Chapter Zero-One: A New Impull?!

The civilians were running away. Screams echoed as Akasei Jin arrived at the scene, panting a bit due to the amount of pedalling he had done. Seriously, what was the point of having an electric bicycle if the electricity died within 2 hours?!

Getting off, he adjusted his hoodie jacket and looked ahead to see... A human terrorizing everyone?

Huh. Normally, Impulls took on the shape of a spirit animal fused with their closest mythical counterpart. Never had a human form, those things.

"Weird. A human instead of the usual," He muttered. "Doesn't matter, though. Still need to stop that Impull."

His SeiDriver manifested as he got out a metallic bandage with the words "Counsellor" carved into it. "Healing Begin!"

Identity Scan

He then placed the metallic bandage into its designated spot at the center, pressing both ring fingers down onto each side.

Identity Confirmed. Empathy 89.758...%

"Henshin!" He yelled.

The bandage glowed. His face was covered by a sky blue mask with a baby blue visor, with his main body being grey with red highlights, and he had a red cap on while he summoned his light green jacket, zipping it up before his white staff manifested.

"Healer. Kamen Rider Healer, prepared to offer you my services." He grabbed his staff.

The Impull turned towards him, snarling before...

It began to morph. Morph into a... Familiar face.

He froze up. 

"YOU! YOU LET ME DIE!! YOU KILLED ME! HOW INSANE CAN YOU GET, JIN?!"

"S-Sis... What the..."

None of the Impulls he had seen before had been able to... How was this possible...?

The Impull roared as its hands turned into razor-sharp chainsaws, swinging them toward him.

He barely managed to dodge, and quickly pressed his staff down as he regained his posture. "Objective Number One! Form Regression!"

Objective Achieved

It sent out a blast that quickly made it revert back to its original form; a black humanoid fox standing on its hind legs with glowing purple eyes.

"A kitsune..." He whispered, recognizing it right off. "So a Shapeshifter, huh...? Just whose darkness created such a creature?"

The Impull hissed, going on all fours before rushing at him, but he dealt a swift kick and followed up with a punch to the jaw, sending it flying as he yelled, "Objective Number Two! Gravity Compression!"

Objective Achieved

The staff forced the Impull to its knees, gravity pulling it down before he jumped and kicked it downwards, swinging his staff to smack it repeatedly.

"Ugh, where the heck is that host?! Normally these things don't last if their hosts aren't within a mile range!" He hissed. "Gotta get to its Cor-"

With a loud roar, the Impull broke free and smacked him backwards, causing him to wince in pain at the power.

This was not normal. An Impull like this wasn't natural...

But who would-

"Shu... Jin...." The Impull suddenly said.

"Shujin?..." He repeated. That was...

"Master... Needs him.... Give him... To me!!!!!" It roared while lunging at him.

"Ugh!!" He kicked it back and twisted his body for another punch. And another. And another. He kept on punching, hoping, praying for the Core to show up. He was starting to tire as well, and that wasn't good. Ugh, where was that stupid guard when you needed them?! Just when you need him, he poofs away!

Healer backed up before jumping up, riding on his staff while saying, "Final Objective! Healer Exorcism!!"

Objective Achieved

The kick struck it immediately, and he did a backflip to land on his feet as smoke filled the area.

But when he looked back, as the fog cleared, his eyes widened. What...?

The Impull stumbled to its feet, eyes glowing a dark grey.

"What the heck?!" This was definitely not normal! "What's going on here?!"

With a loud roar, it lunged once more, and Healer backed away, but then-

"Rising Impact!"

The next thing Healer registered was a lime green and black Rider landing an attack on the Impull, making it roar, stumbling back before it exploded on the spot.

"Who the..." Healer murmured while getting up.

The mysterious Rider looked back, and Jin realised with a start that his Driver was different from his and the idiot's.

"Are you Akasei Jin-san?" The Rider asked while detransforming, revealing a man with dyed golden brown hair wearing a red hoodie, a business jacket over the hoodie, black jeans and lime green shoes matching his Rider form.

"What about it?" He asked. "To be precise, who are you? And how do I know that I can trust you?"

"Huh, a skeptic like Woz said. It's fine, I totally get your apprehension," He said. "But... my name is Hiden Aruto, CEO of Hiden Intelligence, and Kamen Rider Zero-One. The first Rider of the Reiwa era."

"A CEO, huh? What does a scrawny, failed comedy CEO want with me?"

"S-Scrawny failed comedy CEO?!" Aruto stared at him, mouth open wide.

Healer shrugged, finally deciding to detransform and unzipping his jacket as he answered, "You felt like a comedian to me. A bad one."

Aruto blushed scarlet at that, and Jin smirked before continuing, "I'm grateful you saved me back there but how did you beat that Impull? And how did you find me here?"

"That's its own story," He said. "I think it's best if you follow me."

"But my Sensei, he's their target. I heard the Impull say that." Jin felt worry spike as he thought about it. His Sensei had been targeted sometimes, but this was...

"Don't worry, a friend of mine is going to pick him up."

Jin didn't know why he felt relieved at that. This Aruto was still an enigma to him. "How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"You can't. But if I had wanted to finish you off, I would have done that right after I took down that Impull."

... He had a point. Unless he had some sort of insane psychological plan, but he seemed genuine, so...

"You have a point there," He conceded. "Fine. Let's go."

Aruto smiled. "I'll make sure your bicycle is upgraded while we're at it, so come on. Let's go to Hiden Intelligence."

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