[Sentai]

Kamen Rider Kami

Part One

The Night The Stars Fell on Providence

The Night of the Fall is what people called it now. Ten years ago a meteor nearly impacted the Earth, one large enough to wipe out all life across the planet. The militaries of the world combined forces faced with their own extinction and destroyed the rock as it passed the moon. Which was the gravest mistake they could've made. The meteor was destroyed but the pieces fell like brilliant rain, and everywhere they impacted.. The Demons rose. No one knew what they were exactly. Some called them the Touch. Creatures that had a decaying touch which rotted anything they came into contact with. But.. two more stars fell that night. One of Hope. And one of Destruction.

The cackling laughter echoed through the city streets above the sounds of screams as people ran for their lives from the creature stalking them. The creature could've been a beetle. Heavy organic armor glistening black in the sunlight, large red eyes and sharpened mandibles. And four large wings fluttering in delight behind the Touch as he continued rotting whatever he happened to pass on his way down the street.

Divinity Shooter

As the words rang out the creature turned only to be blasted backward helplessly until it smacked a dent into the side of an abandoned garbage truck. Growling, ripping itself free, the insect Touch landed on the ground and began searching for the source of it's pain. What he saw was a young woman. She walked down the street in black hi-tops, knee socks, and black denim shorts. A skintight black tanktop and a cropped long sleeved white leather jacket, with black wings stitched across the back. Beneath each pistol she held, attached to the grips, the silver crosses flashed the sunlight on their silver chains. She brought both guns up to her shoulders. Black weapons, with crimson details, and each having a blue glistening jewel where the bullet chamber should be. Inside swirling white energy.
The Touch snarled, slowly rounding the woman, cautiously sizing her up while she calmly followed his every movement with her soft emerald eyes. Her head turned, watching him behind her, causing her crimson red hair kept to her waist to wave in the breeze. Almost inaudibly a voice crackled into her black earpiece and the woman nodded. "They're all safe then, good.. Guess there's no reason to hold back any more. Get to safety, Micheal." And she turned towards the creature only when she heard him agree, and saw him move off the rooftop to the north.
Both arms crossed to press the jewel against her biceps, narrowing her eyes towards the Touch over her arms. "Henshin." As her arms unfolded, the guns moved down her arms spinning the orbs inside both weapons causing then to glow so bright the creature turned his head and screamed in newfound pain.

Kami Ha! Kami Ha! The Gate is Open! Kami HA!

Her clothes burned away in blue fire, leaving behind the skintight black of her under armor. The flames swirled around her. Licking her legs, along her arms, and against her body, leaving white armor behind wherever they touched. The armor molded to her skin, becoming feminine, matching the shape of her body, leaving gapes between shin and thigh. Forearm and bicep. Chest and head. Waist and thigh. The wind whipped around her putting out the flames as she stood from one knee and slowly lowered her weapons revealing herself, and her helmet, for the first time. It was smooth white, with a blue visor angrily angled downward. The faceplate sculpted like a mouth and the finishing touch was her crimson her billowing from the back of the helmet. As she started stepping towards the Touch the Kanji for Kami burned bright red into her right breast armor. Whisping smoke as she walked. "Walk into the Light."
The Touch wasn't impressed. He roared and charged the woman head on, unsheathing his razor sharp talons as he lunged for her.
She held fast. Using her pistols to block each oncoming attack. "My turn!" Confused, the Touch looked down to see both pistols pressed into his stomach. The crystals inside glowing brilliantly.

Divinity Shooter, Cleansing Host!

The Touch roared in pain, throwing his head back and flailing his arms to the sides. Slowly, the armor began to burn away revealing the corrupted person inside.

Purge Wave!

Kami leapt backward, watching helplessly as the creature and the person inside both burned away to nothing in hellish red fire. "No.." She growled and began looking, searching for where the shot came from. And that's when she saw him. He stood on a car to the south. His armor matched hers but a more masculine outline. Black beneath, with blazing crimson molded armor and a sleeveless longcoat with a flaming skull on the back. His helmet carried a single horn above the visor and the weapon he held was a silver broad sword. Still smoking from the attack he launched which killed the Touch and the person inside.
Leaping from the car to the ground the man approached Kami. "What were you going to do, Bitch? Save her? She was dead the moment the Touch took her body. All I did was bury the remains." Her grip tightened as he spoke on her pistols. "Next time you're in my way I'll cut through you to destroy the Touch, remember that." The strange Kamen Rider sheathed the broad sword onto his back, staring at Kami as flames erupted, cloaking him completely until he was gone.

Kokoro slammed the door open in disgust. "I had her Micheal! I fucking had her!" The end table was next as she gave it a hard kick. The only thing she didn't abuse were the pistols, those were carefully laid inside their holsters on the wall above the TV. "I know, Sis." Micheal closed the door, following her trail of destruction and righting what he could. Micheal laid his jacket on the sofa, collapsing beside it as he kicked his sneakers off. "Who was he?"
"I don't know." And that was what bothered her. Not as much as watching that girl die, but enough to be a very close second. "He had the same powers I do but twisted.." As she claimed the bathroom for a shower, Micheal sat himself against the outside of the door and claimed his lap with a laptop. Searching through reports from The Night the Stars Fell. He thought he remembered hearing.. here it was. "Sis?" "... Yea?" "I thought I remembered something from the Night, you know? I found it." "What does it say?" Wanting to hear she turned off the water for a second, peeking her head carefully out of the curtain. "Wait.. Here we go. Reports indicate two pieces of Meteor 272, brighter than those in other reports, landed somewhere in Japan. The piece people have named "The White Star", landed in Shibuya. While Red Star landed somewhere in Kyoto. .. Assuming the Kami Revolvers were the White Star, then this Red Star must be the weapon this other guy found." ".. Makes sense." Like anything has made sense since that night. The shower started again and Micheal began chewing his thumbnail, nervous habit since he was small. Always when he was thinking. "I have a theory." "Go ahead." "Maybe the Touch infected another world, you know? And they beat whatever causes it back using the Kami Revolvers, and the Oni Sword." Her brow rose at that. "Oni Sword?" "It's what I'm calling this guy. Kamen Rider Oni. I'm thinking wherever the Touch came from, whoever lived there, sent weapons to beat them along with it." "If they had weapons to destroy the Touch, why not use them themselves?" "No idea. Maybe it was to late, I don't know. But his power is connected to yours. I mean aside from being a guy, and the color difference, your suits looked identical. The Voice of his weapon was even the same, did you notice? I just need more information.. Shame I can't just go up and ask a Touch."
Dried, dressed, Kokoro stepped from the bathroom and playfully ruffled her brother's hair. "Yes we can." Micheal hastily closed his laptop, rushing off to follow his sister as she grabbed her jacket and headed for the door. "We find a Touch, free the person inside, and ask. We just need to do it before this idiot shows up. Right?"

"Come on." Groaning, Kokoro collapsed back onto the roof of their lookout post. Which was really the roof of Kami Parfet downtown, the owner let them up here since he knew their parents. Made a good hidden hideout for kids wanting to escape the world. "Be patient, Sis. Touch don't work on a timetable." His only answer was another grunt.

"Thought I'd warned you already." Kokoro was up instantly, narrowing her eyes on 'Oni' as he stood in his armored form on the roof of the stairwell leading to the roof. "Ya know, I wasn't looking forward to this. Honestly thought maybe you'd see reason and help. Ah well.." Rolling his shoulders in a shrug, his hands gripped the sword on his back. Unsheathing the long weapon before resting it on his right shoulder as that hand lazily held the handle. His left gestured for her to come. "Come on then. Sooner I deal with you the sooner I can kill this thing and get on with my day, I guess."
Kokoro growled. Throwing her Jacket aside she claimed the Kami Revolvers from their hip-holsters and crossed her arms. Preparing her.. "Henshin!"

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The Duel of the Chosen