A/N: as much as I would like to, I do not own the Kamen Rider Franchise. Toei does. I don't. I only own my original characters and riders. Now that that's clear, on to the fan fiction!

Kamen Rider Terra Firma

Chapter one: Birth of the guardian.

My name is Kevin Carlile. I'm your average high school student, and I mean that literally. I'm fairly smart, strong enough to hold my own in a fight and I don't do many extracurricular activities. The only unusual thing about me is that I'm a fan of a show from Japan called Kamen Rider. No one knows what it is and I'm fine with that. It's all in good fun, and even if it's not real it's still amazing. But sometimes you wonder…what if your favorite shows were real?

First day of school

I walked in to my school, just as the bell rang, as had been the norm last year. I scrambled to get my stuff before running into the classroom and sitting down next to my friends Ace, Nate, and Carl.

Ace was a fairly skinny kid with buzz cut brown hair. His real name is…hell I've called him Ace so long I've forgotten. Anyway.

Nate was skinny too, just not as much as Ace. Nothing abnormal bout him except his tendency to space out. But I do too so I have no room to talk

Carl's the unusual one. He's a pretty big dude and he has got the longest hair I've ever seen. But you wouldn't find a nicer guy. That's something we share. We wouldn't hurt a fly unless it hurt us first.

"Dude" said Ace. "You were ten seconds away from detention"

"Yeah yeah yeah I know. Stop nagging me." I replied. The rest of class went on pretty much normal and boring.

End of day.

I grabbed my hat out of my locker and said later to my friends. I started my walk home with my iPod earphones plugged into my ears. Then, I heard a voice.

"Destiny…guardian…protect the earth!"

I was blinded by a flash of light and suddenly I was surrounded by forest. I looked around, stunned and my jaw hanging open. A woman suddenly walked out of the tree, wearing flowers and leaves as clothing.

"Welcome Kevin. I've been expecting you" said this mysterious woman

"Okay, ma'am, not to be rude, but who the hell are you, where the hell am I, and how the hell do you know my name." I said, pulling my headphones out of my ears. I heard the woman chuckle and she spoke again.

"Calm yourself young one" She said. "I am Gaia, or Mother Nature, as most humans call me."

"You're Gaia? As in 'spirit of the earth and all its creatures' Gaia? OK, if I chose to believe you, why would you need me?" I asked

"Because, Kevin, you have been chosen to be one of the guardians of the earth. You have been chosen to be the next Kamen Rider." Gaia said to me.

I stood there for a second before falling down laughing. Gaia glared at me as I continued to laugh.

"Oh come on lady! Now I know you're pulling my leg. Kamen Riders aren't real! Their a TV show in Japan!" I said, regaining my composure. "They're pretty cool but there's no way it could be pulled off! Now if you'll excuse me will be finding my way home."

At the end of this last statement I was yanked into the air by a swarm of vines, which seemed to be almost alive. The vines turned me toward Gaia, who was holding up her hand, seemingly controlling them. She wore a smug smirk upon her face as she said "Do you believe me now?" as she finished the sentence, the vines released me.

"Alright I believe you" I said as I stood up and dusted myself off. "But why me? I'm just some kid!"

"Wrong, Kevin. You are a rarity among humans. Someone sound of mind, sound of body, and pure of heart. These three traits are crucial to be a guardian. However the trait that solidified you as the head of the guardians. You have the capacity to make anything a reality. You say "what if" to almost everything. That is why I bestow upon you this!"

A bright flash of light surrounded my hand and when it died down a bronze gauntlet had appeared on my hand. This mysterious piece of armor went up my forearm and stopped at the elbow. On the back of my hand was dial with two arrows on either side of it, pointing inward to an intricate emblem that seemed to represent the element of earth, as when I stared at it, I seemed to get a vision of a mountain.

"Wha…What is this?" I managed to stutter out.

"That" said Gaia "Is the source of your power. I have found that gauntlets are far more efficient than belts are."

"Wow…so this is what I'll use to transform? How do I work it? What's my rider name?" I started to blurt out random questions like a regular fan boy. All Gaia did was laugh.

"All in due time Kevin. Now, onto serious business. It is time you learn about the threat at hand. In this world, there are men who seek power above all else. One of these groups calls themselves NANO. They are one of the most prominent companies in the newly developing field of nanotechnology, and their headquarters are in your town. Though they did not achieve this on their own. An alien race came down from a distant planet, a race of all automatons, or robots. They gave them the power to rule the world alongside them by giving them nanobots that would mutate a person into a half human half robot monstrosity. They will do this one human at a time until all of humanity has become one of them. The only way to combat this is with the forces of nature. So I have picked 2 capable humans to wield the four elements and defend earth. If you choose to help me you will gain the power and knowledge you need to save everyone. If you deny it I will wipe your memory and choose another. Do you choose to accept, Kevin Carlile?"

I pondered in thought before finally nodding my head. Suddenly knowledge flooded my mind. In a matter of moments, I knew everything I needed to know to protect the earth. Suddenly I knew that back on earth, someone was in trouble. Gaia nodded at me and teleported me back to where I was and standing before me was a monstrosity attacking my school. My friends cowered in the corner as the beast advanced on them. It seemed to be a normal human with metal for skin, but when it turned around I saw that it had two large rounded eyes with slits for pupils and it had claws on its fingers. It roared and they passed out.

"HEY UGLY!" I yelled. It turned and growled at me and I smirked. I held up my gauntlet and said "How would you like a fair fight?" It charged but I dodged out of the way.

I thought to myself as it charged again 'All that's required to activate the gauntlet is a little bit of earth. But that's not very dramatic is it' It charged once more and I back flipped out of the way. I stopped with one knee on the ground, and then punched a hole in the pavement with my newfound strength. When I pulled the gauntlet out, its powers had changed it. Because of the contact with the earth in the pavement, my forearm was covered in jagged rocks. I smirked and held my hand to my face.

I thought to myself 'I've wanted to do this for a long time'. I then yelled out that one important word.

"HENSHIN!"

The jagged rocks from the gauntlet spread up all over my body, completely covering me, except for a small visor made of jade on the face. The rocks then cracked and shattered, revealing my newfound rider armor. My armor was made of sedimentary rock. It started from a dial on the back of my right hand, which was all that remained of my Henshin gauntlet. The rocks ran up the backs of my hands, ran from my wrists past my forearms, extruding off my elbows into spikes. Rounded rocks formed shoulder pads and torso armor. My torso armor somewhat resembled that of Agito, without the gem in between the pectorals. The torso armor bore intricate carvings, the same carvings that were around the dial on the gauntlet. The rock armor ran down my shins, with spikes protruding upward off of my knees, similar to those on my elbow. I wore black boots with gold trim to complete the lower half of my armor. From above the helmet's eyepieces extruded jagged rocks. The helmet had a silver mouthpiece and two large jade eyepieces. I took a deep breath in and struck a pose. "I am…Kamen Rider TERRA FIRMA!"

The monster growled and lunged again, and was swiftly met with a punch to the face. It stumbled back and tried to claw at me but I grabbed its hand and flipped it onto the ground. It got up and I delivered a Chuck Norris-style roundhouse kick to its face. I proceeded to charge at it and deal numerous punches and kicks to the monster until I tripped it and did an axe kick to the back of its head as it stumbled, knocking it to the ground. The creature got up and opened its mouth revealing fangs with holes in them for injecting the nanobots. It tried to bite me, but its teeth couldn't pierce the rocks on the armor. I kneed the monster in the stomach and it reeled back in pain. I slapped the dial on the back of my hand and the rocks completely covered me as they had initially. I punched the monster in the gut and a mark was placed on its stomach. The visor highlighted this emblem and labeled it "target" I leapt into the air and performed a flying side kick into the monsters gut as I yelled out "EARTHEN KICK!" When the kick contacted, the monster exploded. When the smoke cleared, a normal man lay in the street, perfectly unharmed. I stood up and my armor shattered away. "Whew…what a rush"

End chapter 1

And there it is, the first chapter to the first purely rider fanfic I've written. I think im doin' pretty well. Also, those of you that are a fan of my shinobi rider hopper series GO REVIEW THE THIRD CHAPTER! Laters Ya'll!