The Ridewatch Hero (Kamen Rider Zi-o x My Hero Academia)

Chapter 2 - Ryou Soutou, The Ridewatch Hero

Sunlight peered into Ryou's room through his blinds, just as his alarm went off the next morning.

Ryou slowly opened his eyes as he started to slowly become conscious and think about what he had to do.

"Urg...did I fall asleep last night?" He looked over at his desk, which was a mess of mechanical parts, tools, and two other blank Ridewatches. "So basically nothing new.  Figures."

Ryou got dressed in his school uniform, and got of his room, grabbing a grilled cheese sandwich and orange juice box which was set on the table.

"Thanks Grandma!"

"Have a good day at school, sweetie!" The older woman called out.

As Ryou immediately left his apartment, he spotted Midoriya walking to school by himself.

"Hey Midoriya." Ryou tapped him on the shoulder, unintentionally creeping up behind him.

Midoriya jumped, and breathed a sigh of relief when he say Ryou. "Oh man...you scared me Ryou!"

"My bad.  It's a bad habit I'm working on.  Say, did you hear what we're doing today?"

"No, I didn't."

"Ah."

Sudden awkward silence filled the air as the two silently walked half the way to U.A. High, until Midoriya finally broke silent tension.

"Ryou, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

Midoriya scratched his head. "I mean...I know you're not comfortable with it.  But...how come you don't talk about your Quirk?"

Ryou felt like slamming his head against a wall.  Why did everybody care so much about others Quirk?

"It's not something I like discussing because I'm not entirely proud of it.  I don't know how everyone would react to it."

"I'm sure it'd be great!  People yesterday seemed pretty happy with you?"

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"Hey, somebody stop those guys!"

Three men ran out of a corner ATM stop, with huge bags of cash in their hands, along with rifles and guns.

"Yeah right." One of the criminals laughed. "Even if a Hero showed up, they'd be too late.  We're in an area with a low possibility of Hero's showing up until we're gone!"

"Do you honestly think that?  Man, you guys are stupid.  You know, robbing banks is a pretty dull pastime.  Maybe investing in knitting?"

A figure in a spandex suit and weird helmet stood at the corner of a street, looking dead on at the three criminals.

"Hey boss, look.  Is that a hero?" One of the criminals pointed out.

The lead criminal looked at the mysterious figure. "And who the heck are you?  I haven't seen you before."

"You can call me Kamen Rider Zi-O.  I'll be the person to take you down."

Before the criminals could draw their guns, Zi-O pulled out his own and shot their hands, knocking their guns to the ground.

"Now, boys.  Let's not use guns.  I much prefer hand to hand combat."

"Boss, what do we do?  Pro Heroes are gonna show up at any moment!"

The lead criminal simply scoffed and raised his fists. "He's one person and we're three.  Even if Pro Heroes come, I'm not backing down without a fight." He ran towards Zi-O.