Chapter 11 - Omake; by Anon e Mouse Jr.
"But wasn’t she the one that trapped a demon into the body of bunny?" Vix-Lei asked with disbelief in her voice.
"You actually believe that story?" Page asked with a giggle in her mouth. "I mean, it is in most of the stories of the Stern Ward-Fluttershy but I can’t just believe it and I don’t bother to tell it to the foals I read to as it is too ridiculous. I mean, a demon bunny named Angel?" That caused her and everyone to laugh a bit.
"Actually, it’s at least partially accurate," a voice said from one side.
The six froze, then turned to see a dark figure leaning up against a wall. In an instant, Night Blade had his sword out (despite his sight not being what it should be), and the others were looking suspicious.
"Who… who are you?" Page stammered.
"Relax," the figure said with a wave of its hands, stepping out into the light. "I’m not your enemy. Nor am I working with Balance, though I am aware of it."
Now that he was in full view, Page gasped as the sight of the being. He was tall, wearing what appeared to be a black and silver armor. His head resembled a skull, with large, smokey black eyes, which Wind Breaker would later tell them were made up of hundreds of tiny facets. He wore a white scarf around his neck, and a white fedora.
"The fact of the matter is," the figure said, "Fluttershy did own a pet named Angel Bunny. He was stubborn, cranky and generally ill-tempered. But he was not a demon in any way, shape or form. Just a normal, badly-behaved white rabbit."
"How do you know?" Xvital asked, still cautious.
"Let's just say I know a great deal about the past." The figure, though they couldn't tell it, was smiling under his helmet. As he waved a hand, the air behind him turned into an almost reflective surface, and he turned toward it.
"Wait!" Page called. "You never told us who you were!"
The figure tilted his head. "To quote one of my brethren... I'm just a passing-through Kamen Rider."
Then he stepped through the reflective surface, and was gone, the air returning to normal behind him.
The six exchanged glances.
"Well," Vix-Lei managed. "That happened."
She stretched her well-muscled arms above her head. "So does this mean we’re the new Virtuous Six?"
Wind Breaker's brain skipped a step, and everyone else froze as it hit them.
8174281 Ah, live and learn, I guess.
I'm glad you muddled through it and are enjoying it.
8174307 Is this Kamen Rider going to be making more appearances?
8174616 I doubt it
8174945 Oh... I thought he looked cool. I would've liked to hear his backstory.
8175066 As the author of the segment in question... probably not (and definitely not any canon appearances). I was just inspired for that part.
Backstory (which has long been planned but has yet to be made into an actual fic, like so many of my other ideas) is that he's a version of me who wound up in Equestria, became the second Kamen Rider Skull when the necessary equipment arrived at about the same time he did (so he is NOT one of the Displaced), and decided to use his new powers to help protect his new home, including from the creators of his equipment when they tried to recover it and later when they tried to invade and make use of Equestria's resources. After several years of living there, he met two of his fellow Riders and became able to jump around the multiverse, like Decade does. Since then, he periodically shows up in alternate universes for a while, usually to make some useful but relatively minor contribution (with one possible exception that I've contemplated - a full-scale crossover with a certain other series), but always returns to his native Equestria afterward. This little omake was just one of many trips outside of his native Equestria, though the only one I've written out in full.
Until next time...
Anon e Mouse Jr.
This was a fun break from the action. I find it funny that they are more shocked by the revelation that they are the new element bearers than a stranger that appeared out of no what're and disappeared just as suddenly.