Daiki and Tsukasa - Chapter 2
Title: Daiki and Tsukasa
Chapter: 2 - A Remnant of Hope
Fandom: Kamen Rider Decade
Character: Kadoya Tsukasa, Kaito Daiki
Rating: G
Summary:Side story to Rippled Dimensions. Kaito looked back towards the past, when he had first met Tsukasa for the first time.
A/N: There would be a reference to the last chapter of Rippled Dimensions.
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"Just now... you said that you came from a different world?"
Tsukasa glanced towards Kaito before shrugging. "Yeah. Weird huh? I found out I could do this few years ago when my younger sister somehow manage to open up an entrance into another world."
Tsukasa chuckled as he continued. "But I used to think that's the only thing I could do, crossing into different dimensions. I never thought I had the power to open up a gateway myself! My sister could not cross over them along with me, so all this time I've always stayed at home with her. Watching over her."
Kaito cocked his head at him. "Your sister?"
Tsukasa nodded. "Hmm... a very cute little sister. Ever since our parent's death, she had been too scared to venture outside-even when I told her not to worry about those passing cars and buses in front of our home. It became so bad that I ended up having to tutor her at home, since she was even terrified of going out to school."
Kaito smiled. "You seemed to be so happy regardless. Even though you've been through some hard times, you don't seem to be all that troubled."
Tsukasa laughed. "What are you talking about? Besides... Daiki-can I call you that?-what about yourself? Did you have any siblings? How about your family?"
Kaito immediately frowned as Tsukasa finished talking. "What's wrong?"
Kaito shook his head hastily. "Nnn... nothing's wrong. It's just, recently... I've lost touch with my brother. This world... for as long as I remember, had been ruled by the Fourteen and his Roaches. Without realizing it, I've been doing things for him and caused a lot of grief to the people here. My brother and his friends tried to fight them off... and I, was the one who captured my own brother and sent him to his enemy."
Tsukasa blinked. "Is that... why you're now a wanted man?" he asked as Kaito nodded. "Don't you want to try saving your brother?"
Kaito snorted suddenly. "Hah! If I could do that, I wouldn't be here. The enemy was not just anyone... and the only allies that I could have, they wouldn't trust me with their own lives. It's hopeless."
"It's not hopeless!" Kaito blinked at him as Tsukasa suddenly exclaimed. "There must be a way to save your brother. I'll help you."
"What're you talking about Tsukasa? We're just normal humans, we can't-"
"It's not hopeless! It's not. I used to think like that too, when all of my relatives had left me and my sister to fend for ourselves after our parents had died. I used to think that my life was only limited to looking after my sister with everything that had happened to us. But I had my eyes opened, the moment I walked out of my house to venture into the world. I wanted to show my sister the beautiful things you can see all around-not just scary, awful things. I want to give her a new hope."
Tsukasa grabbed Kaito by the shoulder. "It should be the same for you, Daiki. There should be a way to save your brother. I know it, there must be. You shouldn't give up hope!"
Kaito blinked at his friend as Tsukasa let him go suddenly. "Err... sorry about that. I got excited suddenly."
Kaito snickered as he noticed that Tsukasa had blushed slightly.
"Haha... you're a funny guy, Tsukasa." he said before changing the subject. "Hmm... Tsukasa, have you ever tried eating sea cucumber?"
Tsukasa turned towards him suddenly. "Eh? What's that? A new kind of vegetable?"
Kaito started to laugh heartily at that description as Tsukasa stared at him dumbfounded. "What's so funny?"
The other man shrugged. "Ah, it's nothing. My brother used to tease me with it. He used to bring me to this restaurant and ordered the dish just so to make me eat it. He said it was tasty... it had a lot of medicinal benefits. But urgh, I hate it! It tasted BLAND, no matter what other people said."
"It does?"
Kaito nodded vigorously. "Yeah, and wait till you see the look of the thing when it was still alive! I can't imagine anyone actually wanting to eat that kind of slug... much less put them into their stomach."
"It's a slug? I thought you said it's a vegetable?" Tsukasa asked as Kaito laughed again.
"Of course it's not a vegetable, idiot! It's just its name. You should try it."
Tsukasa looked thoughtful. "I guess I should, I never tried eating something like that before..."
Kaito kept snickering at him. "Hah, you're really an interesting guy. I never thought I would meet someone like you one day. But Tsukasa, earlier you said you'd help me save my brother. What did you mean by that?"
Tsukasa shrugged. "Come with me, to my world... or wherever else. I'm sure somehow we can find something we can use to help your brother. Or someone. With my ability, there's a possibility we could find something that can defeat your enemy, this Fourteen or whatever."
Kaito stared at the guy in wonder. For a moment he thought that Tsukasa was suggesting for them to elope somewhere... but that was silly. He shook his head hastily. "No. I can't leave this world. I can't just run away, even if it would be to ask for help... or find a way to save Junichi-niisan. I can't."
Tsukasa sighed. "It's all right. Don't worry about it."
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Tsukasa had stayed with him for another few days, both of them somehow grown closer each day. And then one day, Tsukasa suddenly disappeared without warning.
Kaito never thought about it or why he had never left any message to him before leaving. He would never had imagined that the moment Tsukasa had abruptly return to his own world, that he would he captured by a group of evil ones calling themselves the DaiShocker Organization.
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Tsukasa cursed to himself as he pulled himself out of the muddied ground. His hand bled a bit, scraping the rocks that had come his way but it didn't matter. The only thing that mattered for him now, would be to escape. To escape from the ones in pursuit of him.
He gasped as the effort of running had taken a toll on his body. He must escape, at all cost! He cannot die yet. Those people who had brought him back to his senses had depended on him. Even if he did not know what it is that he should have done, he would follow what he had been told. And now? He needed to stay alive!
Tsukasa looked down towards the object that he was holding. The Diendriver. Somehow he had succeeded in sneaking into his former DaiShocker stronghold to get this weapon out.
In the past, he had indirectly helped in the creation of both this and Decadriver-weapons that are based on his own power to cross dimensions and manipulating the powers of the other Riders. Now that he had realized his errors, he must not let them keep this weapon by themselves.
He glanced back behind him, it seemed that at least now he got the lead from his pursuers. His Decadriver and Ride Booker had been lost earlier when he had been ambushed. Hopefully those people did not manage to retrieve and use it. If only he could turn back and look for it...
Tsukasa sighed. Now's not the time to regret. At least there's something else that he could do right now. Daiki... he needed to go to that world where his friend had lived. If there was anyone else that he could depend on, it would be that person!
A gateway opened before him as he willed himself to think of the world Daiki was in. Using the last of his strength, Tsukasa hurled himself into the gateway. Unknowingly, another man followed Tsukasa right behind him.
Chapter: 2 - A Remnant of Hope
Fandom: Kamen Rider Decade
Character: Kadoya Tsukasa, Kaito Daiki
Rating: G
Summary:Side story to Rippled Dimensions. Kaito looked back towards the past, when he had first met Tsukasa for the first time.
A/N: There would be a reference to the last chapter of Rippled Dimensions.
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"Just now... you said that you came from a different world?"
Tsukasa glanced towards Kaito before shrugging. "Yeah. Weird huh? I found out I could do this few years ago when my younger sister somehow manage to open up an entrance into another world."
Tsukasa chuckled as he continued. "But I used to think that's the only thing I could do, crossing into different dimensions. I never thought I had the power to open up a gateway myself! My sister could not cross over them along with me, so all this time I've always stayed at home with her. Watching over her."
Kaito cocked his head at him. "Your sister?"
Tsukasa nodded. "Hmm... a very cute little sister. Ever since our parent's death, she had been too scared to venture outside-even when I told her not to worry about those passing cars and buses in front of our home. It became so bad that I ended up having to tutor her at home, since she was even terrified of going out to school."
Kaito smiled. "You seemed to be so happy regardless. Even though you've been through some hard times, you don't seem to be all that troubled."
Tsukasa laughed. "What are you talking about? Besides... Daiki-can I call you that?-what about yourself? Did you have any siblings? How about your family?"
Kaito immediately frowned as Tsukasa finished talking. "What's wrong?"
Kaito shook his head hastily. "Nnn... nothing's wrong. It's just, recently... I've lost touch with my brother. This world... for as long as I remember, had been ruled by the Fourteen and his Roaches. Without realizing it, I've been doing things for him and caused a lot of grief to the people here. My brother and his friends tried to fight them off... and I, was the one who captured my own brother and sent him to his enemy."
Tsukasa blinked. "Is that... why you're now a wanted man?" he asked as Kaito nodded. "Don't you want to try saving your brother?"
Kaito snorted suddenly. "Hah! If I could do that, I wouldn't be here. The enemy was not just anyone... and the only allies that I could have, they wouldn't trust me with their own lives. It's hopeless."
"It's not hopeless!" Kaito blinked at him as Tsukasa suddenly exclaimed. "There must be a way to save your brother. I'll help you."
"What're you talking about Tsukasa? We're just normal humans, we can't-"
"It's not hopeless! It's not. I used to think like that too, when all of my relatives had left me and my sister to fend for ourselves after our parents had died. I used to think that my life was only limited to looking after my sister with everything that had happened to us. But I had my eyes opened, the moment I walked out of my house to venture into the world. I wanted to show my sister the beautiful things you can see all around-not just scary, awful things. I want to give her a new hope."
Tsukasa grabbed Kaito by the shoulder. "It should be the same for you, Daiki. There should be a way to save your brother. I know it, there must be. You shouldn't give up hope!"
Kaito blinked at his friend as Tsukasa let him go suddenly. "Err... sorry about that. I got excited suddenly."
Kaito snickered as he noticed that Tsukasa had blushed slightly.
"Haha... you're a funny guy, Tsukasa." he said before changing the subject. "Hmm... Tsukasa, have you ever tried eating sea cucumber?"
Tsukasa turned towards him suddenly. "Eh? What's that? A new kind of vegetable?"
Kaito started to laugh heartily at that description as Tsukasa stared at him dumbfounded. "What's so funny?"
The other man shrugged. "Ah, it's nothing. My brother used to tease me with it. He used to bring me to this restaurant and ordered the dish just so to make me eat it. He said it was tasty... it had a lot of medicinal benefits. But urgh, I hate it! It tasted BLAND, no matter what other people said."
"It does?"
Kaito nodded vigorously. "Yeah, and wait till you see the look of the thing when it was still alive! I can't imagine anyone actually wanting to eat that kind of slug... much less put them into their stomach."
"It's a slug? I thought you said it's a vegetable?" Tsukasa asked as Kaito laughed again.
"Of course it's not a vegetable, idiot! It's just its name. You should try it."
Tsukasa looked thoughtful. "I guess I should, I never tried eating something like that before..."
Kaito kept snickering at him. "Hah, you're really an interesting guy. I never thought I would meet someone like you one day. But Tsukasa, earlier you said you'd help me save my brother. What did you mean by that?"
Tsukasa shrugged. "Come with me, to my world... or wherever else. I'm sure somehow we can find something we can use to help your brother. Or someone. With my ability, there's a possibility we could find something that can defeat your enemy, this Fourteen or whatever."
Kaito stared at the guy in wonder. For a moment he thought that Tsukasa was suggesting for them to elope somewhere... but that was silly. He shook his head hastily. "No. I can't leave this world. I can't just run away, even if it would be to ask for help... or find a way to save Junichi-niisan. I can't."
Tsukasa sighed. "It's all right. Don't worry about it."
xxx
Tsukasa had stayed with him for another few days, both of them somehow grown closer each day. And then one day, Tsukasa suddenly disappeared without warning.
Kaito never thought about it or why he had never left any message to him before leaving. He would never had imagined that the moment Tsukasa had abruptly return to his own world, that he would he captured by a group of evil ones calling themselves the DaiShocker Organization.
xxx
Tsukasa cursed to himself as he pulled himself out of the muddied ground. His hand bled a bit, scraping the rocks that had come his way but it didn't matter. The only thing that mattered for him now, would be to escape. To escape from the ones in pursuit of him.
He gasped as the effort of running had taken a toll on his body. He must escape, at all cost! He cannot die yet. Those people who had brought him back to his senses had depended on him. Even if he did not know what it is that he should have done, he would follow what he had been told. And now? He needed to stay alive!
Tsukasa looked down towards the object that he was holding. The Diendriver. Somehow he had succeeded in sneaking into his former DaiShocker stronghold to get this weapon out.
In the past, he had indirectly helped in the creation of both this and Decadriver-weapons that are based on his own power to cross dimensions and manipulating the powers of the other Riders. Now that he had realized his errors, he must not let them keep this weapon by themselves.
He glanced back behind him, it seemed that at least now he got the lead from his pursuers. His Decadriver and Ride Booker had been lost earlier when he had been ambushed. Hopefully those people did not manage to retrieve and use it. If only he could turn back and look for it...
Tsukasa sighed. Now's not the time to regret. At least there's something else that he could do right now. Daiki... he needed to go to that world where his friend had lived. If there was anyone else that he could depend on, it would be that person!
A gateway opened before him as he willed himself to think of the world Daiki was in. Using the last of his strength, Tsukasa hurled himself into the gateway. Unknowingly, another man followed Tsukasa right behind him.