Story Edit March 12, 3:30 PM
Edited March 13, 1:40 PM

Chip 006: First and Last

"That's the reason why I'm able to heal myself…" Leo finished as he kept the uninterested look on his face when he had started to explain to Ichika about what had happened the day before, "I'm quite surprised you're taking this well Ichika."

The said teen was sitting in the chair that was located in their room, but Ichika didn't have any room for words since the story that was told to him had made a realization to him. Just what in hells name was going on in the world and why would anyone go so far for a reason no one would know about.

"Leo… can you tell me how your able to use an IS again?"

Silence was the only thing in the room as a creaking noise was heard and a deep sigh. Leo had to go over detail of why he was able to use an IS and why his was so different, but if it was only Ichika… he was fine since his secret could be hidden well.

"Ichika… I'll say this one last time…" Leo started as he cracked his knuckles before opening his hands and streams of data were flowing with different arrays of sequences, "I'm able to use the IS thanks to what I am… an experiment. I don't know for what purpose I was made, but all I do know is that the IS sequence was cracked and implanted into me which enables me to use them."

Another long winded explanation went on, but there was one part that seemed to interest Ichika more… that was the IS Leo was using. It was a lot different from his own IS and from what he was told, any data sequence he sees that relates to IS, he can copy and recreate to use as his own.

"You know my IS… it's much more than that in actuality…" Leo was finishing as he set the mechanical wristband that was attached to his right arm, "It's also my-"

Before finishing, Leo had silenced himself before looking at the door and with a flick of his finger, the door suddenly opened and five females fell into the room. Ichika stood up quickly, he was a bit shocked to see Houki, Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte and Laura had suddenly appeared in the room.

"How much did you hear?" Leo asked as he seemed to be disturbed and for the first time since he started attending IS Academy, there was a dark look over his face. Ichika saw this and started to think of something as he already realized how useless it would have been to defend them.

"Ah ha-ha… We weren't here for that long…" Cecilia started as she nervously looked to the side as if she was trying to hide something, "We were just here to see Ichika-san since it was ti-"

"How much did you hear?" he asked again though this time there was a restrained voice as if holding back his rage and this time, he did not wait for an answer since he looked at the five with his eyes glowing crimson.

"Leo, let's just leave it alone and get something to eat!" Ichika quickly stated as he tried to stop his roommate from using his ability, but being a bit slower, Leo's crimson glowing eyes glared at the five girls as data started to stream in the room completely, "Uh… this cannot be good news…"

It was in a short moment that the data stream disappeared and Leo seemed to be more angered as he swore silently. Ichika looked at the teen as he walked behind him to comfort him a little bit, but was pushed aside as Leo quickly left the room, leaving Ichika and the girls all by themselves in their room.

"What the hell is his problem Ichika?!" Houki shouted as she hurried to Ichika's side, "What the hell is he?"

Looking for an answer, Ichika tried to give whatever answer he could give before he was suddenly interrupted by a ringing noise of the birthday song. Once again, surprised by something like that, he looked around for the source before seeing Leo's phone on the desk. It would have been plain manners to ignore something that wasn't his, but seeing the name made him answer.

"Hino-san?" Ichika asked before hearing birthday music playing in the background and someone else talking.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Ichika did the same thing as Leo did a few days ago and kept the phone away from his ears as the birthday music finally died down. Ear ringing, Ichika finally put the phone over his other ear and spoke.

"Hello?"

Oh? This isn't Infinitus-kun now is it?

"No… this is Orimura Ichika speaking for him at the moment," Ichika spoke as the girls seemed confused for a moment before the computer screen in the room blinked alive to reveal a middle aged man wearing a bright yellow suit that stood out more with his tanned skin and it did not help to see that person with a metal bowl mixing something.

I see, so this is Orimura-kun? Well then… HAPPY BIRTHDAY ORIMURA ICHIKA-KUN!

Another surprised reaction as Ichika looked at the person and looked at the phone before hanging it up though the computer screen did not shut off will doing so. Even the girls were confused, but they kept their mouths shut.

Hm… I see from the looks on the girls' faces that there are questions you want to ask. Well, I am the one who has the answers if it relates to Infinitus-kun.

"If you can than please do so! We've overheard a bit of it, but we still would like to know what Infinitus really is!" Houki started as she looked at the man as he continued to mix something before setting it down.

I see, in other words it is your desire to find out who Infinitus-kun is… Very well, I shall tell you, but I will only do so if you can answer something for me.

Houki looked at the man as he returned her stare with a smiling face.

But first, I shall start with who I am!

"Kougami Kosei, the CEO and owner of Kougami Foundation… Also, the creator of Leo's IS," Ichika answered as he looked at Kougami with interest as well, though there was something else to be said for him, "I want to know everything about Leo, like how you all found him and what he really is."

Kougami looked at Ichika as he looked serious for a brief moment and laughed a bit. The girls were looking at Ichika and a glance back to them; he needed to tell them about Leo, but what would happen if they knew about it?

I see, then very well. I shall tell you, but first I want to ask you all some questions… What is your desire to know about Leo Infinitus-kun? For what reason do you want to know?

"I want to know because he's my-" Ichika started before being interrupted by Kougami.

Orimura-kun does not need to answer! Your desire to know is because you want to help Infinitus-kun, a friend of yours. Your desire is pure and it pleases me to see that there is someone that cares for him that much… but what I want to know is why the girls… no. I should say why Shinonono Houki, Cecilia Alcott, Huang Lingyin, Charlotte Dunois and Laura Bodewig want to know.

Each of the girls was shocked at why Kougami knew their names even when they did not introduce themselves to him. Though Houki looked disturbed that the person called Kougami was able to tell why Ichika wanted to know who Leo was and that was because they were friends.

The same could be said for Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte and Laura, they were all here to figure out who Leo, but now… why did they want to know?

"I… I want to know who Infinitus because he reminds me of myself…" Laura started as she looked at the screen Kougami was displayed on, "He acts too much like my old self and I want to help him change… He may not be someone I cannot get along with, but I'm sure that he would be able to reveal a more human side if I try."

Interesting, it would be indeed more fascinating to see a more human side of Infinitus-kun, but can you do it?

What Laura said had interested Kougami and the look on his face just showed by how much. Though the rest of the girls said nothing, Charlotte put her hand on Laura's shoulder and seemed to have some kind of the same thought.

"That's right… we decided that together didn't we?" Charlotte first asked before she looked at the screen, "I want to help Infinitus-kun, just like Laura wants to do, but for my decision… it's because someone was there to help me when I came here all alone. He was the one that let me be true to myself…"

Splendid answer from the both of you and since of those answers; I shall bestow onto you a short knowledge of Leo Infinitus-kun. He is an experiment created by a dark organization that existed in the past and still exists to this very day… The name is Shocker.

Outside Arena 3
7:48 PM

A shard of data shattered on the ground as Leo continued to recreate something in the palm of his hand before something went wrong and the data kept on breaking. A small crimson glow emitted from his eyes as he angrily stopped whatever he was doing before smashing his hand in his palm as he growled in distaste.

He had awoken from his slumber or something for a few weeks now and he had been doing as he was instructed prior to attending IS Academy. Even the Kougami Foundation founder had taken the time to personally explain to him what he was, where he came from and what he was capable of doing. At first Leo did not understand what he meant until meeting his caretaker, Hino Eiji, who was a traveler and ended up showing him things that related to him becoming Kamen Rider OOO. It was the first month he had awoken and learned that he had the ability to freely use the O Driver as well as creating new attacks from the prior experience against the Yummy.

There were more kinds of drivers that existed in Japan, but the only one he was capable of using was the O Driver alone. He vaguely remembered Kougami telling him that he will one day find his own Driver, but that will come in due time. It has been more than a month and it was starting to irritate him since there was a rest sequence that usually lasted for two days, so that meant he would not be able to change into OOO for two days.

"What is it that I'm missing?" Leo asked himself as he looked at his right palm before clenching it to a fist and felt pain jolt as he felt his nails dig into his skin, "What must I do to obtain my Driver?"

Feeling something warm starting to flood the palm of his hand, he opened his palm to see that the skin had been dug through and torn off. Staring at the blood starting to puddle in his palm, he saw drops of blood seep through the gaps of his fingers and fall to the floor. The first drop landed and before any more could drop, Leo's eyes glowed crimson before the injury on his palm disappeared and healed itself at a rapid pace. It wasn't long for the wound to be healed and Leo flicked his hand to the side, spraying the remainder to the air.

Silence was the only thing he had ears towards until his hearing caught something or someone running and it was followed by countless tapping of shoes which made him look at where he thought the noise was coming from.

EEEEEEEEE!

Hearing someone shout an alphabet letter, Leo looked to his west side and noticed that there was someone running away before noticing the glinting shine that followed after the person. He planned to ignore that someone before his ears caught a scream.

Now this is what happened, Leo did not ignore that person anymore, instead he started to run to the person at full speed and before long, he had intercepted the group that now at closer look was wearing all black with a bone-like pattern going over the shirt as the face was masked with black, though revealed the eyes, nose and mouth which were outline with white. As he looked at the group, he noticed that these people were carrying machetes and slowly advanced to him before assaulting him with their weapons.

Dodging left and right, there were a fury of blades coming down upon Leo and there was the fluid-like movement as he dodged the blades until one barely missed his chest. Now backing up, a sphere of data appeared in mid-air and with a grasp of his hand; the magnum used with his IS appeared before a series of bullets were shot.

Orimuras dorm room
8:15 PM

A series of banging noises emitted the room as Ichika headed to the window and looked outside. To his surprise, he saw Leo with his magnum out shooting at people wearing black as sparks flew off the ground, pushing them back.

"Leo!" he shouted in the room before he quickly headed out the room and down the hall, leaving the girls behind to their wonder.

Oh? Seems like he sees Infinitus-kun as a friend indeed, but what will he be able to do?

With that said Kougami looked at the girls in the room and laughed before pointing at them.

Find your desires! Follow the path you think suits you in order to obtain it! I pray for all the luck in the world for all of you!

Finishing his statement, the computer screen shut off and the connection with Kougami was cut. Now Houki had gone over to the window and saw the same thing Ichika saw, but she seemed to be more irritated at the fact of seeing Leo fighting on school grounds against people.

"That bastard… what does he think he's doing!" she shouted before heading out the room, "Come on! I won't believe a word of the non-sense that was spouted from that man and I will never allow that bastard to be friends with Ichika!"

Cecilia and Rin seemed to be having differed thoughts before heading out of the room, going after Houki. As for Charlotte, she also seemed to doubt her decision of wanting to help Leo since the story she just heard had seemed to be completely out of the world. Sitting down on the bed, she leaned forward and started to carefully go over the conversation before she noticed Laura leaving the room.

"Laura… do you believe what you heard from Kougami-san?" she asked as Laura stopped at the doorway and turned to face Charlotte, "I mean… it doesn't seem real at all. An underground organization that kidnaps people, kids or even anyone in order to change them into cyborgs to take over the world… It's just too much to take in all at once…"

The grey haired girl said nothing as her red eye looked at her roommate before going over to Charlotte. Taking a seat beside her, Laura put her hand on Charlotte's shoulder.

"It's up to you to decide what to do… I've been changed in order to be able to adapt to an IS," Laura said as she looked at Charlotte more and patted her shoulder once before standing up, "I believe that there would be something out there that would do anything to get what they want. It's up to you to decide your next step. Will you believe the story or will you be like Shinonono?"

Leaving the room, Charlotte was left there alone as she sat there and pondered on her thoughts before hearing a phone ring once again.

Arena 3
8:26 PM

Kicking the machete away from him, Leo kept parrying or dodging a fury of weapons that aimed at him. Now the person that was being chased had collapsed from exhaustion and was over his shoulder as blood dripped from his wounds that were being afflicted on him over the short period of time.

"What's going on out here?" a voice blared on the speakers as the lights came on and where pointed down on the arena. Leo couldn't shield his eyes, but the lights that suddenly came on did disorient the people.

"Leo! Don't do anything more! It's going to put you in danger!"

Turning his head, Leo saw Ichika on the stands as the red eyed teen saw the worried expression upon the brown eyed roommate of his. Before another word was spoken, Leo sensed something behind him and without a single thought he threw the person on his shoulder over to the stand with all of his might before a series of explosions enveloped the teen.

Grabbing the person that was thrown to the stand, Ichika fell to the floor from the sudden weight change and nearly dropped the person before he corrected himself as quick as he could. It took some time to regain his composure, but soon he noticed that in his arms was a female with short brown hair. Setting the girl down, he looked over the edge of the stands only to see Leo standing in the midst of flames with his body burnt and blood spilled on the ground. Shock was the only thing that showed on his face as Ichika stood up as quickly as he could and called the name of the teen before seeing something behind the people dressed in all black. What he saw wasn't human nor it an animal either.

"For the great ambition of Shocker!" a voice cried as the figure in the back ran forward and revealed a turtle that was taking a human form with a bazooka attached to it's back, "Turtle Bazooka commands all of you Combatants to destroy this place!"

"EEEEEEE!" all the Combatants shouted before charging towards the stand and spreading out to all different areas. Most went to assault the dorms while the rest continued to charge towards the stands where Ichika was. As one was about to make a jump to the stands something collide with the skull of the first Combatant and caused it to fall down.

"I think that's far enough Shocker..." a new voice rang and all of the Shocker activity stopped, even Turtle Bazooka stopped as it looked around the area, "It's good to see that Shocker is still alive, but that only makes me angry to see it so..."

A goggled figure appeared in the stands right beside Ichika and behind the said figure, Houki as well as two others arrived. Jumping down from the stands, the figure finally got more light to reveal a middle aged man wearing old traveling gear with a tatter red scarf around his neck.

"It can't be! What are you doing here?!" Turtle Bazooka exclaimed as the Shocker Combatants gathered together and looked at the middle aged man as if he was a threat.

"I go as the wind takes me... that's my way as a free lance photographer, but seeing as Shocker is still alive and kicking..." the person spoke as he took off his tattered hat and let it fall to the side, "I think it's time for No. 2 to take the spotlight don't you think?"

With a shaking fist, Turtle Bazooka swung his arm to the side before pointing a finger at the person. All Combatants knew the order and charged with weapons drawn while yelling they're one letter shout.

EEEEEEE!

Scoffing, the person saw Leo still standing and covered with burn wounds. Now compassion came over the man and took the teen by the shoulder to rest him on the ground. Once that was done, he stood up at full height and moved his vest a bit to reveal a red belt around his waist that had a device attached to it.

"Well then... my anger is at its max and now... I'm going to beat you all down! Henshin!" he shouted before his arms shot out to the left side and the buckle on his belt opened up to flash a brighter light, blinding most of the Combatants. A series of lights came out and as it rapidly came to an end, the man that once stood there was no longer the same instead the person was now wearing clothes that were black with different accessories attached. The chest had gear protecting it, while on the back was the imprint of insect wings, his hands and feet were wearing crimson colored gloves and boots as his head was masked by a black helmet that had two bulging red visors for eyes, a strip of silver going down his helmet and the insect like cover over his mouth. Standing at ready, the person took a fighting stance before shouting.

"Kamen Rider 2!"

Author's Note: Hey guys, AlphaS05 here. I'm just going to say that there's a lot of issues with this chapter and I will admit it.
I could have done a lot better with the girls in this chapter, but hey, you gotta make do right?
Anyways, this is the newest update and I will say this now. I am going to try to update at least once a month.
So lets see how well that goes! Hope y'all enjoyed the newest update of Infinitus Stratos: Shift in the Riders!