Chaotic Bar Fight, First Oracles

"Don't ask questions; you'll understand soon enough, fatty! Vin, touch them with the sword and buckle while activating 'oracle'; I'll take care of the rest!"

A voice came from one of Norvin's hands, speaking before Norvin could. It was deep, resonant, and had an almost inhuman quality to it.

Norvin thought hard about activating the Oracle ability while fishing through the bag he was carrying for the buckle, cards and the book needed for the sword. He was able to locate them in under a second. He dropped the bag and then smashed the props into Huey and Edward before they could even react!

As the cosplay props touched their chests, a dazzling light burst forth from the points of contact. Everyone covered their eyes while the objects appeared to dissolve and be absorbed into the two men, accompanied by a vast surge of the same golden energy that had engulfed Norvin during his initial transformation.

Their eyes glowed as the sub body swiftly infused their minds with information. Similarly, their bodies underwent a transformation, albeit less complex than Norvin's. Both had their super class activated and gained a unique skill tailored to complement their new status as oracles. As they absorbed more energy, their understanding of their situation deepened.

Edward felt a vast amount of energy surge up inside him, he immediately rose to Grade D.

Huey on the other hand, went from a normal F Grade human to E Grade, becoming a super.

Edward had become a super pugilist, which was no surprise. Huey however, had become a meta with the innate ability to strengthen his body.

Now, both grasped the basic situation as clearly as Norvin did. A sense of loyalty and a deeper bond of friendship with Norvin also enveloped Edward and Huey.

Various scraps of metal, debris, and other materials scattered around from the ruined bar were suddenly drawn into the energy stream, appearing to dissolve within it. The stream began to glow more intensely, as though it was breaking down and transmuting the matter into something else.

Dense, golden streams enveloped the two men. Norvin immediately felt a sense of weakness after the scraps merged and glowed within the energy stream, as if his very energy was being siphoned away.

The golden glow in their eyes gradually faded, the transfer of energy ceased, and Norvin stumbled past them, collapsing to one knee as he transformed back into his human form.

This entire sequence of events unfolded in under five seconds, starting with Norvin dashing in front of Edward and Huey to thrust the props at them. The last couple henchmen of Lady Gath's rubbed their eyes and were about to rush forward to attack again.

Huey activated his meta ability, elevating his rank to nearly Grade D to temporarily match Edward's level. 

Huey and Edward exchanged glances. They extended their hands, each wearing a look that was alike yet distinct. A glimmer of comprehension shone in their eyes, erasing their initial bewilderment as they quickly assimilated the information downloaded from the sub body.

Edward's expression was one of inner turmoil as he conjured a very real, large, and sharp sword, slinging it over his shoulder. Simultaneously, the small, sturdy book that had previously merged into him also materialized, both initially as golden energy, then rapidly solidifying.

He was very upset that he was in this position, that Norvin's situation had forced this onto him, yet grateful that he now had a chance to fight back and avenge Cassie for real. His lips curved into a slight grin as he looked back at Norvin, who was barely able to stand, and uttered the words that had been implanted in his mind—words once spoken by the original Kamen Rider Buster. Norvin would enjoy this for sure! He glared at the still hesitating warriors and called out.

"First, to all those who hail the forces of evil…Second! The wrath of the earth shall tremble beneath you…Third! A merciless death awaits, by the steel of my blade!"

Edward looked towards the loft, Lady Gath had shakily pulled herself up by the largest piece of the banister that was intact and was now leaning against it for support, observing the new developments while she waited for her leg to recover from Norvin's earlier kick.

Edward pointed his sword at her and continued. "Especially you. Come down and let me beat you to death you bitch-ass, okay?"

Huey's face was a different story, it slowly morphed from that understanding into a look of anger for his sister; then finally one of pure ecstasy as the buckle he thought about materialized into his chubby, outstretched hand! His face looked as if he was holding onto a treasure worth the heavens themselves!

He also looked towards the now slumped and motionless Norvin. "Don't worry dude, we will take it from here, bromigo."

Huey moved the buckle towards his mid section while Edward spun the buster sword and plunged the tip into the ground. Edward smoothly opened the gold glowing book, as he did, a strange voice sounded out.

"EDWARD LOWELL...There once lived a beast of impenetrable shell, known across the land as one of the four sacred guardians."

Edward snapped the book shut and plugged it into the receptacle on the buster sword in front of him, a red button near the hilt was pressed right after, the whole sequence looked extremely natural, as if he had done it 1000 times before. He looked back at Norvin's slumped body and rolled his eyes before saying something he never thought he would ever say.

"Henshin."

At the same time beside him, a card with an ace symbol on it sparked into existence between Huey's little sausage fingers, he slid it into the buckle and a belt shot out of it, wrapping around his waist! He tilted his head and pulled the lever on his buckle. His eyes went wild with excitement and his grin was huge as he shouted the word he had always wanted to say:

"HENSHIN!"

 A similar ethereal voice called out as the belt started making beeping, warning like sounds:

"TURN UP, CARD EMPEROR!"

A mysterious force stopped the armored soldiers from rushing forward, despite their desire to. They weren't keen on allowing whatever this transformation was to happen. Lady Gath herself found that she was rooted to the spot as well.

The skill that both of Norvin's new oracles had been infused with had been created by Norvin subconsciously himself. Back when he was a kid watching Power Rangers, he had always wondered why the enemy simply didn't attack while his heroes were morphing.

The unique ability they possessed now caused any onlooker perceiving them as an enemy to become motionless during their transformation!

There were twin flashes of golden light. When this latest energy receded, two shiny, armored men stood where Huey and Edward once had. They had taken on the forms of Kamen Rider Blade and Kamen Rider Buster respectively! The lenses on both of their helmets flashed and started glowing at the same time.

Lady Gath was shocked; she could feel that they clearly were now at the base energy level of Grade C supers. 'Where have I seen this before?' She wondered. She wanted to shout out a warning to her remaining minions.

Gath's men had regained their ability to move at this point as well but before they could do anything, before Gath could utter a warning, both Edward and Huey flashed forward, slicing the remaining 'Shadow Fist Warriors' into pieces.

"DUDE! We sliced them up harder than when Trunks messed up Frieza in Z!"

Huey slapped Edward on the back, ecstatic about his newfound power. At the same time, the new oracles shook the fresh blood off their weapons with quick, synchronized movements; much like the lead armored henchman of Gath had earlier removed Greg's blood from his blade.

An ear-piercing shriek suddenly sounded from the loft area causing a sonic boom to destroy anything that was left somewhat intact from Norvin's earlier flight to be destroyed. A black and red blur shot through the air, headed directly toward the hunched over Norvin.

Thoughts of vengeance consumed Gath after the strike Norvin had successfully inflicted on her leg earlier. The hit, precisely between the shin and ankle, was still agonizing, and his cunning move had sparked an anger in her beyond what she would have imagined. He had managed to slip between her legs while holding a bag, and a toy sword. It was embarrassing.

Her fury intensified upon realizing that he was the fundamental reason behind the quick deaths of her remaining men...Lady Gath wanted his head, bad! 

Gath had also made plans to confront the two armored men responsible for decimating her people, once she finished with Norvin. Her desire to capture Edward as a trophy had vanished; now, she only wanted their destruction.

Despite the gradual healing of her ankle, Gath's speed was tremendous, and it increased even further as she activated a skill. In an instant, a black and red aura enveloped her, making her appear as a blur to the average onlooker, if there had been any left anyways.

Huey and Edward could see her however, they leapt forward to intercept at the same time, their speed slightly slower than hers but enough to make it there to defend the helpless Norvin as well as Makoto, who was also still unconscious near the wall.

BUUURP!

BOOM!

Right before the boys reached their helpless friends, two pillars of light, one purple and one green, accompanied by a belch shot out from behind the bar, knocking Huey into Edward, both were then caught and carried by the beams, blasted right out of the building!

The little Jackarian imp had chosen a crucial moment to step into the fray and had shot an energy beam out of its maw, and another one from the staff it held at the same time!

'He's done for' Ota thought to himself as Lady Gath was now right behind Norvin's hunched back, her armored feet making sparks on the floor as she touched down and drew her blade back, ready to stab it through this annoying, tiny guy that had smashed her poor leg.

While Lady Gath's Onyx like broadsword started to come forward at Norvin's slouched body, she finally realized how Norvin had been able to turn the big hunk she wanted to take back with her as a thrall, and the little fatty into such strong warriors capable of emitting Grade C levels of energy.

The image of her boss creating oracles out of his lieutenants and captains was very similar, except the energy color had been ruby red, not golden. She had been bathed in a light like this at one point as well.

Her eyes popped open wide in sudden understanding while the pupils in those eyes narrowed to the size of pins, she was near to piercing the man in front of her and it was too late to pull back now!

At the last moment before her blade was going to run him through, Norvin suddenly shifted to the side while rotating his body! There was a golden glow on his flank that Gath's blade scratched and sparked across while Norvin kept rotating, until he was facing her, his face now a couple inches away from hers!

The moment Gath looked into his now open and glowing eyes, she wanted to vomit! She felt she was thrust into an endless hallway full of shelves populated with books. Countless images and memories flashed by in the background!

The size of the shelves and books dwarfed the tall warrior woman, the huge dimensions and atmosphere of moving pictures suffocated and disoriented her…until she snapped back into reality and blinked. The man was gone.

Lady Gath forced herself to turn around and then froze. Norvin's body was transforming. Starting with his eyes. This differed significantly from the previous occasion when he had been clothed with the peculiar black and green armor.

Norvin's eyes were glowing with an otherworldly golden light, a golden waft of cosmic energy seeping out of them both; like smoke the golden mist drifted upwards while he stood there gazing at her…snapping his fingers while an ambient beat started out of nowhere. The snapping isn't why Gath stopped moving, it was the change that was happening to his body and the atmosphere around him that had scared her. It was very different than when she had been held in place while Edward and Huey had transformed earlier. She was frozen out of fear.

He stood there snapping his fingers, with that same strange beat still playing seemingly from nowhere yet everywhere all at once. Norvin's body seemed to absorb his clothing while his skin and hair darkened to a rich black, like the night sky. With another flash it was now like he was painted with the universe. Stars, meteors, comets and other heavenly bodies decorated his black luster body now.

He looked like he was a small version of the cosmos itself!

After Norvin's body was fully saturated with that space like paint, his hair grew long and wild, resembling the tendrils of a cosmic nebula. The golden glow that had spread across his body began to pulse and swirl, like the stars and galaxies that he had become! Finally, he was clad with a thin psychic barrier so powerful it took on a visual appearance as a white outline.

"Wha…wh...what is this?!"

"It's called 'Memory Reboot' by 'VOJ', a melody my host likes...from earth. Think you can endure it for the full three and a half minutes that it plays? Not going to lie, you probably won't be able to keep up... weak oracle…"

The voice that answered her had come from the wrist area of this terrifying being and not the head, letting her know she was talking to a sub body. Her boss also had a similar form, or so the rumor went, told occasionally by the oldest members of their organization. She had not witnessed it herself, however.

Lady Gath held her eyes wide open, not just from the shock of realizing what she was dealing with but also from the fact that she had experienced this newly born curators teleport like movement skill several times now and knew it happened when she blinked, so to survive what was next she needed to not close her eyes even for a moment!

She had this thought and hardened her eye sockets while also steeling the rest of her tough pugilist body, concentration peeked!

Energy was circulated through her body and into her arms to prepare to stop whatever was coming next! Her body swelled with pugilist energy.

The glowing man in front of her cocked his head sideways as she tensed up, then slightly shook his head and disappeared from her view anyways!

Before she could swivel her head to look for him, she found herself folded in half, hurtling towards the bar where her teammate Ota was now trying to duck behind again. The pain from the blow was excruciating!