//------------------------------// // Welcome to the Abyss: Part 2 [EDIT] // Story: My Little Imperer: Friendship isn't Bought // by KamenRider //------------------------------// Welcome to the Abyss: Part 2 Intro The day on his awakening following his beating at the hands of the Abyss, Mitsuru called together all of Twilight’s friends in order to briefly tell them about the monsters. He refuses to explain the conditions of his powers and about Earth and the Rider War, along with the true circumstances regarding his own death. The reactions of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were proof enough that these ponies shouldn't know that humans kill each other on a daily basis. Later they all left , leaving Mitsuru alone. With the moon shining in the sky, he once again looked into the window. The blue Rider still stood there. His image wasn’t clear, but was still egging Mitsuru into the Mirror World. “Fine, I’ll come.” Mitsuru deadpanned, arising from his bed and clothing himself. “Prepare yourself for Imperer.” He threw his arms through his brown plaid shirt and took out his Card Deck. He showed the window his deck, allowing a V-Buckle to appear and attach itself to his waist. “HENSHIN!” he yelled aloud, his eyes darting to see if the door was open. He placed his deck into the slot on his belt and three images converged onto his body, creating Imperer. A stream of light entered the room, revealing a nurse that worked in the hospital. “Mr. Sano it’s time to take your medications…” she said, levitating a clipboard and a bottle of pills. She stopped as she saw Imperer disappear into the window. Not even breaking it, he just jumped into and it rippled like water. “What?” Imperer appeared on the other side of the Mirror World, at night. The room was his and just as expected there was someone with him in there. A light blue Rider with a shark motif was the one who had summoned him. “Who are you? I’ve never seen a Rider like you.” Mitsuru questioned, approaching the new Rider with his fists held high. “What you want with me?” “Nice to meet you too, I’m Kamen Rider Abyss.” the new Rider answered back, also approaching but with hands held down by his sides. “Abyss? Don’t tell me you were the one who summoned all of the sharks a few days ago?” Mitsuru asked, lowering his hands to his own waist. “I’m afraid I did. My own creatures needed to feed, however I only am contracted two of them, and the rest followed mine to get their own food.” he replied in a cool voice. “So you found me because of their rampage?” “It was weird to find another Rider in this world…” Abyss replied, sitting down onto the hospital bed. “So why do you want me?” Imperer asked again, placing his hand on his head. “I want you because I know a way back to our own home. You see, when one is absorbed by Mirror World, it ejects them to this parallel world with the appearance you had when you first contracted.” Abyss explained, rising from the bed and walking in front of Imperer. “This world is governed by two goddess-like princesses, Luna and Celestia. They have a mirror that leads back to Earth, yet they have never used it.” “Wait, so we can use this mirror to travel back to Earth? Then how does a Mirror World exist in this dimension too?” Imperer exclaimed, placing his finger in the helmet of Abyss. “It was created when the first Rider was sent here, Kamen Rider Gai. Unfortunately, he has been sealed by Luna and Celestia, just like Raia.” Abyss removed a card from his deck and just like his own it had a Rider trapped within it. This one was grey in color and matched that of a rhino. “So Raia and Gai were two Riders killed by Ouja? I can tell because their color schemes and motifs match Evildiver and Metalgelas.” Imperer replied, surprised that two more Riders were here in Equestria. “Why would these two princesses seal them?” “It’s quite obvious, Imperer, she thinks of humans as threats. I stay in the Mirror World because Celestia cannot enter here no matter how much magic she uses. Once her student, Twilight Sparkle, tells her of your existence they’ll certainly seal you as well. So will you join me in fighting against her tyranny?” Abyss explained, putting his hand out. Imperer shook his hand. “Whatever it takes to return to my home, so what do we have to do first?” He was already happy to be on board to getting back to his home. Sure it was nice enough there, but he was still a little freaked out about talking horses. “So you know a lot about this place, right?” “Yeah, I know enough about the inside of their world since I stay in the Mirror World most of the time. I skulk around the mirrors of the libraries and read about their world. Since I can travel through Mirror World, I also can get old documents that no one else in this world has seen. I've been doing this since the day I realized what was going to happen to me.Let's take a walk and I'll answer your question about this world.” Abyss explained, cracking his knuckles and walking out the door to the room, with Imperer in tow. “So one thing I noticed is that none of these ponies seem to have a bad bone in them. I mean they didn’t even really understand the concept of completely killing another being. Do you know what’s up with that?” Imperer asked, bumping into a cart which he pushed away. “They used to know what that stuff was. A thousand years ago Luna betrayed Celestia in order to become the sole goddess. She felt sore because ponies slept during the night instead of the day. Celestia sent her to the moon, essentially trapping her for a millennium. She didn’t want ponies to do things like rebel, so she used a spell to erase the emotions that cause thoughts like that. Only ponies with extreme issues can still have those thoughts, but they’re rarer than an extinct species.” “She really does things like that? Seems like a real tyrant, so what are we going to do?” “Quite obvious, we’re going to unseal Raia and Gai and then strike while the pot is hot. No doubt that Twilight has already written to Celestia about you. We stay put here until they show in your room tomorrow. First, now that we have both of us: this.” Abyss said, pulling out the Gai card. Using the large shark visor on his arm he inserted the card. “Gai Vent” A grey light shot out of the visor and began to form a body. The light dimmed down to reveal the grey Rider. The grey Rider got a hold of his surroundings before finally noticing the two Riders before him. His real name was Jun Shibaura, a third-year college student who was an expert in computers. His own rich upbringing contrasted to Mitsuru, who despite being born to a rich father, had to work to get his own money. His upbringing also formed a superiority complex, in which he constantly messes with people just because he can. He also seemed to have a love for games, as he thought the Rider War was one as well, and fought simply because it was a game to win. “Kamen Rider Gai, do not be alarmed.” Abyss said to the revived Rider, with Gai still in shock and looking around the environment. “Where the hell am I!? And more importantly is Asakura? That bastard… Who are you two?” Gai said angrily, ready to charge at the two Riders, still enraged at Asakura's attack on him. “I’m Kamen Rider Imperer and that’s Abyss. We were also sent here by Ouja. He killed you in the Mirror World, right?” Imperer began, walking forward to the rhino Rider and attempting to calm him down. “Yeah, I got a whole bunch of the Riders together to make the battle more fun. Kitaoka’s Final Vent weakened me when Asakura used me as a shield, then he killed me with his own.” Gai explained, his own mind still fresh with his own death. He quickly punched a wall in the hallway. “So I guess it’s time to release the other guy.” Imperer said, hiking his knee up and placing his own Rider card into the visor. “Raia Vent” A pink light shined from Imperer’s knee and formed the other Rider. Kamen Rider Raia had finally formed before them. Raia's name was Miyuki Tezuka, a fortune teller who was quite spot on with his predictions. He fought for the end of the Rider War, as he saw it as pointless. He was closest to Shinji Kido, Kamen Rider Ryuki, as the two had much in common with each other. Despite fighting as Raia, the original Raia was named Yuichi Saito, who also refused to fight in the Rider war, and was killed for it. Saito was a close friend of Miyuki, and is the reason why he fights. “This was something I did not foretell. Where am I, if I might ask?” Raia questioned, walking closer to the other Riders. He quickly noticed Gai was also with them. “Shibaura-san, might I ask how you are here?” “It’s nice to see you too, Tezuka-san. Looks like you never stopped the fighting.” Gai snickered, placing his hand on Raia’s shoulder. “These two right here have all the answers. Apparently it’s something to do with us all getting killed by Asakura.” “Now that we are all together we can focus on the bigger picture: getting back to Earth. Raia and Gai, Imperer and I have planned out a way for us to return to our proper homes back on Earth. It will require your determination to fight if we have to. What do you two say?” Abyss said, putting his arms out. “I’ll fight to go back there. I still had games to finish up. Count me in.” Gai said, happy to hear that he could return home after thinking that he was dead permanently, shaking the hand of Abyss. “I do not believe in fighting. But I will fight if I am required to, since I would also like to return to my own home as well. I would like to once again see Kido and apologize to him for what had happened.” Raia also agreeing to the plan, put his own hand out to shake with Abyss. The four Riders were together in this. They were going to return home, each with their own goal in mind. Mitsuru wished to reclaim his company, Tezuka wished to reunite with Shinji Kido, Jun wanted to exact his personal revenge on Asakura, and Abyss had something else in mind. Abyss and the others walked alongside each other to where Abyss resided in the Equestria. Using the glass mirror, all four of them returned to the real world. Each of the men shattered out of their armors to reveal what they really looked like. Miyuki Tezuka was a young man with longish-black hair, and he wore a checkered suit jacket over a striped shirt along with a pair of dress pants. Jun Shibaura was also young and had spiked up hair, he wore a complete suit tie and all. Abyss was a middle aged man, wearing a white button up shirt with a red tie along with a pair of black dress pants. Mitsuru admitted to himself that he was probably the poorest looking one right now. “Now that we’re all together, my real name is Kamata, I was originally a freelance journalist.” Abyss explained, leading the four to a table with a map of Canterlot Castle on it. He motioned the three to sit down, which they did. “So how are we going to invade this castle? It’s probably going to be filled with guards.” Mitsuru asked, picking up the map and looking at it from different angles. “It’s obvious that we’re going to just bust in, right? We’re Kamen Riders, more powerful than any normal person.” Jun said, ripping the map out of Mitsuru’s hands and pointing at the castle entrance. “I foresee that plan failing almost instantly. We were sealed inside cards and I presume the owner of said castle did so. Am I correct?” Tezuka continued, pointing out the things wrong with blindly charging in. “Now men, we all have different goals, but my idea is sure to work. Those bitches in the castle sealed you two and would have done the same to us if we weren’t careful. Now what we must do if attack them without Contracts before attacking ourselves. The Abyss sharks blindly follow my own contracts, along with the sheer amount of Mitsuru-san’s Gigazelles. They will allow us to steal the mirror and return home. All we have to do is let them loose on the city of Canterlot and use the chaos to break into the castle.” Kamata explained, revealing a chalkboard with everything planned out and also writing out the inclusion of the other Riders. “Originally this was a single man project, but it should go much more smoothly now that you’re here.” "Wait, we're going to have our own contracts attack the innocents? I'm not much for this Celestia woman myself, but these others are completely innocent of anything. You even told me they lack the ability to be immoral. I want my money, but isn't there a better way to do this?" Mitsuru chimed in, concerned about the innocent life at risk. "I agree alongside Mitsuru-san. I will fight the one who sealed me away, but saving innocent people and stopping the Rider War are the exact reasons why I became a Rider. We do that and there's no way I could face Kido." Tezuka agreed, pulling out his Card Deck and examining it once more. "Well, we could always take a different route. What do you all have in mind?" Kamata asked, rising from his seat and erasing the chalkboard. "I thought we could sneak into the castle, instead of the attack. All we have to do is find this mirror, right? It's like a fetch quest in a RPG, all we have to do is stealth our way in through the Mirror World. I don't know why you thought we would have to go full out." Jun explained, quickly taking back his original idea of busting in, head-on. "I will admit, using the Mirror World is the most logical, but I have one other objective in mind for us." Kamata pulled something out of his pocket. "I managed to steal back the Gai and Raia cards, but there is yet another." From his pocket he reveals a picture of a phoenix. "She has the Card Deck of Kamen Rider Odin, the most powerful Kamen Rider. If she figures out how to harness that power, she could break into our world." "Wait, if she wanted to break into our world, wouldn't she just use the mirror? Plus how would she even get Odin's deck?" Mitsuru asked, rising from his own seat to point out the contradiction. "Yeah, it would make more sense to simply go through this mirror instead of harnessing the full power of this Odin's deck." Jun pointed out as well. "That mirror forcefully converts the one's who go through it into humans. If she went through it, then she would lose her ability to use magic. However, if she wanted more land for herself then she would need her magic. This is all for the betterment of mankind. Only ancient texts that I found in the castle dungeon refer to this mirror and even then it only vaguley describes the humans of the Middle Ages. Plus, it would be impossible to enter via the Mirror World because of a protective charm she cast on the door. Trust me, I've already tried it once before and it didn't work." Kamata explained in full detail to the three Riders. "So I assume that this mirror can bring us home, however if this Celestia is in possession of Odin's deck, how do we retrieve it and get into where the Mirror is located?" Tezuka asked, pointing out the flaw on the chalkboard. "We'll take it by force. Since we don't agree on a distraction we'll have to take this castle by force. If we can do that, then we can get into the mirror room, get this Card Deck, and finally go home. I personally want to shove a certain foot up a certain person's ass." Jun said, drawing up his own ideas on the board. They all finally agreed on this last idea. They would have to stealthily take down guards and the Princesses that had sealed Tezuka and Jun, but they agreed that this would be the only way to get back without hurting any innocents. Mitsuru just hoped that those six ponies didn't show up, or it could turn ugly.