The Demon King's Advent [Taimanin X Kamen Rider Zi-O]

CHP.4 [Revolt]

The state of the village could not be any worse in Hiiro's eyes... He remembered the story his uncle told him of previous wars that occured in the village but to experience one himself is already taking some toll on him.

As the fight continued, a masked figure in a red suit and yellow visor was observing the village from the hills nearby, hiding themselves behind the trees. "The Gaiza Revolt... This is where it all began right, father?" the figure whispered with the voice that belonged to a teenage boy. He then disappeared into the foliage behind him before a large red aircraft rose up through the canopy and flew over the village.

Meanwhile, Zi-O fired off beams of energy at the grunts and slashed a few after switching his weapon to Ken Mode. Being that they were just mere grunts, it only took them one hit from the Zikan Girade to drop dead. "I said c'mon!" Hiiro shout out in anger as he thrusts his sword forward, impaling a Taimanin who lunged at him before hurling the corpse to the others.

He sidestepped from an oncoming attack before spin kicking the attacker to their face. Zi-O detaches his Ridewatch from the Driver and inserts it into the sword, causing it to announced "FINISH TIME!" before pulling the trigger. "ZI-O! Giri Giri SLASH!" The weapon announced as the blade of the Zikan Girade began to emit a pink glow before Zi-O swung the weapon, creating a large energy blade which killed many of the Taimanins.

Seeing as there were only a few of them left, the grunts retreated from the battle as Zi-O glared at them. He sighed before hearing the voice of woman from behind him, demanding him his identity. When Zi-O turned around, he was met with a sword crackling with lightning aimed at his face and the woman who was holding said weapon.

"Rin-sensei!" He mentally gasped.

Rin demanded the Rider's name and so Hiiro did. "W-Wait! Rin-sensei, it's me! Tokiwa Hiroyuki!" he exclaimed which made the teacher gasped as she lowered her weapon before apologizing. But then she immediately looked back at him and asks why he didn't hide away to HQ.

"I chose not to run away... because I don't want to run away anymore. I'm sick of just sitting back..." Hiiro replied and Rin was quite understanding of his reasons. Hiiro then asks Rin about Shikanosuke and was told that he went into hiding with the other trainees.