Chapter 5: Reflections

Ikari was sitting in his office, thinking over the outcome of the last fight, from the appearance of the mysterious skeleton being and the increase of sacrifices.

He wanted to know who this being was, then use his ability to destroy anything he wants, to increase the sacrifices tenfold.

He picked up the phone, dialed a number then spoke.

"Send him in."

He hung up the phone, then waited until a young man, in his early 20s appeared. The man stood still then saluted and then he spoke.

"Gishiki Tenshi, reporting for duty sir and may I say your suit looks very slimming on you."

Ikari's right eyebrow twitched.

"Relax Mister Tenshi, I had you come here, because I want you to take up the mantle, to become the secondary rider for Mister Akuma." Ikari said.

"Thank you very much sir, but do you think the Devil Kizer is right to be the Warrior." Tenshi said. "He is a criminal, I think I'm more worthy."

"No need to worry." Ikari said.

"He won't do anything wrong?" Tenshi asked.

"Mister Akuma is under the control of Heaven's Rite Foundation, if he does anything wrong, he will be taken care of." Ikari Replied.

Gishiki nodded, then spoke.

"Okay Sir Ikari, I will go, please let me know when I'm needed."

Gishiki bowed, then left the room, closing the doors. Ikari got up, walking to the large window, looking out, he could see the destroyed block, the mysterious being destroyed. Smoke was rising from the area, there were police, blocking off the area, fire trucks trying to find anyone alive.

Ikari walked back to his desk, made another call, then spoke.

"Find that mysterious being, once you do, swarm him with as many monsters as you can, we need more sacrifices."

He hung up, then let out a maniacal laugh, stopping shortly after, grinning evilly.

"All for the master." Ikari said.

Kaiza drove into the parking lot, he pulled into the secret hatch, got off Blazing Hound, which Kaiza decided to name, due to pulsing energy and the front resembles a Hound.

He leaned against the wall, sliding down the wall, sitting on the ground, looking down at his shaking hands.

What have I gotten myself into? Kaiza thought to himself.

He slid his knees up to him, hugging them, laying his forehead against his knees, tears ran down his cheeks, realizing his actions most likely brought death to many.

Sometime Later

Kaiza was on his way up the elevator, he looked out the window seeing people, like ants again, he threw up a little in his mouth, thinking back to the destruction of the city block, a second later there was a loud explosion, the elevator stopped. Kaiza pressed the emergency button and spoke.

"This is Kaiza Akuma, what is going on?"

There was no response. Kaiza pressed the button again and yelled.

"Hey, I'm still here!"

The elevator shook, followed by the sound of a loud snap, Kaiza eyes shot up, he jumped up, punching the emergency exit, trying to punch it open.

Another loud snap echoed through the tiny room, Kaiza jumped up punching it again, with one strong punch, the hatch opened. But with Kaiza landing on the ground hard, two more loud snaps echoed, the remaining tethered cords snapped and the elevator was now in a free fall.

Kaiza jumped up, kicking off the wall, forcing himself through the small gap, he reached out grabbing a hold of the main tether. The elevator fell fast, smashing into the ground, Kaiza looked down, he was about 30 stories up.

"If this was some live action show or movie, this would require some green screen." Kaiza said to himself. "If only this was like that."

Kaiza looked up as he proceeded to climb his way up the main tether. After a few minutes, Kaiza wrapped his left arm around the elevator cable, gripping it with all his strength, then let go of it with his right arm.

"Thank god, I didn't remove Hell's Access before coming up here." Kaiza said.

He pulled out the Arachne Blade Contract Card, and brought it down to Hell's Access.

"Weapon Chosen: Arachne Blade." The Hell's Access chimed.

Arachne Blade formed in Kaiza's right hand, he swung the blade around cutting the elevator door apart, the doors fell forward, then down the elevator shaft. Kaiza started swinging back and forth, unraveling his arm from the elevator cable, swinging through the open door.

Kaiza looked around the empty floor, then started walking around, he walked into Ikari's office, seeing it messy. The desk was thrown to the side, there were burn and slash marks everywhere.

Kaiza heard a gun click, then felt the nuzzle of the gun against his back.

"Freeze you're under arrest." A female voice said.

Kaiza looked back at her, once she saw who he was, her eyes widened.

"Devil Kaiser, what are you doing out of prison?" She said.

"You must be quite slow, I have been out for more than a month." Kaiza replied.

"Wait what?" She said surprised. "Well I have been out for a couple of months, my parents were sick, so I had to go see them."

Kaiza stepped forward, then turned around. The officer aimed her gun at Kaiza's chest.

"You're under arrest, this is an order from Officer Hikari." Hikari said.

Kaiza walked toward her, moving the gun to the side, walking past her, not paying her any mind.

"I said freeze!" Hikari yelled.

"I don't have time for you, I'm looking for someone to see that she is safe." Kaiza said.

"What your accomplish?" Hikari asked.

"Have you not seen how everything is right now, I'm not your biggest problem." Kaiza said, looking back at her.

Hikari lowered her gun a little, thinking a bit, then spoke.

"Not everyone on the force thinks you're an actual criminal. You helped a lot of people, so why let the title go to your head?"

Kaiza looked out a window that was close by, seeing the destroyed city block.

"Heroes and Villains, while two sides of the same coin, share a lot in common. Both sides have bonds, ideals and actions, but there are ones that act as the rim of the coin, the Neutral group, while also not knowing which side you could align with." Kaiza said, gently. "I'm still trying to see where I fit in this world, if this is a story that I fit into some destiny, I wanna know why."

Hikari looked down at her gun, then up to Kaiza and finally out the window.

Kaiza looked over to her, making his way toward the elevator, stepping through it, then started to fall. Hikari ran over, to see if he was safe.

Kaiza shoved Arachne Blade into the side of the elevator shaft, as he skidded to a halt, he pressed his feet against the elevator shaft, jumping toward a door, slashing it open and going through. He then ran through the parking lot, hopping onto Blazing Hound, then drove away.

Hikari was left in awe, she looked at the other elevator, not wanting to tempt it breaking on her, she then looked toward the stairs.

"This is going to suck." She said to herself.

Back to Kaiza

As Kaiza drove down the road, swerving past oncoming cars, as people were driving out of the area in a panic, there were several loud explosions going off in the background, with the police blocking off streets.

What the hell is going on? Kaiza thought.

He aimed for an overturned small billboard, gunning the engine, he pulled out the Diavolo Contract Card, bringing it down to Hell's Access.

"Form Chosen: Diavolo." The Device chimed.

Once Kaiza shot up the ramp, a flaming circle appeared in the air. Once Kaiza went through it, his armor clung to his body, along with more hell-like armor attached itself to Blazing Hound.

It resembles more of a hellhound, from the energy pulsing through it. An officer aimed their gun at Diavolo, but another officer stopped him, he spoke through his radio.

Several police cruisers filed out, blocking certain streets.

"They couldn't be?" Diavolo said.

"Go Devil Kizer!" One Officer yelled.

"This feels so weird." Diavolo said again.

The Officers were leading Diavolo toward the correct destination and cheering him on.

After about half an hour, Diavolo came upon a large destroyed area of the city, there was an onslaught of enemies, attacking the mysterious skeleton. He was reducing several enemies to ash, but with the moment that there was, he was getting damaged.

A small object flew out from the mysterious skeleton, which caused him to freak out, then jump to grab it.

Blazing Hound pulsed, causing Diavolo to look down.

"Wait, I can hear you?" Diavolo questioned.

Blazing Hound pulsed against, it was warm and had a somewhat familiar feeling.

Diavolo nodded, pulling out the Contract Card for Hell's Arrow, bringing it down to Hell's Access.

"Weapon Chosen: Hell's Arrow X2." Hell's Access chimed.

Two parts of Blazing Hound shot off, forming two arm cannons, Diavolo moved his arms up, as Hell's Cannon slid onto his arms.

This new power felt strong, it felt right, he aimed Hell's Cannon toward the monsters, unleashing two large Energy blasts at the monsters, he was shot backwards, getting shot off Blazing Hound from the impact.

About 50 monsters were blown to pieces.

"Kaiza come in, are you there?" Sora called out.

Diavolo picked up a nearby radio from an abandoned police cruiser.

"Yeah I'm here, just blown back by Hell's Cannon." Diavolo said.

"So Blazing Hound, finally woke up?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm guessing that is what you were supposed to tell me, before I drove off?" Diavolo asked.

"You are correct, you can be so stubborn sometimes." Sora said. "You will have to get used to Blazing Hound's power, it's double the amount of power for Diavolo."

"Yeah I can tell, if it wasn't for this armor, I may have had a concussion." Diavolo jokes.

"Be serious, also Tenshi is on his way, to help you in the fight." Sora said.

"The true Hero is here to save the day!" Tenshi yelled.

"He is already here and annoying." Diavolo said.

"Professor, my device please?" Tenshi asked.

A man in white, ran out from a building, holding a briefcase. The next minute happened too fast, the skeleton creature moved fast, grabbing the man's head, he was then reduced to ash.

He grabbed the suitcase, then opened it.

A small device was inside, about 6 inches long and 4 inches wide, he took it out then placed it onto his left wrist, a band shot out wrapping around his bony wrist.

He took out the small object that he was so fond of, it was a small black box, he pulled out a black ring, with a white skull on it. He slipped it onto his right index finger, he shot out his left wrist, pressing the ring against the device.

"Henshin." The Creature said. "Upon the ashes of the damned, the Warrior of Death arrives to battle."

A black flame circle appeared under him, as skeleton hands and arms rose up, holding pieces of black armor with bone white skeleton design throughout. The hands put the armor on, with the helmet having a demon skull on it, the chest also had a demon skull on it.

"Death Warrior: Ripa." The Skeleton said.

"This power, it feels so good." Ripa said.

He looked toward the monsters, raising his right hand toward them, turning the monsters to ash. Diavolo detached Hell's Cannon from his arms, pulled out Arachne Blade Contract Card, bringing it down to Hell's Access.

"Weapon Chosen: HellHound Blade!" Hell's Access chimed.

Another part shot off Blazing Hound, forming a new blade, with a flame blade.

"HellHound Blade." Kaiza said.

He ran toward the new warrior, he swung his new blade, creating a flaming crescent energy slash, toward him.

He looked, raising his hand to destroy the blast, it had no effect as the blast kept coming, once the blast hit, he was knocked back.

Kaiza ran up slashing at him, Ripa yelled, summoning a 6 foot scythe, slashing back, Diavolo fell to his knees sliding under the swinging blade, then started putting his hands onto the ground, kicking up hitting Ripa in the chin twice.

Ripa arched his Scythe down, hitting Diavolo across the chest, causing him to stagger back, Ripa turned to the side, raising his right foot up, kicking Diavolo squire in the chest, knocking him to the ground. Diavolo rolled back, getting to his feet, bringing a new Contract Card down to Hell's Access.

"Overload Finisher!" Hell's Access chimed.

HellHound Blade, energized by a flame tornado, spun around the blade. Ripa pushes the bone ring into Apocalypse Driver.

"Apocalyptic Finisher!" Apocalypse Driver chimed.

He gripped two points of the scythe, took a step back, as a black fire covered the blade.

"Stop!" Several yelled.

It was too late as, Both Diavolo and Ripa swung their weapons, the two Energy blasts launched forward, as they both collided, the air around them became distorted, it opened up a gateway in the sky.

Diavolo looked up, monsters started swarming out, a loud roar echoed out of the hole, two large clawed hands grabbed the edges of the hole and pushed it open.

A dragon's head pushed its way through the hole. Diavolo's eyes widened, he felt someone grab his right arm, he looked back to see Sora holding onto it.

"Idiot get out of here, I can't stop the monsters and protect you!" Diavolo yelled.

She was trembling, tears in her eyes.

Diavolo let his armor fade, picking her up bridal style, carrying her over to Blazing Hound.

"Get back over here and fight me!" Ripa yelled.

Kaiza kept walking, then heard the chime.

"Apocalyptic Finisher!" Apocalypse Driver chimed.

Ripa took his stance, launching a black flame crescent slash, connecting to Kaiza's back. He let out a roar of pain, dropping to one knee.

"Just leave me, fight him." Sora pleaded.

Kaiza stood up weakly, his hoodie and shirt ripped. A large deep cut wound was on his back, blood trickled down his backside and said nothing.

He put Sora onto Blazing Hound, got onto it also, Sora gripped his hips, not wanting to touch his wound, then he drove away.

Ripa roared out in rage, turning monsters around him to ash.

"Stop, you're under arrest for attacking a defenseless civilian." A woman called out.

"Don't mess with me!" Ripa yelled, looking at her then stopped.

"D-Daishi, what are you doing here?" Ripa said, stepping close. "I thought you died?"

"I said freeze!." Hikari yelled.

He appeared behind her, knocking her unconscious, he then scooped her up then vanished.

Tenshi stared at the destruction.

"How can I lose my chance of being a Rider twice." Tenshi said. "Next time I will become one."

He ran away. The Sinful Seven walked out of the shadows, Ikari (Wrath) was in a business suit, Desiree (Lust) was in a security suit, Hokori (Pride) was in a tracksuit, Namakemono (Sloth) was in her same attire as always, Don'yoku (Greed) was wearing a mafia suit, Okui (Gluttony) was wearing a chef outfit and Senbō (Envy) was wearing a ballroom dress.

"Almost all the pieces are set." Ikari said. "It's almost time to bring The Master here."

They all started to laugh, then one by one they all vanished.