he going to save both of them!? He fell towards Sakura, but then he looked at Mari. "Damn it." He then dived towards Mari, but then he looked at Sakura. "Damn it." This continued for a while, him switching between Mari and Sakura. "DAMN IT!" There was no way to win.
Then Shade came coming on the Shade Cycle. MARK TO THE RESCUE! Mark looked up. "Yosh." He then stood on the seat of the Shade Cycle and used a dynamic rider jump, after using his bike as a boost. He caught Mari from the air. "Hibiki-kun, it's your move!"
"YOSH!" Hibiki quickly shifted towards Sakura. Mark and Hibiki then kicked off each other's feet to give Hibiki a boost. Hibiki caught Sakura. The two riders with their women dropped towards the ground. The two landed on the ground. Shade landed gracefully, whereas Prokishi's landing created cracks on the ground.
Sakura and Mari both stood on the ground after their men landed. Then Hibiki fell on his rear. The Prokishi suit dematerialized.
"Man that was scary." Hibiki said.
"Good job though." Mark said to Hibiki.
Sakura was staring at Shade. "Who . . . is this?" She asked Hibiki.
"Um . . . he's . . . a superhero!" Hibiki lied.
"I'm Mark Ryusei." Shade bowed. "We've met before Sakura-chan."
"EH!?" Sakura and Hibiki shouted.
"Y-y-y-you're Mark-san!?" Sakura screamed.
"I thought you didn't want others to know that you are Shade!?" Hibiki commented.
"Sakura has known me for a while, I don't think it would hurt if she knows." Mark said.
"What about Mari?" Hibiki asked.
"She knows already." Mark said.
"REALLY!?" Hibiki shouted.
"I've known about this," Mari said directing attention to Mark's Shade form, "for a while now."
"Really." Hibiki nodded in compliance.
"Well it's kind of strange to think that Mark-san could transform into . . . that." Sakura said. "It's kind of unexpected."
"I get that quite a lot actually." Mark said. He was about to dematerialize the Shade suit. Before the Shade suit dematerialized however, a cane all of a sudden came up on Shade's shoulder. Mark turned around to see who was aiming the cane at him.
"So," it was Lloyd, "whose this here, hm?" Lloyd said.
"OSSAN!?" Hibiki shouted. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was at that restaurant that you all were at." Lloyd replied. "And I followed you here." Then Lloyd looked straight at Shade. "Now tell me, why is it that you people are hanging with Ace of the Royal Five."
Hibiki perked his ears up. "Ace?" Hibiki said. "What do you mean Ace?"
"You . . . you know that name?" Mark said to Lloyd.
"Of course, now Ace, if you are defeated then the Shadows will no longer be a threat!" Lloyd shouted, but then Mark pushed Lloyd's cane away. Mark made a run for it, but then unexpectedly, Lloyd's cane detached into separate parts held by a strong wire. Lloyd extended his cane out and wrapped it around Mark and pulled Mark in.
"Shade-san!" Mari screamed.
"Oi Ossan!" Hibiki shouted. "What are you doing!? And when the heck could your cane do that?"
"That being over there is Ace of the Royal Five." Lloyd said. "He is an enemy to us all."
"But he can't be a Shadow, can he?" Sakura asked.
"Hibiki, now is your chance to finish him off . . ." Lloyd said but Hibiki hesitated. "DO IT!"
"Sempai . . . are you really part of the Royal Five?" Hibiki asked Mark.
Mark was silent but then he answered. "I am." Mark said.
Hibiki and Sakura gasped. "Wha . . . what!?" Hibiki shouted. "It can't be, you can't be Ace!"
"That's because I'm not Ace!" Mark shouted. "RAH!" Mark then took the Shade Blaster in hand and appeared to be ready to shoot Lloyd, but then Mark aimed at the ground and fired a flash that brightened the area for a few seconds.
Lloyd stood there, stupefied. Then Lloyd unwrapped the cane around Mark and retracted his cane. "He's not black." Lloyd said. "He's . . . red for some reason." The flash allowed Lloyd to see the color of the Shade suit.
"EH!?" Hibiki shouted, surprised as to what is going on.
Mark stood up and his Shade suit stayed materialized. Unfortunately for him, Mark also mentioned something that was disturbing to Hibiki.
"Shade-sempai . . . were you serious?" Hibiki asked. "Are you really in the Royal Five?"
"I am." Mark said.
"What . . . what rank are you." Hibiki asked.
"Joker." Mark replied.
Hibiki perked his ears up and Lloyd and Sakura kind of just stood there stupefied. "Um . . . there isn't a Joker in the Royal Five." Lloyd said.
"And if there is a Joker, then there would be Six ranks." Sakura mentioned.
"Hey you guys just asked if I was part of the Royal Five, and I never said that I was one of THE Five." Mark said.
"Huh?" Lloyd, Sakura, and Hibiki tilted their heads in confusion.
"Um Shade-san." Mari said walking up to Shade. "What is going on?"
Mark sighed."Mari here doesn't know anything about the Shadows and such, I don't think I want her to be exposed to this world yet. Can we talk about this some other time."
"No." Lloyd said. "I want to talk about it now."
"Too bad." Mark said and took up Mari in his arms. Then Shade jumped high into the air, building jumping with Mari away.
Lloyd stood there, and sighed. "I hate it when people I talk to run away." He looked up and Hibiki and Sakura were gone. Hibiki and Sakura ditched Lloyd and followed Mark. Lloyd dropped his head in shame. "Why does every one do that?" He cried.
- -
Sakura was sitting in the café, thinking about the day before. The way Ark acted, it reminded her so much of Hibiki. Kumori came in and sat down next to Sakura. "Is something wrong Sakura nee-chan?" Kumori asked.
Sakura snapped back into reality. "Nothing." Sakura said. "I was just thinking that Ark-kun was acting really weird yesterday."
"You are right." Kumori said. "He did act strange yesterday."
"So weird." Sakura said.
In an instant, the doors barged open. Hibi Ark slid into the entrance with his Guitar strapped on to a portable speaker system and Hibi Ark started playing. "SAKURA!" Hibi Ark shouted, then he started to play a love rock song for Sakura. It sort of creeped out every one except for Sakura, who was kind feeling the song reach her heart.
Then Kumori smacked Hibi Ark. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN PUBLIC!?" Kumori shouted.
"What, I'm just showing my love for Sakura." Hibi Ark shouted. "SAKURA!" Hibi Ark kept playing. "WO AI NI! (I love you in Mandarin)" Sakura perked her ears up and blushed. Every one in the café turned to look at Hibi Ark. Kumori growled violently.
"DO YOU EVEN KNOW SAKURA-NEE ENOUGH!?" Kumori shouted and whacked Hibi Ark again. "And I thought you loved Hikari?"
"Hm . . ." Hibi Ark pondered. "Oh wow, I didn't know that boy and that girl would be in love."
"Huh!?" Kumori was really wondering what the heck Hibi Ark was going on about.
"Eh whatever." Hibi Ark then patted Kumori's head. "I'll be off then, see you all!" Hibi Ark turned, only to then bumped into the door. "ITE!" Hibi Ark fell to the floor. "Defeat." He whined, pointing his hand up. Hibi Ark got up, then opened the door and walked out.
Sakura turned her head so no one could see her head. "He . . . he's really acting like Hibiki." Sakura said softly, and let out a moan.
- -
Mark stopped building jumping and landed in front of a house. He set Mari down. "Thank you, Shade-san." Mari said to Mark.
"You're welcome." Shade gave a small bow to Mari.
Mari was about to open the door of her house, but she stopped. "Shade-san."
"What is it?" Mark asked.
"There's so much about you that I don't know." Mari said. Mark sighed. "I'm not sure what these Shadows are and I'm not sure what your relation to these Shadows are. I feel like I know you, but really there's just too many secrets among you." Mari looked at Mark with tearing eyes. "Can't you tell me about everything?"
"Mari . . ." Mark said. He sighed once again. "I want to tell you everything, but I don't want to get you involved in this battle. I can't bear to see you get involved."
"Then can you tell me about this form of yours?" Mari asked about the Shade suit. "Is this suit really that special?"
"Well . . ." Mark explained, "in essence, this is kind of . . . my true form." He confessed. He pointed at his mouth plate. "You see here, this is my mouth, kind of." The mouth plate opened. "I can actually eat stuff with this opened." All of a sudden, Mari snickered. "What's up?"
"You can really eat things in this form?" Mari couldn't help but giggle.
"Yep." Mark said. "Seriously." Suddenly, Mark pulled out a chocolate bar from nowhere. "Here, I'll eat this right in front of you." Mark then scarfed down the chocolate with his opened mouth plate. Then Shade closed his mouth plate. "So, what do you think, I'm horrifying aren't I?" Then Mari kissed Shade's mouth plate. Mark jumped in surprise.
"I think you look pretty cool." Mari said. "Shade-san . . . you'll tell me more about yourself later right?"
Shade stared at Mari. Then Shade nodded. "Yeah, I promise you, one day I'll tell you everything about myself."
Mari smiled. "You better keep that promise."
"Don't worry, I always keep my promises." Mark said.
"Shade-sempai!" Hibiki's shout came along. Hibiki and Sakura were able to follow Shade quite well. "Shade-sempai!" Hibiki and Sakura came up to Shade and Mari. "Shade-sempai, can't you just talk to us?"
"What's this about you being Joker?" Sakura asked Shade.
"I told you, I'll talk about this Joker business with you guys later." Mark said.
"But . . . if you're really part of the Royal Five, then you're a Shadow aren't you?" Hibiki asked Shade.
"Nope." Mark said. "I am in no way a Shadow." Shade then made a jump in the air. "I'm sorry about this, but I don't want to talk about this just yet!" Then the Shade Dragon came flying by. Shade grabbed on to the leg of the Shade Dragon and the Shade Dragon flew off.
The wind from the Shade Dragon's wing flap blew the area. After the wind was gone, Mari looked up. "So cool." She whispered.
"Oh boy, now I really need to know." Hibiki said to himself.
Shade climbed up the Shade Dragon and sat on the back. Inu, Taka, and Tora were already waiting there in their animal forms. "Master Shade, are you really . . ." Inu asked.
"Yeah, I'm really Joker." Mark said. "But you guys don't have to worry, the reason I'm called Joker is because I have no real ties with the Royal Five."
"Yeah we kind of figured that out when Joker wasn't even one of the Royal Five's rank." Taka said.
"But . . . are you really a Joker?" Tora asked.
"Of course." Mark said then Shade threw a toy at Tora. "Here, have a Cat Nip toy."
"MEOW!" Tora meowed and played with the toy. Inu and Taka stared at Tora. "What, I'm a cat now."
"Sure, sure." Inu said.
"Master Shade really is a Joker." Taka said, laughing.
- -
Hikari was sitting down after drinking her Tea. Then the doorbell rang. Hikari answered the door. Seto was at the door. "Eh, usually Ark answers the door." Seto said.
"Well . . . um . . . Shade-kun is out right now." Hikari said.
"Really?" Seto asked. "Is he bring violins to customers?"
"He only took a guitar with him." Hikari replied.
"A guitar?" Seto had question marks all over. "I didn't even know the kid owned one. Oh well, since he's not here I guess I shouldn't bother with his workshop then."
"No, I think he would allow you in to the workshop." Hikari said to Seto.
"Oh, maybe a peek." Seto said with a smile. Seto then walked in to the house and into the workshop.
Ryuko flew out. "Mistress Hikari," Ryuko said, "that man's a Shadow."
"I kind of know." Hikari replied to Ryuko.
"REALLY!?" Ryuko was shocked. "Then why let him enter?"
"He's a nice man." Hikari answered. "He wouldn't hurt a fly."
"Really." Ryuko said. "Well anyway, since he's not going to be any trouble, now would be a good time for you to work on that song."
"I guess so." Hikari said. She sat down.
"You know that song is essential right?" Ryuko asked. "For the destiny of Joker?" Hikari nodded.
"I know."
- -
Hibi Ark was skipping all around town. "Man I love this." Hibi Ark said. "I never thought that I would again get to walk around in a physical body." Hibi Ark looked at the way the city looked. "Man, the City's really changed a lot." Hibi Ark remarked. "And Kumori as well, he's really changed a lot." Hibi Ark walked through town, then just stood still. Looking at him right next to him, was a mysterious man in a trench coat. The man's face was covered by a Fedora hat. "How long are you going to stand there staring . . . Sempai?" Hibi Ark smiled. The mysterious man's lips became visible and he let out a smile. Hibi Ark and the mysterious man then clasped their hands together.
"Long time no see, Hibiki." The mysterious man said to Hibi Ark.
- -
Mark and Hibiki the next day walked into the café to meet up with Lloyd. "WHY DID YOU TWO DITCH ME YESTERDAY!?" Lloyd cried at Hibiki. Tears were really streaming down Lloyd's eyes. Then Lloyd looked at Mark. "Whose this?"
"Allow me to introduce myself." Mark said. "I am called by many names. Mark, Ryusei . . . but you can call me Joker."
"Oh ok Joker, have a seat, it's always nice to meet a refine man, rather than this ruffian." Lloyd said about Hibiki.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Hibiki shouted.
Mark sweat dropped. "Wow, he didn't get the clue." Mark said. "I'm Joker as in, Joker of the Royal Five."
"Oh wow, I did no expect the man under that form to be . . . handsome." Lloyd said.
"I don't roll that way." Mark said. "I have a girl I'm in love with already."
"I don't roll that way either." Lloyd replied. "Unfortunately I don't have a girl I'm in love with currently." Mark and Hibiki took a seat in front of Lloyd. "Anyway, on to business." Lloyd looked at Mark. "Now, what is this about Joker?"
"Well, first of all, you must understand this." Mark said. "The reason I'm called Joker is because I'm considered to be an outcast. The title however was given to me because my father and mother were the previous King and Queen of the Royal Five."
"I thought you're not a Shadow." Hibiki said to Mark.
"I was born a Shadow, but I'm not a Shadow now." Mark said.
"I don't quite get it." Hibiki said.
"You'll understand much later." Mark said. "Anyway, Ace is my twin brother."
"Wait, TWIN!?" Hibiki shouted. Could it be . . . that man? Hibiki thought.
"Yes." Mark said. "It's a rare sight for Shadows to have Twins. That is why my brother and my powers are a little different than most Shadows. My father and mother were part of the Royal Five but they only wanted peace with the Humans. Unfortunately, they fell to their desires as well. The previous Ace knew about this and murdered my parents. My brother then killed the previous Ace and he ascended to the title of Ace."
"It sounds like a violent group." Hibiki said.
"To ascend to the Royal Five, we must kill the previous holder of the title to become that title." Mark explained. "Since my parents were killed by a member of the Royal Five, the title of King and Queen were left empty. My brother eventually appointed two members after many Shadows fought for that title."
"That may've been the year when the Shadows' attacks were a little less than usual." Lloyd said.
"That you may be correct about." Mark said. "However, many Shadows knew about my powers and many of the Elder Shadows . . ."
"Wait, wait . . . what are the Elder Shadows?" Hibiki asked.
"They're surviving members of the Royal Five who appointed their successors rather then having their titles usurped by being killed." Mark explained. "It's not exactly a rare sight to see an Elder Shadow as that was the way the Royal Five used to be appointed, but along the way, an Ace thought that in order to be a Royal Five, one must be stronger so came the violent successions. Anyway, many of the Elder Shadows knew about my power and wanted me as the Leader of the Royal Five. I refused as I did not want to fight my own brother for the title, and I don't exactly have a good relationship with the other Shadows as I actually lived alongside the humans rather than feed on them. Anyway, they instead granted me the title of Joker, as a way of putting me in the Royal Five. Only a few Shadows know about that title, including the Royal Five."
"That kind of makes sense." Hibiki said, nodding.
"In reality, that title means more." Mark continued. "The Elder Shadows, growing tire of the constant battle with humanity, wanted peace just like my parents. They told me about the secrets of Ragnarok and wanted me to lead the Shadows into peaceful times. That is the true meaning of my title as Joker."
"I get it now." Hibiki said. "So, that title is actually not an evil title."
Mark then sighed. "Ace found out why I was given the title of Joker." He said with a sad tone. "At first it seemed that he was happy that his brother would be in the Royal Five along with him, despite me being a Sixth Member. He wasn't happy after finding out what the title of Joker meant so he destroyed all the Elder Shadows. He allowed me to live but only if I fed on a Human." Mark paused for a bit. "That human was almost Mari."
"WHOA!" Hibiki exclaimed. "You mean you almost ate her life force!?"
"Almost being a key word." Mark continued. "But after spending some time with her, I saw how pure her heart was. I couldn't bring myself to do it, so I became a traitor to the Shadows . . . technically I never did betray them because I wasn't like them in the first place, but you get what I mean. So now the title of Joker holds another meaning." Mark said. "It is now one of the many names that people call me, but the reason now I am Joker is because I'm a wild-card that destroys the evil Shadows and one who attempts to change destiny."
"I see, so we can trust that you won't start going on a feeding spree here right?" Lloyd asked.
"I don't feed on humans." Mark said.
"So now, tell me, what is this Ragnarok that you speak of?" Lloyd said mysteriously. Hibiki looked at Lloyd.
"Now why would a mere human like you want to know about Ragnarok?" Mark smirked and stared at Lloyd. Hibiki looked at Mark.
"Because we have information on something called Ragnarok." Lloyd said. "But Tenshi no Yaiba experts have no idea what the heck this Ragnarok is." Hibiki sharply turned to look at Lloyd. "Now tell me, what is Ragnarok?"
Mark chuckled. Hibiki sharply turned to look at his Sempai, only to crack his neck. "Ow." Hibiki whined and rubbed his neck.
"Ragnarok, holds the Destiny of the humans." Mark replied. "Depending on who holds the power of Ragnarok, will hold the fate of Humankind in his hands. In fact, the term Joker first originated with Ragnarok."
"And what do you mean by that?" Lloyd asked.
"Joker was in fact what they originally called Ragnarok, because Ragnarok had the power to destroy all the Shadows." Mark said. "Ragnarok is what you people call, a half Vampire."
"A VAMPIRE!?" Lloyd and Hibiki shouted in surprise.
"Do those even exist?" Lloyd asked.
"They used to be common." Mark said. "Of course you humans decided to start hunting them and killing them off so they now only exist in myth. But Ragnarok was born half vampire and half human. Now one would usually think that would mean that Ragnarok would be weaker than the average Vampire, but that is in fact false. The fact that Ragnarok was half human meant that she contained a great power inside of her. The humans found this out and tried to utilize her powers to destroy the Shadows, but some one along the way sealed her up rather than use her life to destroy the Shadows."
"Wait, Ragnarok's a woman?" Lloyd asked.
"A little girl." Mark said.
"WHAT!?" Lloyd screamed.
"If you want to meet her, I can let you." Mark said. "Because the Seal that holds her in place has weakened after all these years."
"The seal?" Hibiki and Lloyd asked.
"Ace appeared to me last night." Mark explained. "His sudden appearance may mean that the Shadows are making their move. If I am to protect Ragnarok from fulfilling the Destiny of the humans, then I must act fast."
"Then what are you doing here then!?" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Because you just had to talk about everything." Mark said to Lloyd. Mark then turned to Hibiki. "Now that you know all these things about me, what are you going to do?"
"What?" Hibiki asked.
"Are you going to stay with me and risk your life to fight these Shadows, or are you going to leave me alone because of the monstrous truth?"
Hibiki was silent for a bit, but after a while. "What are you talking about Sempai?" Hibiki asked. "If I leave you alone after all we've been through, I don't think I can be called a man." Hibiki got up. "We're going together, whether you want to or not."
Mark stared at Hibiki with stern eyes, then Mark smirked. "Good boy." Mark said. "Let's go."
"Hey I'm coming with!" Lloyd shouted.
- -
King and Queen stood together. "So, what next?" King asked.
"Well we may as well try to get more energy for Ace-sama." Queen said. "And the next Shadow to be punished . . ."
"The Bear." King said.
"You're being punished for trying to live with Humans." Queen said as if sentencing whoever they were trying to punish to death. "And for that, you will destroy those that you love around you before your execution comes." Queen closed her eyes, then she started singing.
- -
From afar, a man was having a date with his girlfriend. The two were happily chatting together. Then, the man stopped, and dropped to his knees. He then roared to the skies. "What's wrong!?" The girl asked frantically.
The man's eyes started to change color. "Help me." He gasped softly, as if there was some one who could help him.
- -
Queen's song continued, bringing the one who they were trying to punish down, then all of a sudden, a Guitar was strummed.
(Insert This Love never Ends with you, Wataru Version) Queen stopped singing and held her ears in pain. "What is this." She growled.
"What is it!" King shouted. Then he heard singing. "WHAT THE!?"
Then a violin was played. King looked around to see where the music was coming from. Then he saw. Hibi Ark was playing his guitar which was plugged to his portable amplifier. Then King turned around and he saw the one playing the violin. The mysterious man who has foiled Queen's song before. The two playing and Hibi Ark singing was hurting Queen badly.
"YOU TWO BASTARDS!" King roared and transformed into the Kabuto Shadow. Then his shoulder horns fired energy at the two musicians.
Hibi Ark and the mysterious man rolled away. "Sempai, leave this to me!" Hibi Ark shouted. The mysterious man then disappeared by walking into a shadow of a tree.
"You, who the hell are you!?" King screamed at Hibi Ark as Queen got up.
Hibi Ark walked forwards. "Do you not know who I am?" Hibi Ark asked.
"SHADE!?" King and Queen shouted in surprise.
"Correct, that is who this body is!" Hibi Ark shouted. "But . . . do you not recognize anything else?"
"Huh?"
"Do you not remember . . . this!" Hibi Ark then took out the Prokishi Henshin Blade and fired an air wave at King and Queen.
King and Queen rolled away and Queen transformed into the Kuwagata Shadow. Then Hibiki played his guitar and the song hurt Queen.
"That song and that blade, you can't be that man!" King shouted and then threw a ball of energy at Hibi Ark.
Hibi Ark jumped away then took off his Guitar. He landed near his Guitar case. Hibi Ark placed the Guitar back into the case and Hibi Ark got ready to face King and Queen.
"That's right, I'm back . . . for a while at least." Hibi Ark said. "However, you shall not face Prokishi as Prokishi is now completely obsolete at this time." Then Hibi Ark took out the Shade Blaster. "Instead, you'll face him, Shade."
"CUT THE CRAP!" King shouted and drew his sword from his shadow. King charged at Hibi Ark.
Hibi Ark then fired a flash from the Shade Blaster, blinding King, "It's not nice to interrupt a Henshin." Hibi Ark commented. He then closed the Shade Blaster's mouth creating a sonic sound. The Shade belt formed in flames on Hibi Ark's waist. Hibi Ark held the Shade Blaster out at front. "HENSHIN!" Hibi Ark swiped the Shade Blaster's green gem over the eyes of the belt buckle.
Flames erupted and swallowed Hibi Ark, only to then scatter to create Shade in place of Hibi Ark. Shade's eyes flashed.
"You're foolish enough to think that you can face the two of us!" Queen screamed and she and King charged at Hibi Ark.
Hibi Ark then parried King's sword with the Shade Blaster. Queen was about to cut Shade with her twin blades, but then something jammed into her stomach.
Hibi Ark pulled out the Prokishi Henshin Blade and jammed the blade into Queen's stomach after he had parried King's slash. Hibi Ark fired an air wave from the Henshin Blade, launching Queen away. "QUEEN!" King screamed. Hibi Ark then pulled the handle of the Shade Blaster hard which extended out the handle of the Shade Blaster sword. The blade of the sword extended and slashed King's head horn. Hibi Ark then kicked King away.
King and Queen fumbled around. "Damn you." King growled at Hibi Ark. Hibiki in the past was not quite as strong as a Royal Shadow, however Hibi Ark was skilled enough to fend off the Royal Shadows. Since Hibiki is using Ark's body and using the Shade system, who knows what wonders Hibiki can do with the power of Shade who has the power to match the Royal Five.
Shade threw the Shade Blaster sword in the air and caught the sword by the handle. Shade then held the Shade Blaster sword and the Prokishi Blade at ready. "How'd you like that?" Hibi Ark taunted.
"Don't you dare mock us!" Queen shouted and fired a blizzard at Shade.
Shade then swiped the gem of the Shade Blaster sword over the eyes of the belt buckle. "BLAZE!" The belt announced.
The blizzard engulfed Shade, but then Shade charged through holding the Prokishi Blade which was now surrounded by flames. Shade was charging towards Queen. Then Shade jammed the flaming blade at Queen. Queen screamed as she was burned. Then Shade slashed King with the Demon Blazing Slash with the Shade Blaster sword. King was launched back by the flames of the slash.
"As you can see here, I'm not the same as I was back then." Hibi Ark said. "Now I'm using the power of Sempai against all of you!"
"That bastard." King growled. "I've had it with that voice of his." King roared. "I'm not holding back!" Red lightning flashed from the sky, then the lightning struck King.
"King, you can't be thinking about using that!" Queen shouted.
"I AM!" King roared. His armor became bigger and wings emerged from his back. His horn became bigger and the shoulder horns became longer. His sword also became bigger.
Hibi Ark watched in astonishment. "Oh shit." Hibi Ark said. "This is bad."
- -
Hibiki and Mark rode their motorcycles to a cave while Lloyd followed in a white car. Mark was the first to enter the cave while Hibiki and Lloyd followed. "Why'd they seal her in a cave?" Hibiki asked.
"Would you think that a great power be in a cave?" Mark asked.
"Actually with the way the storyline of most Mangas go nowadays, I wouldn't actually be surprised." Hibiki remarked.
"Oh, I didn't know." Mark said. The three continued walking. "You know I haven't read a good manga in a while, you got anything to suggest?"
"You read Manga?" Hibiki asked. "That's kind of strange."
"Why? I'm not a fossil you know." Mark said. "And I'm not even that old."
"WHY ARE YOU TWO TALKING ABOUT MANGA!?" Lloyd shouted.
"SORRY OSSAN." Mark and Hibiki said.
"DON'T CALL ME OSSAN!" Lloyd screamed at Mark.
Eventually the three reached the end of the cave, and where they reached was quite bright despite the cave being extremely dark. "Wow." Hibiki gasped in awe and looked up. The light around was an eerie blue. It was kind of weird how the light got in especially since there wasn't even an opening to the outside world. In fact, where they were now at was more like a huge temple room than a cave actually.
"Now this I would never have expected to be in a cave." Lloyd said.
In the center of the room, was a black coffin. On the coffin was a golden sharp cross shape. Mark walked up to the coffin and Hibiki and Lloyd examined the coffin.
"Is she in here?" Lloyd asked.
"Yes, Ragnarok resides in this coffin." Mark answered.
"So should we open this up?" Hibiki asked.
"No need for your help." Mark said. He reached into his coat ready to pull out something. Mark looked at the cross shape on the coffin. The cross was starting to crack. On the center of the cross shape, was a slot for a crest.
Before Mark was able to pull out the thing he was pulling out, his voice started to sound through out the room in an echo. "Oh how nice for you all to lead me here." The voice laughed maniacally. Then all of a sudden, five shadowy blobs entered the room. Figures rose from these shadows. King, Queen, Jack, and Lioness in their Shadow forms. They were on one knee, bowing as their leader rose from the center, Ace in his civilian form.
"WHAT THE!?" Lloyd looked at the human form of Ace then at Mark. "H-h-he . . ." Lloyd pointed at Ace.
"Aku's my twin." Mark said growling.
"Whose Aku?" Lloyd asked.
"Just like my true name is Shade, his true name is Aku." Mark explained.
"Now that just isn't fair little brother." Ace said. "You know as much that a traitor like you . . . doesn't have the right to call me by my true name."
"Who cares, I'm not even a part of your group anymore." Mark retorted.
"That's right, because you're this great Joker." Ace made hand motions in the air. King, Queen, Jack, and Lioness stood up. "Of course we'll be taking Ragnarok with us now, since you have no need for Ragnarok."
"Actually I think you misunderstood the purpose of Ragnarok, so I can't let you people have it." Mark retorted.
"Oh, and do you think you alone can face off against the Royal Five?" Ace asked. "And before you mention about Ten, Lioness here has enough power to becomes the next Ten if she wanted to."
"Actually," Hibiki said. He ran right next to Mark. "He's not alone." Hibiki drew his Henshin Blade. "He has me!"
"And me!" Lloyd shouted standing to the other side of Mark with his cane ready.
"What can a mere human like you do?" Ace and Mark said to Lloyd in unison.
"I'M NOT JUST A MERE HUMAN!" Lloyd screamed at Mark and only Mark.
"Hey he said it too." Mark pointed at Ace.
Then Inu, Taka, and Tora (in their animal forms) ran in and stood to the other side of Hibiki. "Eh, what are your pets doing here?" Hibiki asked. Then Inu, Taka, and Tora transformed into their true forms, surprising Hibiki. "WAH!"
"I really don't see a disadvantage on my side." Mark said. "After all, it's five against five."
Hibiki counted, he counted Six on their side. "There's six." Hibiki said.
"What do you mean?" Mark asked. He started counting. Inu, Taka, Tora, Hibiki, and himself which made five.
"WHAT ABOUT ME!?" Lloyd shouted at Mark.
"Ok, five plus a mere human." Mark said. Lloyd wasn't happy with the way every one was treating him. Mark and Ace then stood at ready, sweat dropped down Mark's forehead as he feared fighting his own brother. Then the two reached into their coats.
Hibiki quickly snapped on his Prokishi Belt. "STANDBY!" Lloyd and the three Arm Beasts ran towards the Royal Five.
Ace and Mark ran towards each other. Hibiki ran and inserted the Henshin Blade into his belt. "HENSHIN!" Hibiki announced.
"SHINE!" The Prokishi belt announced and Hibiki transformed after a bronze image of the Prokishi suit crashed into his body. He aimed for King. Lloyd and Taka fought with Lioness, Inu fought with Queen, and Tora fought with Jack.
Mark and Ace pulled out their respective blasters from their coats then clashed blasters. Mark and Ace slid past each other and slid through the ground to sharply turn and look at each other. Mark and Ace then closed their blasters. A sonic sound sounded from the Shade Blaster while a distorted sonic sound sounded from the Aku Blaster. Red Flames engulfed Mark's waist to create the Shade belt while Black Flames engulfed Ace to form the Aku belt. "HENSHIN!" The two shouted and swiped their respective blasters over their belts. Black Flames erupted and scattered to create the Aku suit. Heroic Red Flames swallowed Mark and scattered to create the Shade suit. The two brothers then clashed at each other with the sword mode of their blasters. Shade pushed Aku back. Aku recovered and swept at Shade's feet. Shade jumped in the air and switched his Shade Blaster to blaster mode. Shade fired a fire ball at Aku. Aku rolled away and he too switched his Aku Blaster to blaster mode. Aku fired three black fire balls at Shade. Shade was shot in the air and he fell on the coffin.
"SHADE-SEMPAI!" Hibiki shouted. He slashed King with the Henshin Blade and kicked King away. Hibiki ran towards Ace and pushed the button on the Prokishi Henshin Blade. Hibiki then pushed the Henshin Blade into the belt buckle of the Prokishi Belt.
"KISHI RISE!" The Prokishi Belt announced. Hibiki drew the energized Henshin Blade and jumped in the air. "RAH!" Hibiki shouted. "Hissatsu, ORE NO HISSATSU WAZA!" Hibiki ran and jammed the Henshin Blade into Aku's back. "BURST VERSION!" Hibiki pulled the Henshin Blade back and the energy that was left on Aku's back by the Henshin Blade exploded on Aku.
Aku fumbled around. "Ow, that actually hurt." Ace said calmly. Ace turned to Hibiki. "You're not half bad boy." Hibiki charged at Ace and threw a punch, "of course, you're only still just a human!" Aku punched Hibiki on the stomach. Hibiki inside the Prokishi suit gagged. "A human wearing a knight's armor is still a human!" Aku then grabbed Hibiki's neck. Aku threw Hibiki to the ground.
Aku jumped back and Hibiki got up. Then Aku swiped his Aku Blaster over the blood red eyes of his belt buckle. "DARKNESS!" The Aku belt announced in a distorted voice. Aku's right leg revealed itself. Then Aku started floating with Darkness surrounding him. Aku started spinning and the Darkness turned into Black Flames. Aku was ready to corkscrew kick Hibiki.
"HIBIKI!" Mark screamed after seeing his brother ready to finish off Hibiki.
"No you don't!" Inu growled. He then clawed Queen and kicked off of Queen's body. Inu flipped in the air and transformed into the Frost Spear, cutting Queen at the moment of transformation. The Frost Spear then flew and rammed Aku.
"GARGH!" Aku flew backwards after being smacked by the Frost Spear. The Frost Spear then flew into Hibiki's hands.
Hibiki stared at the spear in surprise. "I don't know what's going on, but I like this!" Hibiki then pushed the button and jammed his Henshin Blade into his belt buckle.
"KISHI RISE!" The energy of the blade rather then stay on the blade, moved up to Hibiki's hands, energizing the Frost Spear as well.
"Ore no Hissatsu Waza!" Hibiki shouted.
"FROST. . ." The Frost Spear shouted.
"VERSION!" Hibiki screamed and jumped into the air and stabbed the Frost Spear into Aku's chest. The energy of the Prokishi belt which transferred to the Frost Spear exploded on Aku.
Aku screamed and fumbled back. "ACE-SAMA!" King shouted, then King ran towards Hibiki.
Shade looked sharply at Taka and Tora. "Taka, transform into your gun form and help out that old man!" Mark shouted.
"HM!" Taka nodded then transformed into his Wind Vulcan form and flew to Lloyd's hand.
"What's this?" Lloyd asked.
"Fire me!" Taka shouted. Lloyd obeyed and fired shots which then hit Lioness, Queen and Jack.
"Whoa." Lloyd looked at the green gun that was all of a sudden in his hands.
"Tora, you have a weapon form right, show me!" Mark shouted.
"Yes!" Tora nodded after stepping on the shot Jack. Tora jumped into the air and transformed in a golden light into the Crush Gauntlets. The Crush Gauntlets flew into Mark's hands.
King was ready to cut Hibiki, but then Shade came flying by with the Crush Gauntlets in hand. Shade smashed the Gauntlets into King's face. King went flying. Shade Mark threw the Crush Gauntlets into the air and the Crush Gauntlets transformed into the Crush Gauntlet Hammer and Shade grabbed hold of the hammer. "Time to die King!" Mark shouted. He then drew his Shade Blaster. Shade swiped the Shade Blaster's gem over the Belt Buckle.
"BLAZE!" The belt announced. Then Mark swiped the Crystal which was at the middle of the rod of the Crush Gauntlet Hammer over the Belt Buckle. "CRUSH!" The Shade belt announced.
Fire and rocks surrounded Shade. Shade's right leg revealed itself. Shade then slid through the ground and held the Crush Gauntlet Hammer with his left hand. Shade smashed King and King was caught on the hammer head of the Hammer. "GOTCHA!" Mark shouted. Flames surrounded his leg and Mark swung his leg in a Roundhouse kick.
"KING!" Jack shouted then pushed King away after the hammer was not on King anymore. Jack was kicked in place of King.
"JACK!" King screamed while Jack's black soul flew away to one day reform into the Mantis Shadow. "SHADE! YOU'LL PAY!" King ran towards Shade, only for Hibiki to come and slash King with the Henshin Blade. Then Hibiki stabbed King with the Frost Spear.
Shade turned around and Aku was ready to punch open the coffin. "NO!" Mark shouted. Shade dropped the Crush Gauntlet Hammer. The Shade suit dematerialized and Mark reached into his jacket. He pulled out a crest. This crest resembled a shining light, kind of like a snowflake but more reminiscent of a shine. It was white and pink in color. In fact, the slot on the cross seemed to be in the same shape. Mark made a miraculous jump and was able to get above the coffin. Mark inserted the crest in his hand on the slot and turned the slot. Mark slid across the coffin all the way to the floor while the crest all of a sudden glowed a bright light which blinded Ace.
The coffin's seal completely shattered and the coffin lid flew open, revealing a little girl in the coffin. This girl had long black hair and she wore a black frilly dress. Then the ground started to shake.
"Everyone, get out!" Mark shouted. "The cave's going to collapse!" Mark reached into the coffin and pulled out the sleeping girl.
"YOSH!" Hibiki shouted and inserted the Steed Crest into his Henshin Blade. Hibiki inserted the blade into his belt buckle.
"STEED CALLER!" The Prokishi Steed and the Shade Cycle then rammed through some rocks to get into the room. Hibiki holding the Frost Spear got on to the Prokishi Steed and then rode towards Lloyd and picked up Lloyd and put Lloyd on the back seat. Hibiki gave Lloyd the Frost Spear so Lloyd ended up holding the Frost Spear, the Wind Vulcan, and his (Lloyd) cane.
Mark quickly got on to the Shade Cycle and Tora transformed back into a Crush Tiger, his race. Tora got behind Mark and Mark drove out while holding the little girl in his hands.
Ace growled. "All of you, we're retreating!" Ace shouted. Then Lioness, Queen, King, and Ace all fell into the shadows and escaped.
Mark and Hibiki maneuvered around the falling rocks and the rough terrain. Finally the two were able to reach outside and they drove out the entrance, with the entrance being enclosed by rocks falling down on the entrance.
The Shade Cycle and the Prokishi Steed skid across the road and they turned to see the eternally closed entrance.
"So, did we win?" Hibiki asked.
"Yeah, we did." Mark said looking down at the sleeping little girl in his arm.
"Is that?" Lloyd asked.
"Yes, this little girl here, she is Ragnarok." Mark replied. The cute little girl slept soundly.
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Hibi Ark was having trouble against the powered up King. King ferociously slashed at Hibi Ark. Hibi Ark tried to retaliate but King had gotten so much faster. It doesn't help that Queen was freezing the ground around to slip up Hibi Ark while King gave out aerial strikes. Hibi Ark struggled and struggled but he just couldn't win. "Damn it!" Hibi Ark shouted. "How am I supposed to win now!?" Then the Demonic Growl sounded in his head. Hibi Ark sighed. "Ark, I hope you can pull through!" Day Ark took over.
Ark parried one of King's strikes. Ark pushed King away. "What the, why am I in battle?" Ark asked himself. He looked at the Prokishi Blade. "What the heck is this?"
"SHADE!" King screamed. King flew at Ark while Queen came from the other side to attack Ark. King slashed Ark then Queen jammed her twin blades in the shape of a Stag Beetle horn on Ark's back. Queen raised Ark in the air.
"FROZEN CUTTER!" Queen announced and Ark's back was struck with energy from Queen's attack.
Ark screamed and fell on his front. King got ready to stab Ark's back, but Ark quickly rolled away. Ark held out the three Armed Crests and got ready to swipe them, till he remembered what happened the day before. Ark was afraid to use all three crests together, but how else was he going to defeat King and Queen? Actually, why was he fighting King and Queen in the first place? Ark decided that he needed to risk it and he was ready to swipe the Frost Crest.
"STOP!" Hibiki's voice resounded.
"Huh?" Ark looked around to see who was talking to him. "Whose there?"
"I'm in your head, and don't use that Crest!" Hibiki exclaimed. "Just wait."
"Who are you?" Ark asked.
"Don't worry, I'm someone you can trust." Hibiki replied.
Then a song sounded in the area. The voice was a female's voice and the song sounded so ethereal. It was so enchanting. King and Queen stopped and tried to figure out who was singing the song.
In an instant, a large sword flew from the sky and almost skewered Ark had it not landed in front of him. The sword had a giant red blade and the handle was golden in color with red wings extended out as it was shield like in appearance. It was elegant in design and it also resembled a magic circle. Ark ran up to the sword and examined the sword. "What the heck is this thing?" Ark asked. Then a crest flew into his hand. This crest looked exactly like the one that Mark used all those years ago to open that coffin, only it was red instead of white. The pink remained. Ark noticed that on the handle, there was a slot for a crest. Ark looked at the slot then at the crest.
"Insert it!" Hibiki announced.
Ark didn't know what was going to happen, but the voice in his head told him to do so. "Hey, I don't know what this does," Ark said to King and Queen, "but my conscience told me to do this."
"I'm not your conscience." Hibiki said, but Ark didn't hear, somehow.
Ark inserted the crest into the slot the same way Mark inserted the crest into the slot on the coffin. The sword made a sound. Then Ark, by instinct, swiped the Shade Blaster's gem over the crest.
The Shade Blaster's eyes flashed and blinked. Then the Shade Blaster announced, "REVEAL . . . ARK FORM!"
Flames erupted from the ground near Ark. The flames engulfed Ark's body, forming new armor for Ark. Red gauntlets appeared on his arm, his shoulders became flame like. Anklets formed on his legs. His chest received red armor was dragonic in appearance. Connected horns formed between his eyes near the gem that was between his eyes. His eyes became a brighter red. A red cape erupted out of his back in flames.
Ryuko flew out of nowhere and attached himself to Ark's left wrist. "What the!?" Ark looked at his arm. "What the heck is this!?" Ryuko didn't speak to Ark, mainly because Ryuko didn't want Ark to know about his (Ryuko) existence yet.
Enter . . . Kamen Rider Blaze . . . ARK FORM!
"Wha-wha-what!?" King screamed ."WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?"
"Shade . . . he's received another new power!" Queen exclaimed.
Ark didn't know what was going on, but he could feel that this form is going to be much stronger than his other forms. Ark held the sword, named the Reveal Calibur, at ready.
King growled at Shade, then flew towards Ark. "Wait King!" Queen shouted. She knew that there was no way for them to match up to Shade now.
"SHADE!" King shouted. "JUST DIE!" King swung his sword.
Then Ark parried King's slash with the shield handle of the Reveal Calibur. Ark pushed King back and swung the Reveal Calibur. Ark sliced King and many sparks flew out of King's body.
"GRAH!" King screamed. King fell and rolled on the ground. King then flew into the air. "DIE!" King's horns charged red lightning and fired the energy at Ark.
As it turned out, the cape behind Ark was not a cape at all, but actually two red dragonic wings attached together. The wings detached from each other and Ark flew into the air, dodging the blast.
"WHAT!" King and Queen shouted in surprise as they were shocked that Shade could fly now.
Ark flew around in the air. "This is . . . awesome." Ark then flew towards King. Ark swung the Reveal Calibur and slashed King. King recovered and slashed at Ark. Ark flipped and flew backwards. Ark then flew forward and slashed King. King parried and pushed Ark back. Ark however kicked King before being pushed back, thus pushing King even further. Ark then flew higher into the sky. King followed.
"Shade, just die!" King shouted and fired red lightning from his shoulder horns at Ark. Ark maneuvered in the sky gracefully and dodged. Ark then flew downwards and sliced off one of King's wings. "AHH!" King screamed with a gag. Then Ark flew up and sliced the other wing of King off. King couldn't scream any more and he fell to the ground.
Ark however didn't stop with the onslaught. Ark flew downwards and kicked King with a flying side kick. Ark came down with King on his foot. Ark kicked King into the ground. "KING!" Queen screamed in worry.
Ark stood still and turned the handle of the Reveal Calibur around and swiped the Crest on the handle over his belt buckle. "REVEAL SHADE!" The Reveal Calibur announced. Ark sheathed the Reveal Calibur on his back. Ark jumped high into the sky and his wings enlarged. Ark then came flying downwards as the now wingless King stumbled to get up.
"HAH!" Ark shouted. Ark then kicked King with multiple kicks, each kick ending with one of his enlarged wings cutting up King. Ark continued this with his other leg, thus the other wing slashed King in flames. With the right leg the right wing slashed, with the left leg, the left wing slashed. Eventually Ark kicked off of King, ending with both wings cutting up King. King was launched back and King returned to his human form. King dropped to the ground.
Ark wasn't done yet though. Ark drew his Reveal Calibur from behind and swiped the Shade Blaster over the Crest of the Reveal Calibur. "REVEAL SHADE!" The Shade Blaster shouted.
Ark held the Reveal Calibur at ready after putting the Shade Blaster on the side of the belt. The red blade of the Reveal Calibur started to glow red. Ark flew into the air and flew downwards. The blade extended in a red glow.
"KING!" Queen screamed and ran in front of King to protect King. Ark slashed Queen with a gigantic Rider slash and Queen screamed. She stumbled after getting slash and fell near King. She returned to her human form.
Both King and Queen started to glow a medley of colors. They were about ready to shatter. "Queen." King weakly said as he reached for Queen.
"King." Queen weakly said and she too reached for King's hand. The two tried to grab each other, but they were too weak. They were about to shatter, until a dark force surrounded them and their bodies regain their usual colors.
Ark looked in surprise. A shadowy blob on the ground rose up to form the Mantis Shadow, Jack. "To think that I would have to use my powers to revive you two." Jack said. "Or rather, I should be saying that it's all Shade's fault." Jack stared at Shade in Shade's ultimate form. King and Queen got up, now back in full health. "Shade, you may have won today, but the Royal Five will never lose to you, because one day, Ragnarok will belong to us!" Jack, King, and Queen then disappeared into the the shadows.
"What the heck was that all about?" Ark asked. Then the Reveal Calibur along with the Crest that came along with it and Ryuko all flew away from Ark, leaving Shade in his Blaze Form. Ark watched as the sword and little wyvern flew away. The Shade suit dematerialized. "Actually . . . why the heck was I fighting again?" Ark wondered. He didn't remember anything that Hibiki did. "And why am I wearing this?" Ark wondered where he got the clothes from. "And . . . did I just beat King and Queen?" Ark tried to think, but then he just fainted because King kind of gave Hibi Ark a beating, and Ark took a big beating from both King and Queen.
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The little girl was sleeping soundly in Mark's bed. "So, this little girl has the power to destroy the Shadows." Hibiki said.
"Doesn't really look like it." Lloyd said.
"Do not let her cute looks fool you . . . she is a Vampire that has the power to end the Shadows once and for all." Mark said.
"Doesn't seem like it." Hibiki muttered.
"No seriously." Mark pulled the girl's lips up. "She has fangs."
"Well I believe you, but still . . ." Hibiki said.
Mark released the girl's lips, then the girl started to moan. "She's waking up." Mark said.
The girl woke up and sat in the bed. She wiped her eyes, then saw a strange fedora wearing man in front of her, a teenager, and an old man. She whimpered and hid behind the covers. Mark took off the covers and the little girl started to cry, "who are you people?"
"Do not worry, we won't hurt you." Mark said and bowed.
"She's really cute." Lloyd said after seeing the girl cry.
"Whoa, don't show off your pedophile tendencies now." Hibiki said.
"WHOSE A PEDOPHILE!?" Lloyd whacked Hibiki.
Then the little girl's stomach growled. "I'm . . . hungry." The little girl said. Mark, Hibiki, and Lloyd all sweat dropped.
"Well . . . being sealed for centuries ought to work up an appetite right?" Mark remarked.
Mark had some cake so he fed cake to the girl. The girl happily ate the cake.
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It was night time and Night Ark entered the mansion. Hikari came up to Ark and kissed Ark on the lips. "Welcome home Shade-san." Hikari said, with her arms around Ark.
"Nice to have you greeting me when I come home." Ark said with his arms around Hikari. "But I don't think we should do this with some one else around."
"Seto-san's already left for home though." Hikari said.
I wasn't talking about Seto. Ark thought, referring to Hibiki.
"Kamu." Hikari then said cutely and bit Ark's neck, only to release it after a sip.
"You look really cute when you do that." Ark remarked in a loving tone and Hikari giggled. "Anyway, I got cake outside, you want to eat it."
"Ok." Hikari nodded.
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The little girl ate a third helping of cake. "This girl can eat." Hibiki muttered. "Then again . . . she was trapped in that coffin for who knows how long."
"So, what's your name?" Mark asked the little girl.
"It's not Ragnarok?" Lloyd asked Mark.
"Well . . . I don't think that's her name." Mark said to Lloyd. Mark looked at the little girl. The little girl was quite shy. She didn't answer because she was scared of the three strangers.
"My name is Hikaru Hibiki." Hibiki decided to break the ice. He extended out a hand to the little girl. "Pleasure to meet you." The little girl gasped softly and looked at Hibiki's hand. She grabbed Hibiki's index finger and shook his hand. The girl's got small hands. Hibiki thought since his hands weren't exactly huge.
"I'm Lloyd, just leave it at that." Lloyd said to Hikari.
"And my name is Shade, but you can call me Ryusei Mark." Mark said to the little girl after giving a bow. "Now, will you tell us your name?"
The little girl was still shy about the whole thing.
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Ark gave Hikari a helping of the cake that he got after waking up from Day Ark's faint. "Itadakimasu." Hikari said softly and helped herself to the cake. She took one bite.
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The little girl took one bite of the cake before answering Mark. "Um . . . my name is Yamitenshi . . .Hikari." She answered.
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EH!? That little girl is the Hikari that we know!? Could she really be . . . the same Hikari that is eating cake with Ark right now!?
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"Hikari, that's a fine name." Mark said to the young Hikari. He then scooted up closer to Hikari. "Do not worry Hikari, I will protect you from any dangers that may come."
"And you have me too!" Hibiki said pointing to himself.
"You guys know about me?" Hikari asked.
Hibiki nodded. "Yep, and we'll do everything we can to make sure no harm comes to you! You can bet on it!" Hibiki held out his pinky. "I swear it on this very pinky." Hikari looked at Hibiki's pinky, then she wrapped her pinky around Hibiki's. GOD SHE'S SO CUTE! Hibiki thought squealed about the little Hikari.
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Inu, Taka, and Tora sat in the room. "So, it has come to this." Inu said.
"That girl, I knew she was familiar." Taka said.
"It seems that now Master Ark now has even more power than ever before." Tora said.
The three stood up. "From now on, the fight here is only going to get even harder." Inu said.
"We must prepare ourselves." Taka said.
"For the fight that is about to come." Tora finished.
Even though the three spoke with grim tones, Ark and Hikari were happily and peacefully having their cake and eating it. (The cake is not a lie!)
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This ends the long awaited Chapter 22, I hope you guys enjoyed it, so please review! I hope none of you abandoned me and this fic!
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A Fic preview . . .
The screen is dark, a dark room gets revealed, a blue rider sits at the center. "With this my plans are complete. Farewell . . . HEROES OF ALL TIME!"
"The fate of the future . . . is going to be in ruin." Night Ark says. The screen shatters to pieces!
The Blue Rider skids on the streets with his bike. "Unless I do this, you and the later generations of heroes are going to destroy this world."
"Like that will ever happen!" Tenkishi shouts and fires a shot at the Blue Rider.
Shade is later seen chasing the Blue Rider on the motorcycle. "Give me back Hikari!" Ark shouts.
The greatest enemy has appeared . . .
In order to defeat him, the greatest heroes of Redryuranger11 must gather together to defeat him!
"WAH! Give me back my Katana!" A boy name Ryuuji screams as a Fedora wearing Mark is holding Ryuuji's Katana.
. . . or not?
(there is no BGM here)
"FROZAR!" Ryuuji shouts while standing between Ark and another Hero. "We won't let you go any further! All three of us, we won't lose to some guy with twisted dreams of salvation!"
Ryuuji, Ark, and the third hero are shown in three split screens.
(Insert an upbeat song, I would suggest something like Jealkb's MakeMagic)
"HENSHIN!" The three heroes shout.
Winter Special! Heroes Unite! Battle against the Great Freeze!
"I'll make sure you don't win." Night Ark says to the blue rider.
Brace yourselves, it's going to be one heck of a cold ride.