//------------------------------// // Legend of the Armored Warrior // Story: MLP: Gaim Sengoku // by Kamen Rider SEGADash //------------------------------// =ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!= “Eh… EH?!” Dash gawked in her new armored form. “No way... Dash is...?!" AJ gawked, her jaw almost on the ground with shock. “Oh no…” Zangetsu-Shin gawked. Dash looked around in her armored form surprised, as she saw the Inves about to charge at her, Dash quickly slashed at them with the orange sword in her tail. “Huh? ...Well, this thing isn’t just for show. Alright, let’s do this!” she smirked, attacking all the Inves in the area with the orange sword. “No! Somehow she was able to use his power! The power of Kamen Rider Gaim…” Zangetsu-Shin gawked, backing away a bit. “...Gaim?” Dash responded, hearing Zangetsu-Shin gawked. “Grrr… forget it,” the melon-armored white unicorn growled before using his arrow to send some blasts Dash’s way. As much as she tried to dodge the blasts, Dash was hit every single time, but she was saved from the last one thanks to her being teleported next to Twilight. “Thanks…” Dash responded, as Zangetsu-Shin unloaded the lock from his buckle, and loaded it into his arrow. =LOCK ON!= He pulled back on the arrow, and glared at Dash, took aim, and when he released it, Twilight just barely teleported both her and Dash away from the blast, which only hit a tree, turning it into toothpicks. =MELON ENERGY!= Applejack saw this unfold, but knew that she couldn’t fight Zangetsu-Shin, and quickly rushed away with Applebloom. Zangetsu-Shin then looked at the ruins, and again, pulled back on his arrow. “Are you okay?” Twilight asked Dash later that day. “Ugh… I don’t know…” Dash groaned. The princess looked at the device curiously, trying to see what it is. “What are these supposed to be, anyway?” Twilight wondered. “Rainbow… how could you do such a thing?! Because of yer reckless behavior and not listening to that ally of the Legendary Warrior Hero, you put us all in greater danger than before!” Applejack scolded the pegasus. Dash blinked for a moment, not understanding what Applejack meant. “...I think she’s mad you took this thing from the temple, angering a legendary warrior in the process,” Twilight explained. “I don’t think he’s a friend of this warrior. He was looking to destroy this thing, I only took it to keep it safe,” Dash informed. “And how would you know that? You never even bothered to pay attention to the legend!” AJ responded. “...He told me…” Dash informed. “...Wait… he told you we was going to destroy the artifacts?” AJ gawked, confused. “Yep.” “...I find that a little hard to believe.” Dash just sighed, and looked at her injured wing, and then over to Twilight. “I’m just glad you’re alright.” “I could say the same about you. You were pretty close to getting knocked out,” Twilight replied back. “Even if I’m on the verge of death, and somepony wanted to hurt you, you’re my friend, and I can’t let anypony do that,” Dash replied back. “Thanks,” Twilight smiled. “Uh, newsflash you two. We still have an angry armored unicorn who could come after us any minute,” Applejack reminded the two. “Right… but I’ll at least hold him off,” Dash told her. “And how? Using the artifacts will just make you more of a target,” Applejack pointed out. “...I don’t know…” Dash sighed annoyed. “We may not have a choice, Applejack. Those artifacts are the only things that can harm those monsters,” Twilight pointed out. “Then hand them to me! Dash is still to injured to keep fighting,” Applejack insisted. “...I don’t know if I can.” Dash responded. “No, seriously, I don’t know if I can let you have it. I think it locked onto me.” “And how do you know that?” AJ asked, taking the Driver before trying to slap it on her waist, but nothing happened. “...I was just guessing…” Dash shrugged, taking it back. Meanwhile, in Ponyville, Zangetsu-Shin was walking around, looking for Dash, causing other ponies to hide due to rumors of what he did. He simply looked around, not attacking, just observing. “Where are you?!” Zangetsu-Shin roared. “Right here!” he heard a familiar voice snap as he turned to see Dash. “And you’re not gonna mess with my home without a fight!” =ORANGE!= =LOCK ON!= The standby music began as Zangetsu-Shin fired several blasts at her, but Dash easily dodged them all, and then sliced open the lock. =SEIYA!= =ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!= Dash transformed once more into what Zangetsu-Shin knew as Kamen Rider Gaim. “Tch! You made a foolish mistake not listening to me earlier,” Zangetsu-Shin growled, charging forward, and Gaim using the Daidaimaru to block the attacks from he arrow. “Why is it you want to destroy these artifacts so much?!” Gaim demanded, as she was knocked to the ground. “I’ll tell you why! It represents a sinner!” Zangetsu-Shin shouted angrily, picking Gaim up with his magic. “A sinner who killed his best friend and kept me from the woman I loved! I will destroy that Sengoku Driver and Lockseed… even if I have to take your life to do it!” “Yea… uh… newsflash. When your vendetta brings other innocent ponies into the fray, you’re messing with the wrong pegasus!” Dash growled, managing to pull the blade with a gun out with her tail, pulling the trigger on the back with her hoof, before firing at Zangetsu-Shin, forcing him to drop her. “Innocent? NO ONE is innocent in war! There are only casualties, and I’ll take as many as I can get in order to complete my mission,” Zangetsu-Shin roared, attacking Gaim with his own hooves and the bladed Sonic Arrow. Gaim was hardly able to keep handling these moves, when suddenly, she saw a zipper of sorts starting to form on the side of a building, and saw some of the same monsters who were working with Zangetsu-Shin before hiding behind it in a strange forest. Zangetsu-Shin continued the attacks, with Gaim being forced around, before being shoved into the portal with Zangetsu-Shin. Twilight saw this unfold, and quickly rushed over to the portal, seeing it was starting to close. Suddenly, she used her magic to try and hold the portal open. “Dash… don’t worry…” Twilight muttered, “I’m coming after you!” Suddenly, her magic aura had another addition of energy added to it, as she turned to see a white unicorn mare with a violet curled mane, matching tail, blue eyes, and a three blue diamond Cutie Mark. “Rarity?” “So… what are we holding open?” she asked. “Some sort of a portal to a forest… Dash and that mysterious attacker both went in, we gotta go after them!” Twilight informed. “...in there…?” Rarity responded, as Twilight simply got ready to head in after them. Meanwhile, Dash was back to normal, trying to run away from Zangetsu-Shin. “You have no idea what that traitor did little filly. There was once another Rider who wore a Driver like yours, and he damaged it, which lead to his death!” Zangetsu-Shin informed, slashing plants out of his way to follow Dash, now in a more human form. “...How do you know he was the same guy who did what you’re talking about and not someone else, like say somepony close to you?!” “I just know. He also killed a friend of mine who only fought in self-defense,” Zangetsu-Shin growled, firing the Sonic Arrow. “Shut up already! How do I even know if you’re telling the truth?!” “You shut up! You know what else he did? He made friends with someone before mercilessly killing him when he was sick!” Zangetsu-Shin roared as he jumped, pushed the lever on his Driver and executed a powerful kick. =MELON ENERGY SQUASH!= His leg charged with orange and green energy, and he made contact with the ground, unknowingly giving Dash the opportunity to run. When the smoke cleared, though, it was clear that the pegasus was too far from the Rider. He sighed, before he closed the Lockseed, first be doing the two bottom ends, and then the top, showing it had the code “ELS-04”. With that, his armor vanished, revealing a humanoid figure in a purple business suit with a white shirt and green tie. “Why… why did Yuya go and turn into a monster and let Kota get that Driver?!” he shouted angrily to himself. Dash panted as she struggled to keep going, seeing the area was covered in forest. “Is he… telling the truth? Was the hero who saved Equestria from these monsters… a sinner?” She couldn’t believe any of that, soon getting exhausted, about to fall to her knees. “No… can’t stop. That guy… might try and kill me… have to, keep… going…” With that, she got up to try and keep moving placing her front right hoof on some of the fruit on the tree, which began to shimmer, she plucked off three and they all became similar to the Lockseed she currently had. Except, each one had a different image. One had a pineapple image with the code “LS-05”, another had a strawberry with the code “LS-06”, and the last was an acorn with the code “LS-03”. “Wow!” Dash gawked, “...How’d I do that?” She shrugged, and simply held onto the Lockseeds with her tail. “Just… where am I?” She continued looking around, just to stay out of trouble, hearing the noises of the Inves around her. (As the scene ended, Gaim’s current Lockseeds, Orange, Ichigou, Pine and Donguri came across the screen, and they closed along with a zipper with the Gaim Symbol on it)