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Japan - 1992

Japan is in a current state of change. With an economical crisis slowly begin to die off, a rebuilding process is beginning to take place. Technology is rapidly advancing, pop culture is changing, and the government begins to shake things up as well. Times are changing and a champion is needed to bring Japan into it's new age.

Enter Suzuki Ryō, a 22 year old male who seems to do nothing with his life. He slacks around, seems to always be borrowing money from his friends to buy whatever currently has his interest. Many consider him to be a poor example of a Japanese person within these current times.

What they don't know however is that Ryō is helping Japan in more ways then they know. When trouble breaks out, Ryō is the first on the scene, he using the XV Driver to transform into the masked hero known as Kamen Rider XV. With this power, he will fight to protect Japan and become it's champion. He fighting for the country itself, as for himself. As a top company head within Japan has taken hostage Ryō's beloved Misaki.

With the XV Driver on his side, Ryō will fight to protect his country and save his loved one. He will fight as:

Kamen Rider XV (仮面ライダーXV)!

Opening Theme
Voice by L'Arc~en~Ciel

Ending Theme
Sekai Ga Owaru Made Wa by WANDS

Written by XW1n5t0nX
Artwork by XW1n5t0nX
Creative Consultant - guncannon109
All music is copyrighted and owned by their respective owners

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INFORMATION

Index

Soundtrack
1. Voice by L'Arc~en~Ciel - Opening theme
2. Sekai Ga Owaru Made Wa by WANDS - Ending theme

Gallery

Characters

Suzuki Ryō/Kamen Rider XV



Driver

XV Driver

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Japan in the year 1992 is in a major point in time, a time of change. Only a year ago did the country’s economy crash, it causing a near crisis for the nation. While not as bad as the 1929 crash of the stock market in America, it has left an impact within the country. Unemployment has begun to increase and families that were frugal before have found themselves saving every little scrap. Companies have begun laying off contracted workers in favor of part timers who will work for less. Truly, it is a time of change within the Japanese economy.

The economy is not the only thing changing however. More imports from other countries begin to make their way into Japan more. Pop culture has changed drastically, with new fads coming out rapidly while the old linger on. Fashion, film, music, transportation, technology, everything evolving quickly to meet the expectations of the new year and to fit into the tighter financial times.

In this, the second year of the 1990s, the citizens all over Japan must fight. They are fighting for a better tomorrow, for both them and future generations looming on the horizons. Young upstart companies, politicians, and people as a whole have caught on with the fighting spirit, they working hard to create a better tomorrow for Japan.

What the country as a whole does not realize though, is that perhaps its greatest fighter is in their own backyard. This hero being known, but not very well. He is a product of the times and the country itself. He is the hero of the Iwate Prefecture, he operating in Morioka mainly, but in all of Iwate as well. He is..

“Ryō!” A voice calls out, it belonging to a male.

“Hm?” The male known Ryō responds.

“Where’s my money you lazy bum?”

“Oh uh, you see I had it all ready Satoru. But right when I was about to bring it to you, I was walking by a store, and they had Super Mario Kart in stock. You know how much I want the game and how hard I’ve been trying to find a copy. So…”

“So you spent the money you owe me on another one of your games.” Satoru finishes for Ryō.

Ryō responds with some laughter, he eventually replying with words.

“Ahaha you sure are a smart one Satoru!”

“I’m not smart, I just know you too well. I swear you go through more money than an entire family does.”

“I can’t help having so many hobbies!” Ryō shoots back at his friend.

“Yes you can! It’s called self control!” Satoru replies quickly, he catching up to the young man so that they are walking side by side.

Ryō makes a slight sound showing that he is playfully agitated by the words of his friend. After taking the sound in, Satoru simply grins and shakes his head back and forth. He then jogs ahead of Ryō some, he soon turning around to do so backwards, thus letting him look at his friend face to face.

“Yo Ryō, I was going to go meet Gotō and Airi for lunch at Chō jikan, you want to come with me?”

“Sure! I am hungry so a nice meal would do me well.”

“Do you have enough to pay for a meal?”

“Ehhhh I have about ¥300.” Ryō replies.

“Ughhhhh.” Satoru starts, he rubbing his hand against his face. “Alright, I’ll pay for your meal.”

“You’re the best Satoru!” Ryō says as he jogs ahead of his friend.

“You know this is going on your tab right?” Satoru shouts out to Ryō.
Ryō then stops jogging and turns to the side some, he smiling as he looks at his friend face to face, Ryō’s brown hair hanging down in his face even with his bangs being cut short.

“Of course! It tastes better when you pay for it Satoru!”

“Oiii!” Satoru says to his friend, he chasing after him, this causing Ryō to run away from him, the two cutting through people in an attempt to avoid or catch the other.

-Kamen Rider XV-

Ryō and Satoru walk into Chō jikan, a small bell chiming as they do so.

“Welcome! Sit where a spot is open, we’ll be to you shortly!” A few employees shout at the two when they enter, the employees bowing a bit for them, Satoru and Ryō returning the gesture.

The two men walk around the restaurant some, they eventually catching Gotō and Airi out of the corner of their eyes. Satoru makes a slight whistling sound, it registering with Airi after a moment. She looks over to where the noise came from and sees Ryō and Satoru, she forming a smile once she has done so. She waves them over with a hand, she slapping Gotō’s arm some to alert him to the arrival of their friends. Gotō notices them as they walk over to the table, he nodding his head some in acknowledgement of them.

“Hi Satoru, Ryō!” She says in greeting. The two sit down at the table, they taking off their jackets as they bow their heads in return, Ryō having to remove a backpack from his back first.

“Hello!” Both of them reply.

“Ahhh Ryō, I see you’re joining us today.” Gotō

“Ahaha yeah, Satoru offered for me to come along and I took the invitation.” Ryō responds with a smile.

“You mean you couldn’t pass up a free meal right?” Airi throws at him with a small smile.

“Of course!” Ryō replies.

The three around Ryō laugh at his response softly, he soon joining them. After they conclude in their laughter, a waitress comes over and takes their order. The four converse while they await their food, they only being interrupted when the waitress returns with their drinks. While they talk, they go on about their various lives, laughing at the others' stories, and simply having a good time. Once their food arrives, the talking quiets down as they eat; the only nose filling the ears is that of the employees greeting new customers and the music playing over the speakers.

After minutes of eating and ordering a few bottles of beer, the talking resumes once more as they relax, not quite ready to end their time together.

“So Ryō, what’s the new obsession lately?” Gotō asks.

“Obsession? Why whatever do you mean Gotō?”

“Oh come on, every time we get together you always have some new obsession to go on and on about.”

“Not to mention spend all of your money on.” Airi adds in.

“Oh, haha.” Ryō replies with a chuckle, he scratching the back of his head.

“Well now that you mention it I watched that Sailor Moon show the other day and I have to admit, it’s really good!”

“You mean that show about the schoolgirl who transforms and fights evil?” Satoru questions.

“Yes.” Ryō responds.

“Why do you watch it though? Isn’t it meant for kids?” Airi asks with a slight tilt of her head.

“I bet he just watches it for the girls. I heard when they transform you can see them nude. Plus she wears such short skirts.” Gotō theorizes, Ryō blushing from his words, Satoru simply smirking with a small laugh.

“Uh! Ryō you’re such a pervert!” Airi says, she reaching over the table some and slapping him against his head. Ryō rubs his head some while muttering ow repeatedly.

“No it’s nothing like that! I just like the show as a whole, regardless if it gets a little sexual!”

“Mhm.” Airin responds as she crosses her arms.

“Well regardless of why he watches it, it’s just another thing for him to blow money on.” Satoru says.

“Satoru is right Ryō. You should really save your money. Your job can’t pay for your hobbies and life expenses.” Gotō explains to his friend, he scratching at his beard some.

“I know I know. But what’s wrong with a little indulgence every now and then?” Ryō asks the three.

“Because you don’t indulge every now and then, you indulge all of the time. Satoru explains. “If you keep this up whenever you marry Misaki, you could be living on the streets.”

“Satoru has a point Ryō, Misaki may have a good paying job but she couldn’t support a family by herself.” Airi adds in.

“Mehhh, I guess you’re right.” Ryō says.

“How is Misaki anyways?” Gotō asks, he taking a sip of his beer afterwards.

“She’s doing alright. We don’t get to be together much anymore though; she’s so busy with work.” Ryō answers after a moment of pausing, he smiling some.

“Oh. Well I hope you two get more time to spend together. You two make such a great couple.” Gotō replies to his friend.

“You should marry her and settle down.” Airi shoots out.

“Oh and be like you two?” Ryō asks mocking with a slight chuckle. Airi and Gotō look at each other and a smile a bit.

“Anyways I need to go. Shin called me yesterday and he got in the items he said he’d get for me when he was in Tokyo. He said I could pick them up today. Plus he said my bike was done being fixed up.” Ryō explains as he stands up and grabs his jacket and bag.

“Oh. Well goodbye Ryō.” Satoru says.

“Bye.” Gotō and Airi respond in unison.

“So long for now.” Ryō answers back, he giving them a small salute after putting his jacket on and slinging his backpack over his shoulder.

“Oh Ryō!” Airi calls out as Ryō begins to walk away, he stopping at the sound of her voice and returning to the table.

“What is it Airi?” He asks.

“When you see Misaki again, do please tell her I love the sweater she made me.” She asks of Ryō.

“Ah, will do.” He replies with a nod of understanding. He gives them another salute before walking away from the three.

Ryō walks out of the restaurant, he stopping to release a sigh from his lips. He looks up some to look at the buildings that tough the sky, he staring at them for minutes before speaking.

“Misaki…I miss you. We all do. I hope we can be together again soon.”

Ryō then turns to his right and walks away, disappearing into the sea of people.

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As the sky slowly begins to lose its blue coloring due to some newly formed clouds, Ryō walks up to a garage near the south end of Morioka. He walks through one of the doors that leads straight into the garage, he being greeted by a few of the mechanics. Ryō walks around a little bit more before voice calls out to him.

“Oi, is that a bum I see?” The man says, he chuckling slightly after he speaks, a smirk forming on his lips.

“Ha! The only bum around here is you Shin!” Ryō shouts back as he walks towards the man known as Shin, Shin also walking towards Ryō. When the two are finally up close to each other they begin to laugh, eventually giving each other a friendly hug.

“How are you Ryō?” Shin asks of his friend.

“Oh you know me, I’m always contempt with life.” Ryō answers with a smile, he removing a hand from his jacket pocket to rub the back of his head.

“Same old same old. You live the most lackluster life I know of.” Shin replies mockingly.

“Oiii, may not be much, but it’s what suits me. Better than trying to fit into a life that is too baggy.” Ryō responds.

“In an odd way, I guess you do have a point.” Shin says, he smiling a bit as he scratches his head.

“Anyways I got your call. My girl is fixed up?” Ryō asks.

“Yeah. The boys worked on it when I was out in Tokyo, I only got to work on it a bit once I was back in Morioka. Anyways the point is she’s all fixed up and ready to ride again.” Shin walks off from Ryō, he following behind him. The two walk over to another part of the garage, stopping in front of a motorcycle. Ryō smiles at his bike, his motorcycle being a Suzuki RG250, it colored black, white, and magenta.

“Man she looks beautiful!” Ryō exclaims, his face forming a bright smile.

“Much better than the condition you brought her in right?” Shin asks with a smirk.

“Definitely.” Ryō replies. “You also have the stuff I asked you to pick up right?”

“Oh yeah. I have it in my office.” Shin jerks his head over towards a staircase that leads up to an office.

The two men walk through the garage to the other side where the stair case. They walk up it and enter the office, Shin closing the door behind him. Once he does so, he pulls a pack of cigarettes out of the pocket of his overalls. He pulls one out and lights it, he taking a drag from it. Shin walks over to his desk and sits down at it. He opens a drawer after placing his cigarette in his mouth. He pulls out a shopping bag and hands it to Ryō who stands next to him.

“Here you go Ryō. A FMW shirt, some of their events on tape, a X Japan tape, and two of those Guinea Pig movies you’ve been raving on about.”

Ryō takes the bag smiling widely. “Thanks man!” Ryō nods his head and bows some to his friend. He then shrugs off his backpack and pushes the shopping bag into it.

“Man Ryō, how much crap is in that bag of yours if you have to push that stuff in?” Shin asks.

“Oh not much just my helmet.” Ryō replies, he pulling out a Shoei motorcycle helmet before zipping the bag back up and slinging it over his arm.

“Ahh. Well be careful out there man. I appreciate your business, but it’s getting tiring to constantly fix up your bike.” Shin says to his friend snarkily, he taking a drag of his cigarette afterwards.

“Ahaha will do.” Ryō replies.

“Goodbye for now.” Shin says as Ryō turns around and opens the office door.”

“Bye.” Ryō answers as he walks out of the office.

As the afternoon wears on and the sky begins to glow with beginning stages of the sun setting, Ryō rides his motorcycle through Morioka, he working his way back towards home. As he drives through the city, he hits a bit of a traffic jam. To avoid being stuck for a long period of time, he works his way out to a back road through some of the country side near some warehouses.

As he drives along the road, Ryō notices through his rearview mirrors that a group of bikes has appeared behind him. The bikes are all black, and the men riding them sport all black attires as well. The caravan speeds up, they starting to get closer to Ryō, they eventually being right behind, in front of, and next to him. Ryō looks around, he make a tch like noise.

“Great...I was having such a great day. Now I have to deal with them.”

Ryō then pulls down hard on the throttle, his motorcycle roaring as he speeds past the group, he bumping into the bike in front of him as he does so. As he accelerates and speeds away, the caravan of motorcycles speeds up, they keeping close to him. Ryō continues to increase his speed, he smashing his motorcycle into the ones that try to box him in to escape.

As the chase continues, Ryō continues to either smash into, or is smashed into himself with the men in black. Eventually Ryō is able to smash some off of the road, he even able to kick some of the men off of their bikes. Ryō smirks and laughs under his helmet at being able to lose some of the men.
However due to this, he does not notice that some of the men ended up driving off some to get in front of him. These men pull down on the brakes hard, they forming a wall with their motorcycles. Caught off guard, Ryō does not have time to accelerate to burst through them. Instead he jumps off of his bike, the motorcycle crashing into the others. Ryō rolls against the road and into the grass and dirt to the side of it. As he stands up, all of the men pull up to stop near him. They get off their bikes and run towards him.

The group of men that charged Ryō circle around him, they starting to throw punches and swing their legs to kick at him. As they throw out their attacks, Ryō ducks down, jumps up, and jumps back to avoid them, though he does take a few blows to his stomach, arms, and legs. In between the group of black clad men pushing hard offensively, Ryō begins to fight back. He throws his arms back and slams his elbows into the upper chest area of two of the men, sending them down to the ground. Ryō also starts throwing punches of his own, his fists slamming into whatever body part he throws them at, he connecting with blows to the chests, stomachs, and faces of the men.

As this group of men falls, a new one appears, these men wielding steel batons. They swing at Ryō, the metal sticks slamming into his legs and knees, the blows sending Ryō down to the ground as he clenches his face in pain. When one goes for a swing at his shoulder, Ryō whips off his helmet and uses it to block the attack. He then slams it into the gut of the man who attacked him, he then throwing it to another black clad man, the helmet slamming into his face and bouncing off into the road near Ryō’s motorcycle. Ryō then unleashes a sweep kick, he sending three of the men to the ground, he then jumping up to his feet and running off towards the road.

Before he can reach his bike though, Ryō becomes target to a hail of gun fire, he ducking down and rolling off to the side to avoid the bullets. When he looks over to where they came from, he shakes his head, some of the men in black having removed their right or left hand to reveal barrels, they smoking from just being fired off rapidly.

“Damn, you androids get more tiresome with every attack!” Ryō shouts out to them.

“Suzuki Ryō, you will come with us unless you wish to perish.” One of the androids says, it pointing it’s arm at Ryō with some of the others following it’s lead. As they do so, the other androids circle around Ryō to not give him any room to escape.

As he becomes surrounded Ryō looks down at the ground, he noticing that his backpack has fallen down to rest against his hand. As he looks at it, Ryō’s lips form a grin. Ryō stands up and grabs at his backpack, he holding it out as he opens it up. He sticks his hand into it, he removing a metal belt, it decorated with a button and some red, black, and green coloring. Ryō tosses his bag to the side, he whipping his arm down to his waist, the belt’s straps whipping around his waist immediately and locking onto it.

Ryō proceeds to throw his right arm out to his left side diagonally, he bringing his left arm down to where his hand is resting over the button on the belt. The androids look on in what one would call fear. Ryō smirks, he then shouting out to his attackers.

“HENSHIN!”

He brings his left hand down against the button, he throwing his right arm down to be out to his right side. After he presses down on the button, the middle portion of the belt begins flashing in the parts that are green and red. The two colors shoot out of the belt and come to encompass his body, covering it. In a burst of a wind and color, the colors shoot off of his body, leaving behind Ryō, he now clad in a leather suit featuring the colors of red, green, silver, and black. Around his head rests a helmet, it featuring two red compound eyes, a silver V like crest set in the middle of the helmet.

The androids back away in shock and fear. As they do so, Ryō brings both of his arms to be place forward in the air towards the android that spoke to him, the left arm held close to his chest, the right hand sprayed open in some. The newly armored Ryō then shouts at his opponents, he smirking beneath his helmet afterwards.

“KAMEN RIDER XV!”

...To be continued

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The hero of Japan has dropped into the midst of another fight! Can he survive?

Next time - Ryō continues his fight against the androids who attacked him. However when a little girl gets caught in the cross hairs, Ryō must not only protect himself, but another human life!

Kamen Rider XV Episode 2: To Fight and Protect!