Shin Riders Episode 4

Kamen Rider Double-O:  Shin Riders Vs. Great Leader
(仮面ライダー　ダブルーオ：　真ライダー　対　グレト　リダー)

Episode 4: Lost in a New World! Hunter Enters! (新世界を迷う！　ハンタ入る！)
By: Pablo L. Puente Jr.

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[Location: Another Universe, Umito City, France]

-Double-O, badly hurt, lies calmly on the floor with smoke coming off his body.  The Gemini ejects from the driver reverting Renn to civilian form.  A newspaper carried by the wind lands and falls on the face of Renn, waking him up.

Asuka Renn: What the?  Oh I'm going to be sore in the morning. [Grabs the paper with his left hand and looks around]  Where the heck am I?  I was in the middle of Tokyo…then.  Right, I was fighting that weird guy.

-Renn crushes the newspaper with his hand, but for some reason his attention is caught by an article.  He un-crumbles it and reads the article.

Asuka Renn:  Another Dopant attack.  Dopant! No!

-Renn stands up to see that he is no longer in Tokyo but in a strange new city that doesn't exist in his world.

Now:

Asuka Renn: Where the hell am I?

Mysterious Person: [Standing in a Tree] Another World.  I can feel it, Decade.  Where are you?

Asuka Renn: [Looks up] You again! What do you mean another world and who is Decade you speak of?

Mysterious Person: [Disappearing] Don't worry about it.

Asuka Renn: Wait! Damn it he left.  Another world?  Could this really be another world?

-Renn begins to walk out of the park that he landed in.  Pass the massive trees that hide most of the city scape, he sees a beautiful city built of neon metallic metals and glass.  To Renn, he feels like he is in the future.  As he walks down the street and into a nice open area of cafes and shops, he is greeted by many different people.

Stranger 1: Bonjour.

Asuka Renn: Bonjour.

Stranger 2: Bonjour.

Asuka Renn: [Bowing] Bonjour.  Wow, such friendly people. [Walks up to a person] Excuse me, where am I?

Stranger 3: [Puzzled] You are in Umito City, France.

Asuka Renn: I see, sorry I'm on my way to Paris and I've never been here.

Stranger 3: Paris? Never heard of it.

Asuka Renn: [Confused] It's a small town.

Stranger 3: I see, well have a good day.

Asuka Renn: Hmm, Paris doesn't exist in this world.  I wonder what else doesn't exist in this world.

-Renn approaches a small outdoor café and decides to stop to have a drink.  The waiter comes up to
him to take his order.

Waiter: Bonjour, how may I help you?

Asuka Renn: Coffee and if you have the newspaper, I would like that too.

Waiter: Yes misour.

Asuka Renn: Arigato.

-Renn sits there patiently for several minutes before he receives his items.

Waiter: [Placing the items on the table] Here you are misour.

Asuka Renn: Arigato. [Opens up the newspaper and reads it after taking a sip] Dopant attacks run
rampant in recent couple of days.  Police having several problems with fight the creatures.  So Dopants exist in this world.

-Renn has a flashback of his time as the Gemini Dopant.  The battle with Commander Saturn rings in his mind as he can still feel the lingering pains of the fight.  Renn picks up the cup of coffee he orders and takes another sip from it.  After he places it back down, he hears screaming coming from the other side of the opened area.
From a far, he can see the small explosions of vehicles that were parked.  The people around begin to scream as well and run away into different directions.  Renn stands up and hops over the railing of the shop and runs towards the attack.  It is there he sees a Rhino type kaijin charging through the parked vehicles.  Renn merely stands there in horror of the innocent people fleeing for their lives.

Asuka Renn: Not again, I won't let this happen again!

-Renn pulls out his memory and presses its button to call its name.  He prepares his pose and is about to say the words Henshin but is interrupted.

Hunter Gaia Memory: HUNTER!

Asuka Renn: [Looks up] What!

Joshua Chasseur: It's time for a hero to stand up! TOH!

-The mysterious young man jumps from the tall build after performing some hand motion that Renn could not tell from where he was.

Joshua Chasseur: [As he is falling]  HENSHIN!

-The belt displays the logo of the memory which breaks apart to form the suit in mid-air.  The orange colored rider lands on the floor making a huge impact on the floor.  He gets up and dashes towards the Dopant, but the Dopant counters with a similar charge.

Rhino Dopant: Who the hell are you!

Hunter: I'm Kamen Rider Hunter, and now I'll be taking your memory.

Rhino Dopant: Like hell you will!

-Rhino Dopant flips Hunter with his massive horn.  He tries to stab him with it as he falls to the floor, but Hunter rolls away from the stab, and retaliates with a kick straight to the eye.

Asuka Renn: Kamen Rider Hunter?  So this world has one too.

Rhino Dopant: Stop moving around!

Hunter: Make me!

-Hunter grabs a broken rebar from a slab of concrete and transforms it into his prized weapon, Hunt Reaper.  As quickly as he pulled the piece of metal out of the rubble, Hunter begins the swing the giant scythe weapon with great ease.   Each slash causes mini explosions across the Dopant's body.  After several major swings the Dopant falls to the floor trying to get back up.

Hunter: And now for the pinnicale of this scythe meister's master craft!  Here comes the end!

Rhino Dopant: No please stop!

-Hunter removes the memory out of his Lost Driver and places it with his drive slot.

Max Drive Slot: Hunter!  Maximum Drive!

Hunter: Now here I go!

-The Max Drive Slot begins to emit and orange electrical energy from the memory that travels up the body, into his right arm, and into the scythe.  The scythe begins to glow the same orange color that causes the blade on the scythe to grow bigger.  It is then that Hunter hits the button on the driver.

Hunter: Dopant Hunt!  Wicked Battle Swing!

-Hunter jumps into the air where his body becomes parallel to the floor and spins several time in the air with a bright orange ring surrounding him.  The attack comes crashing down on the Rhino Dopant causing him to fly back.  Hunter lands in a slide position with his right leg sticking out with the left propping him up, and the scythe cutting the floor.
The Dopant lays there unconscious as Renn stands there looking on at the fight.

Asuka Renn: Show off.

Hunter: [Look at the Dopant] Hey!  My memory, why haven't you ejected my memory!

Rhino Dopant: [Silently] haha.

-It is then that a distortion wave appears revealing Commander Mars.  He slowly walks up to the Rhino Dopant and shoves his hand in the chest of the Dopan, placing a SeeD within him.

Commander Mars:  This is why!

-The seed within his body begins to crack open and spreads its roots throughout the user's body, giving birth the plant parasite.  His body begins to mutate into a plant version of his current form.

SeeD Kaijin (Rhinophyte): Oh I'm back baby!

Hunter: Wait!  That's cheating!

SeeD Kaijin (Rhinophyte): I'm the bad guy remember!?

-Rhinophyte charges violently at Hunter with his horn sticking out. The horn lifts Hunter in the air but before he can get up higher, Rhino Dopant grabs him by the chest and slams down on the ground hard.  After that he drags him through the street and slams him back and forth between parked cars until he tosses him towards Renn.

Asuka Renn: [Stands in front of Hunter who is on the floor] DIMENSION!

Hunter: [In pain] What the?

Commander Mars: Oh its you?  His Greatness is very angry at you.  He wasn't too happy that you destroyed one of his commanders.

Asuka Renn: [Points] Keep it up and you are next!

Commander Mars: Oh how much I would give to fight you, but know that there is a rider here and you are also here, I have to obey his Greatness's wishes, but I think he will play with you. [Snaps fingers]
Rhinophyte, you are up!

SeeD Kaijin (Rhinophyte): Yes, as you command!

-Rhinophyte comes charging towards Renn but he kicks him so hard that it knocks him off course.  From the spin that Renn comes out of, due to his kick and the force of Rhinophyte charge, he pulls out his memory and presses its button.

Gemini Memory: GEMINI!

Hunter: Gemini?!

Asuka Renn: It's time to show this world something new!  Henshin!

-Renn tosses the memory high into the air.  From there he slams his crossed hands by his waist, which leads into him making two circles with them.  After several spins in the air, the memory comes back down but is instantly caught by Renn.

Asuka Renn: [Slams the memory into the driver] DOUBLE-O!

-As he transforms, Double-O rushes over to Commander Mars so that he cannot escape, but Mars slaps him hard, knocking him back.

Commander Mars: Sorry, but you won't be able to fight the great Commander Mars quite yet.  Maybe next time but till then I'll leave you some presents.

-Mars pulls out three SeeDs from his pocket and tosses them into the air where they float away into the distance.  After doing so, he enters the distortion wave and leaves.

Double-O: Wait!

SeeD Kaijin (Rhinophyte): Did you forget about me?!

-Rhinophyte punches Double-O in the face, disorientating him for a second.   Within that second, it gives him a chance to toss Double-O through the glass of the neighboring building.

Double-O: Wow, what power!  I don't think I will last much longer getting tossed around like this.

Hunter: [Running towards Rhinophyte] Stay away you, this is my fight!

SeeD Kaijin (Rhinophyte): Not anymore!

-Rhinophyte tackles Hunter down and punches him really hard in the chest.  After that, with Hunter on the floor, the kaijin stomps on his chest and holds him down.  It is within that moment, Double-O's belt begins to glow a darker blue and the left wing of his buckler shines.

Double-O: [Looking down] What's this?

Stingray Disk: [Makes a gesture with his tail to pull it down] Stingray! Stingray!

Double-O: Stingray Disk, where have you been?  What is it boy, you want me to pull this down?

Stingray Disk: Stingray! Stingray!

Double-O: Alright!  Hey Rhinobutt!  Yeah, I'm talking to you!  How about me and you try something new!

SeeD Kaijin (Rhinophyte): Why you!

-Double-O pulls the left wing of his buckler down.  In doing so, the memory inside the driver cries out its name and begins to emit a dark blue wind that surrounds him.  The wind eventually circles around very fast and forms a single circle above him which begins to drop metallic snowflakes that begin to transform his suit.
After the suit transforms, Double-O pulls out two gun type weapons from his sides and shoots outward to clear the remaining wind.

Double-O: Kamen Rider Double-O! O-Poly form!  What do you think Stingy?

Stingray Disk: [Bops up and down agreeing] Stingray!

Double-O: I'd knew you'd like it.

-O-Poly begins to fire several shots at the kaijin as he slowly walks towards him.   Each shot pushes Rhinophyte back and away from Hunter.  After several shots, O-poly stops firing and waits for Rhinophyte to charge which he does, but the impact of the horn to O-poly's chest doesn't do anything.
Rhinophyte stunned by his lack of strength to do damage, pauses for a second.  In that second, O-Poly grabs his horn and swings him away from Hunter and him.

Hunter:  He can change forms without any help of another memory.

Double-O: [Stops to think] How to stop you?  I got it!

Max Drive Slot: Gemini! Maximum Drive!

-O-Poly jumps into the air with the help of the O Pocket energies produced by his feet, but due to his new weight he doesn't jump as high as before.  Even though this slight miscalculation, O-Poly aligns himself into a punch.

Double-O: Gemini Punch!

-As O-Poly comes crashing in with his fist clinched, Rhinophyte dodges the move, but his horn is caught by the punch and is broken.

SeeD Kaijin (Rhinophyte): [Holding his nose in pain] My horn!

Double-O: Hey you moved!  You were not suppose to move!

Stingray Disk: [Points to the slot in the guns] Stingray! Stingray!

Double-O: You want me to put the memory in the gun?  Alright then, let's give it a try.

-O-Poly removes the memory out of the belt's drive slot and places it into the gun's slot.  Immediately the gun cries out the typical drive call and begins to charge up.   A cyclone twirls around the two guns, producing a small electrical storm around the two.

Double-O: Gemini! Twin Bang Shot!

-O-Poly pulls the trigger, releasing two massive energy beams that twirl together into one and collides with Rhinophyte.  The energy beams shot disperse into two massive rings in the form of Double-O's logo and disappear.  O-Poly spins his guns like a sharpshooter and places them on the side of his legs where they disappear.
O-Poly turns around but as he does, the SeeD within the Dopant ejects along with the Rhino memory which breaks into pieces.  The user of the two comes out of the explosion dazed and confused that he passes out on the floor.  After that O-Poly pulls the lever on the side of the buckler back up to revert to Double-O.

Rhino Memory: Rhi….n….o

Double-O: Okay, now that was cool.

Stingray Disk: Stingray!

Double-O:  That bastard Mars got a way, plus he let those out in this city.  Stingray, I need you to go track down what those things were.  We may need to find them before they cause any problems.

Stingray Disk: Stingray! Stingray!

Hunter: I'll be taking you memory now!

Double-O: [As he turns around] What?

Hunter: You made me lose the Rhino Memory.  That memory had a high price on it.  Now you are going to pay for it.

Double-O: Well try somewhere else then.

Hunter: Give me your memory!

Double-O: Sorry, but this memory isn't going anywhere.

Hunter: Fine then, I'll just take it then.

Double-O: I can never catch a break.

-Hunter takes a swing at Double-O with his scythe.  Double-O is able to dodge a couple of them but due to exhaustion he cannot dodge the rest of the attacks.

Hunter: Oh come on, you were doing so good fighting the Dopant, what happen?

Double-O: I don't know, maybe just a little tired.

-Double-O continues to dodge and block the attacks but the damage done by Hunter's scythe begins to get harder and harder to deal with.  In order to counter act the scythe, Double-O pulls the lever again to transform into O-Poly and fire from afar.

Hunter: Nice try, but you already showed me that trick.

-Hunter begins to spin his scythe with his hands in order to make a barrier to get close enough to Double-O.  Once close enough to Double-O, Hunter slashes him again with scythe but the swing
knocks back Double-O.

Hunter: [Walking towards Double-O] Come on, I don't want to hurt you.  Just give me the memory.  
Trust me, I'll put it with the rest of my collection, it will be safe.  I promise.

Double-O: Sure, let's do that.

-Hunter attempts to swing his scythe once more downwards towards Double-O who is on the floor.  In that moment Double-O places the memory into the drive slot and press the button which splits him into two.
The two roll away from the blade crashing into the ground and get up to punch Hunter in the air.  From there the two jump after him and set up their punch.

Double-O (Blue): I got a name!

Double-O (Red): Me too!

Double-O (Both):  Gemini! Twin Buster Punch!

-The two, dash forward slamming their fists into Hunter which send him back but due to the lack of energy the attack merely damages hunter chest plate.  Upon landing they revert back to the single Double-O.  With the lack of energy Double-O has, the belt loses power and disengages the transformation and causes Renn to revert to civilian form.

Asuka Renn: Oh crap.  This isn't good, and I sent Stingray away.

Hunter: [Getting up] I guess you lose.  Just hand over the memory.

Asuka Renn: Like I ever lose to you

-Renn tries to put the memory back into the drive but his vision begins to blur, and he can't put it in.

Asuka Renn: Great…

Hunter: It's over.  The memory is mine now.

-As Hunter approaches Renn a white car parks itself in between the two.  From the car, a middle aged man in a suit exits as well as young woman in a dress.

Sonozaki Kyoji: Enough Hunter.  I don't pay you to hunt what we didn't ask for.

Sonozaki Mina: [Helping Renn] Are you alright?  I'm sorry about Joshua's actions; he can get a little carried away.

Asuka Renn: A little.

-Renn passes out and falls to the floor.  Hunter pulls out his memory from the driver and reverts to civilian form.

Joshua Chasseur: Misour Sonozaki, he has a memory!

Sonozaki Kyoji: It's not one of ours.  We only pay you to hunt those that have been stolen from us.

Sonozaki Mina: Father, he is badly hurt.  We need to get him back to the Museum.

Sonozaki Kyoji: Yes, we can help him. I'll help you get him into the car.  Maybe he can shed some light
on the situation.

-The two Sonozaki family members help Renn into the vehicle, and drive off.  Joshua follows behind on his motorcycle.

[Location:  Umito Museum, several hours later]

-After several hours rest, Renn wakes up in the bed of Sonozaki Mina.

Sonozaki Mina: You are a wake.  Father, our guest is awake.

Asuka Renn: Where am I?

Sonozaki Mina: [Blushes] You are at the Museum, to be exactly, my room.

Asuka Renn: I see.

-Both Sonozaki Kyoji and Joshua Chasseur enter the room.

Sonozaki Kyoji: You are awake, hopefully well rested.

Asuka Renn: Yes, quite rested.  It's been quite a while since I have.

Joshua Chasseur: Misour Sonozaki, I don't like that he is here in your daughter's room.  He could be a
pervert for all we know.

Sonozaki Mina: Shh! Keep quiet Joshua!

Joshua Chasseur: But Mina, I'm just worried about your safety.

Asuka Renn: Sure…

Sonozaki Kyoji: So what is your name?  Do you have a name?  Or should I just call you Double-O?

Asuka Renn: [Sits up] So you were watching the fight.  I guess that explains why you showed up when you did.  The name is Asuka, Asuka Renn, and who may you three be?

Sonozaki Mina: This is my father Sonozaki Kyoji, I am the eldest daughter, Mina.  We both are in charge of Umito Museum. [Tone changes] And this idiot here is Joshua Chasseur, or Kamen Rider Hunter.  He is employed by us to hunt down the memories that were taken.

Joshua Chasseur: Mina, why are you so cruel to me.

Asuka Renn: You are annoying that's why!

Joshua Chasseur: Why you!

Sonozaki Mina: [Giggles and blushes]

Joshua Chasseur: Mina!  How can you agree with him?

Sonozaki Mina: [Tone changes] You are…

Joshua Chasseur: Aww…

Sonozaki Kyoji: You are good fighter, maybe you would like to work for us?

Sonozaki Mina: That would be a wonderful idea!

Joshua Chasseur: I'm against it; he couldn't even fight against me.

Sonozaki Mina: That's because he took out that kaijin that whooped your butt.

Joshua Chasseur: You are so cruel to me.

Sonozaki Mina: I mean that henshin pose you did, it was…it was.  How can I put it?  It was beautiful!

Joshua Chasseur: [Does his pose] Did you see mine Mina.  I finally perfected it.  Did you see that my
pose makes an H?

Sonozaki Mina: [Pauses] No.

Joshua Chasseur: [In his head the room goes dark and he can hear a violin] You are so cruel to me, I thought we had something together.

Asuka Renn: I'm sorry, I have to decline.  I have to find a way back to my world.

Sonozaki Kyoji: You mean where Gemini Memory comes from.

Asuka Renn: Yes.

Sonozaki Kyoji: I figured as much.  In our time in studying the memories, we never have come across Gemini.

Asuka Renn:  Then you are going to get a kick out for this.

-Renn pulls out the memories from his pocket and places them on the side of him.

Sonozaki Kyoji: Aries, Karaoke, Nova, and Impact.  Well we definitely have not seen these.  Since you've showed me yours, I'll show you ours.

-The four head out the room and into the main hall of the manor.  There, Renn sees other memories like his own displayed nicely in glass cases.

Asuka Renn: Cyclone, Joker, Accel, Trial, Gene, Cockroach, Ocean, Luna, Heat, Metal, Trigger.  You have a ton of memories.

Sonozaki Mina: Almost over 800 different memories.

Asuka Renn: 800 memories!

Sonozaki Kyoji: Yes, but a good handful of them have gone missing.

Asuka Renn: Missing?

Joshua Chasseur: Yeah!  Several weeks ago, going on a month now, a weird electrical storm passed over Earth.  The storm started to trigger the memories, making them violent which sent them packing.

Sonozaki Kyoji: This was the same storm that we saw that Mars guy come out of.

Asuka Renn: You mean the distortion wave.

Sonozaki Mina: Distortion wave?

Asuka Renn:  Yes.  About the same time, the wave came into are universe.  It cause problems for us as well.

Sonozaki Kyoji: DIMENSION?

Asuka Renn: How do you know of them?

Sonozaki Kyoji: We heard you yell out the name.

Asuka Renn: DIMENSION is what causing the wave.  I don't know much about them, but they lead an invasion force into my world and trashed a good portion of it.

Sonozaki Kyoji: So in your world you have Gaia Memories?

Asuka Renn: No.  The Gemini Memory was born from the storm.  A friend and I were being chased by a kaijin and his master and then all of a sudden the memory burst out of the floor.

Sonozaki Kyoji: Like the Hunter Memory.  Maybe not in the way it happened for you.  My wife was working on the production of memories.  Then the storm came.  The research pool where we pull out the memories went berserk.  My wife took a reading and saw that the pool was trying to produce a memory on its own, something it's never done.  It was from that, my wife, took readings of the pool and saw that a certain memory was trying to get out.  It so happened to be Hunter.

Joshua Chasseur: The best memory for hunting others.

Sonozaki Mina: Shutup!

Joshua Chasseur: You hurt me.

-Renn paces back and forth.

Asuka Renn: I see.

Sonozaki Mina: Please help us get the memories back.  Innocent people are being hurt by them being out there in the world.

Joshua Chasseur: But that's why you have me!

Asuka Renn:  The memories are the least of your problems.  DIMENSION is here and they've done something.

Sonozaki Kyoji: What do you mean?

Asuka Renn: Before Mars left, he tossed something in the air.  I don't know what, but it's bad.  Plus
the other guy.

Sonozaki Mina: Other guy?

Asuka Renn: I didn't come here by choice.  I was in a fight with this rider who has the ability to hop
from one universe to the other.  He was the one who brought me.  He seems to be looking for
someone, someone named Decade.

Sonozaki Kyoji: Decade?  Never heard of him.

Joshua Chasseur: Probably another weakling like this guy.

Sonozaki Mina: SHHH!

Joshua Chasseur: Sorry…

Asuka Renn: Like I said I don't know much.  For now, I must stop whatever DIMENSION did before they fled; then, I need to find a way home.

Sonozaki mina: [Grabs on to Renn's arm] Well till then, why don't you stay with us.  Maybe we can even go on a date!

Asuka Renn: [Puzzled] Uh?

Joshua Chasseur: WHAT!

Sonozaki Kyoji: Please stay.  We insist.

Asuka Renn:  Thank you.  I will then.


[Location: DIMENSION Base, main hall]

Commander Mars: Your Greatness.  We have a problem.

Great Leader: Yes I know.  Double-O has found his way to this world, and a new rider has arisen.

Commander Mars: How does this keep happening Great Leader?

Great Leader: I am not sure at the present time, but it makes me happy that you obeyed my wishes in
retreating from the world.

Commander Mars: Well I did not just leave without doing any damage.

Great Leader: What do you speak of?

Commander Mars: I left a PlanT and several SeeDs in the world.  This way if Double-O cannot find his
way into the next world.

Great Leader: Good, good!  Though we still have a problem.

Commander Mars: What is it your Greatness?

Great Leader: That rider that lead double-O to the world.  Every time he jumps from world to the next, he leaves a whole to travel to.

Commander Mars: How do we find him?

Great Leader: I do not know.  He eludes any means of tracking him.

Commander Mars: Well, if it may please you, I will focus my attention on this rider.

Great Leader: Good.  We must stop him at any cost.

つづく (To be Continued)

Announcer: Transform yourself into something new for the next episode of Kamen Rider Double-O: Shin Riders Vs. Great Leader.

The PlanT grows into a problem that requires both Hunter and Double-O.  Can they stop this wold's impending doom?

Next time: Hunter and Double-O! Twin Warriors! ( ハンタとダバルーオ！双子座の戦士！)