Kamen Rider: The Rise of Zeus (RPG Thread)

[Dark Kabuto]

Umiko was the one to jump into Eric This feels quite strange... She thought, she then turned to the doctors "Um, you see...this girl's body is rather weak yet, despite this...she's been working double, and tripple shifts at the store she works...you see...her mother is deathly ill, and she needs the money in order to pay for her operation...poor thing pushed herself too hard."

The doctors began sniffling "We'll do all we can to help her!" He said

A couple of hours later, the doctors were able to stable Ayako's condition. She was laying inside a room, with a respirator, a breathing mask was over her mouth, to help get some air back into her lungs.

A nurse came to get Eric and Ryu "Thank you for waiting you two...she'll be fine...please...this way." The nurse said, she escorted the two to Ayako's room "She's sleeping right now...so try not to disterb her." She bowed and left the room silently.

Her four Imagine appeared beside her bed "she's going to pull through...thank goodness..." Akiko said

"Honestly Aki-Chan...you worry too much" Akiko said

She laid there asleep, breathing heavily. "Bro....ther..." she muttered in her sleep.

[Kai Yamato]

Meanwhile, there's a ruckus going on at the other room. "I can't be in the hospital for a few days! I got to go to work!" A familiar voice yelled.

"Sir, you're bleeding a lot of blood!"

"It's just a flesh wound! It will heal soon!"

"You're going to die if it doesn't get treated now!"

Kyouya, bandaged up is trying to leave the room but the nurses is pulling him back. Apparently a passerby found him and called for help, getting him to where he is now. "I can't miss work! I just can't!"

"Look, if it makes you feel better! You can just call your boss!" The nurse told him.

[kamen rider suzuka]

Ryu sat in a chair in the room that he guessed was intended for guests and said to eric. "Hey your a rider right...listen that other rider the one that attacked me and her before you showed up I thought I heard her..." he takes a second motioning towards ayako and continued talking saying "call the rider decade." "He is oviously targeting us trying to eliminate riders whoever he is working for they obviously don't want any riders around...I think decade was the one that defeated the magnificent ten," ryu looked over at eric and said, "and now that he is also targeting other riders I think it would be safer for you and me to stay with her decade ran after he was outnumbered four to one so I think all of us will have a better chance of fighting him sticking together if he shows up again."

Ryu stood up and offered his hand to eric for a handshake and said "Im Ryu Kazuki and I guess you could call me the temporary faiz atleast till I find were the real one and the other magnificent ten members are."

[Dark Kabuto]

The noise from the next room ended up waking Ayako up, her eyes fluttered open to the all too familiar glare of the lights. She looked around and saw herself hooked up to various machines

"Oh! Ayako! Your up!" Ayako nodded, she still felt weak, but better then she was before. Her hand shook, as she slowly reached towards her breathing mask, and pulled it down, her arm fell limp "...Where's Brother...?" Ayako asked

Her Imagine looked at one another, Akiko shook her head "Sorry...Aya-chan, we don't know..." Akiko said

"Brother..." Ayako said



On board the Zero Liner

Shin sat alone in the room, staring at a photo he took with Ayako: the first thing he did when he met her was he took her to the beach Shin closed his eyes, as Deneb came into the room with food

"You miss her, don't you?" Deneb asked setting it down. Shin grabbed his chop sticks and began eating the assortment.

"...very much" Shin said

"If you miss her...you should go see her...I bet that'll make her very happy" Deneb said

"I can't...it's for her protection" Shin said

"But Shin! You know she's Den-O...she's more then capable of handling herself!" Deneb protested. Shin slammed his hand on the table "DENEB! That's exactly why I can't be with her yet!!! Zeus knows she's Den-O...there going to make things that much more harder for her!" Shin said

"But...isn't that why you should be by her side? I'm sure the burden of being Den-O wouldn't be as hard with you there..." Deneb said Shin sighed "I'll think about it." He said returning to his meal.

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New York
Morgan sat in her hotel room, and began packing her luggage case, meanwhile watching the news

"Earlier today, two different yet similiar armored beings fought in the middle of downtown." They were showing footage from her fight earlier with the fake Kiva. There was a photo of Kiva shown, with a headline Mysterious costumed person...friend or foe? "Police arrived on the sceene, but there efforts were easily thwarted...watch as the one clad in black shoots down the chopper with ease. At this time there there has been only one reported casualty...a young college student. Police are currently investigating the matter..Christine Ray Channel Six news."

Morgan turned the TV off and grinned "they'll think the Fake was responsible for the attack now" Shade said

"That was my intent." She said laughing, she finally finished packing and stood up "The police will be searching for our fake now...a shame I can't stay to see how things go...oh well..." She said and began walking towards the elevator.

[Tigerhawk21]

Eric listened as Ryu talked to him. What he said made a lot of sense. Taking the offered hand Eric shook it. "Nice to meet you Ryu, I'm Eric Odol. And Kamen Rider Ryuki. Sorry for not giving you a choice and dragging you through the mirror world."

"Decade huh. That guy... we'll definitely have to watch out for him. Staying together" Eric glanced at Ayako "would be a very good idea."

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Shen stumbled into the underground, heading toward his room. Wounds from the fight were still bleeding. Finally arriving at his room Shen went in and began to bandage his wounds.

"I've failed again." He thought "But I found out there are more riders active than Master first thought."

[Kai Yamato]

"Yeah... They said I'll have to stay in the hospital until my injuries are healed." Kyouya told to the company president on the phone. "I sealed two Undeads. Well, the first one I sort of got help with... But I defeated the other one on my own!"

"I see... Well, take a rest then. No need to push yourself." The company president.

"Really? A-alright then. I'll see you at work when I get better then." Kyouya hangs up.

"Was that Kyouya Takashiro?" The assistant asked him.

"Yes. He's in the hospital, treated for his injuries." The company president replied.

The assistant pushes his glasses, "You know if he keeps getting himself into trouble like this. It'll be bad for the company's finances."

"Indeed. But... Was it really worth it to put that young man in such a dangerous task?" The company president thought to himself.

Back at the hospital, Kyouya walks in the hallways. "Phew... I guess I can miss work this time. But still, I'm going to have to deal with the bills after this." He sighed to himself.

[Ingram Plisken]

(OOC: Sorry I hadn't posted lately, work has kept me busy)

Washington DC, 4:00pm

“Sir, we've obtained footage of one of the targets, Kiva. According to the information, he goes by the name of Jackson Beauregard, there's just one problem Mr President.”

His hands, well worn from age lifted a cup of tea slowly to his lips and he took a nice, long drink of it before setting it back down on the coaster and shuffling through his papers before his eyes lifted upwards, “What's the problem son?” The young man, well, compared to him at least cleared his throat before speaking. “Well, he doesn't technically exist. We can't find a birth record, social security number or anything for Jackson Beauregard, it's like he's a ghost.” Gerald E. Taylor rubs his eyes for a moment before he looks at the young man, raising his hand a second time to stroke the black greyish beard he wore. “That's fine son, just blanket New York City with Cameras, and I want enough satellites on that city so I can see an old lady littering, find those other two, Kuuga and Orga, then prepare me a Press Conference. Now, about that fight between Kiva and the other strange one, don't worry son, she's one of us. Just have the Mayor of New York do a press conference and explain it's all part of a new movie with amazing new gadgets and gizmos for the kiddos and what they saw was a prop, nothing real. That helicopter crew who landed on the castle? Kill them, squash any news that it might be real. No need to start a panic. Also, that reporter who went on about the fight? Have her fired and the station issue an apology about it, saying they reported before all the facts were known. ”


New York City, Morgan's hotel room

Hades appeared in her room without notice, nor warning. He didn't say nothing at first before he crossed the room quickly and his long, bony fingers would wrap through her hair tightly and sharply yank her head backwards at a most painful angle as he spoke. “Do not defy the will of Zeus, for you exist because I allow you to. Your power is that of a child compared to me.”

His arm moved, to roughly slam her face down hard enough to crack the frame of the bed she lay on, an inhuman growl escaping from the depths of his robes as he started to speak again. “Your stunt requires me to alter my plans, and you will not do it again. You will not touch Kiva again, or you'll face my personal wrath, and you'll wish you never crossed me, fangire.” He started to laugh for a moment at her as he released her hair and moved, too quickly for unaided eyes to see behind the servant, his hands going over his shoulders, thumbs on his collarbones as he stared towards her, although it would look like the night itself was looking at her. “Do your orders, now.”

The next moment, Hades would retreat into the mirror, and back to the location where Zeus's headquarters were, clearly he wasn't happy. Hades was annoyed, if pushed to anger, somebody would die, and die horribly.

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20 Miles outside of New York City, 10 feet underground, Castle Doran

Jackson's eyes slowly opened, blinking before he groans and rolls out of the bed, feet touching the cold wood of the floor before he stops in his tracks, looking at the three arms monsters standing side by side a few feet away from the bed. He doesn't say anything for the moment as he looks around, then goes to stand by the far right edge and grasp it tightly with his hand to hold him in place.

“So, how did the previous Kiva deal with a flying dragon castle and the last of the demon races?” He said it with a sneer towards them before he dropped back onto the bed, groaning slowly. “Ya know, I haven't had a fight like that in a very long time, the next time I see that hag, things will turn out much differently”

[kamen rider suzuka]

Ryu was thinking about the encounter with decade thinking "he was able to stop one of my finishers with just his sword what a terrible power that rider has." He then noticed the girl that was Den-O wake up and said "oww your awake good." Since she didnt see him cancel his transformation Ryu held up the faiz gear to show her he was the rider that helped her when decade attacked.

[Tigerhawk21]

Eric went over to Ayako and smiled. "Glad your awake. Doctors say you'll be fine, you just over did it a bit. But given the circumstances..." Eric grinned warily pulling out his Advent Deck "Oh sorry! I'm Eric Odol and Kamen Rider Ryuki."

Turning to the blue Imagin Eric remarked with a glanced toward Ayako "I've never been possessed before... it was strange. But well worth it."

[Dark Kabuto]

New York: Morgan's Hotel room

My queen! Shade said, she could only helpless watch as Morgan was thrown around like a helpless rag doll. "urgh..." Morgan said, as Hades slammed her into the bed. She slowly rose up, black blood could be seen trickling down her face. The wound quickly closed up, like it had not been there to begin with.

Morgan clenched her fist "Damn that Hades..." She thought, letting out a low, threatening hiss. Standing up, she cracked her neck and limped towards her downed luggage case, she she stepped into when the elevator came up, she stepped into it and took the long decent downward.

As Queen, she had powers...powers that could easily rival that of Hades...however, she was forced to obey. She hated this kind of treatment, the Queen of the fangires reduced to nothing more then a punching bag. However...there was nothing she could do at this point.

Down the elevator she went, a stretch limo was waiting for her. Inside was a woman clad in black "Good evening, Mistress Morgan" She said she passed her a brown envelope "You're orders and your target are inside." she said

Morgan opened the envelope up and took out a file folder. "Den-O...eh? Hard to believe someone so young...can be a rider..." She said, it was turning the next page that made her blood boil. "...What...? Am I reduced to being a baby sitter now!?" She let out a hiss ripping the paper in her hand in half "The Queen of the Fangires...reduced to a child sitter?! Such insolence..." She said "That is your orders, Queen...you are to watch Den-O...and stick to her very closely...but there is more." She said

"Go on..." Morgan said, she already upset Hades once today "You are to wait for the right moment...and take the Den-O girl to our Japan branch." She said
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Tokyo, general hospital

Umiko nodded "It was an...interesting feeling for me, as well.".

Ayako blinked "you're...also riders?" She asked her voice was corse and shaky. She slowly began to move, trying to sit up right. She made it half way before plopping on the bed again "Ayako!" Akiko said, but Chiko stopped her

Closing her eyes she took in a few breaths, before willing the strength to sit up right, tucking her knees in "I guess you know by now that I'm Den-O..." She said

"That strange rider we fought...he wasn't human was he?" She asked "Why...why do Riders have to be destroyed?! Who's after us? Who sent that rider?" Ayako began feeling light headed again, and had to lay back down.

She looked away from the two "...I must look pathetic right now, do I?" She asked

[Kurou Daijuuji]

New York

"Kazuya Soukichi, not Kaz either and none of that honorific crap them damn rice eaters love to attach to their names to make them sound more important, just Kazuya."

"Fine with me."

Brad had maken sure to take a varying route toward their destination on the off chance they were being followed..you never know who was watching you in this city. Behind the wheel of the '81 Vette, it was almost like being in a different place entirely. No monsters, crazy people, or flying dragon castles in the middle of New York friggin' City. He doesn't feel the need to fill the air with conversation, and just flicks on the classic rock station to listen to on the drive across town. He pulls up in the parking garage of an upscale hotel - the same one Morgan happens to be staying at, and where his room is - and goes inside.

"It's a little expensive, but this place has a well stocked bar."

Time passes without much of note, until a line in the background from the TV makes Brad nearly choke on the beer he's drinking, and he sets the bottle of Shiner on the table, paying more attention to the news.

"Hey, Kazuya." He nods his head over at the big screen.

"Earlier today, two different yet similiar armored beings fought in the middle of downtown." There was a photo of Kiva shown, with a headline Mysterious costumed person...friend or foe? "Police arrived on the sceene, but there efforts were easily thwarted...watch as the one clad in black shoots down the chopper with ease. At this time there there has been only one reported casualty...a young college student. Police are currently investigating the matter..Christine Ray Channel Six news."

He speaks quietly as the news goes onto another segment. "They've never done that before. Showing .one of them on TV. That can't be good." He leans in toward Kazuya, speaking low enough that only he can hear it. "When the time comes that we need to transform again, we're going to need to be careful about going in and out of it. I don't know about you, but I don't want to wind up on the end of an FBI manhunt."

How long before Riders go from urban legends to a confirmed fact?

[Kai Yamato]

On his way to his room, Kyoya sees two guys heading to a room, he peaks his head in and sees Ayako. His eyes widened in surprise. "Ayako? What is she doing here?" Suddenly, his Blay Buckle falls out of his pocket. "Oh shoot!" He crouches to pick it up.

[Tigerhawk21]

Eric placed a hand on Ayako's shoulder. "Just relax... you need to rest and recover. As for that rider... Decade was it? I don't know if the one behind it is human or not but I know he's a threat, a big threat. We need to find a way to deal with him before he succeeds in his goal."

Eric sighed. This wasn't what he wanted when he found the deck and began his search. He wanted answers but for now it seemed he was being dragged deeper into a mysterious war and he didn't know which side to trust. For now, he'd stick with Ryu and Ayako... he knew they could be trusted.

[Kaiketsu Zubat]

"It's a little expensive, but this place has a well stocked bar."

"That's exactly why it's imperative that we find some way to settle this problem...with your money."

Restraint was another among numerous other words that WASN'T in Kazuya dictionary. Cozening up with a large bottle of scotch was all that mattered. Losing count after his tenth glass, Kazuya was just a wee bit hammered when Brad called his attention to the TV.

"Hey, Kazuya."

"Don't touch my glass! Oh..."

Kazuya watched the report with as much attention as he could muster, which to say wasn't much, but he got the point.

"They've never done that before. Showing one of them on TV. That can't be good. When the time comes that we need to transform again, we're going to need to be careful about going in and out of it. I don't know about you, but I don't want to wind up on the end of an FBI manhunt."

Kazuya was silent for a second before slamming his glass down and nearly shattering it. He leaned over towards Brad and spoke in a low, yet menacing tone.

"This bullshit man. We beat the hell outta three freaks in front of a hospital and some asshole with big yellow eyes gets all the press. Whoopdeedoo! Remind me next time we do that cosplay stuffs to cause alot more collateral damage."

Kazuya laid his head down on the bar and groaned.

"This is worse than when I was deported from Japan for assaulting the Prime Minister."

(Boy these two Kamen Riders just aren't a good influence for kids, I can only imagine how it'll end up when the cops arrive and they're stumbling around.)

[Kurou Daijuuji]

(New York Kamen Riders: Fighting monsters for hire - because we need beer money.)

"That's exactly why it's imperative that we find some way to settle this problem...with your money."

"Don't worry about it. I'd rather handle the check than more of those..you know." He responds, flipping the bottle cap in the air with his thumb, catching it, and repeating.

"This bullshit man. We beat the hell outta three freaks in front of a hospital and some asshole with big yellow eyes gets all the press. Whoopdeedoo! Remind me next time we do that cosplay stuffs to cause alot more collateral damage."

He drains the rest of his beer, calling over for another bottle and waiting for the server to go away before talking. "It's why I have to be careful using..that. Chopping through the supports of a building would be kind of neat, but that kind of attention.."

He flicks the old cap across the room , the news occupying his thoughts. There's an idea.. He murmurs "We might be able to find that bat guy. He shot at me, but I don't think he's against us."

He pops the cap off the new bottle of Shiner, raising an eyebrow at Kazuya.

"This is worse than when I was deported from Japan for assaulting the Prime Minister."

I don't mind raising some hell, but he might take it to extremes. With these monsters around, that might not be a bad thing.

"Assaulting the Prime Minister? Why did you.do that?"

[Ingram Plisken]

"How are we going to deal with the appearance of Dark Kiva?" was the first quip Jackson heard to his far right, from Basshaa. The other two, Dogga and Garulu start to argue with each other before he coughed and looked at them slowly, his eyes narrowing before he shot them a low smile. "We won't worry about it. She'll have to do the same thing I'm doing, laying low. Her little stunt is gonna cause the government to find me, so I'm going to stay away from this castle Just..make sure he doesn't go around flying."

Jackson sighed for a moment as he sat on the edge of the bed, his feet dangling above his boots on the floor, a hand reaching up to smooth down the messy locks of dark brown hair. "No offense, but I'm used to working alone, and if it makes you feel any better, I wasn't part of the fangires who attacked the demon races." After putting his boots on and grabbing his jacket, Jackson made his way quickly through Castle Doran, guided by Kivat Bat until they reached a small dark tunnel. It took a moment for his eyes to adjust, but when his vision did, he saw what Kivat was leading him to, his motorcycle, the Machina Kivaa and his black helmet sitting on the seat.

A few moments later and his helmet strapped into place and the motorcycle rumbling under him, he shielded his eyes out of reaction more than anything else as the lights came on and lit up the way as he gunned the throttle, hearing the dirt and pieces of gravel protest as they were thrown about. It didn't take long for the Machine Kivaa to exit the tunnels and into the forest. Jackson choose to let it do most of the work as it sped a path through the trees until he hit a small jump and landed the motorcycle on the main road leading back to New York City, his eyes glanced down to Kivat as it started to speak to him, it's voice happier than before, than the other times it had talked to him.

"I did some snooping in New York City, and I heard two guys as they went into a bar say something about Kamen Riders and monsters, might wanna see if they're still there or not." A grunt to the bat on the bike was all he gave in reply as it told him how to find the bar. Some time later, or rather, around 6:00 according to Jackson's watch he was parked outside the front of the bar and got off the bike slowly, taking his helmet off and holding it in his left hand as he pushed the door open, a fleeting glance of the strange red bike would be seen by some people, causing snickering and whispered hushes about the bike with a tail on the rear fender.

His walk was slow, the chain rattling with each step from his boots as he passed by some of the patrons without a glance. He shifted his shoulders and pulled off his black leather jacket and sat it down beside him in a dimly light booth. A waggle of his first finger brought the closest waitress to him and a forced smile crossed his features as he looked at her. "Three Bottles of Coors." What's that saying? When in rome?

[Dark Kabuto]

Tokyo General Hospital
Ayako looked towards Eric and Ryu , she smiled and nodded "Friends...my first...human friends" she said turnning her head to the side, she began coughing. Ayako looked behind Eric and Ryu "Huh...? Kyoya...? What's he doing in a hosptial?" She said

Just then, a pair of nurses came into the room "Ayako-chan, how are you feeling?" Nurse 1 asked, Nurse 2 turned to Eric and Ryu "I'm sorry...but can I ask the two of you to step out for a few minutes...? It's time for Ayako's check up" The Nurse said, and escorted the two out of the room.

Outside, the Imagine waited for the halls to be empty, until revealing themselves

"Ayako didn't have much freinds growing up" Akiko said. Being her Imagine, they were connected...Ayako's memories were now a part of them. "She spent her whole life locked up in a hospital like this one." Akiko said"She had no family either...her brother meant the world to her." Umiko said

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Zeus private jet
A few hours later, Morgan was through customs, and boarded the large, luxerious plane. Stepping inside she got herself seated, and the plane took off.

Morgan hated these contraptions, being a Fangire she didn't really get Air sick...they just made her uncomfortable. When the plane was in the air, Morgan began relaxing

"Mistress Morgan, we'll be in Tokyo in exactly 15 hours." The flight attendant said. "We'll be landing at the Zeus base in Tokyo." She said

"I thought we had to land in the airport?" Morgan asked holding up her glass, wine was poured into it. "Master Hades got you the clearence you needed to land directly at our facility there." The flight attendant said.

Morgan sipped her wine, silently "There is one other thing...Hades said you are not to repeat another incident like the one in New York. While you are in Japan, you are to remain incognito, till the time is deemed right." The flight attendant

"Hmmph." Morgan said "Is there anything else you require?" The attendant asked "Bring me a few blood packs...then leave me I wish to be alone." Morgan said The flight attendant bowed "Right away" She said

[Kai Yamato]

Kyouya falls back in shock from the Imagins' sudden appearance, "W-whoa! M-monsters?! Those voices before... You were in Ayako earlier?!" He points at them, still shaking.

[kamen rider suzuka]

Ryu listened to the imajines and said "not being able to see the only family you know ive felt that feeling before after the accident I died in..." He looked at eric and the imajines and knew he just said something that probably confused them and said "...the rider system I use the faiz gear was a made by the corporation smart brain that dissapeared a few years ago after a inncident involveing the faiz system and other rider systems they made." He paused for a moment then continued "the faiz gear can only be used by a orphenouch or a human with orphenouch dna inplanted in them and all of the humans like that except for a couple are gone now Orphenouchs are created when humans have some kind of evolutionary change after dieing they reborn as a orphenouch," he paused again then said "anyway after I became a orphenouch I never went near my family afraid I would hurt them so I know what its like not being able to be near the only family you have."

[Tigerhawk21]

Eric nodded as Ryu and Ayako spoke of their pasts. Upon sitting outside Ayako's room Eric told Ryu his story. "Seems being a rider results in losing everything you hold dear." He admitted sighing sadly.

"I grew up alone as well, my parents vanished suddenly one day. Kids who heard thought my house was haunted and so was I, so they stayed away. When I was leaving to go explore the world earlier this year, I found this in a hidden space." Eric pulled out his Ryuki deck.

"I didn't think much of it until I saw the rider who'd power you inherited fighting a beast of some sort" He pointed at Ryu "Faiz, though I didn't know it at the time. I thought I was gonna die when I was sent flying toward a shops front mirror. Instead... thanks to this thing I went inside it instead. So I found out the hard way I was Ryuki and stuck fighting whenever this ringing goes off in my head" Eric muttered darkly

[Kaiketsu Zubat]

"Assaulting the Prime Minister? Why did you do that?"

Kazuya lifted his head slightly to finish another glass of scotch.

"Normally...I wouldn't say anything, but I'm blitzed and that means I'm required to ramble you know."

Kazuya laid his head back down on the bar and closed his eyes.

"When I was young, I was better than everyone. That's not me being over-confident either, cause I believe in neither modesty nor overconfidence, it was just a fact, a fact I was more than happy to let everyone know, and still do as you might be able to guess. Well this isn't exactly an attitude that the Japanese appreciate too much, especially my rather old-fashioned parents. They decided my attitude had to change and enrolled me under a very strict martial arts instructor, whose name I never bothered to remember. Not surprising, this did nothing to improve my disposition and actually backfired making me a much worse person to know as now I could actually back up my mouth with my fists if need be. Then came the various universities around where I lived, enrolling me in various different classes in hopes to refine me, as you can imagine this backfired as well, as it in my mind just cemented that I knew more than anyone else. A few more years of this was more than my parents could handle, so they "volunteered" me for police service. This was the beginning of my long love/hate relationship with Japan and her people. They loved my results, I excelled in getting the job done, but in return they hated my methods. I could get a lengthy confession out of anyone, but that was usually after something that my superiors called torture. I was a PR nightmare on the streets, but I still got results, so they "volunteered" me for the SAT(Special Assault Team, Japan's SWAT). Once again, you had to love my results, but hate my ways of getting them. I had this bad habit of not reading the briefings before any assignment. In my opinion, if they had a gun and pointed it at me, I drilled them. If they didn't have a gun and weren't on their knees with their hands in the air, I sprayed them. My superiors hated this, but what could you do, I got results. This caught the attention of the SOG and I was once more "volunteered" into their service for abit. Whatever hopes they had for me were quickly dashed. Oh, don't get me wrong, I became quite a dangerous person under their watchful eye, but my "better than you" attitude got my bounced right back to the SAT after the SOG couldn't find a good enough reason to put me in front of a firing squad."

Kazuya lifted his head, drained another glass of scotch and looked at Brad.

"Now to make a long story short(too late :sweat:), there was an incident National Diet Building, and in the middle of a national address, the Prime Minister and a few other high ranking officials were taken hostage. The SAT was called in to resolve the situation. They told us that the eyes of the entire nation were on us, which I later found out was actually a fact and not just a figure of speech. Anyway, we made entry and cleared most of the building when we finally arrived at where the PM was being held hostage by a lone gunman yelling into a camera that was still broadcasting all over Japan. Not wanting to waste anymore time, I took some initiative, busted in, and before he knew it, put one between the gunman's eyes. The "whole nation" watched in awe as the lone SAT officer just saved their beloved PM's life. This awe didn't last too long as seconds later they watched this same officer give the PM a face full of OC, a dislocated shoulder, a cracked rib, and a busted jaw as he got the Zipcuffs on him in record time. So I was a hero and seconds later even more hated than the people who had held the guy hostage. I'm sure the guy wanted to hang me, but the fact was I still saved his life. So it was decided, and I'm told by the entire nation, that I'd live, but not be welcome in Japan ever again, so I was thrown on the first plane to wherever, and deported."

Kazuya drained another glass and groaned when he saw the bottle was empty.

"Don't misunderstand me though, I don't regret anything I did, and I can't say I miss Japan, but you know me well enough to know that I hold grudges, and if ever see that PM again, I'll break his damn shoulder this time."

Kazuya took a deep breath and absently looked around the bar, probably hoping to see to a loose woman, when instead something, or rather someone caught his eye.

"Well look what we have here. That guy over in that booth...I'd recognize that horrible fashion sense anywhere."

Kazuya picked up the empty bottle and started to get up.

"Can't explain it, but I got this urge to mix a little violent into my drunk...maybe it's that shirt."

(Whew, I dedicate this post to a friend of mine who could talk for hours on end without taking a breath if he had enough liquor in him, and a disastrous performance in SWAT 3 that lead to the mayor getting one between the eyes when he blindly charged around the corner during the middle of a firefight. :laugh:)

[Kurou Daijuuji]

(One of my friends does that. The other is the kind of lovable drunk. SWAT..I haven't played one of those games in forever. I do love screwing up in the nonlethal missions in Rainbow Six, though. :D)

He drains his second and third bottles of Shiner as he listens to Kazuya's story. He grins at parts of the tale, and rolls a bottle cap across his knuckles idly before sending it ricocheting around the room and into the trash. I didn't expect an ex-cop. Who was his partner, the Japanese Vic Mackey?

"Don't misunderstand me though, I don't regret anything I did, and I can't say I miss Japan, but you know me well enough to know that I hold grudges, and if ever see that PM again, I'll break his damn shoulder this time."

"I want to come along. I don't think I've been there while anyone's kicked a world leader's ass." He laughs, and kind of hopes they actually have to go to Japan. "I've only been to Japan once or twice, on business or for fights. Never stayed very long."

"Well look what we have here. That guy over in that booth...I'd recognize that horrible fashion sense anywhere."

Now what? He follows Kazuya's gaze over toward the guy in the booth. It didn't catch for a moment, until he wipes the hair away from his eyes and focuses on the newcomer. Black leather, chains, that bearing. The guy on the motorcycle from last night? He fumbles with his cell for a minute before taking it off his belt, flipping it open, and browsing through the pictures. He had a helmet on in the photo, but it was the same outfit..and that bike did have a bat symbol on it. He murmurs quietly enough for only Kazuya to hear him.

"I think we've found our mystery Rider, Kazuya."

"...Kazuya?"

He looks over to catch the reaction, but Kazuya's already up and headed over there.

"Can't explain it, but I got this urge to mix a little violent into my drunk...maybe it's that shirt."

Brad gets up, stretching and heading over toward the bar, keeping a half-full fourth bottle of beer in hand. He settles the tab with the bartender..before something starts and he has to pay for pesky things like chairs, tables, or entire floors of the hotel. He slides the change into his pocket, keeping a couple of quarters to feed into the jukebox.

"Perfect."

The blues-rock guitar of ZZ Top comes from the speakers as the jukebox warms to life, and the first strain of 'Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers' begins to fill the bar. A few of the patrons look over in recognition of the song before turning back to whatever they were doing, and Brad brings the bottle to his lips, draining the rest of his beer slowly. May as well enjoy this before it starts. If that is another Rider, this could be..fun. He looks around, deciding on a possible target when the chaos breaks out. Sure, throwing a professional fighter into a bar brawl may be cheating, but who cares?

[Dark Kabuto]

Tokyo General Hospital
'Shhhhhhhhhhh! Quit screamin' like a little girl! Do you want the whole country to hear?!" Akiko said pointing to Kyoya

Umiko giggled "What's the matter, handsome? Cat got your toung? never seen an Imagine before?" Umiko asked


Minutes later, a nurse and doctor came out of the room, Her Imagine dissappeared as they approched Eric, Ryu, and Kyoya. "Thank you for waiting." He said "Ayako's going to be fine...however...we're going to have to have her stay the night, so we can properly observe her." The doctor said

"She'll be allowed to leave tomorrow. We've prepared rooms for you to wait in, if you wished to wait for her." The doctor said

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Over Zeus airspace
With nothing to do, Morgan decided to sleep. She could sleep for a good 20 minutes a day. She knew it wouldn't be a good idea to feed on the flight attendants, so she was forced to drink out of those stale, musty, old blood packs. "Mistress Morgan, we are over the Zeus Japan base right now...the local time is 6 PM, please fasten your seat belts, we are beginning to land" The pilot spoke

The noise woke Morgan up, she groggily got back to her seat and fastened the seat belt. The plane decended and landed at the old base.

Morgan grabbed her luggage case, and stepped out of the plane, a stream of hot humid wind passed through her, and she hissed "So this is Japan huh...?" She said

Waiting outside, was a woman "Konichiwa, Morgan-Sama" The young woman said bowing "My name is Eri, I will be acting as your tour guide, your translator, and your servant" She said

"You're English is quite good." Morgan said in Japanese "Eh? You know Japanese?" Eri asked, as she escorted her inside the base. Morgan chuckled "Little girl...please...I've lived for a long time, long enough to study and master the various languages of these mortals." Morgan said

Eri gave Morgan a guided tour of the facilities, Morgan was impressed it was more high tech then she thought. They came to the torture area, where Morgan fed on one of the prisoners, her first drop of fresh human blood in a while, and she savored it.

In the cell across from the poor person she fed on, was a young man "Oh...?" Morgan said approching the cage, it was Shen's cage. Morgan raised her arm, wiping the blood away. "So...you're Decade...the Devil Rider eh?" She asked chuckling

[Tigerhawk21]

Shen looked up at the voice. "I am the Devil of all riders. Decade, yes." He replied calmly given his situation. "You serve Master Zeus as well I see. I am called Shen Aeron. And you are Lady...?"

He would have bowed but given the way he was enchained it wasn't possible. Actually moving anything other than his facial features wasn't possible.

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Eric nodded to the nurse as she left. Turning to Ryu and the new man Eric said "I'm Eric Odol. I'm gonna take them up on their offer and get some rest." Uncertain if the young man was a rider or not Eric carefully chose his next words. "All this traveling has made me very tired."

[Kai Yamato]

The other nurse walks in and sees Kyouya, "You! You should be in your room by now! We still need to tend to your injuries!" She grabs him by the arm and drags him away.

"Wah!" He cried and turns to the other two guys as he gets dragged away to his room. "I'm Kyouya Takashiro! I guess I'll see you guys later or something!"