Love Live and Kamen Rider 25

Then Divine pulled the transformation card out of his belt, flipped it over to reveal the geometric diamond pattern on the back, and then inserted the flipped card back in.

Subsequently, the belt emitted a synthesized metallic sound once again.

"Skyfire fall."

The End of the Battle

Then Divine pulled the transformation card out of his belt, flipped it over to reveal the geometric diamond pattern on the back, and then inserted the flipped card back in.

Subsequently, the belt emitted a synthesized metallic sound once again.

"Skyfire fall."

Following this, the armor on Divine's back opened up once more, jetting out flames that wove together into a pair of flaming wings.

He spread his arms slightly, staggered his legs, and bent his knees before leaping high into the air. At the same time, a flaming phantom of a bird-headed human appeared behind him, standing out starkly against the night as if everything around him were being consumed by his flames.

Seeing Divine's current state, Lion Mlortha knew it might not be able to dodge, so its claws flashed with an intense black light.

"Caw~~~" Divine, in mid-air, faced the direction of Lion Mlortha. With a flap of his wings and a powerful kick from his right leg, he was enveloped by the flaming phantom of Garuda, transforming into a giant bird of fire as he charged forward.

At the same time, Lion Mlortha's black-glowing claws slashed out in an X-shape toward the direction of Divine's charge.

In an instant, the fire-red bird of flame and the black-glowing six-fold claw winds collided violently.

Everything in the vicinity was blown away by the shockwave generated by the collision; if the rescue team captain hadn't been braced against the car behind him, he might have been blown away as well.

"You've got to be kidding me, this power." The captain was stunned as he watched the confrontation between Divine and Lion Mlortha.

"Haa!"

"Caw~~~"

Then, Divine, inside the bird of flame, pushed off with his right leg once more. The flames on the bird's body grew even more intense, and the bird of flame forcibly broke through Lion Mlortha's claw winds, slamming straight into the lion's body.

"Boom!"

After the bird of flame struck Lion Mlortha, a violent explosion occurred where they stood, the resulting shockwave instantly sweeping away everything within a one-kilometer radius.

Before long, the smoke cleared, and Divine's figure appeared in the captain's field of vision.

Lion Mlortha's figure was gone, but where it had been, a lion lay unconscious on the ground alongside a black crystal. A second later, the black crystal shattered, and the black fragments slowly vanished into the air.

"Ha, ha, ha... as expected, the spiritual energy consumption for the first transformation is too high."

Divine's chest heaved violently. After a while, having adjusted his breathing, Divine hoisted the unconscious lion onto his shoulder and turned to walk toward the captain.

"Hey, are you alright? Can you still stand?" He placed the lion down next to the captain and extended his right hand, intending to pull the man up.

"Oh, I'm fine, thank you. It's just... I suspect that child and my teammates are already..." The captain took Divine's right hand and was pulled up, then looked sorrowfully at the corpses of his team members scattered around.

"I'm sorry. If only I had arrived sooner." Divine knew that these tragedies had begun because of him, so he said with deep guilt.

"It's alright. Perhaps this was their fate." The captain noticed Divine's tone and, assuming he was feeling guilty for arriving a step too late, offered words of comfort.

"Fate, huh? Heh, perhaps so." Divine lowered his head and muttered to himself.

"Oh, right, I still don't know who you are. Please tell me your name; I will definitely report this to my superiors and get you a reward." The captain regained his composure and asked for the name of the warrior in the strange armor.

"Ah, me? I am Divine, Kamen Rider Divine. As for the reward, well, I don't need it. You just need to send this lion back." He had been wondering what name to use, but suddenly remembering the words of an eccentric teacher who had taught him kendo as a child, he gave his name, patted the still-unconscious lion, and declined the captain's kindness.

"Alright, your reinforcements have arrived, and I should be going."

Seeing the figures in the distance, Divine turned around, pulled the card with the wings from the right side of his belt, and swiped it across the top of the belt. The card turned into red light particles that merged into Divine's back, opening up to weave flames into wings, and he flew away into the sky.

"Thank you! Thank you so much for saving my life! Goodbye!" The captain shouted loudly toward the sky where Divine had departed.

Afterward, in a hospital room, a beautiful blonde girl watched silently over her younger sister, who lay on the bed with her eyes tightly shut.

Looking at her sister's pale face, Eli Ayase couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow.

"Click." The sound of the door opening caught Eli Ayase's attention, and she turned to see her friend Nozomi Tojo standing in the doorway.

"It's you, Nozomi." Eli Ayase watched Nozomi Tojo walk over before turning back to look at her sister.

"Don't worry, Eli-chi. Little Arisa will be just fine." Nozomi Tojo seemed to sense Eli Ayase's anxiety and spoke up to comfort her.

"Yes, thank you, Nozomi. But, Arisa ended up like this because of me. If it weren't for my negligence, Arisa wouldn't be... it's all my fault, all my fault." As Eli Ayase spoke, tears began to fall.

"Eli-chi, stop blaming yourself. If little Arisa saw you like this, she would be very sad." Nozomi Tojo took out a handkerchief and, while comforting Eli Ayase, used it to wipe away her tears.

"Yes, Nozomi, thank you."

"Ugh." Just then, Arisa, lying on the hospital bed, groaned and slowly opened her eyes.

"Arisa! Thank goodness, you're finally awake. Is there any part of your body that feels uncomfortable?" Seeing her sister wake up, Eli Ayase even forgot about the tears still lingering on her lashes.

"Si-sister, I... where am I?" Arisa asked weakly.

"This is the hospital. Come, Arisa, drink some water first, then get a good sleep. We'll go home tomorrow, okay?" Eli Ayase took a glass of water from the side and handed it to Arisa.

"Mm. Gulp, gulp, gulp." Picking up the glass, Arisa didn't hesitate and poured the water into her mouth in one go.

"Be careful, don't choke." Eli Ayase patted Arisa on the back to make sure she didn't choke.

"Ara, seeing you two so affectionate, I'm almost a little jealous." Nozomi Tojo interjected from the side.

"Nozomi!" "Nozomi-nee!" Both sisters blushed as they called out to Nozomi Tojo.

"Alright, alright, I'll stop teasing you two."

"By the way, sister, what about the big brother? Was he saved?" Arisa hugged Eli Ayase's arm, asking about the situation regarding Senba Gari.

"This..." Hearing Arisa ask about another man, she suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart.

"Knock, knock, knock." The knocking at the door interrupted Eli Ayase's train of thought.

"Please come in."

"Sorry to disturb you."

"Click." A middle-aged man dressed in a police uniform pushed the door open and walked in.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Eli Ayase looked at the man with a puzzled expression.

"Hello, I'm from the Criminal Investigation Department. Is little Arisa Ayase here?"

"She is. I'm her sister. Do you need something?"

"Well, we previously went to the location the little girl mentioned, but..." The middle-aged man seemed a bit hesitant.

"But what?" Eli Ayase asked.

"But we didn't find the other person."

At these words, Arisa ignored her weak body and reached out, intending to throw off the blanket and get down.

"Arisa! You stay lying down, don't move around." Eli Ayase reached out and pressed Arisa back down.

"Let me go, sister! The big brother couldn't have just disappeared. He promised Arisa he would be waiting there for her. Wuu, sister..." Arisa started crying as she spoke.

"Don't worry, didn't the police say they just didn't find him? It doesn't mean he's dead (far away, Senba Gari sneezed), so stop crying." Eli Ayase wiped the tears from Arisa's face.

"That young lady is right. That boy is certainly not dead. It's possible he has already been saved by that Kamen Rider."

"Wait, Kamen Rider?!" Nozomi Tojo, who had been standing to the side, suddenly interjected.

"Yes, that masked man did tell one of our surviving officers that he was a Kamen Rider. Is there a problem?" The police officer looked at Nozomi Tojo's reaction with confusion.

"Ah, no, it's nothing. Sorry." Nozomi Tojo replied to the officer, lost in thought.

"Oh, that's alright. Ah! Right, take this. I hope it helps you." Saying this, the officer pulled a USB drive from his pocket and handed it to Nozomi Tojo.

"What is this?" Nozomi Tojo looked at the USB drive in her hand, puzzled.

"This is a backup of the surveillance footage from Akihabara. It might contain images of that boy. I hope it provides you with some help." After saying this, the officer pushed the door open and left.

"Ara, Eli-chi, it seems we have a way to find little Arisa's hero."

"That's great! Sister, sister, we must find the big brother!" Arisa clapped her hands and said happily.

"Mhm, let's go find him after Arisa is discharged from the hospital, okay?"

"Okay, Arisa must get discharged quickly so we can find the big brother sooner."

--Scene Change

A few days later, at a certain criminal investigation bureau.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A sound of knocking echoed.

"Please come in." Shinnosuke, sitting inside, looked at the newspaper that had just been issued today and called out to the person standing outside the door.

"Click."

After the door was pushed open, a detective walked over.

"Is there something?" Shinnosuke spoke, but his eyes remained fixed on the newspaper in front of him.

"Reporting, sir. Someone claiming to be your friend is here to see you."

"Oh? What kind of friend?" Shinnosuke put down the newspaper in his hand and looked up to ask him.

"Uh, well, he has a pompadour hairstyle, and the first thing he said when he came up was 'let's be friends'." The officer said awkwardly, as it was his first time encountering such a situation.

"Haha, it's him. Let him in." Shinnosuke laughed and told him to bring the person at the door in.

"Yes."

"Click."

Before long, the door was pushed open. A young man wearing a gray suit jacket and trousers walked in from outside, wearing a white shirt with a red patterned plaid tie underneath. It was an otherwise formal outfit, but it was ruined by the pompadour hairstyle on his head.

"Yo~ long time no see, Shinnosuke."

"Ah, you too. Long time no see. You aren't teaching properly at Amanogawa High School, so why did you suddenly come to me, Kisaragi?" Shinnosuke looked at Kisaragi with curiosity.

Kisaragi turned to close the door, then turned back and sat down on the sofa without standing on ceremony.

"You already know the reason I came here today without me having to say it, right?" Kisaragi looked at Shinnosuke with a serious expression.

"Heh, yeah. So, do you think he is capable of doing that thing?"

"Mhm, he can. No, it should be 'they'."

"Oh, right. That kid should be training with Ryusei right now."

"Yeah, it seems you're going to arrange a position for that kid. Besides, our strength is nowhere near what it used to be, so we have to rely on them now."

After saying this, Kisaragi looked up at the scenery outside the window.

"Hey, hey, don't talk as if you've gotten old."

Shinnosuke looked at Kisaragi's expression and retorted with a snort.

"I imagine the news has already reached the others by now."

"That goes without saying. After all, I only came here because I saw this morning's newspaper."

"So you just ditched your own students to come here!"

"Ah, haha, hahah, haha." Kisaragi laughed awkwardly.

As for the headline on the newspaper they had forgotten about, even though it was just text, it was bound to stir up quite a storm.

<Major Chaos in Akihabara! A Mysterious Masked Man?! Self-proclaimed Kamen Rider Divine, the long-vanished Kamen Rider reappears?!>

In an abandoned warehouse in San Francisco, USA.

"Bang!"

"Graaaargh!"

A grey-brown humanoid shark flew in from outside the abandoned warehouse. Anyone who had experienced the great chaos in Akihabara would surely be shocked, as it was just like the Lion Mlortha from Akihabara. The Shark Mlortha stared intently ahead and roared at what lay before it.

"Tap, tap, tap." Following the roar of the Shark Mlortha, an armored figure drew closer with the sound of footsteps.

As the armored figure approached, its true appearance was revealed: it wore silver-white armor over white reinforced skin, with the armor featuring gold trim and black stripes identical to those of a tiger.

The helmet was shaped like a tiger's head with blue integrated goggles, and the armor on both sides of the mouth featured three gold, whisker-shaped protrusions.

The front of the arm guards on both arms featured three retractable gold claws, and in its left hand, it held a silver-white Ancient Tiger Saber, the hilt of which was shaped like a roaring tiger head, while both sides of the blade were adorned with gold patterns forming the image of a tiger.