Restoration (Old)

Chapter 20: A Power far beyond

We now stood at opposite ends of a blue sparring arena that had been through doors behind their pedestals. The other 7 were sat at a desk that they were watching from. At least these one's were even, it's good to know that I can fight without having a headache.

Ichigo: "You should know the rules of battle in this facility. You and I will transform and whichever of us loses our key form first is the loser. This way you can change forms as long as you keep Gokai Violet going. You understand this right?"

I held up my Gokai Violet key in one hand as I put the keys of the Kamen rider into my belt.

Jets: "Are you trying to give yourself a disadvantage? How confident are you in your powers Ichigo?"

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes before throwing one arm up, across his chest and towards the sky. He then slowly moved his arm across until it was simply pointing up. He threw his other arm up the same way whilst pulling the first arm back, shouting.

Ichigo: "Rider.... HENSHIN!"

He leapt into the air and it all happened so fast, it was as if I had blinked and in that frame of a second that my eyes were closed, he had transformed into his rider form.

I stood looking for a couple of seconds. this form seemed very different from Decade and W. The entire areas atmosphere seemed to turn to a much more serious tone. It's as if the presence of Kamen Rider Ichigo demanded a military attention. I myself stopped smiling and gave a more serious expression.

Jets: "Okay, I see that you are very straight to business. Gokai Change!"

I threw the key into my glove and turned it, the glove must have sensed the seriousness of the situation as instead of the Xs and Vs it just let purple lights close in on me to make the suit form around me.

~Gokaiger!~

I drew my blade and pistol in each hand and stared him down from across the room.

Jets: "What? No weapons?"

Ichigo made no attempt to respond as he began walking towards me. I hit my belt again and pulled out one of the Kamen Rider keys that I had been allowed. A mixture of red and blue, with either colour being more prominent on either side. As I held it in my hand, the colours flashed a bit before shifting to completely different colours. A half Azure blue and a half Lime green. I took a brief moment to marvel at this before snapping back to reality and looking up to see Ichigo half way across the field. I quickly flipped the key and put it into my glove, but before I could turn it, pipes began to appear around me and fill with the colours of the key.

~Are You Ready?~

Ichigo stopped and watched as I turned the key.

Jets: "Gokai Change!"

The pipes closed in on me and layered the key's form over Gokai Violet.

~Kamen Rider! Build!~

Steam seemed to erupt from either side of me.

~The Punctual Rebel! KaizokuRessha! Yeah!~ (Translation- Pirate Train)

Something Resonated within me, as if to say...

Jets: "The rules of victory, are putting on a show!"

I looked around my form and smiled a bit, only to be met with a sudden sharp pain in my gut as a blow is delivered from my opponent. It didn't push me, it didn't knock me flying, all of the attack was a painful strike that remained even after the fist was pulled away. I gripped it to try and ease the pain only to have the same feeling delivered to my head. I gripped my head and stumbled back a few steps.