Tsukasa sat on his chair; legs crossed staring at the driver and the book. He opened the book taking a look at the cards. Taking at a look at the Kamen Ride Decade Card made him smile then he looked at the other cards and stopped smiling. The nine cards were all blank; realizing what his father said he put the cards back in the book and was about to go to his father. As he was about to walk out, Sawada came in. “Tsukasa your father wants to see you.”
“That’s funny because I was about to see him,” he said, putting on a coat. Sawada looked at the opened box.
“I thought your father told you not to open it, “Sawada said.
“That’s what I’m going to see him about.” He said. Going up to his father’s room he let the guards who were guarding the room take a break. He turned the handle and entered with Sawada following. Tsukasa stopped. “This is between me and my father, you step out,” Tsukasa said. Sawada did as he said and closed the doors as he left. Tsukasa brought a chair next to his father’s bed and sat down. He showed the nine blank cards to his father. “What is this?” Tsukasa said.
His father stared at him, unhappy that his son disobeyed him. “I thought I told you not to open the box. Why did you do it?” He rasped.
“Answer my question first why is these cards blank?” He said, spreading out the cards on a table. And why the only one not blank is the Kamen Ride Decade card? Tell me now!” He yelled, with fist clenched.
“Do not be angry at me. I have not done anything to them. It is your fault for opening the box I gave you.”
“I only opened the box how could it make the Kamen Ride cards blank?”
“Did you feel an air pass through you when you opened the box?” He said.
“Yes. Wait, how do you know about that?”
“The lid on the box contained card’s power since you opened it without my consent the cards turned blank so you can’t use it anymore.” His father pointed at the drawer. “Open the top drawer there should be a note in there.”
“Tsukasa found it and read it; it was an address to a house. His father rasped a few words and fainted. Tsukasa grabbed the note and the cards and shoved it in his coat. As he walked back to his room he told Sawada to get a doctor and help tend to his father. He took the box with and went outside where the driver was waiting for him. He got into the car and told the driver to go to the address that was on the note. As they went past the gate crowds of people cheered the prince. Then one of them said to the crowd. “He is not a prince he will soon become an emperor!” The crowd murmured their agreement and got down on their knees. “Long live the KIng!” They chanted.
They passed through the crowd and went on the road. Inside the driver congratulated Tsukasa on soon becoming the new ruler. He replied his tanks, not paying attention at all. He stared off into the car window; looking at the city down below Tsukasa thought to himself; he was not ready for ruling an empire. He was only 17 years old and his birthday was about to approach. He wanted his father to give him his inheritance like all his ancestors had done before. He didn’t want to take it once his father died what would his people think of him? The car stopped at a house which was the only one who had lights on. Tsukasa noticed that it was daylight too. He rang the doorbell and a man opened the door. He was wearing white overalls and a jacket which was typically everyday white overalls and a jacket which was a typically everyday work clothes. “Who are you?” The man asked.
“”Tsukasa Kadoya, my father told me to come here,” He said.
“I see come in I’ll make some tea.”
“Oh no that’s okay,” He said politely, “I just need to ask you something.”
“Well I’m not going to answer anything until you come inside. I hate standing in the sun without my hat.” The man went inside and Tsukasa reluctantly followed. As he looked around he saw a rarity of items that were from around the world. He came across a gold pistol encrusted with jewels he was about to get a closer look at it when across the room the man shouted out “Don’t touch that! That pistol is very precious to me. Now come over here.”
Tsukasa went in the room where the man sat, he gestured to the seat in front of him. “Sit down,” he said, pouring tea into both their cups. “So explain to me about this problem you have.”
“How did you know that I have a problem?” He asked, surprised.
“No one ever comes to visit me. They either come here for help or they want me to fix something for them. So what’s the problem? I can fix anything. He sipped his tea cup. Tsukasa took out the nine blank Kamen Ride cards and handed it to the man.
“By the way,” Tsukasa said, watching the man examine the cards. “I never got your name.”
“The man’s eye looked at his face. Tsukasa flinched. “It’s Kaitou Daiki. These are very interesting cards but I can’t do anything to fix it.”
“I thought you said you could fix anything,” Tsukasa said.
“I can. I just can’t fix these cards.”
“Then who can?”
“Only you can fix it Tsukasa. You must have done something to make the cards this way.”
“Sawada told you on the phone didn’t he?” Tsukasa said, bluntly.
Kaitou laughed. “You have me there my friend.” He sipped his cup of tea and laughed even more. Then his face became serious.
“This is one crazy man,” Tsukasa thought.
Kaitou looked at the cards for a while and then saw something in it.“The cards aren’t really blank you can still see a faded picture of the rider,” He said, pointing at the cards. Kaitou was right he could see the faded image of the rider. “In order to restore their images on the card and use their power again you must travel to their worlds and defeat the abnormalities there. Have you ever heard of the four dark emperor?” Kaitou said. He sipped some more tea while Tsukasa looked outside.
"Yeah I heard of them before. They aimed to destroy the world with their powers. But my father had stopped them with Decade's power."
Kaitou swallowed the tea. "You're right he stopped them but he couldn't get rid of them. So he sealed them away using the nine cards and since the nine cards turned blank the four dark emperors have been released. Once this world was experiencing time distortions; when a man created the decade driver and had the nine Kamen Ride cards made along with the card that he used to transform. Using the power of those cards he stopped the distortions and in order to keep the distortions from happening again he became an Emperor. At first the people didn’t like an idea of having a monarchy but as years passed they started to get used to it.” He poured himself more tea and drank it. "Back then the four dark emperors was just his apprentice so they waited until they had enough power to overthrow the emperor. Which was about a hundred years later."
"So you're saying that the belt was created long ago by a distinct grandfather. And the dark emperors are like a hundred years old?"
Kaitou nodded. “As the inheritance was passed down to their heirs it was forgotten that the driver was used for good and not for power. Your father was the only one who remembers what the first Emperor has done for this world. But he used its power for sparring and making fighting tournaments.”
“You still haven’t told me how to get the cards back to normal,” Tsukasa said.
“Fine then,” Kaitou said, obviously his feelings were hurt. “Nine cards, Nine Riders, Nine Worlds. You need to defeat the abnormalities on the nine worlds and the cards will turn back to normal.”
“How do I go to the worlds?” He asked.
“Follow me,” Kaitou sang, skipping out of the room.
“This guy is getting weirder every second,” Tsukasa said. He went into the garage where Kaitou was. Kaitou scanned his card and the cupboard next to him opened up in half, leading a stairway. “Down here,” he said, walking down the dark stairs. Tsukasa followed and walked into the darkness. With each step the air around him got warmer. Then he saw a glowing light and walked towards it, intrigued. He entered a room filled with machines and tools. Kaitou came out of a room carrying a black case with him. He unlocked it and showed it to Tsukasa.
“With this you will be able to travel to the nine worlds.”
Tsukasa looked at it and took a watch from the case. “What’s this? He asked, examining it. “That will open a portal to another world once you have everything in the world. I prefer to the different worlds “A.R. Worlds.” Another way of calling it is “Another Rider’s /Alternative Reality World.” He took a small black laptop from the case. “This will tell you what world you are in and the information about it. Lastly this is my favorite gadget of all.” It was a bracelet with the emblem of decade, the sign of the emperor. “If you travel to the worlds this will give you a role and everyone on that world will think that you belong with them. Except for the person who has been chosen who wield Kamen Rider powers. He will sense that you don’t belong on his world and will try to kick you out.”
“What do I have to do if that person knows that I don’t belong in his world?” He asked.
“Try to convince him that you’re on his side,” Kaitou said. “Wait here I have something for you.” He went into the backroom leaving Tsukasa alone. He then came back with a tri color of black, white and magenta motorcycle having the same color as decade. This was the first bike that your father used back when he was young he would have wanted you to have it.”
Tsukasa’s cell phone rang. He answered it, it was Sawada. “What is it?”
“Your father... he’s... dead.” He said.
“You’re lying.. he can’t be dead. I left him just a while ago how can he be dead?!” Tsukasa couldn’t believe it. He was mad and and sad at the same time, feelings hit him hard and left him speechless. Kaitou put his hand on Tsukasa’s shoulder and said, “Go to your father. I’ll send these later.” Tsukasa nodded and left to his limo.
As he was heading home, he remembered the times his father shared with him. When he was a little boy his father gave him wine when his mother wasn’t looking. He wouldn’t be able to shoot with a gun if his father didn’t teach him how to hold one. He started to cry as he thought if he had done everything with his father. “There wasn’t enough time to spend with him, He said. If I had only spent more time with him.” He was always busy with his sparring, that was all he did everyday. His father would occasionally send gifts to him but he never had a chance to open it. He would open it after he planned the funeral for his father. It would be a private one of course.
The limo stopped at the palace and Tsukasa immediately ran out of the limo and into the palace. Sawada was inside waiting for him. “Sir I-”
“This is not the time to talk,” He shouted. He ran upstairs and went to his father’s room. His face was covered in a shroud, Tsukasa took it off and stared into his father’’s face for the final time. His face looked peaceful. “He must have died in his sleep,” He thought. He put the shroud on his face and called his servants. “Has his body been washed clean?” They nodded yes. And he told them to prepare the ceremony for his father. The whole palace servants came into the room and lifted him up carefully and walked out of the room. He walked out of his father’s room, he turned around and looked at it one more time and closed the door.
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