A few days after the school attacks around Tokyo, the Kamen Rider is being celebrated as a hero for going out of the way to rescue all students, not leaving one school behind.

"Man, if only I could show that I am the Kamen Rider, heh." I jokingly say as I scroll through the news while Lavenza is sitting on my bed eating of the chips bag I offered her earlier when she decided to drop by.

"Well, again-"

"I have to keep my identity a secret, I know. Was just joking, I would obviously not reveal that I am the Kamen Rider."

"I can see it in your eyes that you would still consider it."

"Oi, don't just read me through like that..!"

Lavenza just giggles while I exit out from the web browser and instead check in on Youtube.

And even there are a ton of videos circulating around me, or rather my hero identity that is.

But while scrolling, I spot something that seems to be an interview with that Arisugawa student I saved from that Mirror Monster.

Curious, I press and watch...

"So, what do you have to say about the Kamen Rider?" The reporter asks while holding up a microphone to the student.

"E-Eh? Well, not much, the one who actually saved me was a student from Kamiyama High School..."

"Oh yeah, and he got taken instead from what we have heard."

"I see, and that's when the Kamen Rider saved him?"

"Yes, according Miss Kasuga."

"Oh yes, because he was soon out of the mirror when I came back to defend him." The student says as she lightly blushes.

"I do hope he can see this... So hi, boy that saved me..!"

I flinch a little but soon just chuckle.

"Guess she really sees me more as the hero..!"

"Don't get ahead of yourself!"

"Y-Yeah sure, I won't." I reply to Lavenza as she hands me the chips bag.

"It's nice, but I would rather have something that is actual proper food from your world."

"This isn't a restaurant for heaven's sake! Also, you came by here for a reason, right?"

"That is true, otherwise I would've just monitored you from the pocket dimension." She says as she stands up and walks over the other side of my bed to pull out the drawer beneath.

"I forgot actually bringing with me what I wanted to give, so mind if I use the Wizardriver for just a moment?"

"Oh, sure sure."

Lavenza takes the belt that has the Wizardriver hand on it and puts it around her waist.

"The Connect magic ring, please."

I hand her the Connect ring like she wanted, she puts it on her right hand and holds it over the hand.

"Connect! Please!"

Reaching into the magic circle that appears, she pulls out what looks like a new driver.

"You have been defeating some Yummies, so I could actually collect the Cell Medals that came out of them, thus making this driver useable."

She stands up and hands it to me.

"This is the Birth Driver."

"Birth? Why is it called that??"

"I will admit, I do not know myself, but that's just how it is called."

Before closing the circle, she also pulls out another Desire Driver and puts it in my drawer.

"What the, another one??"

"I found a ton of these just laying around, so it's almost mass produced in a way."

"Huh, no wonder considering the simple look. Ah well, an extra one doesn't hurt!"

Lavenza soon takes off the belt and hands me back the Connect ring.

"...Don't you think it's a good idea to have this belt on at all times?"

"What? Nah, I think I can do without it, don't really need to use magic nowadays, you know!"

"Well, you decide what's best, I suppose."

"Besides, I always make sure to bring with me different drivers and belts daily, because you never know when the next attack happens."

"Indeed, you can't store it in some hammerspace like in cartoons."

"But you know, Lavenza, when I look at the collection of belts and drivers I have recieved from you, I can't help but to feel that some are missing..."

"That's because that would be correct, there are indeed a few ones missing, at least from when I have counted up."

"But how come?"

Lavenza sighs as it seems she will have to tell me a lot, so she sits down again on my bed.

"Remember what I mentioned while you were trying out the Desire Driver?"

"Oh... Oh yeah, you said something about worlds!"

"Indeed, and the thing is, I pull all of these belts and drivers from the worlds of these Kamen Riders."

"Ah, so there has been previous users of all of these?"

"Indeed, but some Kamen Riders doesn't have their belts be belts they can just take off." She tells me as she brings out two cards to show me.

"Eh, Chemy cards? But why do they have Kamen Riders on them?"

"Because this is one of several ways for you to be able to have the power of the Kamen Riders Kuuga and Agito."

"Whoa, I see..! So I can use these in my Gotchardriver?!"

"Yes, but no, like with Hopper1 and Steamliner, even these need to have a card that matches."

"Ah, so I can do the 'Gotchanko'!"

"Exactly that, but back about the missing belts."

Lavenza stands up and yet again goes over to the bed drawer.

"Apart from the Arcle and Altering, ones I couldn't find is the Drive Driver and the Ghost Driver."

"The Ghost Driver sounds a little obvious though why I don't have it, I am not a ghost!"

"...M-Mmm, you aren't..."

"You seem unsure about that? Whoa, wait, I don't look pale or anything?!"

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Stephan runs to the bathroom, while Lavenza shakes her head.

"No, what am I doing, answering him like that is suspicious..!"

One of the main rules everyone monitoring isekai'd people has to follow is that they should never at any point tell the person that they have in fact died at one point.

Of course it would cause shock, but it would also lead to the isekai universe created for that person to get terminated and they themself also to die a second time, not passing on this time.

"...I should not give him an Eyecon-"

"What's that?"

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I come back from the bathroom and see that Lavenza is holding a strange thing in her hand, with it almost looking like an eye.

So I ask her about it, but she flinches and hides it.

"It's nothing special."

"Well, if you say so." I tell her as I sit by my PC this time and boot it up.

"What are you doing now?"

"I'm going to do some gaming. It's Sunday after all, so not much happening."

"Well, I suppose, but we should still be on our guard in case kaijin begins attacking."

"True, true, but I am ready-"

*Ding dong*

Suddenly the door bell rings, and we get stressed to make sure to hide everything related to my drivers and belts and Lavenza heads back to her pocket dimension.

I soon open the door, and on the other side is...

"Whoa, Touko?!"

"Heya, hope I didn't bother ya~"

"Oh no, of course not! I was about to play games on my PC, but now when you are here, want something to eat or drink?"

"It's fine, it's fine! Just wanted to visit, noooone of my other friends felt like hanging out today really, so I figured 'Hey, why not visit Stephy'!"

"Ah man, I was the last option? Ahaha, not suprised..." I reply as I feel a little gut punched, I really am not someone wants to come to first and foremost, eh..?

"O-Oi, I didn't mean it like that..! Geez, Fusuke was right that you badmouth yourself way too much!"

"I mean, I really am not confident in myself, though of course still try to go on with life no matter what."

"Stephan, that's no way to live!" Touko tells me as she gives me a more serious look, which I haven't really seen from her until now.

"I mean, yeah, it might not be the best mindset, but I still do my very best in life!"

"Clearly not enough! You have to be more confident, and I know you can be, you literally saved a girl from a monster the other day with your own bare hands!"

"That was just... Well, I... Yeah, I do want to be a hero after all..."

"And so far, you've been awesome at it! Holding off kaijin until the Kamen Rider arrives, you are a hero yourself!"

I just nod, unsure how to respond, because she is right, I can be more confident now because I am a hero, a protector of the people.

"Sorry that it got a tiny heated, I just don't think ya should be acting like you aren't brimming with confidence, just like ya girlie here~!"

"Heh, yeah, you're right. Thanks Touko, I appreciated the confidence boost."

"Hey hey, let's sit down for a moment on your bed!"

We sit down on my bed as Touko breaths out, before seeming... nervous?

"Touko, you're nervous, how come?"

"E-Eh, it's noticeable?! Oh, well, haha, I guess it can be..."

"Is something on your mind..?"

"Well, it might be a dumb question but are you, like... single?"

"Oh, yeah, I really don't think someone would actually love an idiot like me-"

"Oi!"

"Sorry..!"

"But I see, well, that's kinda just what I wanted to know!"

"Right, well, anyway, I think I will give some treat for coming all the way here!"

I go over to the small kitchen and take out a chocolate bar I had with me from Sweden, and decide to give it to Touko.

"Here, Swedish chocolate tastes great, I am sure you will love it as well."

"Whoa, this whole chocolate bar?! Thankies~!!"

"Haha, no problem!"

I suddenly get a notification on my phone, and it turns out to be one of the news sites I subscribed to, having sent out a warning about that a kaijin is on the loose again.

"Ah crap..! Stay here, Touko!"

"E-Eh, what what?!"

But I don't manage to explain to her as I need to head out, I certainly hope I have packed with me a driver or belt that is suitable!

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"...Eeeeeh?!" Touko says in disbelief as Stephan disappears and rushes out of the apartment without even locking.

"What flew into him?"

She decides to just look around his apartment to kill time, but she soon spots an Astroswitch on Stephan's desk.

"Wait a minute, isn't this one of the thingies Kamen Rider Fourze has?!" She says to herself in shock as she picks it up and clicks with it.

"But wait, why would Stephan have this..."

She scratches her head and thinks, before her eyes widen from her conclusion.

"N-No way, is Stephan... the Kamen Rider's sidekick?!"

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I soon reach the kaijin attack spot, and there it is, but I am a bit unsure which one it is.

"No matter which it is, I will defeat it!"

I reach into my backpack, but the kaijin spots me and shoots projectiles towards me, making me fly back.

"AAAARRGHH!" I yell out from having been hit pretty badly, making fly back a little.

"Stephan, are you okay?!" Lavenza asks me as she appears, but I bite it together and get up.

"Of course I am, can't slack until that damn kaijin is gone!"

Lavenza looks in my backpack, but grows a worried expression.

"All the ones you brought with you need things you left at home!"

"What?! Oh nooooo..!"

"Let's not give up though, I know another way, I have been a bit worried about you using it though..."

"I have to use it! You have already once restricted me from using the Decadriver for unknown reasons, but not this time, miss!"

"A-Alright..!" She replies as she takes out... a gun shaped like a motorcycle..?

"Hah..?"

"It's the Legend Ride Magnum. To demonstrate what it goes for, try choosing either the Kuuga or Agito Chemy card I gave you, insert and then take out."

"O~kay!"

She hands me the gun as I ready it.

"Legend Ride Magnum!"

Taking out the Kuuga card, I insert it and remove it again.

"Kuuga Rider!"

It soon begins playing some jamming music as I point the gun towards the kaijin.

"Eat this!"

Pulling the trigger, hologram projections of myself appears, scrambling around, before they combine and in front of us now stands none other than Kamen Rider Kuuga, even if it's just a summoned hologram of him.

He immediately begins attacking the kaijin, as I go to see if I don't have at least one driver or belt I can use without a ton of stuff-

"Mom, dad, where did you go..?!"

"Huh?! Oh shit, a child is still here!"

Without a second thought, I run towards the little girl to carry her away from the danger, I can't let her come in the middle of the fight between holo Kuuga and the kaijin!

But the kaijin spots us two and shoot projectiles, before Kuuga punches it, as to distract it again.

Though me, and the girl still in my arms, fly back a little, but I make sure to be the one that absorbs the fall.

"Uuughh!!"

I soon sit up and pat the little girl on the head.

"It's okay, you're safe now. Now run away to your parents!"

"Hm! Thank you mister!" The little girl says as she looks at Kuuga. "You can do it, Kamen Rider!"

She is soon on her merry way as I get up, but now starting to feel the pain of being thrashed around without any armor or suit.

"STEEEEPHAAAAN!!"

"Huh??"

Touko comes running, but I told her to stay put in my apartment?!

"Stephan, you!"

"Me?"

"You are the sidekick to the Kamen Rider, aren't ya?!"

"O-Oh..!"

How did she come to that conclusion?! But I think if she assumes I am just the sidekick, somehow, I will be able to still conceal my identity.

"Oh yes, that's me! I am the Kamen Rider's hype man when I am around or able to be around rather!"

"Whoaaa, Stephy so cool~!"

"However, it's too dangerous to be here-"

"Will you just get out of here already?!" The kaijin yells out as it comes running at us.

"Shit, watch out Touko!" I say as I shield her, the kaijin slashes me in the back with a sword in its hand, before Kuuga runs up to us and punches the shit out of the kaijin.

"Get out of here with him, now!" The holo Kuuga says to Touko as she takes me further away from the fight.

"Stephan, you're too hurt to go on like this..."

"This is nothing with what I have already experienced... Agh..!"

I could feel how my whole body was hurting now, after all trying to engage with a kaijin as a regular human doesn't yield much good results.

"You're so awesome for being someone that also wants to protect people, even more awesome than the Kamen Rider, but at least think a little about yourself as well..!"

"Y-Yeah, but... Why am I even more awesome than the Kamen Rider himself?"

"Because I said so, and that's for a fact true!"

"Heh, I see... Well, you are amazing and awesome as well with everything you do."

"You're much cooler though~"

As we sit behind the abandoned car while still hearing the kaijin and Kuuga fight, we end up just looking at each other, and without much thought, our hands touch.

"...I know this is sudden, and out of the blue, but... I like you, Touko, I have liked you for awhile now with these months that has passed by since I came to Japan."

"Heh, a confession right now is definitely out of the blue, but..." She replies as she sits closer to me and embraces me very gently, "...I like you too, Stephan, you are just getting more awesome day by day in every way."

As Kuuga finally defeats the kaijin, we remain hidden behind the car while looking at each other and blushing.

"...I love you."

Touko saying that, we smile widely at each other before we inch closer together and just stay like that and hugging each other

Later, I am home again after having been treated from the wounds by Touko that I recieved from the kaijin, and she gives me a kiss on the cheek before heading home.

"Someone looks happy." Lavenza says as she herself smiles seeing me so happy.

"I just confessed to Touko after all, and she accepted my feelings back, why wouldn't I be happy, heh..."

"Well, can't say much about that, but I am glad the Legend Ride Magnum worked as well as it did."

"Oh yeah, that was a great weapon and a fine addition to my arsenal! I can protect Touko, Tsukushi, hell, everyone in Japan!"

"Well, you are the Kamen Rider after all."

"The one and only!"

Lavenza just sighs, but also smiles, probably because she likes that I am at least a bit more confident about this.

"Anyway, back on the topic of missing drivers and belts, again, the Ghost Driver and Drive Driver are out of question, as the former I really don't know how it can manifest and the latter actually has sentience."

"What the, sentient belts?"

"Yes, there is also the case with this belt right here, which is completely unusable unless unless you have Kivat at your side, or the Gavv 'belt' which is actually an organ."

"Oh damn..."

"And the Doubledriver and Revice Driver I have no idea why I even brought with me, as these at least requires two people!" She tells me as she shows me the mentioned drivers.

"Two people, huh? Well, there is no chance I will have someone else be a Kamen Rider, unless they would want to of course."

"Well, I would not allow that myself either, besides, I didn't give you any drivers that are of secondary nature."

"Birth Driver and that second Desire Driver?"

"That's solely an exception."

"Whatever you say..."

"Well, no sulking, I think it's about time I give you a driver I almost forgot giving you."

And as she just said, Lavenza brings out a new driver for me to use.

"This is the Swordriver, which let's you become Saber."

"Whoa, cool, it's like a sheathed sword..!"

Lavenza also gives me the item for it, which looks like a book.

I make sure to store it alongside the other belts, before sitting down on the bed again.

"Oh yeah, those Legend Rider Chemy cards, are there more of those?"

"There is, even for the Riders you can become, however, those you will need to manifest on your own when you reach your full potential with that Rider."

"Ooh, I see, I see..." I reply as I soon stand up.

"Well, perhaps I should get in some training with my belts, I haven't had that in a long time!"

"I think you should still rest, save any energy in case a kaijin attacks."

"Fine, fine..."

"...Hm!" Lavenza suddenly lets out as it appears she is feeling something, possibly a kaijin.

"A kaijin about to attack?!"

"Possibly..."

But soon enough, the news site comes out with a warning and even a photo of the kaijin.

"Huh, looks mostly grey."

"...Ah, it's an Orphnoch! This might be your time to try out the Faiz Driver!"

"That's one of the ones you modified to work for a regular human, right?"

"Indeed it was. Now here, the briefcase for the belt, alongside all the gadgets."

"W-What the..?! That's a hassle!"

"But that's how it is! Now, here is the most important part." She says as she takes out one of the items from the briefcase and gives me it, and it's something that I haven't seen in ages.

"Whoa, a flip phone?! I had one back in pre-school to be able to call my parents if there was something up!"

"That's the Faiz Phone, you can use it to call, but it's mostly for you to transform."

"Oh man, now I really want to test this out, let's go!" I tell Lavenza as I grab the briefcase and Faiz Phone before heading out.

Coming out from the apartment complex, I bring out Golddash and summon him from the Chemy card.

"Dash..?"

"Ah, sorry for suddenly waking you up, Golddash, but we have a monster attack going on!"

"Dash!"

Hopping on, we are soon on our way to the location the Orphnoch is at.

As I arrive, I can see how it keeps on trying to attack people, but they get away last minute every time.

"Come back here, dumb human!"

"Oi, knock it off!"

"Hmmmm?!" The Orphnoch says as it looks at me, before seeing the briefcase and phone I am holding. "No, it can't be..!"

"Ah you noticed? Well, guess no introduction will be necessary!"

I open the case, bring out the belt with all the gadgets on and attach it to my waist.

"Let's see now here..." I say as I flip the phone up and press in 555, before pressing 'Enter'.

"Standing By"

I close the phone and hold it up towards the sky.

"Henshin!"

And afterwards, I insert it into the Faiz Driver and tilt it horizontally.

"Complete"

The transformation begins at once before it finishes and I have now become Kamen Rider Faiz.

"Curse you, Faiz..!"

"I have no personal quarrels with you, I am just here to beat up your ass because you are hurting people!"

"SHUT UUUUP!"

"Oh boy, here we go!"

For once, the kaijin engages in close combat with me, so I don't need to dodge projectile shit already at the start of the fight.

Going with the usual martial arts I have progressively taught myself, I get in a few amount of hits on the Orphnoch, but it definitely has better advantage with its claw like hands.

"Shit, I definitely need some kind of weapon..!"

Then I remembered the screen shown on the Faiz Phone, and it had numbers for some kind of gun mode for it.

So I take out the Faiz Phone from the belt and open it up to check, and I was right!

Looking at the numbers to press in, I go with 103.

"Single Mode"

I fold the phone into a gun and start shooting at the Orphnoch, which damages it and makes it even fall back.

Soon running out of shoots, I figure it's enough and fold the phone back to insert it into the Faiz Driver, before I take the Faiz Pointer and put it in on my leg.

But as I am about to do that, I feel something hit me, making me fall onto the ground.

"Stephan, it's a Worm!"

"Geez, other kaijin butting in is becoming a regular thing, huh?"

Lavenza comes up to me after having stayed away from the battle and gives me what looks like some sort of wristwatch, with a Mission Memory in it.

"You don't have the Rider Belt currently, so you need to use the Axel Form to compensate!"

"Heh, right on then."

I get up and put on the watch, take out the Mission Memory from it and replace the one in the Faiz Phone with the Axel one.

"Complete"

"Time to get two birds in one stone!" I say as I activate the watch.

"Start Up"

Time around me stops like Clock Up, so I run at the Worm and strike it hard so it falls on its ass, ans while the Orphnoch remains in place, so I jump up and have the Faiz Pointer create several energy drills around them both.

"3, 2, 1"

Just as it ends, I strike the kaijin with the several deathblows.

"Time Out"

"Deformation"

The suit goes back to its regular appearance as I take out the Faiz Phone and detransform.

"Man, that felt great!"

"Just be careful with this as well, because again, these sort of powers that stops time around one can be dangerous if in the wrong hands."

"Eh, don't worry about it, Lavenza, I have a good hand in how I do things!"

"If you say so."

"Anyway, back to home, I really should take and rest now after all."

"Something I can agree on, let's us be on our way, Stephan."

"However, maybe I should play some video games-"

"Rest!"

"Alright, alright, I was just kidding~!"

To Be Continued