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Kamen Rider NEXT: Prologue; Welcome to Tokyo
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Sifting through pieces of police information wasn't quite as smooth tonight. Was it because of the stirring? Rao's thoughts clashed amongst themselves. Even though the night air was cold, his could feel his blood boiling. Something would happen. And then his stomach growled in protest.

"I know, I know... I should go for some ramen... la~men..."

Kicking up his speed, Rao veered off from the highway and headed towards Shinjuku. Takashimaya stood out from the other buldings, just as Southern Tower was the perfect housing for the pigs that dealt in illegal arms. In fact, he could do some vigilanting after a nice, hot bowl of ramen.

Stopping the bike a few metres short of his usual spot under the Shinjuku bridge, Rao rolled up his jacket's sleeves and sat unceremoniously down at his usual spot. The bench had a groove that fit his rear exactly.

"Chashiu ramen, less onion, more noodles and meat, soup base with less salt, and an extra plate of gyoza, less salt too, and I want the tip to be fried as well."

Rao gave his usual order, and began his Advanced Woodwork Study Course III.
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When he got to the restaurant, the place was packed with people. He looked around and saw an empty spot. There was another guy wearing white jacket on that table.

"UNCLE! CHASHIU RAMEN, LESS ONION, MORE NOODLES AND MEAT, SOUP BASE WITH LESS SALT, AND AN EXTRA PLATE OF GYOZA WITH LESS SALT. AND FRY THE TIP AS WELL!" He screamed as he ran to the table and sat down.

"Chashiu ramen, less onion, more noodles and meat, soup base with less salt, and an extra plate of gyoza, less salt too, and I want the tip to be fried as well." said the guy in white jacket beside him. He looked at him and said "Dude, you have good taste. Name's Nimbus, Nimbus Noa."
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"..."

The screaming idiot who just arrived crashed into the bench introduced himself. Chuckling to himself, Rao studied the other man. If not for his height and roughed features, you could swear the man was a kid instead. Then his eyes rested on Nimbus' belt. And his face again.

"... Didn't your parents teach you to take off your earphones before talking to someone?"

The slight beat emitted from the earphones was barely audible, but could be recognized as rock, maybe a bit of metal. Rao split open his chopsticks perfectly in anticipation as two bowls of noodles were lifted across the counter and slopped its broth on the already-damp table.
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"... Didn't your parents teach you to take off your earphones before talking to someone?"

Nimbus realised that he was still wearing his headphones. After taking it off, he started talking again.

“Sorry. Geez. You’re like my grandma. So uptight about stuff. She makes AWESOME cookies though. Can you even bake cookies?”

After saying that, he opened his chopstick and started eating his ramen. It was great. As usual, he always orders that special ramen everywhere he goes. It IS his favourite ramen after all.
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"... You're lucky to still have your relatives with you."

Testing the broth, Rao held the bowl to his face and sipped with the satisfaction of a gourmet. Biting the juicy meat, Rao returned his own greeting.

"Rao. Seizora Rao. And yes, I can bake cookies. Or any other pastry-related product, including but not limited to Gateau Chocolat, Grand Arche and the Blanmanche."

With that, he returned to devouring his bowl of ramen.
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"... You're lucky to still have your relatives with you."

“Oops. Did I offend you by saying stuff about my grandma? I’m sorry.” Nimbus replied to the guy.

"Rao. Seizora Rao. And yes, I can bake cookies. Or any other pastry-related product, including but not limited to Gateau Chocolat, Grand Arche and the Blanmanche."

“Hmm. That’s interesting! You don’t look like the guy who can cook stuff like that. I mean, you’re reading some woodwork book for god’s sake! You gotta bake something for me to prove your skills! I’m the best taster in this world!” Nimbus continued with his mouth full of the delicious ramen. He doesn’t care whether the guy understand him or not.

His phone rang again. The phone’s ringtone is a song that Nimbus really liked. It’s called ‘Yuusha-Oh Tanjou’. He picked up his phone and heard his friends voice again.

“What now? Don’t tell me you’re changing the plan again!”

“Sorry dude. But meet us at the quarry place just outside the city. We gotta talk about something. Come quick!”

“Damn you! I’m eating now! I’m gonna come after I finish eating this!”
“Dude, this is really important. Come NOW!”

The call ended there. Nimbus wondered about what is wrong with his friends. He quickly finishes his ramen.

“Rao dude, I gotta go now. I need to see some of my friends. You’re a pretty interesting guy! Here’s my number. Just call me if you need anything.”

After he finishes talking, Nimbus rushed outside to his motorcycle.
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The best taster in this world? That would be me. Rao gave a wry smile and pocketed the slip from Nimbus. Then a sentence Nimbus had uttered struck him as odd.

“What now? Don’t tell me you’re changing the plan again!”

Strange, his friends are changing locations multiple times... perhaps...

Watching Nimbus hop onto his bike, Rao eyed his own Ducati. Or rather, the Falcon, which was the nickname the supplier had given him over the table top. Drinking the last of his own bowl, Rao slapped down payment in the form of 5000 yen.

"Rao... your friend didn't pay for his ramen."

The cook smiled faintly. Rao grimaced. "Keep the change then."

Rao watched the faint tail lights on Nimbus' bike trail off, and decided against raiding Southern Towers tonight. Hopping onto the Falcon, Rao tailed Nimbus.

We're headed towards the quarry... suspicious indeed. Perhaps I should question him later.
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"It's not a big deal, It's happened before. The jacket doesn't help.."

Ryuji nodded to that, and breatehd a sigh of relief, "Ok. Oh! My name's Ryuji bythe way. Ryuji Nakajima."
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It was a hour later, and the cab had made no progress at all. Ryuhou was getting impatient.

"Ah, forget this! I can get there faster if I just walked! Cabbie, here's the fare!" Ryuhou said as he threw some money at the cabbie and opened the door. But however when he did it, he accidentally hit a boy in a Vespa over, knocking what appeared to be packages all over.

"Oh! I'm sorry! Are you okay? I didn't see you when I opened the door!" Ryuhou exclaimed with an apologetic tone in his voice. He offered a hand to the boy, then he saw the lady on that unusual bike, who also appeared to be a delivery person as well.

"Hey you, can you help me get him up? It would be appericated so much!"
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Waking up in a darkened room was not how Shuji had envisioned this day going. He had turned in his aplication to the local police precinct and found himself kidnapped just minutes later.

"Where am I?" he muttered, wondering if it was necessary to tie him to the chair.

"Ah... so he's finally awake," a male voice said, drawing a confused look from the prisoner.

"Welcome Date, to our esteemed Organization." a female voice came.

"Thanks, I think. Couldn't you have just sent a letter and ask me to come?" he asked, trying to see the people talking to him.

"Sorry, Shadowy Oragnization handbook clearly states that all new members must be kidnapped. Sorry, the Union won't let us change it." a second male voice chimed in, sounding a bit peeved at it himself.

"What Union?"

"The Union of Shadowy Organizations of course," the woman answered.

"Of course..." Shuji said, rolling his eyes.

"So now, comes the most important part of this meeting..." the first man said, looking to his companions, who nodded.

"Will you, Date Shuji, 23, join us?" the woman asked.

"Wait, what? You kidnap me and what me to just up and join you?" Shuji asked, incredulous.

"Look," the second man said, "I know our methods aren't exactly the nicest, but we're a Shadowy Organization. You know we can't be all shadowy and mysterious if everyone knew who we are and what are motives are."

"We're truly sorry," the first man said, "but this is how it has to be."

"Great, next you'll tell me I can't see your faces unless I join."

A very pregnant silence greeted him.

"Oh, come on! At least untie me, I can't even see the door!"

More silence ensues from his captors.

"Can you at least tell why I should join? Besides the obvious "I'm not going anywhere until I do join" thing."

"Benefits," the woman supplied, looking to the others for help.

"Free food too." the first man added.

"And hey, the official uniform is pretty cool too." the second man said, shrugging his shoulders at the looks he was being given.

"Uh huh..." Shuji said, hanging his head.

"Oh, and if you join now, you get a free cell phone too!" the woman enthused.

"A... a cell phone?" Shuji asked.

"Yes...."

"Cool, I'm in."

And with that... the lights go up....
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Hiro pulled into traffic to find the usual jam. It was just another day in Tokyo for him.

"Gonna be late to the cafe again."

He rocked his bike side to side as he waited for traffic to start moving again. Two delivery people were talking amongst themselves when a man burst from a taxi and knocked the male rider and his packages over and into Hiro.

"Oh, hey. Good job," he said, picking himself up.

Hiro was about to get a little intense when he noticed a strange feeling in his chest. There was something awkward about this gathering of people, but it wasn't the hostile feeling he felt from monsters. His stomach gurgled. He was probably just hungry.

"Bah, here you go," Hiro sighed as he helped the man and his motorcycle up.
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"How many times is this now?"

Sitting in a restauraunt, a 23 year old soldier sat patiently in his seat, waiting for a bowl of miso soup. Leaning back in the chair, he turned his attention to the nearby TV, where the show "Masked Rider" was playing. No matter how many times he saw it, it's cheesy factor always made him like it. He almost wanted to be a Kamen Rider himself, but he knew where his duties resided. As heroic as Masked Rider was, he couldn't hope to be anything like him. So instead, he would focus on his regular job.

"Never a dull moment with the JSSDF. The pay is reasonable as well, and the training is good." he spoke to himself. He had left his weapon back home due to the restriction of being unable to carry weapons in Japan. Though he was with the military, he didn't want to run the risk of being caught with such a weapon. After waiting a few moments, he had finally recieved his bowl of Miso Soup.

"Thank you very much." the man said, as he placed his hands together, before leaning forward to bow. The mans name was Aj Hawk, and he was a 23 year old soldier in the JSSDF Military. Working with them for 3 years, he helped put criminals and kaijin alike behind bars. Lately though, worked seemed to be getting a bit difficult to find, and when it WAS found, it was a very difficult battle.

"Mmmm... It's taste is still great..." he commented, as he began to rapidly eat the bowl of miso soup. In little to no time, the bowl was empty. He took some yen from his pocket and paid for the food, before leaving the restauraunt. Before he could walk down the street, he heard a small commotion nearby. He turned and headed towards the source of the commotion.

"Oh, hey. Good job,"

"Bah, here you go,"


"Is there a problem here, sir?" the voice of Aj spoke, as he approached the 2 people.
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"Is there a problem here, sir?"

"A careless man bombarded this young delivery boy with a cab door," he answered casually, "but he should be fine and dandy now."

Hiro picked up the young man's packages and placed them on his bike. He once again felt that feeling. It was strange...

GURGLE!

But he WAS hungry.

"There is no cause for alarm."
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"How many times is this now?"

"A careless man bombarded this young delivery boy with a cab door, but he should be fine and dandy now."

"Aha... I see. Sorry to bother you 2. I'll be on my way then. Goodbye." Aj replied, as he turned. However, the second he did, he heard a somewhat loud gurgling sound coming from someone's stomach. Turning on the 2, he stared sternly at both man, before shrugging. There wasn't a whole lot he could do in this situation, especially if it was just one of the men starving.

"If you need to find a restauraunt, you can use the one right there." Aj pointed out, as he pointed out the restauraunt a yew yards behind him.
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And as the lights came up, Shuji could make only one observation.

"That is way too bright!" he groaned, trying to find a way to cover his eyes, but finding it hard to with his hands tied.

"Quit your complaining," the first man said.

"Yeah, now that you've joined our ranks, you shouldn't whine like that." the woman added.

"Okay, okay. I get it." Shuji said

"Now then, we will now begin the second phase of your initation." the second man said, reaching for something.

"And that is?"

"The application. Since you're techinically not a member, I'll fill it out for you."

A few minutes pass, with Shuji answering questions, with the ocassional plea for them to untie him.

"Alright, that's everything, *&^%& untie him so he can sign his so- aplication." the second man said to the woman, who complied with the request.

"It feels so good to be untied." Shuji said, stretching out a bit of stiffness.

"Yes, yes, sign here or be beaten by our nameless and faceless henchmen." the second man said, getting impatient.

"Union rules?"

"No, I have to go to the restroom."

"Oh." He signs it.

"And with that, we welcome you to *****." all three chorused.

"Wait, what was that name again?"

"You heard us the first time."

"No I didn't. It sounded all grabled, like when you said her name."

"It did? Oh well, too late now."

All three of the recruiters quickly fled the room, leaving Shuji alone to ponder his fate...

"I hope that cell phone has good coverage..."

. . .
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Ran nodded in reply, but before she could speak, the man's packages were sent flying when a careless guy rushed out of a cab. She frowned and dismounted, moving to help pick the packages up.
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"Ow!" Ryuji cried out as he was bowled over.

"Oh! I'm sorry! Are you okay? I didn't see you when I opened the door!"

"Owwww......uh yeah. Don't worry about it," Ryuji siad putting on a smile. Inwardly he was seething but anger never got anyone anywehre, or so his mother always said.

"Bah, here you go,"

"Ahn, thanks, " Ryuji said to the helpful person, as he bent over to pick up the packages along with Ran. "Thank you Miss Ran."
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"Mm," Ran nodded. She wasn't certain about the honoriffics, but she wasn't going to complain as she remounted her bike. "No biggie."
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"Owwww......uh yeah. Don't worry about it," Ryuji siad putting on a smile.


"I'm so sorry about that! It's just that I'm in a hurry. Family emergency you know... Hey, how about if you give me a ride to the place I have to go to? I'll compenstate you nicely!"
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"Mm, No biggie."

"But it is!" Ryuji exclaimed. "You helped a person you just met, for nno otherreason than being a nice person."

"I'm so sorry about that! It's just that I'm in a hurry. Family emergency you know... Hey, how about if you give me a ride to the place I have to go to? I'll compenstate you nicely!"

"An emergency? I'd like to help, but I still have three packages to delvier....besides we're still in a traffic jam," he said, gesturing with an open palm behind him. "I dunno if I'll be able to help you much mister."
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"Ahn, thanks,"

"Of course," he replied simply.

"I'm so sorry about that! It's just that I'm in a hurry. Family emergency you know... Hey, how about if you give me a ride to the place I have to go to? I'll compenstate you nicely!"

"Eh?" Hiro wasn't pleased by this man at all, "You knock a poor guy down and try to make him run errands? Such rudeness."
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An emergency? I'd like to help, but I still have three packages to delvier....besides we're still in a traffic jam," he said, gesturing with an open palm behind him. "I dunno if I'll be able to help you much mister."


"Oh, man. You're right. I apologize for that. I just need to get there in a hurry really bad."

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"Eh?" Hiro wasn't pleased by this man at all, "You knock a poor guy down and try to make him run errands? Such rudeness."


"I'm sorry about that. I'm in a lot of hurry actually. I have to to be somewhere due to... family emergency. I'll have to walk all the way over there."

Ryuhou got on the sidewalk and started to walk towards the headquarters.
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"Ummm...ok, bye now," Ryuji said as he waved to the man.
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"Ummm...ok, bye now," Ryuji said as he waved to the man.


"Yeah, see you around." Ryuhou looked back at the man waving to him and walked some more.

"Headquarters? I'm... on foot. I should be there in... a hour."
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Released out into the mysterious complex in which he was held, Shuji decided to look around to see if he could find out who these people are.

"Sheesh, they weren't kidding when they said it was a shadowy organization. That must be anothoer one of their Union rules." he muttered, unnerved by the lack of a map, or anything that could tell him about this place.

Rounding a corner, he came upon a peculiar site. There were two men standing by a water cooler, which in and of itself is not unusual. What was unusual was the fact they were both wearing odd masks. Also not helping the normalcy was the fact that the water cooler was in the middle of a hallway with nothing else around it.

"So she says to me, "Why would I go out with a guy who has no face or name? If you were a real henchman, you would have at least gotten a face." "

"That's mean. What'd you do?"

"Oh you know, waited until her back was turned and slugged her in the back of the head. I mean, she didn't have a face or a name either, who was she to judge me?"

"Right on... oh hey, it's the new guy."

"How's it going new guy?"

"Uh.. ok."

Shuji cautiously approached, grabbed a cup and got himself a glass of water.

"So, what brought you to us? Recruitment drive?"

"Huh?"

"It's our way of saying, "Tossed you in the van and held you captive until you joined." "

"Oh, yeah. I guess that's what happened."

"So, what's your name, if you have one at least?"

"Date Shuji."

One of the men whistles.

"A name and a face? Wow, they must think highly of you."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because, you at least get to keep your identity. I've been nameless and faceless so long, I've forgotten what I looked like and what my name was."

"That... that's horrible!"

"Nah, it was my fault for wanting to be a henchman. I should have been a grocery clerk like my father."

"At least the benefits are nice."

"Oh? I heard they were pretty good."

Shuji refilled his water, and continued his discussion with the two henchmen, trying to find out where he fit into theis crazy organization....
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