Questions, Answers And Feelings

Author's Note: I know that the last chapter barely had Drive in it, but this chapter is going to be all about Drive. It's gonna be right before Soul Searching starts.

Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Wild Force Or Kamen Rider Drive. They belong to both Saban Entertainment and Tokusatsu. I only own my OCs.

Location: Animarium Island

( 3rd POV )

He had promised the rangers some answers, and that's exactly what he planned to give them. What he didn't plan on was the rangers taking Drive to their base which was a floating island in the sky!

Drive at first was very hesitant, but Taylor reassured him that they weren't going to interrogate him or keep him prisoner. Of course, Drive had to bring along the NEXTTridoron which they were fine with.

Upon arrival to the Animarium, Drive noticed how very green the place was. Fitting their theme as Wild Force Power Rangers, their base appeared to be in some sort of temple that was on the island.

With the events of what happened after the defeat of Cell Phone Org, he already knew that the Red Ranger was going to be a bit on edge as Drive had learned that the red ranger had an ability to understand animals and could understand that his zord was in trouble.

As they entered the temple, Drive looked around. He was quite intrigued by the ancient ruins. But saw all the rangers gather around at a picnic table while Princess Shayla materialized out from the sacred fountain which caused Drive to jump slightly from how she appeared.

"Well, where do we begin?" Drive asked, looking at the five rangers who looked right back at him.

"Why don't we start with who you are under that helmet?" Taylor asked, wanting to get the obvious question out of the way.

"Hm, seems fair enough." Drive replied, raising his arm and removing the car from within the brace before pushing the button on the brace. This caused the armor to digitize away and reveal the man underneath.

"Nice Drive!" The belt said with in response to the armor fading.

Their eyes widened slightly from the sight before them. Standing before them was a man who appeared to be no more than 21 years or so old. His hair being a dark blonde with streaks of bright blue hair dye. His skin being slightly tan and his form appearing to be a bit muscular. His eyes being unique, the left eye being the basic green but the right eye was a vivid electric blue which seemed to glow.

He wore black jeans with black boots, a black t-shirt that had blue accents and over that was a leather jacket that bore the logo of Drive in the shoulders and on the left breast. On his waist was the same belt buckle he wore as Drive and attached to his wrist was the same brace.

"Well, does this answer the first question?" He asked, raising his arms out to kind of show them that he was real.

"You're a bit young to be a hero, aren't you?" Max asked, trying to tease the guy a bit who simply looked at the blue ranger with a playful frown.

"I'm 22 actually, buddy. So I'm not exactly young." He replied, messing with the guy right back as he stepped forward a bit towards the rangers. A warm smile on his features.

"My real name is Bren Tomari. I'm the guy behind the mask of Drive. It's a pleasure to finally get to meet you all." He introduce, giving everyone a nod of greeting.

Cole, wanting to make a good first impression, stood up and held out his hand to the other male. His face showing a big smile.

"Hi. I'm Cole." He said with the kindness in his tone.

Bren reached out, taking Cole's hand and shaking it firmly.

"Nice to meet you, Cole." He replied, smiling back as he looked over towards the other rangers and Princess Shayla.

"So, what else you guys wanna know about?" Bren asked, he was clearly ready to hear any questions they wanted to ask him.

"Where'd you get those powers? Where do they come from? I've never seen armor like that before." Alyssa asked, she seemed rather eager to learn about Bren.

"My powers? Ah! You mean the NEXT System? Well, I inherited from my father..." Bren then proceeded to place a flat circular device down on the table as it lit up, revealing a holographic video of a man of asian descent. His hair was short. His attire being a sort of detective suit. But the most obvious clue was the belt around his waist. It was the same belt that Bren wore.

The rangers watched as the man transformed into Drive with the same belt, but the armor was much different from Bren's Drive. This drive was all red and the helmet had headlight like goggles instead of a visor. The armor also appeared be a bit slimmer. The tire on the chest reading 'TYPE SPEED' instead of 'TYPE NEXT' like Bren's armor did.

"That's my dad, Shinnosuke Tomari. He's Drive before me, though he was the second person the wield the system. The original Drive was a being known as Proto-Zero who assumed the form of Proto-Drive. Drive, or as he's now known as Kamen Rider Drive, was a servant to the people and protected them from the threat of cybernetic lifeforms known as Roidmudes." Bren explained, the holographic video changing to show the Roidmudes, and to some of the rangers they looked quite frightening. Some of them having bat motifs while others having spider and cobra motifs.

Taylor stepped forward, looking more closely at the past Drive. Her brows narrowing a bit as she looked over towards Bren.

"You said that its called a system? Does it have a creator?" She asked, rather curious about the answer.

"The Drive and NEXT systems were created by the scientist named Krim Steinbelt. He died when the Roidmudes first went amok. But he transferred his consciousness into this belt when he 'died'. Unfortunately, his consciousness currently does not exist in this belt anymore. It was transferred to a supercomputer and an AI system took over the belt's functions." He explained, though at this point a few of the rangers were rather lost and confused by his explaining. Mainly Cole, Max and Danny.

Bren shook his head, chuckling. "I know, this is quite a lot to take in. But I want you to listen, cause I know you'll want to hear where I come from." He said, which automatically got the ranger's attention as Bren sat down next to the sacred fountain.

"I'm not from this time period, I am from the year 2035. My father, became Drive in the year 2015." He said very truthfully which caused the rangers who were sitting at the table to almost fall out of their seats.

"So, you're saying that..." Taylor started as she looked over the young man.

"That's right, I'm from the future." He finished, sighing with relief as he had gotten that out of the way.

"Why did you come here then? Why aren't you back in your time?" Max asked Bren.

Bren seemed to not answer, his only response was to grip an item that was in his hand. It appeared to be a tie. But it looked like it had been burned as some sections were burned off and had scorch marks.

"I..It's a sensitive subject." He said, his tone rather pained as if it wasn't a good topic to talk about. Taylor however could read Bren's expression, he clearly lost his mood to talk to all of them. But, maybe she could talk to him one on one.

The blonde quickly walked over towards the darker blonde and grabbed his hand. Bringing him out of the room quickly leaving the others behind. Taylor had always been a direct woman, she wanted an answer to why he had come and she damn well was gonna get one.

She brought him to her room, which had been built with some of the surrounding forest as it had a makeshift door. She closed that door and it left the two alone.

"So...you gonna tell me why you brought me here?" Bren asked, clearly a bit surprised as to why Taylor had dragged him here.

"I could tell that it was a sensitive subject for a bunch of people to ask you. So why don't you just tell me?" Taylor asked, being rather blunt and direct with the blonde male.

"How does that make it any better? You might just go and tell them all..." Bren said, not really budging until Taylor walked over and placed the male's hands in her own. This caused Bren to freeze up a bit before Taylor let his hands go.

Bren walked over to Taylor's bed, sitting down with a soft sigh.

"Don't tell the others, I don't think they're ready to hear this." He said to her with a soft tone as Taylor sat down in the bed next to him.

"I won't, I promise." She said, looking into the eyes of the other who proceeded to nod.

[ Insert Theme: Who Will Know ( Extended Ver. ) By Shiro Sagisu ]

"Well, It wasn't by choice that I had to come to the past. I had no other options at that point. You see, near the end of the Roidmude War in 2015, my uncle Gou defeated a man named Banno Tenjuro. He was a sadistic scientist who had created the Roidmudes and ultimately in a way became one himself. When he was a human, he worked along side Krim Steinbelt. But when Krim found out what Banno was doing he ended his partnership with him.

When Banno returned, he had copied Krim's design and transferred his consciousness into a belt of his own. Using this belt, he linked with a Roidmude and became Gold Drive. While Uncle Gou did defeated Gold Drive, he ended up returning many years later in 2035. By that point, my father and uncle were too old to fight him. But Banno hunted them down nonetheless..." Bren began, he could already feel his heart starting to tighten up.

Taylor noticed this and grabbed his one hand, giving it a gentle squeeze to show that she was here.

"...He killed them. My father, my uncle, my mother...anyone who had been affiliated with his death. They were all killed. I couldn't save them in time. But when I confronted Banno, he had already grown much stronger. He went on a lone destructive rampage, destroying anything and everything that got in his way. Cities destroyed, and millions dead. Knowing that there was no way to stop him at this point, I had decided to use a last resort. Before she was killed, my Aunt Rinna developed a system for the NEXTTridorn. It was called the Time Road. When activated, the Time Road allows anyone who uses it to take trip to the past albeit the coordinates are set. The only downside is that its a one way trip..." At this point, Bren was suppressing any tears he knew were coming as he wanted to stay strong.

"...Meaning that you have no way of going back home." Taylor finished. She could feel his pain. She could see it. All his friends, his family. All of them gone and he couldn't stop it.

"I made sure that I was prepared, so I took the Drive Driver, Shift Brace, all the Shift Cars and any piece of Drive Equipment that my dad had left behind. Then set a destination with the Time Road. I used it and escaped to this year, 2002. When I arrived I was in the mountains where you guys saw me." Bren finished, he reached up and wiped a few stray tears from his eyes. As painful as it was, he had to admit it sometime.

Taylor had never shown much affection before for someone, much less for someone she only met a few days ago. But the fact that someone had to go through so much pain, she knew that he needed someone. He needed comfort.

"I feel like such a coward. I should've just stayed and fought Banno. But I simply ran away. My father would be so ashamed of me..." He said softly, but sadly.

Taylor's decided to slide closer, this time wrapping an arm around Bren's shoulder to pull him close to her as she hugged him tightly.

"You did what you thought was right, and I'm sure your father wouldn't be disappointed in that..." She said, not letting the darker blonde go from her embrace.

The darker blonde began to nuzzle into Taylor's neck, simply just not moving as he didn't want to leave her embrace.

"You don't have to say anymore, you just relax." Taylor told him, truth in her words as she didn't want him to be in any more pain than he already was.

"Will you stay with me? I...I don't want to be alone right now." Bren said with a soft whisper, the pain now visible in his voice.

Taylor began to rub the male's back, soothingly as she only responded with.

"You'll never be alone, never again..."